I had a skiller and a main and both banned today after weeks of progress. People multi logged back in the day. Not sure why it’s such strict rule here. As the ban waves for this occur (seeing similar posts everyday) players will just quit. Not sure what the rationale is as player count is already dropping consistently now.
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Did you multilog though?
People botted back in the day too. It’s still against the rules, and the game is worse off when people do it.
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botting and multi logging are not the same thing, nor did I ever mention botting.
I didn’t accuse you of botting, nor did I conflate them. I’m just saying that they’re against the rules, and you shouldn’t be surprised that you got banned for breaking the rules.
Just because Jagex has always done a bad job of enforcing their own rules doesn’t make it “authentic” for the mods to not enforce the rules. If you want to make an argument that the rule is bad for the game, you’re welcome to, but “people did it back in the day” is not a good reason to allow multilogging now, just as it is not a good reason to allow botting.
If I were to hazard a guess as to the rationale for the rule, I’d guess the following:
- A player’s productivity is bounded by the number of accounts they have, so multilogging gives a player an unfair advantage over people who play the game as intended with one account.
- Almost all resource gathering is competitive, so having multiple accounts pushes out other players from gathering (e.g. you have alts pushing other players out of mining).
- It disincentivizes participating in the economy. Rather than specializing in a skill and trading, you can use alts to be self sufficient in the same time frame without interacting with other players, so it is antisocial behavior.
I’m sure creative thinkers can come up with more reasons.
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I get where you’re coming from, and you’re right that “people did it back in the day” shouldn’t be the sole justification for allowing something now. But I think the issue is a bit more nuanced than just “Jagex was bad at enforcement, so now it’s okay.”
First, the fact that multilogging was widespread and essentially tolerated in the early days does matter when we’re talking about authenticity, especially in the context of an “Old School” version of the game. Authenticity doesn’t mean copying every past mistake, but it does mean being honest about the norms and behaviors that shaped the way people played. Multilogging wasn’t just something a few rulebreakers did in secret - it was practically baked into the way a lot of people approached the game, especially for things like PvM, trading mules, and even skilling.
I agree that authenticity alone shouldn’t override concerns about game health or fairness. But if we’re going to critique multilogging, we should do it with eyes open to the fact that the current single-account vision wasn’t really the original reality either — and that there are trade-offs no matter what we choose.
To your specific points:
- Unfair advantage — Sure, but so does having more free time, better gear, or faster internet. Multilogging is one way people try to be more efficient. It’s not the only form of “unfairness,” and banning it doesn’t exactly level the playing field — it just shifts the advantage elsewhere.
- Pushing others out of competitive resources — That’s a fair concern, but we should also consider how much of the game has already been shaped around competition, bots, and efficiency meta. Plenty of non-multilogging players still camp resources or outcompete others. If the issue is overcrowding or accessibility, multilogging might be a symptom, not the root cause.
- Antisocial/self-sufficiency - Ironman mode literally encourages self-sufficiency and isolation, and it’s hugely popular. So clearly there’s demand for playstyles that don’t rely on trading or economy participation. Multilogging can be a similar creative outlet — not necessarily antisocial, just a different way to engage with the game.
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Keep up the good work mods.
The rules are the rules man multilogging is a pretty serious rule break as you can generate enough wealth on an alt to break the game on your main and pull away from other people.
If you do get caught doing this you should be banned for this, because it’s really unfair to everyone else.
The server isn’t going to die because you got banned if anything it makes me want to keep playing.
W mods.
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Hello and welcome to the forum. Multilogging is against rule 8:
Enforcement is strict because this is an open-source passion project and we don’t have the time or the patience to humor people who break the rules. We are more focused on preserving history and keeping the game fair for everybody.
You knew the rules when you signed up, multilogging is specifically called out in the warning above the client. You’d have had to ignore it twice, once for each account.
Your justifications have no power here. I appreciate the dialog but it’s not up for debate. If you want a different ruleset, play a different server.
Let this thread be a warning – do not cheat. The moment you break the rules, your account becomes the walking dead. Eventually we will find out and your progress will be wiped. You’re only wasting your own time.
This is nothing personal. Best of luck on your rebuild.
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How do you plan to identify players who use a vpn to multi log creating the same “disadvantage” for everyone else?
fake news. multilogging wont ‘cause the game to die’. most are in favor of it. we’re adults and dont have time to play 2 accounts like a geek man come on. lets play how the game was intended too. rant over
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Abide the rules and play the game!
We’re lucky enough to re experience this era.
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That’s an interesting perspective I never really considered; how far does the authentic experience go?
A rule may exist both time periods, but if it wasn’t enforced back then, is it authentic to the classic experience to enforce it now?
As long as real-world trading isn’t involved I’m not really sure how bad allowing multi-logging would be. Diablo 2 muling comes to mind (and mentioned a huge part of D2).
Cheating implies some kind of advantage. If you’re doing manual input to each client, you’re still doing the input. I’m pretty sure WoW communities would have a lot to say on this.
Anyone can 99 skills and max GP stacks with enough time, and nobody else’s experience should dictate how you feel about yours. The only advantage is with highscore ranking (I guess you could have 5x wc’ers pulling in logs for first 99 Fletching or something):
If highscore integrity is enforced, then allowing multi-logging breaks the spirit of it and it shouldn’t be allowed (that, the actual in-game rule with text regardless of Jagex enforcement, and general community vibe lean more towards no).
If highscore integrity isn’t enforced (or perhaps after a period so many players 99 stuff?) then multi-logging should be allowed. I don’t believe it to be cheating and respect it can be an important mechanic (I’ve considered it on D2 
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I’m not sure how to really verify how far Jagex enforced multi-logging back then, but the plaintext rule makes it easy without ambiguity.
Pfft
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Damn that sucks man, if only you were capable of following a simple rule as a middle aged man. Oh well, plenty of people willing to follow rules luckily.
Good riddance.
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Rules are Rules! Don’t understand why this is so hard to understand.
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Hello, my brother and I live together and both play frequently. Are there any precautions we can take or proof that we are two separate people playing on two different computers that you would like to see if we were to ever be accidentally accused of multilogging?
the developer Pazaz said he doesn’t care about the player experience so we will have to fork the game and create a new server if we want a different vision.
Correction… he said accurate preservation is the top priority, but the live server is a very close second.
L0L true, i’m a multi logger who could easily get into this server, playing it a little but damn… If only multi logging was allowed.
I also have 4 twin brothers who want to join me in playing 2004 scape, but we’re all on the same IP, hue hue hue
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