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Hey u/xSunnymist, we know that you're really concerned about your friend. Like a lot of others in this thread have said, we're really proactive in situations where we think there's a threat to life. The well-being and safety of our players is a priority of our Support team.

I strongly suggest that you contact your local law enforcement agency (who will have international links) or their local law enforcement agency (if you happen to know it). One key piece of information you have access to is their email address. It'll be really valuable in helping find them. That, along with their real name and any approximation of their geographical location, should be passed to law enforcement.

If you have their full Discord ID then I'd encourage you to contact Discord who might be able to better identify th...

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For reals though. This is what Mod Steve W said about the PMod selection process:

Our data science team draw account names from a pre-defined criteria that we supply, this usually include things like game bias, time zone, activity, pillar points, Authentication / Bank PIN equals true and so on. We vary the raw trawl of accounts from time to time to fit our needs, for example we have recently focused on OS game bias from Australian time zones.

Once we have that list we review each account for reports made about it, display name history and linked accounts to identify rule breaking on undesirable behaviour on alternative accounts. We then do some due diligence checks to see if any of the accounts are linked to cheating communities or have any links or concerns in relation to Community Safety issues. Once we have that list we extract any accounts that log in from countries whose Authorities provide public searchable sex offender reco...

You haven't been muted by a PMod. PMod mutes are temporary and don't last for very long. Your mute was given by us, seemingly in error. I've flagged it to the CS team, and I'll contact you privately.

As for the point about Rogue Mods. We see those videos and reports, and we take action where necessary. We routinely monitor account ownership of Mods, as well as other security features being used to try to ensure that the accounts can't be misused.

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I don't expect us to patch it. It's something we discussed prior to the update.

We could change our approach should there be a need to.

Do be careful of the storage limit though!

The changes will be active in early July, they're still in testing.

You can still say those words, lots more too. We don't want to stop swearing or cursing. The focus is on discriminatory, targeted language.

Hi all. I've just raised this concern. We agree that this is a big inconvenience. We've agreed that we'll attempt to add the ability to stipulate how much of an item you'll be adding, which will address this. It may not be added until the next game update, so we do majorly appreciate your patience.

I'm hoping that, as an adult, you can also handle seeing some ***** in the chat too.

It'll be live next week hopefully, it's in testing.

We began the investigation into updating the filter a couple of months ago, but I'll admit, it was low among our priorities. Recent events have rightly seen the work reprioritised.

As for the implementation taking so long. Not many people at the studio are familiar with how it works. We had to re-learn how it works. We had to consider things like it deploying on both RS and OSRS, as well as how it'd affect localised versions of the game.

We do not want those words in-game, nor them to be targeted at our players. A filter and more moderation can complement eachother.

You'll still see some bad words. As it stands, people could say your Reddit name in-game.

Players will be able to swear and to express themselves, but we earnestly believe there are words and phrases which have no place in Old School.

It's unfortunate if you disagree, but the content change is coming.

The filter isn't the only solution. We'll be adjusting our moderation priorities too. A filter + more rigorous enforcement of the abuse report function is how we're beginning to tackle toxicity.

We've tried to take this into account.

We aren't going to be sharing lists, but some other languages have been considered. Particularly since the system also affects the localised versions of RS3.

It was hotfixed in moments, it's regrettable, but resolved very quickly.

I'm glad you're somewhat liking the changes. We wanted to restore an element of "risk" to the game, but in a convenient manner.

Yep. Anything that passed the poll but hasn't yet been released, will be being worked on still.

Here's hoping. And if not, well, we took the game offline in order to best prepare ourselves for any reactionary action he'll have to take!