Have to disagree; I honestly prefer these low-key type of April Fools pranks much more over the over-the-top ones ^^ But I'm not really a prankster so this is more in line with what I would do too if I had a website
TOPIC | FR April Fools Have Gotten Lazy
Have to disagree; I honestly prefer these low-key type of April Fools pranks much more over the over-the-top ones ^^ But I'm not really a prankster so this is more in line with what I would do too if I had a website
Hey uh,
Can I see what the HD prank looked like? I don't think I was online when it happened
Can I see what the HD prank looked like? I don't think I was online when it happened
Hey uh,
Can I see what the HD prank looked like? I don't think I was online when it happened
Can I see what the HD prank looked like? I don't think I was online when it happened
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Here you go :) this post has the lines but they were colored as well
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We disagree, none of the previous April Fool's jokes have been massively high effort and if anything have gotten better over time. In 2014 the joke was putting a Marva item into everyone's hoards. The year after it was changing the text to comic sans. They've always just been silly little jokes.
Several of the previous April Fool's jokes have just been messing with the site a little, like changing the text to comic sans or swapping familiars and dragons or adding eyes. Even the HD mode event shouldn't have taken a massive amount of effort to do since it was ultimately 5 second, purposely bad doodles. We imagine the fake ads one was higher effort than that.
And there's still the bags :D Maybe all the quality and passion this year went into whatever's inside.
Several of the previous April Fool's jokes have just been messing with the site a little, like changing the text to comic sans or swapping familiars and dragons or adding eyes. Even the HD mode event shouldn't have taken a massive amount of effort to do since it was ultimately 5 second, purposely bad doodles. We imagine the fake ads one was higher effort than that.
And there's still the bags :D Maybe all the quality and passion this year went into whatever's inside.
We disagree, none of the previous April Fool's jokes have been massively high effort and if anything have gotten better over time. In 2014 the joke was putting a Marva item into everyone's hoards. The year after it was changing the text to comic sans. They've always just been silly little jokes.
Several of the previous April Fool's jokes have just been messing with the site a little, like changing the text to comic sans or swapping familiars and dragons or adding eyes. Even the HD mode event shouldn't have taken a massive amount of effort to do since it was ultimately 5 second, purposely bad doodles. We imagine the fake ads one was higher effort than that.
And there's still the bags :D Maybe all the quality and passion this year went into whatever's inside.
Several of the previous April Fool's jokes have just been messing with the site a little, like changing the text to comic sans or swapping familiars and dragons or adding eyes. Even the HD mode event shouldn't have taken a massive amount of effort to do since it was ultimately 5 second, purposely bad doodles. We imagine the fake ads one was higher effort than that.
And there's still the bags :D Maybe all the quality and passion this year went into whatever's inside.
Additional point to speak in their defense, even if I was also pretty underwhelmed by the prank: What *can* they do that's exciting and does *not* tick off a fair portion of people for a variety of accessibility reasons/issues? Even something as simple as randomly turned images caused problems.
Keep in mind that a lot of things have been in the works lately. The upgraded map and market to name the most recent. I can see why it's a bit 'less' this year. The staff have been more focused on upgrading the site as a whole than doing a prank for 24 hours.
I'm just excited to see what Marva's items are this year!
I'm just excited to see what Marva's items are this year!
Keep in mind that a lot of things have been in the works lately. The upgraded map and market to name the most recent. I can see why it's a bit 'less' this year. The staff have been more focused on upgrading the site as a whole than doing a prank for 24 hours.
I'm just excited to see what Marva's items are this year!
I'm just excited to see what Marva's items are this year!
It's cute, but there wasn't even an announcement which lowkey sucks. But I don't blame them, we got a lot of big updates this year already and I rather have those.
[quote name="FLETCHBEEB" date="2021-04-01 16:46:33" ]
My biggest thing is at this point the prank felt more like an obligation than something they actually wanted to do, and it kinda made me sad?
I guess the word would be 'lifeless', it felt less like a prank and more like "Oh, it's april again...uh..ok, i guess we have to do something?"
They might as well have not done anything this year, they rotated the dragons, they didn't give us any flavor text or a fun announcement, they just rotated our dragons.
