Who was your April fool Best?

[T3PR00T]

Theymos: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447077.0

Royse777: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447104.0

TryNinja: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.0

In my opinion, Royse777 pulled out a perfect one  

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[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Non was best, the whole April fool prank was so boring. Fuck April fool! 

[leonair]

Theymos: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447077.0

Theymos's April Fool were fun but pretty similar to last year's. So everyone can easily understand that it was April Fool. So the fun is a little less then last year.

Royse777: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447104.0

Royse777 The strategy was excellent and very realistic.  Especially the previous topic of Sinbad Mixer was locked and MOVE was written and then the link of the new topic was posted on the old thread it was totally realistic. Seeing this, most of the users got fooled and applied in a hurry. even i am also 

TryNinja: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.0

I had no qualms about it.  And I didn't see much user fuss about it. As seen in Royse777's strategy.

[joker_josue]

Theymos: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447077.0

As always, it's a game that involves the whole community. This year's was not as convincing, but it was one of the most fun.
I believe that all users who posted during the day made a good number of attempts. Even though I knew it was all just a joke.
Of course, probably a good number of users actually believed it to be true.
It was certainly another good bet for Theymos.

Royse777: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447104.0

Of the three mentioned, this one was really well crafted.
I think all current campaign participants, for a few minutes, wondered if it was true or not. Because the topic was very well constructed, and the "true" topic is locked.
Many, who understand less how the forum works to this day, certainly fell for this lie, and signed up convinced that it was a legitimate campaign.
Without a doubt, Royse777 has outdone itself this year. Will he be able to do better next time?

TryNinja: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.0

I believe that everyone who uses the bot, looked at the notification twice, to understand what was going on.
Although it was probably the lie that was most quickly caught, the surprise it generated in the first 30 seconds was interesting.
TryNinja was caught because of the HTML code, but this was certainly preparation for future situations, which may come as a surprise.



I think that's all three congratulations, it's been a fun day here on the forum.

[Adbitco]

Theymos April fool almost got me worried because I couldn't meet up to pass captcha process, although all users almost got pranked but some knew it was a pranks.

For Royse777, I didn't even look at it because I knew it can't be true to be able to afford those payments for workers.
All the same the April fool really pulled out people's legs, who knows what next year would be and how tougher to pass the captcha again.

[Smartvirus]

Theymos: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447077.0

Theymos didn't get me this time as, I was in expectation of some trick and the CAPTCHA could do little to solving that which haven't been such a huge issue on the forum just yet. Though, the length it went to programme and put something out is commendable. He makes us steam and let off steams everytime.

Royse777: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447104.0

Royse777! Royse777 killed it this time. He did beat a lot of users and myself at some point. Using his position and disposition to prevent what we most like in a fashion that is suspicious but yet, very difficult to resist. Nice one Royse777,  I could say you won this round with numbers you pulled.

TryNinja: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.0

I didn't see nothing from TryNinja. From my scanning provided link, I couldn't make the findings and besides, the thread isn't from April 1st but a later date.

[LDL]

Theymos: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447077.0

When I woke up on April 1st when I went to post I was shocked to see yesterday's captcha game and when I failed to complete the captcha I was very stupid to see "This User Is a suspected Spammer"above my post. Because this was the first April Fools event in my life on a bitcoin forum.
@Theymos admin Sir yesterday's April event was really a new experience in my life. I hope to encounter April Fools in better and different ways in the future.

Royse777: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447104.0

@Royse777 campaign manager's April Fool's incident is really commendable because it was really hard to guess if it was April Fool's or not. Hundreds of users were fooled by his April Fools incident and in my opinion it was one of the best April Fools in bitcoin forums in 2023.

[John Abraham]

I would say Royse777's April fools was the most successful April Fools within the forum. Every year theymos came up with a new idea, and it was apparent that he would come up with another thing on the 1st of April. So, it was expected from him. TryNinja tried to fool his bot users in his way. But he messed up with the HTML. I tried to add a little bit by selling Coins. None of them looks successful enough.

But, Here, Royse777 Nailed it. Almost everyone got fooled by this prank. Some of us had doubts but did not want to miss the opportunity. So yeah. He got us all. @Royse777, Well Done, my Man!  

[Synchronice]

Hi Royse,

To believe that it is not April Fool, please show us the Escrow address.

