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A hilariously, awful April Fools' Day Prank

Discussion in 'Discussion Archive' started by ForteSP, Jan 16, 2013.

  1. ForteSP

    ForteSP New User

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    So yeah, what if on April Fools' Day, SR decided to mark everyone on steam as an SR scammer (for only that 24 period, of course). What would happen on that day? I don't see this ever happening, but I think in concept it would just be absolutely hilarious.
  2. wic

    wic New User

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    I think both the server and Helen would crash with all reports incoming that day :p
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    atom- Retired Staff

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    We actually did that joke with Rob, its been really splitting our sides.

    Oh wait....
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  4. Eoj Nawoh

    Eoj Nawoh Retired Staff Partner Community

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    Well it would be more like April Fool's month with the amount of players marked and bans that would be executed by the SR plugin.
  5. DataStorm

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    I do remember Mattie making a joke on SR with something, don't remember if it was valentine or april's fools. something with hearts or w/e.

    But I'd link every link to
  6. Xenophobia

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    Actually, I kind of want to be marked as a scammer for a week or so just to see what it's like. How it must feel being blocked form most sites and servers... I don't know, it's an odd fascination of mine.
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    Helen's head would explodes if that happened, and I would want to be many zillions of miles away at that moment :)
  8. ForteSP

    ForteSP New User

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    I always wondered that as well. When I got hacked it was fulfilled. I can honestly say it was awful. And that was only part of what *actually* scammers feel. Friend's knew I was just tagged for being hacked and not actually scamming. No one trades with you because of the mark. No one believes the reason for the mark, because who the hell trusts a scammer, lool? You can't join servers, use outpost. Among many other things.

    As fun as it sounds in theory. It actually sucks to be marked, if you actually are actively trading a ton.
  9. Oz' dak1ne

    Oz' dak1ne New User

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  10. VenGanZa

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    Bwahaha, I would love to see that... SR database would crash and burn inside 2 seconds :)
  11. DataStorm

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    Problem is, SR doesn't show backpacks, so thats some for tf2b/tf2items/backpack.tf to do.
  12. gukingofheart

    gukingofheart New User

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    Marking everyone as a scammer would backfire, every real scammer would say they were marked as a joke.
    If it was possible to force a sign into steam on the homepage and show that current logged in user marked as a scammer (meaning everyone else sees their profile normally), that would be very funny.
  13. Oz' dak1ne

    Oz' dak1ne New User

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    I was talking about VALVE SUPPORT REPORTS, not SR ones :) I thought it was obvious :p