A myriad of bans following the mod-forum fiasco.

[Ben]

Psych.

It's suprising that so many people fell hook-line-and-sinker for this, but it was a rather well formulated ploy by our staff members.

Yes, the "Mod Forum" was a fake, full of fabricated threads and/or old ones that were deemed as not leaking anything. The moderators and higher that posted some of them did a pretty damn good job of making it believable, such as the member-watch thread which apparently pushed several sticks further up people's colons.

It's also amusing that all the people preaching "this is why I quit and never came to the mod forum" haven't the foggiest as to what the real mod forum is like, which is relatively boring in comparison.

The "Mod Forum" has been moved to the recycle bin, so anyone who missed out on posting there can still read the threads and see the resulting "omg mod forum don't ban plz" rush.

http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=865

[Twilight]

God...I love you guys.

April fools. :D

[Vamp]

Wow, nice to know your staff are putting their time to good use like turning the logo upside down and ignoring unban threads.

I take that back.

[Inlé_rah]

:^:

[Shadow.]

LOL!

HI GUYS

GG

[Aphrodite]

:bow:

[BerserkerBlader]

WHy do this a day late, and not on April fools?

[WER]

April Fool's, everyone. :D

[acid_soda]

I loled :D

[Aphrodite]

Wow, nice to know your staff are putting their time to good use like turning the logo upside down and ignoring unban threads.

I take that back.

We actually decided on your unban days ago. We're just delaying it each time you complain.

[Shadow.]

WHy do this a day late, and not on April fools?
To make it more believable.

[Inlé_rah]

WHy do this a day late, and not on April fools?
No one would have beleived it if it were April fools. The color scheme was a red herring to make this believable.

Seems to have worked.

[Kashla]

BS. How many do you think will buy this ludacrious explination. I saw threads in there I already knew existed, plus other sh!t I already knew. Jokes on you.

[StarGGundam2]

Yes, the "Mod Forum" was a fake, full of fabricated threads and/or old ones that were deemed as not leaking anything. The moderators and higher that posted some of them did a pretty damn good job of making it believable, such as the member-watch thread which apparently pushed several sticks further up people's colons.
You seriously want me to believe that crap.. that's all a lie. Or Aphro wouldn't of been freaking out that much.. Nice try though, I don't believe your ploys at all

[Shadow.]

BS. How many do you think will buy this ludacrious explination. I saw threads in there I already knew existed, plus other sh!t I already knew. Jokes on you.
lol. This is where the guy trys to claim moral victory when he knows he was tricked. :)

[CounterBlow]

There was no purge?

:sadpanda:

[ColoradoAvalancheFanMatt]

BS. How many do you think will buy this ludacrious explination. I saw threads in there I already knew existed, plus other sh!t I already knew. Jokes on you.


....wow.....just...woooooow Kashla

[Vamp]

You seriously want me to believe that crap.. that's all a lie. Or Aphro wouldn't of been freaking out that much.. Nice try though, I don't believe your ploys at all
Haha this is gold.

Alos: Aphrodite I guess I will be complaining a lot more then.

[Frank.]

Grrr.. Kashla's not going to get banned >:(

[acid_soda]

BS. How many do you think will buy this ludacrious explination. I saw threads in there I already knew existed, plus other sh!t I already knew. Jokes on you.

Stop it.

Seriously.

[Inlé_rah]

BS. How many do you think will buy this ludacrious explination. I saw threads in there I already knew existed, plus other sh!t I already knew. Jokes on you.
If you had read Ben's explanation, you would know that there were indeed some non-sensitive copied threads. The mod recommendation thread for example was copied, and then...embellished. See Al's post?

[Aphrodite]

The real mod forum is forum ID 59 (Don't bother inputting it, you can't get in) and has been for ages.

It's also always been called "Moderator Forum".

[Kashla]

Yes, the staff will back each other up in order to cover their ass.

Sorry Frank. No luck yet.

[Tommy Boy]

I already knew this was going to happen. Kat leaked everything to me previously. :D

[Squall]

BS. How many do you think will buy this ludacrious explination. I saw threads in there I already knew existed, plus other sh!t I already knew. Jokes on you.
Yes, because obviously with all the posts being from March 25th or later (except the thread by Al, since he doesn't exist), the forum id being larger than the current round of experiments, etc...

obviously means it's the real thing and they are just covering it up.

[Temet Nosce]

A few problems with your explanation. It's the second not the first, Ben doesn't show up for this kind of thing, and you actually banned at least one person that I saw. This isn't even a creditable attempt to make us believe it was fake.

[StarGGundam2]

That's just ridicilous, how could you all be in on this. I think you all discussed this and came up with this stupid reasoning..

Well it really doesn't make sense that the mod forum only went back to a certain date. I guess it can kinda be a little believable -_-

[Rick52]

I was gonna say 'in b4 complainsts' again, but it seems I'm too late.

Also,

BS. How many do you think will buy this ludacrious explination. I saw threads in there I already knew existed, plus other sh!t I already knew. Jokes on you.
Can't take a joke? Geez o petes...

Edit: the one person that was banned was WER's alt account. He let it get banned on purpose. I can't believe you people won't accept the fact that you got duped bad

[Fayt]

Real or not, this just proves how immorally and disrespectful GW staff treat their members.

What mods/admins in a stable mind would trick members into banning them? A corrupt one called "GameWinners".

Either way you look at it, as either real or a plot to bait members it's nothing short of pathetic and it's truely sad the mods are actually proud of it.

[Frank.]

So Kashla.. about that cybering? :D

[Cardinal]

lol. This is where the guy trys to claim moral victory when he knows he was tricked. :) Really, the joke is on you guys. He got like 10 more posts from that.

Anyways, yeah, that was good :)

[Shadow.]

A few problems with your explanation. It's the second not the first, Ben doesn't show up for this kind of thing, and you actually banned at least one person that I saw. This isn't even a creditable attempt to make us believe it was fake.
Ben is always on the computer. Him and Isis are married. Isis tells Ben, blam ben is there.

Also, the person banned is WER (the mod's) alt

LOL

[Vamp]

Hey guys is it just me or can anyone else access the Super Moderator forum?


S-Mod forum (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=212)

[Aphrodite]

Hahaha... I think people believing it was real is even funnier than the joke itself.

A few problems with your explanation. It's the second not the first, Ben doesn't show up for this kind of thing, and you actually banned at least one person that I saw. This isn't even a creditable attempt to make us believe it was fake.

You mean Cooltrainer Pat (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/member.php?u=224019), the moderator WER's old account?

Real or not, this just proves how immorally and disrespectful GW staff treat their members.

What mods/admins in a stable mind would trick members into banning them? A corrupt one called "GameWinners".

Either way you look at it, as either real or a plot to bait members it's nothing short of pathetic and it's truely sad the mods are actually proud of it.

...And just who got tricked into being banned? Hell, we even overlooked the flames and trolls from Kashla up there.

[Shadow.]

Real or not, this just proves how immorally and disrespectful GW staff treat their members.

What mods/admins in a stable mind would trick members into banning them? A corrupt one called "GameWinners".

Either way you look at it, as either real or a plot to bait members it's nothing short of pathetic and it's truely sad the mods are actually proud of it.
Guys, you can't play jokes on your members!!! THATS RLY MEAN!!!

IT CULD HURT THEIR FEELINGS T_T

[WER]

Yeah, the member that got banned was my alternate account I made back in October. If you don't believe me, I could always post here with it.

Also, stop taking the internet so seriously.

[acid_soda]

Hey guys is it just me or can anyone else access the Super Moderator forum?


S-Mod forum (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=212)
Great, now you're going to have to kill us all.

[Twilight]

That's just ridicilous, how could you all be in on this. I think you all discussed this and came up with this stupid reasoning..

Well it really doesn't make sense that the mod forum only went back to a certain date. I guess it can kinda be a little believable -_-


There was an excuse called "The forum was purged to relieve stress ont he server"

and Temet...trust me..it's fake.

[Inlé_rah]

Hey guys is it just me or can anyone else access the Super Moderator forum?


S-Mod forum (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=212)
Absolute proof that Alec and I his trusted but untrusted Lt. rule the site though a combination of trade wars, potent drugs, and shinies.

LONG LIVE THE FRANCO-POLISH EMPIRE!

