COH2.ORG April Fools' Day After Action Report

by AmiPolizeiFunk, Janne252 2nd April 2015, 19:10 PM

COH2.ORG was happy to brighten your April Fools' Day with another round of hi-jinx. In 2013, we gave you a full list of leaked Intel Bulletins. In 2014, we flooded you with COMIC SANS and brought you the first batch of kooky avatars. For 2015, we knew we had quite a lot to live up to.

High-res versions of Strummingbird's new Avatars

Once again, you were relieved of control over your own avatar. Here is the complete collection of new digs for April Fools' Day 2015.

I need your clothes, your boots, and your Kübelwagen.

Does the pope wear a funny hat? Does a bear shit in the woods?

Moderating the balance forums on coh2.org.

AmiPolizeiFunk if he was blond and drawn by Tom of Finland.

Hey kid, do you like ice cream? I have one for you right here in the back of this van.

Let them eat cake.

I wanted a PTRS, but my husband says such a weapon is not fit for a lady.

Bleep bloop etc.

The true warrior must be loyal, courageous, veracious, compassionate, and honorable.

You don't know what the $^%# I've been through.

Some Stats on teh Phony Winner/Phishing Scheme

You are our 100,000th visitor! You have just won a free commander! Just mail your bank details to this Nairobian Prince to collect your fortune. Or click here.

702 Ad clicks
1174 Commander Claims (Rickroll'd)
A vast amount of the commander claims looked like real, actual Steam IDs so in general people either believed it or thought there's nothing to lose.
205 Steam IDs filled by real COH2.ORG users

"Soviet Elite Armor" Commander

The might of the Soviet war-machine lies at your fingertips with the Soviet Elite Armor commander.

Call in the early-war KV-1 heavy tank and KV-8 to smash and burn enemy concentrations and fortifications. The KV-2 heavy bombardment tank waits in the wings to clear strongholds too dangerous to approach closely. Finally, the crown jewels of the Motherland's industry- the IS-2 can tango with even the heaviest of german armor, and the ISU-152 can outrange and outgun anything still standing from afar.

Post Pollution

There was a 1/10 * 1/10 chance of a post to start randomly rotating to left/right 0.0 - 1.0 degrees, animation speed was randomly selected between 4.0 and 6.0 seconds. There was a collection of "Boing" sound effects in all buttons. There was a 50% change of a Twitch emoticon to appear at the end of the post.