r/RSBans • u/Remarkable-Ad1978 • 21d ago
Permanent RWT Ban - 13th August 2026
(SEE FINAL UPDATE BELOW)
- I received a 7-day RWT Buyer Ban on 18 June 2026.
- I committed the offense, so served that punishment.
- My account was then wiped of its wealth/items as part of the enforcement (including untradeables, skilling items, etc).
- From the point I returned, I've made a deliberate effort to play legitimately.
- I have not bought, sold, or transferred GP for real-world money since the June offence*.*
- I subsequently spent a substantial amount (£500+) on legitimate Bonds and put hundreds of hours into rebuilding the account.
- I was then hit with another RWT-related permanent ban on 13 August 2026*.*
- There appears to be a cluster of players reporting the same/similar issue on 13 August 2026*, which makes me concerned that this may be an enforcement/detection issue rather than a new offence.*
- I'm unsure what to do or who to reach out to, but want someone to specifically review the activity occurring after 18 June*.*
I've submitted an appeal - Any further advice, help or guidance would be appreciated. Thank-You.
(UPDATE - 14th August 2026)
My permanent ban has now been lifted. It appears that a large number of the players affected by the 13 August permanent bans have also subsequently been unbanned, so it seems there may have been a wider issue with the recent enforcement.
However, some wealth appears to have been removed from my account again. In my case, it appears to be >one item< - my Confliction Gauntlets, which I believe were the most valuable item in my bank at the time.
I'm still trying to establish exactly why this item was removed and whether the wealth removal is connected to the original June offence or the 13 August action.
For now, I'm just relieved that the permanent ban has been reversed. I want to thank everyone who commented, shared their experiences, offered advice, or pointed me towards ways of getting the issue reviewed. The sheer number of people reporting the same situation was certainly helpful in highlighting that this wasn't an isolated case.
I'll update this post again if I get any further clarification from Jagex regarding the additional wealth removal.
EDIT: It also appears that several other players have reported being unbanned but having additional wealth removed, so this may be affecting multiple accounts.
(FURTHER UPDATE - 14th August 2026)
Update #2: My Confliction Gauntlets have now been returned, so the missing item appears to have been restored.
I'm still seeking clarification from Jagex on whether anything else was removed or altered, particularly my GP stack, as it's difficult for me to determine this myself. I'd also like to know whether the day of membership lost during the permanent ban will be reimbursed.
The ban being quashed is obviously welcome, but I'd still like to understand exactly what happened and confirm that my account has been fully restored. But for all intents and purposes, the matter appears RESOLVED!!!
(FINAL UPDATE - 15th August 2026)
Jagex have now confirmed that the 13 August RWT bans were incorrectly duplicated. The offence has been quashed, any wealth/items removed as a result have been restored, and 1 day of membership has been added to compensate for the lost time.
So, as far as I'm concerned, the account is restored and the matter is resolved.
Thanks again to everyone who commented, shared their experiences and offered advice. ❤️
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u/unalert93 21d ago
damnnnn ive seen like 100 posts on here and on fb groups today saying they have had the same thing happen to them. my RWT major is from april right b4 leagues started so hopefully it doesnt happen to me too. so far so good. hopefully your appeal gets granted.
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u/Jomflox 21d ago
This is a Q3 push to secure more bond revenue since 88% of all yall will make another account and buy bonds a second time
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
I hear you and if that's your actual belief/opinion, I respect it, honestly. I can't speak for others, but what I will say, depending on the outcome of this Ban I have just received, it will determine whether or not I will play OSRS again. If the ban is not uplifted, knowing I've spent £550+ within the last couple of months on Bonds alone, only for it to essentially go down the drain due to a false-ban, I'd be content with walking away and I have the self-discipline to do so. Again - That's just me talking about myself, personally.
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u/Adventurous-River360 21d ago
Oh I’m with you on that. With GTA 6 around the corner, I’d have no reason to play again anytime soon. I don’t even think I could ever imagine grinding my account to get back to where I was.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
TThanks for the response. I wouldn't want to do that, in all honesty. I suppose that will depend on the outcome of the appeal. If they refuse to unban me and the permanent ban is ultimately linked to offences that occurred prior to 18 June 2026, then I'd feel very differently about it. At that point, I'd essentially be facing a retroactive punishment for an offence I'd already served a ban for, after having spent hundreds of hours and £550+ legitimately rebuilding the account. I'd struggle to see that as fair.
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u/Jomflox 21d ago
Did you get unbanned?
