there are cliques of people for whom the Lounge has become, in essence, the known world. this, of course, is both a good and a bad thing. for those who need this to be life (and they do, in fact, exist, as we all know) the cliques and personal fighting that results is inevitable. And for the most part, those not involved simply don't even get the inside jokes.

the source of any particular problem is that there are people for whom the Lounge is a real place, they invest emotional and psychic energy in this place, people they have never met are their friends and enemies, people who could easily be anyone, anywhere. that creates the potential for confusion and the resultant insults and game playing. It's worth everyone remembering that if you have never met them in person, then that are anyone they want to be, take it all with a grain of salt.