Guys, you can't play jokes on your members!!! THATS RLY MEAN!!!

IT CULD HURT THEIR FEELINGS T_T
And Fayt was so proud that he was defying the admins, the s-mods and tyranny itself and posting on an internet forum. :D

[Squall]

Absolute proof that Alec and I his trusted but untrusted Lt. rule the site though a combination of trade wars, potent drugs, and shinies.

LONG LIVE THE FRANCO-POLISH EMPIRE!
lol wut?

[Enallyniv]

BS. How many do you think will buy this ludacrious explination. I saw threads in there I already knew existed, plus other sh!t I already knew. Jokes on you.

Yes, the staff will back each other up in order to cover their ass.

Sorry Frank. No luck yet.
LMFAO

Ahem.

Hey, are you guys sure that Neo-Nazi thing was a fabrication? I mean... y'know...

this is the part where kashla tells us his belief was actually part of his own april fools joke, right?

[StarGGundam2]

Absolute proof that Alec and I his trusted but untrusted Lt. rule the site though a combination of trade wars, potent drugs, and shinies.

LONG LIVE THE FRANCO-POLISH EMPIRE!


And Fayt was so proud that he was defying the admins, the s-mods and tyranny itself and posting on an internet forum. :D
HEY HEY HEY!!! Don't leave me out, I was proud I was defying Admins too.. And I still believe I was, so :P

[Inlé_rah]

Hey, are you guys sure that Neo-Nazi thing was a fabrication? I mean... y'know...
Seig hiel! I mean...um...

Seriously. If you wanted to post stuff to reaffirm members worst perceptions of the mods, what would you do? :D

[Frank.]

KASHLA >=( CYBUR NOW PLZ.

[Vamp]

I feel like a bit of a twat, for the 3 minutes that I fell for the trick, I repped Jamie saying how his resignation was a loss or something to that extent. At least now he knows he always has a shoulder to cry on.

[Inlé_rah]

I feel like a bit of a twat, for the 3 minutes that I fell for the trick, I repped Jamie saying how his resignation was a loss or something to that extent. At least now he knows he always has a shoulder to cry on.
He did have to miss this, so I think he'll be somewhat pleased to see your rep comment.

[Vermin]

my only regret is that i didn't check to see if there was no purge BEFORE repping jamie XDDD

[Vamp]

He did have to miss this, so I think he'll be somewhat pleased to see your rep comment.
(I wasn't the only one) :blush:

As I said, shoulder to cry on!

[Leandros]

As I said in IRC
(03:23:50) (Leandros) poorly executed plan
(03:23:55) (Leandros) no QIR's were achieved
(03:24:03) (Leandros) I give it a 3 out of 10
It would've been believable if you had just mass moved everything in the actual mod forum to CnS (renamed to archive forum) and passworded that. The small amount of threads (mod forum doesn't get purged ://) and forumID (newer than experimentals) were a dead giveaway. On top of that, Kashla did not quit in rage. So all in all it was quite a borefest.
(soz)

[Enallyniv]

Seig hiel! I mean...um...

Seriously. If you wanted to post stuff to reaffirm members worst perceptions of the mods, what would you do? :D
(°ˇ˚)/¯

Heehee. He's cute, isn't he? :3

On top of that, Kashla did not quit in rage.
Hey, watch this space. It's not like admitting the joke has lightened his mood any. ‘(°˛˚)′

[smashbro14]

Hahaha, I wouldn't have guessed this, though I did think it was a bit odd that the forum id was so high, as it seems the number is determined by the order of their creation, and that there were only a small amount of threads in it. I was flipping out though... and Velo made me feel like it was real by pretending to be shocked on AIM.

Whoever thought up that idea... I applaud you.

EDIT: Also, Jamie's resignation... hehe.

[Aphrodite]

For the record, Velocity isn't actually being demodded yet.

[Milo Rambaldi]

Either way you look at it, as either real or a plot to bait members it's nothing short of pathetic and it's truely sad the mods are actually proud of it.

Finally someone besides myself has actually SAID that I'm pathetic! :D

Personally, I think it was a brilliant plan, and that many fell for it was truly rewarding, even though I barely contributed ANYTHING to it... :P

[Ants!]

The only rep comment I made was to Kat asking what was going on. I did not even know about it until Temet PMed me that I was on the "Members to watch" list (:guns: Rick52), and for at least the first few minutes I actually believed it until some things I noticed about the forum did not add up. Banning WERs alt to make it more believable that more bannings on the way was nothing short of brilliant. The best part is how the ones that were arguing with the mods in there are trying to cast doubt on it being a joke.

[Kashla]

Is that leaking Aphro? He is on his way?

[Shadow.]

It was a joke towards him. Kat always does that.

[Ants!]

Personally, I think it was a brilliant plan, and that many fell for it was truly rewarding, even though I barely contributed ANYTHING to it... :PYeah, your sudden change in attitude towards Kashla (first you defended him and then you wanted him banned) was one of the things that made me smell fish :D

[gamertech]

Whoever thought up that idea... I applaud you.Gamertech takes a bow :D

A month or six weeks ago, I PM'ed Isis with an April Fools joke idea. The idea was to have an Smod agree to be "banned" so everyone could get all excited and burn the forums up.

Well, I log on this evening and, guess what, I have a PM from a "concerned member", with a C&P of a "watch list" bearing my name. Apparently, I'm being watched for being an "Internet denizen over the age of 25", whatever that means.

So I say, "What the hell?" It didn't take too long though to realize that I was victim of my own joke!

EDIT: Also, Jamie's resignation... hehe.
Looks like a minor - even better - variation on my idea. Bravo! Isis, I owe you :whatever:

[Aphrodite]

Banning WERs alt to make it more believable that more bannings on the way was nothing short of brilliant.

I had actually asked tworow to do that for me, but he didn't want to. He said something about messing up his New Post notices for when he does actually decide to check the forums. I thought that "You're on ZT, you should know better" would have worked well, but WER was there for the safe.

[Ants!]

Where was this resignation of Jamie at? I keep hearing about it but I can't find it.

[CounterBlow]

Where was this resignation of Jamie at? I keep hearing about it but I can't find it.
http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=528590

[Twilight]

Yeah, your sudden change in attitude towards Kashla (first you defended him and then you wanted him banned) was one of the things that made me smell fish :D


I defended him at first too then agreed to his banning :D

[Velocity]

I still think this April Fool's joke was the best joke ever pulled on this forum...

[Woozie]

In case anyone is wondering the originally idea was to have fake mod nominations but that might've been too mean, which we know now would've been catastrophic (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7194543#post7194543). So someone else (I forget who it was, it might've been me or someone else) suggested a fake mod forum. And we decided to make a real-fake mod forum a few days earlier to fill it with junk. And someone was SUPPOSE to add real threads that would be common knowledge and older then six days ago to make it realistic, but somewhere between Crazy Jamie resigning and gamertech being accused of being a sexual predator it's sort of obvious it was a joke. For most people at least.

[WER]

I still think this April Fool's joke was the best joke ever pulled on this forum...

I'd have to agree.

[Rick52]

Seeing as how Woozie linked to Fayt's post, what the heck is Fayt talking about? Not only was the only account banned an alt of WER, but it was unbanned after it was revealed it was a joke.

Late edit because I had to go somewhere so I said screw it and posted what I had before finishing but am now going to finish: I was gonna say what Ants said.

[WER]

I think he was poking fun at Fayt.

[Ants!]

Seeing as how Woozie linked to Fayt's post, what the heck is Fayt talking about? Not only was the only account banned an alt of WER, but it was unbanned after it was revealed it was a joke.I think it's just that the members who got a little hot under the collar before are embarrassed to find out they got tricked.

[Payton]

This is the funniest thread since MEW IS NOT A FKN CAT, for totally different reasons.

[Psicosis]

I feel like a fool for posting an entire topic about it in Corpus Vile now.

[Woozie]

I think he was poking fun at Fayt.
I was pointing how if someone could take a thread about "If this person gets enough votes, we'll ban them cause we feel like it" seriously then a fake mod nomination would've had an even more negaitive response.

[Kat]

but somewhere between Crazy Jamie resigning and gamertech being accused of being a sexual predator it's sort of obvious it was a joke. For most people at least.I especially liked the "nominate people you don't like to be banned" thread. There were a few touches that made it seem more realistic too, like the thread by somebody complaining he wanted to see a thread in the forum but the recent purge got rid of it.

