April Fools 2008 - Official Cheat Sheet

[ChuckyG]

So for April Fools 2008 we changed the names of over 100 regular members of inthe00s.  We started with the karmalog and picked some people who weren't on the log as well.  Red Ant and Tam did the majority of work on this, I merely picked some names and pretended to act dumb during the "hack" of the site.  Red Ant started around the time Australia wakes up, since people would generally expect us to start when it became the first in America instead.  Advance knowledge was limited to the lead mods and notable topic moderators.

Red Ant picked the names in red
Tam picked the ones in blue
ChuckyG picked the ones in orange
I believe Cat picked some (she knew too!)

Quirk  -  Quark
Badfinger-fan  -  Butterfinger Fan
Philip Eno  -  Philipinot Grigio
whistledog  - Screaming Mutt
CatwomanofV  -  Wacky Wiccan Woman
nally   NALLY!!
Belle du Jour  - Beauty of the Day
CeramicsFanatic - Clay Freak
Howard - HowHard
bookmistress4ever   catmistress4eva!

Davey Thrashmister   SATAN's DAD
Meat!   Veggies!
Gis - 9!$
Tam   surprise
Danoota&Me   D4n0074&L337!
karen - UK2USA
lorac61469 Kar0l_90210
Paul  - |>@\/1
++ Hot stuff ++ - -- Ice Cold --
MaxwellSmart  Maxwell House

*Ash* - !Soot!
Red Ant
thereshegoes Thar She Blows
loki 13 - Odin 31
Mama_K  - Sonny_J
Mr. Mister   Twisted Sister
snozberries - nosenuggets
MidKnightDarkness - NoonDaySunlight
ChuckyG this will be a surprise as well
Jacks - Marbles

Marty McFly - Bif Tanner
Step-chan - Left-Hand
Henk - Spank
Abix  - Whetabix
80sTrivMeister - 90sFactsNoob
Jessica  AlbaBiel
gemini - Aries
Tia - Tamera
Luke  - Skywalker
Rice Cube Rice Dodecahedron

Tubeway General - Gary Numan
nicki_morrissey  - simon_marr
Davester - Jeepster
Tanya1976 Onja1769
Briаn - Brain
Windbreaker05 - PassTheGas05
Marian - Gilligan
Babooshka  84800$HK4
ktelqueen Kettle Queen
ninny J9

mooster M00$73R
Dagwood - ElmoAlexander
statsqueen  - postjester
FussBudgetVanPelt  PsychoticBeagle
adagio - prestissimo
JamieMcBain RainierLuftwaffeWolfcastle
HawkTheSlayer - DragonSlayer
AL-B  - Shure
Southern Image - Northern Painting
Matthias  - Maximilian

Midas  - GoodYear
coqueta83  - RocíoPablo
woops  \/\/00P$
CeeKay DeeJay
ladybug316 Coccinellidae205
Reynolds1863  Alcoa1910
Trimac20 Buypc10
GypsyRoad TrampsPath
Foo Bar F00 84R
Mushroom - 'shrooms

Bill - 8!11
Michelle B. - Michael C.
Johnny D - Jane E
Odyssey - HomersTale
wildcard - StableJoke
audkal Audrey Hepburned
Dak  Smart Face Adult
agrimorfee amphigory
Suicidal Blonde - Stable Brunette
LyricBoy - RhythmGirl

Lovechild Of Oscar Wilde - Son of Dickens
courtandspark  - marryandsputter
gibbo  G1880
philbo  - collinsluke
Bobo - Secret
Airrider - Waterdriver
Bobby  8088Y
belowaveragedave - aboveraveragedavinia
Barefoot_Blues  Sockhop_Swing
NbC   - UpN

SemperYoda - SemperFudge
mach!ne_he@d  - tuning_machine
Doc Brown - Grape Nehi
malibumike65 Malibu's Most Wanted 65
Don Carlos  - Junior Reid
jaytee  Plain White J-Tee Shirts
robby76  67R088Y
Super Arwen  - Average Elrond
TigerMystic  LionRealist
Indy Gent B. Roke


There are some names missing, mostly the parody authors from amIright that hadn't made the karma list.  Red Ant did those, and will have to list them out here since I don't have a record of that.

