{"id":8278,"date":"2016-04-01T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T23:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/april-fools-across-esports\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T16:47:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T00:47:14","slug":"april-fools-across-esports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/april-fools-across-esports\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fool\u2019s Across Esports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s that time of year again when March has just ended and the jokes and pranks come out in full force.\u00a0 Some of Esports\u2019 top community members and even some of the game officials themselves have decided to trick fans today with several clever pranks.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: Reddit<\/p>\n

Faker\u2019s LeBlanc Clone Goes Wrong (LoL)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe you thought that SKT was the best team in the world.\u00a0 After all, they have Faker as the mid-laner for the team.\u00a0 How can you make such a team better when they have such a veteran lineup?\u00a0 Why by having a full team of Fakers instead.\u00a0 Meet SK Telecom Lee 1<\/a>.\u00a0 The team that was recently formed, has seen unparalleled success and a never before seen level of communication.\u00a0 This could be because of their uncanny telepathical communication or because they are the same person.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit:\u00a0Deviant Art<\/p>\n

xPeke the Artist (LoL)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is time for the veteran of the EU LCS to finally retire and pursue his life\u2019s passion, art<\/a>. Origen have decided to part ways with xPeke so that he can fully pursue his dream of becoming an artist.\u00a0 From the rift to the drawing board, we will miss you xPeke.<\/p>\n

Red Tradeups to Knives (CS:GO)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The long awaited update from Valve has finally been implemented.\u00a0 Covert weapon skins, also known as \u201cRed\u201d skins can now be traded up for a random knife.\u00a0 OG Mcskillet posted a video<\/a> \u00a0in which he trades up 10 AUG Chameleons worth about $25 dollars and receives for himself a Karambit Doppler Sapphire worth $2000.\u00a0 Truly Valve has listened to the prayers of the community.\u00a0 The AUG Chameleon has seen an upward trend in sales with about $20,000 worth being sold in the last 5 hours.<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Time to D-D-D-D-Duel (Heartstone)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Return to a simpler time about 8 years ago when Yu-Gi-Oh was the top trading card game in the world.\u00a0 Well, now you can.\u00a0 Heartstone has announced that they will be changing all of their cards to feature the old days when Yu-Gi-Oh was still popular.\u00a0 Cards such as the ever popular, Exodia, will now be moved over to Heartstone where it will see out the end of its days.<\/p>\n

April\u2019s Not Fools? (DotA 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Valve\u2019s April\u2019s Fools joke for DotA 2 is a spectacular one.\u00a0 Give the community what it wants in the newest update.<\/a>\u00a0 Maybe the joke will be to let the community taste a bit of enjoyment and then rip it all away by cancelling the update the next day.<\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: battle.net<\/p>\n

The Cutest Zerg Commander There Ever Was (Starcraft 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of the time, you wouldn\u2019t really call the Zergs cute and cuddly especially with all their spines, mandibles and crawly features.\u00a0 However, Blizzard has welcomed a new Co-Op Zerg Commander<\/a>\u00a0to their ranks of the ones that already exist and the approval rating for the new commander has already skyrocketed.\u00a0 Equipped with attacks like Lick and Tail Wag, the pink Zergling is sure to be a fright to whatever enemy you will face in the field.<\/p>\n

More, More, More<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are many more April Fool\u2019s pranks from many different gaming communities and games.\u00a0 Just be careful not to fall too hard for them, but have a good laugh and enjoy the day of pranks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of year again when March has just ended and the jokes and pranks come out in full force.\u00a0 Some of Esports\u2019 top community members and even some of the game officials themselves have decided to trick fans today with several clever pranks. Photo Credit: Reddit Faker\u2019s LeBlanc Clone Goes Wrong (LoL) Maybe… Read More »April Fool\u2019s Across Esports<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":8274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2732,2741],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games","category-gaming-reviews-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15634,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8278\/revisions\/15634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}