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The Uppercase I and lowercase L issue has been around for a while. Yet, still, there is no change.

Mod Matthe said :
Font changes are extremely complicated and required massive amounts of testing - we have flagged the issue with the engine team, as well as player support and both teams are looking at the best way to resolve the scamming issue.


In a recent thread on this forum, Mod Matthe stated on September 1st, 2016 that they are aware, and are working to fix it.

Mod Matthe said :
Lisaa said :
Ramu said :
It's still happening
It's on a backlog of things to fix. Guardians' backlog to be more specific.


This is very much not on the Guardian's backlog - it is not the kind of thing a content team can fix at all. I have tracked back through the engine team though and thence to the graphics team who would be working on it. They are aware of the issue and are working on it.


In mid October, he restates that it is being worked on.


For those that are not math savvy, that is over a month and a half that we can clearly see nothing has happened. However this scam has been around for years, is also prevalent in 07scape, and continues to plague clans, and non clan players in rs.


Jagex. this is scamming. This is not a players fault if they fall for this scam, it is yours. And by doing nothing you allow it. Do you not care about the game anymore?

How can you possibly allow this scam to go on? How could you possibly justify spending more than a month to change 1 single character in the alphabet. You release a new promotion every week to rake in money, but cant fix a major issue that plagues your game and your players.

Mod Matthe, and others; fix the game before you destroy it with carelessness and greed. It is unimaginable how this issue is this old, and still nothing has been done about it.
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12-Oct-2016 03:50:27

Mod Matthe

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An issue being flagged and being discussed internally is significantly different to being "worked on" - one is the early stages where we have to assess impacts and scope of the work and then look for resource, the other is it actively being developed. Changes like this are not quick fixes - they often have affects significantly beyond the immediate focus and need to be made with some delicacy.

As is - this change is being worked on right now by the graphics team. I would hope to see it in game soon.
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12-Oct-2016 09:33:43

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It most certainly is the players fault if they fall for the scam.
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12-Oct-2016 13:26:14

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Scret said :
It most certainly is the players fault if they fall for the scam.



it is absolutely not a players fault if a scam like this, where by the oversight and lack of change from the developers, someone with the exact same name as one of your friends, clan members, or whatever ask you for your help or trust or money.

In what world would you have to verify each letter of their name to decide if its them or not? Why would you consider this the players fault, if their friend (who is not actually their friend) asks them for their help?
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12-Oct-2016 19:58:32

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Mod Matthe said :
An issue being flagged and being discussed internally is significantly different to being "worked on" - one is the early stages where we have to assess impacts and scope of the work and then look for resource, the other is it actively being developed. Changes like this are not quick fixes - they often have affects significantly beyond the immediate focus and need to be made with some delicacy.

As is - this change is being worked on right now by the graphics team. I would hope to see it in game soon.



Well... yes I agree those are two different things. However you cannot deny that this issue has been around for years. It's been in 07scape, and the font in RS3 has been changed once before.

While I understand that this issue can take a while to fix and test, this should not be a side project for developers. We are talking about hundreds if not thousands of players being scammed, in both your games. Some of which will quit because of this, and by not fixing it as soon as you hear about it you're somewhat enabling the scammers, so they continue to prey on the trusting.

This should be a priority. It directly effects all players in a major, and negative way. Skip development and testing of THUNT promotions for a week, put the ninja team on it, do whatever it takes to finally get rid of this problem for the sake of all your players, specifically those nice enough to want to help their friends but who end up scammed.
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12-Oct-2016 20:04:15

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Ninmci said :
Ban all trust trading in clan

Make everyone understand that all clan members have a orange dot.


We do, and did. This has only affected my clan recently, however upon asking around it has been happening for a while.

The problem is they told our members to trade it to their alt, which obviously doesn't have an orange dot.

The secondary problem is that they also made a fake user copy of me, and what clan member wont listen to their leader right? I told everyone we don't ask for money, and that I even have a vip star chat badge, but before I did a few people did get scammed.

This whole problem can be stopped by updating the font.
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12-Oct-2016 20:30:50

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Ferenc2017 said :
Another way to fix this would be making people able to lend out degradable weapons, then they don't have to trust trade them to their clanmates.



Well yes, but I'm specifically talking about Jagex not fixing a major issue over a very long time.
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