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> Just a quick side note. I am a bit confused as to how anyone thought it could be anyone but Sam and Dave. That just sounds, to me anyway, like something they would pull off. And besides that, they had been using prank names and having prank conversations the whole evening. I like to think I would have known all along and would have laughed at the whole thing. (I am quite sure that, even if they were real, I would have laughed at what was going on. I tend to find humor in stupidity, especially in the form of drunken college guys, frat or no frat.) It was a joke. If you were offended, tell the person that offended you. If you offended someone, apologize. Don't make the whole situation into something it's not.
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> Oh, and about getting kicked, I hadn't ever been kicked until the "Sleeping Victims" episode. I didn't even know what it was like in this format. However, I had been an admin at another chat room before this with pretty high traffic. I know the responsibility that goes with the power. However, I also know, as do almost all other people who frequent chat rooms of any sort, that kicking is very often a joke between friends and can be taken as a show of affection if in jest. To be kicked as a joke shows that the person kicking you feels comfortable enough to use you in a joke while thinking that you will not take it as an insult. I wouldn't walk down the street and yank someone's pants off. However, if I were in a group of friends, I would most definitely pull the same prank if the situation arose. The person might be embarrassed, but ultimately they know I was kidding and that I like them. I'm not the kind of person that does things to people out of spite unless the person has already done something to completely lose my respect. I think Sam and all other duly appointed operators in RinkChat are the same. Kicks are certainly tools for the unruly, but are more often a joke. If you don't like it, okay. But please don't take offense when none was intended.
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> Shandar

I definetely agree. I probably hold the Rink Record for being kicked. I've been kicked so many times, I can't even count. I know It has to be around 30. I've been banned 3 times and ip banned once or twice. I don't get mad at people just because they kick me, especially if in jest.