The only stale part is claiming it is a joke to throw everyone off.
I'm also getting a little sick of everyone trying to pretend it's a joke, anybody who's read through the UPS thread and does a little more digging around and some googling, will know that it's real. Trying to pretend it's a joke just to preserve the deal is a little stupid IMO, you've done a good enough job keeping it out of the public that I don't think it'll die because of overuse, nobody even knows how to do it but we know it's real.
Rant over
I'd love one last DDS before it's too late, I got started in this game too late to attend one and it would really be awesome if I could catch the last one.