Worst GM ever

[amossong]

I wanted to play this game. But for some reason my steam account had been banned for macroing. The GMs of this game are a joke. I requested a ban review since my account must have been hijacked and they told me that "After a comprehensive review of this account there is sufficient evidence to suggest the offence was applied correctly. Our specialist team have reviewed the account and found no evidence of hijacking." I had created an account a long time ago but this was my first time trying to actually play this game.

[sylardean]

lol

[Zavi ☯]

Lol

[BuzzardBee]

Cool story, bro.

[Darkcymru]

welcome to "reddit" steam forums. where you get no answers. I wish I want answers too

[sylardean]

IF your banned for macroing (and FULLY banned) then you've been caught 3 times. Macroing you get banned 3 times then complete deletion of account if you're a paying monthly player, (at least thats what it used to be) not sure on F2P. I accidentally knocked on my auto click button that's built into my mouse, I got a 24 hr ban >.> was an accident but still it's classed as macroing and i swiftly went and bought a crappy £3 mouse just to play RS.

IF you say you created the account a long time ago but now only decided to play it (even though RS has only been on STEAM since end of 2020) then clearly you did hardly nothing, so why are you moaning..? go create a new account, link the account to STEAM and start again, no loss really as long as you wasn't 99 on tons of levels, had millions in cash, collectables, and the such.

It has always been Jagex's policy that macroers/botters don't get ANY response usually for cheating, so the fact you got any response at all... you should be grateful for that little reply you got from them.. LMAO! Jagex point blank refuse to show evidence of macroing/botting to anyone so short of threatening them with court to get your account back unless they show proof of what they claim (which has worked for few people in the past) you have no option but to start again.

I personally have an issue with their botting system, its fundamentally flawed and they just refuse to believe it is. It was proven a few years back when someone did a manual button click pressing rapidly on their mouse and guess what.. they got flagged as macroing and banned for 24hrs, that was on YouTube but has since disappeared (probably Jagex had it removed) so is their flagging system flawed..? YES! do they give 2 fks about it..? NOPE! cos they just don't care.

[LaGGer]

"gms" pepega

[BuzzardBee]

Creating the perfect bot-catching system is like creating the perfect mouse-trap. If you can do it, fine. You'll have the world beating a path to your door to use it for their games. If not, then a little understanding might be in order.

Try to appreciate that modders live to find ways to break games, to cheat and to exploit every little damn thing they can. It isn't easy to try and come up with methods that are reliable and 100% foolproof in catching them.

Mistakes can and will happen. They review banned accounts and often restore them once they are convinced the ban was in error. More than that, I'm not sure what the hell they can do.

Sure, it doesn't help that they allow multiple accounts to be created and played at the same time. These alt accounts are legitimate but also ripe for abuse which is what is currently happening in the game. They are trying to address this problem but again, the whole point for allowing alts in the first place is revenue and they aren't exactly the ones making those decisions.

Once bought by investment firms that care only about generating profits as opposed to creating new content or policing gameplay with anti-cheat systems (since none of that actually generates profits), their first obligation is to make management happy so they can stay in business. RS and OSRS are updated more frequently than any other MMORPG out there even given all that.

It isn't exactly in their best interest to eliminate alts altogether, even though some of them have now been caught in bot-catching nets so they are trying. Just not always succeeding.

[vosse]

Got banned aswell for this, banned on 31 january 2021, last played was october 24 2020

[Zok]

just make a new acc

[Yournewstepmom]

Before jumping on OP as if he's guilty until proven guilty you should consider:
>Level 160
>No VAC bans
>Korean IP
Meanwhile the majority of those mocking OP here are private accounts or sub 10. These forums are so useless.

[LaGGer]

Originally posted by Alysha:

Before jumping on OP as if he's guilty until proven guilty you should consider:
>Level 160
>No VAC bans
>Korean IP
Meanwhile the majority of those mocking OP here are private accounts or sub 10. These forums are so useless.

Whats korean ip have to do with anything

[BuzzardBee]

Originally posted by Alysha:

Before jumping on OP as if he's guilty until proven guilty you should consider:
>Level 160
>No VAC bans
>Korean IP
Meanwhile the majority of those mocking OP here are private accounts or sub 10. These forums are so useless.

Agree with LaGGer on the Korean IP but also on the other stuff -- what the heck does any of that have to do with hacking or cheating on a particular game? A Steam level of 160 means nothing. No VAC bans only is applicable to Steam games. Third-party games still have their own anti-cheat systems and can ban a player without it showing up as a VAC ban on Steam.

And that some players may choose to set their accounts to private may be due to unwanted friend requests or invites every time they go online. Heck, some of my friends even set it to offline when they're playing so they won't be disturbed. None of that has anything to do with botting or cheating in a game.

SMH

If the OP got banned, he most likely deserved it. If he did nothing, Jagex may review his account at some point and restore it in the future. Until then, he's assumed to be guilty until proven innocent. At any rate, it isn't up to him. It's up to Jagex to make that determination.

As for these forums being useless, yes, I agree, particularly when people don't enter into discussions with any sort of logic or knowledge of how things work.

