on the subject of bots, runescape had literally the best way of dealing with their botting problem:
if an account was detected using bot software, they would be instantly teleported to a hearing from a witchfinder general style npc, where other players could watch and throw rotten tomatoes at them. then the audience could vote on how the person on trial would be killed as punishment, and THEN the botter was permanently banned afterwards. it was the funniest shit ever
tbt when they had no banning system so the gms just teleported hackers into The Void™ for eternal punishment
That was a whole other problem in itself, due to the whole “disc of returning” debacle.
Basically there was an item (disc of returning) that let regular players visit these “banned” players in the void. You could come and go freely and still talk to any banned people there. The only problem was that this item was totally tradeable/droppable, and people visiting were getting tricked by the banned players into giving the item up to them, or dropping it so it would despawn.
Basically people were pulling some body-snatcher shit, and banned players were taking the place of innocent players through the disc of returning to get back into the game, and leaving behind the innocent ones trapped in their place. Runescape was fucked up lmao
Lyrics: Community Guidelines, you know I am a righteous man,
of my content I am justly proud,
Community Guidelines, you know I’m so much purer than,
the filthy child porn producing crowd.
Then tell me, O Tumblr, why the whole of us must pay,
Why the porno bots can’t be controlled?
I see them, I block them, their posts no longer linger there,
So why are we the ones that you must scold?
O Tumblr! Damn Tumblr! The Tumblr that had been,
Would never allow this! Why purge my harmless sin?
It’s not our fault! We’re not to blame!
It is the Russian bots and monsters who should pay! It’s not our fault! You made a plan! Where women’s nipples are more hunted than the Klan!
Protect us, O Tumblr, Don’t just become an Apple drone, Don’t let monopoly control your mind.
Don’t punish creators, Or we will find another home, Where we come first and aren’t left behind.
GUARD: Waiting4Codot, your post has been flagged. CODOT: What? GUARD: The puppies were mistakes for female-presenting nipples. CODOT: But how? Nevermind. Get out you idiot. I’ll find a better website if I
have to burn down all the internet.
Oh Tumblr! Damn’d Tumblr! Now staff the time has come, Choose us the creators, or see your site undone.
Please just reconsider,
Staff have mercy on me,
Let Tumblr be ours or it will burn!
And yes, I know that, as a voice actor, I won’t be IMMEDIATELY affected, but a LOT of my friends will be, and that frustrates me. Also, it’s only a matter of time before someone makes a horrendous audio post and (given their current behaviour) they wouldn’t even police audio; they’d just get rid of it.
I know there’s a lot of tension after Tumblr’s new policy annouced for December 17th, but reblog this if you aren’t leaving Tumblr so that other blogs can know they aren’t going to be completely alone!
Idk if I’ll get banned, but I’ll stay as long as they let me
i love barbossa he just??? he started out as whoa scary intimidating bad guy trying to kill will and elizabeth so scary but by the third film will and elizabeth are like yo barbossa ‘sup you should totally marry us we’re buddies now and he just??? does
i lov e barbossa he went from villain to like weird uncle
Hamilton leads 19th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards nominations (What’s On Stage) [xx]:
Hamilton leads the nominees with 12 nods, including Best New Musical, Best Director, Best Actor – for both Jamael Westman and Giles Terera – and Best Actress in a Musical for Rachelle Ann Go.
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Sita McIntosh, WhatsOnStage’s Chief Operating Officer said: “2018 has proved a incredible year for new writing – for both musicals and plays, providing some of the strongest competition we have seen in recent years across the nominations.”
“The calibre of work populating not just the subsidised sector, but also commercial houses across the UK, shows a shift in audience appetite for new, challenging and diverse work, and it’s thrilling to see.The WhatsOnStage Awards unashamedly celebrate the best and most popular of UK theatre; shows that our readers pay to see and vote for in their droves.”
This will be the 19th year of the WhatsOnStage Awards, which are voted for entirely by the theatregoers themselves. Nominations opened on 1 November and closed on 30 November. Now the awards shortlists are announced, voting is now open and will close on 31 January 2019.
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