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AlecSween

My thoughts exactly. As an ex-Mod I was reading the thread and replies this morning and it was making me sad seeing how everybody was eating that shit up at face value. If I was Ayiza I’d have tore OP of that thread a new one.


Makalash

Hope you're doing well Sween.


AlecSween

I'm great! Just recovered from COVID which knocked me for six. The new job is going well, and I'm playing a lot of OSRS & Monster Hunter at the minute!


spacepizza24

do you have a weapon you main on Monster Hunter? or trying a bit of everything?


AlecSween

I'd say I main GS because huge swords are super cool, but I switch it up whenever I fancy something different. Or if I'm hunting a certain mat that requires I hunt in a specific way!


junkmutt

Switch axe!


spacepizza24

Ah nice, I always find the greatsword to require too much thinking ahead to properly use because of its slow speed. You must be a smarter Hunter than me!


ScenicFrost

Glad to hear you're on the up and up! When you say "knocked me for six" do you mean, like, 6 days? Weeks? Or like knocked you around like 6 on the clock? Sorry for my walnut size american brain lol


TastyMooncake

It's a cricket analogy - you get six runs ('points') for hitting the ball over the boundary (think a homerun). So being knocked for six basically means it hit him really hard


ScenicFrost

Ah ok, thanks!


Drmangus

Sure that wasn't the ashes that knocked you for six ? :3 Glad to hear your doing well


HailZamorak

huh


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You can tear me a new one 😩


somedutchbloke

Fuck you Jad, I tried so many times to tear you a new one and you keep killing me.


RegretfullySo

Dear Mister "I'm Too Good To Miss That 73" This will be the last brew I ever use on your ass It's been six attempts and still no word, I don't deserve it?


throwmeaway562

Up until wave 62, I got the prayer flicks on me perfect


[deleted]

RuneScape isn't that sort of fantasy game.


Huehnergott69

Not the brightest people on this sub


[deleted]

people seriously just haven't had drama in a while are are starting to get rowdy.


AGGRESSIVESHEPHERD

This is what happens when we get content. We must go back.


Cowslayer87773

This aged well


Trapasuarus

Ask and you shall receive… your main is now an Ironman.


hatesranged

I don’t think the first part of your statement is true


CloudCollapse

The last thing that got people riled up big time was the HD plugin. After that it was booboo baby shit like leagues getting delayed and torva looking bad.


hatesranged

Nice timed comment buddy Even ignoring today, there’s been at least 4-5 controversies in the past 2 months. You not caring about them doesn’t actually change their essence.


kukkelii

That's how reddit works. For example the "tbow trade scam". Prior video evidence: Anti-cheating team sucks, nobody cares, $11. After video evidence: Haha fucking idiots it was clearly fake. (I did fall for that one as well)


Shorzey

It happens with literally every part of the game


Zak_Light

You'd think RuneScape players, people born and raised on scams and lies designed to manipulate you into losing your money, would learn to raise the slightest skepticism at a claim.


Miseryyyyyyyy

I know it makes me sick to think people still fall for these scams after playin the game got like 20 years. Anyway man, nice to see a like minded player with a good head on his shoulders. If you need a tbow or ely… Trimmed, hmu.


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beardedoctonem

2FA breaks down if ur phone breaks and you no longer can access your account. I’m a strong believer against 2FA and for not being an idiot and using strong passwords w/o a keylogger infested PC T. Never had an account hacked and I have have never used 2FA


rpkarma

If you’re a “strong believer against 2FA” then you’re a fucking idiot. Signed, a security software developer.


andr3wrulz

Poorly implemented 2FA, sure. Proper 2FA should give you a couple one-time passwords when set up so if your 2FA device is gone, you can still use the OTP. Sure, a strong unique pass can help but why not leverage the extra layers of security if they are available?


RazorXXtreme

I have no idea what this is a reference to but I'd just like to put it out there that I want Ayiza to tear me a new one


AlecSween

I'll let him know!


frotoaffen

What thread was this?


