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[Blau&Gruen]

We had this already once.



1938 with Orson Welles radio drama when the Martians invaded.

Or is this just part of the plot ... ?

[War lord]

Considering Bolk's own initial "log" of what had happened had a grievously obvious error its difficult to think that people could actually have believed their accounts were in danger.

It is also extremely unlikely that GED would PM someone like Lusted to discuss any such venture, surely an e-mail would be more comprehensive and more legitimate.

Furthermore, why would anyone initiating some sort of "take over" care about the various user accounts here beyond neutralising those who might either have access necessary to stop them or just cause trouble. Even if this did happen the majority of the forum would have continued as is.

The only way this could have fooled so many is because so many were gullible/oblivious to common sense and then, having taken it so seriously, spread panic.

Yes we were wrong, in the event of a take over GED should have given his followers Dental Dams rather then other bribes.

[Harry Lime]

We had this already once.



1938 with George Orwell's radio drama when the Martians invaded.

That was Orson Welles' production of H.G Wells 'War of the Worlds'.

GED will accept claims for a pair of men's black shoes (size 9B).

[Tellos Athenaios]

Meh. I fail to see in which way the suggestion that a member of staff is deliberately tampering with the contents of passwords in the database is somehow funny because it is untrue? I'm sure everyone on this site uses a unique password just for TWC. So sure, in fact, that really, when some hacker finds an injection vulnerability and is able to commandeer the server on which the forum runs you don't really have to warn people about changing passwords on other sites... After all, who has the same password on other sites? Right.

In case I missed something, as far as I am aware it isn't actually April 1, yet.

[Celsius]

All HEX members need to be recalled and new ones elected. This stunt was stupid, poorly thought out, and ignorant to say the least. I thought the higher ups had a tad bit more class/sense, but apparently they do not.

[Dark Storm]

Pranks aren't always reserved for April 1st and I thought this was a damn good one and would have loved to see it come to its full potential, hats off to all involved, honestly, I can't stress how enjoyable it was

[wudang_clown]

The only way this could have fooled so many is because so many were gullible/oblivious to common sense and then, having taken it so seriously, spread panic.

Yeah, and now stigmatize as naive idiots all those who had doubts then and who now have doubts about coolness of the prank.

If there actually were people who wasted an hour or more to secure their stuff just in case, because they don't know GED personally and/or don't know full extent of his contribution to this site, then what would you tell them? "It's your fault that you are so naive to believe that the owner would harm the site"?

That would require you to assume that they actually read each and every of 100 of posts. Not everyone should have the time to read all those things just because a bunch of people, including the owner, decided to have a laugh. So, the reaction on "there's some going on in the curia, backup your stuff!" was "okay!". Simple as that, nothing oblivious to common sense in it.

[Magicman2051]

You simply made the kind of prank that's made within trusted and close group of people, while everyone else is like "WTF?" and wasting their time to only learn what is really going on.

That is a blatant fallacy, one of the most vocal "participants" in the prank, Major Darling, was utterly unaware of any prior planning that had occurred and merely recognised the inherent logical flaws of the supposed plot and engaged with them for the sake of amusement.

When it initially occurred I was totally uninformed despite having prior knowledge that a possible prank would occur in lead up the the 1st of April and immediately, before even opening the thread, knew it was clearly a joke.

That would require you to assume that they actually read each and every of 100 of posts.

You don't read every post of a thread, not including general "spam" threads, prior to respond so that you can form your own opinion on the matter at hand? How would know what you're going to say hasn't been said before without thoroughly reading the thread?

Furthermore as I noted earlier, the give away was in the very first post. I'm not stigmatising anyone, nor am I inferring that the prank was "cool".

[Søren]

The only way this could have fooled so many is because so many were gullible/oblivious to common sense and then, having taken it so seriously, spread panic.

It's a bit much to sit there as someone who was aware of this prank, and state that anyone who fell for it was "oblivious to common sense", and then make out that those people were actually at fault for "spreading panic" otherwise known as taking sensible steps to ensure the safety of the mods on this site, given what they believed to be the case.

I was "in" on this prank too, though personally I don't support it, and suggested it should be ended as soon as possible, and having that behind the scenes knowledge I was surprised so many people fell for it too. But again, it's easy to say that in our position, and given the whole intent of this was to fool people, it's rather hard on everyone to make out they were extremely gullible for being fooled, especially as everyone is familiar with the site to different extents, and some won't have experienced past April Fools here either.

[Tonno]

[Ferdiad]

All HEX members need to be recalled and new ones elected. This stunt was stupid, poorly thought out, and ignorant to say the least. I thought the higher ups had a tad bit more class/sense, but apparently they do not.

You forgot to add IMO.

[molonthegreat]

Considering Bolk's own initial "log" of what had happened had a grievously obvious error its difficult to think that people could actually have believed their accounts were in danger.

It is also extremely unlikely that GED would PM someone like Lusted to discuss any such venture, surely an e-mail would be more comprehensive and more legitimate.

Furthermore, why would anyone initiating some sort of "take over" care about the various user accounts here beyond neutralising those who might either have access necessary to stop them or just cause trouble. Even if this did happen the majority of the forum would have continued as is.

The only way this could have fooled so many is because so many were gullible/oblivious to common sense and then, having taken it so seriously, spread panic.

Well you know there's the saying that the bigger the lie the more people will believe it, if it hadn't been so outrageous I think most people would have called the bluff. Furthermore how many on this site do you think have any clue what that "obvious" error was in Bolkonsky's log?

[Blau&Gruen]

That was Orson Welles' production of H.G Wells 'War of the Worlds'.

GED will accept claims for a pair of men's black shoes (size 9B).

Right Orson Welles ... I am still confused.

[Celsius]

You forgot to add IMO.

I also forgot to add "if they had any dignity" as well.

[Ferdiad]

But that's just like your opinion man.

[Jokern]

So there won't be a prank on April Fools Day?

[Magicman2051]

It's a bit much to sit there as someone who was aware of this prank, and state that anyone who fell for it was "oblivious to common sense"

Given, and retracted.

then make out that those people were actually at fault for "spreading panic" otherwise known as taking sensible steps to ensure the safety of the mods on this site

Most of the people making those sorts of posts were considerate and cautious without being hyperbolic. That isn't who I'm addressing with the body of that post.

[Celsius]

But that's just like your opinion man.

So....?

[Ferdiad]

Who knows, text could all be in pink or something.

[Dark Storm]

Damn it, already started. They really need to stop these bloody pranks