Why are some of you getting so worked up? C'mon, it was funny. You know it was. Go back and read those threads and see how ridiculously overblown they obviously are now that you know it was all a ruse. Or do you really think the mods (and higher) act like that? That's got to be funnier than the joke itself.

My only complaint is that it wasn't left up long enough. Kudos to whoever thought it up.

[Twilight]

I believe Northern Lights thought it up.

This definatly gave me a good chuckle.


And no, the upper staff don't act this way. They are more...uptight and serious than goofy. :P It was closed and ended because it was starting to get blown way out of proportion.

[Woozie]

I believe Northern Lights thought it up.
This is truth, point your good reps towards his way.

[SegaDragon]

The first time I saw it, I thought the fake one was the real one ('cause I have access to the real one), so I actually thought Jamie was resigning. >_<
April Fool'd by kinda-not-really-but-sorta my own April Fools. :(

[Blacklotus]

I still think you should have done it on the actual April Fool's, since it kind of misses the point to do it after the actual holiday. Other than that it was nice, and I'm always a fan of a good red herring.

[Alu]

I believe Northern Lights thought it up.

This definatly gave me a good chuckle.


And no, the upper staff don't act this way. They are more...uptight and serious than goofy. :P It was closed and ended because it was starting to get blown way out of proportion.
speak for yourself :P

banning members who use too many acronyms ftw!...

wait...what?

[Coleman]

This is by far the greatest thread in the history of GameWinners.

The fact that people are trying to argue the legitimacy of things such as "Let's ban a member just because we don't like him", and, of course, me thinking Jamie was unfit to be a Super Moderator is absolutely HILARIOUS. If I was allowed to ban everyone I wanted to, just because, a whole lot of people wouldn't be here.

Kashla, Temet, let me ask you this. How exactly would this have happened beyond us doing it on purpose? What could we have POSSIBLY changed to screw up permissions enough to allow a bunch of members into the mod forum?

Seriously, think it over, kids. The "Mod Forum" was fake. The real one is safe and sound, I can assure you.

I still think you should have done it on the actual April Fool's, since it kind of misses the point to do it after the actual holiday. Other than that it was nice, and I'm always a fan of a good red herring.Well the original theory was that more people would believe it if we gave everyone the "actual" April fools joke of the template hack. We were going more for comedy sake, than the actual holiday.

Why are some of you getting so worked up? C'mon, it was funny. You know it was. Go back and read those threads and see how ridiculously overblown they obviously are now that you know it was all a ruse. Or do you really think the mods (and higher) act like that? That's got to be funnier than the joke itself.The funny part is how overblown it WOULD have been had some of us not corralled other mods. A lot of them were going WAAAAAAAAY over the top to the point where it wouldn't be remotely believable. But we brought it back enough so that a few people (LOLTHISTHREADROCKS) would fall for it.

[shortkut]

i still love that fayt and starggundam2 thought it was real and they used to be mods. that alone is priceless :rotfl:

[Coleman]

i still love that fayt and starggundam2 thought it was real and they used to be mods. that alone is pricelessAnd here I was sure the ex-mods would be the first to be like "heh, I remember posting in 'x' thread and it's not there, owned."

Nice work guys!

Also I think it's important to note, I would've liked to see it up longer too. (As I think most of us would.) But A: Kat, and I were both constantly having to watch for spoilsports that figured out what was up so we could soft delete them, and B: people were getting veeeeerrry heated in that "discussion" thread, and we didn't wanna have to start warning people over a joke.

So we decided it bust to burst the bubble.

[Kat]

Kashla, Temet, let me ask you this. How exactly would this have happened beyond us doing it on purpose? What could we have POSSIBLY changed to screw up permissions enough to allow a bunch of members into the mod forum? It's happened before. It's why we don't have those bazillion usergroups anymore. :tease: Though giving permission to ONLY the mod forum and not any of the subforums or admin forums would be pretty tricky. A lot of people probably do not realise there are so many forums though.

[Inlé_rah]

This is by far the greatest thread in the history of GameWinners.
Partial to Kat's main thread in the Not!ModForum myself.

Kashla, Temet, let me ask you this. How exactly would this have happened beyond us doing it on purpose? What could we have POSSIBLY changed to screw up permissions enough to allow a bunch of members into the mod forum?
Well, when the automerge turned off hatch blew up and the forums turned pink and grey sky turned purple from an EMP, we lost all communications with the outside world. And Smokey the Monster killed Mr. Eko, which was sad. :(

[Supa Scandalous]

I missed the greatest thing these forums have seen since...ugh, umm, the upgrade from Infopop. :(

Nicely done!

[Coleman]

It's happened before. It's why we don't have those bazillion usergroups anymore. Though giving permission to ONLY the mod forum and not any of the subforums or admin forums would be pretty tricky. A lot of people probably do not realise there are so many forums though.Well yes, but that was a few certain usergroups getting in. Not the forum being "released". That would be decidedly more complex, given the way permissions work.

[Ants!]

And here I was sure the ex-mods would be the first to be like "heh, I remember posting in 'x' thread and it's not there, owned." Maybe the fact that the oldest threads only dated back to a week ago actually helped fool them. Still, not sure why they would believe it. I mean, from what I've heard it's supposed to have sub-forums such as chats and spats.

[Inlé_rah]

Maybe the fact that the oldest threads only dated back to a week ago actually helped fool them. Still, not sure why they would believe it. I mean, from what I've heard it's supposed to have sub-forums such as chats and spats.
Hence why a lot of us are really surprised that it went so well.

No time for common sense when there's Nazis about, I guess. :shrug:

[Ants!]

Hence why a lot of us are really surprised that it went so well.

No time for common sense when there's Nazis about, I guess. :shrug:Indeed, not being distracted by a witch hunt probably helped (although I didn't notice the forum until the joke was over, so there's no telling how I would have reacted after seeing my name on the members to watch list). I was fooled too because it was all done so well, but it only took a couple of minutes to notice a few things wrong with it.

[Coleman]

I think it's important to note, from a psychological standpoint, the people that were quickest to join the "OMG IZ RILL" campaign are the ones who most wanted it to be real. Fayt, Star, Kashla, they'd love a reason to cast blame on the upper staff. So they refuse to believe it was a joke.

But that just makes things all that much more amusing. And it makes me working to give that forum as much legitimacy as possible even greater.

Also the fake Moderator Recommendation thread was totally my idea. I thought it'd be great. :D

[Ants!]

I think it's important to note, from a psychological standpoint, the people that were quickest to join the "OMG IZ RILL" campaign are the ones who most wanted it to be real. Fayt, Star, Kashla, they'd love a reason to cast blame on the upper staff. So they refuse to believe it was a joke.Is that why topics were made that those guys accused the staff of having?

[Inlé_rah]

Indeed, not being distracted by a witch hunt probably helped (although I didn't notice the forum until the joke was over, so there's no saying how I would have reacted after seeing my name on the members to watch list). I was fooled too because it was done so well, but it only took a couple of minutes to notice a few things wrong with it.
Like the fact that Jamie and I posted the banning thread and the watchlist within a minute of each other a couple of minutes after the forum was created? :D

It was actually somewhat challenging for us to make this convincing. It had to be sinister seeming enough and unboring to stir up outrage and 'omgwtf,' but it still had to be believable and devoid of comic-book supervillainry. A restrained performance was called for, so to say, and everyone came through fabulously both in creating it and their responses once it hit the fan.

Is that why topics were made that those guys accused the staff of having?
I'm not really sure what they meant besides the Recommendation thread, and if they had ever much visited themselves that very topic should have been a dead giveaway. :whatever:

[Coleman]

Not enough of the C+C group was around to get mad at me and Tom for wanting post counts turned off in there. That would've been the greatest. :(

[Ants!]