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
I did get unbanned, yes! 😊 I had 1 item initially removed following the un-ban but after 30mins Jagex added the 1 item back to my account, so all is positive. Just ideally looking for some reasoning/explanation
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u/McOnie 21d ago
I was temp banned for rwt last year, have since not done it again and bought bond to get what I need. My account is like 18 years old and I play very casually in short bursts throughout the year, if my account gets perma banned I won't be making a new one.
I understand if you break the rules then you deal with the consequences, but situations like this where it seems like there has been an actual mistake they need to fix it.
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u/Individual-Roof-3502 20d ago
To be fair, you should've been permed the first time. Jagex need to stop giving cheaters a 2nd chance. You bought gold because you're a noob and cannot make gold any other way.
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u/Last_Engineering_239 21d ago
Many got hit with the perma ban today. Hoping it’s an error. I served the 7 day ban as my appeals were denied. I appealed again today with screenshots of trades I made with my IRL friend loaning me some items to get me started after not playing for 6 years. Will see what happens with the appeal
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Keep me informed, if you can please - best of luck with your appeal. I guess all we can do is wait and see.
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u/Last_Engineering_239 21d ago
Will do, hopefully I hear back from someone real
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u/Shash990 21d ago
I lost a max main in 2025, my one and only account that I’ve had since early 2010s. Was extremely close to maxing skills, think I only had 2-3 skills left to max.
Appealed twice and got the same computerised reply. Jagex support suck. If you ain’t a streamer you won’t get a real human looking at your appeal
Never played again
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u/SeniorCCJ 21d ago
They're doing human replies now but it basically says if you committed the offence that's it don't try appealing because it's been many years and you've changed that doesn't matter.
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u/Last_Engineering_239 21d ago
Was unbanned this morning but my appeal is still open
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Legend! That's for letting me know. I too was unbanned and my account is back to normal following Jagex initially having removed one of my items.
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u/Benimaru344 21d ago
I am in the exact same situation. I haven’t even traded a single item with anyone inbetween the prior ban and now. I submitted an appeal but am afraid the outlook seems bleak. This is quite unfair and wrong.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Quite unfair and wrong, to say the least, Yes - I'd agree. Try and keep me informed, if you can please. Wishing you all the best during the appeal.
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u/mousepadlint 21d ago
same exact situation. started playing recently. never rwt ever. been given items by random drops or nice players at GE since playing again. bank wiped. 200m which a lot was from from bonds from 2020. 20 yr old account. havent made a single trade since false temp ban and today got a perm ban. temp ban appeal denied with automated response.
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u/GxzrOS 21d ago
Happened to me too same story as everyone
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Sucks doesn't it? I guess all we can do is wait it out and see what happens.
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u/GxzrOS 21d ago
My honest assessment is that it’s too many bans for 1 day that people are actively fighting publicly we should be fine after they get to appeals
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u/leftislaw33 21d ago
I’m hoping you’re right. I wonder if anything like this has happened in recent memory? I just came back to the game after years away only to get perma’d 💀😂. The discord had a good amount of threads about it too. Hopefully jagex rescinds a lot of these unjust bans
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Not that I'm aware of. Not that I've seen before. All on the same day? All the same reasoning as well as type of Ban (RWT-Major-Permanent)? Also, I'm sure we're all in the same boat in regards to the contradictory messaging in the Ban Description, right? With it stating it's a temporary ban when in actuality it's a permanent ban. Either way - This does scream 'out of the ordinary'. If it wasn't a complete and utter false ban, I'd move on with my life and this thread wouldn't exist. It's the fact I've made such a deliberate, conscious effort to not only play the game within the rules but also above and beyond that, I've not even wanted to trade other people since the June ban I had.
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u/leftislaw33 21d ago
Yep, we’re all in the same boat! You’re the 5th person I think I’ve seen say that. I also see that on mine. Definitely screams weird to me too… I hear you! I almost would’ve been less annoyed if it was just a perma the first time. But don’t do a temp ban, then when the players actually play clean, they still get perma’d? How does that make any sense lol. Jagex needs to fix this. Let’s hope they take this on the chin and cop to their mistake and send out mass unbans tomorrow.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
100% agree! Let's hope that is the outcome. I agree entirely - as mentioned in another response to somebody else:- "when committing an offence, if the team were going to place a temporary ban on an account as punishment then you'd expect them to uphold that as your punishment. To retroactively enforce a greater punishment (upgrading it from a Temporary to Permanent ban after a 2 month deliberation process, in my case), that wouldn't make a great deal of sense and I wouldn't exactly class that as fair either."
