April Fools Roundup

GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
edited April 2008 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">post what you've found</div>Post the April Fools jokes you've come across here.

So far, I've come across these:
<a href="http://www.spore.com/press_040108.php" target="_blank">http://www.spore.com/press_040108.php</a>
<a href="http://www.infinity-universe.com/Infinity/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.infinity-universe.com/Infinity/index.php</a>
<a href="http://xkcd.com/" target="_blank">http://xkcd.com/</a> (which is currently pointing, <a href="http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1111" target="_blank">here</a>)(
cycle continues: <a href="http://questionablecontent.net/" target="_blank">http://questionablecontent.net/</a> <a href="http://www.qwantz.com/)" target="_blank">http://www.qwantz.com/)</a>
<a href="http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=149703" target="_blank">http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=149703</a>

Others in this Thread:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxw91PSTRq8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxw91PSTRq8</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com/virgle/" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/virgle/</a>
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml" target="_blank">The Telegraph</a>
<a href="http://starcraft2.com/features/terran/taurenmarine.xml" target="_blank">http://starcraft2.com/features/terran/taurenmarine.xml</a>
<a href="http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/promotions/2008/spring/default.htm" target="_blank">http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/promot...ing/default.htm</a>
<a href="http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/legendofzelda_filmtrailer_040108.html" target="_blank">http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/...ler_040108.html</a>
<a href="http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Main_Page" target="_blank">http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Main_Page</a>
<a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/" target="_blank">http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/</a>
<a href="http://blizzard.com/us/diablo2exp/pinata.html" target="_blank">http://blizzard.com/us/diablo2exp/pinata.html</a>
<a href="http://youtube.com" target="_blank">http://youtube.com</a>
<a href="http://www.lotro.com/amonhen" target="_blank">http://www.lotro.com/amonhen</a>
<a href="http://www.3drealms.com/news/2008/04/duke_...screenshot.html" target="_blank">http://www.3drealms.com/news/2008/04/duke_...screenshot.html</a>
<a href="http://wow-europe.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml" target="_blank">http://wow-europe.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml</a>
<a href="http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/main....amp;id_news=233" target="_blank">http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/main....amp;id_news=233</a>


showreel of the studio that made the zelda trailer: <a href="http://www.rainfallfilms.com/showreel/" target="_blank">http://www.rainfallfilms.com/showreel/</a>
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  • puzlpuzl The Old Firm Join Date: 2003-02-26 Member: 14029Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    edited April 2008
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxw91PSTRq8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxw91PSTRq8</a>

    My personal favourite of the day: <a href="http://www.google.com/virgle/" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/virgle/</a>
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  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    Everybody loves penguins!
    <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml" target="_blank">TheTelegraph</a>.
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  • Dirty_Harry_PotterDirty_Harry_Potter Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9500Members
    Tauren Marine on Starcraft2.com, even with artwork and an ingame model XD
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    All of the links on the front page of youtube are rickrolls. The main page of Wikipedia is attempting to by funny, but failing horribly.

    I guess I could just save a lot of time and link you to <a href="http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2008.html" target="_blank">this</a> site which is a pretty good record of the april foolery so far. I found <a href="http://event.yahoo.co.jp/invaders/beginning/" target="_blank">yahoo japan</a>'s front page pretty good though.
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  • JimmehJimmeh Join Date: 2003-08-24 Member: 20173Members, Constellation
    edited April 2008
    <!--quoteo(post=1674818:date=Apr 1 2008, 05:53 PM:name=Gwahir)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Gwahir @ Apr 1 2008, 05:53 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1674818"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><a href="http://xkcd.com/" target="_blank">http://xkcd.com/</a> (which is currently pointing, <a href="http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1111" target="_blank">here</a>)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    XKCD redirects to QC which redirects to www.qwantz.com which redirects to XKCD.

    Rather fun.