It was actually somewhat challenging for us to make this convincing. It had to be sinister seeming enough and unboring to stir up outrage and 'omgwtf,' but it still had to be believable and devoid of comic-book supervillainry. A restrained performance was called for, so to say, and everyone came through fabulously both in creating it and their responses once it hit the fan.The argument between ...Bent! and the other mods was a nice touch to help with that :D

[shortkut]

wait, this means there is no smod spot open for me? :cry:

[Kat]

Well yes, but that was a few certain usergroups getting in. Not the forum being "released". That would be decidedly more complex, given the way permissions work.Yeah, that would be pretty tough. But again, most people probably don't know/think about how that works.
Maybe the fact that the oldest threads only dated back to a week ago actually helped fool them. Still, not sure why they would believe it. I mean, from what I've heard it's supposed to have sub-forums such as chats and spats.I'd think any mod who was around for a decent length of time would know the mod forum isn't purged. It DEFINITELY wouldn't have been purged to within the last week, that's just ridiculous. That was the biggest tip off for me. Actually I think the first thing I noticed was all the threads had very few views, even the sticky ones (with the exception of the mod nomation thread.) Then I noticed the lack of subforums (Whatever CnS is currently called, mod votes, that password protected version of CnS assuming it still exists... and I vaguely remember a fourth. Some court thing maybe?) I never noticed the forum ID, but I did notice the name was wrong.

I must not have read the vote thread very closely because it looked fine to me. Though it struck me as odd that no discussion over the nominees was allowed.

A few mods going against the "power abuse" thing helped, though I imagine most of the same people would've fallen for it no matter how over the top it was.

Ford Mustang thought he was really suspected of a COPPA violation even after I confirmed the entire thing had to have been a fake. How funny. He and some other guy seemed pretty convinced they'd end up banned for looking at the forum. I made sure to let them know smods/admins could see who was looking at what forum, even if they didn't post. =)

[Kashla]

Wow, so joke or not, the whole staff remain assh0les for preying on members. Great way to show support and help promote an overall sense of trust. [not]

[Coleman]

Wow, so joke or not, the whole staff remain assh0les for preying on members. Great way to show support and help promote an overall sense of trust. [not]Oh Jesus F*cking Christ, get over it. It was a god damn joke, if you can't handle it, you're on the wrong place.

And I don't mean GameWinners, I mean the internet.

[Twilight]

Ford Mustang thought he was really suspected of a COPPA violation even after I confirmed the entire thing had to have been a fake. How funny. He and some other guy seemed pretty convinced they'd end up banned for looking at the forum. I made sure to let them know smods/admins could see who was looking at what forum, even if they didn't post. =)

Yes he did. You should have seen his replies on MSN when he found out I wa smessing with him. :D:D


Oh Jesus F*cking Christ, get over it. It was a god damn joke, if you can't handle it, you're on the wrong place.

And I don't mean GameWinners, I mean the internet.

:bow:

[Coleman]

Also Kashla, you're lucky I don't warn you for both flaming and censor bypassing. But I think it would be ridiculous to warn someone over what started as a joke for fun.

But tread carefully, buddy boy. Because if you intend on continuing, I'll change my mind quite quickly.

[Aphrodite]

Wow, so joke or not, the whole staff remain assh0les for preying on members. Great way to show support and help promote an overall sense of trust. [not]

Hey, we've always been that way. People who stay here know and love it. You must not have had time to notice while you were busy "posting".

I'm going to tell you straight. You, personally, are the reason the trigger had to be pulled on this so soon. Your whining and near flames of people ruined the spirit of the joke.

So maybe you have a problem with the whole staff over a joke, but you as a lone, single, identifiable member of the site ruined it for everyone. How's that feel?

[Inlé_rah]

Wow, so joke or not, the whole staff remain assh0les for preying on members. Great way to show support and help promote an overall sense of trust. [not]
Admitting it was a joke shows progress. I'm kind of proud of you.

This kind of thing doesn't worth unless it plays off of preconceived lack of trust. The people most likely to fall for it and continue to be bitter are those who had none to begin with for some reason of their own. Most whose trust wavered at seeing out little creation found it funny when they realised it was a joke.

[Fayt]

Wow, it seems everyone one of you mods/admins whatever have sunk to a new level of sheer stupidity.

"I know, lets treat out members like sh!t, say what we really think about them and then play the 'It's a joke card'"

I was perfectly right in repeating "This is why I quit GW" mods that play petty games to prey on their members is a f*cking pathetic as it gets.

Last time I checked it was a gaming site, but quiet clearly it's being overtaken by egos from your overpopular "spam" forum whatever the f*ck it's called now. That PIMI sh!t.

Wow, I swear I've never seen such insane and pathetic mind games created ever by any site anywhere - I cannot believe the admins sit idle while everyone here just continues to get away with trolling people they simply don't like.

A forum is not fake when it has real comments that did actually mean what they say - congrats on proving that GW is actually worse then I could have ever have imagined. I am never logging into this hell ridden f*cking piece of god damn sh!t again. The lack of respect for members and ex-mods is nothing short of appauling. It seems quiet a few mods here need to get a f*cking life, getting kicks out of what should be a gaming forum at the expense of members...wow.

[Twilight]

So maybe you have a problem with the whole staff over a joke, but you as a lone, single, identifiable member of the site ruined it for everyone. How's that feel?


Owned in the FACE


But Kashla, you do know even some of the mods that get along with you (myself included) said we should ban you..just to get a reaction out of you. I agreed with your banning and I get along with you. I have been friends with Ford Mustang for years now and I requested he be banned for COPPA Violation. When he found out it was a joke, he laughed.

So basically...this was an internet version of Punk'd...admit we got you..and move on with your life.


and Fayt, it was a simple game. It was in good fun. Like Cole said, if any of that was real..a lot of people would be gone by now.

I'm also sure everyone can say that more than 80% of their comments, were not real.

[shortkut]

I was perfectly right in repeating "This is why I quit GW" mods that play petty games to prey on their members is a f*cking pathetic as it gets. you obviously suck at games you invent otherwise you wouldn't be here to see this.

Wow, I swear I've never seen such insane and pathetic mind games created ever by any site anywhere - I cannot believe the admins sit idle while everyone here just continues to get away with trolling people they simply don't like.when do you want your warning?

A forum is not fake when it has real comments that did actually mean what they sayit can be

I am never logging into this hell ridden f*cking piece of god damn sh!t again. lucky us?

The lack of respect for members and ex-mods is nothing short of appaulingrespect is not given, it is earned. you have done nothing in your time as a member or mod except whine and that does not help you earn it

It seems quiet a few mods here need to get a f*cking life, getting kicks out of what should be a gaming forum at the expense of members...wow.i can count the number of members that have a problem with this joke on my left foot

[Aphrodite]

The lack of respect for members and ex-mods is nothing short of appauling. It seems quiet a few mods here need to get a f*cking life, getting kicks out of what should be a gaming forum at the expense of members...wow.

To be fair, you were a bad mod who left in quite a whirl of complaints and tears, so it's not exactly like you earned any.

But you probably won't see this.

However, if you do ever come back you now have a trolling warning to greet you.

Adieu.

[Coleman]

Wow, it seems everyone one of you mods/admins whatever have sunk to a new level of sheer stupidity.

"I know, lets treat out members like sh!t, say what we really think about them and then play the 'It's a joke card'"Well, it's hardly "playing a card" if it was planned from the beginning, but okay, I'll play along.

I was perfectly right in repeating "This is why I quit GW" mods that play petty games to prey on their members is a f*cking pathetic as it gets.Sweet! Another guy who can't take a joke, this rocks.

Last time I checked it was a gaming site, but quiet clearly it's being overtaken by egos from your overpopular "spam" forum whatever the f*ck it's called now. That PIMI sh!t.I'm not quite sure I understand the relevance of this section.

Wow, I swear I've never seen such insane and pathetic mind games created ever by any site anywhere - I cannot believe the admins sit idle while everyone here just continues to get away with trolling people they simply don't like.Forum was fake d00d, thanks.

A forum is not fake when it has real comments that did actually mean what they say - congrats on proving that GW is actually worse then I could have ever have imagined. I am never logging into this hell ridden f*cking piece of god damn sh!t again. The lack of respect for members and ex-mods is nothing short of appauling. It seems quiet a few mods here need to get a f*cking life, getting kicks out of what should be a gaming forum at the expense of members...wow.Yes, but a forum IS fake when we all get together and say, "Okay, this'll be a fun April Fools Day Joke, we'll be complete assh*les, say the meanest most unfair, rude stuff, and people will believe it, then we'll tell them, and then everyone will all have a good laugh."

