April Fool's Day

sheadakota said:

I'm too fast for the avatar thief! Ride my faithfull steed ride!!!

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Um, yeah. About that...

MacAllister said:

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Noted. I'll have you your thief in 1 hour. Get the money ready. Meet at the drop.

night-flyer said:

I don't know, but whoever made the banner and wanted poster did a great job. Love it!!

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I think Clockwork made it. And yeah, it's amazing!

ETA: Mac beat me to it.

I blame Dawno.

MacAllister said:

That's AW's own Clockwork. Be sure and rep him - he does the banner work for us every year, and has mad skillz.

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He's amazing.

Sage said:

I'm sure the thief still has the avatars. I mean, what else would he do with them? Sell them for parts?

Hey, actually...I might know a guy who would buy avatar parts. Let me give him a call and have him keep an ear out for them.

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Good idea!

That poster is *awesome.*


Also, and I suspect I know the answer to this already, that reward isn't for real, right? I mean, if it was, there's this whole stack of papers in dire need of grading that will then be handed over to the Wheel of Percentages.

Oh my lord, the Avatar Thief has a thesaurus and HE's not afraid to use it!

slcboston said:

That poster is *awesome.*


Also, and I suspect I know the answer to this already, that reward isn't for real, right? I mean, if it was, there's this whole stack of papers in dire need of grading that will then be handed over to the Wheel of Percentages.

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I thought you did that anyhow.

Why do Haggis and Smish still have their avatars intact, when mine has been swiped?

It's both unfair and deeply suspicious.

Old Hack said:

Why do Haggis and Smish still have their avatars intact, when mine has been swiped?

It's both unfair and deeply suspicious.

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Or just plain clever?

The thief stole Mac!!! :O

MacAllister said:

That's AW's own Clockwork. Be sure and rep him - he does the banner work for us every year, and has mad skillz.

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I'll be sure to do that.

MacAllister said:

I am given to understand that there ARE very real clues scattered around the fora, however, that will lead us to the culprit.

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Do we get hints on where these clues are? C'mon, just a little hint.

MacAllister said:

Only if monopoly money counts.

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This... this is still almost tempting enough to consign my students' papers to the Wheel of Percentages.

Not like they'd notice.



Curse my sense of professional responsibility!!!

Haggis said:

I thought you did that anyhow.

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DUDE!!

Shhhh!!!


You'll give away all of academia's most closely guarded secrets!!!

RichardGarfinkle said:

I think we can rule out Medievalist since the note's not illuminated and I doubt you could get that font on a VAX.

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Was that a dare?

I still have a uvms account . . .

And no, it wasn't me.

Notice how Mac's and Medi's avatar are backward and Kelly's has the word order inverted?

Mmm.

Curioser and curioser.

Hey, you people are nekkid.

Cool.

Maybe if you take all the letters in the note that are surrounded in black and rearrange them they'll make a clue? or not...

This is no ordinary avatar thief. We're dealing with a professional.

The Avater Thief is Keyser Soze!

I would resent this whole Avatar Thief thing except I'm going to use it as the concept for a new YA series. Just as soon as I figure out what dystopia AT is rebelling against, which sparkly supernatural beings are after her, and which bad/good boys are the base angles of her love triangle. Oh, and which designer is going to make the evening gown she wears on the cover despite there being no evening gowns or even evenings in the text.

I loves ya, AW!