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This article aims to analyze the sociability of two school groups that use violence as a ludic interaction resource. The empirical corpus presented is composed of field notes, in-depth interviews and a focus group with students from two secondary schools in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. In each school, it was found that the sociability of a group of students was shown by the use of physical force, or humiliations. It is, then, concluded that the bonds built in each case make possible a context of social informalisation that implies a double process: flexibilization of behaviors, but also self-control of emotions.