The rules of runescape.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [sieg]
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    The rules of runescape


    This is simply an article to help you understand the rules better. If you want me to go over something in more detail, tell me and ill see what I can do.



    Rule 1. Offensive language
    Rule 2. Item scamming
    Rule 3. Password scamming
    Rule 4. Bug abuse
    Rule 5. Jagex staff impersonation
    Rule 6. Account sharing/trading
    Rule 7. Using third party software
    Rule 8. Multi logging
    Rule 9. Encouraging Others to Break Rules
    Rule 10. False Representations (misusing customer support)
    Rule 11. Advertising websites
    Rule 12. Real World Item Trading (RWIT)
    Rule 13. Personal details
    Rule 14. Misuse of the official forums
    Rule 15. Advert blocking
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    Rule 1. Offensive language

    Now first off you can't report things that trip the censor (unless its repeatedly done, to be covered soon) so for example:


    Player1: Hey dude what's up?
    Player2: Not much I get to play RS all day now tho
    Player1: Holy **** how come?
    Player2: I broke my arm playing football like a noob.

    or something like

    Player: ****, I died!

    However if people manage to bypass the filter with symbols or things like alt + number pad codes then its reportable also if you use ascii art in an offensive way, for example....

    Player1: scuk my 8==>

    then thats reportable.

    Now i'll talk about Solicitation, Solicitation is simply advertising for a boyfriend/girlfriend actively in-game. your allowed to have a boyfriend/girlfriend but not allowed to say something like....

    Player: Press 111 for gf

    or

    Player: Player: Press 111 for a naughty/hot (etc) gf

    also if you see someone asking to cyber its reportable instantly

    Next is spam. Spam, while being compressed meat in a can, is also an acronym for "Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages"

    Now what's classed as spam in the RS world? Well something random like.....

    Player: I LAIK EGGS ON TOAST LOLS!!!1!111

    is not reportable, however if they do this,

    Player: I LAIK EGGS ON TOAST LOLS!!!1!111
    Player: I LAIK EGGS ON TOAST LOLS!!!1!111
    Player: I LAIK EGGS ON TOAST LOLS!!!1!111
    Player: I LAIK EGGS ON TOAST LOLS!!!1!111
    Player: I LAIK EGGS ON TOAST LOLS!!!1!111

    etc, THEN it becomes spam and is able to be reported. things like "@@@@@@@@@@" or pressing space then enter over and over again is also spam

    and in closing any racial abuse, drug references or threatening language is reportable immediately.

    Rule 2. Item scamming

    This rule should really no longer exist now since the trade updates simply you cant attempt to scam people off their 30k ^.^

    Rule 3. Password scamming

    This means you can't trick someone in anyway to tell them their password to you...easy eh?

    Rule 4. Bug abuse

    This one again is easy, if you see someone exploiting a bug in the games coding then report em. However you ARE allowed to talk about bugs.

    Rule 5. Jagex staff impersonation

    Yet again another easy one. Your not allowed to claim that your a Jagex/player mod and you can give em free stuff etc

    Rule 6. Account sharing/trading

    Once again another easy one. If you see anyone saying they trade or share accounts its reportable.

    Rule 7. Using third party software

    This is another easy one yet again. Simply enough your not allowed to use bots to play the game for you, if anyone admits or is obviously is a bot report them.

    NOTE: Even if you are not 100% sure report them anyway. You won't get in trouble if your wrong

    Rule 8. Multi logging

    Sounds a bit obvious...cus it is >.>

    Rule 8 really means "no accounts made by the same person must interact in any way shape or form" this includes things like BH killing from one account to the other to get items or trading 30k at a time (lol >.>) and even being online at the same time. note that drop trading IS a form of multi logging however so it is reportable

    Rule 9. Encouraging Others to Break Rules

    This is easy to understand tbh, if people admit to breaking rules or get others to try to then report em, simple no?

