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Theorists suggest that this was the night the max broke, some even going so far as saying that it was the night YTMND started to fall. Some say it kicked ass and people really need to stop whining about everything new. The [[PTKFGS]] community was hit particularly hard by the emergence of the YFly ads. | Theorists suggest that this was the night the max broke, some even going so far as saying that it was the night YTMND started to fall. Some say it kicked ass and people really need to stop whining about everything new. The [[PTKFGS]] community was hit particularly hard by the emergence of the YFly ads. | ||
| + | ==Recurrences== | ||
| + | By the [http://wiki.ytmnd.com/index.php?title=Night_of_the_Unicorns&action=submit#FOURTH:__Juicy_Juice fourth Night of the Unicorns], it had become fairly clear that the world would be seeing many more such Nights. | ||
| − | '''SECOND: Mollusk''' | + | ==='''SECOND: Mollusk'''=== |
The next night, April 23-24, 2007, the song [http://content.ytmnd.com/content/b/6/6/b66f3a241c2d9466a5f52eb086597390.mp3 "The Mollusk" by the rock group Ween] came to be in the background of YTMND.COM much like Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" on the previous night. You can experience the thrill of "round two" of the Night of the Unicorns at {{ytmnd|maxwhatthefuck|maxwhatthef*ck.ytmnd.com}}. | The next night, April 23-24, 2007, the song [http://content.ytmnd.com/content/b/6/6/b66f3a241c2d9466a5f52eb086597390.mp3 "The Mollusk" by the rock group Ween] came to be in the background of YTMND.COM much like Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" on the previous night. You can experience the thrill of "round two" of the Night of the Unicorns at {{ytmnd|maxwhatthefuck|maxwhatthef*ck.ytmnd.com}}. | ||
| − | '''THIRD: The Night of the Bold Text''' | + | ==='''THIRD: The Night of the Bold Text'''=== |
On May 24-25, 2007, max added [http://content.ytmnd.com/content/d/5/1/d518c11fc1f0afdc4445120fbc77bba0.png his own opinions] to the front page, sans music, which inspired [[User:ubermann|ubermann]] to name this third Night "The Night of the Bold Text." Later in the night he changed YTMND.com and all of its subsites (excluding, of course, wiki.ytmnd.com and some other [[YTMND Easter Eggs]]) briefly to his own YTMND, {{ytmnd|banned|banned.ytmnd.com}}, causing severe confusion among YTMNDers, thinking they were banned. | On May 24-25, 2007, max added [http://content.ytmnd.com/content/d/5/1/d518c11fc1f0afdc4445120fbc77bba0.png his own opinions] to the front page, sans music, which inspired [[User:ubermann|ubermann]] to name this third Night "The Night of the Bold Text." Later in the night he changed YTMND.com and all of its subsites (excluding, of course, wiki.ytmnd.com and some other [[YTMND Easter Eggs]]) briefly to his own YTMND, {{ytmnd|banned|banned.ytmnd.com}}, causing severe confusion among YTMNDers, thinking they were banned. | ||
max changed the YTMND watermark to a diet Pepsi can (a Dasyati reference to Ray Charles' pepsi commercials) http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/lolcorner.gif Many YTMNDers bitched to max about the bans: http://ytmnd.com/lol.png | max changed the YTMND watermark to a diet Pepsi can (a Dasyati reference to Ray Charles' pepsi commercials) http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/lolcorner.gif Many YTMNDers bitched to max about the bans: http://ytmnd.com/lol.png | ||
| − | '''FOURTH: Juicy Juice''' | + | ==='''FOURTH: Juicy Juice'''=== |
During the fourth "Night of the Unicorns," on the night of May 28-29, 2007, max had a [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/juice.gif silent "Juicy Juice" image] in the back of YTMND.com, much like the image of the unicorns from the original Night of the Unicorns. | During the fourth "Night of the Unicorns," on the night of May 28-29, 2007, max had a [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/juice.gif silent "Juicy Juice" image] in the back of YTMND.com, much like the image of the unicorns from the original Night of the Unicorns. | ||
| − | '''FIFTH: Spoilers''' | + | ==='''FIFTH: Spoilers'''=== |
The fifth "Night of the Unicorns", lasted from Sunday, June 10th, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12th 2007. The title bar of YTMND was replaced with a [http://wiki.ytmnd.com/images/c/c9/SnapeDiedHarryLives.JPG possible spoiler for the 7th book of Harry Potter].'''<span style="color: #ba0000">!!CAUTION: POSSIBLE HARRY POTTER SPOILER!!</span>''' | The fifth "Night of the Unicorns", lasted from Sunday, June 10th, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12th 2007. The title bar of YTMND was replaced with a [http://wiki.ytmnd.com/images/c/c9/SnapeDiedHarryLives.JPG possible spoiler for the 7th book of Harry Potter].'''<span style="color: #ba0000">!!CAUTION: POSSIBLE HARRY POTTER SPOILER!!</span>''' | ||
| − | '''SIXTH: The Sparkle Puppy''' | + | ==='''SIXTH: The Sparkle Puppy'''=== |
| − | The night after max terminated the "spoiler" titlebar, on the night of Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - Wednesday, June 13, 2007,[http://content.ytmnd.com/content/b/3/0/b30af287be07fb69967ea8304ab0f724.gif a puppy wearing a YTMND logo] was tiled in the background in the classic Night of the Unicorns manner. | + | The night after max terminated the "spoiler" titlebar, on the night of Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - Wednesday, June 13, 2007,[http://content.ytmnd.com/content/b/3/0/b30af287be07fb69967ea8304ab0f724.gif a puppy wearing a YTMND logo] was tiled in the background in the classic Night of the Unicorns manner. Once again coined by ubermann, it was "{{ytmnd|nightofsparklepuppy|Night of the Sparkle Puppy}}" because "sparkles" were seen falling (in the manner that snow falls) on YTMND.com. This time, the song playing in the background was [http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/flash/gaga.swf Alpha Beta Gaga] by Air. However, this time the phenomenon was only seen on the front page, and not on the profiles, comments, etc. |
This was done in reference to a comment made by [http://www.ytmnd.com/users/Kaizen666 Kaizen666] on Max's latest [http://ytmnd.com/news/?news_id=72 news item] announcing the implementation of pink names for "featured users". | This was done in reference to a comment made by [http://www.ytmnd.com/users/Kaizen666 Kaizen666] on Max's latest [http://ytmnd.com/news/?news_id=72 news item] announcing the implementation of pink names for "featured users". | ||
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and a puppy running across the screen with flowers in his mouth. | and a puppy running across the screen with flowers in his mouth. | ||
| − | + | Max promptly replied: | |
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Revision as of 17:10, June 15, 2007
A "Night of the Unicorns" is a curious YTMND phenomenon in which the actual website is profoundly, yet temporarily, changed.