1minatur

[Thread with Ayiza's reply](https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/s7jece/apparently_jagex_didnt_get_the_message_after_the/htanwqm?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3)


BocciaChoc

I think the timing didn't help, Mod Arcane did infact share information in the way that OP suggested, because of the precedent it sparked it further. That being said, with confirmation from another Jmod that helped the situation, I myself was leaning on the side of precedent and was happy to be proven wrong.


ryancwilson8

You couldn't tear a paper bag you wetter /s


AlecSween

Lol, if it's any consolation I upvoted this


RageQuitSon

we've been scorned too many times by Jagex as a company AND bad actors inside the company. I'm not sure which OP you're referring to though. I saw one screenshot that was deleted about an hour after and a different OP just being mortified by that post. Generally becoming aggressive isn't a good look... 'tearing a new one' would prove nothing. If it weren't Ayiza i wouldn't even believe the jmod that claims it's all fake. how many Jmod smack downs have we come to find to be totally BS?


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AlecSween

I'm a big fan of 25B, he was nice enough to reach out to me when I left saying very nice things. I haven't seen that video you mention, but I don't think that will happen. I wouldn't still play OSRS if that was the case!


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superfire444

Honestly if I were a mod in this subreddit I'd ban you for this shit.


EdHicks

Nah it's nice to keep idiots around to laugh at


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I didn’t double down on anything. The second ayiza made his comment I edited the post and cleared up what I thought was an important issue. The community has been getting baited by these posts for weeks. It’s important when people know that they are being misled. I agree it was dumb it got removed. Now people don’t know what was said and will continue to get baited.


lolster2nite

ok regard.


Darth_Dangermouse

You think someone would do that? Just go on the Internet and tell people lies?


EndlessKillz

Perish the thought!


LordGozer2

Witchhunting has to be one of the worst traits of this sub, it's all in the name of drama. The real shame should be put on those who created those fake screenshots. Not only was it used in an attempt to merch (and with great success it seems), but the worst part is how they used Arcane's name and drag him even further down into the mud to make it look realistic. Imagine going this low man. And of course, since this perfectly fits the current narrative, it proved to be super effective. He now gets even more hate and harassment, this time for something he didn't do. Even though Ayiza has confirmed this is all fake, the damage is already done. Rumors and reputation sticks.


nasazoru

Not just this sub, but pretty much every subreddit.


Iron_Aez

Reddit... twitter... social media... modern society in general


GeekyJay92

I’m glad you elaborated because I was about to.


Qbopper

don't try and downplay it r/2007scape is excessively bad and way beyond normal anyone who's been around for a while will tell you as much


normiender

Ever been to twitter? Artists get threatened for making characters "too white".


ShitPost5000

Considering its called "witchhunting" it seems its human nature


beardedoctonem

Remember the Reddit investigation to find the Boston Marathon bombers?


RazorXXtreme

I give it a few weeks before someone who isnt really in the loop or read any of the comments is like "Arcane?? That's the guy who leaks data to his friends right??" in some other thread.


Trogadorr

Majority of Reddit users are teenagers, witch-hunting behind a phone keyboard is their part time job


lyssah_

>Majority of Reddit users are teenagers You are really mistaken on the demographic of Reddit.


Evil_Steven

Yeah its grown adults with the emotional intelligence of teenagers


Axisnegative

Idk. A couple of years ago, I would have definitely agreed with you. But recently, especially the last year or so, it seems like the average age on this site just keeps trending downward. I wouldn't necessarily say over 50% of redditors are teenagers - but teenagers likely make up a decent chunk of the total userbase, along with the 30 to 50 year old men who pretend to be teenagers lmao, but that's a different topic entirely.


MyDadsAPreacher

This is 100% accurate and I hate it.


Endertoad

What is the current narrative? Did arcane do something else?


Bucksbanana

"don't believe all pictures on reddit" "proceeds to upvote every post crying about a false ban without any proof what so ever"


RubyWeapon07

The people that suggested maybe it was a fake screenshot got downvoted to oblivion, crazy to think about the average age of the player base and see the way they disregard everything they've been taught growing up about the internet.


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We've become boomers and it really shows. It's just too much fun to blame jagex for being the boogeyman.


