Scott Burns

No way, I've heard the horror stories! I played main on PC, botted on laptop with separate internet connections and VPNs. Just the one account, which was about 13-15 years old, one of the ones I made as a kid. I botted maybe an hour after creation; I guess I was overconfident it would fly under the new account radar, and that babysitting would make me even more difficult to catch. Maybe if I avoided agility/quest/resource gathering scripts! As for the mistakes in botting, I'm not quite sure what to look for but nothing set off alarm bells. There was a guy at chinchompas who I said "Sup" to, and he said he was hopping world to world reporting bots. Might have been a little slow talking to him? Do you know if you can get around early game flagging by purchasing a quested/levelled account? Or will Jagex pick up on the ownership change and flag the account for that?

Did not exceed 8hr in a day, with lots of human interaction, and never for more than 3 hrs consecutive. Looking back, Hunter and Agility were stupid skills to pick

I'll do my best not to make this into a sob story lmao. I knew the risks, but am still disappointed like all the other guys in the same boat. Summary of this failure: Sunday morning start Wednesday morning ban Entirely mirror mode Did not bot tutorial island Purchased membership and bond, manually stocked up on a heap of basics in the GE Stealth quested, roughly following osrs wiki's optimal quest guide Took random breaks or switched to Excellent Agility for a bit Projects AIO Hunter, birds > butterflies > swamp lizards > Eagle's Peak > chins Logged out for the last time at around 660 red chins, 67 or 68 hunter, 27ish quest points, 28 agility, 34 att 32 str, 12 def, 9 prayer, 15 mining. Low stats from quests, you get the idea. Important to note that I was nearby and half-supervising by checking/interacting every few minutes, so no funny business with broken scripts made my character look suspicious. Also talked to nearby people and in clan chat, as I thought that would help. Did not do any massive sessions and actually spent far more time logged out than my main account that I was playing nearby legitimately. Total damage: purchased 10 scripts I no longer have a glimmer of faith in, VIP, 1 month membs, and a bond. Anticipated much longer uptime. Not interested in investing in another account/membership. What I would do differently is get a private script from someone, as I've come to believe Jagex would have all of these scripts and know exactly what to look for. Fun little experiment while it lasted, and some valuable lessons learned.