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I like to think all the work I've put into this place over the years has made it fairly successful. It's been a pretty great learning experience for me in a number of ways.
Well, if you came here April 1st, 2010, you witnessed something that I would probably consider a colossal failure. Instead of my usual run-of-the-mill April Fools' joke I went with something slightly more ambitious.
Instead some people saw it and nobody really got very far, and zero people completed it. This is mainly because I failed to communicate exactly what was going on, or provide any real context for the game. In memory of this wondrous event, and as a way of adding more content to the ol' Five Years o' Mantis Eyes, I wrote a postmortem of the whole ordeal. Some of it may be boring (there are charts), but if you don't really care much about that, there's also juicy blasts from the past in the form of my less ambitious but better executed April Fools' jokes. It's like a history lesson! Enjoy!
Well, if you came here April 1st, 2010, you witnessed something that I would probably consider a colossal failure. Instead of my usual run-of-the-mill April Fools' joke I went with something slightly more ambitious.
Instead some people saw it and nobody really got very far, and zero people completed it. This is mainly because I failed to communicate exactly what was going on, or provide any real context for the game. In memory of this wondrous event, and as a way of adding more content to the ol' Five Years o' Mantis Eyes, I wrote a postmortem of the whole ordeal. Some of it may be boring (there are charts), but if you don't really care much about that, there's also juicy blasts from the past in the form of my less ambitious but better executed April Fools' jokes. It's like a history lesson! Enjoy!
- by Mira.
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- by Mike
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Well if you guys are interested you can go sign up and I'll have it send the mails to you. There were seven waiting to be sent that I just pushed as well.
http://mantiseye.com/?0401
http://mantiseye.com/?0401
- by Jory
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I'm sorry it didn't quite work out, Mike. It seemed like a great idea, and your summary seems really accurate as to why it didn't work out.
I have to say that while I think the e-mail confirmation thing was an engaging choice, it was overall not a good idea because I'm frankly pretty adverse to those kinds of things. I submitted my information and then immediately checked my email for my login and password. When my inbox was empty, I refreshed several times before just giving up and doing something else. I only went on to take tests one and two (which I failed) in the afternoon of April 2nd. So, maybe it would have worked out if the email distribution had been completely automatic?
I have to say that while I think the e-mail confirmation thing was an engaging choice, it was overall not a good idea because I'm frankly pretty adverse to those kinds of things. I submitted my information and then immediately checked my email for my login and password. When my inbox was empty, I refreshed several times before just giving up and doing something else. I only went on to take tests one and two (which I failed) in the afternoon of April 2nd. So, maybe it would have worked out if the email distribution had been completely automatic?
- by Mike
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Trying to vote on a comment, eh? You need an account to do that! You should totally get one! You'll get your own username and can participate in community stuff. It's awesome! Already have an account? Log in above!