    Rule 10. False Representations (misusing customer support)

    Basically if people say things like:

    Player: Jagex are giaia they banned my main.
    Player: Jagex are 5h1t, ban me jagex.
    Player: Unban my main jagex faqs
    Player: Fauk u jagex faqs

    then its reportable because this rule is also used for "abuse of customer support" lol >.>

    basically this rule in a nutshell:


    A player is admitting that they have misused customer support.
    A player is threatening to report others for nothing.
    A player admits to deceiving customer support in an attempt to gain another players details.
    A player is being abusive towards Jagex or it's staff.

    are all reportable.

    Rule 11. Advertising websites

    Now this is very easy. You ARE allowed to talk about fansites, clan forums etc. but your not allowed to say the URL or talk about third party sites (E.G gold selling sites) in-game

    things like

    Player: Our clan is awesome, we PK all the time.

    Player: I checked on our clan forums and the PK trip is on W47.

    are ok to say.

    Rule 12. Real World Item Trading (RWIT)

    Ah, the thing that has given Jagex trouble over the last year. This is just simple, we've heard enough about this but i'll go in to minor detail about this.

    Simply you're not allowed to exchange in-game goods for real life profit or vice versa

    thats it image/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

    Rule 13. Personal details

    Now this rule confuses a few people.

    Your allowed to tell people in-game what your First name is and what country you live in, these things are perfectly ok. Anything else to do with personal details pretty much isn't.

    Rule 14. Misuse of the official forums

    As im a player mod i don't know much about the forum rules. i won't be going into this one but its self explanatory really

    Rule 15. Advert blocking

    Don't simply block adverts from the free version of the game or on the main site, and if you do, don't mention it in-game.



    and thats it for the rules...hope this helped img src="http://www.runeology.org/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> any comments or if you need more info, just ask image/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

    Thanks to:

    Chemie, for sorting out typos in my post and making the examples italics

    Becca, for giving me the links to the rules at the top of the post
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down [chemicalmum]
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    I was not sure on the fansites one Sieg - does this mean that if someone is struggling with a quest I can tell them to try Tipit?

    Can I also tell people to search for Runeology on Google?

    <3
    chemie
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [sieg678]
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    chemie, both scenarios are perfectly ok smile.gif as long as you mention no urls then its perfectly fine

    edit: and cheers for sorting out typos <3

    so these examples are perfectly fine:

    Player: Type runehq in google and you should find it.
    Player: Google is the best search engine.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Purepk3r4lyf]
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    Hmm, Sieg, I've always wondered... With rule 7, do clients such as SwiftSwitch count as 3rd party software? Or is it only the ones which give you an unfair advantage over others, such as world hoppers etc?

    Mike.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [sieg678]
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    well world hoppers cant really exist any more due to the update jagex did with the world changer. as far as i know, SS and SK are perfectly fine and fit within the rules nicely, but as long as you don't mention it you'll be fine. but otherwise the ones that supposedly give an unfair advantage are reportable under rule 7
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    Rule 8. Multi logging

    Sounds a bit obvious...but the whole concept of multi logging is different from the rule name itself.

    Rule 8 really means "no accounts made by the same person must interact in any way shape or form" this includes things like BH killing from one account to the other to get items or trading 30k at a time (lol >.>)

    So are you saying you can play on 2 accounts at the same time as long as they don't interact with each other? So I can have one account cutting wood and the other one fishing somewhere?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Jagrit92]
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    ima start saying

    **** i died

    on purpose now tongue.gif jk.. nice work tho you explained it better then jagex

    dave u quit rs...
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [sieg678]
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    well dave it technically doesnt go under the rules you could do, as long as they dont interact. but even then if jagex catch 2 accounts from 1 comp or something then it would probably would end up in a ban
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Ishtar Z]
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    I have a question about rule 6:

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    Rule 6. Account sharing/trading

    Once again another easy one. If you see anyone saying they trade or share accounts its reportable.


