Wait, you were actually getting sleeping? 👀

I mean, sometimes it's nice to talk to yourself so you don't get dusty "You said you like oranges, which means you hate apples!" weirdos 🤣

But I can understand it being a little meh

For those of you who've ever done an April Fool's style event - whether for a company or even for your communities - what sorts of fun shenanigans had you gotten up to? What would you do again? Or if you did an event that missed the mark, what would you have done differently?💡

Whether that's an exclusive unlock, a collectible, something memey or a reference someone might need to dig for to get, there's ways to keep things lighthearted and fun during what is usually a holiday that makes people have trust issues for 24 hours 💀

Things that don't make people feel "made fun off" in the year 2025 would be things like the "Twerking Venom" emote or the Palworld VN. But it definitely relies on knowing your audience and giving players a piece of content that doesn't give them a "bad feeling" to engage with.

I had a lot of fun doing these silly joke posts and running events, even it it was the one specifically designed to troll, but I always tried to give players some level of value, or put teasers into things so that it didn't feel like it was just a jab at their expense.

players who engaged with it and localization tweaks were done to try and make it as obvious as possible. But there was an exclusive Homestead decoration that could only come from here, so I figured to blunt the sting of this event with running other stuff on top of it.

And then a new event that had been added in a previous expansion was also finally ran - the "Dragon Brush" event. This one had concerns due to the "Suspicious Dragon Orb" that had the Dragon Orb Flame icon. Initially it was determined that such an event would annoy...

2018 Blog - playpwi.com/en/news-deta...

This blog had a real content update spoiler with a bit of a twist. I also included a real item that could be searched up, but again, it was clearly an item that wouldn't have been released to players. The "Returned Boss Event" was reran...

Bless Box : Awesome = GM Bless Box Awesome
Pan Gu’s Pebble = GM item grant pack iirc?
Kill All : Region = a pill or potion (?)

I believe this was also the year where I threw boxes on original classes' main city teleporters temporarily for fun, which did cause a bit of a ruckus😂

The items revealed to allegedly be in the Star Shop (VIP spending system) were real items, but were renamed GM items with joke effects never to be released properly with joke names. "Powerdrink" was a reference to the Powerthirst video - the items real name is Tideborn Heart...

2017 Blog - playpwi.com/fr/news-deta...

This blog showcased some stuff that was clearly jokes, but I premiered an event type that hadn't been ran before on the servers and was real. The "Returned Boss Event" was a programed event that summoned a few bosses.

For the 2017 event, I centered the announcement blog around "Duke Blacke" who already had a bit of a reputation in-game as being "annoying" based on the fact he was used for system message shouts and part of his role within the game's story. Enter - Duke Blacke Shouts 2017

THE GOAL : I wanted to make April Fool's engaging and fun without being harmful while also showing off potentially new content or unreleased events - sprinkling in just enough truth in the fantastical for people to not quite believe it entirely.

Adrian's very mindful and very demure --- 😀

Wew, what a way to start 2025 - hope you end up recovering swiftly! Head colds are super annoying 😶‍🌫️

Always a joy to see your fits grace my timeline 100/10

Also, hope you've been well and have been staying nice and warm this Christmas season! 🎉

Oh mannnnn that looks super yummy! 😋 Guessing it didn't last long after it got made