Admingate

Admingate, also known as Matthewgate, was a major scandal that occurred in The Greatest Group Ever Created on July 30, 2015. Sage Gaska (aka steelers3814) made Matthew Howe an admin of the group without warning. This led to a major revolt in the group, with most of the active people leaving. They were concerned about how Howe was not very active, and dirty remarks he was making. Gaska had to make a new group, with only himself and Bob Bobster as admin.
== Background ==
Prior to this event, the only admin was the founder of the group, Chief Admin Sage Gaska. Gaska was a relatively hands-off admin, with there being really no rules. Sage was looking to add some more admins to the group, as he could not be there all the time.
== The day ==
At around 2 PM, Kevin sent an image of a book he owned titled The Ultimate Body-Pedia, a book about the human body. Matthew responded with "What the f***". Rodrigo responded with "OMG" and "Thats the first time u ever talked on kik". Kevin responded with "I don't know you", and Rodrigo said "Idk him either". Matthew sent "8========D", but followed up with "Jk".
=== Matthew is promoted ===
After that brief exchange, Matthew Howe was promoted to admin by Sage Gaska. Matthew sent two messages; "Yay!!!" and "Admin". The backlash was immediate. Rodrigo sent a face with cold sweat emoji, and Kevin said "No fair". Matthew then began to send messages such as "Hahahaha", not helping the situation. After Bob Bobster was re-promoted to admin, Kevin said "F*** this place", and left. After this Matthew said "Right in the pu$$y". When Sage attempted to re-add Kevin, he left again. Rodrigo said he was "100% with kevin", and left.
=== The group revolts ===
After Kevin and Rodrigo left, Sage re-added both of them and called for a "GROUP MEETING". He said "Some people are complaining...About our new admin team". Kevin voiced his concerns about Matthew: "You [sage] let someone that never texts on kik be admin...". At this time, Victoria Price (Nox Pluma) left the group, another active member gone. Then Sage apparently ignored Rodrigo and Kevin (we do not have the exact times) and Kevin left for the final time. Rodrigo also decided to leave. This entire time, Matthew is sending things completely unrelated to the revolt happening in front of him (such as episodes of the online video series Precious Plum), while Sage is attempting to scrap together the group. At this time, Adrian started chatting in the group. Sage and Adrian had this very important interchange:
ADRIAN: "can i ask u a question sage?"
SAGE: "Yes?"
ADRIAN: "Is Matthew ur friend?"
SAGE: "Yes"
ADRIAN: "And thats why you promoted him right?"
SAGE: "Not just that"
ADRIAN: Well?"
SAGE: "He is reliable" "And good"
ADRIAN: "Am i the same thing?"
SAGE: "I suppose so"
ADRIAN: "Then y dont u promote me?"
SAGE: "We don't have any openings"
ADRIAN: "What?"
SAGE: "Plus we have admin discussions on skype"
ADRIAN: "But this is getting too far sage"
SAGE: "What do you mean?"
ADRIAN: "He never gets on kik" "And we do" "We are reliable"
SAGE: "He goes on kik"
ADRIAN: "What if one day he does something bad to the group?"
SAGE: "He just doesn't talk"
ADRIAN: "Answer this then"
MATTHEW: "Use Skype"
ADRIAN: "If everyone leaves will this still [be] The Greatest Group Ever Created?"
MATTHEW: "Don't be unsociable use your mouth everyone :)"
SAGE: "That's what she said"
MATTHEW: "On a dick"
ADRIAN: "Then y dont u use yours Matthew?"
MATTHEW: [spouts nonsense about his "pet sea monkey"]
ADRIAN: "What about Kevin? Sage he is your best friend"
MATTHEW: [continues with sea monkey nonsense]
SAGE: "Everyone calm down"
Sage then attempted to add everyone back, but they all left again. Brian came into the chat, confused, and Matthew made him an admin for an unknown reason. Brian then made Adrian an admin after Adrian requested it, and Adrian made everyone in the group an admin.
== Aftermath ==
Sage was forced to create a whole new group. This group had the same name, but it was public and had the hashtag #thegreatestgroupevercreated. Only Bob Bobster and Sage would be admins. Sage added everyone to this new group, and eventually everyone started chatting again. 
Many people agree that the whole situation was handled terribly. Sage attempted to bring the group together, but failed. He did not give enough reasons why Matthew would be a good admin, and making him admin in the first place without discussing it with the group was a bad idea. Matthew made it all worse, as he kept sending episodes of Precious Plum via Kik videos, drawings of penises, and memes about the Obamas. This event was the main reason why Sage decided to hold a whole election for admin in 2016.
== Extra reading ==
The entire chat log, as captured by Bob Bobster