Did you catch the April Fools Day prank that we rank last week? It may not have been as obvious and over-the-top as what we ran last year or the year before that or the one before that, but at least we didn't pull the same prank for the fourth year in a row.
Since I've been so inactive this year, we decided to program an AI that will come online every once in a while and post in the chatbox for me. Unfortunately LivioBot was pretty stupid since he could only say eight different things, but the funny part was that that's all he needed to fool a lot of people. It was also just as funny when he started to get one people's nerves.
Code:
switch(rand(0,7)){
case 0: $comment = "Hey guys!"; break;
case 1: $comment = "lol"; break;
case 2: $comment = "that\'s cool"; break;
case 3: $comment = "I agree."; break;
case 4: $comment = "what\'s up?"; break;
case 5: $comment = "I should probably be doing homework."; break;
case 6: $comment = "..."; break;
case 7: $comment = "Hey, ".$row['author']; break;
default: $comment = "lol"; break;
Below is the full chatbox log for all of April Fools day. Just like with the real chatbox, the newest posts are on top, so start reading from the bottom. Also remember that LivioBot turned on at 12am and turned off at 11:59pm, but I did make a couple posts while LivioBot was running.
Tuesday, 12:22am - Siarnaq by making you NOT AN AI ANYMORE Tuesday, 12:17am - Livio how do you pronounce marsician? Tuesday, 12:15am - Livio I agree. Tuesday, 12:13am - Siarnaq Liver say something to prove that you are real this time. Tuesday, 12:12am - Siarnaq YAY, NO MORE ROBOTICS! Monday, 11:59pm - Livio I am a robot. Monday, 11:58pm - Siarnaq good thing i'm resistant to this Monday, 11:37pm - Livio I am a robot. Monday, 11:30pm - Soccer Hey, soccerboy13542 Monday, 11:30pm - Soccer ... Monday, 11:30pm - Soccer lol Monday, 11:30pm - Soccer I should probably be doing homework.  Monday, 11:17pm - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 11:15pm - Soccer lol Monday, 11:15pm - Soccer ... Monday, 11:15pm - Soccer what's up? Monday, 11:15pm - Soccer I agree. Monday, 11:07pm - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 11:04pm - Soccer ... Monday, 11:04pm - Soccer Hey, soccerboy13542 Monday, 11:03pm - Soccer I agree.  Monday, 11:03pm - Soccer that's cool Monday, 11:00pm - Livio ... Monday, 10:58pm - Soccer what's up? Monday, 10:58pm - Soccer that's cool Monday, 10:57pm - Soccer I agree. Monday, 10:57pm - Soccer lol Monday, 10:57pm - Livio I agree. Monday, 10:48pm - Soccer Hey guys! Monday, 10:48pm - Soccer Hey, Livio Monday, 10:48pm - Soccer ... Monday, 10:46pm - Soccer lol Monday, 10:34pm - Livio ... Monday, 10:26pm - Soccer I should probably be doing homework.  Monday, 10:26pm - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 10:21pm - Siarnaq no Monday, 10:16pm - Livio I agree. Monday, 10:14pm - Soccer liver! Monday, 9:42pm - Livio I agree. Monday, 9:41pm - ?O I'm too lazy to email kucwe Monday, 9:40pm - ?O is lightblue even a colour? Monday, 9:40pm - ?O insert two purple people Monday, 9:40pm - ?O i avoided those letters for that reason Monday, 9:38pm - Livio ... Monday, 9:34pm - ?O in van it's 29% asian 47% white Monday, 9:34pm - ?O i laughed. then i realized it was offensive. Monday, 9:33pm - ?O i mean, ninteen-eighty-four Monday, 9:33pm - ?O i need more pistachios Monday, 9:33pm - Livio I agree. Monday, 9:15pm - Soccer lol Monday, 9:13pm - ?O i'd try this but it seems to fail Monday, 9:12pm - ?O I don't think it's kosher... Monday, 9:12pm - ?O i'd take some but i don't know where they are Monday, 9:12pm - ?O impersonating another member, eh? Monday, 9:11pm - Livio Hey guys! Monday, 9:09pm - ?O i