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Tessou | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 06:23 AM |
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile | April Fools 2012 is over, and thus you can now safely escape the Hello Kitty skin via the restored menu. Advanced members are also back to being just that, instead of being fans of the wonderful Justin Bieber. No more chillin' by the fire while we eatin' fondue. Other magnificent changes have also been reverted. I'm sad that none of them were noticed, but I guess that should have been expected, what with forum activity trends sloping as of late. It's back to the norm, folks. Well, at least as normal as it can get when I'm around. Oh yeah, notice that. I'm still here. Those who thought my return and promotion were a joke can rest assured that their nightmare will continue indefinitely. |
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THE_HONDA_CG2 | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 07:10 AM |
Patient Zero Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,279 Member No.: 37,947 Joined: Oct 1st 2011 Location: Update Profile | We had more changes to the forums? I was here all day looking for them and yet I didn't find any! Mind telling us these little things that were done here and there on the forums? |
HashiriyaR32 | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 07:28 AM |
Unlimited Request Works Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,468 Member No.: 18,031 Joined: May 27th 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada | I still can't change it for some odd reason. It says the function's been disabled. |
Tessou | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 07:35 AM | ||
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile |
Try it now. I tweaked advanced member permissions just now to force-allow it. | ||
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Lebon14 | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 09:06 AM | ||||
🎧 Group: Advanced Members Posts: 6,594 Member No.: 18,005 Joined: May 25th 2006 Location: Canada |
I noticed the "Bieber Fan" user class. Don't worry. Also...
Well, then, congrats. Sorry to have doubt of you and Perry's will. I thought it was a joke because I was never contacted about it before-hand. The hardest part in this is the fact that I lost my mod position. Oh well, I did some spambot cleaning before being removed of my privilege. I would have more to say about this but, the matter is more personal. This post has been edited by Lebon14 on Apr 2 2012, 09:07 AM | ||||
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Tessou | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 12:17 PM |
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile | I notified the mod team on the day that I became admin that I would be refreshing the entire team. This was not meant to be construed as punishment in any way, as I know of the accomplishments and good character of each and every moderator on that team and the ones before them. I did it because with new management comes a completely different style of doing things, which I don't think any of the then-current mod team mesh with. It's just business. |
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Lebon14 | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 01:51 PM | ||
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Then, I was forgotten coz I was not notified until I've seen your "match plan". | ||
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Jericho_MPM | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 01:55 PM |
IDW Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 87 Member No.: 31,630 Joined: Jan 16th 2009 Location: London England Uk | Does it really matter whos Admin or a Mod or a Member we are a community reguardless so longs that sticks nothing matters. |
Tessou | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 01:57 PM |
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile | I can't help it if moderating team members don't read the staff section. That's where I notify the team of pending actions and/or events. I have a timestamp of March 29th, 2012 at 6:34AM on the thread I made regarding staff changes. I paraphrased the contents of that thread into my public introduction thread three hours later. Nobody was forgotten. They were replaced with more than enough notification ahead of time. Stop acting like a victim and move on. You weren't being punished. |
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Nomake Wan | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 04:23 PM |
ShiMACHaze Group: Advanced Members Posts: 19,542 Member No.: 5,394 Joined: Feb 5th 2005 Location: Drydock | The only problem I had with the 'joke' was that the Hello Kitty skin apparently lacks a "Mark all posts as read" function, something I use every time I visit. Not having it at my disposal was a little irritating. Aside from that, good stuff! For the record, I did listen to "Somebody" by Justin Beiber yesterday so I believe the member title was fulfilled. |
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Lebon14 | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 04:28 PM | ||
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I tought I would have been told by PM. I would have seen, probably, if I would have been here in the 3 hours between the staff thread and your intro thread. Alas, I wasn't and only seen your intro thread as a result. I don't try to find excuses. I'm just thinking of what happened for me to have missed it. | ||
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APX | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 04:44 PM |
Join the Empire today! Or die, rebel scum! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 13,455 Member No.: 1,473 Joined: Mar 18th 2004 Location: Update Profile | Well, what done is done, sad to say. But I vote we get rid of that hello kitty skin forever... it brings my eyes to search for something sharp. |
kyonpalm | Posted: Apr 2 2012, 05:17 PM |
Professional Amateur Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 10,568 Member No.: 30,882 Joined: Oct 16th 2008 Location: Laniakea | So can I have the other smaller things you did for the day explained? I'd hate to never find out what they were... |
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Tessou | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 09:15 AM | ||
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile | A lot of the little text blurbs on every page, including section rulesets, were edited to contain joke messages. For instance...
You see this at the bottom of every page on IDW. I edited this to say "I'm so ronery, so ronery, so ronery and sadry arone. It's kinda sirry, but not rearry, sitting on my rittre thwone." Naturally, the links were changed to direct to youtube. Specifically, a video of Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend". The forum guidelines page was temporarily erased and replaced with Rick Astley lyrics and the popular "Rick Astley Dance" GIF. Some members' post counts were altered to be funny or significant numbers (80085, for example). They were all reverted to correct numbers on April 2. | ||
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Wanderer | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 10:22 AM |
The Watcher Group: Advanced Members Posts: 914 Member No.: 35,816 Joined: Jun 24th 2010 Location: San Jose, CA | Oh the things I miss out on for being a cellphone lurker. :sob: |
THE_HONDA_CG2 | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 10:58 AM |
Patient Zero Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,279 Member No.: 37,947 Joined: Oct 1st 2011 Location: Update Profile | Oh man, those are the some pretty funny changes. But you put them on pages that almost no one visits. Tessou, your attention to detail is fantastic sir! I would have loved to see the forum guidelines page. |
Smikey | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 12:11 PM |
dafuq Group: FORUM MAYOR Posts: 4,161 Member No.: 14,329 Joined: Nov 10th 2005 Location: Update Profile | I did not see the Forum Guidelines change, even with it being opened to look for some sort of April Fools Joke. |
Tessou | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 12:17 PM |
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile | When did you look at it? |
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Smikey | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 12:33 PM | ||
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April Fool's day. | ||
Tessou | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 12:35 PM |
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile | I put things up in shifts since I was out sporadically most of the day, so you'd have to specify. |
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Smikey | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 12:56 PM | ||
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If you want a specific time, I can tell you I do not have it for you. | ||
kyonpalm | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 12:58 PM |
Professional Amateur Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 10,568 Member No.: 30,882 Joined: Oct 16th 2008 Location: Laniakea | Didn't anyone save the page? I'd expect you to have saved images or pages of your changes in some form, Tessou. |
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Tessou | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 12:59 PM |
More NEGATIVE than a black hole Group: ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 19,345 Member No.: 12,263 Joined: Sep 12th 2005 Location: Update Profile | Well then in that respect, I have failed. Sorry, folks. I could always bring it back at any time, though. |
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THE_HONDA_CG2 | Posted: Apr 3 2012, 01:03 PM |
Patient Zero Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,279 Member No.: 37,947 Joined: Oct 1st 2011 Location: Update Profile | An April Fools Part II sans the Hello Kitty skin would be really neat. I say do it Tessou. |