I don't see anything wrong with this joke. The whole point of an April Fool is that you make someone really mad or disappointed for a few seconds, then watch their sigh of relief when you tell them April Fools. In this case, 469 got fooled. Now, doing it the other way around - making someone really happy only to extinguish their hopes with April Fools - would be distasteful.
I will agree that cheering in response to the joke was out-of-line - unless, of course, they realized it was a joke and were cheering for the MC's cleverness. Exactly how much cheering was there? Reading these forums gives me the impression that most of the
FIRST community supports 469 (as they should). Regardless, the telling of a joke is not wrong because some people might laugh at it the wrong way. We can be disappointed in the reaction to the joke while still finding the joke itself to be funny.
I also love the mockery of the GDC: "The GDC would like to remind teams of the intent of Breakaway..." that's
exactly how a team update would begin.
