25 February 2009 crash

On February 25, 2009, along with a large update to RuneScape, a bug was discovered that crashed the game for players. This was done through the use of the public chat feature. Several precautions were taken in order to prevent players from being logged out due to this bug:


 * Jagex encouraged players to turn off Public, Private and Clan Chat until the bug was fixed.
 * Four minigame areas were shut down to prevent quicker spread:
 * Bounty Hunter
 * Clan Wars Dangerous Free for All Arenas
 * Staked Duels
 * Duel Tournaments
 * Jagex encouraged players to completely stay away from PvP worlds until the bug was fixed.

As of now, the bug is still occuring, and the above information is still applying.