guess it's justified, though, i can't say that i haven't tried it once Monday, 9:09pm - ?O i have no idea, tbh Monday, 9:09pm - ?O i have shovalis Monday, 9:09pm - ?O i think i'm 66 Monday, 9:08pm - Livio lol Monday, 9:06pm - Soccer Hey guys! Monday, 9:06pm - Siarnaq i'm a katamari damacy Monday, 8:59pm - Livio lol Monday, 8:58pm - ?O I take cash. Monday, 8:58pm - ?O if you don't mind i'm going to spend the next 5 days crying in my bed Monday, 8:58pm - ?O i'm a calamansi Monday, 8:57pm - ?O i didn't start my driving test thingies yet. not intersted. Monday, 8:50pm - Livio what's up? Monday, 8:43pm - ?O I'm still waiting for Pokemon Gamma and Radio Monday, 8:43pm - ?O i'm dying in lag... Monday, 8:43pm - ?O it happen... Monday, 8:42pm - ?O i hate soda Monday, 8:42pm - Livio that's cool Monday, 8:41pm - ?O ... Monday, 8:36pm - Livio ... Monday, 8:34pm - ?O i'm actually really confused about the subtle april fools prank. Monday, 8:33pm - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 8:29pm - ?O mi skuul stahts tuumawro Monday, 7:59pm - Livio what's up? Monday, 7:53pm - Teo lol 2 am again while from what I remember I have to get up before 8 because of a doctor visit and school starts on Wednesday too... nah >.< goodnight everyone! Monday, 7:39pm - Livio I agree. Monday, 7:35pm - 24 I think he's the Real Livio. He's online in Facebook. Monday, 7:34pm - Livio lol Monday, 7:33pm - Teo and then he came back... Monday, 7:32pm - Livio ... Monday, 7:31pm - Teo yup, you know everyone Monday, 7:27pm - 24 Uhmm.... Is this someone I knew? Monday, 7:27pm - Teo but yup, you're cruising around good answers && Monday, 7:26pm - Teo yeah, yeah :p Monday, 7:25pm - 24 Reply again. Monday, 7:21pm - Teo edited Monday, 7:21pm - Teo I was replying but that takes time :p Monday, 7:20pm - 24 Teo, Reply to my post. Monday, 7:10pm - Livio lol Monday, 7:09pm - Teo ... Monday, 7:08pm - 24 Is Livio pronounced as Livyo? Monday, 7:08pm - 24 Is that you, Real Livio? Monday, 7:06pm - Livio what's up? Monday, 7:05pm - Soccer lol Monday, 7:02pm - 24 Hey, soccerboy13542 Monday, 7:02pm - Livio ... Monday, 6:59pm - Siarnaq Kod to?ra sapri drekibra biba tri fese tratidata xu? Sisupru sifipasi sna. Tlapri ki pi pri kecedibo se. Da sibrixrika skistutra bi pipitu ta. Monday, 6:55pm - Livio I agree. Monday, 6:53pm - Teo soccer, you just put a curse on yourself and everyone will post "Hey, soccerboy13542" from now ;o At least I'm already after that.... Monday, 6:51pm - Livio Hey, soccerboy13542 Monday, 6:50pm - Soccer Hey guys! Monday, 6:49pm - Siarnaq THIS IS A STUPID PRANK IT'S ANNOYING AS HELL\ Monday, 6:47pm - 24 Yeah, Livio work before you speak. Monday, 6:46pm - Teo so do it!! Monday, 6:44pm - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 6:41pm - canadianstickdeath ... Monday, 6:41pm - 24 Hey, canadianstickdeath Monday, 6:40pm - Soccer Hey, Teo Monday, 6:40pm - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 6:39pm - 24 Is Livio pronounced as Livyo? Monday, 6:37pm - Teo the guys word started with big letter Monday, 6:37pm - 24 Livio life. Monday, 6:36pm - Soccer Hey guys! Monday, 6:35pm - Teo lol that hey teo was without the exclamation mark Monday, 6:34pm - Soccer lol Monday, 6:33pm - Teo Hey, Teo! Monday, 6:33pm - Livio that's cool Monday, 6:31pm - 24 lol Monday, 6:30pm - Soccer that's cool Monday, 6:29pm - Teo it... works! Monday, 6:29pm - Livio lol Monday, 6:25pm - 24 What's with the ellipsis? Monday, 6:24pm - Teo okay so that's just my panic after reading Livio words posted by soccer, ufff... ;p Monday, 6:24pm - Soccer ... Monday, 6:23pm - Soccer No? Monday, 6:16pm - 24 Nah, are you evil Soccer? Monday, 6:14pm - Teo
Soccer said:
hey guys!
