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April Fools Pranks
ishy:
Normally I run some type of April Fool's prank on my site, but after 5 years, I'm running out of ideas. The one that has worked best for me was to change everyone's avatars to something that either I know is opposite them or that I know they would just find really funny. Like my co-admin who hates anything pink and sparkly got a pink sparkly unicorn avatar (nearly gave her a Twilight Edward sparkly avatar, but she knows where I live). None of them come here, so I knew it would be safe to start a discussion here for some ideas, and maybe others will get some ideas, too.
Anybody have ideas for April Fool's pranks?
WantSome:
oh this is such a cute idea! I hope more people post ideas coz I'm looking for something exciting to do for April Fool's too.
For Valentine's I reset everyone to a fluffy fluffy pink theme with hearts. Everyone appreciated the joke so maybe you could try something like that except to a theme that is... funny?
I also saw a mod somewhere which was for a lightbox effect on the front page. When the user logs onto the forum, the page dims and this box appears - I'm not sure what the mod is originally to be used for but you could use it to put a joke or something in there. Maybe a big red warning that says 'YOU BROKE THE FORUM, WE WILL BE SENDING OUR NINJAS TO KIDNAP YOU NOW!"
or something that is actually funny. >.>
WantSome:
I saw another one suggested somewhere else...
You can use the censored words function to change words to something random.
e.g. can -> beans
words -> uncle
random -> carrot
So the sentence above would become:
you beans use the censored uncle function to change the uncle to something carrot.
Arantor:
Well, for April Fool's last year, we were in the run up to SimpleDesk 1.0, and this is what we did: http://www.simpledesk.net/community/general_discussion/ceiling_cat_506.0.html
ishy:
Teehee....
I've come up with something. Most of my group is gothier black-loving women. My junior admin, however, has been on a mission to turn us all pink and flowery and 'girly' since we started 5 years ago. So I emailed her last night and asked her if she wanted to 'take over' the site for April Fool's. I'll turn everything pink, make a new logo, and she's going to post all over about her takeover. She has a wicked sense of humor, so I'm sure it will be a riot. There's also one guy on our forums who has verbally sparred with her (in a very good natured way) for years, and I plan to bait him into "retaking" the board. She emailed me back "You can count on me for a fantastically fascist April Fools!"
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