No April Fools?

[Pyrodan55]

I know this will probably be closed, but why didn't you tell everyone that the $2000 was actually for your personal use (or something like that) as an April Fools joke? Everyone would have freaked out!

[Poe Black]

Have you been living under a rock or are you ignorant.

Don't you know about the April Fools joke that they already did. One was enough, two would just be annoying.

[Verrick]

One is too many. I hate april fools.

[Galedeep]

Because that would have seriously pissed people off. Also could have brought on all sorts of fun lawsuits in a worst-case scenario, for those who didn't get the joke.

The intention of the April Fool's Joke was to be fun, not to make people angry or upset. While that may have unfortunately happened in some cases, it was never the intention. Telling people the money raised was going to buy Jason a new motorcycle would have done nothing but caused a lot of negativity.

[Knightmare_63]

I think the amount of people who left because of the first one was ridiculous.
Why double the amount?

[Twilight Wolf]

The first joke was enough of a fiasco.This joke would only cause more negativity. Plus, as Galedeep said, people could sue Jason for decieving them into thinking that the $2000 they donated was for ZU's new layout, when in actuality it was used for Jason to spend on himself.

To put it bluntly: There's April Fools. Then there's being an ass.

[Shikaino]

The other idea was more epic, but I guess that spending the $2000 on personal effects would've outraged people moreso than the bet. Or not. But still, more epic was the other one

[efo]

Originally Posted by Galedeep

Because that would have seriously pissed people off. Also could have brought on all sorts of fun lawsuits in a worst-case scenario, for those who didn't get the joke.

The intention of the April Fool's Joke was to be fun, not to make people angry or upset. While that may have unfortunately happened in some cases, it was never the intention. Telling people the money raised was going to buy Jason a new motorcycle would have done nothing but caused a lot of negativity.

you talking about pikajew and his sweet ride?

[Leroy]

Originally Posted by Pyrodan55

I know this will probably be closed, but why didn't you tell everyone that the $2000 was actually for your personal use (or something like that) as an April Fools joke? Everyone would have freaked out!

That's the problem! Everyone would freak out that much that they would probably sue ZU for taking money from people.

[Jehanne]

April Fool's Jokes are usually at the emotional expense of one or more individuals. Thus, I'm not a big supporter of this tradition.

Google did have a very cool one this year, though... and it was done w/o taxing the emotions of anyone. It was just a good laugh.

[Artorium]

Originally Posted by Sophie

April Fool's Jokes are usually at the emotional expense of one or more individuals. Thus, I'm not a big supporter of this tradition.

Google did have a very cool one this year, though... and it was done w/o taxing the emotions of anyone. It was just a good laugh.

What was Google's Joke? I didnt ever hear of it

[Jehanne]

Originally Posted by Artorium

What was Google's Joke? I didnt ever hear of it

Gmail was highlighting a new feature that would allow the sender of e-mail to back-date the message. Basically you would never be "late" again.



It was just a hoax, of course; they didn't actually give folks the ability to backdate e-mail.

[Artorium]

Originally Posted by Sophie

Gmail was highlighting a new feature that would allow the sender of e-mail to back-date the message. Basically you would never be "late" again.



It was just a hoax, of course; they didn't actually give folks the ability to backdate e-mail.

Hahaha omg. Did anyone fall for it tht you know of? wow it seems that i fell for a couple even though i knew it was around April 1st >.<

[GDwarf]

If only that could actually work...*sigh*

[Jason]

Originally Posted by Pyrodan55

I know this will probably be closed, but why didn't you tell everyone that the $2000 was actually for your personal use (or something like that) as an April Fools joke? Everyone would have freaked out!

The VERY first thing I said to Dennis (Capn Cornflake) when we first discussed the April Fool's joke was "we can't say ANYTHING about the donation money -we have to keep the revamp project intact in full or people will throw a fit." And some people DID throw a fit because they thought their donation money was gone, or not being used,or was spent by someone despicable not worthy of a donation.

Needless to say, it would have been a horrible disaster if we had done anything that implied the site was being seriously harmed or that the donators' money was being spent for other means than what they donated. I also believe it's not legal (neverminding the ethical aspects of it) to spend donation money on projects other than what they were stated for.

[Pyrodan55]

Have you been living under a rock or are you ignorant.

Have you read my location?

The VERY first thing I said to Dennis (Capn Cornflake) when we first discussed the April Fool's joke was "we can't say ANYTHING about the donation money -we have to keep the revamp project intact in full or people will throw a fit." And some people DID throw a fit because they thought their donation money was gone, or not being used,or was spent by someone despicable not worthy of a donation.

Needless to say, it would have been a horrible disaster if we had done anything that implied the site was being seriously harmed or that the donators' money was being spent for other means than what they donated. I also believe it's not legal (neverminding the ethical aspects of it) to spend donation money on projects other than what they were stated for.

I know, I was just kinda dissapointed by your April Fool's joke. It didn't seem to affect me that much.

[Shikaino]

I liked Google's free internet via sewer April fools last year. I haven't really seen any others though.

[Poe Black]

Originally Posted by Artorium

Hahaha omg. Did anyone fall for it tht you know of? wow it seems that i fell for a couple even though i knew it was around April 1st >.<

I did, I almost signed up for G-mail because of that feature

Originally Posted by Shikaino

I liked Google's free internet via sewer April fools last year. I haven't really seen any others though.

lol, I wonder how that would of worked.

[Shikaino]

Aw, poor Poe :<

I liked the diagrams on it, though. They had white outlinepeople going in sewer diagrams. It was awesome looking.