what does the april fools function do if anything or is the joke just to click?
15-Apr-23 11:29pm
#23 nonamesleft
theJaw wrote:
bill wrote:> bill wrote: |>> I'm out of ideas.> > I'm out of good ideas.
Bring back the neat battling/RPG style game for all that is good in this world. That was a great one. I spent what was probably too much time on that one :)
Good fun.
#23 nonamesleft
theJaw wrote:
bill wrote:> bill wrote: |>> I'm out of ideas.> > I'm out of good ideas.
Bring back the neat battling/RPG style game for all that is good in this world. That was a great one. I spent what was probably too much time on that one :)Good fun.
19-Apr-23 10:42am
#24 Scott
I'm struggling to remember all of the past April Fool's pranks on here. These are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head:
1) Fishing Game
2) RPG Game
3) Scott day (everyone's username was transformed into some variation of "scott")
4) Moving score buttons (when you tried to plus/neg a post, the buttons would move all around the screen)
5) Icons (you could steal other users' icons by clicking on them, something like that)
What else was there?
#24 Scott
I'm struggling to remember all of the past April Fool's pranks on here. These are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head:
1) Fishing Game
2) RPG Game
3) Scott day (everyone's username was transformed into some variation of "scott")
4) Moving score buttons (when you tried to plus/neg a post, the buttons would move all around the screen)
5) Icons (you could steal other users' icons by clicking on them, something like that)
What else was there?
19-Apr-23 10:44am
#25 MrBean
Scott wrote:
I'm struggling to remember all of the past April Fool's pranks on here. These are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head: 1) Fishing Game 2) RPG Game 3) Scott day (everyone's username was transformed into some variation of "scott") 4) Moving score buttons (when you tried to plus/neg a post, the buttons would move all around the screen) 5) Icons (you could steal other users' icons by clicking on them, something like that) What else was there?
The virus one, which was fantastic!
haha, we need to bring these back randomly!
#25 MrBean
Scott wrote:
I'm struggling to remember all of the past April Fool's pranks on here. These are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head: 1) Fishing Game 2) RPG Game 3) Scott day (everyone's username was transformed into some variation of "scott") 4) Moving score buttons (when you tried to plus/neg a post, the buttons would move all around the screen) 5) Icons (you could steal other users' icons by clicking on them, something like that) What else was there?
The virus one, which was fantastic!
haha, we need to bring these back randomly!
19-Apr-23 10:47am
#26 bill
o Covid infection simulation sort of thing
o Scoring joke where it would score more the longer you pressed (crazy high scores resulted)
o One where the site colors would change if you didn't click for a while.
o Typos, common grammatical or spelling errors were added to text on the site
o Everyone was encouraged to give me a BTR
o more...
... there were other scoring variations (neg-only, plus-only, others) that were done apart from April Fool's... though, I'm not sure if Bacon scoring was originally an April Fool's joke.
#26 bill
o Covid infection simulation sort of thing
o Scoring joke where it would score more the longer you pressed (crazy high scores resulted)
o One where the site colors would change if you didn't click for a while.
o Typos, common grammatical or spelling errors were added to text on the site
o Everyone was encouraged to give me a BTR
o more...
... there were other scoring variations (neg-only, plus-only, others) that were done apart from April Fool's... though, I'm not sure if Bacon scoring was originally an April Fool's joke.
19-Apr-23 11:00am
#27 Scott
bill wrote:
o Covid infection simulation sort of thing
I forgot about that one! How exactly did it work?
o Scoring joke where it would score more the longer you pressed (crazy high scores resulted)
That was fun!
o One where the site colors would change if you didn't click for a while.
I knew there was something with the site colors but couldn't remember the exact deal with it.
o Typos, common grammatical or spelling errors were added to text on the site o Everyone was encouraged to give me a BTR
I don't recall either of these, weird. Were you doing these before 2009? That's when I joined.
... there were other scoring variations (neg-only, plus-only, others) that were done apart from April Fool's... though, I'm not sure if Bacon scoring was originally an April Fool's joke.
