April fools

From xat wiki

Events by xat.com on April Fools' Day.

2023 - Lights off

Chats would turn grey upon entry, with a message appearing that the lights are off and the chatroom does not have sufficient energy to power up. Users were advised to visit the store for energy supply powers, where they could purchase a new (lights) power for 1000 xats. When trying to buy the power, however, an April Fools message would appear, informing the user that they could turn on the lights by sending the /aprilfools command on the chat. Later on, Lights was introduced as an actual power for 42 xats in the store.

2022 - Get help with xat (or your homework)

Users could receive help with their homework on Help chat.

2021 - Tom2 as HTML5 monthly manager

Tom2 was announced as the new monthly manager of HTML5 chat for April. Tom2 is an alias of the xat administrators.

2020 - Official chats merger

xat announced on Facebook that all the official chats including Help, Trade, Chat and Game would be merged into one huge super chat as part of radical new changes to the website. This would allow users to trade, request help, play gamebot, chat and flirt in all languages.

2019 - Trade app removal

xat announced on Twitter that the trade app would be removed to promote the redesigned xat store page.

2018 - xat watch revealed!

The xat watch was revealed in a forum announcement. Features included a personal digital assistant: Ellixa, a dual-core processor, and up to 42 hours of battery time. The watch also came in three colors: white, black and light pink. It was available for pre-order and was priced at $155.

2017 - Chat box sliding

Upon entering any chat, the chat box would slide to the right, nearly disappearing off the page. The (foclown) smiley from Foolsday would be shown in the background where the chat box usually is, with an "April Fool!" message.

2016 - Poop changed to Fools

xat started to release Poop, then the power turned into Fools.

2015 - Angel and Gold in store!

All users could see "1 remaining" in store for Gold/Angel. When they tried to buy it, it said **April Fool!**

2014 - Cyan pawns for users!

All users had the Cyan pawn that only they could see. Celebrities everywhere! Or just.. to yourself?

2013 - Circle power

xat stated it would release Circle power. It would make your smileys turn into circles!

2012 - IDs becoming 128 bit

xat stated IDs will become random 128-bit as they migrate to a new database. Example: 347854 would have become gT62102rpA10z655x.

2011 - Chat box dropping!

When you typed "fool" the chat box began to fall down and go away, disappearing from the page.

2010 - Black pawn released!

The Black pawn was released for 1 xat and only had one remaining, but when you bought it said it was a joke.

2009 - Pink Pawns for members

All members had pink pawns - xat claimed that this would be permanent. Later on, Pink power was introduced.