Straight from the mod forum: April 1st, 2011 Preparations!

[winkio]

We have less than a month until April first.  As the leadership of this site, we always do something to troll the rest of the forum on April Fools Day, and this year will be no different.  Start brainstorming ideas here.

For reference:
2010 - Blizz announced he was retiring.  MINDGAMES!  (he was actually serious, but nobody knew because he also went on vacation or something for a week or two)
2009 - Legend of Lexima game using Blizz-ABS.  I think I remember it ending in a rickroll or something.

[WhiteRose]

It'll be hard to trump last year. Hmm... I'll be sure to keep it in the back of my mind and post if I have any brilliant ideas.

[Aqua]

Chaos-Project shutting down?

Not due to CP, but for a more legit fake reason? XD

[G_G]

We should have all request forums redirect to one of those links that redirect to a google search. Each request board would search to its corresponding name.
"rmxp scripts"
"rmxp resources"
"rmxp event systems"
"rmxp tutorials"

[Ryex]

I like G_G's Idea. but I can tell you from experience that that might be a bit difficult yo do.

we could pretend that we received a cease and desist order and even though it didn't have much weight we decided to shut down the site to avoid the trouble.

[winkio]

We could say due to RMPY and Zero Division, Enterbrain is trying to sue Chaos Project for copyright infringement and have us shut down.

[Ryex]

we could

[G_G]

I like G_G's Idea. but I can tell you from experience that that might be a bit difficult yo do.

we could pretend that we received a cease and desist order and even though it didn't have much weight we decided to shut down the site to avoid the trouble.

Simple Machines Forums allows redirects instead of boards. I don't see it being too hard.

[Blizzard]

I could just take down the site for a whole day in that case. It would look REALLY serious.

[winkio]

We could fake someone's death... or maybe only that they are in the hospital with a terminal disease...

[WhiteRose]

We could fake someone's death... or maybe only that they are in the hospital with a terminal disease...

I'd volunteer to be "terminally ill." We could say that the reason I was gone for so long was because I was actually in the hospital - I came back because they thought I was well enough to go home, but the sickness has now come back worse than ever.

[Aqua]

OMG ASHE ARE YOU OKAY!? D:
-holds hand desperately-

[WhiteRose]

Bahaha, I thought of a good one.

What if winkio used his newly acquired admin powers to usurp the site from Blizz and declare himself sole ruler of Chaos Project?

[winkio]

I don't know how I'd make that believable...  Well, actually, now that I think about it...

Say I de-admined Blizz, then plastered my avatar over all parts of the forum.  Would that work?

[WhiteRose]

I don't know how I'd make that believable...  Well, actually, now that I think about it...

Say I de-admined Blizz, then plastered my avatar over all parts of the forum.  Would that work?

And you could change the theme to something ridiculous looking, and even propose changing the name of the site. You couldn't go too over the top, though, or it would be obvious that it's a joke. Still, I think it would be funny and fairly believable if pulled off correctly. At any rate, it's just an idea.

[winkio]

instead of actually de-admining Blizz (I don't think it's possible...), we could just have Blizz create a new account that day and say that I banned the old one, or something like that.

[WhiteRose]

instead of actually de-admining Blizz (I don't think it's possible...), we could just have Blizz create a new account that day and say that I banned the old one, or something like that.

Yeah; be sure to update the banned accounts list to include him
To make things more believable, the mods could start spreading information about the two of you having disagreements on the moderator board.

One thing to keep in mind if we do go through with this is that we need to be able to put things back to normal without too much hassle; let's not do anything that would damage the website at all.

[Blizzard]

That idea is gold.

I have access to the database, I can make myself admin anytime again. In fact, I will take care of that myself. I will remove my status and put it back on when April 1st is over. I don't think ban is necessary, let's just do the de-admin thing. Start with the disagreement rumors somewhere during next week.
winkio, if you want, we can stage a small drama here and there. You know, just to make it more believable. I suggest we start doing it in the second half of March. Then we progressively get at each others' throats more and more often. xD

Lol, I will be so pissed when I realize that I have been de-admined. xD

[Ryex]

oh this is good.

[ForeverZer0]

You can also claim that the script and/or resource database was corrupted and has been lost.

[Blizzard]

Nah, that would be too obvious. Also, I have backups and people probably know it.