    <a href="http://improveverywhere.com/" target="_blank">Improv Everywhere</a> has a site redesign.
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  • MonkfishMonkfish Sonic-boom-inducing buttcheeks of terrifying speed&#33; Join Date: 2003-06-03 Member: 16972Members
    <a href="http://www.vgcats.com/" target="_blank">http://www.vgcats.com/</a>

    B^U
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    it should ofcourse be mentioned that XKCD -> QC -> Dinosaur Comics is cyclical

    <a href="http://www.xkcd.com/" target="_blank">http://www.xkcd.com/</a>
    <a href="http://questionablecontent.net/" target="_blank">http://questionablecontent.net/</a>
    <a href="http://www.qwantz.com/" target="_blank">http://www.qwantz.com/</a>
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    edited April 2008
    I wish this was real:
    <a href="http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/promotions/2008/spring/default.htm" target="_blank">http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/promot...ing/default.htm</a>

    Highlight the Vintage 360, man the steampunk in me wants.

    There's also a video of Altair from Assassin's Creed in Metal Gear Solid 4. It's pretty cool but I can't find it. It's up on Kotaku somewhere.

    IGN's pretty well-done Zelda film trailer:
    <a href="http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/legendofzelda_filmtrailer_040108.html" target="_blank">http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/...ler_040108.html</a>
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  • remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
    <!--quoteo(post=1674839:date=Apr 1 2008, 03:38 PM:name=Liku)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Liku @ Apr 1 2008, 03:38 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1674839"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->IGN's pretty well-done Zelda film trailer:
    <a href="http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/legendofzelda_filmtrailer_040108.html" target="_blank">http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/...ler_040108.html</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    That's just mean. Though my roommate just got tricked by it. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    edited April 2008
    Seems like a lot of work for a prank. They do like to go overboard I guess.

    You know, it would be really funny if this trailer started an movement for it to be made, even though it was a prank.
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  • ShzarShzar Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21098Members, Constellation
    I'm gonna add the <a href="http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Main_Page" target="_blank">main page</a> of the Dwarf Fortress Wiki. Similar to what they did last year with the 'Elf Forest' site.
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  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    Told a work colleague that a Mr C. Lyons had called to speak to him while he was at lunch and requested that he phoned back. The number I wrote down to call back was the local Sea Life Centre <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    I checked out the studio listed on the zelda trailer, here's their showreel: <a href="http://www.rainfallfilms.com/showreel/" target="_blank">http://www.rainfallfilms.com/showreel/</a>
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  • IsamilIsamil Join Date: 2003-11-25 Member: 23552Members, Constellation
    edited April 2008
    I've showed <a href="http://www.gmail.com" target="_blank">www.gmail.com</a> to a couple people.
    The idea would actually work if everyone was using gmail.
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  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    email just has a timestamp, you can change that pretty easily if you have a non-web-based email client, just change your system time, and you're done!
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  • puzlpuzl The Old Firm Join Date: 2003-02-26 Member: 14029Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
    WORLD OF WARCRAFT COMING TO CONSOLES WITH MOLTEN COREâ„¢

    <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/" target="_blank">http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/moltencore/</a>

    <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

    At first I thought it was a dig at the RROD <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <a href="http://blizzard.com/us/diablo2exp/pinata.html" target="_blank">http://blizzard.com/us/diablo2exp/pinata.html</a>
    <a href="http://youtube.com" target="_blank">http://youtube.com</a>
    <a href="http://www.lotro.com/amonhen" target="_blank">http://www.lotro.com/amonhen</a>
    <a href="http://www.3drealms.com/news/2008/04/duke_nukem_forever_screenshot.html" target="_blank">http://www.3drealms.com/news/2008/04/duke_...screenshot.html</a>
    <a href="http://wow-europe.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml" target="_blank">http://wow-europe.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml</a>
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    FH2 anounced they were discontinueing FH2 on BF2 after 3+ years of development and were going to start development of FH:Heroes. Lots of rage and disbelief on some forums was the result <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />
    <a href="http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/main.php?lang=english&id_news=233" target="_blank">http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/main....amp;id_news=233</a>
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