Well, as most of you know, something known as 'Rick Rolling' someone has become something of a new internet fad, so i decided to make a guide on how to Rick Roll someone, but do it properly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3_n0B1EaOY
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You sirs, just got Rick Roll'd
But you see, that was a very bad sort of Rick Rolling, I mean, you were probably expecting it right? and even if you weren't, you probably weren't at all that excited about what I was going to say, well, now im going to tell you how to Rick Roll properly.
But, before we begin, just what is a 'Rick Roll'
The 'Rick Roll' was something that began, like most internet fads, on 4 chan It was first posted to a website called www.yougotrickrolled.com/ where if you do go to the site, the song Never going to give you up by Rick Astley starts playing (which honestly, i like) and you are bombarded with annoying pop ups saying the lyrics whenever you tried to exit it. This has grown into the youtube rick roll, a much easier and simpler way of Rick Rolling, where you simply tell someone that there is a video of something on youtube, post a youtube link, and then when it loads, it starts playing the video to this song.
Now that you all know what Rick Rolling is, lets start with what makes a good Rick Roll
1st Rule: Find the right video
now, this may sound like its not very important, but with this above video, its not very good. Now you're probably wondering, what makes a good Rick Roll video, well, firstly, a good Rick Roll video needs to be of good quality, which isnt hard to find really, but most importantly, it needs to start playing the song the second your computer opens the page. A good example of a bad Rick Roll video is the one i posted above, where it comes up with the words You've been Rick Roll'd before playing the song, this takes away the impact, as the victim doesnt have to hear the song and can simply close it as soon as the title comes up.
Here is my favourite Rick Roll video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RL_kS8-l3g
2nd Rule: Get the victim interested
its all well and good just posting something like THIS IS A FUNNY VIDEO HAHAHAHAHA and then the link, no ones gonna believe you then, but if you post something lots of people will be interested in, like say you on a halo forum, something like OMGLOLOLOL HALO 4 TRAILER LOLOLOL is a bit stupid, as no ones going to believe you, yet if you post, New bungie interview or something, people will be interested and take you more seriously and more people will click the link = MAOR RICK ROLL'D
3rd Rule: Make the victim excited
As you see above, you need to draw in interest of the victim, but this isnt enough, if someone is interested in something, theyll click on it, see its a Rick Roll and be like 'oh, i got Rick Roll'd' which isnt what we want in a good Rick Roll. A good Rick Roll makes the victim shout 'OH MY GOD THAT ****ING ****ER JUST RICK ROLL'D ME!!!!'. So what you need to do is say that the link your posting is of something really interesting. Again, an example of on a halo forum, to post something like 'Master Chief doing Kung Fu', as this would be really funny, and the person will be like 'this is gonna be hilarious... OH MY GOD THAT ****ING ****ER JUST RICK ROLL'D ME'
see my point?
the three key things about making a good Rick Roll, The Video, Make it interesting and Make the victim excited
now that you've read all this, you can go away safe in the knowledge i have WAY too much spare time >.>
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