And then, this is the clincher, we actually do it! Go figure, and people accuse me of being "no fun".

Fayt, you're the kind of guy who gets baby powder blown in his face from his blowdrier on April Fools Day and runs around the house (covered white, mind you, for the sake of peoples imaginations) screaming that people would be so immature and silly to want to play a prank on poor little Fayt.

You, Star, Kashla, you guys are all the same. You want so badly to believe the admins, sMods, mods are corrupt and evil that you exasperate any situation you can find to make it so. You guys thought it was all real, so you flipped. Now we tell you it was a joke, and you say it was still "real".

Seriously, you lot need to take a step back. Look at yourselves, and remind yourselves you're on an internet forum, "fighting the man", shouting power abuse at a bunch of people who don't even get paid to put up with your bullsh*t.

LEARN TO F*CKING LAUGH, OR LEAVE THE INTERNET!

It's really the only logical choice.

[The Razgriz]

OMG!!! I've been in that forum for the last 3 hours! I thought it was all real! I even reped Ben for closing the thread where everyone was talking! I didn't use bad rep though. Not on an Admin.

I never thought about it being a joke. I thought the pink backround thing was the mod April Fools joke after reading that thread.

[Kat]

Fayt, how long were you a mod for...? It sounds like you were a mod after I was, but unless a LOT has changed the people running the place are really not all that bad. Yeah they're human, they make a few mistakes, but they don't go running around terrorizing every person they don't like. They actually work quite hard to keep the site running and reasonably enjoyable.

This is coming from somebody who definitely got on the bad side of people higher up than I was more than once, and while I received a couple threats, nothing was ever done to me without a valid reason. Quit acting so persecuted. They're cutting you a LOT more slack than you deserve.

[Ants!]

Last time I checked it was a gaming site, but quiet clearly it's being overtaken by egos from your overpopular "spam" forum whatever the f*ck it's called now. That PIMI sh!t.That's right, the whole thing was conducted by PIMI! Even though it was Andy who came up with the idea, and I never see him post in Corpus Vile :shake: Wow, I swear I've never seen such insane and pathetic mind games created ever by any site anywhere - I cannot believe the admins sit idle while everyone here just continues to get away with trolling people they simply don't like.Trolling was done, but not by the mods. The only trolling that was done was by you and your rebel-without-a-cause friends against the mods. So far, "everyone one of you mods/admins whatever have sunk to a new level of sheer stupidity" is the closest thing to a flame I've seen, and you're the one who said it.A forum is not fake when it has real comments that did actually mean what they sayI was genuinely shocked that Rick52 of all people was trying to get me banned, because in the years I spent talking to him and conversing with him in his forums I have seen absolutely no hint of him ever having any dislike towards me (or anyone really. He's a pretty nice and easy-going guy), so I'm pretty confident that a lot of the comments said about regular members were not real. Even some of the mods who have defended Kashla when everyone was bashing him in his party thread and told everyone to lay off him joined in on the joke and asked that he be banned.I am never logging into this hell ridden f*cking piece of god damn sh!t again.I swear to God, I have never seen this side of you before. It's unbecoming of you. Seriously, what crawled up your ass?

Speaking as someone who has had no previous tiff with you, I hope that you learn to take this site a little less seriously and return once you cooled down.The lack of respect for members and ex-mods is nothing short of appauling. It seems quiet a few mods here need to get a f*cking life, getting kicks out of what should be a gaming forum at the expense of members...wow.Most of the members you've wrongly taken upon yourself to speak for do not seem to share your feelings on this and enjoyed the joke as much as the ones who orchestrated it.

[Isis]

I'm glad it was a little bit of fun for the members and that some of y'all enjoyed it. :)

As for those who are complaining, I don't really want to get into an argument about it because its really sad/scary that you still believe it was a cover up when some of you have been to the actual mod forum. 100+ random mods all in on a "cover up"? Hahahahaha. Forum purge? Where? I don't believe the recycle bin is overflowing with mod forum topics. A password protected recycle bin maybe? Try some forum IDs. I'll give you lists/screenshots of the other forum staff forums so you can compare them. With all the stuff we've done around here to try and make it as fun as possible, and get members involved, and listen to complaints and suggestions, etc and y'all are still bitter? *shrug* I can't comprehend it, nor do I care to really know because I know I couldn't do anything to make y'all happy. I'll help the other members who are more reasonable and want to make the whole of GW better. Meh, I'm done.

Til next year, y'all ;) Maybe we'll come up with something even better.

Keep on the look out for the next forum wide game, coming soon!

[~Lightning~]

Yes, the staff will back each other up in order to cover their ass.
Shame you never did the same with your 'All my posts were useful' backstory

Happy April Fools everybody :D

[Kat]

I'll help the other members who are more reasonable and want to make the whole of GW better.Ooh, I've got a suggestion to make GW better. Have a joke like this every few months and ban everybody who gets into an outrage over it. I bet GW would be a lot more fun.

I do feel pretty bad for the ex-mods that didn't know it was a joke though. Y'all obviously did not drop by the mod forum very often, which is a shame since the mod community is easily the best part of modding. You really missed out.

[Enallyniv]

I do feel pretty bad for the ex-mods that didn't know it was a joke though. Y'all obviously did not drop by the mod forum very often, which is a shame since the mod community is easily the best part of modding. You really missed out.
What? No it isn't! The best part of modding is clearly being able to fulfil your dreams of der Führer by manipulating your forums into the fascist regimes that you've always imagined! (°ˇ˚)/¯

Wow, so joke or not, the whole staff remain assh0les for preying on members. Great way to show support and help promote an overall sense of trust. [not]
:tissue:

[Victoria]

Falling for the joke is pretty damn pathetic, especially if you're not a 100 or so post newbie, for who it would be excusable. But ex-mods, too?! Dear god. Some of you people are unbelievable.

[Shilenoz]

lol, it came out nicely :D

[Flame]

THAT MOD FORUM I WAS POSTING IN WAS FAKE?!?!??!?!?!!??!

[Benzine]

Wow, so joke or not, the whole staff remain assh0les for preying on members. Great way to show support and help promote an overall sense of trust. [not]

I think you need to open console and insert cl_joke 1, because we've all got cl_care_kashla 0 set.

[James]

As I said in IRC
Quote:
(03:23:50) (Leandros) poorly executed plan
(03:23:55) (Leandros) no QIR's were achieved
(03:24:03) (Leandros) I give it a 3 out of 10
It would've been believable if you had just mass moved everything in the actual mod forum to CnS (renamed to archive forum) and passworded that. The small amount of threads (mod forum doesn't get purged ://) and forumID (newer than experimentals) were a dead giveaway. On top of that, Kashla did not quit in rage. So all in all it was quite a borefest.
(soz)


I do believe we have a WINNAR:


I am never logging into this hell ridden f*cking piece of god damn sh!t again.

QIR!

BS. How many do you think will buy this ludacrious explination. I saw threads in there I already knew existed, plus other sh!t I already knew. Jokes on you.

ALOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. Someone's a little angry because their name was on that "too be banned list" for spamming it up to 10,000 posts. Hair up the butt, much? :D

[Enallyniv]

I think it's become fairly obvious from Kashla's sudden extreme defensiveness that he is a little more insecure about his "achievement" than he was letting on... :D

No time for common sense when there's Nazis about, I guess.
Hell yeah. I was the deciding factor in the whole ordeal! (°ˇ˚)/¯

[Tommy Boy]

This is the best... thread... ever.

Last time I checked it was a gaming site, but quiet clearly it's being overtaken by egos from your overpopular "spam" forum whatever the f*ck it's called now. That PIMI sh!t.
YOU KNOW THIS. BA-BALLIN'.

[Slingshot]

Honestly what are you complaining about, even if you were dumb enough to believe the forum, you could still have a chuckle about how they got you. Anyone who got all worked up is clearly taking GW way too seriously.

Nice prank mods, ect.

[Velocity]

Wow, it seems everyone one of you mods/admins whatever have sunk to a new level of sheer stupidity.

"I know, lets treat out members like sh!t, say what we really think about them and then play the 'It's a joke card'"

I was perfectly right in repeating "This is why I quit GW" mods that play petty games to prey on their members is a f*cking pathetic as it gets.

Last time I checked it was a gaming site, but quiet clearly it's being overtaken by egos from your overpopular "spam" forum whatever the f*ck it's called now. That PIMI sh!t.