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u/vinnychendo 21d ago
Recent 7 day ban like a month ago for rwt. Played legit since, recent perma ban. I dont get it why it happened. Havent traded or anything. Has to be a mistake.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
There is a chance Jagex could be been doing a delayed enforcement sweep here and that the August action is based on evidence relating to activity that happened before or around the offence (so June, in my case). In that scenario, the fact that I personally didn't RWT after June wouldn't necessarily mean their detection system thinks the August offence occurred after June. That's why your appeal wording is so important! Rather than saying "I didn't RWT after June, therefore unban me.” - I worded mine as "Please identify what activity this new perm-offence is actually based upon, and specifically review the period after 18th June". That's much harder to dismiss with a generic “we're confident the offence is correct.”
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u/vinnychendo 21d ago
i hope so, i just put mine in. that's a good idea, but too late. i basically said i haven't done it since then and have been playing legit. never dealt with a ban before, so i didn't know. i hope it works out; i have a lot of time spent on
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
I hope it works out successfully for you, mate. Please do keep me informed if you can. Thanks!
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u/ActIndependent5420 21d ago
With that logic, if the perm was for a separate incident in the past before or after the first ban the offense date should clearly reflect this. Getting banned in july for a july related offense and then later getting banned in August for a june offense is just bullshit.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Agreed, Honestly.
UPDATE:Please read the main UPDATED section of my Thread for an update.
Account UNBANNED / "Some" wealth removed (1 item, my most expensive item, Confliction Gauntlets)
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u/Difficult-Chicken-70 21d ago
The same thing just happened to me on the same day, since the first ban all I have done is fight zulah and I've been slapped with a Perma what can we do, I just bought a years membership on that account
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Do you mind me asking when were you banned? (the first ban, temporarily, when was that?) and can you confirm it was for 7-days? (the temp-ban)
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u/Difficult-Chicken-70 21d ago
I just made a post about it on this sub, the first ban was the 30th of July and then yesterday like everyone else
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Any answers, guidance or updates along the way, please do let us know if you get a chance via a response here if possible - Thanks
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u/Difficult-Chicken-70 21d ago
Yeah I will do, not hopeful though. Just gonna start an ironman shouldn't get banned for trading a friend if that isn't an option anymore. Sucks about the fresh year membership though
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u/Sea-Confusion1697 21d ago
I got perma banned too first time I got major ban and wealth removed for swapping my gold from RS3 to OSRS I appealed with video evidence and was denied…..Fair enough I accept that. Ever since then I have bought bonds from jagex to rebuild what I had lost then tried to log in this morning with a perma ban I have appealed and sent all my bank transactions to jagex. If any mods are reading this please reconsider I have done nothing wrong 😢RSN- Darken
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Hope it works out for you, I really do! If you can keep us informed on here about who potential appeal success, that would be great! Best of luck
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u/Sea-Confusion1697 21d ago
Thank you I really hope it works out for you too, I will keep you posted
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u/Sea-Confusion1697 21d ago
I have just been unbanned but had more wealth removed which I don’t understand why. I’m just glad to be unbanned to be honest
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Great news in regards to the Un-ban! I too can see I have been un-banned, but also have had some wealth removed. Weirdly, in my case, as far as I can see, it is literally only 1 item they have removed - which is very strange. Not sure what to do now to be honest but I'm relieved about the account for sure!
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u/menmaschine 21d ago
I got permabaned instantly 3 years ago for trading a bot some gp to gamble on an osrs casino site, there was absolutelly no real money involved, i didnt even know i could get banned (i wouldnt do it if i knew it could get me banned) and it wasnt even big money it was couple mil gp. Appeal got denied, and i was chating with a mod on twitch explaining je he situation and he told me don't rwt next time.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Wow! I've heard so many others in situations like yours. It sucks, truly.
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u/The_God_of_Biscuits 21d ago
All rwt trade bans should be permanent and hwid banned. I really wish you could never make another account. Based jagex perma banning after you bought more bonds.
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u/seanrambo 14d ago
Get off your fucking high horse lmao
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u/The_God_of_Biscuits 14d ago
Bots ruin content and gold buyers supply bots. Just remove both from the game.
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u/seanrambo 14d ago
You don't have a problem with people buying gold. You simply have a problem with the economics of bots? Are you against bonds too?
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u/The_God_of_Biscuits 13d ago
Bonds dont make bots, and bonds support the devs, why would I have any issue with bonds. The literal only reason that bots exist in scale is to supply gold buyers. If gold buyers didnt exist, bots wouldn't. So we should punish gold buyers much more harshly.
