The Roblox Forums on April 1st, 2013.
2013's April Fools Day was a prank in which the names of all the forum topics were changed to internet memes or pop culture references. In light of events that occurred during the previous year's April Fool's Day, a thread created by ReeseMcBlox notified Robloxians that this was an April Fool's Day joke.[1]
In addition to the forums prank, a blog post was created about a new open-world game created by Roblox staff Andrew Haak and Alan Fackler.[2] Once players entered the game, it was discovered that Call of the Assassin’s Raider’s Tomb Planet of Creed was a joke.
Modifications to the Forums[]
| Forum Name | Changed to... |
|---|---|
| All Things Roblox | You Just Lost The Game |
| Help | Help Me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my Only Hope |
| I Made That | My Presciousss |
| Roblox Contests | The Most Interesting Thread In The World |
| Roblox Global | (remained unchanged) |
| Suggestions and Ideas | Advice Animals |
| BLOXcon | Bowties Are Cool |
| Roblox Talk | One Does Not Simply Walk Into Mordor |
| Off Topic | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic |
| Clans & Guilds | Do You Even Lift? |
| Let's Make a Deal | #yoloswag |
| Building Helpers | Ermahgerd It's Bloxses |
| Scripting Helpers | First |
| Game Design | Make it So |
| Game Test | Harlem Shake |
| Site Test | Yeah, Science! |
| Roblox Mobile | iKnow, Right? |
| Roblox Studio 2013 | KAAANNNN! |
| Scripters | They See Me Trollin' |
| Video Game Fans | Gotta Hatch 'Em All |
| Forum Games | Creepypasta |
| Sports Fans | EXTREME Sewing and Scrapbooking |
| Music Fans | All Justin Bieber, All the Time |
| Movies/TV/Books | I Used To Be an Adventurer Like You... |
| Role-Playing | Team Edward or Team Jacob? |
In addition to these changes, the location/last seen of all users was changed to 1/1/0001 12:00:00AM. All non-administrators also had their status set to Offline when viewed on the forums.
Trivia[]
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- Roblox Global was the only forum to not have its name changed.
- Many of the name changes were pop culture references or internet memes.
- I Used To Be An Adventurer Like You..... is a nod to the game Skyrim.
References[]
- ↑ ReeseMcBlox, Happy April Fools 2013
- ↑ Alan Fackler, The Roblox Blog Team Makes Game So Good, It's Unreal