April Fool's Day 2012
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April Fool's Day 2012
Edit: Happy April Fool's Day! This was a joke! The words 'wolf', 'wolves', 'WolfQuest', and 'WQ' was changed in the filter to say 'squirrels' instead, but it has been changed back now. Thanks to everyone who played along, and sorry about bringing in potential new funders as part of the joke.
Hello! So I have some great news to share with you, and even though it comes with a little bad news as well, I still think overall it's great news:
We have a new major funder for the project! We had mentioned before that we don't have any more major funding for making new games, but one finally came through! We now have enough funding to create three brand new episodes!
But...now onto the sort of bad news. The funder is the American Society for the Preservation of Squirrels, and since dog relatives are a huge predator source for squirrels, they're having us make a completely new game about squirrels in Yellowstone and two other sites, but they'd prefer we no longer talk about any dog relatives on the forums anymore. So starting today, all discussion about dog relatives needs to be squirrel-related instead. I'll work on changing the forum names and logos as soon as I can... most of the graphic stuff will have to be done by our webmaster on Monday.
So, it's exciting news but a huge change... I hope you all enjoy it!
Hello! So I have some great news to share with you, and even though it comes with a little bad news as well, I still think overall it's great news:
We have a new major funder for the project! We had mentioned before that we don't have any more major funding for making new games, but one finally came through! We now have enough funding to create three brand new episodes!
But...now onto the sort of bad news. The funder is the American Society for the Preservation of Squirrels, and since dog relatives are a huge predator source for squirrels, they're having us make a completely new game about squirrels in Yellowstone and two other sites, but they'd prefer we no longer talk about any dog relatives on the forums anymore. So starting today, all discussion about dog relatives needs to be squirrel-related instead. I'll work on changing the forum names and logos as soon as I can... most of the graphic stuff will have to be done by our webmaster on Monday.
So, it's exciting news but a huge change... I hope you all enjoy it!
Thanks for the avatar, Silverness!
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Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
Wow! Didn't expect squirrels... but I guess thats really good news Cana!
EDIT:: Does this mean it's gonna be 'SquirrelQuest?'
EDIT:: Does this mean it's gonna be 'SquirrelQuest?'
Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
A big funder seems like reason enough to make WolfQuest go nuts! ;D
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Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
It'll be an interesting change to squirrels, but I'm sure SquirrelQuest will be lots of fun! xD
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Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
Great news about the funding! This is what WolfQuest needs. ^^
But I suppose squirrels sounds fun. This will be an interesting change, but hopefully the community enjoys it. :)
But I suppose squirrels sounds fun. This will be an interesting change, but hopefully the community enjoys it. :)
Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
I'll be looking forward to playing SquirrelQuest!
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Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
YES! This is a dream come true! SquirrelQuest, just what I was hoping for.
I'm prepared to go nuts over this new game. ;D
I'm prepared to go nuts over this new game. ;D
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Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
Bad news? Nonsense! This is all good news! Enough for three new episodes?! Woah! Squirrels deserve the utmost respect, for brining us canid lovers to our senses.
Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
Is this an April Fool's Joke? 

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Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
@ Rustic; I'm wondering the same thing
But if it's not a April Fools joke than good to hear than SQ has more funding! Should be interesting playing Squirrel Quest
But if it's not a April Fools joke than good to hear than SQ has more funding! Should be interesting playing Squirrel Quest
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Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
"SquirrelQuest", eh?
Doesn't sound nearly as good or as interesting as WolfQuest... Bah, such a sad day for the wolfs (nice filtering Cana!
) in Yellowstone, though I suspect the elk will be satisfied with this news...
Doesn't sound nearly as good or as interesting as WolfQuest... Bah, such a sad day for the wolfs (nice filtering Cana!


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Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
I'm going nuts for SquirrelQuest!
This is going to be the most epic game ever.
This is going to be the most epic game ever.
Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
Oh my... Wait so thee are having the W o l f Quest teams, instead of creating what W o l f Quest is here for, we're going to learn about.. Squirrels??
wow as in good & bad/interesting.

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Re: Good news!! (but a little bad news too)
Cool, SquirrelQuest that sounds interesting
is this 'SquirrelQuest' going to change this game if we were to download it?
is this 'SquirrelQuest' going to change this game if we were to download it?
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