Is utter bull.

Made up by myself, Slick, Andrew and SupSuper.

Keep the ball going.

Sel is closing down the Fanart forum due to constraints on server space and spam.

Amazing how gullable forumers on MSN can be.

I just hope nobody sees this thread: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=29872

Deleting it when he comes back.

You do know user mods and admins can view deleted threads ;)

He probably meant that Sel is suposed to be deleting the forum when he comes back in this prank :p
edit: I wonder how many of this pranks/fads/poking-fun-at-non-OD T17 are gonna let us make before they take OD away from us... :p
Or, to that matter, what's they're general impression of us messing with their forum.
Well, the non-too-busy T17 staff that can check the forum every once in a while, like the Beer-Go-Getter.

I can't believe they actually fell for it. I mean... MSN... Sel being the only one who can lock it (or other admins), with him being on holiday and I doubt anyone has him on MSN. If he'd close it he'd close it after an announcement. I can't believe some people are so gullible.

I can't believe they actually fell for it. I mean... MSN... Sel being the only one who can lock it (or other admins), with him being on holiday and I doubt anyone has him on MSN. If he'd close it he'd close it after an announcement. I can't believe some people are so gullible.
Thats nothing, I got them looking for a invisable ball that didnt excist.:p
10 minutes.

That was a pathetic display from both sides. Frankly, I wish I'd gone with my first instinct and ignored you.

Thats nothing, I got them looking for a invisable ball that didnt excist.:p
10 minutes.Oh yeah that was genius.

Oh, and BuffaloKid's gay.

Yeah.

Oh, and BuffaloKid's gay.

Yeah.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=515513&postcount=1
I know.:(

I better act like I didn't notice. If I didn't know it was a joke, I'd probably say "But... doesn't Sel have the final say on that? Have we actually heard from him?"
:p

Absolutely classic.

Here's hoping that Iguana or one of his lot don't ruin this.

Maybe Sel could actually genuinely lock it like what was supposed to happen on April Fools.
THAT would be a hoot.
He won't do it, but it would still be pretty great if it did.

Absolutely classic.

Here's hoping that Iguana or one of his lot don't ruin this.Actually he did show up in the MSN convo and turned it into an "elitist argument", but still bought it.

Also, these guys would fall for anything: (Wiggity wig is Slick)

(19:41) Wiggity wig: just one question...how did you get that ball up there?
(19:41) Shakalamon: Ball?
(19:41) Liketysplitt/Bob: ?
(19:41) Chicken Drumstic: I think he means 'le spinning head of DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM'
(19:42) Wiggity wig: no
(19:42) Shakalamon: What you mean then?
(19:42) Chicken Drumstic: DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM altogether?
(19:42) < SupSuper >: you lost it, haven't you?
(19:42) Liketysplitt/Bob: im confused
(19:43) Shakalamon: Explain yourself slick
(19:43) Wiggity wig: what?
(19:43) < SupSuper >: can't you see? it's clearly that ball
(19:43) Shakalamon: What ball>
?
(19:43) < SupSuper >: that
(19:43) Chicken Drumstic: The ball by your dick?
(19:43) Liketysplitt/Bob: wormthingy's ball avatar?
(19:43) Shakalamon: There are two

Finally FanArt is going down..
Let's just hope for img tags from then on :3

Maybe Sel could actually genuinely lock it like what was supposed to happen on April Fools.
THAT would be a hoot.
He won't do it, but it would still be pretty great if it did.
APJ would have.

AGH.
I SO want to just say "Isn't Sel on vacation, now? Seems like a weird thing to do right when he gets back..."
It's just something that I'd normally say.

EDIT-OOO

If you don't mind my asking, how are you guys going to effectively get out of this?
A lot of people are going to be rather mad at the user mods and everyone else involved in this...
Not "Fwd. Adm." mad, but still pretty mad, I'm guessing.

Especially Pinoocho... and I like Pinoocho.

EDIT-NUMBO TWOO

I think that the best way to get out is to say that Sel reconsidered... or something.
Or you could just say "HA"s in their face, but I'll have everyone know that I had nothing to do with this. :p

I think that the best way to get out is to say that Sel reconsidered... or something.
Or you could just say "HA"s in their face, but I'll have everyone know that I had nothing to do with this. :p
Naah, it's fine. I think we'll just say HA in everones faces. It's not like I never did anything like this before. Me and Splapp are kinda known for messing with people...and besides, it seems only the "idiots" are really accually falling for it. So no biggy.:p

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=518625&postcount=34
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

I'm staying out of that thread and having nothing to do with it :p

...Watching Licketyspli make an ass of himself is indeed fun, but on the whole, I find this a bit evil, even for us. :p

PS:Finally FanArt is going down..
Let's just hope for img tags from then on :3
.....

