Fools Gold

SmootSmack · 04-01-2006, 01:08 AM

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" thread and give us suggestions of what you want to see for the 2006 season.

FRPLG · 04-01-2006, 01:20 AM

Imagine that.:cheeky-sm

jdlea · 04-01-2006, 01:26 AM

That wasn't a cool joke

SmootSmack · 04-01-2006, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdlea

That wasn't a cool joke

Honestly we didn't think it would elicit this strong a response. The other ideas we had were considerably more intense.

Hope you can forgive us and keep contributing.

GTripp0012 · 04-01-2006, 01:30 AM

Nah, I think it was fun. I was back and forth about 30 times on whether I believed it or not. So at least it was well executed. I didn't believe it until Sheriff flat out said it was true. Everyone else was avoiding saying that.

jdlea · 04-01-2006, 01:31 AM

I kept going back on forth on it as well, but the banning of Malcolm certainly sold me on it being true. I have to tip my cap to the planning. However, I'm not particularly happy about the way it went down...

Sheriff Gonna Getcha · 04-01-2006, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Nah, I think it was fun. I was back and forth about 30 times on whether I believed it or not. So at least it was well executed. I didn't believe it until Sheriff flat out said it was true. Everyone else was avoiding saying that.

I hope I didn't train-wreck my credibility. Oh yeah, I didn't have any to begin with.

Big C · 04-01-2006, 01:41 AM

damn...i wanted there to be a new site. i think some members are gone for good from here tho after that.

GTripp0012 · 04-01-2006, 01:41 AM

For the record, did Schneed know about the whole thing, or did he just know what you told him? If he knew, he did a superb sell job.

SmootSmack · 04-01-2006, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

For the record, did Schneed know about the whole thing, or did he just know what you told him? If he knew, he did a superb sell job.

We told him everything this morning.

Big C, we sure hope people don't leave because of this. It was all in jest.

Big C · 04-01-2006, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

Big C, we sure hope people don't leave because of this. It was all in jest.

yeah i know, i just remember reading in that massive thread that some people were gone no matter what. was pretty good i must admit. i bet u guys were laughing it up so hard, especially at the people who wrote these massive responses

Schneed10 · 04-01-2006, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

For the record, did Schneed know about the whole thing, or did he just know what you told him? If he knew, he did a superb sell job.

Thanks for the props. At first I wasn't part of the whole thing but I got brought into it mid-morning yesterday.

To anyone that got upset by this farce, I'd like to say I'm sorry that it upset you so. I was a willing participant in what I perceived as a pretty funny April Fool's joke, definitely did not want to scare, anger, or disappoint anyone.

That Guy and everyone else, my derogatory comments directed at CrazyCanuck were all part of the joke. Since I couldn't play like I knew about the mods' dispute between one another, I took the angle of creating a fight between the Warpath's salary cap guru and me, the supposed salary cap guru of this new site being created by the defectors. CC knows, I have nothing but respect for him and absolutely love the work he does. Before I came to the Warpath a year ago, I searched far and wide on the internet, and nobody ANYWHERE keeps the Redskins cap numbers so completely and comprehensively as he does. I just thought it would be funny, and make it more believable, if I started taking a few shots at him as a defector.

Anyway, I'd like to comment real quick. I think the mods thought an April Fool's joke would work well around here because we all have such a good sense of fellowship. We joke around and get along great around here, and I think the mods thought this would be yet another way to have fun. In the end, the angry reactions just show how passionate people are about this forum, and how much they care about it. It shows just how great you think this forum is.

I think the joke was started because the mods viewed this as a tremendous community, one where we could feel free to joke around with each other. And if you got upset at the joke, that's only because you genuinely care about being here at the Warpath. That's a good thing. So lets all keep it together. I think anyone that may have left is going to eventually come back to see if this was a hoax, and when they do, they'll be relieved. Sorry if you got upset, I don't want any of you to leave. I love this place and everything about it, and I think a lot of you do too.

GTripp0012 · 04-01-2006, 01:52 AM

One last question: did you tell anyone who chose not to participate?

SmootSmack · 04-01-2006, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

One last question: did you tell anyone who chose not to participate?

What do you mean?

GTripp0012 · 04-01-2006, 01:57 AM

Did you tell anyone about it who decided not to go along with it, and rather told people commenting on the thread that it was an elaborate hoax?

04-01-2006, 01:08 AM	#1
SmootSmack Uncle Phil Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 45,256	Fools Gold 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" thread and give us suggestions of what you want to see for the 2006 season. __________________ You're So Vain...You Probably Think This Sig Is About You

04-01-2006, 01:20 AM	#2
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	Re: Fools Gold Imagine that.:cheeky-sm

04-01-2006, 01:26 AM	#3
jdlea Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arlington, VA Age: 40 Posts: 3,109	Re: Fools Gold That wasn't a cool joke

04-01-2006, 01:30 AM	#5
GTripp0012 Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Evanston, IL Age: 36 Posts: 15,994	Re: Fools Gold Nah, I think it was fun. I was back and forth about 30 times on whether I believed it or not. So at least it was well executed. I didn't believe it until Sheriff flat out said it was true. Everyone else was avoiding saying that.

04-01-2006, 01:31 AM	#6
jdlea Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arlington, VA Age: 40 Posts: 3,109	Re: Fools Gold I kept going back on forth on it as well, but the banning of Malcolm certainly sold me on it being true. I have to tip my cap to the planning. However, I'm not particularly happy about the way it went down...

04-01-2006, 01:41 AM	#8
Big C Mr. Brightside Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Leesburg, VA Age: 38 Posts: 4,453	Re: Fools Gold damn...i wanted there to be a new site. i think some members are gone for good from here tho after that. __________________ "I don't care what nobody say I'm a be me, stay hood stay real, cause I'm out here grindin'" -Joe Gibbs

04-01-2006, 01:41 AM	#9
GTripp0012 Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Evanston, IL Age: 36 Posts: 15,994	Re: Fools Gold For the record, did Schneed know about the whole thing, or did he just know what you told him? If he knew, he did a superb sell job.

04-01-2006, 01:52 AM	#13
GTripp0012 Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Evanston, IL Age: 36 Posts: 15,994	Re: Fools Gold One last question: did you tell anyone who chose not to participate?

04-01-2006, 01:57 AM	#15
GTripp0012 Living Legend Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Evanston, IL Age: 36 Posts: 15,994	Re: Fools Gold Did you tell anyone about it who decided not to go along with it, and rather told people commenting on the thread that it was an elaborate hoax?

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