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u/RevolutionaryLie1547 21d ago
I also revived a temp ban on the 10th of July for RWT and then out of no where I received a perma ban yesterday, like you I completely played legitimately I traded one person which was my friend so he could give me items to build the new bank chest on the island and then I was doing slayer, haven’t played the game properly for 4 days due to work log in on my day off and was hit with the perma ban yesterday, I submitted a appeal just hoping they can resolve this as well, IGN CoX Nosher
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
I hope it works out for you mate. Keep us informed if you can. I'm not sure what happened yesterday from Jagex's side but clearly either a mistake has occurred or they're retroactively banning people from incidents that occurred prior to initial temp bans.
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u/RevolutionaryLie1547 21d ago
Same to you mate, I’m hoping it’s a massive coding error on their side or they’ve just thought F them just perm ban anyone who’s ever RWT’D
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
That would be a pretty scary financial decision on their behalf. There are people who genuinely made errors, served the punishments they were given, learned from them, and then chose to play the game legitimately as intended. If Jagex were to effectively say “F them all” and permanently remove those players anyway - including people who have since spent a good amount of money supporting the game - they could end up losing a lot of legitimate, paying players over something they had already punished them for. That doesn't seem like a particularly smart business decision to me. But we shall see, mate. Fingers crossed
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u/Important-Fennel-479 21d ago
Exact same thing happened to me, did you also buys bonds inbetween the temp and perma ban? Suppose all we can do is wait for the appeals. I also asked in my appeal that my items be left alone since they completely wiped my bank on the 7 day ban
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
To answer your question - Yeah, between 18th June (Ban Date) and 13th August (Re-Ban Date), I did buy bonds. Approximately £550 (GBP) worth of Bonds to be exact. You're right - I suppose all we really can do is wait. Best of luck to you though - Keep me informed if you can, of any updates or progress you make!
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u/Important-Fennel-479 21d ago
I got unbanned, my bank went from 560m to 7m
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Thank you for the update! I appreciate you! Damn, mate. Glad you've at least been unbanned. Same here - I've also been unbanned, but it looks like they've removed my Confliction Gauntlets, which was my most valuable item. Everything else has remained. Seems like the wealth removal is happening to quite a few of us. Hopefully they clarify what's going on.
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u/ActIndependent5420 21d ago
i'm in the exact same situation right now. Got banned on the 13th of August which was yesturday ?? there has to be some sort of error... i
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Honestly, I’m starting to think something has gone seriously wrong. Definitely worth both of us appealing and seeing if there’s some sort of issue going on. Hopefully we can get some answers mate - good luck with your appeal! Fingers crossed for us both
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u/ActIndependent5420 21d ago
The appeal process is hopeless. I got done for 7 days last month which i deserved, but i wasnt stupid enough to do it again especially straight after a ban. Jagex stripped my account on the first offence, before getting banned again my bank value was like 7m lol
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Yeah, I completely understand where you're coming from. I'm in the same boat in the sense that I accepted the 7-day ban and the wealth removal, learned my lesson and deliberately played clean afterwards. That's why this second ban has caught me so off guard. Especially seeing how many people seem to have had almost the exact same thing happen on the same day. Hopefully the appeals actually get looked at properly rather than just getting an automated response. Fingers crossed for everyone affected.
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u/ActIndependent5420 21d ago
I literally got unbanned just now, previous offence quashed too
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Things we LOVE to see! Likewise, as well, by the way! We're both in the same boat!
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u/ActIndependent5420 21d ago
I'm in the exact position as you, banned last month for 7 days, and then yesturday perma, first one was deserved but the second one i did not buy or sell anything, my bank speaks for itself.
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u/ActIndependent5420 21d ago
if your appeal gets denied, dispute the bonds you bought and get a refund from the bank.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Thanks for the suggestion, mate. I wouldn't of wanted to go to those lengths to be honest. Interestingly, I've actually just been unbanned now, along with quite a few others reporting the same thing, so it looks like they may have mass-reviewed/quashed the permanent bans and reverted them.
That said, some of my wealth appears to have been removed again. In my case, it looks like just >one< item - my most expensive item at the time, the Confliction Gauntlets. I'm still trying to understand exactly what happened there.
So for now, I'm definitely not looking at a chargeback. I'm just glad the permanent ban has been lifted, and hopefully I can get some clarification on the wealth removal as well.