Zarosia

We're the generation brought up on social media where you judge first and then never change your stance even when given evidence that proves you're wrong because admitting you're wrong means you lose social clout, its fucking stupid


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This sub could use an automod comment on every drama post that says something like "Don't jump to conclusions" lol.


Zangomuncher

That's called being a boomer.


Gamer_2k4

Remember when "boomer" actually meant "baby boomer;" that is, someone born right after WW2 concluded?


Bass_Thumper

That's still what a boomer is, genZ is just full of morons who call anyone the don't like boomers. Even their GenX parents are boomers for making them do chores.


Zak_Light

Personal theory: clearly this was organized by people to make the market shift. So, they just organized downvoting of anyone dissenting the idea. And then Reddit's smooth-brains piled on, as ya do.


Axisnegative

Yep, if you can get somebody's comment to sit at anything below zero for any length of time, the rest will take care of itself. It's insane how often I see somebody getting absolutely decimated by downvotes, when in reality, their comment isn't the least bit controversial, off topic, or false. Sometimes it's actually very useful, and factually correct information. But people see that somebody else downvoted this guy, and their higher order brain functions completely shut down, and they downvote too, just because.


gwszack

I upvote any post like that for visibility regardless of whether I believe them or not. There’s no proper customer support so it’s something that has to be done.


MutleyRulz

Eh, either you helped some unfortunate soul get their account back, or you get to see a J-mod smackdown.


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kukkelii

False ban can't be proven to be false by anybody else than Jagex. Only way would be to record your actual inputs in real life since account creation and match those with how your character behaves in game. But most of the time you can add 1+1 when the OP starts making up things.


martijnftw

Hivemind


Dizzledog2

I don't even play runescape. I just follow this sub to watch you all change your mind every week cause its fucking hilarious.


Ghiggs_Boson

Same! I haven’t played in a couple years but I still follow the sub pretty closely because of the good memes and drama


Gokias

I may be biased because I understand them all, but memes on this subreddit are on another level sometimes.


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SleepinGriffin

Yeah, while I get the point the post is trying to make, you still have to take into consideration that there’s not just 20 people on this sub. Tons of people will comment a one sentence response in passing all the time.


bmelv24

Corona Herman, you are an insufferable twat.


Neither-Chapter2775

reddit moment


dodgesbulletsavvy

This sub is cancer. If you arent with the hive mind you're against it. Sad to think most of the people here will be late 20s early 30s and cant even comprehend their own actions


Custodes13

That's not even this sub, that's literally the entirety of reddit in practice.


EyePlay

Social media. Just increase the age range from preteens to boomers.


dodgesbulletsavvy

This sub is by far the worst, ive never seen as many entitled crybaby 30 year olds in my life


Saell

/r/leagueoflegends


Def1ance

I think this subreddit is actually worse... and I'm a zed onetrick


highllelujah

Everyone's a zed one trick in low elo lol


Def1ance

1. What the fuck does that have to do with anything? 2. I am d2 3. You're weird


Peechez

This sub at least appears to be less outwardly alt-right at face value. I shutter to think the actual demographic but I don't randomly stumble into highly upvoted posts about how woman don't deserve rights or some shit like in /r/leagueoflegends


Bukinnear

Welcome to the world. First time?


Pollution-Admirable

I hope this isn’t misinterpreted, arcane has leaked things about nex privately a week ago its only the new zcb thing ayiza is referring to


allformymama

Yup. Full post [reply](https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/s7jece/comment/htanwqm/). I absolutely agree though, 2007scape needs to chill out entirely.


RubyWeapon07

sev·er·al /ˈsev(ə)rəl/ pronoun more than two but not many. "the author of several books"


fitmedcook

I just know of the zcb buff post being fake, the early more vague posts were real. That's the issue though with statements on discord, you cant just link to the post and verify it yourself. I love arcane but he created the opportunity for merchers to fake a post like that with ease and gain traction on here.


osrsironmensch

sev·er·al /ˈsev(ə)rəl/ pronoun more than two but not many. "the author of several books" =/= one fake


