![]() ![]() The RuneScape Official Forums were also affected, with the Rants forum reaching over 500 online users (which back then was a lot of people). Smaller F2P gatherings occurred in Varrock square, in world 81. The riot even began to spread to the Ice Plateau as many players cast Tele-group spells to take other players there. Members united in world 27, activating the Retribution prayer and shouting "save ss" and pleading for Jagex to reverse the resolution. Many users of the program were outraged that it was banned. One of the most notable such programs was SwiftSwitch (later renamed to SwiftKit). Most third party clients inserted themselves into the RuneScape interface to allow the use of calculators, IRC chat programs, and other conveniences. This riot was started on 2 January 2007 shortly after an update to Rule 7 in which all third party clients were banned. The following is a summary of the most notable riots in RuneScape, proceeding from earliest to the most recent. The effects of this riot are the most felt today, with the community still at odds as to the changes implemented. The Pay to PK Riot, which lasted from 10 December to 17 December, 2007, was heavily controversial, and much debate raged on as to whether the effects of previous changes to the wilderness were for the better or for the worse. They ostensibly have a goal of affecting in-game changes, but, in actuality, rioting has been largely ineffective in convincing Jagex to reverse an update the only documented exceptions to this rule was the Rule Seven Protest and the Protect Item Riot (see below for more details). Riots tend to be frowned upon by the majority of Runescape's players because they appear to be little more than spam-fests. Spamming or being offensive at a riot would be, though. ![]() "Rioting" is non-constructive & gets ignored, but not against the rules. Trains are also sometimes made by players following either a high-level player or a moderator, the latter often receiving streams of insults and abuse. ![]() ![]() For either side, the Protect Item prayers, both the Standard Prayer and the Ancient Curse version, are commonly used. Smite and Redemption are also sometimes used by Jagex supporters. Afros are also commonly used due to Falador centre's close proximity to Party Pete.ĭuring riots, protesters often try to cover as much of the screen as possible with activities such as spamming the and '&' key, planting mithril seeds, flowers, lighting fires, deploying Dwarf multicannons or using prayers such as Retribution, Wrath, Rapid Heal, Rapid Restore, or Rapid Renewal. It is not uncommon to see players wearing full robes and commonly used riot weapons are usually mauls such as the Gadderhammer or the Meat Tenderiser, symbolising a banhammer or a 'Hammer of Justice' so to speak. There have also been red skirts and (more commonly on the forums) hats, showing that they are against the riot and protest against the update peacefully. In riots, players often wear either pink skirts to show that they support the rioters, Wizard robe skirts to show they support Jagex, and either black or green skirts to show that they are neutral. 3.14 Wilderness and Free Trade Vote riot. ![]()
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