[Starrodkirby86]

Yes, let's have a reign of winkio instead of Blizzard for our April Fools'. It'll be delightful. :>

Then after Blizzard gets de-admined, all hell should break loose --- maybe some tyranny or some change... Heck, let's change Chaos Project to winkio Project :V

I don't know. xD But it'd be definitely fun if the forum went through very radical changes through this fake "ousting of power".

[WhiteRose]

You can also claim that the script and/or resource database was corrupted and has been lost.

Woah, how'd you get in here? :V

[ForeverZer0]

I'm sneaky. 

[winkio]

wait, didn't we try and use word-replacing filters for one of those name changing weeks (perhaps pokemon?)  Those could be fun

[WhiteRose]

Haha, definitely, though, as I recall, there was a mild disaster with some of the filters. ('Elite Four NAMKCORs' were in all sorts of places they didn't belong.) We'd have to be careful to avoid that.

[winkio]

would we?  If I've gone mad with power, why not just have it showing up everywhere?

[Aqua]

Turn all instances to Blizz into winkio? XD

[ForeverZer0]

Or just have it randomly choose the name of any other member. That would cause some confusion.

So this is what you devious mods do here up in the heavens. That it is when you're not looking at porn.

@blizz: I found it by the way!

[WhiteRose]

Turn all instances to Blizz into winkio? XD

And thus winkio-ABS was born.

[winkio]

hrm, I'm going to keep this in the back of my mind and write down some ideas.  Hopefully some stuff will be surprises to you guys as well

[Starrodkirby86]

Hey, there's a word filter in our Admin CP Panel.

Maybe we can add Blizz or Blizzard in there so it'll change into winkio. xD

[winkio]

Just for randomness, I'll probably do:
blizz->wink
ard->io

so we just have random chaos happening everywhere.

Which reminds me.  Slogan:  winkio Project - the Chaos has been unleashed!

EDIT: also, found the censored words thing.  Maybe instead of the names, I'll just switch around the vowels, so it will make all 'a's 'o's, and stuff like that

[Starrodkirby86]

The good part about the word filter is that we can check whether the forum'll filter it being a whole word or not (e.g. checking it will mean having "ass" -> "butt" won't change "assassin" to "buttbuttin" ) and that it can be case insensitive.

So we can definitely insert a Blizz to have it convert to winkio, then convert Blizzard to winkio too or something. o:

Having -ard would be hard for legitimiate words that end in -ard, though that can add just into the chaos as well. xD

[Blizzard]

winkio, want the PSD of CP's logo so you can mess with it? Though, you would have to do that to all 12 color versions. ._. Maybe that's just a bit too much work.

[tSwitch]

Aqua is pregnant.

[winkio]

Lol nobody would fall for that XD

And Blizz, send me the stuff needed to make 1 theme for the forum, and then I'll just for it to display for everyone

[Starrodkirby86]

Make one default theme based on winkio's profile palette -

"winkio project"
"I am lying"

And have the theme heavily adopt ChaosTrue5 (The blue theme) or ChaosViolet5 (The purple theme) (I say this because winkio used to have a purple profile too~), with only the logo being replaced with "winkio project" or something. xD

(And yes, temporarily force EVERY user, especially the non-default users, to switch to that theme :PPP)

[G_G]

I better strengthen my acting skills. (What skills?) We do[/i] have to make this believable and crappy acting posts aren't going to make it so.

[Starrodkirby86]

Then actually instill yourself with the belief that Blizzard got ousted like a Mubarak and winkio's the legendary tyrant of 'em all

[winkio]

Oh yeah, that purple one.  Too bad I lost the original file  And also, I've only ever had 2 avatars and sigs throughout the whole time on this forum.

Anyways, I'll modify the blue theme, because that's the one I like the best (and the one I'm currently using).  Also, I have an idea for a new forum game to start on April Fools, which shall remain a secret until it happens.

Also, do we want to have the mods pick sides, or all just roll with me?

[G_G]

I think some of us should be rebels.

EDIT: I think we should start spreading rumors. You and Blizz need to start arguing in threads about useless stuff that don't protain to the thread.

[Starrodkirby86]

Aww man, winkio, ensue more drama by demoting all the moderators that are against you. :>

Also:

Spoiler: ShowHide

Good thing I had this stored on my other computer here. o: (I stored it because you had 666 posts xD Also, interestingly, the .bmp version I saved it as is also 666 kb)

[Blizzard]

I can force everybody to use one theme, but then their own setup would get messed up. :/ That means, if we force a theme, everybody would have to set their theme manually again. :/

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20224394/Themes.rar
You have the whole True and Violet themes here and the PSDs for the X theme. The colors for the other themes are simply hue changes. Each hue change is a round number.

