From: lolpie
If you want to run more than one script at a time, I suggest you check out virtual machines, since that's exactly what they were designed to do in the first place
It's not really hypocritical to report a botter. Our philosophy is that we respect RS and play within the limits. Botters definitely don't respect RS (there are ~5 bots per tree), and they don't play within the limits (many accounts on one computer). They wouldn't be so bad if they were leveled up, but its seriously annoying to see level 5s in the mining guild =/
Normally I run vmware or I'll just remote login to myself on a win2k3 server (dependent on game). However, I don't see how one could say "we respect rs and play within the limits". Scar is a scripting engine designed to allow the end user a language to program automation features in the game. Does this not break the TOS of RS? Does this not allow the user an advantage over a "normal" playing character? You can create fully automated bots with the language can you not? (assuming you learn the language of course). That's like a gun manufacturer saying they respect life as they hand over the guns to the military.
Yes, you only allow one copy per O.S. in an attempt to cut down on a large scale bot operations. Yes, many preach from the pulpit that they hate "boters" and what they do to the game, while at the same time in the background they are mining away automated or leveling automated. Now I will give you that there is a distinction between someone that is running 100 accounts for profit vs someone here running a single character or two to be self sufficient in the game or for their guild. However, I am also sure some of these advanced scripters that use scar are smart enough and bypass the 1 per O.S. limitation if it's worth while to do so. Personally, I haven't got that much into it yet, waiting for my week grace period and 10 posts while I play the game normally to learn the mechanics.
What I gather from being new around here and browsing the forums is don't you dare script mine, lumber, fish or whatever until you use a bot to raise your level because people relish in reporting low level scripters. To me, no big deal. I would never be foolish enough to script something in an obvious area at some newbie level anyway, that just asks to be reported. In the end however I see little difference between this cheat and any other. The distinction that I see is this group/community does not foster some 3rd world farming operation and uses it more to their own goals. Ie.. They are not running 200 clients 24/7 for a profit. Yes, a distinction between the type of "cheater" but still a "cheater" none the less.
Just to clarify I hate large farm operations as much as the next guy they do ruin the game economy. When I find operations as such in games I normally like to kill them all and disrupt their scripts more then report them considering I know in a day they will just have another 200 accounts anyway. However, if they are in a "non" pvp area I would report them as much as you. So don't get the impression I support 200 client farm for profit operations because I do not ;) I just think the idea of one cheater saying they are better then another cheater is hypocritical especially from a programmer that designed a language to cheat the game lol. In the end both parties are breaking the rules. Perhaps in a court of law you may not get a longer sentence then the 200 man farmer operation but you would be found guilty.