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Offline Unknown Target

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #80 on: April 01, 2006, 10:58:13 pm
It was annoying, but what was really hilarious was reading all the noobs flipping out. :D :lol:
 

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #81 on: April 02, 2006, 01:52:04 am
Quote from: Unknown Target on April 01, 2006, 10:58:13 pm
It was annoying, but what was really hilarious was reading all the noobs flipping out. :D :lol:
I agree. :p
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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #82 on: April 02, 2006, 04:59:02 am
Quote from: Unknown Target on April 01, 2006, 10:58:13 pm
It was annoying, but what was really hilarious was reading all the noobs flipping out. :D :lol:
But, I was flipping ou- ...oh
 

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #83 on: April 02, 2006, 05:34:29 am
Well, it was all a joke... :confused:

So HLP crew you can add one stupid guy, (me), to your "Who's going to be so nerd to believe this" list.  :mad:

But I must ask, what the hell is April Fools? Is it an English/American tradition? Here in Spain we make jokes in December 28th, (El día de los Santos Inocentes = Innoncent Saints Day), with fake news and so on. So yesterday I couldn't imagine it was a Jokes Day of any kind...

Please forget my previous post, it's really rude.
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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #84 on: April 02, 2006, 11:54:41 am
The whole April Fool's message board language filter thing might have qualified as minutely clever a few years ago, but it's so utterly common these days that to even call it boring would be a compliment. Even if you find it funny once, having to read an entire filtered forum is like having to listen to someone tell the same (lame) joke over and over and over and over and over for an entire day.

The point of April Fool's is to fool people, right? If the only people you can fool are idiots or people who don't even know about April Fool's day, that says something about the quality of your prank right there.
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Offline Flipside

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #85 on: April 02, 2006, 12:26:05 pm
It's fun, sure, it isn't exactly original but if people are going to get annoyed because one day a year they can't get much modding added to the oh so much we do already, then they really are being rather anal about it. Yes, it was silly, but better than announcing Freespace 3 or something equally stupid. I enjoyed it anyway, at least ,what I could understand :)
 

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #86 on: April 02, 2006, 02:28:20 pm
Quote from: Turnsky on April 01, 2006, 05:24:30 pm
next year it'll be "Wort wort wort"



O RLY?
 

Offline Grug

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #87 on: April 02, 2006, 02:43:32 pm
Personally I would of preferred a fake new admin team announcement or something. With pictures from sports illustrated or something. So a bunch of new admins who are infact hot chicks. :D
 

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #88 on: April 02, 2006, 03:15:06 pm
Quote from: ARSPR on April 02, 2006, 05:34:29 am
Well, it was all a joke... :confused:

So HLP crew you can add one stupid guy, (me), to your "Who's going to be so nerd to believe this" list. :mad:

But I must ask, what the hell is April Fools? Is it an English/American tradition? Here in Spain we make jokes in December 28th, (El día de los Santos Inocentes = Innoncent Saints Day), with fake news and so on. So yesterday I couldn't imagine it was a Jokes Day of any kind...

Please forget my previous post, it's really rude.
Not sure where it comes from...but its seemingly a English tradition of some sort.  It may be strictly a North American thing...I'm not sure.  But you should not believe anything that happens anywhere online in reference to anything North American on April 1st.  Usually its a half day of pranks...

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Offline Col. Fishguts

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #89 on: April 02, 2006, 03:58:00 pm
April 1st is also common in the german speaking parts of Europe, probably more.
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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #90 on: April 02, 2006, 06:04:47 pm
It was a very nice change from the usual, cept I wish it didn't creep into the General Freespace/Campaigns forums.  As long as it doesn't goof up everything for weeks on end, I'm all for it, even going as far and changing the motif for certain holidays. 
but then we wouldn't want to offend anyone now would we......
 

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #91 on: April 02, 2006, 06:17:00 pm
Quote from: ZylonBane on April 02, 2006, 11:54:41 am
The point of April Fool's is to fool people, right? If the only people you can fool are idiots or people who don't even know about April Fool's day, that says something about the quality of your prank right there.
 

Offline Whitelight

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #92 on: April 02, 2006, 10:52:48 pm
Well, some april fools jokes have ended in tragedy for some pranks were thought to be reality..
But this one ended well, if I may say so myself..  :)
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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #93 on: April 03, 2006, 12:03:15 am
Quote from: ZylonBane on April 02, 2006, 11:54:41 am
The whole April Fool's message board language filter thing might have qualified as minutely clever a few years ago, but it's so utterly common these days that to even call it boring would be a compliment. Even if you find it funny once, having to read an entire filtered forum is like having to listen to someone tell the same (lame) joke over and over and over and over and over for an entire day.

The point of April Fool's is to fool people, right? If the only people you can fool are idiots or people who don't even know about April Fool's day, that says something about the quality of your prank right there.

I forget... were you around for last year's shindig?
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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #94 on: April 03, 2006, 08:55:40 am
Yes.

I never was exactly clear on how much of that train wreck was intentional, and how much (if any) of it was accidental. Either way, it was ugly.
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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #95 on: April 03, 2006, 12:19:32 pm
I consider it a small miracle they didn't break the database this time.

By next year I expect they will have improved, and manage to wipe everything.
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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #96 on: April 03, 2006, 12:24:18 pm
Quote from: Deepblue on April 02, 2006, 02:28:20 pm
Quote from: Turnsky on April 01, 2006, 05:24:30 pm
next year it'll be "Wort wort wort"



O RLY?

Where's this screenie from?
 

Offline NGTM-1R

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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #97 on: April 03, 2006, 12:37:48 pm
One of Halo 2's cutscenes, IIRC.
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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #98 on: April 03, 2006, 12:42:01 pm
Yeah, that's from the first Arbiter missions. motivational speeches in the covenant ftw. :D
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Re: Epreel Fuuls?
Reply #99 on: April 03, 2006, 12:43:53 pm
Quote from: ZylonBane on April 03, 2006, 08:55:40 am
Yes.

I never was exactly clear on how much of that train wreck was intentional, and how much (if any) of it was accidental. Either way, it was ugly.

Last year was class. It was chaos&panic all over the place. I found it especially amusing that certain people started brown-nosing 'anon' in hope for privileges(?) on the new anon-run HLP ..... it was priceless.

This year's was nice, but the drama of last year is hard to top.
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