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What's Happened to the Avatars?

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Old 04-01-05 | 12:50 AM
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What's Happened to the Avatars?
Everybody is now a green animated seal or something.

Or is it just me?

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Yep.

There are lines through the text too.
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Old 04-01-05 | 12:50 AM
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Weird, I see it too. Hacked?
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Old 04-01-05 | 12:52 AM
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What is that creature?
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Weird, I see it too. Hacked?
That's my guess.
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Old 04-01-05 | 12:52 AM
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look at the time guys!

its April 1st!

well, atleast it is wherever Joe has the server. It's still 10:54PM at my house.

or I may be wrong and we got hacked.
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I mean, what kind of bike does it have?
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Old 04-01-05 | 12:52 AM
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At least the beast is smiling.
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Old 04-01-05 | 12:52 AM
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I was about to ask the same thing... WTF???
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Old 04-01-05 | 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by forum*rider
look at the time guys!

its April 1st!

well, atleast it is wherever Joe has the server. It's still 10:54PM at my house.

or I may be wrong and we got hacked.
Let's hope it's the former - pretty funny.
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Yes, April Fools.
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Old 04-01-05 | 12:54 AM
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Old 04-01-05 | 12:55 AM
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I dunno it looks kinda cute.....seems nicer than the things I have seen chasing me on my bike at least its smiling and not growling or has headlights.
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Are you guys confirming this April Fool's gag? Cause I'm ready to laugh out loud.
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Looks like a worm with legs. Lets hope not.
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I dunno, the guys in the mtb forum seem to think we were hacked.

I'm guessing it's april fools.

I'm hoping it's april fools...
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Old 04-01-05 | 12:59 AM
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Its not 4/1 on the west coast...ok..So out here we get 26 hours of invading green things aprilfooling our bike communications.
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Old 04-01-05 | 01:02 AM
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It's aliens, I tells ya
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it looks like a llama with a head from one of those marshmallo birds. and it's made of green jello.
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I dunno, the guys in the mtb forum seem to think we were hacked.

I'm guessing it's april fools.

I'm hoping it's april fools...
Vbulletin has weaknesses. Looks like someone got in and made some april fools changes. Could have been a few users we pissed off recently...they claimed to be hackers.
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Old 04-01-05 | 01:06 AM
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i've never smoked dope, but i imagine conversations like this one would be commonplace.
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its not the avatars that bother me, its the strike through on the messages. Not a smart chioce for the mods if it is an april fools day joke-- too annoying. Am I the only one seeing that?
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Old 04-01-05 | 01:07 AM
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Getting properties on the graphic should yield a fairly conclusive answer as to the nature of the strangeness...
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Old 04-01-05 | 01:08 AM
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