I, Aaronrules380, had fun, but I, Aaronrules380, feel it went a bit too far with the fading and the time when it only showed posts clearly if you hovered over it. Tilting and stuff was fine, but try to avoid making things completely unreadable. It gave me a headache to be completely honest
APRIL FOOLS 2013- Waffle Kerfluffle
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Yeah well, you win some, you lose some. And in every case there will be some who like it and some who don't. Nothing new.
This wasn't in the contract.
You obviously didn't read the fine print… or the contract.
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Yeah well, you win some, you lose some. And in every case there will be some who like it and some who don't. Nothing new.
You obviously didn't read the fine print… or the contract.
It's not so much a matter of liking it as much as it is making the forums incredibly difficult to use. I mean, it wouldn;t even be a problem if it was localized to this part of the forum, or if we had some way to turn it off if we didn't wish to participate, which is the ultimate issue
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Do our posts when banned even coun to the post count?
As far as I can tell, our banned accounts are just masked regular accounts without the editing features. As long as they didn't make it so our posts don't count, it should be fine
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I, Aaronrules380, had fun, but I, Aaronrules380, feel it went a bit too far with the fading and the time when it only showed posts clearly if you hovered over it. Tilting and stuff was fine, but try to avoid making things completely unreadable. It gave me a headache to be completely honest
I agree, I ended up leaving the site fore a while. Hehe I first signed on around 11am (my time- central time) and before I knew it, it was 3 pm and I still hadn't eaten XD , then the crappy faded screen ruined the fun. It improved a little with the thing showing if we hovered over the post, but much momentum had already been lost
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Do our posts when banned even coun to the post count?
I would think nottt but let's see, since I can't edit and I don't like double-posting, if my post count goes up after this post, I'll be viewing the "Hiatus X Hiatus" thread, if it doesn't go up, I'll be viewing "Monkey D. Ish"
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Even with the fading, the forum wasn't too difficult to use if you knew how to work around it.
Everything that happened today was a mental exercise to keep our forum browsing skills sharp.
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Testing .
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Yup it counts .
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Even with the fading, the forum wasn't too difficult to use if you knew how to work around it.
Everything that happened today was a mental exercise to keep our forum browsing skills sharp.
Honestly, it was just really annoying. And its hard to judge how many people were ok with it, since most who weren't probably just waited the day out. Honestly, my biggest issue was the need to mouse over, since I found that more of a pain to do with every individual post than the work around for the more general fading. I know people enjoyed it, but for the people who didn't they basically weren't able to use the forum for a large chunk of the day and I just don't think that's right. Again, my biggest issue was that there was no way to really work around this stuff. Even in the 2011, the temp banned users could make a new account so that they could still talk here
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This site hurts my eyes
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Honestly, it was just really annoying. And its hard to judge how many people were ok with it, since most who weren't probably just waited the day out. Honestly, my biggest issue was the need to mouse over, since I found that more of a pain to do with every individual post than the work around for the more general fading. I know people enjoyed it, but for the people who didn't they basically weren't able to use the forum for a large chunk of the day and I just don't think that's right. Again, my biggest issue was that there was no way to really work around this stuff. Even in the 2011, the temp banned users could make a new account so that they could still talk here
Oh, there were ways. You just didn't figure them out. Some people disabled that stuff entirely. I stuck with it all the whole day to make sure it was possible, though.
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Isn't it past midnight now? Shouldn't this be over?
Also i made it!
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Oh, there were ways. You just didn't figure them out. Some people disabled that stuff entirely. I stuck with it all the whole day to make sure it was possible, though.
Such as? Because I'm talking about ways that don't require a lot of technical know-how. Because if it isn't something most people would know is even possible, much less know how to do, I don't think it's fair to count
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And a fond farewell to the day of fools from my little corner of the globe. It's certainly been entertaining, although once a year is probably plenty often enough for this sort of thing, I think.
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Isn't it past midnight now? Shouldn't this be over?
Also i made it!
It's always in that 1 hour gap after midnight somewhere!
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Isn't it past midnight now? Shouldn't this be over?
Also i made it!
Not everywhere. It's only 9pm where I am on the west coast.
Really looking forward to it tho… I wana fix my sig. -
This calls for a celebration:
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Such as? Because I'm talking about ways that don't require a lot of technical know-how. Because if it isn't something most people would know is even possible, much less know how to do, I don't think it's fair to count
We decided not to take the necessary steps to make it work in certain browsers, and compatibility mode would kill them pretty much across the board. That stuff doesn't really require a lot of technical know-how.
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There's a Youtube video inching across my screen.. I'm tempted to click it.
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We decided not to take the necessary steps to make it work in certain browsers, and compatibility mode would kill them pretty much across the board.
Fair enough, but not everyone has multiple browsers in the first place, and while I know compatability mode is a thing, I feel like most people, myself included, don't really know enough about it that we'd realize it could turn it off. I did have fun, I just feel that it started going a little too far towards the end, especially since the novelty in general starts to wear off before the day is done. Just giving honest feedback. I know making up these events year after year must be hard, but I do think you should keep in mind the people who aren't so crazy about this stuff
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Waiting around for this silliness is making me feel like "Ours is the fury".