Hope everyone had fun and wasn't too freaked out.  Karma smites to all the mods for such deviousness, I promise nothing this intense next year.

[Philip Eno]

It was fun, thanks for this memorable day.

[Rice_Cube]

Hope everyone had fun and wasn't too freaked out.  Karma smites to all the mods for such deviousness, I promise nothing this intense next year.

Nooooo, don't promise that!

Do something worse

[Jessica]

Nooooo, don't promise that!

Do something worse

Yeah, I've got some ideas that would be delicious, although I don't know if they're feasible.

[Badfinger-fan]

Last night I said I had a feeling it may be a prank, but you guys did too good a job on this one & pulled off the best April Fools prank.  well done Chucky and Mods and karma coming atcha'   

[Dagnabbit]

I love it.

[ChuckyG]

Doc Brown - Grape Nehi

Incidentally there was question about what this one meant last night. Dr. Brown's is a line of soda, older than Coca Cola.  Nehi is a pretty old ssoda company as well, and Grape was Radar's drink of choice on M*A*S*H.   I decided against an obvious Back to the Future change.

[Red Ant]

Red Ant did those, and will have to list them out here since I don't have a record of that.

Here they are:

Jeff Reuben - Reuben Sandwich, Extra Pickles
Stu McArthur - Stu, Get Off Her!
Kristof Robertson - Pissed Off "Lorena" Bobbitson
agrimorphee - amphigory
Mikey Squirrel - Nike Girl
Invisible Boy - Transparent Girl
belowaveragedave - above mediocre davinia
Jack Wilson - Local Celebrity
k1chyd - I hear the secrets that you keep...
Max Power - Mack's Hour
the_conqueror_of_parodies - Atilla The Hun of Writing

and the craziest name anyone got went to...


Matthias - Matt the Hat Rack, Fat Jack, Frat Back Of The Rat Pack

I also made McDonald "Burger King", Dude111 to "D00D!!!" and a few others. Most anyone who was on last night also got a name change.

Next year will be a much simpler gag: this one was super time consuming (and I'm still not done changing names back) but well worth it.

Ant

[karen]

Here they are:


k1chyd - I hear the secrets that you keep...

Ant

When I was here last night I was more or less coming around to the idea that it was a mod April Fool until I spotted this one.  It sounded so sinister to me!

Anyway thank you for keeping me up way too late last night and giving me a crap nights sleep into the bargain for worrying what was happening and also picturing the mods all having a good giggle behind our backs.

[Red Ant]

When I was here last night I was more or less coming around to the idea that it was a mod April Fool until I spotted this one.  It sounded so sinister to me!

Anyway thank you for keeping me up way too late last night and giving me a crap nights sleep into the bargain for worrying what was happening and also picturing the mods all having a good giggle behind our backs.

Peter Andersson's old nickname is k1chyd, which is "know one can hear you dream". His name was changed to the opening refrain from the Romantics' "Talking In Your Sleep". It is kind of a creepy song...

We hope you get a good night's sleep tonight.

Ant

[thereshegoes]

I only got here in the aftermath but this was simply brilliant. It looks like you guys had so much work you should keep it until tomorrow the least. I loved Tammy pretending to be pissed off at the "hacker" and the Mary character should come back some day

[snozberries]

Doc Brown - Grape Nehi

Incidentally there was question about what this one meant last night. Dr. Brown's is a line of soda, older than Coca Cola.  Nehi is a pretty old ssoda company as well, and Grape was Radar's drink of choice on M*A*S*H.   I decided against an obvious Back to the Future change.

I like that you dug a little deep on that one...

sorry tam but wish you'd dug deeper for me    All's good tho cuz I laughed out loud for How Hard so all's forgiven.....


Ant  major props on NALLY....although whoever first typed nALLY.... that was funny too...  and Veggies!   



the penguins applaud you

[Below Average Dave]

Don't forget

"Cat" became "Dog"

[wildcard]

Thanks for coming up with a name for me Chucky.   Did you just happen to pick it or was somethingthat made you think of that?

[Step-chan]

I wonder if the Left-Hand name was just because it rhymed, or a Kurt Cobain reference(Kurt played guitar left handed).