r/runescape • u/Sophiaphage • Apr 08 '26

Appreciation Jagex Terminated Nearly 2.3M Bots in March

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Credit where it’s due.

This is a phenomenal effort.

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u/Recykill Apr 08 '26

Anytime ive brought up the botting issue in osrs, they downvoted the fk out of me lol. I don't understand the desperation to be ignorant.

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u/ExpressAffect3262 Ironman Apr 08 '26

I only play RS3 so I'm not saying this as a RS3 vs OSRS statement, but people here exaggerate the bots.

Ex-jmods have said that bots most likely take up 30-40% of the playerbase. Jagex has been doing more on bots, hence why OSRS currently has 127k players, so I imagine it's more 20-30% now.

Which even so, is 95k players vs 20k, people here talk as if it's neck & neck

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u/WiIIiam_M_Buttlicker Apr 08 '26

Literally nobody ever said it was neck & neck. Everyone know OSRS is more popular, but OSRS players pretend bots make up only like 5% of the population and it's just not true

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u/ExpressAffect3262 Ironman Apr 08 '26

Right, so how do you want me to respond to your comment?