Contents
The Incident
The first so-called "Night of the Unicorns" (coined by ubermann in his site isurvivedunicorns.ytmnd.com) occurred on the night of Sunday, April 22 - Monday, April 23, 2007. This was the same night and some time after the creator of YTMND, Max Goldberg, introduced the "YFLY" top-right corner ads for a week. For a short time, max even applied a large bottom-right corner ad and a bottom-left corner ad.
This strange night was so named for the short-lived unicorns from 'My Little Pony' in the background of the actual YTMND website, along with the song "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne in the background, essentially briefly making YTMND.COM an actual YTMND. Early in the morning max decided to have some fun with the front page and YTMNDongs ventrilo users suggested using the Avril Lavigne song Girlfriend in the background of every site. BTape quickly made and hosted a loop at the following site: heyheyyouyou.ytmnd.com and max soon after made the image tile and the sound play on every page, including the news posts, site profiles, front page, etc. This change lasted nearly two hours.
During the madness of the Night of the Unicorns, Max also made the profile page for shadydragon's site popupsplz.ytmnd.com produce five pop-ups for anyone who clicks it!
In addition, "YFLY" is automatically wordfiltered to "BILBO BAGGINS" in links other than the official YFly reference. It was also filtered to numerous words such as:
- BASKET WEAVING
- LOLICON
- HAM SANDWICH
- ASSORTMENT OF LOTIONS
Theorists suggest that this was the night the max broke, some even going so far as saying that it was the night YTMND started to fall. Some say it kicked ass and people really need to stop whining about everything new. The PTKFGS community was hit particularly hard by the emergence of the YFly ads.
Recurrences
By the fourth Night of the Unicorns, it had become fairly clear that the world would be seeing many more such Nights.
SECOND: Mollusk
The next night, April 23-24, 2007, the song "The Mollusk" by the rock group Ween came to be in the background of YTMND.COM much like Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" on the previous night. You can experience the thrill of "round two" of the Night of the Unicorns at maxwhatthef*ck.ytmnd.com.
THIRD: The Night of the Bold Text
On May 24-25, 2007, max added his own opinions to the front page, sans music, which inspired ubermann to name this third Night "The Night of the Bold Text." Later in the night he changed YTMND.com and all of its subsites (excluding, of course, wiki.ytmnd.com and some other YTMND Easter Eggs) briefly to his own YTMND, banned.ytmnd.com, causing severe confusion among YTMNDers, thinking they were banned. max changed the YTMND watermark to a diet Pepsi can (a Dasyati reference to Ray Charles' pepsi commercials) http://content.ytmnd.com/assets/images/lolcorner.gif Many YTMNDers bitched to max about the bans: http://ytmnd.com/lol.png
FOURTH: Juicy Juice
During the fourth "Night of the Unicorns," on the night of May 28-29, 2007, max had a silent "Juicy Juice" image in the back of YTMND.com, much like the image of the unicorns from the original Night of the Unicorns.
FIFTH: Spoilers
The fifth "Night of the Unicorns", lasted from Sunday, June 10th, 2007 to Tuesday, June 12th 2007. The title bar of YTMND was replaced with a possible spoiler for the 7th book of Harry Potter.!!CAUTION: POSSIBLE HARRY POTTER SPOILER!!
SIXTH: The Sparkle Puppy
The night after max terminated the "spoiler" titlebar, on the night of Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - Wednesday, June 13, 2007,a puppy wearing a YTMND logo was tiled in the background in the classic Night of the Unicorns manner. Once again coined by ubermann, it was "Night of the Sparkle Puppy" because "sparkles" were seen falling (in the manner that snow falls) on YTMND.com. This time, the song playing in the background was Alpha Beta Gaga by Air. However, this time the phenomenon was only seen on the front page, and not on the profiles, comments, etc.
This was done in reference to a comment made by Kaizen666 on Max's latest news item announcing the implementation of pink names for "featured users".
Kaizen666's comment was:
First f*ggy blue comments and now pink names. Why don't you have sparkles falling from the top of the page and a puppy running across the screen with flowers in his mouth.
Max promptly replied:
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Related Sites
heyheyyouyou.ytmnd.com
isurvivedunicorns.ytmnd.com
maxwhatthef*ck.ytmnd.com
popupsplz.ytmnd.com
night of the unicorns : 28 hours later
banned.ytmnd.com
????diesinbook7.ytmnd.com
