Did you fall for it?

Dewy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:06 am

Did you fall for the most epic April Fool's Day prank ever pulled off by Alberto (or anyone else for that matter) EVAR? I did. But he did it good, and it was quite convincing.

homerstarrun70fireboy · **Joined:** Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:10 am **Posts:** 335

Putin did a good job. I went over the top and made people suspicious.

Shwoo · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:12 am

I wasn't sure. Experience had told me that people really can be that stupid, but it's also told me that most of the time, they're faking it. Especially if they say more then five ironic things a day. So I didn't vote for anything.

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:51 pm

Not even DIE RONNY? You must be Ronny. KILL HIS FAEC!

Yes.

The Joe · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:11 pm

I thought that he was real until dids told me he was a joke in gabbly. I thought that he was real mostly because of the picture (where did you get that, anyway? It looks like my cousin.) I think that KILL HIS FAEC was a bit of a giveaway (he did actually say that, right?) I totally didn't pick up on Didymus's "Why doesn't he put it in his shoe??" stuff for some reason, though. I said yes.

Chekt · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:58 pm

It first I thought he was real, but I got it pretty fast. What really gave it away was the DA account, and a few days ago, Didy confirmed it.

Never thought it was Putin.

Marshmallow Roast · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:26 pm

I knew fireboy wasn't for real, but I never would have guessed who was behind it- I didn't really think it was anyone I knew.

All in all, a good/amusing prank.

PianoManGidley · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:56 pm

Wow....I totally missed the boat. I honestly have no idea what you guys are talking about.

Mini Moose n gir · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:57 pm

PianoManGidley wrote:

Wow....I totally missed the boat. I honestly have no idea what you guys are talking about.

haha me neither..can someone explain

PianoManGidley · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:01 pm

Mini Moose n gir wrote:

PianoManGidley wrote:

Wow....I totally missed the boat. I honestly have no idea what you guys are talking about.

haha me neither..can someone explain

I wonder if it's on the Homestar Runner Wiki Forum Wiki...

Inverse Tiger · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:05 pm

About a week ago or so he said some over the top things that convinced me that he wasn't for real. I said so on the wfwf back then and another time after that. It could've been anyone though, including some lonely 53 year old ex-hippie lady trying for an old fashioned freak-out. I only knew anything after Didy said in Gabbly a couple days ago that there was a perfect IP match with Putin. But the Alberto connection came out of nowhere for me.

(DIE RONNY!!!)

Droideka · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:51 pm

I've kept it mostly to myself, I told Somm I though it was a prank (I told him I thought it was about a week ago), but I had no idea Putin was in on it. Alberto was the most likely candidate for it being him, I WAS RIGHT!!!

Chekt · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:09 am

PianoManGidley wrote:

Mini Moose n gir wrote:

PianoManGidley wrote:

Wow....I totally missed the boat. I honestly have no idea what you guys are talking about.

haha me neither..can someone explain

I wonder if it's on the Homestar Runner Wiki Forum Wiki...

Yup yup yup

It doesn't really explain it, but the page is lulz.

Spyrox6 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:12 am

Thanks to the total idiots who type like they're blindfolded on Newgrounds, I believed that this guy was real.

Darn you Newgrounds/Runescape fanboys!

Ju Ju Master · **Joined:** Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:01 am **Posts:** 6245

Long enough to vote yes. I've seen some pretty stupid people online before, but I was convinced he was fake when he thought China and Japan were the same thing.

Quote:

thought that he was real mostly because of the picture (where did you get that, anyway? It looks like my cousin.)

Wait, did homerstar post the pic that's on his wiki page? That would've made me a bit more suspicious.

Chekt · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:32 am

Ju Ju Master wrote:

Wait, did homerstar post the pic that's on his wiki page? That would've made me a bit more suspicious.

Yeah, he posted it a while ago

mmm…sessy…

The Snork · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:45 am

On my part, it sucks to be Ronny.

Cybernetic Teenybopper · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:06 am

It's sad that I have so little faith in Internet humanity that he seemed plausible.

homerstarrun70fireboy · **Joined:** Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:10 am **Posts:** 335

The Snork wrote:

On my part, it sucks to be Ronny.

sHUT op ronny

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:53 am

Homer, we know you're not really some 9-year old. Stop typing like one that was somehow conceived by Cola and Clan. Don't ask. That kid happened to be Ronny.

homerstarrun70fireboy · **Joined:** Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:10 am **Posts:** 335

FOR THE LOVE OF JEBUS, YOU'RE POSTING IN A THREAD THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS WHOLE PRANK AND YOU STILL DON'T KNOW THAT I'M ALBERTO/PUTIN!?
Someone hug me, plz. :C

Code J · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:22 am

Yeah. As previously mentioned, I thought it was a fake, but like Myrrh, I never woulda guess it was Putin/Alberto. And I never thought it would be an April Fools Day prank. Cheers to a good April Fools prank!

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:54 pm

homerstarrun70fireboy wrote:

FOR THE LOVE OF JEBUS, YOU'RE POSTING IN A THREAD THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS WHOLE PRANK AND YOU STILL DON'T KNOW THAT I'M ALBERTO/PUTIN!?
Someone hug me, plz. :C

Relax, I was being sarcastic or something! I've known for about 33 hours now!

Did he sell eggs? · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:06 pm

Well, I had a feeling it was Alberto. I had no proof though, so I just assumed it was real. (I mean, you got IPBanned. How would you have done it? Now I know, but I didn't at the time.)

Droideka · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:16 pm

homerstarrun70fireboy wrote:

Someone hug me, plz. :C

*Punches whichever half of fireboy posted that in da face with brick*
My definition of "hug" is a bit different than your average persons.

Didymus · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:22 pm

We Mods became suspicious about a week before. Checking the IP's, we figured it was Putitinyourshoe. So we were half right. Also, when Homerstarrun's page was sabotaged, I knew it was him who did it (the IP from the page history matched Homerstarrun's IP), but still didn't know it was Alberto. So yes and no.

Dark Grapefruit · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:32 am

*sigh* I always leave this forum right when something good happens.

netzen · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:28 am

I fell for it. I always thought he was really a 10 year old kid who enjoyed using poor grammer. I totally missed Did's 'put it in his shoe' joke too.

Shippinator Mandy · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:29 pm

Cybernetic Teenybopper wrote:

It's sad that I have so little faith in Internet humanity that he seemed plausible.

Quoted for truth.

But in a way, it was even MORE funny, not knowing it was a prank. I dunno, it just was. CYNICISM PREVAILS ONCE AGAIN!

Cybernetic Teenybopper · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:56 pm

Shippinator Mandy wrote:

Cybernetic Teenybopper wrote:

It's sad that I have so little faith in Internet humanity that he seemed plausible.

Quoted for truth.

But in a way, it was even MORE funny, not knowing it was a prank. I dunno, it just was. CYNICISM PREVAILS ONCE AGAIN!

I suppose in a way it was, but I've never really gone for that "har har look at the moran" type of humor. Thought I must admit, on much larger forums, I have laughed at some of the things said by the overwhelmingly noobish populations.

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