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Other than on the release pages, other reactions to the event have emerged: | Other than on the release pages, other reactions to the event have emerged: | ||
* [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2629521 SPUF: "If that is joke, some people are going to be mad. I want to point out something."] | * [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2629521 SPUF: "If that is joke, some people are going to be mad. I want to point out something."] | ||
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* [http://forums.steamgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2627072&page=2 SPUF: "Half Life 3 April Fools Jokes"] | * [http://forums.steamgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2627072&page=2 SPUF: "Half Life 3 April Fools Jokes"] | ||
* [http://www.tf2tightrope.com/day-8/ TF2 Tightrope] (implemented the weapons) | * [http://www.tf2tightrope.com/day-8/ TF2 Tightrope] (implemented the weapons) | ||
| + | * [http://segmentnext.com/2012/04/01/heres-your-april-fools-day-videogame-news-round-up/ SegmentedNext] (who mistakenly thinks Valve was behind it) | ||
| + | * [http://oxcgn.com/2012/04/02/valve-begins-ricochet-2-pre-orders-on-steam/ OXCGN] (who also mistakenly thinks Valve was behind it) | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| + | * Valve was not involved in any way in this update; everytghing has been thought of and created by Wiki editors. | ||
* There was [http://i1.theportalwiki.net/steam/app/images/page_bg_generated.png hidden text on the background] of the fake store page, with a copy of Portal 2 to win. It [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=30082974 was found before it was even launched]. | * There was [http://i1.theportalwiki.net/steam/app/images/page_bg_generated.png hidden text on the background] of the fake store page, with a copy of Portal 2 to win. It [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=30082974 was found before it was even launched]. | ||
* Try clicking the "log in"/"sign in" link in the [http://steampowered.wiki.tf/app/900 fake] [http://steampowered.wiki.tf/news/7712/ pages]. | * Try clicking the "log in"/"sign in" link in the [http://steampowered.wiki.tf/app/900 fake] [http://steampowered.wiki.tf/news/7712/ pages]. | ||
* Look at Engineer's belt on [[:File:Heartwarming Headachep3.png|the Heartwarming Headache infobox image]] | * Look at Engineer's belt on [[:File:Heartwarming Headachep3.png|the Heartwarming Headache infobox image]] | ||
Revision as of 05:39, 2 April 2012
Happy April Fools' Day!
On April 1st, 2012, the Team Fortress Wiki followed its April Fools' Day tradition. We hope you enjoyed the event!
The entire thing was completely unplanned; the idea and its realization all took place in our IRC channel from March 31st, 13:45 to release on April 1st, 2 AM (GMT-5).
Contents
Collaborators
The event was a collaborative effort between the following editors (in alphabetical order):
- Askarmuk (Russian translation)
- Asplode (Finnish translation)
- Armisael (Circular Saw weapon demonstration)
- ballad
- Drunken_F00l (gently trolling the channel)
- Epic Eric (Brazilian Portuguese translation)
- i-ghost (images)
- GianAwesome (Brazilian Portuguese translation)
- Psyke (items)
- Lent (Polish translation)
- Lexar
- Mr. Magoolachub (3D model render)
- Moussekateer (cname record)
- NeoDement
- Plummaster (Russian translation)
- Quinnjdq (Modelled the Circular Circlesaw, did some images)
- RJackson (organization, fake store and news pages, hidden ARG)
- R4wrz0rz0r
- Razor-X (Polish translation)
- Ryo (Spanish translation)
- 'Stache (French translation)
- Stevoisiak
- Stormbird (Russian translation)
- TheRealDoctor
- Weegeetnik (French translation)
- WindPower (organization, hosting, photoshop)
- ~www~ (Chinese translations)
- Yjy950105 (Korean translation)
Release
All the contributions of this event were all publicly visible on the recent changes page. Somehow, nothing leaked, until it was released on the following mediums:
Content
The following content was made:
- Fake Ricochet 2 store page
- Fake TF2 news page
- Fake TF2 patch article and translations
- Fake Ricochet 2 article and translations
- Circular Circlesaw and translations, and a weapon demonstration video. Model replacement for the Conscientious Objector to come soon.
- Heartwarming Headache and translations
- Crocketeer's Cloak and translations
- Ricochest and translations
- Post-event page
Reactions
Other than on the release pages, other reactions to the event have emerged:
- SPUF: "If that is joke, some people are going to be mad. I want to point out something."
- SPUF: "But..." .. "I liked the new items"
- SPUF: "If the Ricochet 2 Promos ARE Real"
- YouTube: Half Life Snacks (comments)
- Reddit /r/gaming thread about the Ricochet 2 page
- Facepunch: "Ricochet 2 ANNOUNCED!"
- SPUF: "Ricochet 2 on Steam"
- SPUF: "Half Life 3 April Fools Jokes"
- TF2 Tightrope (implemented the weapons)
- SegmentedNext (who mistakenly thinks Valve was behind it)
- OXCGN (who also mistakenly thinks Valve was behind it)
Trivia
- Valve was not involved in any way in this update; everytghing has been thought of and created by Wiki editors.
- There was hidden text on the background of the fake store page, with a copy of Portal 2 to win. It was found before it was even launched.
- Try clicking the "log in"/"sign in" link in the fake pages.
- Look at Engineer's belt on the Heartwarming Headache infobox image