Also, didn't you once have that "Trying to give a damn" avatar as well? xD

[winkio]

ah yes, the text was so bad, but the background was so good.  Thanks for that

I should create a new usergroup for the rebels and only allow them to post in a new forum Titled 'Rebel HQ'.  It would be obvious that I would be watching their every post, but they would have no other choice.

And no, only 2 avatars and sigs.

[Starrodkirby86]

I can force everybody to use one theme, but then their own setup would get messed up. :/ That means, if we force a theme, everybody would have to set their theme manually again. :/

True...

I guess replacing every theme with the winkio styled theme would work out...even if it looks weird. xD

But that might be inconvenient in itself. ;_;

[winkio]

For each board, I can override the member's theme.  I think it's the best option.

[Starrodkirby86]

For each board, I can override the member's theme.  I think it's the best option.

Is that why, for a split page, I saw the theme revert back to the default one for this board? >_>

I had a hunch it was that, but I just didn't mind it. xD

[Blizzard]

Yes. Alternatively, I could replace all themes with winkio's and disable theme selection for the day, but this is the better choice. I've tried it out and thought it wouldn't work because my theme didn't change. Probably because I am an admin, I was even still able to change the theme even though I turned off that option.

Also, IT HAS BEGUN! So, winkio, every bit of my rudeness towards you from now on until after April 1st is pure act. Let the game begin, my staff! >: D

[winkio]

Oh, this is gonna be fun.  I'll have to put my photoshop skills to work on that one picture of you...

[Blizzard]

It's gonna be epic. xD

[winkio]

No way, I can't find it!  The one where you are making the face...

[Starrodkirby86]

No way, I can't find it!  The one where you are making the face...

?

[winkio]

no, that's not it...

EDIT: upon closer inspection, that photo has been 'shopped.  So of course, there is no way it can be the one I am looking for.

[G_G]

Check Adolf Ghandi and the Chamber of Secrets. It used it in there. Not sure if its edited or not.

[winkio]

ah right, I remember that, but I don't have it anymore, and the download is gone...

[Blizzard]

Shopped? D: No way!

[tSwitch]

JFTR I helped Winkio take over.
True story.

[winkio]

Yes, I want to hear how

Also, this should lead to Blizz 'shutting down the site' at the end of the day, and then when it comes back, everything is back to normal, and we all act like nothing happened.

[Starrodkirby86]

Huh? winkio taking over Chaos Project? I can't ever imagine that happening!! What made you guys think that was the case?

[tSwitch]

Well, we all know Blizzard's got a soft spot for nacho chips and absinthe (In fact, this plot goes farther back than most suspect, with my seduction of Blizzard at E3 a few years ago.  I was to discover Blizzard's only true weakness.)  So of course I used my devious mind and charming demeanor to lure him away from his computer long enough for you hack the root key of the website and gain access to the servers.  At that point you sent me a text message signaling me to act.  With Blizzard inebriated he wasn't in his most aware state, and I slipped some roofies into his next shot.  He was on the floor in seconds flat.

This afforded us enough time to hide him in a closet somewhere while we finished our glorious conversion.  Knowing he would escape, we removed his powers and stripped them from all of those who opposed us.

[winkio]

lol awesome.

Also, that whole SPAM thing was a waste.  Blizz just left =/

[Starrodkirby86]

lol awesome.

Also, that whole SPAM thing was a waste.  Blizz just left =/

I concur to winkio's comment of NAMK's story.

Don't worry. It'll be a delight to see a floodful of variants to the topic. xD Although the impact would have been much higher if he had been there, yeah...

[tSwitch]

What SPAM thing?

Oh yes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flSKBYCOgKU

The music from that video needs to be embedded on the main page.
So that it just autoplays in the background as people browse the site.

[Starrodkirby86]

Was just meant to anger Blizzard up with the flood of Good news topics. xD

[legacyblade]

Just so you guys know, I've been following this, and I totally approve. This is going to be epic *goes to lurk moar*

[Blizzard]

Lol, take things a bit slower. You don't want to piss me off in a week but in a month. xD

[winkio]

That was all in SPAM, so I didn't consider it that serious.  I'm gonna be trolling pretty hard by the last week of March.

[Blizzard]

Yeah, it will be hard.

