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Postby Dima » Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:51 am

I got the old site too, when i entered this morning ^_^ . I was like ''huh, that's strange, maybe they decided to bring it back?''. Then it returned back to normal. Just now i realized that i was an April fool's joke.
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Postby hui43210 » Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:07 am

All that happened for me was I was logged out when I came on site, never saw the old one or anything like that.
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Postby pwhodges » Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:10 am

View Original PostBagheera wrote:I don't understand. I haven't noticed anything about the site at all; everything works as it always has for me.

Try clicking refresh, then.
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Postby Monk Ed » Fri Apr 01, 2016 11:46 am

I turned it off in response to some users having usability issues with the site. No idea what was going on there.
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Postby pwhodges » Fri Apr 01, 2016 11:48 am

You can have my replacement (but you'll probably need to refresh before you see it). Guaranteed no usability issues :wink:
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Postby Shamsiel-kun » Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:29 pm

With some more whitespace so the avatars sit a bit more freely that'd actually look pretty cool. Can we keep it?
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Postby pwhodges » Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:36 pm

Picky! (fixed)
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Postby NemZ » Fri Apr 01, 2016 12:42 pm

Heh, I like it!
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Postby Shamsiel-kun » Fri Apr 01, 2016 1:04 pm

View Original Postpwhodges wrote:Picky! (fixed)


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Postby IronEvangelion » Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:51 pm

Haha, nice! I didn't notice the slant at first until I saw pwhodges' avatar. :lol:
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Postby Monk Ed » Fri Apr 01, 2016 9:57 pm

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Postby pwhodges » Sat Apr 02, 2016 3:21 am

View Original PostShamsiel-kun wrote:Can we keep it?

Sorry - it would become wearing soon enough.
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Postby Bagheera » Sat Apr 02, 2016 3:54 am

It was fun while it lasted.
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Postby Sicarius VI » Sat Apr 02, 2016 7:41 am

I thought I saw the old site on my screen for a second there.
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Postby Mr. Tines » Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:28 pm

That was the original gag, another "unexpected front page" -- but this year's somehow caused problems with ad-blockers, so it got switched off early.
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Postby Dima » Sat Apr 02, 2016 4:16 pm

It's really nice that it worked perfectly fine for me then! I was really surprised. It caught me off guard. The feels, seeing the old forum again, ah...
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Postby Shamsiel-kun » Mon Apr 04, 2016 1:50 am

Dammit! All the icons are straight again!

That's not what I meant by "Can we keep it?"...
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Postby cyharding » Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:18 pm

Couldn't wait a few more hours, could you? :lol:
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Postby Guy Nacks » Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:27 pm

The world turned upside down....
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the world turned upside down
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Postby pwhodges » Sun Apr 01, 2018 2:28 am

View Original Postcyharding wrote:Couldn't wait a few more hours, could you? :lol:

I did it after midnight...

Also browser caching delays its appearance in some situations, so one has to be on top of it!
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