I don't mean this to be an argument with a staff decision in any way, and I'm not questioning your call in regard to Nick. With that said, I was in the wrong in chat too. Some of the remarks I made should have been made to Nick in private, and some shouldn't have been made at all. I got caught up in trying to win the argument and ventured into areas I knew would hurt; the only reason it doesn't look like a blatant rules violation from my end was that the vulnerable spots I exploited were ones that people who haven't known Nick for years wouldn't necessarily know existed. I'm as responsible for the drama in chat as he is, and more so for being devious and manipulative. That's not who I want to be, especially not to the kind of person who, when I had nothing, shared everything he had with me. I'm deeply sorry for my role in it and will accept whatever action the mods deem appropriate.
I greatly appreciate you making this statement, and I again sincerely apologize for what I had said including the post above.