oh noes, he's evil too! Monday, 6:12pm - 24 I've finally learned how to work with the Interguild ever since I pranked you with my Farewell Interguild. Monday, 6:11pm - 24 Oooh, Soccer and Teo huh? Monday, 6:11pm - Soccer v win v Monday, 6:10pm - 24 Teo's just a boy but he's on fire. Monday, 6:10pm - Soccer hey guys! Monday, 6:09pm - Soccer hye Monday, 6:09pm - Teo soccer, help me! Monday, 6:08pm - 24 I'm famous <3 Monday, 6:07pm - Livio Hey, Teo Monday, 6:06pm - Teo I'm famous <3 Monday, 6:06pm - Siarnaq Hey, Teo Monday, 6:05pm - 24 Hey, Teo Monday, 6:05pm - Livio ... Monday, 6:02pm - Quirvy Hey, Teo Monday, 6:02pm - Jorster Hey, Teo Monday, 6:01pm - Livio Hey, Teo Monday, 5:58pm - Teo yeah, you're from east Asia from what I recall, but I would worry how long it lasts for Livio... Monday, 5:57pm - 24 Actually it's April 2 on me. Monday, 5:55pm - Jorster No, bad bots Monday, 5:55pm - Teo Lol it's 11:55 PM at me so bye april fools in 5 minutes :p ahhh, so that's what's going on here ;o i'm so fast with things <3 Monday, 5:55pm - Livio that's cool Monday, 5:53pm - 24 I don't know that. Oh well, happy April Fools everyone. Monday, 5:53pm - Quirvy So I was just saying ignore what I said Monday, 5:53pm - Quirvy I did, but darvince posted before I did Monday, 5:52pm - Teo can't you just delete it? :p Monday, 5:51pm - Quirvy Pay no attention to that chatbox post Monday, 5:51pm - Siarnaq Goodbye, dear sir or madam Monday, 5:49pm - Siarnaq ohai Monday, 5:49pm - Teo 'kay ;d by the way lol "doom" was the first word I wrote in caps after comeback 'cause I tried to avoid them now since everyone knows how much words I used to write in caps the old days :p Monday, 5:49pm - Livio Hey, Teo Monday, 5:48pm - Teo don't post, arghhh! that's the chatbox of DOOM! Monday, 5:48pm - 24 Hi! I wake up so early just to visit Interguild. I was experimenting on a backtrack cave called Here Again. Someone can check it out though at Buboy24. Monday, 5:46pm - Siarnaq Hey, buboy24 Monday, 5:46pm - Siarnaq ... Monday, 5:44pm - Siarnaq ok mommy. Monday, 5:43pm - Siarnaq gj Monday, 5:42pm - Livio ... Monday, 5:41pm - Teo Hey that's not fun I didn't write it xD Monday, 5:41pm - Teo Hey homework! Monday, 5:41pm - Teo that's guy Monday, 5:40pm - Teo So do I? Monday, 5:40pm - Siarnaq I agree. Monday, 5:39pm - Siarnaq ok that's livio's AI this is dumb Monday, 5:39pm - Siarnaq I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 5:38pm - Siarnaq misc_jackie_chan.png Monday, 5:38pm - Livio I agree. Monday, 5:35pm - Siarnaq NONONONONONOONOO BAD BOTS Monday, 5:34pm - Siarnaq OH GOD Monday, 5:34pm - Siarnaq tf Monday, 5:34pm - Siarnaq kol Monday, 5:33pm - Livio Hey, Teo Monday, 5:30pm - Teo -,- Monday, 5:29pm - Livio that's cool Monday, 5:24pm - Teo I guess the next one will be "I should be doing my homework" or something like that Monday, 5:22pm - Siarnaq it's like when i had someone posting as me D: Monday, 5:22pm - Siarnaq will the real livio please get rid of these bots they're annoying Monday, 5:11pm - Livio Hey guys! Monday, 5:07pm - Siarnaq Oh god not teo too D: Monday, 4:52pm - Livio lol Monday, 4:51pm - Teo I've been in Berlin (as well as Wully) since Thursday. Monday, 4:39pm - Livio what's up? Monday, 4:37pm - Teo lol teo Monday, 4:35pm - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 4:32pm - Siarnaq lol teo Monday, 3:51pm - Livio Hey