You are in Raul campaign. It's going to conduct in the same fashioned.

Everyone, please don't post off-topic. I deleted some comments. It will require me a lot of extra work if you keep posting off topic.

I hope you understand.

Royse's attempt was actually great but when he didn't respond whether it was April Fool or not and when he mentioned that he held 5 bitcoin in his wallet for campaign and when I checked the rates of Pay Per Post, I was like, definitely it's an April Fool party, on top, on time, so why not to follow party and make it look like a real?
Overall, great attempt!
Theymos's - This is my first time to see these jokes on this forum, so, I wasn't expecting such surprise from admins. When I wanted to submit post, I was like, wtf is this? Then I checked Meta board and when I read that owner added AI-enhanced CAPTCHA that would identify low-IQ people and it was actually flappy bird game, I was like, oh, gotcha, today is April 1.
TryNinja's - Thanks him again for this! HTML ruined the party, but wait, that's not over.

[karmamiu]

Review on April Fools pranks:

@theymos
-for some people it is annoying and frustrating but for us who enjoyed challenge like me, it was still annoying and frustrating but because of that I played along and wanted to prove that there are humans out there who's ready to beat the system and refused to lose against robots and AI's.


@Royce777
-it was already pretty obvious for me since the rate isn't really normal, but I still chose to be fooled (who knows if those opportunities are real, I didn't want to be left behind). It only shows how I am desperate to join campaigns  , but in terms of effort? He really pulled that off. He's the man, imagine risking his thread and reputation just to pull off pranks like that. I really hate you royce you hurt my feelings  .

@TryNinja
-I haven't tried his pranks personally due to I didn't like to install things immediately even if they say it's safe and secure.I don't want to ruin my PC any further coz it's already ruined and I didn't have money yet to buy/build new parts/computer.  

[dragonvslinux]

Theymos: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447077.0

This was somewhat predictable, ie something like this, based on previous April Fools Jokes on the forum that I can remember.
At least for anyone who's been on these forums for a few years was expecting something... newer members might well have been fooled though!

Royse777: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447104.0

Probably the most effective one for sure, even if not to everyone's tastes.

TryNinja: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.0

Sounded quite good, though not very plausible!

[John Abraham]

@TryNinja
-I haven't tried his pranks personally due to I didn't like to install things immediately even if they say it's safe and secure.I don't want to ruin my PC any further coz it's already ruined and I didn't have money yet to buy/build new parts/computer.  

If I am not wrong. You are talking about his Game Cracking code? Well, That wasn't april fool.
Apart from Cracking that game code, TryNinja fooled his bot users by sending fake merit Notification from Satoshi.
You can read more from this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.msg62013030#msg62013030
I won't say it was successful enough because of the HTML error. He did not get me this time. But, Some forum members were fooled. shahzadafzal was one of them. He literally searched his post history and checked satoshi's last active date and merit history 

[karmamiu]

@TryNinja
-I haven't tried his pranks personally due to I didn't like to install things immediately even if they say it's safe and secure.I don't want to ruin my PC any further coz it's already ruined and I didn't have money yet to buy/build new parts/computer.  

If I am not wrong. You are talking about his Game Cracking code? Well, That wasn't april fool.
Apart from Cracking that game code, TryNinja fooled his bot users by sending fake merit Notification from Satoshi.
You can read more from this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.msg62013030#msg62013030
I won't say it was successful enough because of the HTML error. He did not get me this time. But, Some forum members were fooled. shahzadafzal was one of them. He literally searched his post history and checked satoshi's last active date and merit history 

Buahahaha that was good enough if someone fell on that trick. Anyway I look forward to more fun events in the future. Thanks for the reference thread anyways.

[LoyceV]

The best April fool jokes are the ones that make people feel dumb for believing it. I'd say Royse777 nailed it!

Theymos, although fun, has the problem that he does something every year and it's strongly anticipated. You can't trick people if they're expecting it.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

At first when I logged into the forum yesterday and saw the allocated "suspected spammer" on people's post heading, I was kind of scared, not until I saw a forum staff with such @ XalOlex, and other reputated forum members such as LoyceV, Cyrus & suchmoon, that was when my mind got relieved, as yesterday was actually my first "April fool" prank on the forum.


