List of April Fools' Day jokes by McLeodGaming

This is an article about hoaxes and jokes on McLeodGaming.

April Fools Jokes
2008- On April Fools' day in 2008, Cleod9 replaced the forums with "Forums baleeted" as a parody of the mass account hacking and porn spamming that took place weeks before. The word "Baleeted" also comes from of an internet series called Homestar Runner in a cartoon called 50 Emails.

2009- On April Fools' day in 2009, Cleod9 announced that Nintendo had found out that he was making Super Smash Flash 2 and that Nintendo threatened to sue him if he did not shut down McLeodGaming and cancel the project. Cleod9 then put a link to what seemed to go to the Official Nintendo Forums, but actually went to the RickRoll'd video on YouTube. Cleod9 then announced that it was a an April Fools Joke and that SSF2 was still in development.

2010- Cleod9 did not post an April Fool's day joke in 2010. However, Smash Flash DOJO!! did a sort of joke, redirecting people to an "OBJECTION!" page, who said "You must be an April Fool if you didn't see this coming".

2011- Cleod9 did not post an April Fool's day joke in 2011 either, though a DOJO!! update was titled "Dojo Ending", and detailed the end of the Smash Flash DOJO!!. However, if the reader scrolls down the page, a "real" update shows telling of "trigger items", items that look like normal items, but when used, turn into shout-outs from Phoenix Wright (e.g. "OBJECTION!" "TAKE THAT!"), causing a variety of effects on the player. It is currently unknown whether the "trigger item" update is a hoax as well.

Hoaxes
2010- On January 30, 2010, SSF2 developer Damian, backed up by several other Devs, spread a false rumor that Jigglypuff would be replaced with Gligar. This created an uproar amongst the members of the McLeodGaming Forums until the rumor was disproven on February 1st by the same developer.