    When you see people saying they are going to sell an account, or thinking of selling an account, that's reportable, correct? (That's basically the only thing I report, I think! Well, autoers too.)
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [sieg678]
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    yup, thats right if they mention selling past accounts or are going to then just report em
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Ishtar Z]
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    You're fast! Thanks!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [sieg678]
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    lol, i just refreshed at the right time i guess :S
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Lisa B F]
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    Very nice article Sieg smile.gif
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [sieg678]
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    thankies lisa smile.gif

    if it makes people understand the rules a lil better then...meh ive done what this article has set out to do
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Trina1125]
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    Great info Sieg thank you for clarifying some of those rules *S*
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [sieg678]
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    thanks trina smile.gif

    remember if anyone doesn't understand anything or wants me to go into something in more detail just say, and ill see what i can do
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Flaminmoose]
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    Hmm I woulda thought this was all common knowledge, but it seems to be helping ppl so nice one =)
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [chiko 1001]
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    To clarify, multi logging is categorically against the rules whether the accounts interact or not.
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    QUOTE (Jagrit92 @ Mar 21 2008, 04:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    dave u quit rs...

    Not for life sad.gif

    QUOTE (sieg678 @ Mar 21 2008, 07:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    well dave it technically doesnt go under the rules you could do, as long as they dont interact. but even then if jagex catch 2 accounts from 1 comp or something then it would probably would end up in a ban

    The thing is... I am pretty sure it is against the rules... but there really isn't a way for them to tell you are doing it, as far as I know. Unenforceable rules? There are actually a few of the rules that seem unenforceable how does Jagex deal with those? Honor code?

    QUOTE (chiko 1001 @ Mar 24 2008, 03:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    To clarify, multi logging is categorically against the rules whether the accounts interact or not.

    Thanks for the clarification tongue.gif
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Jake]
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    Sieg the nubbeh pmod himself...Thanks for clarifying all this for me. I was always iffy on some of the rules.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [mastermule52]
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    QUOTE (sieg678 @ Mar 19 2008, 06:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Rule 8. Multi logging

    Sounds a bit obvious...but the whole concept of multi logging is different from the rule name itself.

    Rule 8 really means "no accounts made by the same person must interact in any way shape or form" this includes things like BH killing from one account to the other to get items or trading 30k at a time (lol >.>)

    QUOTE (sieg678 @ Mar 21 2008, 03:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    well dave it technically doesnt go under the rules you could do, as long as they dont interact.


    Wrong. Allow me to quote the first sentence of the RuneScape Knowledge Base post on the issue.

    http://www.runescape.com/kbase/viewarticle...article_id=2078 - bold added by me.
    QUOTE (RuneScape Knowledge Base article 2078)
    You may create more than one account, but if you do, you may not log in more than one account at any time


    It is clear from this the quote from the RSKB article that you may not be logged in to more than one account at the same time.

    <3
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [sieg678]
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    mule if you read the thread you'll realise thats already been discussed. i just havent been bortherd to correct it >.>
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [mastermule52]
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    QUOTE (sieg678 @ Apr 26 2008, 04:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    mule if you read the thread you'll realise thats already been discussed. i just havent been bortherd to correct it >.>


    well i read it but i didn't see a conclusion ^^
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [sieg678]
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    QUOTE (chiko 1001 @ Mar 24 2008, 04:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    To clarify, multi logging is categorically against the rules whether the accounts interact or not.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Tritanium47]
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    Rules are made to be broken happy.gif
    (I break them occasionally but only got 0.1 black mark XD (gf jagex))
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [chiko 1001]
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    If you're smart, it's not hard to avoid the short arm of Jagex's law biggrin.gif
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Apostledanub]
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    But that short arm is quite full of wrath though.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [chiko 1001]
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    I'd disagree actually, you have to do something pretty immense to get any decent punishment on a first offense.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down RamboRambo
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    Are these still the rules? It seems as if Jagex has done away with numbers and has divided the rules up, now called the Code of Conduct, into various subsections.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down [Brummyboy]
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    The rules haven't really changed, they've just been put into three sections to make it look like there's less of them.

    I don't think this topic would lead people astray - it's still useful - just don't go quoting rule #10. :P
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