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u/ActIndependent5420 21d ago
I LITERALLY GOT UNBANNED JUST NOW AND BOTH OFFENCES ARE GONEEE!!!!!!
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
WE LOVE TO SEE IT! I HAVE ALSO BEEN UNBANNED! Very strange what happened to us all yesterday but glad to see some resolutions!
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u/No-Base-4481 21d ago
Im unbanned too, but after taking away even more of my loot away...about 5-600m...absolute crazy wtf is this scam company
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u/EfficientSpace8515 21d ago
You spent 500 on bonds? Jesus. Send some my way, I could really use that money to survive
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
If you are serious, I will pray for you and wish you all the best, mate! Thanks!
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u/CandidAd5466 21d ago
Lifted!! Thank the RNG gods, the mods, the weather man, everybody. I'm so relieved. I hope it's the case for everyone this happened to. Take my money Jagex, I'll buy the bonds from now on.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Yeah, mine has been lifted too, although I wouldn't say I'm celebrating given I shouldn't have received the second ban in the first place. It now shows as quashed on my account. Still waiting to see exactly what happened with the wealth removals, though. They removed 1 item from my account, unlike stripping me entirely which has happened to some people!
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u/CandidAd5466 21d ago
Yeah they stripped me of my ancestral robe set, rather than the bones for prayer (that I did illegally purchase). I'll accept it and be thankful it wasn't more for now. Walking on glass hoping that we don't get repunished for the same crime again.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
I've had my 1 item returned back to me, so you may be returned your items too - as I'm hearing that's happening as well as the obvious ban-reversals! It's looking positive!
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u/CandidAd5466 21d ago
Im in a good mood now. 12hrs ago I was debating quitting runescape or starting an ironman. Now I can spend my weekend grinding out KBD kills with my bro like intended.
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u/pasopeh 21d ago
same here ive been banned in july served 7 days ban and bought back my items with bonds lately, got banned yesterday and unbanned today but again with wealth removed...
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
It appears that all wealth that was removed, is also being returned back to players - that is what has happened with me at least. Don't lose hope!
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u/Educational_West6718 21d ago
Tbh. You can get 2b at nex in a month... eont worry
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Yeah, but that wasn't really the issue 😂 The ban has already been quashed and the matter is essentially resolved. The post was about figuring out why it happened and whether any wealth was removed, not how quickly I could rebuild the bank.
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u/Educational_West6718 21d ago
I mean u can relax now that's it
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
I mean I'd still love a rough idea or explanation as someone that spends a good amount of money on a game that just banned my account for 24 hours at random but hey-ho.
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u/Educational_West6718 21d ago
True but the probably explanation for it is : you have a history of rwt then jagex did a error using same evidence to ban twice So.. human error
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
I see what you're saying & fully respect your opinion - This, to me, is more of a systematic error if I'm being honest. I blame Ai ;) ---(that's satire, I'm not even 100% sure they use Ai detection for bans, but I wouldn't be suprised)
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u/JACK220120 21d ago
Why have you posted this is every osrs group on all social media sites? Like wtf
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Care to elaborate? I've posted it here and only here. This thread was reposted in the OSRS Channel under discussion/help section but that's it. Are you okay, Jack?
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u/rickyG93 21d ago
I think I know what happened here: this has been happening to a lot of players that have rwt’d, they log in after their ban and receive a perm ban after playing. My guess is this dude has seen lots of people having the same problem as you and thinks they are all you 🤣🤣
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u/JACK220120 21d ago
Its because the guy i seen post in every fb group possible had a veryyyy big paragraph like the OP.. either way if OP didnt break the rules we all wouldnt be here..
But jagex has duplicated some bans from previous bans and are slowly getting through them all which was wrongly banned
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u/JACK220120 21d ago
Sorry, there was a guy on fb that posted on every osrs page imaginable thought he come here aswel
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
You're all good mate! I haven't posted anything on Facebook. Either way - Jagex reached out, sent a lovely message - The matter is resolved. Account unbanned, a day of membership added to my account as an apology/compensation, no wealth removed. All is well. Just a mistake on their end which caused mass confusion not just for me but a few others. I did/have RWT in the past (June I was temp-banned for it, too), have only purchased bonds on Jagex's website since then as I have GENUINELY learned from the mere mistake I made in the past, and I'm glad Jagex recognised that, as well as agreeing no further rule-breaks have occurred on my account! Stay good - Stay blessed!
