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I don't think you get the points some people are trying to make. Yes, there are other things they can do but this is a very popular site and a lot of people come here, by disrupting that, naturally people are angry. And in all honest, I do feel you're being disrespectful to those people by saying they 'seriously need help' for being mad, that's exactly the reason I posted a more formal place to discuss this where I specifically wanted everyone to respect other peoples opinions and the people who enjoyed the prank aren't respecting those who didn't very well, which is just a short way of saying what Jersey Captain just said. If you'd say it like 'I think people are overracting' and then give your reasons then I wouldn't be mad, its how you're stating the opinion that has me upset because I feel you're disrespecting people. Yes, I respect your opinion that we're overracting but would it be too much to ask that you be respectful of our thoughts that you're going overboard? I mean I'd expect that disrespect from some members on this site but coming from a mod makes me mad. I'm not mad because it was a bad joke or anything, its a matter of respect, which both sides of this issue have not been, with a few exceptions, been giving each other, which can only lead to a flame war and more agravation.

That said, yes, you make a decent point but Ghost-Unit made a lot of good points, some people aren't mad because you locked the forums for a day, some people are mad because they simply thought it wasn't funny, I don't expect you to apologize to those people, just please try to understand not everyone is mad because of the same thing. Me for esample was annoyed because I felt locking the forums was unnessary for the prank and ruined it as all it did was annoy the people who had caught on from the start. I realize you guys felt you had to do something because we were catching on but at the start, it was funny, 'Oh no! The sites closing down!....Wait a minute! Its April Fools Day! Good one! ', that's a generilization but it shows my point. This joke depended on shock value, we got suprised, we realize its a joke, we can laugh about it. Locking the forums ofr the day, in my honest opinion which I hope you'll respect, just made the joke annoying. Only doing it for an hour or two would've been fine but by about 6 or so, everyone realized it was a prank and got sick and tired of it, which is where we ran into problems. I respect you mods and others feel it was funny, I admit, some peoples posts were comical from your standpoint, but please try to respect and look at it from the other people's point of view, not just your own.

Does anyone remember how upset everyone was when steet said he was going to change the site to Barbie Source? Does anyone remember how upset everyone was when steet picked a god-awful "entry" for the re-making of Lion King Source? This is really no different because the mods did their fair share of "lying" to convince people. People still threw a fit about it, especially days after it happened, simply because they were being a poor sport xD

Now, I don't really care about the details of some of this because in all honesty, no topic on this site is so important that if people can't comment on it for a day all would be lost. If it was /so important/ to be commented on, people would comment the next day. Cuz thats really the "biggest" issue I see people having about a...4 day dead prank.