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I hate to say it, but this is what I thought too. I don't want to sound like an entitled jerk by any means, but I did get a feeling of "oh, that's it?" With all the updates they've been doing, and with it still being Wind's festival, among many other reasons, I understand why it was more low-key this year. FR is the only site where I care about the April Fool's prank. I wouldn't say the quality has gone down though. The talking Which Waystone was one of my favorites!
Given how even this very tiny prank still made people upset and somehow nauseous/motionsick maybe it's better they didn't do anything bigger...
FLETCHBEEB wrote on 2021-04-01 16:46:33:
My biggest thing is at this point the prank felt more like an obligation than something they actually wanted to do, and it kinda made me sad?
I guess the word would be 'lifeless', it felt less like a prank and more like "Oh, it's april again...uh..ok, i guess we have to do something?"
They might as well have not done anything this year, they rotated the dragons, they didn't give us any flavor text or a fun announcement, they just rotated our dragons.
I guess the word would be 'lifeless', it felt less like a prank and more like "Oh, it's april again...uh..ok, i guess we have to do something?"
They might as well have not done anything this year, they rotated the dragons, they didn't give us any flavor text or a fun announcement, they just rotated our dragons.
Given how even this very tiny prank still made people upset and somehow nauseous/motionsick maybe it's better they didn't do anything bigger...
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[quote name="Munchcatto" date="2021-04-02 01:27:23" ]
What *can* they do that's exciting and does *not* tick off a fair portion of people for a variety of accessibility reasons/issues? Even something as simple as randomly turned images caused problems.
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To me that's kinda off-topic, some people feel uncomfortable looking at their dragons and their lair all messed up and Flight Rising should really have an option to opt out of the April Fools joke beforehand. It's not really about whether it's a good prank or not, but it is a big deal to change the site in such a way that you can't "escape" and not even turn off this time around. You could turn off the familiar dragons, so it seems odd to overlook it this time. I don't have this problem on Flight Rising, but as someone who's neurodivergent I just really hate April Fools Day because everything has to act differently and it's messing with my comfort routine.
Flight Rising is doing this pretty okay in my experience, but other people have different experiences and if we could have toggle off button in previous years it should exist now too. But I really think being able to opt out of every April Fools prank beforehand in your settings would be a good idea too. The pranks are pretty big even if not a lot is happening, I find looking at lairs pretty uncomfortable atm.
Munchcatto wrote on 2021-04-02 01:27:23:
What *can* they do that's exciting and does *not* tick off a fair portion of people for a variety of accessibility reasons/issues? Even something as simple as randomly turned images caused problems.
To me that's kinda off-topic, some people feel uncomfortable looking at their dragons and their lair all messed up and Flight Rising should really have an option to opt out of the April Fools joke beforehand. It's not really about whether it's a good prank or not, but it is a big deal to change the site in such a way that you can't "escape" and not even turn off this time around. You could turn off the familiar dragons, so it seems odd to overlook it this time. I don't have this problem on Flight Rising, but as someone who's neurodivergent I just really hate April Fools Day because everything has to act differently and it's messing with my comfort routine.
Flight Rising is doing this pretty okay in my experience, but other people have different experiences and if we could have toggle off button in previous years it should exist now too. But I really think being able to opt out of every April Fools prank beforehand in your settings would be a good idea too. The pranks are pretty big even if not a lot is happening, I find looking at lairs pretty uncomfortable atm.
Every April fools day goes terribly for me, and today was no exception. Add k on to that the whole Cov*d thing and uh I'm actually soooooo super glad this year is just something toned down and easy to deal with. If I had gotten on and it was like colored changed dragons or similar to the eye thing I think I would have had a panic attack ngl. My poor asd brain would not have been able to handle it! (But also I should just really remember not to get online at all on April fools, I take things way too literal for everyone to be joking all day lol)
Every April fools day goes terribly for me, and today was no exception. Add k on to that the whole Cov*d thing and uh I'm actually soooooo super glad this year is just something toned down and easy to deal with. If I had gotten on and it was like colored changed dragons or similar to the eye thing I think I would have had a panic attack ngl. My poor asd brain would not have been able to handle it! (But also I should just really remember not to get online at all on April fools, I take things way too literal for everyone to be joking all day lol)