Wow, I swear I've never seen such insane and pathetic mind games created ever by any site anywhere - I cannot believe the admins sit idle while everyone here just continues to get away with trolling people they simply don't like.

A forum is not fake when it has real comments that did actually mean what they say - congrats on proving that GW is actually worse then I could have ever have imagined. I am never logging into this hell ridden f*cking piece of god damn sh!t again. The lack of respect for members and ex-mods is nothing short of appauling. It seems quiet a few mods here need to get a f*cking life, getting kicks out of what should be a gaming forum at the expense of members...wow.
Okay, it's official. This is the best thread in the history of GW. And Fayt just sealed it. (lolpun?)

Like Cole said, stop trying the whole "mod abuse" line. It's pathetic and since you actually were a mod, it just makes you seem even more petty for trying to pass this off as a conspiracy by the staff. It's not - it was a joke and you fell for it. So did almost every member that saw it. :rotfl:

[Northern Lights]

I'm proud of all of you, guys. I love you. :hug:

[VolantKnave]

Haha, this exceeded all of my expectations. :^:

Too bad I missed the whole show.

[Vamp]

Ok so here's what happened:

1 minute in: Seen Jamies resignation thread, repped him telling him that I thought he was the best S-mod anyway.

1 minute and 30 seconds in: Seen the member watch list thread, Vinny? Nazism?! Realised the whole thing was a joke, regretted repping Jamie.

[moethelawn]

It was a nice joke, but I wish it went on for a few more hours. I was on before, and after it had happened >_>

[Ants!]

Haha, this exceeded all of my expectations. :^:

Too bad I missed the whole show.It was a nice joke, but I wish it went on for a few more hours. I was on before, and after it had happened >_>I know what you mean. I did not even know of it until the joke was already over :(

[Ben]

Well in all honestly, leaving our "mistake" up for too long wouldn't have made it any more believable. If something that major had gone tits-up and I wasn't at my computer, I'd have promptly gotten a text-message from Cole and would have been able to log into the admin CP from my cellphone and fix it anyway.

[Velocity]

phone hax

Still, it would've been nice to see it go on longer than it did... but oh well. It was a riotous success.

[Vamp]

Ben is right, I felt it was open too long anyway. The last time the Mod Forum was open, we had like 5 minutes to get in and grab what we could! I lost all those screenshots. :(

[Ants!]

I know, but still there were a few die-hards that were still convinced. Even AFTER seeing this thread :link:

[Victoria]

Which makes the joke absolutely priceless.

[Ants!]

That, and the fact that Ford Mustang was actually being more mature about it than they were. That's the best part.

[Leandros]

Wow, it seems everyone one of you mods/admins whatever have sunk to a new level of sheer stupidity.

"I know, lets treat out members like sh!t, say what we really think about them and then play the 'It's a joke card'"

I was perfectly right in repeating "This is why I quit GW" mods that play petty games to prey on their members is a f*cking pathetic as it gets.

Last time I checked it was a gaming site, but quiet clearly it's being overtaken by egos from your overpopular "spam" forum whatever the f*ck it's called now. That PIMI sh!t.

Wow, I swear I've never seen such insane and pathetic mind games created ever by any site anywhere - I cannot believe the admins sit idle while everyone here just continues to get away with trolling people they simply don't like.

A forum is not fake when it has real comments that did actually mean what they say - congrats on proving that GW is actually worse then I could have ever have imagined. I am never logging into this hell ridden f*cking piece of god damn sh!t again. The lack of respect for members and ex-mods is nothing short of appauling. It seems quiet a few mods here need to get a f*cking life, getting kicks out of what should be a gaming forum at the expense of members...wow.
Enjoy your invisionboard's members! All 4 of them! :wave:

[Velocity]

That, and the fact that Ford Mustang was actually being more mature about it than they were. That's the best part.
Yes, that was the funny part. He was quite animated on AIM, but he never even dreamed of the conspiracy theory.

Though it was quite funny to see his reaction about the fake COPPA thing. And that I thirded his ban. :link:

[Ants!]

The whole thing was like a play: the performance of the actors was so good that it convinced a lot of people, and even a few who visited the real location before (ex-mods) were distracted enough not to notice the crumminess of the set (lack of sub forums and threads older than a week).

[gamertech]

And to make even more believable, the "watch list" was pretty much only members (myself included) who people seem to already love to hate around here :D

I'm kind of glad I missed it all until it was moved to the recycle bin. I'm sure I would have fallen for it simply because I tend to piss people off every so often. Though, the "charge" against me was total BS. But that's exactly why I'd been so baffled by it all.

Anyway, good show! Absolutely priceless.

[Northern Lights]

Next year: The admin forum revealed...

[Rahul]

Wow, it seems everyone one of you mods/admins whatever have sunk to a new level of sheer stupidity.

"I know, lets treat out members like sh!t, say what we really think about them and then play the 'It's a joke card'"

I was perfectly right in repeating "This is why I quit GW" mods that play petty games to prey on their members is a f*cking pathetic as it gets.

Last time I checked it was a gaming site, but quiet clearly it's being overtaken by egos from your overpopular "spam" forum whatever the f*ck it's called now. That PIMI sh!t.

Wow, I swear I've never seen such insane and pathetic mind games created ever by any site anywhere - I cannot believe the admins sit idle while everyone here just continues to get away with trolling people they simply don't like.

A forum is not fake when it has real comments that did actually mean what they say - congrats on proving that GW is actually worse then I could have ever have imagined. I am never logging into this hell ridden f*cking piece of god damn sh!t again. The lack of respect for members and ex-mods is nothing short of appauling. It seems quiet a few mods here need to get a f*cking life, getting kicks out of what should be a gaming forum at the expense of members...wow.
Well, I read ths thread before checking out all the fake mod forum ones. After reading the fake mod forum ones, I see why you're all pissed off. You got fooled SO DAMN BAD. OMFG! Some of the comment you made. Classic! Incredible! You were a f*cking mod. You fell for member watching list and the new process for banning members! The bitterness in you must have taken over your common sense. Thats the only logical explaination.

[smashbro14]

I just realized that the idea that the Sports forum becoming a subforum of Soccer doesn't actually exist! Hallelujah!

I'd quote Fayt or Kashla's posts to say something, but they'll just ignore it. They obviously know it was a joke but are too embarrassed to admit it. I don't understand how doing this shows that the mods have no respect for any members... grow up, guys.

[The Eye in the Sky!]

I thank the robot devil for giving me this great... ACTING TALENT!

Yeah, we rock. This topic = best thing since The Eye in the Sky Fan Club! The mod forum prank = so much fun.

[Northern Lights]

I thought the Sports->Soccer thing was real to begin with.

I guess that explains my great acting in that thread. :D

[Alu]

Next year: The admin forum revealed...
let's not get too ahead of ourselves now...the Smod forum(s) is before the Admin forum(s). ;)

[Squall]

can i be admin

plz

[Victoria]

let's not get too ahead of ourselves now...the Smod forum(s) is before the Admin forum(s).
Pffst... You people aim too low. Next year a forum where Al sits and talks with himself will be revealed.

[Northern Lights]

At first I read that "talks" as "plays".

Yeah, there's an image that will still be in my head this time next year.

[Alu]

by the way, further proof that the ex-mods should have gotten joke immediately...

http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7182067#post7182067

honestly...health benefits for being a mod?

[~Lightning~]

You mean we don't get benefits? Uh oh...

[Dean]

But what about my 401(k)?!

At least that's real, right?

[Isis]

And to make even more believable, the "watch list" was pretty much only members (myself included) who people seem to already love to hate around here :D

I'm kind of glad I missed it all until it was moved to the recycle bin. I'm sure I would have fallen for it simply because I tend to piss people off every so often. Though, the "charge" against me was total BS. But that's exactly why I'd been so baffled by it all.

Anyway, good show! Absolutely priceless.
That's where most of the fake threads and members on the list came from - complaints, rumours, etc about members lol. We hear a lot of crazy stuff going on.

[Bandicoot]

Oh my god. f**king priceless. Amazing. It's the kind of prank that I'd have relished being involved in.

