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Fear Zoa said:NOOOO now we only have 1 admin
So many goodbies recently
Wrong. Costello and Shaunj66 are both admins, so that makes two.
You didn't noticed that there are two admins here at the Temp.Fear Zoa said:NOOOO now we only have 1 admin
So many goodbies recently
To Rayder and Ace Gunman - You two aren't really kidding. I saw that you two are now really Former Staff.
Damnit I forgot shaunj66 .......(don't ban mehGamerfan123 said:You didn't noticed that there are two admins here at the Temp.Fear Zoa said:NOOOO now we only have 1 admin
So many goodbies recently
To Rayder and Ace Gunman - You two aren't really kidding. I saw that you two are now really Former Staff.
NOOOOOOOOO now we only have 2 admins
Always think twice before posting!Ace Gunman said:This years April Fools Day joke was my masterpiece. The truth is that I am in fact retiring. I chose April 1st to do so because that sort of timing is the very essence of Ace: a silly joke followed by absolute seriousness. A prank that masked my actual retirement, a potentially sad moment made lighthearted with humor and intrigue.
*snip*
I wanted to go out with a bang, rather than the typical emotional farewell. I hope you enjoyed yourselves.
Well, Ace hit the bullseye! As always...
KingdomBlade said:
I feel like a real fool now....
While they weren't kidding, that wouldn't prove whether they were or not; that can be done and reverted in a couple of seconds.Gamerfan123 said:To Rayder and Ace Gunman - You two aren't really kidding. I saw that you two are now really Former Staff.
Supervisors are (co-)admins as well, as you can see here.Fear Zoa said:Damnit I forgot shaunj66 .......(don't ban mehGamerfan123 said:You didn't noticed that there are two admins here at the Temp.Fear Zoa said:NOOOO now we only have 1 admin
So many goodbies recently
To Rayder and Ace Gunman - You two aren't really kidding. I saw that you two are now really Former Staff.)
NOOOOOOOOO now we only have 2 admins
tj_cool said:Supervisors are (co-)admins as well, as you can see here.Fear Zoa said:Damnit I forgot shaunj66 .......(don't ban mehGamerfan123 said:You didn't noticed that there are two admins here at the Temp.Fear Zoa said:NOOOO now we only have 1 admin
So many goodbies recently
To Rayder and Ace Gunman - You two aren't really kidding. I saw that you two are now really Former Staff.)
NOOOOOOOOO now we only have 2 admins
Gotta watch that hierarchy. Otherwise you forget people, and that's no good.
I guess......
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Farewell.
For whatever reason I did not have any doubts this was real, call it intuition if you will.
For whatever reason I did not have any doubts this was real, call it intuition if you will.
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sigh, two of my favourite staff members leaving at the same time
Thanks for the tremendous amount contribution that the both of you have given this community. I hope you both have a happy and prosperous life ahead
on a side note, ProtoKun7 for Admin?
Thanks for the tremendous amount contribution that the both of you have given this community. I hope you both have a happy and prosperous life ahead
on a side note, ProtoKun7 for Admin?
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CrimzonEyed said:I still won't believe this since it was posted April 1st...
QUOTE(Ace Gunman @ Apr 2 2011, 11:03 AM) This years April Fools Day joke was my masterpiece. The truth is that I am in fact retiring. I chose April 1st to do so because that sort of timing is the very essence of Ace: a silly joke followed by absolute seriousness. A prank that masked my actual retirement, a potentially sad moment made lighthearted with humor and intrigue.
The gag was a multifaceted mind-twister that fooled most at one point or another. The obvious assumption after seeing the date would be that it was a prank, and a rather poor and simplistic one at that. If you believed so, you were in fact an April fool; taking it at face value and assuming that because of the date and time it must be a joke of some sort. Others read the post, believed it, then changed their mind believing it was actually a joke and that they had been fooled. Which, of course, they were.
Those that knew me well actually figured it out, only to second guess themselves shortly after. Assuming that I had written the "totally ordinary" line as a way of concealing a prank within a prank, within a prank, and so on. Alternatively one might have outright believed it, that no one would make such an announcement without meaning it. Little did they know there was a prank occurring right under their noses. In a way, they were fooled as well by believing it was a straight notice of retirement.
I must give credit to my accomplice. My initial concept for this idea did not include him, but it just so happened that Rayder wanted to retire as well. This gave the scenario the extra something it needed. If it was real, why two staff members, or why he and I specifically? Was one of us retiring and the other a gag? Were we both faking retirement? Etc, etc. Rayder's involvement cast doubt on each level of the experience.
Furthermore the prank throws into question all future GBAtemp April fools day pranks. If this one was a real announcement, who is to say that next years may not be as well, or the next? Perhaps they will be pranks, perhaps they won't, its now impossible to know for sure.
I wanted to go out with a bang, rather than the typical emotional farewell. I hope you enjoyed yourselves.
You realize how stupid you sound right now, right?
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