Falador Massacre

The World 111 Glitch, also known as "The RuneScape Massacre," "The Falador Massacre", "The World 111 Massacre", "Doomsday Massacre", "The 666 Massacre", "666", or "Runescape 666", was an extreme violation of the Bug Abuse rule that occurred on 6 June and 7 June 2006.

The Glitch
During Cursed You's level 99 Construction party, a bug was discovered. When Cursed You expelled all of his guests, the people that were in the combat ring at the time were given the power to attack anyone, anywhere, at any time. The victims could not attack back unless they had the ability as well. This bug was not caused by the sheer number of people at the house at the time of the expulsion (the World 111 server could handle the traffic), but rather an error in the coding of the Construction skill, which left the attack option open outside of the house. Before this particular glitch, other glitches (mostly due to lag) allowed players to have an "Attack" option, but in this case, certain players were actually able to attack other players. Many people were present at Cursed You's party and thus aware of the glitch, however only a few players decided to take advantage of it. The most notable of these players is Durial321 who is now banned and no longer shows up on the RuneScape hiscores.

The Massacre


Durial321, among others, started attacking unsuspecting players in Falador. Player moderators began to congregate, encouraging all players to deposit their valuables and teleport and/or log out. Also, many players travelled through the world pretending to be the 'massacre party'. They travelled with Durial321 in the video, telling him to kill. The 'massacre party' march began in Falador, dispersed to parts of Rimmington, through Barbarian Village, and ultimately ended in Edgeville.

The Loss
There is not a record of item losses, bug abusers, or victims of the massacre. After he could no longer do this because World 111 was full in a matter of minutes, Durial321 started chasing multiple people with his whip, and he decided to cast Ice Barrage. The event was only about an hour long, and the only party hat he received was the green party hat. He walked up to Edgeville, and traded his party hat to a friend, who never gave it back. He passed the house west of the bank and was banned.

Smaller Massacres
A number of players have claimed to have also abused the glitch; What follows is a list of reported abusers.

Another player also abused this glitch for his personal gain, but his followers encouraged him to kill the macroers. Hyped by the crowd, he did kill many macroers and was amongst the players that were banned. A separate player took a massacre party not as much as Durial321, and took this time to take revenge on macroers. Although later he admitted to Jagex mods he attacked real players and earning over 100m, Jagex did not ban him. Another player used the glitch to kill 3 other players whom he had a personal vendetta against near Mudskipper Point. Although there is little proof of this happening a few people reported that they saw him attacking a player by using range.

In Seers Village, a player using the glitch equipped a Rubber Chicken and began to attack people, dealing damage. A player posted on the forums about this person, which led to Seers Being overpopulated. (The thread was soon hidden by a forum moderator.) The Rubber Chicken wielder chased a player over to Catherby and followed him to a house upstairs. At this time, the glitch was fixed, and the player logged out. No players were killed in the process.

Aftermath
The bug was fixed, and Durial and the other attackers were permanently banned. Mod Peter himself apologized to the victims, but no items were returned to those who lost them. The players in the 'fake 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 players' opinions). Cursed You was later permanently banned for reasons unrelated to the glitch, specifically real-world item trading.

The event was heavily publicized 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, Pay to Pk Riot and Wilderness Riot. Much attention has been paid to the date of the massacre, 6 June 2006. This date shortens to 6-6-06; 666 is infamous for being "Number of the Beast" or the Devil's number. It should however be noted that the server in which the massacre took place was infact the 7th of June, and not the sixth. In the infamous Pay to Pk Riot, a huge event that went on for 7 days, some players killed themselves to make gravestones, and planted flowers around them. These players proceeded to say things such as "R.I.P Durial", a reference to the World 111 Glitch.