[April Fool] AGS and Wintermute to merge

[Andail]

Kudos to those who falled for it, and to those who didn't but played along. You made a great thread and a good laugh!

Not-kudos to those who were just dying to prove themselves smart by revealing the joke

[Ghormak]

Since when did intelligence amount to having a calendar?

[Esseb]

February 72 in 1948, according to mine.

[auhsor]

Wasn't a bad prank this year. I got fooled a few years back when CJ announced that he was stopping making AGS [edit: or was that the shareware thing instead? I forget] . After that I've always been wary of the internet on April the 1st... It is indeed a scary place.

[Tuomas]

Bloody hell, the one weekend I was not here but home fixing my brother's computer you people go and do this

Ok I admit I went to #AGS after I saw the new forum look, which I then commented on : and asked what the f**k is wrong with the forums. Ishmael I recall linking me to this thread, but I really didn't read it until now. Though I would surely have been fooled pretty bad since for the last 10 years April fools day has been so irrelevant for me, I don't recall even noting the day until now. Thanks for bringing the habit back to me

[The Bedminster Incident]

I stated that I had a "bad feeling" about this, and that I didn't know why.
That was solely for the purpose that I can now prove I didn't fall for it. And that's what apparently many others should have done instead of reveiling the whole thing.

However, that was a great one. I must admit I would've fallen for it if it wasn't for the "new main page." I was in a hurry and therefore couldn't think over what I read. And the game cancellation--I did believe that. Well done, involved ones.

Applause.
- Blodvarg

[LimpingFish]

I didn't fall for it, but I liked watching it unfold.

I must admit I got a bit of a shock when I first saw the forums.

All in all, a good jape indeed.

[m0ds]

Harhahrahr! You fools me all I missed the front page, doh! Did anyone take a screenie? Funny that it fooled some people though! Hehehe! I knew the instant I saw the post that this was just another CJ-naniggan...ol' AGS with its April Fools legacy

Not nearly as clever as FoY on the iPod tho
http://www.barnettcollege.com/ipod.htm

[Jerrot]

Darn, I missed all the fun (but was very amused reading the whole thread now).
Did anybody store the "WMGS" homepage as HTML or JPG or whatever?

Great one! I will have to annoy Mnemonic to get the MP3 support in WME now though... 

[Pumaman]

I missed the front page, doh! Did anyone take a screenie?

The April Fools homepage is still here: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wme.htm
I could bring back the WME forum skin and take a screenshot, but I'm too lazy.

Not nearly as clever as FoY on the iPod tho
http://www.barnettcollege.com/ipod.htm

Indeed, impressed I am.

[monkey0506]

http://monkey0506.madpage.com/wme.gif

I captured that when I created the official "WTFH I didn't read CJ's thread and started my own" WME thread.

[EDIT:]

"You can also...override and customize build-in methods."

What???  How???

[Jerrot]

The April Fools homepage is still here: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wme.htm
I could bring back the WME forum skin and take a screenshot, but I'm too lazy.

I'm developer, I understand that. Fortunately you had some slav...*hem* friendly users, which did the job.

Wait, after that homepage some guys did NOT get the joke? LMAO... well, must be the ugly design which made them skipping it.
Wait again - actually *I* did that design some time ago...  :o

Cheers!

[splat44]

My, I  almost died of laughing in reading the whole thing!

Yes, I was worry though!

I really didn't fall for it due to the following reasons:

1) I did find strange in reading WME to completely take over.

2) AGS is an excelent tool in developping excellent game such as Prodigal (from Trisk), I took part of the beta testing. If you haven't tried, I highly recommend it.

It's good I read everything before!

Well April fools, your birthday is on April the 1st.
Oh well, happy belated brithday!