Is this year's April 1 forum theme better than last year's?

by **Haggis_McMutton** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:32 am

And by better I mean less painful.

Last year's was definitely more physically painful, but I feel like this year's might give me some kind of long lasting psychological trauma.

by **BigBallinStalin** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:37 am

I am too mentally mangled to go on. Life is meaningless.

by **daddy1gringo** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:09 am

Meh. There doesn't seem much to it this year. What, he changed the typeface and made our names pink? Is there something I'm missing? Previous years were more creative. I really liked the "Swedish Chef" one. ("burrr de be de be de boo Bork bork bork") So did Lackattack sell out to Hasbro or something?

by **jonesthecurl** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:55 am

If you're wondering where the "Kittens" option is, I have disturbing news...
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/28/mystery-meat-dog_n_2969554.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

by **notyou2** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:41 am

jonesthecurl wrote:If you're wondering where the "Kittens" option is, I have disturbing news...
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/28/mystery-meat-dog_n_2969554.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false

My guess....gopher.

by **clangfield** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:45 am

Why does there have to be anything done on April 1st? Isn't it about time we grew up and ignored this sort of thing?

by **Gilligan** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:03 pm

clangfield wrote:Why does there have to be anything done on April 1st? Isn't it about time we grew up and ignored this sort of thing?

...absolutely not

Best was Swedish Chef though

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:16 pm

Gilligan wrote:
clangfield wrote:Why does there have to be anything done on April 1st? Isn't it about time we grew up and ignored this sort of thing?

...absolutely not

Best was Swedish Chef though

One year, we didn't do anything on April 1st, and that was the joke.

--Andy

by **Funkyterrance** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:29 pm

Better in as more effective or better in as less cruel? Last year's taught me the meaning of loss.

by **notyou2** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:17 pm

This year is lamest yet.

by **laughingcavalier** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:09 pm

What was last year's? I've forgotten.
This has given me a new experience though.
I don't think I've ever typed in comic sans before.
Have to admit I got all the way reading through the announcement paragraph about comic sans before I realised it was a joke - I was groaning inside in true horrorthat this was CC's chosen re-design.

by **Serreski** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:25 pm

I like the fonts. Can we keep them (less the pink bit)?

by **Lootifer** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:50 pm

Comic Sans is fine (we use Calibri at work so its not toooo distant), but the line spacing and relative font size annoys the crap out of me.

by **Funkyterrance** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:26 pm

I think this year's is Fab. If it's not permanent I'm going to make a suggestion that we be able to switch between the two at will from now on because after a day I don't want to go back.

by **Serbia** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:30 pm

I want to see how the site looks using this font while I'm drunk.
Damn, shoulda got drunk tonight.

Bollocks.

by **LIVExFREE** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:35 pm

Being interested in the study of Typography and understanding how different fonts effect advertising and formatting for marketing schemes, I absolutely cringed when I noticed everything was in Comic Sans.

Well played.

by **Funkyterrance** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:51 pm

Serbia wrote:I want to see how the site looks using this font while I'm drunk.

It's better sober tbh.

by **muy_thaiguy** on Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:54 pm

Better than it was a few years ago, when they got rid of Flame Wars on April Fools Day. Most people thought it was a joke, until the next day, it was still gone. Yeah, OTs forum was flooded by the flamers for awhile until they either mellowed out, left, or were banned.