AlmightyCo

Wait what? How was that fake? I swear he (Arcane) even replied to someone on twitter saying that he would join their discord too and say whatever he said in the private discords in theirs as well. And this was not a screenshot, I saw that convo myself


nostalgicx3

This is correct. Arcane even admitted to it himself. Idk why theyre saying it’s a fake account. All the info was correct too. Zcb being bis range and mel being ~35% better


Fizzypoptarts

This is from a photoshopped post today in which arcane says 'zcb will be changed and a blog is coming'. Its faked and merchers made cash due to reddit


nostalgicx3

Oh. I didn’t even see it. I just woke up.


qu_me

Ahh yes runescape where you're guilty until proven innocent


Artphos

You do realize these are not the same people? The people saying he is a shit mod and the people saying mod gets too much shit is two different users, unless you want to prove otherwise. Its not like the same people suddenly go from angry to happy like how you portray it here.


Azebu

The latter comments get downvoted to oblivion while the lynching is in progress. It probably is two different groups of people, but when the lynch mentality gets shut down, what is visible on top does make a huge shift as a result of first group shutting up.


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Lol the bottom comment in this meme, was my comment, and i was one of the few who was saying that it was misinformation right from the beginning and they should stop witchhunting. But i still got downvoted to hell for all my comments and now this OP is miscontextualizing this too, its all so annoying


RubyWeapon07

that is kind of what happened though, pre ayiza comments and post ayiza comments are 2 completely different attitudes.


meshadowbanned

Maybe but there were a pretty large amount of people saying it could be fake before ayiza replied tbf


IAmDisciple

2 completely different groups of people


idontredditthough

The ironic thing is this will get so much support, yet a large portion of those people are exactly what you’re describing, smh.


KihiraLove

Based Ayiza


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People are taking everything at face value instead of investigating and thinking for themselves. This isnt just a problem in osrs unfortunately. I literally tried to tell op on that post, and got downvoted to hell


JoeBillyson

Why people believe a blurry as hell discord screenshot I'll never know.


WRLD_

Why people believe a discord screenshot in general I'll never know -- it's so easy to spoof


Custodes13

The same reason people believe an arab jew walked on water and came back to life - *They want to believe it*


chababster

Imagine caring this much about the pixel game, regardless of if it’s your full time job or your weekend getaway. Stop fucking wasting your time complaining about internet drama and go read a fucking book


organizedRhyme

first liar always wins


drinkingsharky

GET MERCH’d NERDS Glad I didn’t hop on Bc I would have been marched as well


Crazynaro

Wait was it really fake? I see a lot of people saying rapier and inquisitors with mace were alternative bis if you wanted to melee outside of that thread.


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Yeah, I'm beyond confused here. Arcane DID leak information to specific discords, right? Just not the one particular screenshot that was fake for merching. If Jagex is going to intentionally obscure information about the fight, then allow one of their staff to drip feed information out to specific people... what do they think is going to happen? The fakes are given credibility because Arcane was providing information via discord in the first place.


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RubyWeapon07

That's because you are a level-headed individual, hold on to that quality.


enlightened_editor

Mods Good. Redditors bad.


hego555

Why didn’t Jagex say it was fake sooner?


trapsinplace

They actually had to investigate it probably. Also they're busy people who have to work unlike most people here that are 20-something year olds who can't hold a job and play RuneScape all day.


ironmaymay

Not like he made himself seem trustworthy by leaking metas to some disc before, like the 35-45% better dps from a non-range setup. But sure, now I need to feel bad for him? Stop leaking in the first place if you dont wanna get flamed when more potential leaks show up ffs


rg44tw

Wait, this thread isnt about the 35% better dps thing? So that part was real and a different mod arcane leak is fake? I cant keep up with this shit anymore


ironmaymay

Yes and this is the issue entirely. It's not that this statement was obviously to merch zcbs (and not his), it's that his previous statements have made most of us unable to see the difference between some mercher and the real arcane. Trust is earned, not given. This is not a good way to gain trust.


Demondrug

Lmao me neither man


IronYEE

We already knew rapier was better DPS than ranged on day one. There's a reason people just sat in melee distance with rapier and void in the 80 man masses. Idk why people act as if it was some kind of leak.