EDIT: Flame me, lol! http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php/topic,8900.0

[winkio]

Lol had to exercise the tiniest bit of self control there

EDIT: I have an idea for a post chain outside of the SPAM section for next week.  I'll be suggesting some new features in the news section.

[Blizzard]

DAMN YOU, WINKIO! >8U It's so hard to get pissed at you! You are just too awesome! >8U

[winkio]

Lol, which reminds me, the Remexos group forum disabling thing gave me even more ideas for April fools

EDIT: okay, sometime soon I'm going to make a post in the News board suggesting we have a Developer of the Month sort of thing where we feature somebody from this site and their current projects every month.  Now, there are many reasons why this is a dumb idea, and I in no way actually want this to happen.  For appearances though, I'm going to be really into it.  Blizz, once I post it, feel free to start flaming me   Mods can do whatever they want, take sides or just stay out of it.

[Blizzard]

Uh, I like that. Since we had already some people suggesting awards like that and I didn't want to organize anything because it's a ripoff from RMRK, it will be legit if I seem pissed.
First I will be just somewhat aggressive. Then you get defensive and I will start to push harder and harder. This will go on and on and suddenly spill over to other places. It will be a mess. We will be doing it everywhere, the whole staff.
And the part that I underlined has nothing to do with sex.

[G_G]

Can I be developer of teh month D: You can feature my RMVXP Project Manager which I say is pretty snappy lookin.

[Blizzard]

Lol, I'm already getting personal. xD

Well somebody is a party pooper =/

Somebody gets a bit of power and thinks they can do anything now. =/

[Ryex]

this is entertaining to read mostly because I know it's a joke. we should archive all these posts into one thread for entertainment when it's all over.

[winkio]

Why must you set everyone up for failure?  Just because you had to overcome many obstacles doesn't mean everyone else has to overcome those same obstacles.  You should try being a little more realistic.

did someone say personal?  lol XD

EDIT: well that was fun.  We still have two weeks left, so I'm not going to go much farther for now

[Blizzard]

Yeah, we shouldn't overdo it right away.
It was fun to be able to post aggressive without thinking. xD Usually I always have to think everything through before I post if something is on the line. This time I was just able to type and flame, lol.

[Aqua]

LOL that "fight" was so believable.

[ForeverZer0]

You two should still throw in the occasional barb in the shoutbox to keep people's minds on it. Nothing too much, but enough that they will recall it when everything comes to a head.

[tSwitch]

And then NAMKCOR felt like a total dumbass

[ForeverZer0]

lol, I read your other post first. I was wondering if you had read this one as before you made that one.

Apparently not. 

[winkio]

Whatever, you got my opinion free of charge, so there

EDIT: so we should have one more big argument sometime this week, then take it to the extreme next week during the last few days of march.  Next Friday is the big day

[Blizzard]

Alright working on it, lol!

[Ryex]

so... this time the tension is going to build in intelligent debate... interesting.

[Starrodkirby86]

I just wanted to the make the comment on the Yin and Yang topic at how it seems like an allegory to something like, "Do we always need Blizzard?"

If there was our Blizzard, does that mean we need our anti-Blizzard? :V

[ForeverZer0]

You will likely get some awesome post by Niche spouting about how he is the "anti-Blizz" as a reply.

[Ryex]

don't worry Winko! I shale  defend you!

[ForeverZer0]

 

[Blizzard]

When I saw two topics in ID, all I was thinking was which one of them would turn into a battle. So I posted in both and waited for the reply. As soon as I saw the replies, I knew it was the Yang topic. xD

[G_G]

I'm gonna be the "village idiot" who sides with anyone willing to give me a piece of bread. Of course all bread transfers will be made through the mod forum.

[Aqua]

Hm... with whom to side...

[GAX]

Hmm, full on Moderator/Admin fallout?  This could get rather amusing.

[Blizzard]

We should start to spice things up. >:3

[GAX]

Hmm, but what shall be the subject?

[Blizzard]

I was thinking about maybe posting an IRL story and then you guys would be flaming me on it. Basically I turned on this cashier without trying in some sort of boutique and if I posted this, you could easily start flaming.

EDIT: I think I got something rolling on with Ryex in ID.

[Ryex]

Dam, now I have to think of a way to respond that is at least semi-logical.

[Blizzard]

Feel free to bash me somewhat. Then winkio can interfere and I can get really pissed when he sides with you.

[G_G]

Then I'll come along and back you up.

