Changes: Pinball

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Pinball was removed after an update.

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Pinballstart — The random event pinball.

Pinball was a random event, released on 22 May 2006 and removed on 24 October 2012, where the player was transported by the Mysterious Old Man to a strange room with five pillars, each with one rune on top, and two trolls wielding large clubs.

The objective of the game was to tag each pillar that had glowing rings around it. This scored the player one point. After they scored ten points they were free to leave through the exit. If a pillar that didn't have the glowing rings around it was tagged, the score was reset to zero and the player must have tried again. The five pillars contained five spinning tops with fire, water, earth, air, and nature runes respectively.

If the player tried to leave before they reached ten points, they would be teleported in front of the two trolls, Tilt and Flippa, who knocked the player back onto the pillars, dealing a small amount of damage. This was adjusted by Jagex upon complaints such that the trolls no longer dealt actual damage to players. If the trolls accidentally knocked the player to the correct pillar, the game would indicate the player hit the wrong pillar and score was reset.

Rewards

Once players manage to complete the game they are transported back to where they were taken from and rewarded with a random event gift. The music tune Pinball Wizard, is also unlocked (see list of music).

Context of theme

This random event was themed on Pinball, an arcade game. Overlaying the window is a protective screen of glass, analogous to the real life game. The trolls were named after features of the machine - "tilt" is when players cheat by physically moving the machine to steer the ball (and the mechanism that detects this), and the two flippers are used to deflect the ball back into the playing field when it rolls out of play (see also glossary of pinball terms).

The tune unlocked in this random event was named after Pinball Wizard, a song by The Who.

The clubs Tilt and Flippa wielded represented the flippers used in Pinball.

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-[[File:Pinballrules.PNG|center]]
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+[[File:Pinballstart.png|right|250px|thumb|The random event pinball.]]
+[[File:Pinballtilt.png|right|thumb|200px|Flippa and Tilt]]
+[[File:Pinballpost.png|right|frame|A pinball post]]
+'''Pinball''' was a [[random events|random event]], released on [[22 May]] [[2006]] and removed on [[24 October]] [[2012]], where the player was transported by the [[Mysterious Old Man]] to a strange room with five pillars, each with one rune on top, and two trolls wielding large clubs.
+The objective of the game was to tag each pillar that had glowing rings around it. This scored the player one point. After they scored ten points they were free to leave through the exit. If a pillar that didn't have the glowing rings around it was tagged, the score was reset to zero and the player must have tried again. The five pillars contained five spinning tops with fire, water, earth, air, and nature runes respectively.
-'''Pinball''' is a [[random events|random event]] where the player is transported by the [[Mysterious Old Man]] to a strange room with five pillars that each have one rune on top and two trolls wielding large clubs. (Note that this random event happens frequently when teleporting.)
+If the player tried to leave before they reached ten points, they would be teleported in front of the two trolls, [[Tilt]] and [[Flippa]], who knocked the player back onto the pillars, dealing a small amount of damage. This was adjusted by Jagex upon complaints such that the trolls no longer dealt actual damage to players. If the trolls accidentally knocked the player to the ''correct'' pillar, the game would indicate the player hit the ''wrong'' pillar and score was reset.
-[[File:Pinballpost.PNG|right|frame|A pinball post]]
-The object of the game is to tag each pillar that has glowing rings around it. This scores the player one point. After he or she scores ten points they are free to leave through the exit. If a pillar that doesn't have the glowing rings around it is tagged, the score is reset to zero and the player must try again. The five pillars contains five spinning huge rune-like thing of fire, water, earth, air and nature rune respectively.
-[[File:Pinballtilt.PNG|right|frame|Flippa and Tilt]]
-If the player tries to leave before they reach ten points, the player will be teleported in front of the two trolls, [[Tilt]] and [[Flippa]], who knock the player back onto the pillars, dealing them some damage. This has been adjusted by Jagex upon complainants such that they will no longer deal actual damage to players. If the trolls accidentally knock the player to the CORRECT pillar, the game will indicate the player hit the WRONG pillar and score is reset.
-The random event has a glitch since [[Runescape HD]] and all dialogues in the random event are out of character animations. This has been fixed.
- Sometimes, when you log out during this event and then log back in, for a split second you are able to view the map of this random event before it flashes away like it normally would. An image of this glitch/bug is shown below (Only the present map)&nbsp;This glitch has not been fixed, Although this might not be a bug, but instead a slow server response were the game client loads before the HD minimap is available to fully render in time before the full game load.[[File:MapGlitch.png|thumb|left|The map of the Pinball random event before the minimap could ''block'' itself out.]]
 ==Rewards==
+Once players manage to complete the game they are transported back to where they were taken from and rewarded with a [[random event gift]]. The music tune ''Pinball Wizard'', is also unlocked (see [[list of music]]).
+==Context of theme==
+This random event was themed on [[Wikipedia:Pinball|Pinball]], an arcade game. Overlaying the window is a protective screen of glass, analogous to the real life game. The trolls were named after features of the machine - "tilt" is when players cheat by physically moving the machine to steer the ball (and the mechanism that detects this), and the two flippers are used to deflect the ball back into the playing field when it rolls out of play (see also {{wp|glossary of pinball terms}}).
+The tune unlocked in this random event was named after ''{{wp|Pinball Wizard}}'', a song by {{wp|The Who}}.
+The clubs Tilt and Flippa wielded represented the flippers used in Pinball.
-[[File:Pinballstart.PNG|right|400px|thumb|The random event pinball.]]
-Once players manage to complete the game they are transported back to where they were taken from and rewarded with a [[Random event gift]]. The music tune ''Pinball Wizard'', is also unlocked (see [[List of music]]).
-====Reward====
-[[Random event gift]]
-==Context of Theme==
-This random event is themed on [[Wikipedia:Pinball|Pinball, an arcade game]]. The trolls are named after features of the machine - "tilt" is when players cheat by physically moving the machine to steer the ball (and the mechanism that detects this), and the two flippers are used to deflect the ball back into the playing field when it rolls out of play (see also [[Wikipedia:Glossary of pinball terms|Glossary of pinball terms at Wikipedia]]).
-The tune unlocked in this random event is named after [[Wikipedia:Pinball Wizard|''Pinball Wizard'', a song by The Who]].
-[[File:Pinball.png|thumb|left|400px|Pinball seen with Orb of Oculus.]]
-The random event's former location can be seen using the [http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Orb_of_Oculus Orb of Oculus].
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-[[Category:Random events]]