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    Default Payback's a Bitch, or When the Staff Got Theirs

    As some of you may know, Monumental Breakdown in Staff Protocol Day is named after a quote of mine as I was arguing heatedly for days on end in the legendary 2005 April Fools prank by the staff, which was targeted largely at me. Well, this year the tables were finally turned. This is a little story about revenge.

    I know many of you weren’t fooled by my antics in Feedback leading up to April Fools, but the prank was not targeted at the regular members anyway; you all only saw a tiny portion of the full story. As the above LJ entry (which was locked until April Fools) states, I and a staff member sought to prank the staff. I actually did post porn in a post I like to call “History of Hypocrisy: EoFF Porn Throughout the Ages,” with pictures that got people in trouble, one even banned, many years ago (the original post was deleted; I reposted just the text). However, I coordinated the posting with my staff insider, who deleted it immediately.

    There was heated debate in the staff forum for days about whether to permaban me or not, and I was drunk tanked for three days as they deliberated. I was not banned, though I probably was going to be had the debate continued. I was still locked out of posting for a few days, but it was a price I was willing to pay for glory. From what I heard, the argument raged rather heatedly in staff, and the balance turned from at first not wanting to ban me at all to most staffers eventually concluding that I was going to be banned for at least some period of time.

    A lot of the staff argued for my banning, but I was not worried – and not only because it was just a prank, but because I had a champion. This staffer argued passionately for hours on end for my salvation. She would not let me go without a fight, and a brutal fight it was. She did not have much logic on her side, but she had feelings which a decision to ban me threatened to destroy forever (or two years, whichever came first). When pressed for her true motives for defending me, she had this to say:

    I would feel guilty and I would miss him. THERE I SAID IT.
    I would miss you too, ShlupQuack. And I am so grateful for the defense that I am putting that quote in my sig. Forever.

    The prank was an absolute and hilarious success. My partner and I revealed the truth to staff last night in a Private Feedback thread (my partner’s request -- not my idea), so unfortunately you guys all missed the cussing and tears and threats of violence. For the record, the first words Shlup said in response were “Oh thank god.”

    I would also like to give a warm thanks to my staff cohort: the one-and-only Del Murder. He did not just delete the porn post, but also helped set me up with arguments about the CK competition and in my Feedback threads. And at first when it looked like the staff would be too wussy to ban me, he came out arguing hard for a ban to liven the debate, which eventually sparked into an all-out argument that lasted for days. He helped make this prank the glorious success that it was.

    This thread is for discussing the staff’s utter humiliation. Feel free to mock them appropriately.

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    I would like it on the record that I did think you should be banned for a short period of time, I just like to come into negotiations low balling.

    And shut up.

    ETA: The staff's April Fool's planning thread should be released tomorrow. I'm censoring it now and then it'll be locked away for a few more hours while others double-check it.

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    Shlup the Duck up? Uh good job wes?

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    Like I told Kaycee when she showed me the link.

    smurfing Wes, he's goddamn badman. Good show.

    They see me rolling. They hating, patrolling.
    Trying to catch me riding dirty.


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    So that's why Del was banned

    Edit: please tell me it's an accident that all the admins minus Lynx Ranztien was no longer admins

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    Shlup's original response to this thread:

    Speckled Don Key (1:37:02 AM): I hate you.
    Speckled Don Key (1:37:05 AM): So, so much.

    But we all know that's not really true, Shluppers!

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    She likes to argue with you. Without you, she might get bored and teach orphans latin or something

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    IGNORING YOU FOREVER, RAISIN.
    Quote Originally Posted by qwertysaur View Post
    Edit: please tell me it's an accident that all the admins minus Lynx Ranztien was no longer admins
    I was in the middle of fixing things. All better.

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    Holy ! You are a god damn genius!

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    I'm not underlined and you don't have italics for your name. Fix this travesty

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    Haha. This was an incredibly good prank. Near perfection. Why? Because being that it was around April Fools, it was inevitable that people would think it was a prank for a moment, however said prank thoughts would have slight doubts because, well, people would search for ways it would tie in with the Staff Prank. Inevitably giving it legitimacy, because let's face it, the staff and Raistlin, working together?

    Your only one flaw, next time you make a LJ about things, keep it a closer tucked secret. I found out about it. I'm like, on the outer edge of the rumor mill, which means it had to have gone through at least 5 other people first. Surprise thread ruined. Other than that, I applaud near perfection. *slow clap*

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    I found out when Shlup posted in your private feedback thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by qwertysaur View Post
    I'm not underlined and you don't have italics for your name. Fix this travesty
    I break things; fixing them is BoB's job.
    Quote Originally Posted by qwertysaur View Post
    I found out when Shlup posted in your private feedback thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by Goldenboko View Post
    Your only one flaw, next time you make a LJ about things, keep it a closer tucked secret. I found out about it. I'm like, on the outer edge of the rumor mill, which means it had to have gone through at least 5 other people first. Surprise thread ruined. Other than that, I applaud near perfection. *slow clap*
    Oh, it was a tight-locked secret for over a week. Right around one day ago I opened the LJ entry in order to show the staff in a Private Feedback thread. I figured some people might hear about it a little early, but for the most part a 9-day-old LJ entry was not going to be noticed, at least for a while. Perhaps I underestimated how quickly word would spread, though I was originally planning on making the thread earlier today anyway (but delayed so as not to interfere with the Staff's shenanigans).

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