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*At [[The PokéMasters forums]], one of the supermoderators pretended to be disgruntled, and moved private threads which attacked certain members into the public Miscellaneous forum. The threads in question were fake, but sparked outrage from some of the offended members. The prank was cut short and was followed by an apology from the staff.[http://www.pokemasters.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18444] | *At [[The PokéMasters forums]], one of the supermoderators pretended to be disgruntled, and moved private threads which attacked certain members into the public Miscellaneous forum. The threads in question were fake, but sparked outrage from some of the offended members. The prank was cut short and was followed by an apology from the staff.[http://www.pokemasters.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18444] | ||
*[http://www.collectorviper.com Collectorviper] posted a flyer 'scan' which revealed four new Lv.X Collection Packs, featuring {{p|Arceus}}, {{p|Giratina}}, {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}} as new Level X cards set for release in late June.[http://homepage.mac.com/viper.fox/card/new-packs-june.jpg] | *[http://www.collectorviper.com Collectorviper] posted a flyer 'scan' which revealed four new Lv.X Collection Packs, featuring {{p|Arceus}}, {{p|Giratina}}, {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}} as new Level X cards set for release in late June.[http://homepage.mac.com/viper.fox/card/new-packs-june.jpg] | ||
* [[Smogon]] claimed to introduce a new feature on its [[Shoddy Battle|Shoddy]] server that overturned wins if it determined that the winner only won due to [[Appendix:Metagame terminology|hax]], although in actuality it just made battle results a coin flip if the winner had only one or two Pokémon remaining. The prank was very elaborate, with the "new feature" being "suggested" nearly a month earlier | * [[Smogon]] claimed to introduce a new feature on its [[Shoddy Battle|Shoddy]] server that overturned wins if it determined that the winner only won due to [[Appendix:Metagame terminology|hax]], although in actuality it just made battle results a coin flip if the winner had only one or two Pokémon remaining. The prank was very elaborate, with the "new feature" being "suggested" nearly a month earlier, and many staff arguing (from a script) for or against the clause, with unwitting ordinary users being caught in arguing about is as well, before it being announced March 27 that it would be implemented on a new ladder. | ||
* [[Psypoke]] turned the visitor's cursor into a small black dot while drawing a classic pointer icon moving contrary to mouse movements. | * [[Psypoke]] turned the visitor's cursor into a small black dot while drawing a classic pointer icon moving contrary to mouse movements. | ||