[aldo_14]

I have to be honest.... I found this April Fools irritating as hell.

[Primus]

Same here.

[MatthewPapa]

If you guys need help with mysql let me know....ive gained some experience in restoring damaged databases using vb3....vb2 couldnt be all that different...

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by StratComm
No, you see, I did get the joke.  It wasn't funny, but that's not the point.  And if you were to look at where my posts actually came from, you'd find that maybe 20% of them are even in hard light.  The whole "contributing" thing, and all.

Well, it sort of is. I wouldn't mind losing the posts if the backup was made in the last 24 hours...merging them is just going to make everything harder.

Part of the reason why, for the first hour or so, I thought it was an0n. There were too many signs that things were actually disappearing. As a forum admin, I learned that you never **** around with database stuff unless you've got a very good reason - I honestly did not think anyone would mutilate the forums, the sole reason that 99% of the people come to HLP.

This is part of the reason why that is. I haven't used vB, but this seems like a pretty bizarre case; I wouldn't be surprised if vB doesn't have any way to automatically fix stuff in a non-hackish way. What needs to be done is something like "Import posts from backup", then "delete duplicate posts" - the latter may or may not work with backup posts.

[Terorist]

No that I *really* give a ****... but it's a good thing almost everybody seemed to enjoy it.
(That was sarcasm, by the way.)

Meanwhile:

Posted by Inquisitor on Saturday 02 April 2005 - 16:38:53
HLP is down again. No really, again.
We have no idea what is up.
We are considering making the forums permanent home here.

[Blitzerland]

Oh, dear god no. I say again: worst April Fool's day ever. Wasn't even funny, or anything. I've been lurking here during the "Days of No Account" since the beginning, and I've never seen anything this mindnumbingly stupid.

I bet it went something like this.

Admin 1: "Hey, guys, what should we do for April Fools day?"

Admin 2: "u shluld sabotoge ourselves!!!!!111! lol omg"

Admin 3: "lol good idea, it'll be so funny omg"

Admin 1: "Brilliant, peons!"

Later....

Admin 2: "lol nothing works now, community ruined lol"

Admin 3: "Oh well, it sure was funny as heck, right guys? Heh."

Admin 1: "Man, you guys are such idiots! How could you let me do this?! Now I can't even login! I gotta find a way to fix this."

Next...

an0n: "The puny ****tards seem to have ****ed their own ****ing forum. Better ****ing finish it off while they try to fix it."

Wouldn't it be so ironic, if in our weakened, HTML-splattered condition, an0n just swooped in and took control for real?

[vyper]

Yes, yes it would be.

[Fergus]

Ah well,  what's done is done.  Best just to patiently wait for the rest of the stuff to come up, do other stuff or join FA.

[karajorma]

Well FA could use beta testers. All the missions are still online and if you play from the first mission in one of the campaigns it's almost like playing a new campaign

[Jetmech Jr.]

To put it bluntly: You guys are a bunch of tight-asses. Seriously. (especially you Blitz)

I've never seen so much grief over a stupid joke. Get over it. It was...amusing.

[Styxx]

Originally posted by aldo_14
I have to be honest.... I found this April Fools irritating as hell.

I, myself, think it's being a blast.

[kode]

Originally posted by Styxx


I, myself, think it's being a blast.

you know, the exact same thing happened back when warpstorm did the same type of april fools joke (the oracle revolt). the staff loved it, a lot of the members hated it. I think we lost a third of the member base or something like that...

[MatthewPapa]

I thought it was awesome....but thats just me.

[Grey Wolf]

Sadly, I would be in the group that fled Warpstorm after the whole Oracle Revolt debacle. In retrospect, I really should have stayed.

[WeatherOp]

It caught most of us by surprise, but it was a little dirty.

[Jetmech Jr.]

I simply cannot stand people who can't take jokes. It's like a Pet Peeve.

[BlackDove]

This isn't a joke.

This is unproductive. The forums are gone, and we who work on projects can't do anything about it, but wait like morons.

I'll admit the whole thing was funny for about five minutes, but then it was stretched to hours and hours on end, only to be finished with an awesome "Oh look, I ****ed up while I was joking, ha ha".

This is tragic.

[Jetmech Jr.]

**** happens. The people who go on about "not funny," "immature," and "stupid admins" just because they were made fools of (on April Fools Day) need to deal with it.

Project members (those who actually seem to do stuff), I can understand you're complaints. It's the people who whine and complain cause they fell for a joke that are pissing me off.

[Taristin]

Ehh, it's their forum, they can **** with whatever they want.

[KappaWing]

You guys are taking this way too seriously. The Admins tried to entertain us with some silly antics, and some of you are getting pissed off because the forums are temporarily out of order. If your life revolves around these forums so much that you go to pieces when they get fudged around with a bit, then you need some serious help.

Some of you, (and you know who you are) need to stop *****ing about how dumb the Admins were and cool down a bit. It's just a joke people! I think we should be thanking the Admins for the great show they've put on for us, instead of whining about how it didn't go exactly as planned. The admins are working on it. The missing forums will be restored, along with your precious post counts. Lighten up! It's just a godamn joke!