Runescape Riots

A riot, like in the real world, is a large gathering of players in Runescape protesting against a change that has been made in Runescape game play. Many riots are known to occur in the cities of Varrock and Falador. Riots usually involve lots of flaming and end up with quite a few players muted or banned. Riots are known to go on for as long as a week, or as short as a couple of hours . Jagex moderators discourage riots and try their best to break them up, but in the end, usually get involved.
Rioting Gear and Protests
Despite being started by Anti-Jagex players, riots always have players that support the decisions that Jagex had made . In order to differentiate the sides, those against Jagex usually wear pink skirts, and those that support Jagex, will wear blue. Anyone who is neutral, but in the argument, wears either green or black .
Rioters will most of the time flame Jagex and Jagex supporters as well, usually using third-party systems to help get their point across. Many set up cannons, cast spells, and plant mithril seeds in order to protest. Some form trains (a line of players) and follow Jagex moderators .
History of Riots
Here's the list of riots that have occurred in the history of Runescape. The list is chronological from oldest to newest.
The Rule Seven Riot- Also called the Rule Seven Protest, was the first riot to ever occur in Runescape. It was caused when a program called SwiftSwitch (which allowed players to switch between worlds easily without the need to go back to the main page) was banned, due to it being a third party system. Members got furious and began to protest against this in World 27, lighting fires and casting teleother spells .
Note- this is the only riot that caused Jagex to change its decision.
The 14 Hour Riot- The 14 Hour Riot was the first major protest to occur in Runescape. It started when a famous pker (player killer) named Elvemage was mute do to luring a player into the Wilderness and supposedly saying that "Mods should burn in Hell." Players gathered in Falador and began protesting against mutes and bans, claiming them to be unfair. The Riot lasted about 14 hours (hence its name), and ended up being more of a spam fest then a riot .
The Pest Control Riot- The Pest Control Riot was a community disapproval movement that occurred when Jagex lowered the amount of experience you could get in the pest control minigame of Runescape .
The Duel Arena Riot- The Duel Arena Riot was a riot that started in the evening of November 20, 2007 and lasted through the morning of November 21, 2007. Players were made at the new change in the duel arena (an arena where players can fight each other). The change put a limit on how much money they could put on stake in the fight .
The Mod Hasmos Riot- The Mod Hasmos Riot, also called the World 18 riot, was a riot that occurred when Jagex Moderator Hasmos came to World 18. Due to the changes made in Runescape (which caused some of the riots above) players were furious and began flaming and spamming Hasmos. The riot ended as soon as Hasmo left World 18. Many players were muted because of their language during the riot .
The Pay to Pk Riot- The Pay to Pk Riot was the largest riot to occur in the history of Runescape, lasting about a week from December 10, 2007, although it never officially ended until early January 2008. The riot was a response to the many changes that Jagex had made, the main one being the removal of the wilderness (an area where players could attack other players). Players gathered in large numbers and began large protests particularly in Falador square. Although the riot didn't have an impact on Jagex's decision, Jagex did try to make up for it by adding minigames such as clan wars and bounty hunter. They also added PK worlds and Bounty hunter worlds.The riot gets its name from the popular phrase that was said during the riot, "We Pay to Pk" with Pk referring to player killing.
The Unbalanced Trade Riot- The Unbalanced Trade Riot was the first major riot to occur in a F2P (free to play) world. It started when Jagex put a limit on how much a player could trade total. The riot lasted about 7 hours .
The Wilderness Riot- The Wilderness Riot, also called the Second Pay to Pk Riot, was a riot that was very similar to the Pay to Pk riot. It was mainly a way for players to show Jagex that they still disliked the changes made to the Wilderness. Many consider this riot to be a continuation to the earlier Pay to Pk Riot .
The Graphics Riot- The Graphics Riot occurred as a response to the July 2008 graphics change.
Note There were more Jagex supporters than anti-Jagex rioters in this Riot.
The PvP Glitch Riot- The Pvp Glitch Riot occurred on April 13, 2009 when Mod Andrew announced that anyone who abused a glitch that was occurring in PvP worlds (player vs Player) would be banned. Led by a player named X—Icey—X, many members who were profiting from the glitch joined him and protested against Jagex. The riot lasted a few hours .
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