Hey, I'm still here!

Yes, and it was a hoax that went almost flawlessly. :p

Earlier in the day Allen had posted a screenshot from inside the
Admin Control Panel. I grabbed his screenshot and quickly
photoshopped one of my own to look like I had hacked myself inside.

I posted the screenshot thinking that Allen would see it right away
and then make a comment in the thread. But instead, things got
even better.

Almost immediately after I posted the screenshot, Allen logged
out of his account for what seemed to be the first time in days.

Of course I saw that as a perfect opportunity to run my gag a
little further.

I posted to the thread to point out that Allen had been logged
out for a few hours. I said that I deliberately logged him out
as a joke. Then I said I feared that I might have screwed
something up so he couldn’t get back in it all.

Amazingly, another few hours went by and Allen still didn’t log
back in. I figured that must have a few people wondering, so I
took things further yet.

I posted to the thread again, this time offering a reason for my
‘devilish deed’. I said that Allen was a coldhearted guru because
he had rejected my friend request (also 100% baloney). The
thread had nearly 500 views and I was having all sorts of fun in
my mind wondering how many people might not be sure if this
was real or not.

That's when things took a bit of an ugly turn.

Very late in the evening, about 11 hours after my original post,
Allen decided to log into the forum. Lucky for me I was at my
machine because Allen sent a PM to me saying that he wasn’t sure
if I was pulling some legs are not. He mentioned the board had
been receiving extra attacks since the change.

It never crossed my mind and Allen might think the thread and
screenshot were real. So I frantically started typing a reply
before he banned my hilarious ass.

I explained what it was I had done...

And then a slightly relieved Allen Says, wrote back laughing, and
told me that he had already deleted the thread, because it was a
little too freaky.

That’s it. That's how my brilliant sense of humor narrowly escaped
the ban hammer.


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