I missed it completly. which is a shame cause I would have enjoyed working out it was fake. I did notice that there was only 2 pages of thread. Now THAT's not enough for the mod forum, and every thread (nay, post), being older than 25 march was another clue. Plus the forum thread id which, as mentioned, has been 59 since the day we upgraded to vB.

And seriously. "If a member wants to be banned by 10 or mods, then it can be done"? Genius! It'll never happen, and if it did, the admins and smods would probably be booted by Al, cause even though he shows practically no intrest in the forums these days, I'm sure he'd be a tad... how can I put this diplomatically... hmm... 'annoyed'.

Yeah. Brilliant. :D and STILL fooling people.

PS, I guess Crazy Jamie isn't quitting then. the only bit that did worry me.

[Ion]

I had a post deleted when I pointed out the high forum ID and guessed it was an April fools joke. Can't fool us all! :chuckle:

[Twilight]

Haha. We had to keep the people who knew, quiet. We couldn't have them ruining it :^:

[gamertech]

That's where most of the fake threads and members on the list came from - complaints, rumours, etc about members lol. We hear a lot of crazy stuff going on.So was I correct (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7194632#post7194632) to assume that my suggestion had something to do with all of this?

[Knux]

Not enough of the C+C group was around to get mad at me and Tom for wanting post counts turned off in there. That would've been the greatest. :(

Heh, I glanced at that one but I figured that the whole mod forum thing was fake. I mean, it was discovered a day after April 1st, and the one who told me didn't seem like the kind of person that would find out that sort of thing.

But for a second I was ready to send an angry PM to someone, because to your credit, it looked really legit. >_>

I think it's the first time I've ever said this, but good one, Cole. :P

[Woozie]

So was I correct (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7194632#post7194632) to assume that my suggestion had something to do with all of this?
Not exactly. Andy suggested the idea, and then we had a forum of "WHAT COULD WE DO THAT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE SCARED" and I think Coleman had the idea of Jamie resigning. So you created the idea, but we re-created the same thing but without knowing it was already made.

It's kind of like when you're really out of it, and you forget something exsits, and then re-invent it. Like "Small Cakes in Cups" >>> Cupcakes. (This is a reference)

[Ants!]

And you of all people were the first one to suggest gamertech be on the watch list :D

That was one of the things I found suspicious, that a lot of people seem to be nominating their friends for that list.

[gamertech]

And you of all people were the first one to suggest gamertech be on the watch list :D

That was one of the things I found suspicious, that a lot of people seem to be nominating their friends for that list.Hey, don't ever call me Woozie's friend. Them's fightin' words :P

[SegaDragon]

Enjoy your invisionboard's members! All 4 of them!You mean InvisionFree. He's not cool enough to have an actual Invision Power Board. Or maybe he has ProBoards if he's tr00ly c00l.

His post was so lawlable.

[Ford Mustang]

Yes, that was the funny part. He was quite animated on AIM, but he never even dreamed of the conspiracy theory.

Though it was quite funny to see his reaction about the fake COPPA thing. And that I thirded his ban. :link:

That did have me quite a bit worried.. That and the fact that I was trying to do many other things.

Anyways, I knew it couldn't have been real because of the fact that you keep old threads for proof/information.

[Kat]

What? No it isn't! The best part of modding is clearly being able to fulfil your dreams of der Führer by manipulating your forums into the fascist regimes that you've always imagined! (°ˇ˚)/¯Well, you know, besides that.
Well in all honestly, leaving our "mistake" up for too long wouldn't have made it any more believable.With as little thought as they were apparently giving it, I doubt it would've mattered much.
But for a second I was ready to send an angry PM to someone, because to your credit, it looked really legit. >_>Hmm, I don't know, might be a good idea.:tease:

[Inlé_rah]

Haha. We had to keep the people who knew, quiet. We couldn't have them ruining it :^:
Add them to the watch list and ship them off to a gulag in Siberia!

Anyways, I knew it couldn't have been real because of the fact that you keep old threads for proof/information.
They were purged! I swears! Didn't you read the thread of us b*tching about losing them? :D

[Kat]

You still seemed awfully worried nonetheless, Ford Mustang.:tease:

You know, probably the funniest thing IMO was Inlé_rah adding that one guy to the watch list for conspiracy to hack the ACP because he said he was gonna mass PM everybody he knew or something. That was just... ridiculously out there.

[Chris]

Being an ex-mod just like Fayt. I have to say that Fayt's comments were absolutely ridiculous. I love you guys, I wish I was around to be a part of it :).

[White Rose]

Heh... I missed this entire thing, lol.

Nice joke everyone. :)

But, as I was reading this thread, I noticed that about four(?) people who posted here were genuinely offended by what went down. Some people just don't take jokes very well, if at all. And while this has been laughable to ALOT of mods and smods here at Gamewinners, it's really not something that should be made fun of. I know you all probably didn't mean anything that was said while this prank was being played out, but to some, you obviously did push some buttons.

So unless I'm just blind and something has already been made, perhaps a thread should be made, apologizing to the members here? Maybe that would help ease some tension. (I suppose this is directed towards Fayt, more than anyone... I can see a point to the complaint he posted, even though the rest of you don't seem to.)

Anyway, awsome prank, lol. ^_^

[Rick52]

You know what they say, a joke isn't funny unless its at someone's expense.

...

...okay, nobody really says that, but its still true for the most part.

[Ants!]

But they had absolutely no reason to take it personally like that. A lot of other people were roasted as well but were able to laugh and have a good time. What makes these 4 or so people so special?

[Twilight]

Nothing at all. Just because they believe the staff here is corrupt it means that this little fiasco that happened made them think they are even more right. I've told Fayt a few times it was a joke, which now he apparently hates me saying "I've changed and have become as corrupt as them". Well, they aren't corrupt...at all. So, take the joke. Admit you got fooled, and Shut the hell up.

[Dean]

Eh, if we cross the line, so what? It was meant to be that kind of a joke. If we crossed the line, then... well... we crossed the line. That's all there is to it.

If you're going to apologize for every prank you pull, then there isn't much reason to pull them at all. These are my personal opinions, though, and they in no way reflect the opinions of the rest of the staff of GameWinners.com.

But I just personally feel there are instances in which you can cross the line and need to apologize, but I don't see how this is one of those instances, where the majority of the people can agree it was just a prank (whether they thought it was a "good" or "bad" prank is up for debate) and move on, instead of trying to come up with some type of argument that everyone is corrupt because we tried to (and in some cases, successfully) pulled a prank on the members here as an April Fool's Day joke.

[Alu]

Heh... I missed this entire thing, lol.

Nice joke everyone. :)

But, as I was reading this thread, I noticed that about four(?) people who posted here were genuinely offended by what went down. Some people just don't take jokes very well, if at all. And while this has been laughable to ALOT of mods and smods here at Gamewinners, it's really not something that should be made fun of. I know you all probably didn't mean anything that was said while this prank was being played out, but to some, you obviously did push some buttons.

So unless I'm just blind and something has already been made, perhaps a thread should be made, apologizing to the members here? Maybe that would help ease some tension. (I suppose this is directed towards Fayt, more than anyone... I can see a point to the complaint he posted, even though the rest of you don't seem to.)

Anyway, awsome prank, lol. ^_^
last time we pulled a prank, some guy tried to take me to gw court about it.

nothing ever happened there, and nothing will happen here, because it was a joke, none of it was real, and they're just trying to point fingers around because they've had issues with the upper staff for a while and this just gives them an excuse to try and justify it.

[White Rose]

*shrugs* It was merely a suggestion.

[Schteve]

I think this so-called "joke" is despicable and all you mods who took part should be ashamed of yourselves. I'm glad I didn't post a single funny thing in the forum since I was against it from the beginning!

[Kat]

Funny, I seem to recall seeing you post. I guess the evil, corrupt admins must have framed you, right? :tease:

[Victoria]

If anyone tries to apologize to me for what has happened, I will personally e-kick them in the nards.

[Isis]

So was I correct (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7194632#post7194632) to assume that my suggestion had something to do with all of this?
A combo of you, me, and Woozie, yeah. I think.

[Xu Huang]

Wow, you guys are such pranksters. I'm wetting myself in anticipation of next April Fool's day.

[Northern Lights]

Everyone will be expecting something now, though.

