EC's 2010 April Fools Overview

You can now all relax for another year! This thread marks the official end to EC's April Fools pranks!

Below you will find a list of the pranks that were played on you all, and you may even discover some pranks that you missed.

1) Satan
Those of you who experienced April Fool on EC in 2009 will have met God, who turned out to be a lesbian who chillaxed in hell with the Westboro Baptist Church. Well this year saw the debut of Satan, who pretty much speaks for himself. He may have shown homophobia at time by pointing out why he thinks you're all abominable, but atleast he promises fun times in hell!

2) Last person to post wins (Mods edition)!
Those who regularly spam in Fun and Games found themselves unable to participate in the last person to post thread! The thread was closed for the day and saw mods battling it out to see who would post last before it was opened again. Any members who were bored enough to watch it will have seen the random and weird images linked in it. Despite a few comments in Chat expressing irritation (Yeah, I saw them!) most members just got on with other games and tried to establish whether EC had been hacked or not. This prank eventually ended with Maddy getting the last post. Although, this has led to us to determine that Victor is perhaps too competitive for his own good so we shall be sending him to rehab ASAP.

3) Dude, where's my avatar?
EC members found that they had lost their identity for the day and got replaced with ones that weren't so desirable for their lust, in some cases anyway. Avatars for members were displayed based on the choice that they had chosen for their Orientation. The following avatars appeared for members:

Gheys:


Bisexuals:


Straights:


Lesbians:

Note: A glitch in the setup prevented the lesbian avatar from appearing. This avatar was originally meant to display for them, but most of them found that they simply had no avatar. Anybody who had a custom Orientation also had no avatar displayed.

4) Anonymous Unmasked
Who is Anonymous? Who will we find if we take that bag off his head? Why is he so ashamed of his/herself? These questions all got answered today on April Fools day when Anonymous was unmasked for one day only!
Anonymous was...

Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church! :eek:

It's not really any wonder he chooses to be Anonymous when he runs such a homophobic church, but we hope his unmasking for the day will lead to his enlightenment. At the very least, we hope to see him out picketing with that "#1 gay" hat.

5) Spoilt for choice
This was a fairly hidden prank which many of you will have failed to notice, but those of you who tried changing your profile today will have noticed that the Orientation and Out Status options had changed. no longer were you able to pick the traditional options that you have all come to love and use, but instead you were forced to pick one of these:


It was rather amusing to see what options new members picked when registering...

6) Staff Zone
The appearance of the Staff Zone gave the illusion that members were now able to access the Staff forums, which had been revamped a bit to make them sound more bitchy (sadly we have no Fantasy Ban Lists or Confidential Ban Lists), but the prank quickly evolved into a "What's behind that forum?" game as many members were diverted away from EC and onto pages containing internet memes based on which forum they chose to try and access.

So what was behind each forum?
General Discussions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
Member Discussions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHJCvJSnyyg
- Fantasy Ban List: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_l1jeyzq_g
Confidential List of Banned Members: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt1GY_vStx4
Post Reports and Full Member Applications: www.leekspin.com

Unfortunately, a few of the sites I had in mind were not PG-13. Maybe next time though?

7) Wherefore art thou Lexington?
It wouldn't be a typical EC April Fools without Lexington coming up with a prank! He moved away from his EC Ceiling idea this year, and instead decided to leave EC in a huff (aided by a temporary demotion for appearance purposes ).
The thread can be viewed here: http://www.emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33532
Despite numerous people pointing out the obvious, a few members believed that it was real and thought Lexington had actually left in a huff. Others got offended that he had insulted the members, but probably ignored the parts that clearly showed it was a joke. Que sera sera.

8) Revamped General Chat
General Chat was given a makeover today so that the forums and descriptions were more accurate for what occurs in them...



Of course, this prank was meant to be taken in a light-hearted manner, but it wouldn't be EC without some peeps getting up in arms about it, right? These new titles were pretty popular amongst a few members who expressed interest for them to remain permanently, but sadly we had no choice but to revert back to its old system. Atleast we still have happy pictures and memories, right?

...and that's it!

I hope that you all have enjoyed the day and not found EC to be too annoying. I know many of you dedicate a lot of time on here to offer support and advice, but it's nice to have special occasions were you can sit back and just have a laugh and joke with other members. If you can't do that on April Fools day when can you?

Anyways, time for the thanking partttt! A special thankies to Corny who helped set up the technical pranks. Thankies to the staff who worked hard planning what pranks we could do, and working throughout the day to make them work.

Of course, a special thanks to you! EC wouldn't be as enjoyable as it is without you, and it has been great to see so many of you getting involved with the pranks and not taking it all too seriously. I must say a big thank you to those who got pissed off with the jokes and thought that they were lame, stupid, pathetic etc. I had great fun reading the comments on the forum and in chat, and it is because of you that I was determined to put so much effort into this day! Thank you for making all the time and dedication worth it.

Anyways, now that I have possibly pissed off another section of members I am now going to head off to sleep. This has taken over an hour to complete so it's likely going to be an incomprehensible ramble, but I don't care. The only part I apologise for is the thank you section because it sounds like the transcript of an oscar acceptance speech.

Hope you all had fun! See you all next year.

Martin.