Falador Massacre

The The World 111 Glitch, commonly known as the Falador Massacre, World 111 Massacre, 666 Massacre and the 6/7/6 Massacre was an extreme violation of the Bug Abuse rule that occurred on 7 June 2006 (Or 6th June 2006 in some parts of America, ironically making it 6/6/6). It was a very infamous glitch which, when activated, allowed certain players the ability to attack other players. The glitch has since been fixed and most of the abusers banned.

The Glitch
The glitch occurred immediately after a house party hosted by 'Cursed You'. He was the first player to achieve level 99 Construction and this was the cause of the party. Many players attended and the lag inside the house became severe to the point at which 'Cursed You' was forced to boot all of the guests. This was when the glitch was exploited. The players that had been inside the combat ring at the time of the dismissal were then able to attack other players anywhere in the world. The victims could not retaliate unless they also exploited the glitch. The killing lasted almost an hour before Jagex Moderators were notified. The bug was not caused by the enormous amount of people in the house at the time of the expulsion, but rather by an error in the coding of the Construction skill. Before this glitch, other lag-related glitches gave players an "Attack" option anywhere in the world, however they were unable to actually attack other players. Of the hundreds present at Cursed You's party, many were aware of the glitch, however only a few players decided to take advantage of it. By far the most notable of these players was 'Durial321', who used mainly a whip and Ice Barrage. He began in Falador and slowly moved along the north path and then up to Edgeville, where he was finally met and disconnected by 'Mod Murdock'. He is now permanently banned and as a result no longer shows up on the RuneScape hiscores.

The Loss
There are no official records of item losses, bug abusers, or victims of the massacre. Most of the items dropped by the victims were not collected by the killers, but by other innocent players. The most well known of the items lost was the Green Party Hat stolen by Durial321 (see picture above).

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 also killed several macroers. Although later he admitted to Jagex Moderators that he had attacked real players and earned 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 becomming 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 apologised 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 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, Pay to Pk Riot and Wilderness Riot. 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.