UPDATE: April Fools is over now so we're back to normal. Hope you got a bit of a laugh from the temporary redesign! Didn't get a chance to see it? Look here.
After spending a while here at TGTAP, you'll realise what a masculine place it is. Guns, vehicles, crime, and a whole lot of adolescent males. Well, we've made a few changes to help counter this awfully skewed demographic we've gotten ourselves into.
Over the past few years, TGTAP staff members have spent months researching ways in which we can make the site appeal to the fairer sex. After much deliberation, the conclusion was made that we should have a very pink layout incorporating typical female likes, including flowers, rainbows and unicorns. Apparently women love that stuff, so with that knowledge firmly engrained in our skulls, we committed to improving our design!
We hope you enjoy the changes we made, and in addition to that, the influx of female members who should now be clamouring to join the forums!
And don't you worry, we'll still be doing our best to bring you excellent coverage of Grand Theft Auto for years to come. At the moment just the default theme has changed on the homepage, but we should soon have the forums reskinned to match. Comments, feedback and any constructive criticism would be much appreciated.
I suppose this is your April Fools then?
Of course not. Why would you think that? Do you realize how many more members this place will get with that layout?
Cant wait to see this
Try going to the homepage?
Jesus Christ guys.
Please remember we DO have a website as well as these forums! http://www.thegtaplace.com/
lmao. i forgot that. told you before i just have the forums bookmarked, cos i dont usually have any reason to go to the homepage.
have to say good job, but you missed a bit up the top with niko shooting a gun
I like it, maybe it will be less of a sausage fest in here.
I like it Chris. It's nice to the eye. Good job!
But I hope this won't make us gays.
haha nice one Chris, lol'd at the unicorn.I think its a lulzy idea but who knows, we might reduce the sausage fest here...
maybe we can consult our few female members here
Yeah, maybe they can rate the new design since they're girls.
Let's wait for YJ or Bear.
This site is so lovely, I just joined here Hey guys! I <3 Unicorns and rainbows. Chris seems like a really hot guy I just want to have sex with him .
Ok, this can't be real...
This site is so lovely, I just joined here Hey guys! I <3 Unicorns and rainbows. Chris seems like a really hot guy I just want to have sex with him .Ok, this can't be real...
Way ahead of you, checked for other members with that IP address.. There are none....
omg.
you made the news..
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshow_ajax....nname=aprilfool
go to image 10.
omg.you made the news..
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshow_ajax....nname=aprilfool
go to image 10.
Gay theft auto?The hormone-overloaded teenage boys who love the violent video game Grand Theft Auto were confronted with a new girl-friendly site, complete with rainbows and unicorns
Lulz I r famous. I lol'd at their description too.
To be fair I would assume they simple keep an eye on http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/ and just post their faves. We got submitted there fairly early on in the day. We were within the first 60-70 sites on there this year.
Back in 2006, we made #7 in their featured websites list which was pretty impressive.
Still pretty cool we randomly get featured on NineMSN.com.au though. Pretty big news site in Australia is it not?
haha nice one Chris, lol'd at the unicorn.I think its a lulzy idea but who knows, we might reduce the sausage fest here...
maybe we can consult our few female members here
Yeah, maybe they can rate the new design since they're girls.
Let's wait for YJ or Bear.
My opinion doesn't matter? I assure you, I may wear the pants, but Spaz still has the penis.
omg.you made the news..
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshow_ajax....nname=aprilfool
go to image 10.
Gay theft auto?The hormone-overloaded teenage boys who love the violent video game Grand Theft Auto were confronted with a new girl-friendly site, complete with rainbows and unicorns
Lulz I r famous. I lol'd at their description too.
To be fair I would assume they simple keep an eye on http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/ and just post their faves. We got submitted there fairly early on in the day. We were within the first 60-70 sites on there this year.
Back in 2006, we made #7 in their featured websites list which was pretty impressive.
Still pretty cool we randomly get featured on NineMSN.com.au though. Pretty big news site in Australia is it not?
It's a fairly big one yes. lol @ Gay Theft Auto
Simply epic! I'm ashamed to admit this, but it looks excellent! I almost prefer the pink.. it's rather appealing to my feminine side I guess.....
NineMSN just changed the caption from Gay Theft Auto to Girl Theft Auto...
Some up-tight gay guy must've got offended or something :/
That or they realised we targeted girls anyway, not gay guys
And yeah Joe you aren't the only one.
On a slightly related note, my Mum saw this and loves the design!
NineMSN just changed the caption from Gay Theft Auto to Girl Theft Auto...Some up-tight gay guy must've got offended or something :/
That or they realised we targeted girls anyway, not gay guys
Good thing I took a print screen of it before they changed it.
Oh I love it!
Pink & pretty is perfect!
You know you should've consulted me for making some drastic changes to the site... Me and my mates have a mother lode of Strawberry Shortcake pics, you know...
I see, girls loved this very much.
Little_Chestnut: You're a girl too?
Lol Chris, you have many victims in the first day of the new design!
Lols, I saw it when I went to the website and I was like wtf? But then I realized it's that time of the year again for Chris' infamous jokes Nice one.
Ya' said eet. ITT, Chris is like Google
Still the homepage looks like GTAF's VC skin...
No, Chris, you're DOING IT WRONG:
I did expect an April Fools joke but didn't anticipate this. It's very cool. Waiting for the pink layer for the forums
I would like to volunteer on improving the banner...
I see, girls loved this very much.Little_Chestnut: You're a girl too?
Lol Chris, you have many victims in the first day of the new design!
Yep, very much so.
PLEASE keep the new design, looks great.
I keep thinking I've opened a porn site when I see the pink theme....
On a slightly related note, my Mum saw this and loves the design!
Lol. That's quite amusing. My mom saw my April Fool's joke and she fell for it.
Little_Chestnut: You're a girl too?
ROFL. Serious question?
Yeah I already had a screen of it, not because it said "Gay" though, I just tend to screenshot/scan anytime I'm featured in a magazine or professional website.
That's cool. Yeah, the only reason I took a print screen was because it said, "Gay".
I'm wondering how many people here actually want it to stay. I'd have to say the majority of the people saying that they want it to stay are just going along with the crowd. At least that's what it seems.
Lol Chris, this must stay here forever.
I think there's no forums without horny teenage boys. It's a permanent part of a forum. Meh.
Check here: http://www.thegtaplace.com, read the first paragraph of the article
It was sooo cute lolz
It was over?
This forums will be dominated again by boys. No girls will come to this site again. lol
If you're really that bothered, go ahead and set this as your TGTAP bookmark.
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