[APRIL FOOL] SMP8 Independence - Spring/Summer 2017

Weeeee! We have our own little Brexit. Or not. This is one of the best April Fools I've ever seen, and I'm in my 60s. I absolutely believed it.

Given the premise of the Empire and how it has managed to survive in the Sea of Servers out there, and as a long time member, after reading the initial announcement .... there's NO WAY this would be allowed.

Nice try y'all ... and I appreciate your outside-the-box thinking for April Fools ... but I find this one not believable

I'm still waiting for purchasable soulbound+ enchantments.

Wait, this was a joke?

Guys, Lucky quit his job for this, he's been so distraught. What the heck?

Ya know what? I'm still campaigning for the secession anyway.

#SMPEighxit.

Oh please be true, SMP8 deserves to separate from EMC. 2 years ago it was Scotland, last year it was Britain, this year it shall SMP8's turn to break away from this oppressive establishment and to flourish under our own rule. We shall establish ourselves as an example for other servers to follow, who wish to join in our footsteps and to tell their parent servers that enough is enough.

We are the future, we are the counter culture, we are SMP8.

Okay, you had me for a second. Good one, guys.

I'm repeating myself but who cares... I enjoyed this joke and I also think it was brilliantly executed. The preparations were honest and also caught me offguard. I recall Davie warning us up front about a possible change and I even wondered what the heck that was suppose to mean. And right now it looks funny to get quite a few like votes merely for voting no But I think it's also fitting

Then the joke itself... Yeah, I know some fell for it but hey; that's all part of the game. I also think this years joke was done much better by not censoring the words of reason. I think that really prevented things to escalate while you could still have some fun. And also SMP8 as target was cool; those guys can take a joke even if it is a little bit at their own expense

The best part (IMO) is that you could even be honest while still enjoying the joke. Some players PM'd me to share their concerns after which I've merely been honest by saying that if it was rupees they were worried about then that was no reason for concern at all because GRIP would be paying the bills. And I meant every word I said, I would have been pushing for that next week.

Of course also saying that they should sleep it off and wait until tomorrow

Thanks guys, this one was a lot of fun!

SPM8 is Scotland after BREXIT. Lol.

Rea

Read the title again

I always knew it was april fools... is just fun to play along with the joke

Well at least we now know how some citizens of Brexit feel with our own recreation of a sick joke.

Make SMP8 Great Again!!

ftfu

What about the SMP8 staff? I worked hard for that application.

me too

I hate all of you!

Just kidding <3
You fooled me. I'm going to get you back next year!

But next year there is no April Fools
look at this calendar

Wait what?!
I can't be a leader of a tangential breakaway?

Oh well... there's always next year...

/inb4 demoted before even out of training

i love hate to say i told u so

but i told u so

where my money at foos

jk betting is against the rules right pls dont hurt me

*disagrees in Spanish*

*agrees in Scottish Gaelic*

*triggered in German*

*makes post in my brexit thread*

Even the poll numbers were (almost) the same.

SPM8.

Just because they voted to leave doesn't mean you have to bully them

Oh, how I wish Brexit was an April Fools.