[Ryex]

wow, this is fun.

[G_G]

I think I should get "demoted" for taking Blizz's side.

[winkio]

I've been stalling in that thread because I haven't found a way to get angrier.  Figured it out, now I'm back in again.

[ForeverZer0]

Let the battle begin...

[G_G]

No hard feelings F0 D:

[GAX]

http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php/topic,9041.msg139093.html#new This the thread we're workin with?

[G_G]

Yup.

[ForeverZer0]

@G_G:
Damn, dude. Why did you have to go there.... 

Spoiler: ShowHide

  You need to go a little harder than that. You need to come at me for a reason. At the moment it just seems like an unprovoked outburst This is kinda fun though 

[G_G]

I'm not that inteligent/creative when it comes to arguing. .-.

[Blizzard]

I locked that thread now, but mods can still keep posting in there. Feel free to continue the fight, those of you who can. xD

[Blizzard]

Ok, we have to get to some sort of climax these days. April 1st is just around the corner and we want it to be believable. It would be best if we did some bad stuff today and at March 31st we would have a fight again which would spill over into April 1st and I will de-admin myself through the database. You should also ban me.

[tSwitch]

posting.
posted

[winkio]

lol replied.

[Blizzard]

Keep posting in the thread, winkio, lol! I'll get pissed at you because you were overriding my lock. xD

[Ryex]

locking SPAM. lol now it gets serious. we've NEVER locked spam before.

[Blizzard]

Uuuhh, this is gonna be nasty. xD

[tSwitch]

y u no love me?

[Ryex]

scratch that we've totally locked spam before.

also I think my post was awesome.

[Blizzard]

Posted, lol! Man, I knew it would spill over and we would be doing it all over this place. xD

[winkio]

Lol this is completely ridiculous.

So, can we plan friday?  At some point (when I wake up), I will declare myself in control of the forum, or something to that effect.  Then what?

[ForeverZer0]

@winkio:
You should definitely change your avatar to this after your last comment:

Spoiler: ShowHide

[winkio]

even better, I should make an account with that avatar and post in that topic saying that I wanted to party with winkio XD

EDIT: but I'll save that for later.

[ForeverZer0]

lol, yeah that will be good. Do that on the day. 

[WhiteRose]

Lol this is completely ridiculous.

So, can we plan friday?  At some point (when I wake up), I will declare myself in control of the forum, or something to that effect.  Then what?

Maybe the mods could take sides? Some would side with Blizz; you could "ban" them (you don't actually have to ban them - just add their names to the banned list and PM them telling them to log out and not use that account again until things are over) they could make dupe accounts and log back in and try and stop you, etc. Some could side with you, and recognize you as the "true" Admin of Chaos Project. Maybe some could even be double agents, pretending to be on your side, but making a dupe account that would complain about wanting Blizz back. Then you could "discover" that it was really one of your "followers" and there would be much drama. All of the extra accounts and everything would be deleted the next day. Those are just a few ideas; that might be too over the top. Whatever we do, we need to be sure to keep it believable.

[ForeverZer0]

It appears Tugger has announced The Plan. There must be mole... 

Still sticking with this plan, or adapt and get another?

[Ryex]

my finger slipped on the delete shout button... twice...

[winkio]

you idiot *facepalm* that just gave it away.

[Ryex]

blame it on database errors.

[ForeverZer0]

That may be kinda hard to convince people of.

EDIT:
We may need to begin thinking of a Plan B. If so, we need to be quick about it.

[winkio]

I thought this was a prominent possibility when we thought of this.  We can still do it, we just have to do it in a way that will subvert everyone's expectations. 

Idea 1 - I don't give a damn:
So we can have a whole buildup to the day, and then Friday morning, Blizz can say: I'm taking a break from the site, I don't know when I'll be back - winkio is in charge.  Then I can do one really small lame thing and be really obvious about it and everyone will be like "wow, that was lame".  Then, later in the day, all shenanigans can break loose as planned.

Idea 2 - Too fast:
Do it Saturday instead.

Idea 3 - Did I miss it:
Spread rumors about all the possible jokes we could think of (shutting down the site, ARC getting sued, etc.).  On April Fools Day, do absolutely nothing.  The expectations will kill them.

[ForeverZer0]

How about this, (kind of a combination of yours)

We go about as planned with some minor little things. Some will thing it is quite lame and see right through it. This will buy us a little time to come up with something truly devious that we will do Saturday after people think it is over.

