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- NMario84
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
I remember when Scratch added a few things just for April Fools such as the cat ears on hat blocks, and new visibility/work space options, but this year, I don't see anything different. Did I miss something, or did they not plan for anything this year?
Don't they usually do something every April Fools day, or is it just every once in a while?
Don't they usually do something every April Fools day, or is it just every once in a while?
- Gamer_Logan819
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
The evil kumquats got to them and told them to cancel AFD. AFD is gone forever. Participate in what is left of AFD while you still can.
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- Fun_Cupcake_i81
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
Yeah usually. Maybe this year they didn't have time because of the overlap with easter?
(The semicolon's back, at least!)
(The semicolon's back, at least!)
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- jvvg
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
In the past they have done something every year (some years it was pretty simple things while other years it was very elaborate), but this year the development team seems to be stretched pretty thin, so they weren't able to add any new features this year. The moderation is also stretched kinda thin as far as I'm aware, so they weren't able to put extra moderation resources towards any special April Fools' Day stuff.
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Maybe the Scratch Team isn't so bad — Why the April Fools' Day forum didn't work last year
- Gamer_Logan819
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
In the past they have done something every year (some years it was pretty simple things while other years it was very elaborate), but this year the development team seems to be stretched pretty thin, so they weren't able to add any new features this year. The moderation is also stretched kinda thin as far as I'm aware, so they weren't able to put extra moderation resources towards any special April Fools' Day stuff.As Maximouse has said in a recent thread it requires a single variable to be changed. I’m sure changing one variable would be a large investment risk, especially for a company such as the Scratch Foundation. The amount of money and time required to accomplish such a feat would be rather large because of the given task’s challenging nature.
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- medians
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
There is a studio and the semicolon, but that is it from what I can see.. If you're wondering about the jokes thing or the clap thing, that's from an extension.
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- Gamer_Logan819
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
The semicolon is automatic. It doesn’t require any work from the ST. There is a studio and the semicolon, but that is it from what I can see.. If you're wondering about the jokes thing or the clap thing, that's from an extension.let me find source rq
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- jvvg
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
As Maximouse has said in a recent thread it requires a single variable to be changed. I’m sure changing one variable would be a large investment risk, especially for a company such as the Scratch Foundation. The amount of money and time required to accomplish such a feat would be rather large because of the given task’s challenging nature.As someone who works in the software industry, this kind of thinking is extremely dangerous. This kind of statement is often made before deploys that cause major disruptions due to unforeseen circumstances.
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- dertermenter
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
I believe the semi colon is automatic so the scratch team didn't do anything really.
To be fair maximouse has also said today that a new cat block for high contrast would have to be created and overall high contrast makes the implementation of cat blocks more tricky.In the past they have done something every year (some years it was pretty simple things while other years it was very elaborate), but this year the development team seems to be stretched pretty thin, so they weren't able to add any new features this year. The moderation is also stretched kinda thin as far as I'm aware, so they weren't able to put extra moderation resources towards any special April Fools' Day stuff.As Maximouse has said in a recent thread it requires a single variable to be changed. I’m sure changing one variable would be a large investment risk, especially for a company such as the Scratch Foundation. The amount of money and time required to accomplish such a feat would be rather large because of the given task’s challenging nature.
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- Gamer_Logan819
- Scratcher
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
Do they not have a test website???? I don’t have a source for this but it would make logical sense that they have a test websiteAs Maximouse has said in a recent thread it requires a single variable to be changed. I’m sure changing one variable would be a large investment risk, especially for a company such as the Scratch Foundation. The amount of money and time required to accomplish such a feat would be rather large because of the given task’s challenging nature.As someone who works in the software industry, this kind of thinking is extremely dangerous. This kind of statement is often made before deploys that cause major disruptions due to unforeseen circumstances.
