April Fool's stuff

[Alex]

http://us.battle.net/matchmaking/index.html

lol

Now that's truly awesome!

[Caliban113]

Hmmm.....anyone else get a nasty little virus from that matchmaking page?

[n00bonicPlague]

I *KNEW* somebody at Blizzard was a sierra fan.

I just *KNEW* it.

There's a surprising number of in-jokes for adventure game fans there. ("A couple of dudes from Mar Sara" Hehehe!) That's kinda weird, but very cool.

Funny I was talking about adventure games just a week or two ago.

And aw, I wanna play this now.

Dude I remember playing Quest for Glory 1 so long ago. FRIGGIN' AWESOME!!! Also, something that I hadn't known before:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment

At the end of June 2000, a strategic business alliance between Vivendi, Seagram and Canal+ was announced and Vivendi Universal, a leading global media and communications company, was formed after the merger with Seagram, (the parent company of Universal Studios). Havas S.A. was renamed Vivendi Universal Publishing and became the publishing division of the new group, divided into five groups: games, education, literature, health and information. The merge was followed by many more layoffs of Sierra employees

In 2008, Sierra parent company Vivendi Games Universal, which had since been renamed Vivendi Games in 2006, merged with video game publisher Activision to form the Activision Blizzard holding company. Vivendi Games ceased to exist and ownership of Sierra was transferred over to Activision. Later that year, Sierra was closed down for possible future sale.

EDIT: http://us.battle.net/matchmaking/index.html

Now THAT is hilarious XD

[The_Blade]

Pre-re-undeinterlacing primary and secondary matchmaking parameters...

Sorting matches; 'Oxeye Daisy' algorithm engaged, please stand by...

Successfully collapsed match deintransigation parameters...

This webpage. This system. The software is designed to match humans. The hardware is designed to match humans. That's our sole function.

Land: burned; sea: boiled; unable to acquire sky, please wait...

Sorting colinear maps for duplicates; this may take a moment...

PC Load Letter

Traversing relationship tree - gathering leafs, please be patient...

LOL IT NEVER ENDS I WANT MY PARTNER NAO!!!

Edit: Wait has anyone else seen the actress that's taking the role of Kerrigan in the video?

[Alzarath]

A slight disappointment compared to previous years, still had its giggles though.

[Crazy_Jonny]

A slight disappointment compared to previous years, still had its giggles though.

I was thinking the same thing... until I saw the matchmaking video. That was awesome.

[Aldrius]

A slight disappointment compared to previous years, still had its giggles though.

Well the Queen's Quest thing is more of a gigantic inside joke for old school PC gaming (adventure games anyway) fans than anything.

For those who are curious:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27..._for_the_Crown

[ROFLbanshee]

Probably my favourite April Fools.

(I am a psionic alien looking for a master of ceremonies between Silver League and Gold League btw)