guys! Monday, 3:49pm - Teo that's cool Monday, 3:49pm - Teo Hey guys! Monday, 3:33pm - Livio that's cool Monday, 3:30pm - Siarnaq no it's not it's |_1\/10 B07 Monday, 3:26pm - Qwoenac omg its livio Monday, 2:56pm - Livio that's cool Monday, 2:53pm - Siarnaq 7|-|3 |\/|0|)5 4R3 |>075 Monday, 2:14pm - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 2:12pm - rocketguy2 A major Monday, 2:12pm - Isa I've been in Berlin (as well as Wully) since Thursday. Monday, 2:12pm - Isa I agree. Monday, 2:11pm - Quirvy all of you are acting very strange Monday, 2:10pm - Livio I agree. Monday, 2:08pm - canadianstickdeath Hey, Livio Monday, 2:07pm - Livio Hey guys! Monday, 2:06pm - ?O vat eez diz Monday, 2:00pm - Livio what's up? Monday, 1:58pm - canadianstickdeath lol Monday, 1:57pm - Quirvy A rare occurrence now days. Monday, 1:55pm - Teo lol I'm feeling strangely between 4 staff members online ;p Monday, 1:54pm - Livio lol Monday, 1:51pm - Quirvy That may or may not be because I myself am not online very much, though Monday, 1:51pm - Quirvy I feel like I haven't seen you online in a while, isa Monday, 1:49pm - Isa I really enjoy the April Fools we did this year Monday, 1:24pm - Livio that's cool Monday, 1:21pm - Quirvy I still need to come up with post #7000 Monday, 1:16pm - Teo yeah! Monday, 1:16pm - Livio Hey guys! Monday, 1:13pm - Teo what's the matter? Monday, 1:12pm - Livio ... Monday, 1:07pm - Teo Hi, back! Wow I missed Livio and shos being online together... ;o Monday, 9:12am - Livio ... Monday, 9:08am - Soccer Hi Monday, 8:53am - Livio Hey guys! Monday, 8:50am - shos No it's not. Monday, 8:46am - Livio that's cool Monday, 8:43am - shos I'm tired. and I think my dog smells Monday, 8:42am - Livio lol Monday, 8:38am - shos Hey Livio Monday, 8:33am - Livio ... Monday, 8:30am - shos OMG LIVIO IS ONLINE WITH ME Monday, 8:22am - Livio I agree. Monday, 8:17am - hellsprout Nothing much. Just chillaxing all cool. Monday, 6:11am - Livio what's up? Monday, 4:58am - Livio Hey guys! Monday, 4:55am - Siarnaq [shh] Monday, 4:45am - Livio I agree. Monday, 4:44am - hellsprout http://th338.photobucket.com/albums/n426/ladygrinningsoul88/th_Riviera-1.gif Monday, 4:42am - Siarnaq Did you just meet me? Monday, 4:40am - Livio Hey, Darvince Monday, 4:35am - Siarnaq ??? Monday, 4:34am - Livio ... Monday, 4:33am - 24 I found it! Monday, 4:31am - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 4:30am - Siarnaq The prank is that there isn't one. Monday, 4:29am - Curvy And now I give up. Bye. Monday, 4:28am - Curvy At first I thought the "Forums & Community" link and the "Blogs & Guides" link were swapped but I guess that's just because I haven't been here for a while. I had to look at an old screenshot to confirm this. Monday, 4:25am - Curvy I'm still trying to find your April Fools prank but I'm gonna give up soon. Monday, 4:24am - Siarnaq pants Monday, 4:23am - Livio what's up? Monday, 4:21am - Curvy That's assuming you actually got around to doing that homework. Monday, 4:20am - Curvy You have a short attention span... Monday, 4:18am - Livio Hey guys! Monday, 4:01am - Curvy Same here. It's Easter Monday though so no school today. Monday, 3:56am - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 3:55am - 24 Livio life. Monday, 3:47am - Livio what's up? Monday, 3:46am - Curvy Down. Monday, 3:46am - Curvy Up. Monday, 3:46am - Curvy