April Fools! But Seriously…
By now you probably detest us and think we are lame or you have found our prank relatively amusing. Regardless, we thought it was pretty funny. Isn’t that what truly matters in the end?
Switching gears now, I thought I’d take this opportunity to just let everyone know what we have been up to behind the scenes here at MacThemes. We are in the process of installing some server-side updates that should help make MT an even groovier site: WordPress 2.5 as well as iWPhone for all of you iPhone users out there! I’m also finally getting the ball rolling on making our forums iPhone compatible, however this requires a lot of work and time so it might be a while until we see a finished product (we will basically have to build an entirely new iPhone-compatible interface for the forum while still keeping it fast and functioning).
Of course, there are still a few things I can’t really talk about yet, but rest assured—they will truly benefit the Mac GUI community. Stay tuned for more!
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:05 am
Good! Because I was rather pissed at Apple this morning.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:09 am
lol, I’m so sick of April Fools. Everybody has been playing really lame pranks today =p
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:11 am
You seriously had me fooled last night. I went into a mild depression. Then at about noon today, it finally dawned on me what happened. Thank you for not closing down, and I look forward to the updates!
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:37 am
You got me there…
For a moment I thought my Leopard “breakthrough” discovery indirectly lead to the site being shut-down. Dang I felt bad about it…
No hard feelings, I guess I’m just glad it is really just an April fool
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:41 am
I knew it was an April Fools joke… and I was desperately waiting to use the site again. That’s probably what angered me the most
Oh well, at least you fooled others.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:52 am
That was a joke? Not really a very good one. I figured vl-tone was probably feeling a bit of heat.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:34 am
I hate you guys….
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OMG I CAN’T BELIEVE I FORGOT THE DATE!
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April 2nd, 2008 at 3:51 am
Wow! I was scared, I thought the site was actually shut down because of the leopard “discovery” lol. It wasn’t until a friend told me what day it was haha
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:54 am
Seriously guys. Not funny. But I’m happier to have it back now than not have it at all.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:59 am
I felt incomplete for a bit there… but I’m also very excited to hear of the goodies you have in store!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:03 am
YOU GUYS HAD ME MOPING AROUND THE WHOLE DAY!!!!!
oh well~ its kinda funny now haha
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:06 am
Lame attempt at a april fools prank. Maybe next year, sit out on the april fools stuff.
It is really transparent and brings down the cred of what you are trying to portray to this community.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:16 am
OMG… I totally believe what you said.
You made so up set all day….
you got me… and its kinda funny now haha
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:20 am
Brutally hilarious.
From the beginning I thought that legal grounds were very weak though. Makes sense now.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:21 am
you got me
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:11 am
The really lame part was that you couldn’t click-through to the real site, after being greeted with the dumb april fools prank.
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 am
You know what would have made an awesome April Fools’ gag? Announcing that ResExcellence was reopened for business. *ducks*
(It’s the new BBX!)
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:36 am
A quirky prank is one thing, but who shuts down their entire site for cheap laughs?
Thanks for the 24 hours of deprived Mac goodness. I was getting the shakes…
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:59 am
Well, at first you really got be believing this, but after some time I remembered what day it was :p
Even on the internet they talked about the closing. I clicked on the page about every hour to see if it works again
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:01 am
I actually called Apple’s legal department….I am a GIANT ass.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:01 am
OMG, I almost cried….*sigh*
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:06 am
You suck
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:14 am
French : Héhé j’y ai cru moi aussi mais en faisant une petite recherche dans les sources de la page j’y ai trouvé ceci : http://www.saynotocrack.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/failso1.jpg
Ceci explique cela
En tous cas félicitations pour cette mauvaise blague :p
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 am
Hope the things you can’t tell about yet might include finally bringing back ResExcellence.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:20 am
I HATE YOU !!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:47 am
I was also mad until mid-day then I realized what day it was.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Very well done. I think it’s funny that all the people who just can’t take a joke get sooo offended. April Fool’s jokes are supposed to be a little harsh. That’s the fun of them. Most of the ones I saw around online were just silly. Few actually fooled me for any time at all. Nice work.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
.. Well at least you didn’t get us rickroll’d
I think it was a fine prank, a little annoying to keep us waiting all day though. But then again, it helped me catch up to some homework. ^_^
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Silly guys…
Seriously though… if you can make your front page and forums NOT a complete and utter disaster on the iPhone I would love you forever! I don’t know what it is but the forums are manageable… until you try to type something, then chaos breaks out.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I guess it made us realize how much we really do love Macthemes2.net.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Indeed, Brian!
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
That was a good one.. ya’ll!!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
I seriously thought you guys meant it.
I was pissed. >:)
Funny one guys.
Although you should try harder in the future.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:18 pm
omg I was so sad yesterday.. I couldn’t believe it
but I found a blog somewhere from a fan who was hoping or almost sure it was a april fools joke.. so now I come back and YES ^^ prety good joke but it scared a lot of people i gues ^_^
cheerz guys
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I totally saw it coming. Didn’t get me, but nice try
April 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
You had me totally fooled. Imagine the relief just now… The best April fools joke I saw, although that does say something about the others as well…
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Actually your ‘prank’ was entirely transparent.. and immature. Complete waste of time - think of the amount of users who were unable to access your site.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I was disappointed that this site DID NOT get shut down. Bunch o asses here anyway.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
That was not funny. Okay, it was. I was about to delete my bookmark for MacThemes when I just decided to click it again considering what time of year it was. Glad it was just a joke. So, you got me. At least I’ll admit it.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:56 am
it’s not funny !!!
but i’m happy now
^_^
April 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
That was NOT funny! I’ve only just discovered your site couple of days before the April’s fool, and then this… I almost deleted the link from my favourites!!! ;D