But I must confess, Royse777 did actually pull the most look-real "April fool" prank yesterday and does deserve an award for this.

[elevates]

Many big members as per the rank were happy about the @Royse777 prank. Most of them who enjoyed it were either legendary or Hero Members. Some of us here are still in the process of building up our rank and most like me were not aware that a BM can also play such pranks. This is very new for me and in my opinion, you should not prank some members like us who are hoping to get accepted in a campaign high-paying campaign.

Did anyone check the reply of @Hhampuz on his shit thread?

Hm, some things shouldn't be joked about on April fools but to each their own.

I hope BMs like Royse777 understand what professionalism means. I as a member of his signature campaign was very much offended by his attitude. I do not care if he throws me out of his campaign after my reply on this thread as it will only prove his unprofessional attitude. 

[Lida93]

Many big members as per the rank were happy about the @Royse777 prank. Most of them who enjoyed it were either legendary or Hero Members. Some of us here are still in the process of building up our rank and most like me were not aware that a BM can also play such pranks. This is very new for me and in my opinion, you should not prank some members like us who are hoping to get accepted in a campaign high-paying campaign.

Did anyone check the reply of @Hhampuz on his shit thread?

Hm, some things shouldn't be joked about on April fools but to each their own.

I hope BMs like Royse777 understand what professionalism means. I as a member of his signature campaign was very much offended by his attitude. I do not care if he throws me out of his campaign after my reply on this thread as it will only prove his unprofessional attitude. 

I understand how you feel mate but just chill and don't take it hard on yourself, I for ones never thought of it as a prank too for which I fell for in my bid to participate in a reputable campaign only to end up finding out it was an April fool prank, a serious one at that cost. Nevertheless we just have to move on, it's part of the forum's vibes and growing in the forum I don't see an April fool prank having any effect on that.

[Fiatless]

Theymos: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447077.0

Royse777: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447104.0

TryNinja: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.0

In my opinion, Royse777 pulled out a perfect one  

Some of my mentors in the forum later told me that Theymos's April fool prank was a yearly event so I stopped becoming worried when I couldn't win the game. But my campaign manager's prank was too real to be fake. I was already celebrating the unimaginable wage increase and had already started to plan how to increase my Bitcoin holdings. Yesterday was one of my best days because I was smiling and joyful although. I suspected it was not real when there was no bitcoin address requirement, but Iater felt that members can submit it when they have been accepted. The truth was I believed it with my whole heart. But it's still all good.

[dragonvslinux]

Many big members as per the rank were happy about the @Royse777 prank. Most of them who enjoyed it were either legendary or Hero Members. Some of us here are still in the process of building up our rank and most like me were not aware that a BM can also play such pranks. This is very new for me and in my opinion, you should not prank some members like us who are hoping to get accepted in a campaign high-paying campaign.

Did anyone check the reply of @Hhampuz on his shit thread?

Hm, some things shouldn't be joked about on April fools but to each their own.

I hope BMs like Royse777 understand what professionalism means. I as a member of his signature campaign was very much offended by his attitude. I do not care if he throws me out of his campaign after my reply on this thread as it will only prove his unprofessional attitude. 

In reality, you only had to read enough of the applications in the thread referencing April 1st, April Fools and otherwise hoping it's not a joke, to realise there was a good chance it was a joke...

All that Hhampuz said was that "in his opinion" some things shouldn't be joked about, but the emphasis to me is "each to their own".  You could roughly translate this to Hhampuz wouldn't joke about these things, but obviously what other bounty managers do is their own business. Overall this is probably what made it by far the best April Fools joke, as not only did it fool people, it also upset/angered some people 

I otherwise don't think you'd be removed from a campaign from Royse777 for expressing your opinion. Furthermore, after all the criticism, Royse has since apologised:

If anyone felt hurt then please accept my apology.

Not even sure an apology is necessary imo. You can't trust anything on this forum on April 1st, it's how it's always been as far as I remember.

[Falconer]

Theymos: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447077.0

At least it appealed to me this year, it was kind of fun especially when I had to collect quite a few coins between two green tubes.

Royse777: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5447104.0

While this one, Royse777 is attracting a lot of attention especially those who are applying and who are monitoring his campaign threads. Some consider the controversy, but I'm only neutral if it's just April Fools.