So yes, the kerfluffle involving Vivi22, Pontus and myself was all a big put on. But it was a put on for a great purpose. That purpose was to allow, for once, the regular forum users to pull one over on the staff. Or at least get them involved in a trick on staffers.

The sass we saw out of Vivi22 was completely orchestrated and his final post that caused his Drunk Tanking was actually written by me. And it was never posted. I edited it in under the snip. He, however, wrote all of that terrible stuff about me and he did and ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE job. Even following me around to my "new forum" to harass. me.

New forum? What? I'll get to that.

So after that, a drunken and debaucherous Rantzien decided he was completely fed up with me, my bossiness and my shoot first and ask questions later mentality and kicked me out of staff. He also changed my name to something outrageous and hurtful (fired_of_avalon? Genius.) He also did an ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE JOB, including keeping me abreast of what was happening while I was "gone."

And then, the regulars. The vast majority of the people posting in response to my departure were in on it the whole time. They knew exactly what was going on and they were pretty excited to create bedlam (or the internet forums version of bedlam anyway) for all of the staff and the forum-goers who weren't informed. After that, they were supposed to have a mass exodus but that didn't quite pan out. Even so, it was pretty funny. Again, ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE JOB guys!

All I did was pitch a fit and make everyone mad - I've been doing that for so long you can't even call it a talent. More like a habit.

So that's it. Some people figured it out but it was still fun while it lasted. If you're a little pissed off then I'm sorry commensurate to the amount you're pissed. Unless you're REALLY pissed. Then I would advise you develop a sense of humor.

Rantzien re-knighted me today. I have no intentions of vacating unless my fellow staff decide they hate my guts and kick me out forever. If they do that, then at least I know I always have somewhere to go.