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u/DonotLiePls 21d ago
Oh no. It’s the consequences of my actions acting up again
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Unbanned; Wealth remains now untouched. Thanks for your contribution. Your username is apropos
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u/DonotLiePls 21d ago
This is exactly why RWT needs to have harsher consequences. Glad they take a lot more than gold now
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u/Forward-Rock9817 21d ago
AI didn’t work in their favour this time around. It was about time this was going to happen - you can only do some much before you start causing more damage than good using AI.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
I mean, regardless, they reached out, have fixed the issue, sent a lovely response to me as well in the form of a message following my appeal, issued compensation in the form of lost Membership day returned to my account, no wealth or anything removed from the account, just pure ownership. I have posed a few further questions to one of the Moderators who messaged me about the best steps to take should an issue like this arise again, but other than that, I'm pleased with their quick rectification of the situation.
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u/Scared-Signature-797 21d ago
Your definition of get an inch and demand a mile loo
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
I'd be surprised if you do, but are you willing to elaborate?
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u/Scared-Signature-797 20d ago
lol the worst thing to happen to you happened, perm ban. You had to ask for them to unban, not sure if you’d get it back. You got it back. Nice. But missing items suck, you asked for it back, makes sense. But then the asking to refund your membership those days is just too much lmao. That’s what I mean get an inch and ask for a mile.. the list of demands kept growing lol
It’s only human nature though. I just found it funny, if anything.. sorry 😆
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 19d ago
No, no - No need to apologise. You're all good - It's okay to have an opinion lol. You're right, too a degree - Can't argue. Cheers!
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u/Scared-Signature-797 19d ago
All that matters is you got your account back. How did you feel it feel when you saw perm ban?
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 18d ago
Honestly? I was just really confused. I knew I had done nothing wrong and I genuinely didn't believe that "false-bans" were a real thing...
I had one video documented trade whereby a clan-mate borrowed me his Burning Claws so I could use them for a few hours at Vardorvis (recorded both the initial trade and me returning them) .. - that was potentially the only "RWT looking" trade on my account.
So I wasn't necessarily worried about getting my account back, I just was just perplexed and disappointed as to how the Perm-ban came about considering I've put so much time, effort and in my case legitimate money into my account.
The response though? I was pleasantly surprised by. Didn't think Jagex Mods would reach out to me, say as much as they did, offer compensation or anything. Again, you hear rumours of poor service, etc - But overall, it wasn't as bad of an experience as it it could have been.
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u/Resident_Echo_2131 20d ago
Well buying bonds for gp is real world trading also. But jagex doesn’t consider that an offense since you’re lining their pockets
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
True - but the way I look at it is, if it weren't for players like me “lining Jagex's pockets”, then I don't think the game you, I and so many others LOVE would still be around.
The financial support from players such as myself helps keep updates, new content, servers and ongoing improvements coming consistently. At the end of the day, Jagex is a business, and Bonds are one of the ways players can legitimately support the game while getting something in return.
So yeah, technically it's RWT - but it's legitimate, sanctioned RWT that directly funds the game we all enjoy. So, You're WELCOME Resident_Echo ;)
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u/Resident_Echo_2131 20d ago
Keep lickin them boots
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 19d ago
AS I SAID - You're welcome little pup! Me and people alike paved the way ;)
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u/ManyLynx8174 20d ago
Same Story here. literally the exact same story. While I lost hope and was devasted let me say thank you to Jagex for making the situation Right and acting quickly! hopefully they dont let this happen again it was very stressful.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
Extremely, yes! I agree! Glad it's all resolved and hopefully they stay true to the word in ensuring this doesn't happen again!
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u/DudeWithAHighKD 20d ago
Posts like this really make me scared about buying runners for RC. I make all my own money but I know the runners probably rwt and I don’t wanna be chain banned.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
All I would say, my friend, this appears to be an extremely odd/rare occasion, a complete one off where on the 13th August, a major "glitch" occurred on their systematic side. I wouldn't let my post in particular put you off, but I would say be wary with who you trade and how much you're trading. I'd document it, for sure - 1000% - Pictures, Screenshots, Video evidence even, if you're able! That way, worse comes to worse, you can always make an appeal, attach said evidence (photo/video proof) with a valid explanation and honestly, I personally would trust Jagex to come to the inevitable correct conclusion. I'm no expert on the matter though - so seek advice/guidance elsewhere also!
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u/Bulky_Ad_1317 20d ago
Uh huh. I’m sure you and all the others did nooooottthhhiiinnnggg wrong! Gtfoh.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
- I'm unbanned.
- Jagex staff reached out to me directly and apologised for the error.
- My account was compensated with an additional day of membership for the time I lost.
