2012 April Fools Incident

On April 1, 2012, a major incident on the popular site Roblox caused many elements of the site to be changed, including banners, catalog items, and user accounts. Users affected by the incident reported that their accounts could no longer be accessed until after the incident. David Baszucki, founder of Roblox, responded after the incident saying that the site was restored, and former administrator responded 5 years after the incident saying, "It was nothing... You won't see it happen again".

By the morning of April 1, 2012, a user by the name of had gotten access to administrator only features of the site and had caused the now infamous event, changing elements of the site to their bidding. By the end of April 1, 2012, administrators had gained access back to the site and restored most of the damages caused by.

Timeline of Events
On April 1st, 2012, a user known by the community as DracoSwordMaster was given access to an admin panel and allegedly caused what would become the website's most notable "hacking". It involved the currency system and item catalog, the use of the warning banner, and unauthorized user promotions. In a 2017 Reddit comment, Gordonrox24, a former moderator, noted that "It was nothing... You won't see it happen again".

The suspected precursor to the event was a forum discussion that deteriorated into an argument between and  involving money and the economy of Roblox. Minish's account was taken over during the event. Minish bought Merely's famous Domino Crown, which was Merely's personal favorite catalogue item. The forums soon exploded with threads discussing the events. As a result, the two users were each given bans. This would also lead to Merely briefly quitting Roblox.

Soon afterwards, users and, both accounts under the control of , became moderators and used their elevated privileges to unban.

During the incident, many players begged for robux by linking clothing for insane prices.

New Catalog Items
During the event, multiple new Roblox assets were released. A new face was released into the catalogue with the title "c:" on the official Roblox Catalog for 100 Robux. The only account to purchase it was, whose account was assumed compromised. The face's image asset can be retrieved from the Roblox website. Another "c:" face was made, which can also be retrieved on the website. A third face called "hai guize derp" was also released and can be accessed via the Roblox website.

Banners were added to the top of the site and frequently changed colors and displayed objectionable content. Examples include "thank you minish for messing up the economy. nub." and "always share your passwords with strangers, kids!", "Haha these are so funny let's go spam the forums about them :D", "Remember kids tell your parents to vote Ron Paul", "Yo gonna give a shout out to the homies in dah hood", "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz","OMG like srsly Becky?","JOIN BUILDERS CLUB! ITS FREEEEEEEE!!!!","Yo RT stop yo ranting homies", "Playing Roblox is better than going outside!","pink. Its my new obsession,pink. it not even aquestion.","I'm the annoying orange banner. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. ", "NO TOMATIO IS ALWAYS BEST SILLY ORANGE", "minish is a stupid noob. nah not rly", and some other profanities, etc.

Misteroe
Multiple users were granted large amounts of Robux throughout the event. Although most of these accounts were apparently rolled back, it is speculated that some users managed to evade losing the entirety of their newfound wealth. An example of one of these users is, who managed to evade a ban and successfully trade away and launder an estimated 100,000 to 350,000 ROBUX. There is also some speculation that was directly involved with the event. This claim is supported by the fact that would later go on to be responsible for the firing of 3 Roblox administrators, most notably.

EXFamous
Similar to Misteroe, EXFamous successfully got away with owning Dominus Frigidus #16 and #59 Ghostwalker, two items combined worth around 8,000,000 ROBUX. However, in 2016 he was terminated for asking how the subforum Clans and Guilds was doing.

1dev2
It is confirmed that account was one of the accounts that were also compromised. Many items were put into his inventory during the event, and his avatar was changed multiple times. His account was subsequently terminated by a moderator. This ban was never revoked, but 1dev2 was possibly allowed temporary access into his account after the event, which during that time, he uncopylocked his game "Welcome to the Town of Robloxia". He is currently active on his new account, 1dev3.

Merely
was banned as a result of his feud with. Several users claimed gave them false bans and was responsible for the attack, But these claims have been proven false. After the website went back up, was unbanned and now is a high ranking member and former LMaDer.

Roblox's Response
After all this activity occurred, Roblox staff brought the site offline and reported that they were attempting to patch up the currency system. The website was brought back online during the late evening of April 1 at around 8 PM. The Trade Currency system and Roblox Catalog were offline until the following evening.

In a Roblox Blog post on April 2nd, it was announced that "(Roblox) experienced a site issue the evening of April 1st..., and (they) took the site offline". They noted that "Several assets were released from (the catalogue) backlog that were not ready for production", and "Several accounts were incorrectly granted large amounts of Robux; some of these Robux were subsequently traded with other accounts." One confirmed user to benefit from the large influx of artificial Robux was Misteroe, although it is not clear if this is statement is directly referencing him. Some catalogue and currency transactions were audited and rolled back, and they estimated the rollbacks occurred in fewer than 0.01% of Roblox accounts. Some items were updated with new pricing, while other items were taken off-sale. The "c:" face was changed to "Dr. Smyth Face" and was temporarily available for purchase. Around April 4th everyone who was involved in the attack were terminated, IP banned, warned, or banned for a while. Some of these users were innocents such as 1dev2, and some that were compromised, like Minish, and others.