Lord Shplane Posted:

Fake invite to get to play Ep. 2 early. Log in to see images!

I got one of these in my Tubmail a long time ago. But, sadly, it was fake — or sent in error, something like that. I’m still in therapy for the crushing disappointment.

As far as a prank, I don’t think it would work except maybe the very first time it was used, because word would get out.

Besides, I don’t think my shrink is taking any more clients.

I love the Rickroll idea, though.

enire edited this message on 08/27/2008 3:59PM

Fran Posted:

These shouldn’t be added imho. I don’t think pranks should impact gameplay. It’s ok to have pranks on IDC or Flamebate which has nothing to do with the game, but stuff like that would make people play less.

Agreed. Just because someone is an elite player doesn’t mean they can afford to get into an expensive duel with another elite player who, essentially, would be paying to win.

enire Posted:

Agreed. Just because someone is an elite player doesn’t mean they can afford to get into an expensive duel with another elite player who, essentially, would be paying to win.

heheh, hey..-money talks, losers walk..would motivate ppl to pay in, especially if not done anonymously..they’d want some payback Log in to see images!

-actually nvm, you guys are right, would upset the balance too much

The player’s next post in flamebate will be run through the unintelligencer on “unintelligible.” They don’t find out about the prank until after they’ve posted.

How about changing their background theme?

“The Prank” Fake Domination Card that makes the victim think all of his scoops were destroyed when they are perfectly intact unless another domination card was played on him.

Replace their e-peen and medal icons to something else. At least temporarily. It doesn’t actually effect their peen or medal count. A used condom and a turd?

King Krimson Posted:

It would be cool if you could buy temporary IDC filters.

For example, everytime someone typed ‘iRAWR’, it would be changed to ‘that gay kid’, or something.

Make each one last three days, so that your intended victim is more likely to see the effects.

signed

King Krimson Posted:

It would be cool if you could buy temporary IDC filters.

For example, everytime someone typed ‘iRAWR’, it would be changed to ‘that gay kid’, or something.

Make each one last three days, so that your intended victim is more likely to see the effects.

YES! /signed

1338h4x Posted:

For 25 BP, change somebody else’s username. Sure it’d be one hell of a griefing vector, but only if anyone’s willing to invest that much in their prank.

Also 3 BP for a one-day ban from flamebate, though they’d still be able to post with alts.

Another awesome prank would be getting to see who somebody’s alts are. Just think about how much that would crush certain people.

And since the admins have done a bit of klan renaming, that could be a new one. 1 BP for a klan’s admin to change the name, 2 BP for a member, 3 BP for anyone else.

As for BP impacting gameplay, that really should never ever happen. Making ep2 cost 7 BP was bad enough.

Those are all pretty horrible suggestions. The klan renaming one is decent except no one outside of the klan should be able to rename a different klan.

As far as the banning from flamebate for a day thing, that IS a gameplay factor for a lot of people who don’t pwn forums anymore (ie me and probably all of TSB)

Alt exposing is also one of those things that might stop people from making more alts.

Changing someone’s username? That sounds awful. People would be changing other people’s names so often that no one would know who the hell is who anymore. Not to mention the fact that there are only so many people that could be named “bumhurt fabulous person” or some variation of those 2 words…