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We're all familiar with the BBCode Guide, but one thing is not covered in that guide.

Now first, let's take a look at my profile. Click on this innocent link and see what's there.

http://armorgames.com/user/Ernie15

Wait a minute, that's not my profile. That's a game! Speaking of games, why not enjoy some nice Crush the Castle user levels? That's always fun.

http://armorgames.com/play/4552/crush-the-castle-players-pack

Ohhh, there's my profile. I was wondering where that was hiding. The question is, how did it find its way into the Crush the Castle Player's Pack link? Well, I feel it's my job to show you.

(url=real_url)fake_url(/url)

Simple as that. Just remember to replace the parenthesis with brackets.

Oh wait, hold on, we have a question on the line.

"Hey, Ernie, I just got rick-rolled by your trick. How do you prevent that from happening"

Ah, good question. If you have a PC, go to View, then Toolbars, then Status Bar. If you have a Mac, just go to View and then Show Status Bar. The status bar is the little bar at the bottom of the window that tells you what page the link that you are hovering your cursor over will take you to before you click on it. This is the best way to prevent a rick-roll, or any other type of link fooling.

For all of you who already know this technique and are still reading this, thank you for being patient. For all of you who don't know this technique, have fun with it! I just wanted to share it with you all!