This is going to be hard. :D

[~Lightning~]

We'll have to do it on christmas or Easter instead now

[Duh'venger]

Also Kashla, you're lucky I don't warn you for both flaming and censor bypassing.Flaming? Sure. But 'assh0les' is a legit censor bypass.

Also, I felt rather left out. Where was the 'Get Klown' topic I so richly deserved? :link:

[Ben]

Flaming? Sure. But 'assh0les' is a legit censor bypass.
You must obscure at least one of the letters of the "swear" word by using the symbols that can be made by pushing shift and a number at the top of the standard US keyboard.No SHIFT == Censor bypassing.

:duck:

[Duh'venger]

My bad I guess. The numbers or the shifted numbers used to enough.

PS. I am now almost as convinced of the dubious authorship of "Ben" posts as I am of "Al" posts. :link:

[~Lightning~]

Isis is running the whole thing really , there is no Ben/Al/Vash

[gamertech]

You know, I was always kind of under the vague impression that April Fool's Day was an American thing. I guess it's more widespread than I thought.

Hey, my Dad's parents were married on that day. He's told me that for years during his childhood he didn't believe them, thinking it was an April Fools joke.

A combo of you, me, and Woozie, yeah. I think. High five! And, Woozie, you know I love you :)

[Coleman]

Flaming? Sure. But 'assh0les' is a legit censor bypass.Well, it was kind of flimsy anyway. But by the letter of the rules, it is an illegal censor bypass.

But still, I'd rather not warn someone over what started as a joke, so I chose not to.

[Bandicoot]

That hasn't changed since I was admin, which was a while ago to be fair.

And at least "Ben" posts exsist. :)

[Woozie]

High five! And, Woozie, you know I love you :)
Don't get too close...

:pirate:

[Arch Ang3l]

Everyone will be expecting something now, though.

This is going to be hard.

People forget thigns in a years time.
And
there will proly be a big batch of newbs here to trick anyway.

[Fool's Requiem]

Wow, it seems everyone one of you mods/admins whatever have sunk to a new level of sheer stupidity.

"I know, lets treat out members like sh!t, say what we really think about them and then play the 'It's a joke card'"

I was perfectly right in repeating "This is why I quit GW" mods that play petty games to prey on their members is a f*cking pathetic as it gets.

Last time I checked it was a gaming site, but quiet clearly it's being overtaken by egos from your overpopular "spam" forum whatever the f*ck it's called now. That PIMI sh!t.

Wow, I swear I've never seen such insane and pathetic mind games created ever by any site anywhere - I cannot believe the admins sit idle while everyone here just continues to get away with trolling people they simply don't like.

A forum is not fake when it has real comments that did actually mean what they say - congrats on proving that GW is actually worse then I could have ever have imagined. I am never logging into this hell ridden f*cking piece of god damn sh!t again. The lack of respect for members and ex-mods is nothing short of appauling. It seems quiet a few mods here need to get a f*cking life, getting kicks out of what should be a gaming forum at the expense of members...wow.
:bawl:
Quit whining and get a sense of humor... :shake:

Good prank guys... too bad I wasn't paying attention to the happenings. Good stuff, good stuff.

[FalconZero]

People who got offended by this need to get a sense of humor, or get off the internet.

The whole thing was brilliant, guys (and Isis). :D I know I would've fallen for it had I logged in that day. :clap:

[Twilight]

Hey. You're forgetting Inle, Aphrodite andother females. :P

[FalconZero]

Sorry, Isis is like the only female I know on here, so I forgot about about the rest. Kudos to you ladies as well!

[Schteve]

Funny, I seem to recall seeing you post. I guess the evil, corrupt admins must have framed you, right? :tease:STOP MAKING UP VICIOUS LIES, WOMAN!

[Crazy Jamie]

Rumours of my resignation have been greatly exaggerated.

There's nothing more I really need to add. I am absolutely amazed at the couple of members who not only seem to still be unable of realising this was a joke, but who also seemed to actually take offense at this. I'm speechless. Certainly glad that the vast majority can take it in the good humour that it was intended in.

[Northern Lights]

Yeah, it is a bump, but who cares?

Can we keep this thread next time the forums get purged?

It is still fun to look back and laugh at those who STILL believe the admins f*cked up the permissions.

[Duh'venger]

~WARNED~

Not for bumping this topic but for having the most cruel and heartless CT anyone at this site has ever sported. :D

[~Lightning~]

Heh, I just got what you meant.

You may want to put a disclaimer in your sig Andy

[Woozie]

I can only assume this is some Sopranos reference...

[Duh'venger]

No. Unfortunately, it isn't. :(

Vince was a GW moderator who took his own life.

[Aphrodite]

Vince is also Vincent McMahon, the WWE Chairman who just did a carbombing storyline on Monday where they claim he died.

[Northern Lights]

No. Unfortunately, it isn't. :(

Vince was a GW moderator who took his own life.

Woah, Klown. How much of a prick do you think I am?

Yeah, it is pretty much a "Wow, what a stupid idea. Let's mock it wherever possible" type thing.

[Duh'venger]

Oops.

Sorry. :(

Goes to show how little attention I pay to the news.

[$ean]

It isn't really news. It has to be considered real...or at least plausible...to be news. :D

[Duh'venger]

I'm even less conversant with Celebrity 'news'.

[Bandicoot]

~WARNED~

Not for bumping this topic but for having the most cruel and heartless CT anyone at this site has ever sported. :D

"Bandicoot Failed Art"

Need I say more?

[Duh'venger]

"Bandicoot Failed Art"

Need I say more?:tissue:

No, that will suffice.

:D

[Super Jester]

Eh, if we cross the line, so what? It was meant to be that kind of a joke. If we crossed the line, then... well... we crossed the line. That's all there is to it.
... Are members allowed to cross the line if they're... "just joking"?

[Kat]

It depends entirely on how cool you are.;)

[Northern Lights]

... Are members allowed to cross the line if they're... "just joking"?

Yeah, name your member and we'll give you an answer. :D

[Duh'venger]

Okay, how about Super Jester?

*waits*

Didn't think so.

[Super Jester]

Funny how the topic dies after GOOD points are made. You all get away with stuff members could NEVER do. I know. I've been on the end of that shoe. Jeezus. We have an admin that was once a part of a group that was going to "take over GW" but he made funny pics so it's alright. He's married to another admin... That's two. Don't get me started one one of them. Kiss kiss.
Does anyone remember the invisible zero tolerance Joz and tworow had?

You know how may times I've seen mods flame members as they close topics? Nothing is done about it. Heh. But you're all so much better than us. I forgot. Eh, if we cross the line, so what?

Would I get banned for saying weasel? You all play the "rules" game when it fits what you want. Want an example?

You're all so fake. And I'm glad I'll never be part of your world.

[Aphrodite]

You would take a mod spot again in a second and you know it.

[Crazy Jamie]

You know how may times I've seen mods flame members as they close topics? Nothing is done about it. Heh. But you're all so much better than us. I forgot.By all means report those instances to an s-mod or admin if you genuinely think that the moderator is breaking the rules.

You all play the "rules" game when it fits what you want. Want an example?Yes.

You're all so fake. And I'm glad I'll never be part of your world.You were a part of our world. Twice. Funny how you can take these moral standpoints after you've screwed yourself to the point of never being able to benefit from these 'injustices'.

[Duh'venger]

Would I get banned for saying weasel?Not in a million years.

Sh*t like that just doesn't happen around here.

You've got one twisted imagination. :link:

[Timesplitter]

Banned for saying weasel would be extremely harsh to anyone!

[Northern Lights]

It was a troll. Klown knows it. Everybody knows it.

Klown just needs to control his manly urges.

[FalconZero]

Ahahahahaha...manly. That's rich. :link:

[Galamoth]

wow, wish i had caught this sooner.

[MetalPikachu]

D*mn, I was about to get Vinny for neonazism. I would have started a clan against Vinny and his ways. "Not only is he p*ssing me off and drawing n00bs into the T-Dome, but he's been showing neonazism and general xenophobia."

[Ben]

D*mn, I was about to get Vinny for neonazism. I would have started a clan against Vinny and his ways. "Not only is he p*ssing me off and drawing n00bs into the T-Dome, but he's been showing neonazism and general xenophobia."
Hey. Hey you. Shut up.

Warned for SPAM. I'm now closing this thread so no one else feels the urge to follow your example.