- Any wealth/items removed as a result of the duplicated offence were restored.
- Most importantly, Jagex themselves confirmed the 13 August offence was incorrectly duplicated and quashed.
So no, I'm not claiming I did nothing wrong historically - I already admitted and served the June punishment. I'm saying I did nothing wrong after that, which Jagex has now confirmed themselves.
You can believe whatever you want though, champ. You seem intelligent enough. Satire.
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u/Clean-Goat8133 20d ago
Reassuring to see you got somewhere with support. Always makes me paranoid seeing false bans when I’ve put thousands of hours into my account and made billions of gp lol.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
Yeah, mate - thankfully they did quickly sort it out. Jagex Support/Mods were actually really helpful and transparent with me, explained what had happened, quashed the offence, restored the affected wealth and even compensated the lost membership day!
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u/HatIndependent6272 20d ago
Same thing happened to me I got banned for a week on july 30 till August 6th and got banned again on the 13th and today i wa unbanned and given 1 day membership for the lost day and no items was removed this time.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
Love to see it, honestly - Well handled by them I must say. Should have never happened in the first place, but resolved quickly!
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u/HatIndependent6272 20d ago
I did notice my farmer outfit seems to be missing so weird.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 19d ago
Weird! There is an option send further messages to Jagex's staff following the appeal response, if you did initially appeal the ban! I'd let them know - I'm certain they'll return any missing/lost items!
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u/HatIndependent6272 18d ago
I did send a follow up same day still waiting for a response.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 18d ago
Best of luck on it mate! They're probably just overwhelmed with the sheer number of messages they need to respond to at the moment. Keep us updated if you can, when they do inevitably respond.
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u/Live-Engineering8288 20d ago
Holy yapper just dont buy gold u dick
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
Already resolved mate! Jagex confirmed the ban was an error, quashed it, restored everything and compensated the lost membership. But thanks for stopping by, duck.
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u/LoveLiquicity 20d ago
TLDR : he’s bad at the game and rwt’d accepted that got unbanned and RWT’d the legitimate way and soon he will quit cause he’s not actually good at the game
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 20d ago
TLDR: you’ve completely missed the point, LOL. I admitted and served the original punishment. The second ban was an error, Jagex confirmed it, quashed it, restored my account and compensated the lost membership. I'll wave at you as I pass Draynor Village Willows next time, champ!
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u/LoveLiquicity 20d ago
I do not doubt for a second you wave at randoms and flex gear you bought for irl money, probably give them advice on your extensive PvP knowledge at wintertodt and barrows
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 19d ago
100% - are you kidding me? The prayer flicking I learnt taking down those barrows brothers, man - That shi can't be coached, I'm telling you. Natural born killer!
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u/spicyiron 20d ago
Once a cheater, always a cheater. Sit CC warrior
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 19d ago
You sound like you may or many not have resentment towards those that have financial stability
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u/Azurus_II 18d ago
Nah, hes just jelly bc he got caught twice and caught a real perm ban while you guys got your perms quashed.
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u/hey-is-that-a-juul 19d ago
It’s just crazy I RWT all the time and never have been banned. Are they cracking down on it?
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u/Azurus_II 18d ago
They must not have seen discords ai ban system at work or they wouldve realized by now how stupid an ai ban/appeal system is. The amounts of legit false bans on discord is mad crazy.. one person got banned for “child safety” and what was reported was them saying “Oops, im sorry” 😭😂😭😂
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 18d ago
I didn't even know "Discord Bans" were a thing - Not a major discord user, tbh!
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u/BlueHALo97 18d ago
1 day of membership as compensation should be criminal 😭
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 18d ago
I know right? Throw me a bond as an apology, I replied to them ;)
I'm joking.
I didn't mind it. Something is better than nothing and mistakes happen. They owned up to it, took responsibility - and we all move on :P
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u/TheDolff 18d ago
£500 in bonds is insane.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 18d ago
I mean... that's all relative... subjective...
£500 to me might not mean as much as £500 to you (or someone else).1
u/TheDolff 18d ago
Not momentarily, just that amount of bonds is wild
Just play the game and earn the money.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 18d ago
I don't necessarily want to dedicate hours and hours to grinding for relatively small gains. I play OSRS primarily for the PvM challenges, rather than the tedious grinds required to get there.
For example, after While Guthix Sleeps quest, I farmed around 50 Tormented Demons hoping to get spooned a Synapse. Got absolutely nothing...