Yeah, those stemmed from a bunch of arguments about scoring, so you let us try out a bunch of variations for a few weeks at a time. I don't believe bacon started as an April Fool's joke.
#27 Scott
bill wrote:
o Covid infection simulation sort of thing
I forgot about that one! How exactly did it work?
o Scoring joke where it would score more the longer you pressed (crazy high scores resulted)
That was fun!
o One where the site colors would change if you didn't click for a while.
I knew there was something with the site colors but couldn't remember the exact deal with it.
o Typos, common grammatical or spelling errors were added to text on the site o Everyone was encouraged to give me a BTR
I don't recall either of these, weird. Were you doing these before 2009? That's when I joined.
... there were other scoring variations (neg-only, plus-only, others) that were done apart from April Fool's... though, I'm not sure if Bacon scoring was originally an April Fool's joke.
Yeah, those stemmed from a bunch of arguments about scoring, so you let us try out a bunch of variations for a few weeks at a time. I don't believe bacon started as an April Fool's joke.
19-Apr-23 11:14am
#28 bill
I think the BTR thing was probably one of the first April Fool's jokes, it was a bit rough and out-of-control, not exactly planned, just happened.
The covid virus thing was a little like the fishing thing in that it added a covid icon image to some random posts, then if someone clicked it, they'd get infected. Then it would show up in their posts too. Also, there were phases like you'd get infected image, then sick image, then either dead or recovered image. I recall some didn't think it was funny because the pandemic was just getting going and we were all freaked out.
#28 bill
I think the BTR thing was probably one of the first April Fool's jokes, it was a bit rough and out-of-control, not exactly planned, just happened.
The covid virus thing was a little like the fishing thing in that it added a covid icon image to some random posts, then if someone clicked it, they'd get infected. Then it would show up in their posts too. Also, there were phases like you'd get infected image, then sick image, then either dead or recovered image. I recall some didn't think it was funny because the pandemic was just getting going and we were all freaked out.
19-Apr-23 11:42am
#29 Scott
Maybe the BTR thing was before my time. I think I'd remember giving you a BTR
#29 Scott
Maybe the BTR thing was before my time. I think I'd remember giving you a BTR
21-Apr-23 5:05pm
#30 nonamesleft
I think I remember the bacon scoring. :)
How long ago was that? Unless I'm remembering talk about the bacon scoring, but not the actual event.
I don't think I could give @bill a btr, even as a joke.
#30 nonamesleft
I think I remember the bacon scoring. :)
How long ago was that? Unless I'm remembering talk about the bacon scoring, but not the actual event.
I don't think I could give @bill a btr, even as a joke.
21-Apr-23 6:51pm
#31 BloodPuppetX
Scott wrote:
I'm struggling to remember all of the past April Fool's pranks on here. These are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head: 1) Fishing Game 2) RPG Game 3) Scott day (everyone's username was transformed into some variation of "scott") 4) Moving score buttons (when you tried to plus/neg a post, the buttons would move all around the screen) 5) Icons (you could steal other users' icons by clicking on them, something like that) What else was there?
I don't remember the Scott one at all. (I remember the other ones you posted.) Guess I just didn't get on that day.
#31 BloodPuppetX
Scott wrote:
I'm struggling to remember all of the past April Fool's pranks on here. These are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head: 1) Fishing Game 2) RPG Game 3) Scott day (everyone's username was transformed into some variation of "scott") 4) Moving score buttons (when you tried to plus/neg a post, the buttons would move all around the screen) 5) Icons (you could steal other users' icons by clicking on them, something like that) What else was there?
I don't remember the Scott one at all. (I remember the other ones you posted.) Guess I just didn't get on that day.
21-Apr-23 6:51pm
#32 bill
I'm not entirely sure, but I think it was "Decembacon" 2011 that we did bacon scoring. I think it was a multiplier but you could only put bacon on one post.
#32 bill
I'm not entirely sure, but I think it was "Decembacon" 2011 that we did bacon scoring. I think it was a multiplier but you could only put bacon on one post.
