April Fools' jokes

The April fools jokes were a series of humerous pranks made by Jagex uasually to fool players into believing that somthing such as a new item would be introduced into the game. They involved Diango and his toy store. The players believed they were getting a rare item like a Dragon Platebody or a real horse. Instead the players got spinning plates and toy horseys.

2004
On April 1st, 2004 Diango was introduced to the game as a cowboy-like person. For a long time players wanted to have horses to ride around on. Diango claimed to be selling horses. (Which would explain his Western look) There were four different colour "horses" to choose from. Those horses were accually toy horseys and were toy the player could play with while shouting phrases like: "High-ho Silver and away." or "Come on Dobin, we can win the race."

2005
On April 4, 2005 Another joke was played this time in involved tricking players into believing that they would get a Dragon Platebody. Diango talked about rare Dragon Plates. Those "plates" ended up being spinning plates you could spin on a stick by clicking the spin option.

2008
The 2008 April fools joke did not go as well as the previous ones. It involved getting a Dragon Kite. Some of the first players who talked to Diango about "Dragon Kites" were probibly fooled into thinking they would accually be recieving the nonexistent Dragon Kiteshield but instead got a real kite with a picture of a dragon on it that could be held in the weapons slot. The joke most likely worked the best on members who started playing RuneScape after the first two pranks. The reason it worked better on members is because free players know they are not able to use Dragon Armour. Many players walked around with the kite in their hand. Other players, unaware on where to get the kites often asked other players where to get them. So when they got to Diango they were not fooled because they knew they were accually getting a kite and not a piece of armour. --King Z 100 23:11, 10 June 2008 (UTC)