Why would people sympathize with the cheaters (unless they themselves are cheaters). It's clear that bug abuse is not allowed in the rules. And it wasn't like these players were going 70 in a 60 mph, some were generating 10s of billions of rs gold an hour and selling it rwt (also not allowed). Their actions would impact all players as the massive influx of money would flood the market, crashing prices.
Jagex is actually fair (probably more than it needs to be) when doling out punishments. They knowingly broke 2 rules on a massive scale to the detriment of others directly (devaluing money) and indirectly (provides an unfair advantage to a select group of players) .
Yes, I would love to see the bots gone (similar to the few weeks after bot nukem). But just because you cannot punish all the rule breakers, obviously, doesn't mean you should punish none of them.
16-Aug-2012 09:02:28