Aftermath of the Bounty Hunter update

The aftermath of the Bounty Hunter update was the result of Jagex updating RuneScape with two new mini-games: Bounty Hunter and Clan Wars.

Background
On December 10, 2007, Jagex added two new mini-games to RuneScape, along with adding more bankspace and allowing free players to use the Duel Arena. However, with the new Bounty Hunter game, Jagex decided to change the Wilderness. Jagex updated the Wilderness so that players could no longer fight each other. Instead, they must fight in the Bounty Hunter or Clan Wars mini-game.

Riots
Immediately, riots began to happen across RuneScape. Player began chanting various phrases, such as "Jagex ruined RS", "RuinedScape", "We pay to PK", and others. Worlds became full with players congregating in cities such as Falador and Edgeville. Eventually, Jagex moderators arrived at the riots to try to break them up, though without success. They continued through the day.

Forum overload
The official forums were constantly up and down during the day; at times, more than 1,000 users were on the Rants forum; a record never before seen (the Rants forum is typically one of the most popular forums, but usually only averages 200 active users, rarely rising above 300). It is believed the forums can not handle the large volume of users ranting about the updates, causing them to continually be timed out. They come back within a few minutes to a few hours. The forums were overrun with users encouraging others to cancel their subscriptions and create more riots.

Subscription cancellations
Since player killing was a popular thing to do in the game, many players were furious with Jagex. Many players began to cancel their subscriptions.