Difference between revisions of "Team Fortress Wiki:April Fools' Day/2012"
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| − | * [http://steampowered.wiki.tf/app/900 Fake Ricochet 2 store page] | + | * [http://steampowered.wiki.tf/app/900.html Fake Ricochet 2 store page] |
* [http://steampowered.wiki.tf/news/7712/ Fake TF2 news page] | * [http://steampowered.wiki.tf/news/7712/ Fake TF2 news page] | ||
* [[April 1, 2012 Patch|Fake TF2 patch article]] and translations | * [[April 1, 2012 Patch|Fake TF2 patch article]] and translations | ||
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* [[Crocketeer's Cloak]] and translations | * [[Crocketeer's Cloak]] and translations | ||
* [[Ricochest]] and translations | * [[Ricochest]] and translations | ||
| + | * [http://steampowered.wiki.tf/app/dun.html Post-event page] | ||
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| + | == Reactions == | ||
| + | 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=2629515 SPUF: "But..." .. "I liked the new items"] | ||
| + | * [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2629365 SPUF: "If the Ricochet 2 Promos ARE Real"] | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR0WN55p_zI YouTube: Half Life Snacks] (comments) | ||
| + | * [http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/rnjl6/valves_april_fools_prank_about_ricochet_2/ Reddit /r/gaming thread about the Ricochet 2 page] | ||
| + | * [http://facepunch.com/threads/1174328 Facepant: "Ricochet 2 ANNOUNCED!"] | ||
| + | * [http://forums.steamgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2629151 SPUF: "Ricochet 2 on Steam"] | ||
| + | * [http://forums.steamgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2627072&page=2 SPUF: "Half Life 3 April Fools Jokes"] | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
Revision as of 05:13, 2 April 2012
On April 1st, 2012, the Team Fortress Wiki followed its April Fools' Day tradition.
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
Collaboratos
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)
- 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
- 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
- Facepant: "Ricochet 2 ANNOUNCED!"
- SPUF: "Ricochet 2 on Steam"
- SPUF: "Half Life 3 April Fools Jokes"
Trivia
- 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