22-Apr-23 1:26am
#35 HEHEHATE
I actually really love this one. It’s been great chatting with others through trades finding those coveted catch’s. I don’t know if I’ll get it by end of the month, but it’s been a fun trying. Would love to see these around holidays as it’s an awesome touch @bill
#35 HEHEHATE
I actually really love this one. It’s been great chatting with others through trades finding those coveted catch’s. I don’t know if I’ll get it by end of the month, but it’s been a fun trying. Would love to see these around holidays as it’s an awesome touch @bill
22-Apr-23 7:32am
#36 bill
I've seen a few fish appear in text that almost made sense grammatically. Something like: "I actually really love this one 🐡. It’s been great chatting with 🦈..."
#36 bill
I've seen a few fish appear in text that almost made sense grammatically. Something like: "I actually really love this one 🐡. It’s been great chatting with 🦈..."
22-Apr-23 9:24pm
#37 nonamesleft
bill wrote:
I've seen a few fish appear in text that almost made sense grammatically. Something like: "I actually really love this one 🐡. It’s been great chatting with 🦈..."Ha! Cool.
#37 nonamesleft
bill wrote:
I've seen a few fish appear in text that almost made sense grammatically. Something like: "I actually really love this one 🐡. It’s been great chatting with 🦈..."Ha! Cool.
22-Apr-23 9:25pm
#38 nonamesleft
HEHEHATE wrote:
I actually really love this one. It’s been great chatting with others through trades finding those coveted catch’s. I don’t know if I’ll get it by end of the month, but it’s been a fun trying. Would love to see these around holidays as it’s an awesome touch @bill The creatures' icons showed up within trade chats?
#38 nonamesleft
HEHEHATE wrote:
I actually really love this one. It’s been great chatting with others through trades finding those coveted catch’s. I don’t know if I’ll get it by end of the month, but it’s been a fun trying. Would love to see these around holidays as it’s an awesome touch @bill The creatures' icons showed up within trade chats?
24-Apr-23 1:07pm
#39 Scott
BloodPuppetX wrote:
I don't remember the Scott one at all. (I remember the other ones you posted.) Guess I just didn't get on that day.
It was the best one, if you ask me!
At the time, there was me, Scots, and JesterScott on the site. Plus, there had been 2 or 3 users who jokingly changed their usernames to some form of "Scott", because people were always mixing up me and Scots. That's what gave Bill the idea for the prank, I believe.
#39 Scott
BloodPuppetX wrote:
I don't remember the Scott one at all. (I remember the other ones you posted.) Guess I just didn't get on that day.
It was the best one, if you ask me!
At the time, there was me, Scots, and JesterScott on the site. Plus, there had been 2 or 3 users who jokingly changed their usernames to some form of "Scott", because people were always mixing up me and Scots. That's what gave Bill the idea for the prank, I believe.
24-Apr-23 1:07pm
#40 Scott
bill wrote:
I've seen a few fish appear in text that almost made sense grammatically. Something like: "I actually really love this one 🐡. It’s been great chatting with 🦈..."
I've seen that a few times too, pretty funny when it happens!
#40 Scott
bill wrote:
I've seen a few fish appear in text that almost made sense grammatically. Something like: "I actually really love this one 🐡. It’s been great chatting with 🦈..."
I've seen that a few times too, pretty funny when it happens!
24-Apr-23 2:51pm
#41 DarkFact
next April 1st, make it so that every post just posts as "derr" and if you edit a post it reformats the post to say "I meant to say 'hurr'" and if you send a PM to anyone, it just redirects all PMs to Archer with the post reformatting to asking if you can borrow a dollar.
Should be good for the GOTM threads.
#41 DarkFact
next April 1st, make it so that every post just posts as "derr" and if you edit a post it reformats the post to say "I meant to say 'hurr'" and if you send a PM to anyone, it just redirects all PMs to Archer with the post reformatting to asking if you can borrow a dollar.
Should be good for the GOTM threads.
what does the april fools function do if anything or is the joke just to click?