[Blizzard]

No, the point is to do it on friday. Otherwise it's pointless.
What happened with Tugger actually? I missed it so I don't know what's going on. ._.

[winkio]

He said something like:

This argument leads straight into winkio taking over the forum.  If that's the april fools joke, then I am disappointed.

Pretty sure Subsonic figured it out too, although he's polite enough not to say anything.

[Blizzard]

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I think this has gone too far. We are obsessed with trying to fool everybody and we are trying to hard. Take it easy. Let's stay on our tracks, let's keep fighting. On Friday morning I will de-admin myself and winkio will de-mod the mods that side with me. All mods that take no side (probably GAX since he won't be around) will stay mods.

winkio, if you plan on banning mods, you should actually do it. Don't do an IP ban, a normal ban will be enough. Members can see in other members' profiles whether they are banned or not. http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php?action=profile;u=200
I think that banning would be the best choice because if we don't get banned, our fights will spam the whole forum. We surely won't stay in just one topic. And this isn't really in our interest. If you ban us, especially because of a previous intense fight with lots of threatening on Thursday, it will seem very legit. I will start raging more and more and resort to personal insults. You should threaten me with a ban. You know, you say something like if I can't control myself, you will ban me, all rules apply to me as well, blablabla, the usual stuff. I will obviously act out something like you betraying me, backstabbing me, I made you what you are, etc. This should turn out quite controversial because I will act like the bad guy while you will actually be the bad guy. Let's do some more fighting today and tomorrow will be the big climax.

If we changed our plans, it would be obvious that we were discovered and are looking for a backup plan. Any joke we pulled would be too obvious. We already invested so much time and energy into this one. The best reaction will be if people are puzzled. While it will seem like an April Fools joke that we got banned, it will seem legit because we actually had intense fights before. When people doubt whether it's a joke or not, then we have achieved our goal.

@Ryex: Post in the shoutbox "Oops, I accidentally deleted your shout, Tugger. Sorry about that. xD" It was an accident, admit that it was one. Even if it hadn't been an accident, still admit it.

[winkio]

plus, we have time on our side.  We started these fights weeks ago, and it would be a stretch to assume that they were all acted just for april fools.

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Yeah, I like the setup you described.  Should be fun.

[Ryex]

I've kinda been on winko's side... kinda.

[Blizzard]

Yeah, let it stay that way.

[tSwitch]

Blizzard is going to be too busy at my party on Friday.

[G_G]

Alright Blizzard, so far, looks like I'm the one going down with you. I of course would like to do a tad bit flaming if thats alright but just a bit only in your guys' arguments.

[Blizzard]

No, I'm not going out this Friday. xD
Feel free to flame, G_G.

[WhiteRose]

I don't think Tugger "figured it out." As his game, Past of Venus, is a featured project, he is a Moderator over that section. Wouldn't that give him access to this board, thus allowing him to see this topic?

[Blizzard]

No, I didn't include him in the Moderator group that gives him access so he can't see the mod forum.
And yes, he figured it out. I let him in on it for damage control. This way he's not gonna tell anybody.

[Aqua]

How about to make it a little bit more convincing, we get things fired up a ton in the next 24 hours.

Then when it's midnight April 1st for you, Blizz, but still March 31st for most users, winkio takes over.

[Blizzard]

Sounds good. I will make things happen in 24 hours (it will be around 8 AM at April 1st).

[winkio]

Also known as 2 am my time...  I'll be up, but not for too long.

[Blizzard]

Ok, I've started some shit in the shoutbox.

[winkio]

I'm going to start moving towards the position described in your last post:

You know, you say something like if I can't control myself, you will ban me, all rules apply to me as well, blablabla, the usual stuff. I will obviously act out something like you betraying me, backstabbing me, I made you what you are, etc. This should turn out quite controversial because I will act like the bad guy while you will actually be the bad guy.

[Blizzard]

HURR HURR HURR, let the flame wars begin: http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php/topic,9151.0

EDIT: BTW, I'm off to sleep in about half an hour max. We should stir up some shit before that. I'll just de-admin and ban myself in the morning. xD
You can post the news then. It should be short after 7 AM GMT. I'll PM you before I do it. If you're still awake at that point, post the news. If not, post when you get up saying that you de-admined me the evening before. Feel free to be a tyrant during the day. I'll enjoy my day off. xD

EDIT: When I go to sleep, I'll just claim that we're going to continue this on MSN. xD
Also, should we publish this thread once everything is over? It would be nice for the lulz.

