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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:32 am
by Haggis_McMutton
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.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:37 am
by BigBallinStalin
I am too mentally mangled to go on. Life is meaningless.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:09 am
by daddy1gringo
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?

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:55 am
by jonesthecurl
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

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:41 am
by notyou2
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.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:45 am
by clangfield
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?

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:03 pm
by Gilligan
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

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:16 pm
by AndyDufresne
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

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:29 pm
by Funkyterrance
Better in as more effective or better in as less cruel? Last year's taught me the meaning of loss.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:17 pm
by notyou2
This year is lamest yet.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:09 pm
by laughingcavalier
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.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:25 pm
by Serreski
I like the fonts. Can we keep them (less the pink bit)?

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:50 pm
by Lootifer
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.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:26 pm
by Funkyterrance
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.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:30 pm
by Serbia
I want to see how the site looks using this font while I'm drunk.
Damn, shoulda got drunk tonight.

Bollocks.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:35 pm
by LIVExFREE
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.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:51 pm
by Funkyterrance
Serbia wrote:I want to see how the site looks using this font while I'm drunk.

It's better sober tbh.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:54 pm
by muy_thaiguy
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.

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

PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:38 pm
by koontz1973
Cannot even remember last years one. So many good jokes to be had and we get pink names and a new font. :(

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

PostPosted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:53 pm
by Funkyterrance
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