asks Dragon Slave.

Gift Box with a card inside that says IOU Cake??

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Means absolutely nothing to me,

says Petra Fyde

I can't see the point, I can't see the joke, I'm just totally confused.

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New Thunder agreed

I do not get it either, wouldn't a box that claims to have 1 item in it, but was actually empty been a better april fools joke.

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and spoonyd vented his feelings thus

Your gift is.....Blackrock doesn't work and the cloaks don't drop even if you kill them the LONG WAY! Thanks again UO for making a great experience.

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Chrissy wrote

the cake is a lie!!!

Chrissay "Adida" Zeeman
UO Associate Game Designer
EA Mythic
www.uo.com

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Many found it amusing though and posted so

pallas------ LOL the 'cake' was awesome. Good one.

Warder Dragon------LOL the 'cake' was awesome. Good one.

Uvtha-----a good joke would have been a box with 30 cakes in it. hah

My favourite response in the thread which I shall close with ,was this from Kayhynn


This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here: huge success.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

Aperture science.
We do what we must because we can.
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead.

But there's no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive.

I'm not even angry.
I'm being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart and killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a fire.
And as they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you.

Now these points of data make a beautiful line
And we're out of beta we're releasing on time.
So I'm glad I got burned think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive

Go ahead and leave me.
I think I prefer to stay inside.
Maybe you'll find someone else to help you.
Maybe Black Mesa -
That was a joke. Haha. Fat chance.
Anyway, this cake is great:
It's so delicious and moist.

Look at me still talking when there's science to do.
When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you.
I've experiments to run there is research to be done
On the people who are still alive

And believe me I am still alive.
I'm doing science and I'm still alive.
I feel fantastic and I'm still alive.
While you're dying I'll be still alive.
And when you're dead I will be still alive.

**Side note: This is playing on my iTunes =P**

I found the IOU cake to be hysterical, personally

I <3 Portal

Maybe its just me but do you think perhaps the UO devs and the owners are *really* taking the mickey out of the players now?

Next April fools joke to be a card saying

"Ultima Online is to be brought into the 21st Century!"

or

"IOU five years subscription fees"

or

"IOU a fixed factions system"

or

"IOU a functioning Kingdom Reborn Client"

or

"IOU Stygian Abyss"

[now that one would be worth logging into UO to see]

hahah that made my day Good one Cal

Haha! Gosh, if I was an engineer working for UO late at night, darn if I wouldn't be throwing out the same or better.

Better watch out if I go to college, major in puters, and work for em.

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*winks*