[winkio]

yeah, but on april 3rd.  april 2nd we have to make it seem like nothing ever happened, and whenever anyone asks about the craziness of april 1st, we can just play dumb "What do you mean winkio took over the forum?  I got de-admined? you must be joking."  "What, I revolted against Blizz?  What arguments that we've been having for the past month?"

[Blizzard]

Nice idea. xD We'll be all like "but we're the best buddies!!!11111oneonetwofiveseventy"

EDIT: I'll make a dupe, post something like "winkio, you backstabbing bastard" and delete that account right before I de-admin myself. This is gonna be fun. xD See you on April 2nd, guys.

[G_G]

I'm gonna spam SoD board, winkio is going to de-mod me then Blizz you shall disagree and outburst that he has no proof of me spamming. Since winkio is going to delete these posts then de-admin me.

[Blizzard]

Nah, I'm going to go to sleep now and I'll do my stuff in the morning. You can continue to argue with winkio in the spam thread, though.

[winkio]

good stuff Blizz

So, I'm planning on starting the day pretty calm, and then gradually getting crazier (hopefully as reactions get more intense).  Mods, feel free to have tons of fun tomorrow

[Blizzard]

Yeah. You may all abuse your powers tomorrow. xD Just don't delete stuff from before April 1st and mess too much with member account data.

[winkio]

Don't acknowledge Sub, he just wants attention.  Feel free to delete anything shout or post wise from him if it's too obvious.

[Blizzard]

I find it hilarious how Ryex and me pushed down his shout about guessing right about what's going on. Kudos to Ryex for the good idea, I wouldn't have thought of it. xD

[Ryex]

you sure about that? seems like a pretty common idea. it was how we got rid of the spam posts after we decided that deleting 4 pages of spam shouts one by one wasn't worth it.

[tSwitch]

Make a site backup.

[Blizzard]

Nah, restoring from a site backup is a bitch. And we should leave something for next year. xD

EDIT: WAIT! You actually CAN delete whole topics. They will all end up in the recycle bin and we can restore them later. >:3

[winkio]

yup, hooray for admin powers!

also, one problem that would have been a dead giveaway if anybody knew about it: I don't have MSN.  lol.

[ForeverZer0]

Sub is giving us away again, but I can't delete them in spam, so maybe someone else should?

[winkio]

He just wants attention.  Trust me, just ignore him, he's not giving anything away.

[ForeverZer0]

Sub and Branden piss me off.
Just throwing that out there.

[winkio]

I really wish NAM wouldn't have commented.  Just let them be dicks, they will look really stupid when they are the only two doing it.

EDIT: so, important thing to remember for April 1: don't let sub/branden/anyone else ruin the fun.  If they are being dumb, just ignore them.

[Blizzard]

Branden knows, lol! Don't worry about him, he won't give anything away.

[winkio]

Lol I just realized it's been April 1st my time for over an hour.  Hooray April!

[Blizzard]

Ok, I'm de-admining myself now. Ban me right away.

[winkio]

I don't even know if you can read this, but done.

Also, I just did an account ban, so he can still observe the chaos.

[tSwitch]

I posted as the pretend voice of reason so that it's all dramatic when it comes to light that I got a +assist against Blizzard.

[WhiteRose]

Be careful not to alienate the new members too much, NAMKCOR. We don't want them to get so frustrated that they leave before they find out that this is all just a joke.

[tSwitch]

I've got it under control, except maybe Niche, he's gone pretty crazy.

[WhiteRose]

I don't know what was triggering all this, but if the goal was to loose members, you surely have succeeded. That will hopefully be the last thing I write about this..

This is what I was talking about. We really need to be careful not to take the joke too far.

[winkio]

nah, we can send him an email tomorrow to clear everything up.

[Blizzard]

Let me finish up this thread by thanking everybody for their contribution, time and dedication. If it weren't for your active attention to censor, delete or edit posts and shouts that revealed the joke, this wouldn't have been possible. It's sad that some members were so actively trying to ruin the joke for everyone instead of playing along. A few who figured it out have played along, but the rest were just being party poopers. If you didn't have to keep managing those few members so actively, you could have invested more time into other things like NAMKCOR who made a fake list of rules to make the whole joke seem even more legit. Happy April Fools, everybody. Remember, this is a day to have fun, not to try to destroy everybody else's fun.