Many MMO fans will remember the Falador Massacre that struck RuneScape in June 2006. A bug with player housing gave some users the ability to attack other players in non-PvP zones, including the go-to market section of the city of Falador where players would go to sell expensive items. Cue the rampant looting. Old School RuneScape, a 2007-inspired branch of the MMO operated in parallel to mainline RuneScape, recently dodged another PvP bug with ties to player-owned housing – and while it was no massacre, it could have been a disaster.
Old School RuneScape sleuth Gudi, who hadn't been since a December 2021 video about a different PvP strategy, recently released a lengthy deep-dive on the discovery, testing, and long-delayed patching of this game-breaking bug. I'm going to distill it down as best I can, but the whole thing is worth the watch.