Lol, many people don't actually care if Fan Art got deleted. Now I'm actually disappointed that it's not for real. :p

A lot of people are going to be rather mad at the user mods and everyone else involved in this...
Involved? Now I wouldn't go that far. All I did was sit in the conversation and say nothing. Most of the time I was playing with Media Portal in fullscreen mode and couldn't see it. Apparently that confers a whole new level of credibility on things Blinx says. How that works, exactly, I'm not sure.

Involved? Now I wouldn't go that far. All I did was sit in the conversation and say nothing. Most of the time I was playing with Media Portal in fullscreen mode and couldn't see it. Apparently that confers a whole new level of credibility on things Blinx says. How that works, exactly, I'm not sure.I personally liked how you saying random things like "Yes, that." and "Chocolate." increased the credibility. :p

Oh, and apparently now everyone's blaming each other for FA shutting down. This should be fun: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=518795&postcount=154

So, when is it going to be announced that this was all a large prank?

If you don't mind my asking, how are you guys going to effectively get out of this?
A lot of people are going to be rather mad at the user mods and everyone else involved in this...
Not "Fwd. Adm." mad, but still pretty mad, I'm guessing.

Especially Pinoocho... and I like Pinoocho.

EDIT-NUMBO TWOO

I think that the best way to get out is to say that Sel reconsidered... or something.
Or you could just say "HA"s in their face, but I'll have everyone know that I had nothing to do with this. :p
I think the best way to get out of this is to wait untill sel gets back then post something allong the lines of 'Sorry fellas, you've been had.' If the members of the fanart forum have even the tinest sence of humour (a long shot, I know) then they'll all laugh the whole thing off.

I think the best thing to do would be for Slick to announce it (since he created the thread) in that thread, and then one of the user mods (ok, me I guess) quickly lock the thread so there can't be too much of a backlash.

Is it me or is the fanart forum a lot more active since this little prank began?

Oh dear. I thought this sounded fishy.

I won't say anything for now. Lurking is fun.

Wonder what'll happen if people leave the forum cause they think Fanart is going down.

Wonder what Sel'll say.

I... think this isn't gonna end right
Now everyone wants to move their threads to OO :p

edit: also, I sense user mods loosing a LOT of credibility :p

Well should I end it now? :-/

Personally, I wanna see what Sel makes of it when he comes back.

Well should I end it now? :-/
Probably. The longer it goes on the worse it'll get.

Well, its done.
Maybe AT should go stand somewhere near by, so people beleive it.

I think it would be better to come along and say something like "after re-evaluating the situation, we've decided that the Fan Art forum will stay open."

Involved? Now I wouldn't go that far. All I did was sit in the conversation and say nothing. Most of the time I was playing with Media Portal in fullscreen mode and couldn't see it. Apparently that confers a whole new level of credibility on things Blinx says. How that works, exactly, I'm not sure.
Then why is everyone...
JEEZUS, they're over-reacting.

I mean, when they believed that all they'd have to do to get to beta test the next game was to amass the four webcams you needed to run it, that was mildly amusing, but telling them something eminently reasonable and jeering when they believe you is much less fun. By that stage things had sort of gathered a momentum of their own and telling them something was looking like the only way to stop their incessant abuse of MSN's nudge feature.

Thread now closed - me & AT seemed to post at exactly the same time.....

Personally, I wanna see what Sel makes of it when he comes back.
I'll be frank: If I were Sel, I would be cheesed right the hell off.

This whole prank was over the top, IMO.

Edit: Then again, I guess the only victims are the ones dumb enough to believe it, especially considering nothing was said in Announcements.

Well, I wouldn't blame him. Granted the overspill onto the forum was basically one thread, so it's not as if it got too far out of hand, but I certainly shouldn't have got even as involved as I did.

Granted the overspill onto the forum was basically one thread
And there accually was fanart in that thread, so it wasnt too off topic.:p

To be honest, I'm surprised at how little backlash there was - although we don't know what state Sel's PM inbox is in....

And for the record, nobody on the forum knows my current MSN account, so I wasn't chatting to ANY of them about this - I had nothing to do with it, I just put an end to their silly shenanigans. :p

I didn't even know you had an MSN account.

Exactly - out of all the forum members, only AT and Cyclaws do, and they only know of my old, inactive MSN account.