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April Fooled; The REAL announcement
Topic Started: Apr 1 2006, 10:57 PM (2,200 Views)
dl316bh
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I didn't even bother posting while the small war was going on. I myself was waiting for the whole thing to blow over, considering I pretty much knew from the beginning it was a prank, but it was my opinion from the point I saw the banner that it wasn't going to go over well, April Fools prank or not. But hey. We can look back and laugh at this in the days to come.

I just feel bad for the members who must be feeling really foolish right now. I used to jump to conclusions before I had all the facts back when I was 12-15 myself (which is the usual age group of members here as I see).

I'll give you some credit though Sparky, you actually got me to post more times over here in one day than I have in three months.

Ahh well, I must now go. Cowboy Bebop is calling. Must. Watch. Pierrot Le Fou. @_@
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RySenkari
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I really, really, REALLY should've seen the board's reaction to the joke before I started my wanton BB/Rae and Robin/Starfire bashing (both couples I LOVE with all of my heart, BTW). I really thought everybody had gotten the joke and we'd spend the whole day just bashing BB/Rae in jest. I should've stopped when I noticed that no one had posted a Robin/Raven fic, but I went ahead and posted mine anyway, intentionally doing it in the style of pairing-basher fiction.

All I did was tick people off even more. I kinda wish more people had gotten the joke, lol... ^_^;;; I posted a fake Season 6 news release (http://www.robinandstarfire.com/index.php?showtopic=2805) at the Robin/Starfire board and fooled a few peeps, but everyone was pretty much okay with it... maybe I should've just done what I was planning to do, which was contact the staff of both shrines and have them use the news release as the official April Fools joke for both boards. Mighta went over better than this joke did. Ah well.
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dl316bh
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Don't know about anyone else, but I forgive you.

Truthfully the whole damn thing just got completely out of hand. But once again, we'll laugh at this in the future.

And I actually think that would have went over a bit better, but not by much. Some people are really desperate for a season six, and to get hopes up like that would be kinda cruel.

But eh, what do I know?
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Satans Spawn
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Well the comic moment really made me happy there =)

I'd like to apologize to all members of staff for...uhm...taking this so seriously, and I'd really REALLY like to apologize to sorarocksmysocks, please ignore me when I'm overreacting. I'm just a touch sensitive...

And sorry to anyone whom I may have insulted a little, we Cumbrians are very rude. I apologize.

And staff? Please don't say you're gonna put us through the same torture next year O.o

Ahem...

HURRAY FOR BB AND RAE!
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Aw, it's okay, RySenkari. I think we all know that you didn't mean to offend you. That makes two people fully willing to forgive you. :)

And yeah, I probably would have been a little offended if that article was on here, too... I heard that the one you posted on the R/S boards was a fake before I read it, and that irked me a little because I REALLY want my sixth season. Very well-written, by the way.
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*takes a deep breath*

Thank God everything is back to normal.

I can't believe how badly everyone took a simple prank - it was shocking. Well, I'm sad to say I'm very disappointed in some members who were flaming and being generally rude.

What happened back there, guys? I mean, is this how you act with people who are supposed to be your friends? So we 'changed' our faith. We were still the same people. It just made me a little sad to see that some of you went overboard. For example, I tried to talk calmly and was getting unecissarily flamed. I don't even 'ship RobRae! It was April Fools!

*sighs*

Anyway, it's all in the past. I'll forgive/forget all that was said to me and I think we should all move on and remember this joke as fondly as we can. =]

I'm BBRae forever, dudes! ^^
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You know, I was a little ticked off at the Pranksters yesterday. But, it wasn't entirely their fault.

I mean, I guess they didn't see it coming. And when it started to blow over, I suppose they didn't know how to handle it in a way that would stop the members from going nuts.

Bleh, even though I knew it was a joke from the beginning, I suppose we are all to blame.

Perhaps something... smaller... next year?
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and I'd really REALLY like to apologize to sorarocksmysocks, please ignore me when I'm overreacting.


XD Heh, no problem. It was quite fun for me, really.

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I don't even 'ship RobRae!


And even if you /did/ ship Rob/Rae, that didn't deserve such flames.
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*gasp* TBRS pulled an April Fool's Joke? And I MISSED IT?!?!

darnitdarnitdarnitdarnitdarnitdarnitdarnit

It would have been so cool to see the RobRae banner and stuff. I ship that pairing as well as BBRae, and I wouldn't have minded it too much... it must have been major if some of the members went psycho on us.

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ThreeCheersForSweetRevenge
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I'm sorry...
but what happened?

Eveyones talking about rob/rae site? Did something happen?
(I haven't been on for 4 days..)
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You missed the biggest community spazz-out in the history of the internet. We turned the board into a Rob/Rae shrine for April Fools Day. The members wanted our (the staffs) shrunken heads on poles for treason...that kind of stuff.
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ThreeCheersForSweetRevenge Posted: Apr 2 2006, 11:52 PM 
I'm sorry...
but what happened?

Eveyones talking about rob/rae site? Did something happen?
(I haven't been on for 4 days..)



Well the staff decided to pull a prank on us yesterday for April fools, and what they done was put up RobxRae things and said it was a RobxRae site, and tricked people (like me) into believing it.

Some people (like me...) said very nasty things to the staff when they should have kept their mouths shut and looked at the date (I learn...one day...far from now)

And the staff are very good actors and managed to pull the wool over our eyes and make a lot of us look like fools (I feel SO idiotic and immature...T-T)
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The reaction in general was dissapointing. Members WERE acting immature, but the whole thing blew up way beyond what it should have. Like Avril said, pretty much everyone was at fault for the whole thing. I swear some people were about ready to load up the M-16's and go to war. But friends or not, a lot of people come here because it supports their ship, and friendship comes naturally afterwards. If you were to have really changed your faith, that would be one less thing to talk about and one major reason not to come back anymore.

While some people don't mind being goodwill ambassadors for their particular ship and should be applauded for it (DeTroyes for BBxRae in general, X for BBxTerra in RBSU and Unfilar for Rob/Rae over in RBSU), quite a few people don't have the patience for it. Take TitansGo.net, that place is like one great big BBxRae hate fest and always has been. About the only BBxRae shippers that even go there every now and again are DeTroyes and Pliskin MacReady (maybe Sparky too, I don't know). I can't blame some of the members. I wouldn't have spazzed if it were real, but I WOULD have quietly left altogether. It's nothing to really hold against them in my view.

In truth, when all the discussion about it is all over and everybody's done laughing at themselves I'm going to be perfectly willing to just forget the whole thing.

Truthfully, I just want to put the whole damn thing behind us.
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Apr 2 2006, 03:59 PM
You missed the biggest community spazz-

The community did not SPAZZ, it FLIPPED. xD
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I would have probably stuck around had it been real, due to the people I've met, but I just wouldn't be around as much anymore. I'm not one to be particularily biased about my shipping pairings. (Or anything, for that matter.)
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