Fools Gold

Last year over at Extreme, we did a joke similar to this:

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97524

I think something like this can be pretty fun and enjoyable and it went over ok for us last year. As angry as some of you here are with the joke this year, just consider one thing. You wouldn't be so angry if you didn't love this place and these people so much. In the end, that's where your anger is. You love the community you've built and the thought of it going away, even jokingly in hindsight, was a very emotional thing for you.

In a way, that's probably something very good to keep with you going forward. Also remember, stuff like this is what gives a board character and flavor. It's FUN to look back at the reactions. Even if you don't think so today :).

ES mod to WP camp scrub in one day... that's gotta hurt ;)

you killed the warpath - you bastards!
oh, I mean, you fooled us all - you bastards! :)
viva the warpath!

Great!
I'll tell my wife I want a devorce and say angry things to her and the next day I'll tell her I was just joking and to not be mad and be happy cus her anger means she loves me.

I don't mean to undermine you agitation with what occured yesterday, but don't you think this analogy is a little extreme? Most of us on this site don't even know each other, except for what can be seen from the content of our posts. Who really cares whether or not a few mods didn't see eye to eye? It was just a silly diversion to break the monotony of the offseason.

And for those of you that are truly bothered or felt betrayed by the joke, just step away from WP.net for a few days, and come back and see if you feel comfortable posting again.

I thought it was a pretty damn funny joke if I do say so, thanks to everyone involved for pulling it off.

For those that refused to believe it, I commend you for having a level head and being able to see through the BS.

For those that believed it hook, line and sinker, all I can say is... sucker! AFD!

For those that are still pissed/upset, I say lighten up, life is too short to be pissed off over silly stuff.

Does this mean no parking lot cam?

Moderators,

Kudos for pulling off such an intelligent and witty ruse. Your convincing banter and well laid plans really came across as quite humorous, as you can tell from all the people here who have found this so funny. </end sarcasm>

Yes, it's a joke, I get it. Yes, you were well intentioned and meant no harm. I would like to point out that your intentions are completely irrelevant. What you DO is what's important. I am by no means about to abandon WP.net or write you all off, but I will say this entire things shows a real lack of maturity and character.

Whether you meant well or not, you can see by this thread that virtually everyone here found this to be far from "hilarious." I think most everyone found it highly annoying at best. The Redskins fans who spend a considerable amount of time and energy participating on this site, and without whom this site would not exist, are pretty pissed off and some form of apology may be in order.

I don't think you need to come "begging for forgiveness for your horrible crimes," but at least admit this was poorly thought out and that you've offended and annoyed a substantial portion of your fanbase.

I can take a joke with the best of them and I enjoy a good April Fools prank, but have some discretion in the future.

What did I miss? What is this all about? Link please!

What did I miss? What is this all about? Link please!

http://www.thewarpath.net/showthread.php?t=11861

I can't tell if people are really mad or not because after all today is April 1st.

Typically for TheWarpath.net, we consider our "offseason" to be after the NFL draft and before Training Camp. May and June is the time that all the mods try to finalize all new ideas for the upcoming season. These include changes in forum rules, added/deleted or modified content, new moderators and possible partnerships.

Every year we seek the input of our members before we meet in our own forum and discuss the ideas we think would work best. And this year is no different.

However, we decided this time to make things a bit different by starting it off with an April Fool's joke that as moderators there was too much internal strife going on so some of us were defecting. Some of you took the joke quite personally and are angry. I guess that's part of what makes an April Fool's joke good. More importantly it shows the passion we all have for the Redskins and this site. We did the joke a day early so it wouldn't be as obvious, and in fact it was supposed to extend well into Saturday with even Extremeskins moderators getting involved. Thanks also to Schneed10 and TheMalcolmConnection for playing along. Don't worry, banning TMC was all part of the hoax.

But we don't want to mislead you guys any further. And we apologize that a lot of you got quite upset.

We assure you that there will be no split. All the moderators are fully dedicated to making this site the best. And to do that we need all of you. So please check out the "How Can We Improve" (http://www.thewarpath.net/showthread.php?t=11873) thread and give us suggestions of what you want to see for the 2006 season.


I got stuck at "...Rosanne Rosanna Danna....nevermind." Wasn't "Nevermind" the tagline of Emily Latella?