Great cruel April Fools Joke from Harmonix

[instantdeath999]

I don't know if this is where this belongs, and if it is in the wrong place, can a mod please tell me the appropriate place BEFORE locking? Just a request.

Anyway, I thought of something horrible for Harmonix to do on April Fools. Basically, they have a very well known song put up, such as Stairway to Heaven (not saying it would be the best choice, but it is the most popular... and it would be awesome). It would be free I guess to be a "present" from Harmonix. So, naturally, legions download it. After downloading, they go to the menu, and there it is, still Stairway to Heaven. They click on it, and still get the title menu telling them they are playing Led Zeppelin... and then, all of a sudden, a big "April Fools!" comes up, and "Never gonna give you up" by Rick Astley starts playing.

Would be great if they would do something like this.

[Dimebag1625]

Those kinds of jokes lead to mass suicide. Not funny.

[I_LOVE_HMX]

Good way to piss off your fans, a rick roll wouldn't go over well at all.

[instantdeath999]

Well, of course it would piss some people off... seems like something you would just be angry about for a second, then find funny. I don't know though, depends on how serious you are.

[JakeARoonie]

Might be cool though if it was followed up the very next day with the real thing.

[Dimebag1625]

I'm deathly serious. Don't go messin' with my DLC.

[InsaneGame]

I have a feeling we are getting "Still Alive" on april first.

[instantdeath999]

I have a feeling we are getting "Still Alive" on april first.

Yeah, that's probably good enough, even if I didn't like the song as much as everybody else.

[TheKrazyKatzzz]

I'm sure Microsoft would be thrilled to see that much bandwidth wasted over a prank. 30 MB to 2,000,000 people for a "Gotcha!"? I doubt it.

[instantdeath999]

Well, it will never happen... just something I wish would happen.

[JakeARoonie]

I almost requested "Still Alive" just out of pure sarcasm. You mean the song from that game Portal, right? It'd be hilarious...well except for the 1,999,999 other people who either wouldn't get it or wouldn't find it amusing.

[Exayle]

I actually don't. Even though I "see it coming" as of now, it'd still piss me off.
But I tend to take things too seriously. I'm sure someone, somewhere, will get an epic-lawl out of it.
Maybe.
Unlikely, actually.

[mercuryshadow09]

OMG that would throw me into a rage causing me to pull out my shotgun and blow away my tv and xbox , then what , they wouldn't think it was funny then!

[Alec]

You seem to want to bring the humor in April Fools. I don't disagree to that. But some people may get really excited once they see it. But then, it's gone. That's what happend when I went to Playstation Store. RockBand Add-Ons, and saw Serj Tankian!

[polishdog90]

I actually don't. Even though I "see it coming" as of now, it'd still piss me off.
But I tend to take things too seriously. I'm sure someone, somewhere, will get an epic-lawl out of it.
Maybe.
Unlikely, actually.

I would get an epic lawl out of it. I would also laugh at the 900 threads that would be made *****ing about it.


I almost requested "Still Alive" just out of pure sarcasm. You mean the song from that game Portal, right? It'd be hilarious...well except for the 1,999,999 other people who either wouldn't get it or wouldn't find it amusing.

It's been confirmed as DLC!

[Indraco]

Haha, I would love that. In fact in appreciation of such a good prank I would go buy all the DLC I don't already have and maybe even pick up a second RB bundle.

I look forward to "Welcome to The Stairway" - Led Guns n' Zeppelins on 4/1

[cworden87]

I just lol'd at this thought.

What if along with "Still Alive" they released a song by cake.

I'd also guess 1,999,999 people don't understand this joke either.

[McDreads]

Wow, none of you have a sense of humor! Do it, Harmonix... just in a way we don't already know about.

[Nate1986]

if they wanna be sick little monkeys they should have a three pack and "officially announce" it as Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, get everybody pissed off, then April 1st they fool us then put up the Nirvana album :D

[dady5000]

I almost requested "Still Alive" just out of pure sarcasm. You mean the song from that game Portal, right? It'd be hilarious...well except for the 1,999,999 other people who either wouldn't get it or wouldn't find it amusing.
Well...actually.

You'll be surprised on how many people will get it.

[Tsavo]

I just lol'd at this thought.

What if along with "Still Alive" they released a song by cake.

I'd also guess 1,999,999 people don't understand this joke either.
there's quite a few companion cube lovers among us

[Xerosnake90]

A Rick Roll, lmao!!!

[BrutalBrian]

Well my guess is there may be a real April Fools after all...

The street date for the Wireless Fender controllers is April 1st.

Watch the April Fool's be that the controllers get pushed back another month.....

