Random Player Events
Posted by Merch Gwyar, Jun 19 2009, 01:43 PM in Observations
I've always loved spontaneous street theatre. The sort of thing that isn't planned, but happens anyway.
The one I witnessed today was in the GE. It started with a single player with an attack skillcape. She did the emote and landed with a 'lol'. Almost immediately, a second player, in an identical cape, ran across and they had a couple of attempts at synchronising the emote. They'd just got it sorted, when a third Attack Skillcape wearer joined then, then another. By the end of it, eight of them were in a row all trying to synchronise the Attack skillcape emote. The best they managed was seven together and one out of synch, though each time, it was a different one.
There was quite a crowd now. A player in a Woodcutting Skillcape joined the end, chopping wood in his emote, while another in a Range Skillcape quickly joined the other end. Another player, named Kyle, stood just in front of the row with his Quest Cape. This was patently my cue, so I raced to his side and we were attempting to synchronise ours then. The Ranger and Woodcutter joined our mini row, stepping either side, with that massive line of Attackers behind us. We never were all in time and someone in a Runecrafting cape stood there alching in front of us without joining in.
It only lasted about a minute or so, but it was quite a sight. People dispersed laughing and most of the Attackers took their capes off to swop them for other capes before they reached the bank. Apparently the original Attack emote woman hadn't clue who all these people were. It was just a case of various players taking time out from their merchanting to join in a flash spectacle, then fading back into the mass of people.
Much fun. ![]()










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