::sobbing::
Oh, well, this one’s probably a doozy to put together. Take your time, PJ, we’re behind you.
Okay, they got me. I got April Fooled.
::sighing in relief::
sucks.
Bah!
That’s the best April Fool’s Day gag I ever saw!
Thanks for sharing. I’m gonna send that to all my friends who love LotR!
ANTIDOTE! MUST…REACH…ANTI…DO…
How do we know this was an April Fools’ gag? It’s not indicated as such at that site.
When you click the link at the bottom of the story that says “CLICK HERE FOR REACTIONS FROM THE THEONERING.NET STAFF!” you will find this message saying “April Fool!” As if it was really in doubt.
I was just completely hosed. They got me.
WHAT THE–BLEEDING FRODO IN THE CRACKS OF DOOM!!! I COULD KILL SOMEONE FOR THAT!!! ::cries::
btw, that second link doesn’t work for me. Please, for the love of GOD, tell me this was really an April Fool’s joke!!! I’m dying here
Egads!!! theonering.net is DOWN right now!!! I’m almost positive it must have been a joke, but I need definite conformation
::breathe in, breathe out…breathe in, breathe out::
That’s the real hallmark of a good joke. Completely believable and really heartbreaking at the same time.
THANK GOD!
[hyperventilating]That. Wasn’t. Funny.[/hyperventilating]
Hm. I knew it was a joke right away.
But, then again, I really only use the internet for the SDMB and to stay updated on video game news, and every freakin’ video game related website on EARTH does an April Fools joke every damn year, so maybe I’m a bit more receptive.
Breathe, honey, breathe.
And pass that paper bag.
You people are evil.
Now that was a good one.
This was on slashdot too, which probably explains why theonering was down. I knew after the USB George Foreman grill that this had to be a joke as well.
::wiping sweat off brow:: Now I can go back to watching FOTR in peace 
This was on TheOneRing.net’s site:
Aprils Fool Joke
4/02/03, 4:58 am EST - leo
Hey guys, leo here. Well… my inbox has been flooded with emails about yesterday’s april’s fool joke. Honestly, Isengard doesn’t even begin to compare to the status of my inbox. The general consensus seems to be that everyone pretty much gathered it was a joke after the first heart attack had passed, and we even managed to trick some of our own staff (right Quickbeam?). To be quite honest the real criminal masterminds behind this joke were GreenBooks Staffer Anwyn who wrote the press release and Calisuri who came with the idea in the first place, really I had nothing to do with it at all 0:)
I’m glad everyone took it so well though (I’m not counting the 20+ deaththreats I got), our past april fools, amongst others the one about New Line acquiring TheOneRing.net, didn’t go over to well but I think this one did the trick pretty good. Thanks for playing along and keep your wit open next year!