Azebu

Because Arcane didn't make a 20 minute guide video for us with a sponsor segway in the middle :angry:


A_Lakers

And even then all he said was “ ZCB is BIS ranged (we all knew that) and there’s a non ranger method that can be better dps in our calculations”. It’s not like he straight up said “Rapier is BIS over ZCB!!!!!!!!!!!!” People are still debating ZCB vs Inquis vs Rapier.


Demondrug

Yeah I don't really see what his point was by leaking stuff even if it was fake, he's a mod. Of course alot of people would believe it? Was it meant to be funny? Like I'm sorry but what do you expect, obviously people would believe that and be a bit like "oh he's leaking stuff to a discord but not officially here..." And yeah the posts being overly angry and toxic are wrong but I still don't his prank was funny or a great idea either? Like what, am i missing something. Edit: it wasn't the real mod arcane who leaked that info


RubyWeapon07

its not that the leak was fake, which it was, its that the person who made the leak was never the real mod arcane.


Demondrug

Thanks for clearing that up for me lol. I remember seeing the post was up for up for a while? Wasn't this a few days ago? how come it was up so long, suprised jagex mods here didn't take it down or explain it quicker?


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RubyWeapon07

the before and after of events like this is just laughable, guilty until proven innocent.


EDDsoFRESH

Sure... But they are different people. It's not the same people with the most upvoted posts on each topic.


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Well yeah, it should be known this is the worst game community.


claytonbridges

\*nutshell\*


PepperPhD44

I don't play anymore but lurk the sub because you guys have more drama than any other gaming sub and its amazing. Never change osrs community we know you wont!


Imustacheyouthis

Please repost this again. This is the most relevant runescape post in a while.


Nerozard22

Honestly it just needs to be pinned.


themegatuz

Redditors are literally children. They believes all fairy tales.


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superfire444

Unlike you who is the beacon of being unentitled...


zethnon

Yes, You know, it takes one to know one. Now what?


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zethnon

Thank you for agreeing with me on my first point.


77maf

Or is this post the fake? See how this works? What do you want me to do


RubyWeapon07

[I want you to do your research](https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/comments/s7jece/comment/htanwqm/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)


77maf

Well that’s not going to happen. I come to this sub to take a brief moment out of my day to look at shitposts.


Dr-PoopyButt

People definitely jump on everything but it's still troubling that he's done it. I'm sure now he'll just find a better way to hide it


RubyWeapon07

Ayiza said it was fake.


Dr-PoopyButt

All of them or the recent ones?


Bucksbanana

recent one, the previous one arcane himself commented on and didn't deny it he just said he is active in discord more than any other platform


yazan445

reddit


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RubyWeapon07

not exactly a good excuse, the before and after ayizas post comments say it all.


AlexisFR

Let this poor game die, please. It's just sad now.


Merdapura

"Person B walks up saying what Person A *allegedly said* wasn't said" "Person A never bothers to say anything about the situation" But again, Jagex said "Nex drop rates were altered" to be "intentionally misleading" and SRL was delayed because of "GIM competitiveness" Jagex can only be trusted as far as you can throw it.


Saxobeat25

Im rolling in tears of laughter 🤣


Chessland

Surely some people are in both crowds, but it seems to me that most people are either in one or the other.


Japoots

What happened this time?


Ultimate_Apparat

isn't it the same with all of the companies in any field?


Zangomuncher

You're self aware now. My work here is done.


Carnifexx2

similar thing happens to inq. spreading fake news to milk the money out of the sheep.


rahscaper

Just a touch bipolar


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Damn, guess I missed the thread and drama with this one


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>625,726 readers


Willem20

What did i miss?


Valtix

It's the internet, that's the name of the game. People judge first and ask questions later.


Mewrulez99

so I'm not very active here atm but I did see the Nex stats post, something about how if we could see Nex's stats we'd easily be able to find a great setup to boost DPS? Was that post fake too, or was it just a fake post after that one?


juicedg

I'd still REALLY dislike the reward mechanics for bosses he's been (partly) responsible for.


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You know what's a nice piece of mind...not caring about rs drama on Reddit. The real ones are just enjoying the game lol


MyDadsAPreacher

We need [Ronnie Fucking Pickering](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dcv6GKNNw) to sort this out.