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- jvvg
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
It's not just that, it's also the fact that the act of deploying in and of itself is not without risk and disruption. Do they not have a test website???? I don’t have a source for this but it would make logical sense that they have a test website
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- Gamer_Logan819
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
They couldn’t take like two days to prevent the flooding of the forums and overall disruption over the community over the lack of features on a day each year that is usually filled with new features? I believe the semi colon is automatic so the scratch team didn't do anything really.To be fair maximouse has also said today that a new cat block for high contrast would have to be created and overall high contrast makes the implementation of cat blocks more tricky.In the past they have done something every year (some years it was pretty simple things while other years it was very elaborate), but this year the development team seems to be stretched pretty thin, so they weren't able to add any new features this year. The moderation is also stretched kinda thin as far as I'm aware, so they weren't able to put extra moderation resources towards any special April Fools' Day stuff.As Maximouse has said in a recent thread it requires a single variable to be changed. I’m sure changing one variable would be a large investment risk, especially for a company such as the Scratch Foundation. The amount of money and time required to accomplish such a feat would be rather large because of the given task’s challenging nature.
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- han614698
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
That's kind of a bad reason to add something. It's a little bit entitled to tell the ST to add features otherwise you'll spam the forums… They couldn’t take like two days to prevent the flooding of the forums and overall disruption over the community over the lack of features on a day each year that is usually filled with new features?
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- Gamer_Logan819
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
A single variableIt's not just that, it's also the fact that the act of deploying in and of itself is not without risk and disruption. Do they not have a test website???? I don’t have a source for this but it would make logical sense that they have a test website
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- jvvg
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
Evidently not. They couldn’t take like two days to prevent the flooding of the forums and overall disruption over the community over the lack of features on a day each year that is usually filled with new features?
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- Gamer_Logan819
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
I’m not threatening to spam the forums, I’m pointing out the fact that the forums are currently being spammed with new threads asking where the cat blocks are. It’s almost as if not adding the AFD features did the exact opposite of what they wantedThat's kind of a bad reason to add something. It's a little bit entitled to tell the ST to add features otherwise you'll spam the forums… They couldn’t take like two days to prevent the flooding of the forums and overall disruption over the community over the lack of features on a day each year that is usually filled with new features?
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- jvvg
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
There haven't actually been that many topics. I count seven topics on the first page currently related to the topic. I’m not threatening to spam the forums, I’m pointing out the fact that the forums are currently being spammed with new threads asking where the cat blocks are. It’s almost as if not adding the AFD features did the exact opposite of what they wanted
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- han614698
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
This is nothing compared to what would happen if AFD was on the forums. I've probably posted 50+ posts about AFD today, but there's naturally going to be questions about a new feature. Scratch can't just disregard everything if they think there might be a couple questions. That's what forumers are for, to respond to the questions and report them to be closed once resolved.I’m not threatening to spam the forums, I’m pointing out the fact that the forums are currently being spammed with new threads asking where the cat blocks are. It’s almost as if not adding the AFD features did the exact opposite of what they wantedThat's kind of a bad reason to add something. It's a little bit entitled to tell the ST to add features otherwise you'll spam the forums… They couldn’t take like two days to prevent the flooding of the forums and overall disruption over the community over the lack of features on a day each year that is usually filled with new features?
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- Gamer_Logan819
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
There’s still a higher average of topics, especially ones that the ST has to close, adding more stress onto the STThere haven't actually been that many topics. I count seven topics on the first page currently related to the topic. I’m not threatening to spam the forums, I’m pointing out the fact that the forums are currently being spammed with new threads asking where the cat blocks are. It’s almost as if not adding the AFD features did the exact opposite of what they wanted
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- han614698
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Does Scratch do something for April Fools every year?
You do realize that closing a topic takes about 30 seconds… programming changes to the Scratch website takes lots of time and money.There’s still a higher average of topics, especially ones that the ST has to close, adding more stress onto the STThere haven't actually been that many topics. I count seven topics on the first page currently related to the topic. I’m not threatening to spam the forums, I’m pointing out the fact that the forums are currently being spammed with new threads asking where the cat blocks are. It’s almost as if not adding the AFD features did the exact opposite of what they wanted
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