# The only April Fools joke that fooled me **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 2, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-april-fools-joke-that-fooled-me/491706 "2009-04-02T13:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-april-fools-joke-that-fooled-me/491706/1 "2009-04-02T13:44:08Z")
> **[Blizzard Shows Off Diablo III Archivist Class, WoW Dance-Off - Slashdot](https://games.slashdot.org/story/09/04/01/2215205/blizzard-shows-off-diablo-iii-archivist-class-wow-dance-off)** > > It's been a busy day for the folks at Blizzard, who have released major announcements for several different games. The next Diablo III class has arrived: the Archivist. Despite their frail appearance and hunched, labored movement, they are quite deft... > [@](#): > > The next Diablo III class has arrived: the Archivist. Despite their frail appearance and hunched, labored movement, they are quite deft at launching Quest Bolts at nearby foes, or conjuring a whirling Lore-nado of spinning books. Loud monsters can be silenced with a devastating Shush attack. Blizzard also put Starcraft II’s latest unit on display, the Terra-Tron, which is a giant, robot uber-weapon assembled from the buildings in your base. Finally, for World of Warcraft they announced two features that have been requested by players for years: a battle of dances, where you can show off your avatar’s hippest moves, and the ability to ‘p1mp’ your mounts. (Not sure exactly what that means, since I don’t speak elvish, but there’s a Nightsaber with a cannon — holy crap!) About the Archivist and the Terra-Tron I was thinking “That’s kind of strange. But… you know what? I could get into this!” 😛 Then I found out it was all a joke. In my defense, I saw this on April 2, not April 1. ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-april-fools-joke-that-fooled-me/491706/2 "2009-04-02T21:59:18Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > [Blizzard Shows Off Diablo III Archivist Class, WoW Dance-Off - Slashdot](http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/01/2215205) > > About the Archivist and the Terra-Tron I was thinking “That’s kind of strange. But… you know what? I could get into this!” 😛 > > Then I found out it was all a joke. > > In my defense, I saw this on April 2, not April 1. If you follow that link to Blizzard’s own page on the Archivist class, there are some hysterical videos of the Archivist destroying hordes of demons with his Lore-nado and Quest Bolts, and then getting hit just once by a monster, and falling over dead. Anyhow, thanks for that link, that’s some funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-april-fools-joke-that-fooled-me/491706/3 "2009-04-02T22:10:07Z")
Do you know what the best part about Blizzard’s pranks are? For their non-MMO games since they have to go through the trouble of making the animations, sounds and models anyway they always end up in the world editor! So you actually do get a Terra-tron (and a Tauren Marine from last year) in SCII. Not sure about the archivist though, the spell animations they showed probably will be in there at least. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-april-fools-joke-that-fooled-me/491706/4 "2009-04-02T22:57:17Z")
[This one](http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/tauntaun.html) fooled me and a bunch of other folks. Apparently it’s a (brilliant) hoax but so many people tried to order it that they’re going to try to get permission to start making them. I totally want one. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-april-fools-joke-that-fooled-me/491706/5 "2009-04-03T00:03:58Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > [This one](http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/tauntaun.html) fooled me and a bunch of other folks. Apparently it’s a (brilliant) hoax but so many people tried to order it that they’re going to try to get permission to start making them. > > I totally want one. I can hardly believe it wasn’t a real product already. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-april-fools-joke-that-fooled-me/491706/6 "2009-04-08T15:10:23Z")
Archivists aren’t hunched, labored, or frail. They are, however, drab, sexless, and possessed of facial hair (both genders). ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-april-fools-joke-that-fooled-me/491706/7 "2009-04-08T16:06:12Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I can hardly believe it wasn’t a real product already. I know what my daughter is getting for Christmas. Assuming it becomes available, of course. -Joe