[LaGGer]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Originally posted by Alysha:

Before jumping on OP as if he's guilty until proven guilty you should consider:
>Level 160
>No VAC bans
>Korean IP
Meanwhile the majority of those mocking OP here are private accounts or sub 10. These forums are so useless.

Agree with LaGGer on the Korean IP but also on the other stuff -- what the heck does any of that have to do with hacking or cheating on a particular game? A Steam level of 160 means nothing. No VAC bans only is applicable to Steam games. Third-party games still have their own anti-cheat systems and can ban a player without it showing up as a VAC ban on Steam.

And that some players may choose to set their accounts to private may be due to unwanted friend requests or invites every time they go online. Heck, some of my friends even set it to offline when they're playing so they won't be disturbed. None of that has anything to do with botting or cheating in a game.

SMH

If the OP got banned, he most likely deserved it. If he did nothing, Jagex may review his account at some point and restore it in the future. Until then, he's assumed to be guilty until proven innocent. At any rate, it isn't up to him. It's up to Jagex to make that determination.

As for these forums being useless, yes, I agree, particularly when people don't enter into discussions with any sort of logic or knowledge of how things work.

Enjoy a reward, basically what I wanted to type but was too lazy to do so haha

[amossong]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Originally posted by Alysha:

Before jumping on OP as if he's guilty until proven guilty you should consider:
>Level 160
>No VAC bans
>Korean IP
Meanwhile the majority of those mocking OP here are private accounts or sub 10. These forums are so useless.

Agree with LaGGer on the Korean IP but also on the other stuff -- what the heck does any of that have to do with hacking or cheating on a particular game? A Steam level of 160 means nothing. No VAC bans only is applicable to Steam games. Third-party games still have their own anti-cheat systems and can ban a player without it showing up as a VAC ban on Steam.

And that some players may choose to set their accounts to private may be due to unwanted friend requests or invites every time they go online. Heck, some of my friends even set it to offline when they're playing so they won't be disturbed. None of that has anything to do with botting or cheating in a game.

SMH

If the OP got banned, he most likely deserved it. If he did nothing, Jagex may review his account at some point and restore it in the future. Until then, he's assumed to be guilty until proven innocent. At any rate, it isn't up to him. It's up to Jagex to make that determination.

As for these forums being useless, yes, I agree, particularly when people don't enter into discussions with any sort of logic or knowledge of how things work.

"And that some players may choose to set their accounts to private may be due to unwanted friend requests or invites every time they go online."

I agree that people have the right to keep their steam accs private but this one of the lamest excuse for keeping their accs private. People can still send friend requests regardless of your acc being public or private. There are also layers of privacy you can set.

I see that you are keeping your acc completely private. Most of the time these are scammers, cheaters or bots, and I decline friend requests from private profiles unless I met them ingame and know they are legit. These ppl also ♥♥♥♥ the most in these forums since they add another layer of anonymity to their steam acc.


"As for these forums being useless, yes, I agree, particularly when people don't enter into discussions with any sort of logic or knowledge of how things work."

Yes you have just proven it yourself.

Yes it is my fault that I didn't take care of my acc and got it hacked. For my defense I did keep my password different from other accounts and the password itself was pretty random. I have been playing multiplayer games requiring accounts for quite a long time now and this is the first time my account was actually hacked. I guess I expected a more understandable explanation for why there was no evidence my acc was hijacked. I have already made a new acc but I just missed all the rewards linked to my twitch acc.

[BuzzardBee]

All too often some players get it into their heads that they're somehow magically transformed into 4-year-olds once more. Ever trying telling a little kid not to talk to strangers and then suddenly see them speaking with someone you clearly have never met and being told, "but he said his name was Dave and he's got a friendly little dog -- he's alright; he's a friend!"

Just because you meet someone in game and you chat a bit, does not mean you know anything about them. You know their avatar and their RSN and whatever they've bothered to tell you about themselves but generally most of that is fabricated and you have no way of knowing that because you are too trusting.

And it's not just as simple as telling someone your password or any other personal data they might use against you. I've seen friends actually make the decision to allow someone they've only just met to use their account to defeat some boss or quest for them because they were having a hard time with it. That simple act essentially hands your account to someone else but they trust this person to do some kind deed for them without harming them.

Forums are filled with stories of "friends" that ripped players off by promising to pay them for something and then leaving them in the lurch or shortchanging them in a trade, etc. People generally are too damn trusting for their own good.

And keyloggers are notoriously easy to trap players into triggering. A conversation can casually veer off into something interesting they want the player to see, they'll send them a link that seems innocent enough and once they click on it, they may trigger a keylogger or worse. Just asking playing to go to the lobby these days is suspicious and potentially dangerous.

The smart move is to be suspicious of everyone, to wonder about their motives and to just play the game on your own without the need of constant companionship ingame. Put every bit of security you can on your account and be careful of what you do while playing. Don't exercise caution and you may pay dearly for it.

Back to the private setting again, it's an option which people can employ so why must that be deemed as something nefarious or proof that they must be up to no good or have something they're trying to hide. Grow up, okay.