Test. Monday, 3:44am - Livio lol Monday, 3:42am - Curvy Next Monday, 3:42am - Curvy Test Monday, 3:42am - Curvy Testing Monday, 3:42am - Curvy Test. Monday, 3:33am - Livio I should probably be doing homework. Monday, 3:30am - Curvy Well I guess it's not that bad. You probably have unread posts going back to summer 2010. Monday, 3:29am - Livio ... Monday, 3:25am - Curvy I have unread posts going back to Nov 2011. Monday, 3:25am - Livio what's up? Monday, 3:10am - Curvy Well it might help if you straight up tell me what it is because I don't come on very often so I won't know what has changed. Monday, 3:10am - Siarnaq IS IT ONES? Monday, 3:09am - Livio lol Monday, 3:07am - Siarnaq inb4 random censor Monday, 2:49am - Livio also, this year's April Fools day prank is very subtle. See if you can figure it out. Monday, 2:06am - Livio I agree. Monday, 2:04am - Siarnaq Well you need a stronger connection because half the time I can't connect because it takes too long for the site to respond. Sunday, 11:57pm - Livio I'm gonna start trying to be more active now. Maybe I should just leave a tab open for the Interguild all day, like I used to do. Sunday, 11:57pm - Livio no way Sunday, 11:49pm - Quirvy It was so bad that fungus may or may not have been above you on the last seen online page Sunday, 11:48pm - Quirvy Hi Livio. You haven't been online in a long time
Livio, you need to come up with a way to make it display the chatbox posts so that they can be read from top to bottom. No one wants to read it from bottom to top. That doesn't make any sense.
I did actually go through the trouble of doing that manually at first in the staff forum, putting them in proper order, but I stopped doing it eventually because no one was trying to let it fool anyone anymore (specifically Darvince basically made sure everyone knew it was a bot shortly after this gets cut off by saying stuff like "NONONONONONOONOO BAD BOTS "), so most of what was being said from the end of this forward didn't seem to be worth recording to me.
Livio, you need to come up with a way to make it display the chatbox posts so that they can be read from top to bottom. No one wants to read it from bottom to top. That doesn't make any sense.
I remember Livio actually doing this at one time, but everyone has forgotten how to do it.
lool that was totally fun, I agree Just like the April Fools I remember from years, when Livio made everyone Anonymous and we were posting in a topic not knowing who is talking with us. And we got lots of karma too, but it was deleted afterwards Good job this year, I'm not disappointed by Interguild!
Livio, you need to come up with a way to make it display the chatbox posts so that they can be read from top to bottom. No one wants to read it from bottom to top. That doesn't make any sense.
I remember Livio actually doing this at one time, but everyone has forgotten how to do it.
You probably could actually just divide the AM and PM portions of the chatbox, paste it into microsoft word and have it sort everything for you. Unfortunately, the way Livio posted it on here, each chatbox post is separated by a <br> instead of an actual new line. Maybe I could use the replace feature to fix that, but even then because he just basically just copied and pasted a bunch of HTML the news post is way too big and would get cut off again if I attempted to fix it.