Falador Massacre

The World 111 Glitch or "Falador Massacre" was an extreme violation of the Bug Abuse Rule that occured on June 6th, 2006, where many people lost valuables. It is possibly the most infamous event in the history of RuneScape 2. Many people find it ironic and possibly superstitious that it occurred on the date 06/06/06.

The Glitch
During Cursed You's level 99 Construction party, a bug was discovered. Some Players believe that the bug was, in large part, discovered after Durial321 and others were tele-trapped and teleported to Falador (Though Durial himself has claimed that he discovered the glitch due to a friend's telling him about it). For one reason or another, Cursed You expelled the guests from his home; when he did this, apparently, is when the bug occurred. Due to the massive amount of people in Cursed You's home at the time of the expulsion, the World 111 server was unable to cope with the traffic and overloaded, ejecting the players in Cursed You's dungeon fight arena with the 'ATTACK' option remaining on their right-click list. Normally, the only area that players are allowed to kill other players, or 'PK', in is an area to the north of RuneScape called the Wilderness. Generally, cities and other southern locations are safe from PKing. But, with the glitch leaving the certain few players with the 'ATTACK' option, they in turn gained the ability to attack anyone, anywhere with no retaliation.

The Massacre
When Cursed You chose to expel all of his guests from his private home, he unwittingly caused all those in the fighting arena to gain the ability to PK anywhere. Thus, the beginning of the massacre. When Durial321, among other players, began slaughtering random people in Falador, chaos erupted. Mods began demanding that everyone bank their items and teleport to safety, saying things like 'Everyone bank your valuables and don't encourage him!'. Also, certain players followed Durial321 throughout the massacre, (The 'Massacre Party') urging him to continue killing. The main areas affected by this bug were Falador, Rimmington, Edgeville, and Barbarian Village. Some believe that Cursed You, Durial321 and the other players that abused the bug had actually known about it and chose to initiate it at a specific time. This is supported by the overlooming coincidence that the massacre occured on 6/6/06, as many people consider it a day that 'all hell broke loose on RuneScape'.

The Loss
There is no record of item losses, bug abusers, or victims of the massacre. Many people who witnessed the attack claimed that Durial321 pillaged a full set of party hats (extremely valuable items), but only the Green Party Hat he wore was visible in the videos. After chasing multiple people with his whip, he decided to use Ice Barrage. The event was only about an hour long, according to Durial321 himself in a private interview. Less popular videos on the massacre have shown moderators and Jagex staff being attacked. However, Jagex Staff cannot be attacked, though player moderators were able to get attacked.

The Aftermath
The bug was fixed, and almost immediately afterward Durial321's account was locked and the other attackers were permanently banned. Mod Peter himself apologized to the victims, but no items were returned to those who lost them; a statement was issued saying "There where just so many people who lost items, there is no way to distingush who's lying from who genuinely lost things."

The players in the 'Massacre Party' were not banned, as they didn't use the glitch, and were just scaring away the players (which was considered highly controversial in player's opinions).

It is rumored that Durial321 did save his party hat collection. Some players report seeing an account trading with him before he was diconnected a second time by Jagex Mods. Durial himself has claimed in an interview that yes, he did trade his Green Party Hat to a friend before he was disconnected in the hopes of saving it. However, he says, his friend refused to return the party hat later.

The event was heavily publicised with sensational videos spreading across the internet, showing the frenzied crowd of spectators encouraging Durial to kill. The event is regarded as one of the most significant events of the RuneScape community, alongside events such as the party hat duplication glitch.

The Falador massacre video
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The Edgeville massacre video
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The Rimmington massacre video
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The song in all three videos is Planet Hell by Nightwish.