Riot
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A Riot is a large gathering of players protesting for a cause, normally involving the protesters, the Jagex supporters, and sometimes even Jagex staff members. Riots are caused because of events such as a new update or restriction.
Riots are held all over RuneScape and in different worlds, but many riots have been held in non-member's world Varrock and member's world Falador.
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[edit] Riot gear and customs
In recent riots, players often wear either pink skirts to show they support the rioters, blue skirts to show they support Jagex, and either black or green to show that they are neutral. The pink skirts however, are more commonly used for an opposite purpose. They are often used after parties, more specifically, after parties hosted by Jagex and the Jagex team. In these parties, the pink skirt "is given away to show how far the madness has spread!" During Riots, players often try to cover as much of the screen as possible, activities such as spamming the '@' and '&' key, planting mithril seeds, flowers, creating Fire, or using prayers such as Retribution are common. Smite and Redemption is also sometimes used by the Jagex supporters.
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.
It is also noted that no major riots occurred prior to 2007.
[edit] Effects on Community
The Pay to PK Riot, which lasted from the 10-17th 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. The effects of this riot are the most felt today, with the community still at odds as to the changes implemented.
[edit] History of Riots in RuneScape
The following is a summary of the most notable riots in RuneScape, proceeding from earliest to the most recent.
[edit] Rule Seven Protest
This riot was started started on 2 January 2007 shortly after an update to Rule 7 in which all third party clients were banned. Most third party clients inserted themselves into the RuneScape interface to allow the use of calculators, IRC chat programs, and other conveniences. One of the most notable such programs was SwiftSwitch. Many users of the program were outraged that it was banned. Members united in world 27, activating the Retribution prayer and shouting "save ss" and pleading for Jagex to reverse the resolution. The riot spread to ice Plateau as many players cast Telegroup spells to take other players there. Smaller F2P gatherings occurred in Varrock square, world 81. The Official Forums were also affected, with the Rants forum reaching over 500 online users.
[edit] 14 Hour Riot
This was a major protest against Jagex that occurred in World 28 in Falador on 24 February 2007. Allegedly, a famous player-killer named Elvemage was muted for luring another player. Allegedly, Elvemage said "Mods should burn in hell"[source needed] when a moderator was present and which got him muted immediately. Due to this, a riot started and several people were muted as a result. It started as a riot specifically about Elvemage, but soon spread to unfair mutes and bans in general. Many of those who participated in the riot set up cannons and used the Retribution prayer.
[edit] Pest Control Riot
The Pest Control Riot was a widespread community disapproval movement that occurred on 17 July 2007, when Jagex made an update which involved the lowering of experience gained while playing the Pest Control minigame. Pest Control-experience was lowered by 30% on an average, counting all factors. This resulted in a significant amount of discontent from Pest Control content users.
[edit] Duel Arena Riot
This riot took place on the evening of 20 November 2007 and on the morning of 21 November 2007. It was in response to the Duel Area maximum stake being capped at 3k, when previously there had been no limit. Rioting mostly took place on World 83 and on the Rants forum. The riot seemed to continue hours later in world 91 where stakers continued to protest against the duelling update. Some phrases used during the riots included "Duelling is dead", "We pay we say", "3k no pay," and more. Many people in the forums and during the riots also displayed their anger with the phrase "Ruinedscape, the Once Massive Online Adventureless Game by Jagex Ltd."
[edit] Pay to PK Riot
Also known as the World 66 Riot, the First Wilderness Riot, the End of RuneScape Riot, the Free Trade Riot, and the Falador Riot, it was a riot that took place primarily in Falador square, World 66, beginning on 10 December and lasting for nearly a week, although it did flare up as late as January. It was mainly in response to Jagex's anti-RWT updates (specifically: Wilderness Changes, Bounty Hunter and Clan Wars!, Trade and Drop Changes, and RuneScape vs Real-world Trading). World 66 is where the riots primarily occurred, although there were many other riots occurring at the same time or soon after. It should also be noted that the riot's name is somewhat misleading, and that many other subjects were brought up besides player-killing, such as the trade limit and the Duel Arena stake limit.
[edit] Mod Hasmo Riot
Also known as the World 18 Riot, this riot was initiated by Mod Hasmo's visit to Edgeville in world 18 after the Bounty Hunter and Wilderness changes of 10 December 2007. Hasmo was met by players with enormous hostility. Hasmo was heavily flamed by the players in the area, many of whom were former PKers, stakers, and merchants that had been negatively affected by the recent updates. Hasmo attempted to calm things down but the situation only increased in intensity. The riot lasted for about 15 minutes and ended after Mod Hasmo left world 18. After the riot some players claimed to have seen two Jagex mods during the event but Mod Hasmo was the only verifiable one there. After the riot, Mod Hasmo was spotted near the Wilderness in world 69. He was bombarded with question after question until he logged off. Obscene language was used and Mod Hasmo quickly muted the players causing this and logged off.
