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Old 03-31-10, 10:08 PM   #1
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Default Very funny, Neal!

Haha, clever clever, you had me there for about 5 or 10 seconds.
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Old 03-31-10, 10:31 PM   #2
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Got me too. Did a double take, reloaded the page and saw the same thing and then realised the date!! Nice work!
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Old 03-31-10, 10:41 PM   #3
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I double checked my link. Got me.
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Old 03-31-10, 10:43 PM   #4
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In good spirit Neal. That's was funny!
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Old 03-31-10, 11:09 PM   #5
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Holy bejeebus , i thought i had a massive virus on my computer .
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Old 03-31-10, 11:20 PM   #6
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I thought for sure that some of those DDOS'ing pirates had taken upon themselves to forcibly make a statement regarding SH5 and its dumbing down to a console level.

Nah... I've got more faith in Neal's server management skills than that.

I do appreciate that he left the subforum names intact.
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Old 03-31-10, 11:42 PM   #7
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Someone want to play search and destroy?
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Old 04-01-10, 12:15 AM   #8
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What is everybody talking about? Is something wrong?

Got me too! The sad part is I was prepared for it....tomorrow....not realizing I logged on after midnight.

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Old 04-01-10, 12:16 AM   #9
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and there I was getting all worked up about it...

Happy Aril's Fool Day then Neal !!!!!


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Old 04-01-10, 03:05 PM   #10
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Holy bejeebus , i thought i had a massive virus on my computer .
Bugger! Me too, I went and updated my antivirus and SBS&D. I did find 29 problems in SBS&D.

Best to not let one's guard down.
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Old 04-01-10, 04:18 PM   #11
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Got me bad. My screen was perfectly normal until I hit F5 to refresh my post...then bam. April fools never entered my mind.
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Old 04-01-10, 03:19 AM   #12
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Took me about 30 seconds to figure out what was going on.

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Old 04-01-10, 12:56 PM   #13
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Default Gonna getcha fer dat

Well I guess I'm slow....Took me till this morning to get it. I had visions of a UBIsuck take over to stop the negative publicity or Neal sold out or.......
Went to bed with a sour taste......But....Good one Neal......
First I was....
Then I was...
And then I was.........
Now I'm all..........
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Old 04-01-10, 04:35 PM   #14
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...or Neal sold out or.......
Went to bed with a sour taste......But....Good one Neal......

Lol, I did the "sold out" gag many years ago, when my AF gags were less sophisticated.

Haha, I'm glad you guys have a good sense of humor!




Thanks for the awesome comments and reactions, you guys totally

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Old 04-01-10, 07:09 PM   #15
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I guess I hit it during the early hours of this morning and got sent to the left for dead...I kept reworkin my links, ect....

We older players don't need these laughs at 5 in the morning...
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