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Last night I was trying to get on the Warpath and I got a message that basically said something along the lines of "this site has been purchased by the Washington Redskins and has been closed down". When I saw this the first thought that came to mind was either this was a hacker or Dan Synder put down a huge offer with the intention that he was going to close it down because he didn't wan't people criticizing him or the organization due to its significant internet presence. So I shut down the computer last night and when I went on today it was if nothing happend and everyone can post.

Can any of the site administrators give some clarification on what happened? Also if it is owned by Synder is the site going to restrict the content more?

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Probably a 04/01/2007 joke. :)

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[quote=Bill B;293819]Last night I was trying to get on the Warpath and I got a message that basically said something along the lines of "this site has been purchased by the Washington Redskins and has been closed down". When I saw this the first thought that came to mind was either this was a hacker or Dan Synder put down a huge offer with the intention that he was going to close it down because he didn't wan't people criticizing him or the organization due to its significant internet presence. So I shut down the computer last night and when I went on today it was if nothing happend and everyone can post.

Can any of the site administrators give some clarification on what happened? Also if it is owned by Synder is the site going to restrict the content more?[/quote]same here i was really upset about it and i was very happy that its back to normal today....was this a april fools joke or what? thanks

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Matty loves the April 1 jokes! Last years was a classic.

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Yup, I still have my avatar from it! :)

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[quote=Bill B;293819]Can any of the site administrators give some clarification on what happened? Also if it is owned by Synder is the site going to restrict the content more?[/quote]

It's real. I read about it in the Washington Post Online. Snyder bought up the .007% of the Redskins themed information outlets that he doesn't already own, and stated that "plans were in place to bring them into the Redskins media fold", whatever the hell that means...

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No way its real, its an April fools Joke.

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It's real.. Snyder is reading this thread as we speak.

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[quote=GoSkins!;293841]It's real.. Snyder is reading this thread as we speak.[/quote]

Haha, **** him.

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4/1 pranks never get old

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Are people really THIS gullible?

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I had the message about the site being bought up for about 45 minutes, it only took about 5 minutes before someone ran to ES asking what happened.

Then I changed the message to say your account has been banned for 3 months.

I had several emails this morning asking why they were banned.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;293870]I had the message about the site being bought up for about 45 minutes, it only took about 5 minutes before someone ran to ES asking what happened.

Then I changed the message to say your account has been banned for 3 months.

I had several emails this morning asking why they were banned.[/QUOTE]

:doh:

...and a little more of my faith in humanity is chipped away.

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Actually, the truth is Snyder bought us to trade us. We're heading to Chicago along with LeMar Marshall and the #6 pick. We'll be TheBearTrap.net by the end of the week

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I'm pissed. i got neither the ban or the message. do you mods really hate me?

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I was on the site right about when the message came up because i was reading a thread and went to the next page and the message came up.

I don't think any april fools joke will work ever again because of last year. I am surprised it worked on some people but i'm not going to lie, last year it worked on me.

Last year also wasn't done on april 1st so that is cheating.

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Last year's April 1st joke was the king of all pranks. I was just proud to be a part of it. Speaking of which, Matty I'd really appreciate it if you made the defector avatar available to me again. I regret giving it up!

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Well I fell for it but thank God it was a joke - this site provides more/better info than any other I have been on.

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;293889]Actually, the truth is Snyder bought us to trade us. We're heading to Chicago along with LeMar Marshall and the #6 pick. We'll be TheBearTrap.net by the end of the week[/QUOTE]

Joke thief. :)

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He stole my joke from the official April Fools Day thread.

[url]http://www.thewarpath.net/playbook/17676-official-april-fools-thread.html#post293621[/url]

Darn you Matty, darn you to heck!

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Y'all need to read the fine, very fine, print in the forum guidelines. All opinions, jokes, and ideas expressed on TheWarpath.net are the property of the moderators if we deem it worthy of "acquisition". Daseal, you're safe ;)

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Testing.

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I knew it was a joke after last years and kept trying to click on different section links to see if I could avoid the message and access the site but no go.

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Yeah I figured there'd be a secret access link somewhere for the more internet savy crowd. Alas I could not find one.