[edit] Unbalanced Trade Riot
Also known as the World 1 riot, it was a riot that started sometime in the early morning of 3 January 2008. This riot was caused by many F2P players finding that the update instituting a trade limit was unfair. It is also the first major riot to ever occur in F2P. This riot lasted around seven hours, after which very few people were still rioting.
[edit] Wilderness Riot
Taking place near the 6 month anniversary of the Pay to PK Riot, the Wilderness Riot, also known as the Second Pay to Pk Riot or the June Riot, was held on 4 June 2008 (5 June in some time zones). The aim of the riot was to express dissatisfaction with Jagex' decision to remove player-killing from the Wilderness and general unbalanced trade on 10 December 2007. It lasted throughout the whole day from the early hours of the morning until early the following morning.
[edit] PvP Glitch Riot
This riot took place on 13 April 2009, after Mod Andrew announced that everyone that abused the infinite drop potential glitch would be banned. It occurred in Varrock. This riot was mostly attended by high levels who presumably abused the glitch and were afraid of getting banned. This particular riot lasted for several hours.
[edit] Protect Item Riot
Taking place on 15 July 2009, it concerned an update where players could no longer use the protect-item prayer in PvP/Bounty Hunter worlds and were automatically skulled, meaning that there was much greater risk to losing expensive items. The updates were enacted to prevent players from using high hitting special attacks while risking next to nothing, a very popular tactic in PvP situations which many players were upset to lose.
[edit] Roddeck Items Riot
This riot took place on 29 November 2009, on World 1 and World 2. The riot was held near the house where Roddeck resides. It started in the morning, and was generally short compared to other riots, only lasting an hour or two. The riot was publicised on the Forums. Many players had been asking what the items were to talk to Roddeck for the 2009 Thanksgiving Event Cryptic Clue Fest. No one knew what it was, so people began to riot, saying Jagex should tell them, and generally just asking what the items were. During this event, many players scammed others, by showing them fake items. Many players lost great amounts of money. A rumor spread that you needed yellow beads (sometimes the whole set of coloured beads) and redberry pie. It broke up when Jagex announced the actual items needed to receive your reward for the event. The correct items for the final clue were 234 coins, 8 chisels and 3 eggs. You needed no beads. The reward for the clue was a Magnifying glass, many people continued to riot after the reward had been greatly spread, stating that the reward was not good enough for the time that they spent doing the clue. It is believed that the original reward was Roddeck's pipe, but this was removed. Alot of players ranted on the froum saying how much better the pipe would be, Jagex replied "Maybe next year". It is also believed that Jagex did not want to promote smoking and this is why the pipe reward was removed just before the final clue. "I Like your item: Roddeck's Pipe" Appeared in the Quick chat option and so many players hoped this was the reward.
[edit] F2P Riots
This riot is currently on the rise in f2p worlds. This riot is constantly getting more and more serious because Jagex ignores riots and many people think Jagex ignores f2p (which is one of the reasons the riot is happening) they resolve to more extreme ways of attracting people's and more importantly Jagex's attention. These people are called 'Intense rioters'. They do things such as swearing, spamming, and killing NcPs and members. Many rioters feel they have no choice but to become intense rioters because they get no attention from passing users.
[edit] Grouping users
The F2P rioters group people by what their opinions on the riot are. If a person disagrees on the riot and hates f2p for doing it. They are called supporters because they support JaGeX If a person agrees with the riot and wants to riot with them. They are called rioters. (Other rioters use that name, it wasn't given by jagex supporters.) So far there haven't been any nutreal users.
[edit] Gear & Prayer
People active in the f2p riots are obviously f2p users who wear certiant clothes.
[edit] Where Riots often Occur
Riots usually occur in places where players often pass by, such as Varrock (Grand Exchange or Varrock Centre), and Falador and other populated areas. Riots usually become bigger when Jagex or Player moderators begin to come. Usually, during a riot, players will post on the forums under game feedback spreading news of the riot. They are also very popular in more crowded worlds like World 1 and World 2.
[edit] Common Traits
- Spamming the chatbox, either with messages relating to the riot or with nonsense such as "@@@@" or "&&&&".
- Arguing and flaming between the two sides of the riot.
- Use of overhead prayers such as Redemption or Retribution
- Servers filled to capacity for the larger riots
- Players posting about the riot on the forums.
- Presence of moderators attempting to keep order and mute the most aggressive rule-breakers
- Players teleporting eachother using Teleother or Telegroup spells
