Runescape Mandela effect solved

When I was a kid I thought when you bought an anti-dragonfire shield it was pristine, and then the first time you fought a dragon it would gain its scratches. But when I returned as an adult I found you bought them already scratched, so where did this belief come from?

Well it turns out pristine unscratched anti-dragonfire shields DID exist, and were in game when I was playing as a kid. They got updated to the scratched model in 2007. Explains why I thought both existed, but I thought my reasoning for how you got each version was pretty cute child logic.

I found this out watching Mote Plox's 150 runescape easter eggs, it's a fun video. Childhood mystery solved!