[UA] What's the hoax?

[Gareth Hanrahan]

> > P.S. -- Regarding putting the script on the internet as a
> > hoax... er, hm, all I'll say is this: I've seen one RPG
> > company try a cute hoax promotion and it turned out very,
> > very, very badly.
>
> What was it?  I'd hate to accidentally follow its
> footsteps.
>
> We have to know what it is, so we can get a charge for
> doing it.  Oh, wait, I got carried away.
>
> But I am curious, and I want to be cautious (because
> staging a minor hoax might be kind of fun).

I suspect Greg's referring to the infamous hunter-net incident white wolf
tried, which went something like this:

WHITE WOLF WEBMASTER: Oh my God! WW have been bought by mystery investors! I
don't know if we're still in business or anything? I think they're going to
shut us down or make us do computer games or something.
FANDOM: FUCK. Let's all run around like headless chickens and speculate
about the industry collapsing. Gibber. Eeep. Neewhom.
WHITE WOLF WEBMASTER: Arrgh! I'm still not sure what's happening, but here's
the URL for our new bosses.
(The URL leads to a hunter: the reckoning promo site.)
MINORITY OF FANDOM: Hey, this URL leads to a promo site. Something
smells....tacky.
MAJORITY OF FANDOM (ignoring the URL): AAAAAGH! GAMING'S DOOMED! WHY DIDN'T
I HUG REIN*HAGEN WHEN I HAD THE CHANCE.
Rumours spread out to somewhere around Sirius within a matter of days. The
dead rise and post arguments on newsgroups. Every Comic-Book-Guy clone tells
his customers that White Wolf is dead and gone.
WHITE WOLF WEBMASTER: Ha! It was all a witty prank! We're so smart! We
haven't been bought at all!
FANDOM: Git.

> Kevin
Gar
http://www.mytholder.f2s.com


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