SCAtoday.net - April Fools

New category for April Fools parodies available

Mon, 2 Apr 2007 22:19:13 -0400

We hope you enjoyed our 2007 April Fools parody of Survivor. Since April Fools parodies are an annual tradition here at SCAtoday.net, we've added a new category to let readers easily go back and review the parodies from previous years.

CBS network scraps production of "Survivor Trimaris"

Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:24:44 -0400

After taping just one episode, the CBS television network has ceased production of a planned "Survivor Trimaris" edition of its popular reality TV program, citing "personality conflicts" with the cast.

High Inquisitional Council of Peerages cries foul on Aoife's Links

Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:30:56 -0500

Pursuant to new SCA corporate-level administrative sanctions, a High Inquisitional Council of Peers met recently behind closed doors and voted to censure Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon, creator of the popular Aoife's Links column. SCAtoday.net has learned that the worst may be yet to come.

Proof at last: The Internet is Period!

Sat, 1 Apr 2006 13:57:01 -0500

There are those in our beloved Society who believe that the use of computers and the Internet, however convenient, somehow contaminates our historical accuracy. Some of these naysayers, to be sure, are rogues and scoundrels of the most common sort, yet others are of noble and virtuous demeanor and are merely misguided in their thinking.

BoD said to be considering "level four banishment" for Iron Peer Autocrats

Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:26:23 -0500

According to unconfirmed reports, the Autocrats of the proposed "Iron Peer" event are under consideration for special sanctions, possibly including what one source describes as "level four banishment".

Society Seneschal stalls on FOIA request

Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:50:50 -0500

In spite of a diplomatic and properly-filed request under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Society Seneschal denies journalists access to matters of public record.

Trimaris secedes from SCA

Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:27:08 -0500

Rumour has it that as of noon today, Trimaris will secede from the SCA, and form its own medieval recreation group: The Society for Compulsive Actions (Florida).

"Iron Peer" event stirs controversy

Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:45:30 -0500

An event dubbed the "Iron Peer Competition", scheduled for later this year in Trimaris, may have seemed like a good idea at the time, but not everyone is happy with the planning.

First Annual Iron Peer Competition

Fri, 1 Apr 2005 07:31:44 -0500

Start: 2005/11/18 - 18:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT

description:
Think you've got what it takes to best all the other Peers in your order in a contest of endurance, creativity, and skill? Enter the Iron Peer Competition in the Barony of Southern Wastes, and find out if you're made of the Middle Ages' own brand of "the right stuff!" [This "event" was part of the 2005 April Fool's parody on SCAtoday.net. See the note at the bottom of the page for details.]

Location:
Southern Wastes (Trimaris) [Parody]

Local Event Site of Alien Autopsy -- Did BoD Cover Up Story?

Thu, 1 Apr 2004 20:19:42 -0500

Allegations are flying, and tempers are flaring, as the Board of Directors still has issued no statement on the incident. SCAtoday.net's Senior Anomaly Correspondent, Dexter Sinister, reveals this puzzling story.

Media Lawsuit Ends with Leveraged Buyout

Tue, 1 Apr 2003 21:40:22 -0500

Dateline: April 1, 2003. A bitter feud between rival publications SCAtoday.net and The Quarter has ended peacefully, with the simple expedient of a leveraged buyout.

Scurvy Knaves Blatantly Copy Respected Publication's Title

Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:50:22 -0500

Dateline: April 1, 2003. A thieving band of scoundrels calling themselves "The Quarter" have blatantly appropriated, for their own nefarious purposes, the title of a certain well-respected SCA news publication and the page layout of a certain national newspaper.