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Fair enough, but not everyone has multiple browsers in the first place, and while I know compatability mode is a thing, I feel like most people, myself included, don't really know enough about it that we'd realize it could turn it off. I did have fun, I just feel that it started going a little too far towards the end, especially since the novelty in general starts to wear off before the day is done. Just giving honest feedback. I know making up these events year after year must be hard, but I do think you should keep in mind the people who aren't so crazy about this stuff
Then consider it a free lesson in why you should have multiple browsers you can use I guess. I'm not trying to be mean here, but these are meant to be "pranks." It's April Fools.
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Then consider it a free lesson in why you should have multiple browsers you can use I guess. I'm not trying to be mean here, but these are meant to be "pranks." It's April Fools.
Obviously. I just think it was taken a bit too far is all. Hell, stuff like the fading wouldn't of even been so bad if it hadn't been used as long and often as it was during the later parts of the day. Stuff like the upsidedown, tilted, or sideways windows weren't an issue with me because they were pretty minor inconviences. But some of the later stuff was way more annoying, and most people wouldn't really think to use the workarounds that existed, even if they technically knew how to use implement them
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Then consider it a free lesson in why you should have multiple browsers you can use I guess. I'm not trying to be mean here, but these are meant to be "pranks." It's April Fools.
Urouge, this was a blast. Thanks for another awesome April Fools~
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From those who voted in the poll Im the only one who dont have his name lined, should I feel special or ignored?
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Honestly, I did have fun with most of the stuff. You'll notice I was an extremely active participant for most of the day. I just think some choices were a bit questionable and might have been handled better.
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Yes, many thanks to Urouge, Brennen, Robby, and the rest of the staff for another well done day of fools.
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Yeah I mean all kidding aside….it's only 24 hours. If you don't like it don't visit this site while this is going on.....heck the only thing I have been doing today has been posting on this thread.
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Also is it possible for me to get a red star yet?
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Also is it possible for me to get a red star yet?
I heard you were gonna get one but since you asked for it now you just lost it, sorry buddy.
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From those who voted in the poll Im the only one who dont have his name lined, should I feel special or ignored?
Tell you what, to make it up to you I'll leave it on you for an extra day.
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Yeah I mean all kidding aside….it's only 24 hours. If you don't like it don't visit this site while this is going on.....heck the only thing I have been doing today has been posting on this thread.
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I'm kinda scared to see how the other places are dealing with this.
Oh you know, just the usual kerfuffle.
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I heard you were gonna get one but since you asked for it now you just lost it, sorry buddy.
AARGH but it's midnight! Sorry I asked!! I don't know how much I've posted around here these days, but do I really have quite an influence and I don't know it? I was curious about it since i've been here for 3 years and all! Robby I apologize.
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AARGH but it's midnight! Sorry I asked!! I don't know how much I've posted around here these days, but do I really have quite an influence and I don't know it? I was curious about it since i've been here for 3 years and all! Robby I apologize.
Don't worry, Davy, you'll always be a 'star' to me!
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So I post legitimate complaints and you just edit my post. Again, I ENJOYED this april fools day for the most part. I'm just giving some feedback on what I feel might've been done better. Why is that such an awful thing? I know a few people were really enjoying the extreme stuff, but I do think you have to consider that having a few people who really enjoyed it doesn't make it right to impose this stuff on a ton of other people who didn't
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And? How many more times do you need to make your point? You've already made it… multiple times.
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And? How many more times do you need to make your point? You've already made it… multiple times.
Mr. Owl, how many posts does it take to make a point?
Let's find out. A-one… a-two... a-three! Three.
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Fair enough. It's just a pet peeve of mine when people don't actually even try to acknowledge my points. Not to mention I was generally trying to elaborate on my exact problems and respond to what others were saying. You can call it whining, but that wasn't really my intent. It's just frustrting when I try to give feedback, and it feels like my coplaints were just brushed aside entirely
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I've heard it, but what do you want me to do? It's already over. At first it's legitimate input, but after a while it's just whining.
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wanted to see something
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I get that it's over and done. I was just trying to point out that stuff as something to take into consideration for future pranks. And yeah, I realize you guys probably had no intent of repeating this exact prank, but my point was more just trying to stay away from things along the same line
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oh yes
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You are a wonderful human being >:U
Chrissie, I just want to say that your permanent new avatar and signature are looking absolutely stunning.
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one last
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You are a wonderful human being >:U
Lol, believe me, I know I'm in for it come tournament time.
I get that it's over and done. I was just trying to point out that stuff as something to take into consideration for future pranks. And yeah, I realize you guys probably had no intent of repeating this exact prank, but my point was more just trying to stay away from things along the same line
Yes, ok, I hear you. I've heard you for the last 10 posts or whatever. You can stop now, we're not idiots you know? We are actually capable of gauging feedback, and even trends in forum activity.