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runscottYes, Julie, I was logged in to the chatroom last night as "runscott", but I was for the most part on "another part" of my computer all night, scanning t206's. I checked the chatroom occasionally, but seeing guests, I simply ignored it until all the guests had left.
But on to the "identification of the culprit" post. There is a huge danger with making the determination that if you see the same i.p. address multiple times that it is the same person in all instances. I did not realize this until MW pointed it out many, many moons ago, but I have since seen evidence that not only is it true - it is not at all uncommon.
So when someone begins participating on this board in a way that we don't approve of...tough sh*t - we can't do anything about it other than to ask Elliot to require signing in. And he has listened to us and done just that for the chat room.
Fortunately, most jerk-offs who are just out to get a rise out of people, will bounce around from chat room to chat room, getting their rocks off by making the legitimate participants cry and whine, and won't bother posting in a discussion thread forum like this, because they don't get the immediate feedback they need, and can't afford by calling 900 numbers all night.
So I really believe that what Elliot has done will protect the integrity of the chat room, while at the same time allowing newbies to learn from more experienced people in the hobby, which is a good thing.