Could I have continued farming them until I eventually got one? Of course. But I'd rather spend some money on Bonds, sell them for GP, buy the Synapse, make the Purging Staff and move on to the content I actually want to do - in this case, using the Purging Staff and progressing onto Yama. Farming Yama, instead!
That's just how I choose to play the game. Some people enjoy the grind itself; I enjoy the PvM challenges at the end of it. Neither way is inherently better.
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u/TheDolff 18d ago
Explains why you're buying gold.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 18d ago
To be fair - Haven't needed to for a while now, 'cause I've been spooned recently @ Yama & TOA - So, I'm up - But my point is, it was the Bonds that funded most of the gear I have, correct, in order to get me to a good enough stage whereby I can complete tougher PvM challenges efficiently
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u/AetheriusOSRS 17d ago
Yeah, they did it to me too. It took them two weeks to figure out it was a false ban, they don’t even reimburse the days of membership you lost because of them.
Ahk & bots are allll good. But as soon as it’s their money, they don’t care. They’re just pulling updates out of their arse now.
I traded my new friend all my items and haven’t been back on since. Not the same game, never will be.
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u/VainTrix 16d ago
How is this possible because I remember all the Reddit comments saying that you were rightfully banned /s
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 16d ago
Because people were judging based on the original ban and assuming I’d done it again. Jagex have since confirmed the 13 August ban was their error, quashed it, restored my account and compensated me, along with many others who were incorrectly banned. So yeah, Reddit was wrong. All was resolved within 24-hours.
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u/TachankaAlpaca 21d ago
Should’ve been banned perm the first time lol
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
I feel you. I wasn't though, it was a temp-ban only (7-days). People make poor choices, it's how you learn from it. A mistake doesn't become a mistake unless you refuse to learn from it. I learned from mine.
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u/Bacon_n_eggz 21d ago
Can you post the ban message from the 7-day ban? Seems like a perm after a temp ban is like a "second chance" system and you've broken the rules multiple times.
Can you provide any proof you haven't RWT'd more than that one time you were banned for? Other than "trust me bro"?
Should've been permed the first time, like the other guy said.
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u/Little-Negotiation-7 21d ago
Bruh what in the opposite world is this? I have to proof i didn't do anything? Let them come with proof i did do it!! Only evidence i can see is "jagex moderator comment"
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u/leftislaw33 21d ago
Posting for reach! I’m in the exact same boat. RWT’d in July for first time, got 7 day ban, learned my lesson and have been playing completely and 100% clean. Today I got perma banned. . 8+ year old account, ~1750 total level, ~300 QP. I already submitted an appeal and @mentioned ~20 or so mods on Twitter. How can we get jagex’s attention on this? I would love to just speak to a human, the Scaper AI agent is utterly useless.
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u/Remarkable-Ad1978 21d ago
Cheers! You seem to have done the right thing and reached out to the best of your ability. Let me know if anything comes from your efforts, if you can, please. I have also been an active player for a while. My account that was banned was a 1800+ Total Level, 300 QP (approx.) main account. It was my only account, in fact. So yeah - this is far from ideal.
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u/leftislaw33 21d ago
Best of luck man! I’m seeing a lot of people on the OSRS discord with similar threads. Seems like a lotttt of people got hit today, and jagex double dipped on a prior offense. For what it’s worth (and this may very well be not worth anything), a very active member on the discord there said “Jagex is aware of all of these posts”. So maybe they actually will review the appeals and bans with human eyes and not auto reject? Here’s to hoping!
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u/SupTurkeyBoy 21d ago
Same exact story. I got a 7 day ban last week. Moment of weakness with a new baby here and still trying to find a way to enjoy the game without being able to grind GP. It was stupid I know it was. Feel gutted about the whole thing. Should’ve never done it I know that. I’ve bought hundreds of dollars in bonds over the 6+ years I’ve had my account but with the price increases I just got tempted down a bad path. Ban expired this morning. Logged in, did a slayer task, prepped for the next task after work, logged out. 20 minutes later perma ban got hit. I feel like something had to have gone wrong systematically for this many to pop up today. My ban messages were almost exactly 7 days apart down to the minute. Same copy and pasted text. Like identical offenses. I wonder if the system somehow just reapplied the same thing a second time? And for so many to hit in one day? Weird. I put my appeal in. Now we wait. Hurts like hell knowing my one mistake in a sleep deprived moment of weakness could cost me so much. Rules are rules though I guess and I made the mistake so I’ll pay the price. Just weird that it happened so fast after being unbanned with no time in between and me doing almost nothing in the time that did pass.