[Goshdarnit]

This would be funny, except you can't delete an individual song from the PS3 song list. You'd have to delete them all and then download all your DLC again. So not funny then.

[RockBandRocker]

It would be so f**kin' funny if Harmonix Rick Rolled us :p


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I would download that song any day :)

[creamcheese]

Well, it will never happen... just something I wish would happen.

May all your wishes be unfulfilled

[sa_nick]

Holy crap it's almost April fools again...

Last year April fools was around when Rock Band was announced. It sounded so awesome that everyone thought it was an April fools prank. 2 weeks and I've been here for 1 year, that's insane.

[cuddie]

I'd like to sing Never Gonna Give You Up, so yes please Rick Roll us all Harmonix! lol

[killer_roach]

Well my guess is there may be a real April Fools after all...

The street date for the Wireless Fender controllers is April 1st.

Watch the April Fool's be that the controllers get pushed back another month.....

That's not an April Fool's joke, that's putting the thumbscrews to people.

[star1981]

It would have to be a freebie, otherwise they'd lose money in the long run just because the majority of buyers would demand a refund and think twice about ever purchasing DLC again because of fear of getting some crap song (individual opinion, might not be crap to everyone :D) in place of a song like Stairway.

OK, it would still be kinda funny...people would flood these boards with rants.

[NunHugger]

I love the idea! I would like to start the April Fools setlist requests!

Islands In the Stream...yes please!!! Then I could do a duet with my significant other!
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[ThePaska]

That first week of April, I wouldn't put it past HMX to have some kind of joke, either a fake song announcement where they announce terrible DLC for that week, or something of that nature. I'll be very cautious when it comes to all the things I hear that week.

[Steef]

I would cry, SERIOUSLY!

[amnb]

do you know how much it would cost harmonix to buy the rights to stairway to heaven more than you make in 3yrs thats why it'll never be on any of the games. it probably cost the thrash pack 10bucks to get cause those are underground bands desperate for attention jimmy page isn't one of them

[saerbarnet]

Rock band needs more Rick Astley or w/e his name is anyways so that wouldn't necesarilly be a bad thing :D

[Sepatown410]

As long as it didn't cost me, I would laugh my @ss off if Harmonix Rick Roll'd us like this. Granted, we'd see it coming a mile away (the first ever free download happens to be on April 1st), but it would still be hilarious. :D

[jonzes]

Well, it will never happen... just something I wish would happen.

Yer about as funny as a stand-up comedian, my sincere condolences.

A better prank: Announce that they will release a complete album of Mudhoney songs and when you go online there's Nevermind waiting for you :)

But I suppose there would suddenly be an army of mudhoney fans tearing their hair out on the boards.

[Just1_Joe]

Maybe they"ll put out some Weird Al:

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[kwg]

what could be worse then a rick roll.
they tell us that rock band will be here in a month.
the next day they announce it as a prank.

oh i thought we were all being unrealistic sorry i misread the situation.

[defmonkey]

They can't do an april fool's joke with the announcement. Since they post it on Fridays (And sometimes Mondays).

Now, they could probably do a 'good' april fool's joke. Like put something up on the marketplace on tuesday that wasn't announced on Friday.

It'll be an interesting week!

[foolosophy]

I actually think it would be mega awesome if Harmonix RickRoll'd all of us on April 1st. I mean come on, no one should be too mad about it. It's April Fools, you expect things to fall under "too good to be true".

[chaopolis]

Maybe on April 1st - April Fools Day... we Won't Get FOOLED Again with the Full Album Download release of WHO'S NEXT

[/wishful thinking]

[Parodygm]

I just lol'd at this thought.

What if along with "Still Alive" they released a song by cake.

I'd also guess 1,999,999 people don't understand this joke either.

The Cake one would have to have a screen that said "April Fools!" and not be an actual song. :D

[sandswipe]

I would actually like to play Never Gonna Give You Up in Rock Band. It'd be pretty fun.

[SteveMega]

I'm thinking they're going to announce the UK release date as April 1st, then, when all the pre-orders are in and people start queueing outside, they reveal the real date.

It would piss off millions of angry Europeans. :(

[Sgt Pepper]

Or maybe they could just post a video of Alex Rigopulos leaving a flaming bag of dog crap on Activision's doorstep, ringing the doorbell, and hiding behind the bushes.

[RoamHylia]

I just lol'd at this thought.

What if along with "Still Alive" they released a song by cake.

I'd also guess 1,999,999 people don't understand this joke either.

I think I'd die laughing at that one.

[Dalamari]

I'd rather play Never Gonna Give You Up than Stairway...