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| 1s | january 23rd was a seemingly normal |
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| 3s | evening in runescape players were |
| 5s | bossing purchasing items on the ground |
| 7s | exchange attending clan and community |
| 10s | events all seemed normal to the players |
| 12s | but little did they know that runescape |
| 14s | history was about to be written as the |
| 16s | game's largest developer-made mystery |
| 18s | was about to take the attention of the |
| 20s | entire player base |
| 23s | you can make |
| 24s | or at least i could make 105 |
| 27s | whoa what the heck |
| 29s | what the heck was that |
| 32s | [Music] |
| 36s | at peak time for runescape a 7 second |
| 39s | animation of a red power lifting the |
| 40s | player into the air hit every player at |
| 43s | the same time and in the chat box an |
| 46s | ominous message appeared a strange power |
| 49s | only shits itself upon you even players |
| 51s | in classic received the message although |
| 54s | they didn't get an animation to go with |
| 56s | it needless to say this was legendary |
| 60s | players were quick together the |
| 62s | runescape forums exploded in minutes |
| 64s | with players wanting to know what they |
| 66s | just witnessed players who had been |
| 68s | recording at the time or those with fast |
| 70s | trigger fingers on the print screen |
| 71s | captured moments of this event and |
| 73s | preserved it forever to be found online |
| 75s | or in random video documentaries 12 |
| 77s | years later |
| 79s | players were desperate for answers but |
| 81s | there were none to be found jagex |
| 83s | moderators like modcom had to step up |
| 85s | and explain this wasn't a glitch or a |
| 87s | book nor had it anything to do with a |
| 89s | real life earthquake in haiti mod mmh |
| 92s | posted the anagram acolyte until which |
| 95s | people quickly found out meant i can't |
| 97s | tell you it became clear it was down to |
| 99s | the players to figure out what this was |
| 102s | and players sure tried thanks to the |
| 104s | countless reports coming in players |
| 106s | quickly realized they had all faced to |
| 108s | the wilderness and the closest location |
| 110s | of interest was at the wilderness |
| 112s | volcano players flocked towards the spot |
| 115s | to see if they could find anything but |
| 117s | no dice in the search rumor spread of a |
| 120s | black hole in yanil which despite there |
| 122s | clearly being none for anyone who took |
| 124s | the time to check became something a lot |
| 126s | of people believed to be real this |
| 128s | strange power had a change to something |
| 130s | in game however the sears of sears |
| 133s | village all had special dialogue |
| 135s | commenting about it but even they seemed |
| 137s | clueless about what the power meant days |
| 139s | of searching turned to weeks no answers |
| 142s | were to be found about the mystery not |
| 144s | before a month later when a mysterious |
| 146s | new island appeared on the right side of |
| 148s | the wilderness the spot where everyone |
| 150s | had faced did the pieces start coming |
| 152s | together about what the strange power |
| 154s | was a teaser for the new skill |
| 157s | dungeoneering but how the power was |
| 159s | connected to the skill was yet to be |
| 161s | revealed |
| 162s | some time after this skill release |
| 164s | modern mark confirmed that a 120 |
| 166s | engineering was connected to the event |
| 168s | but even after players reached the final |
| 170s | level and the bottom floor no answers |
| 172s | were in sight the unreleased update of |
| 174s | floor 61 was teased to be the finale of |
| 177s | the story of domenheim which might have |
| 179s | included additional information on what |
| 181s | caused the strange power a 2014 poll |
| 184s | favored the miraculous finale above |
| 186s | floor 61 and now 12 years later it's |
| 189s | still yet to be released players don't |
| 192s | easily forget however despite losing the |
| 194s | poll players were still asking for an |
| 196s | answer for the mysterious event and |
| 198s | after five whole years since the event |
| 201s | took the community by storm the mystery |
| 203s | was finally put to rest with a quest to |
| 205s | dishonor amongst thieves instead of the |
| 207s | promised floor 61. in the quest it was |
| 210s | revealed that the majority bilrock |
| 211s | killed the final shell on ma at the |
| 213s | bottom of domineim an action that |
| 215s | triggered the strange power across |
| 217s | gulenor |
| 218s | though there have been multiple teaser |
| 220s | events over the years this strange power |
| 222s | is by far the most famous event teasers |
| 225s | for future updates nicknamed unannounced |
| 227s | phenomenons actually happen fairly often |
| 230s | most commonly through areas released |
| 232s | prior to their parent update such as the |
| 234s | archaeology guild monolith appearing a |
| 236s | week prior to the skilled release there |
| 238s | have been teasers more similar to the |
| 240s | strange power such as the tuscan comms |
| 243s | event in 2015 where tuskas face flashed |
| 246s | in front of every player online at the |
| 247s | time but unfortunately none of them have |
| 250s | seen similar community-wide craze such |
| 252s | as the 2010 event but who knows what |
| 255s | kind of mystery might be waiting around |
| 257s | the corner |