I got one of those vague accusatory PMs a couple days ago and I think it's ridiculous. Why would EH risk his reputation over a stupid forum argument. Pet made it sound like RIU threatened him and EH got them to do it. He also sent me a link to the Amare web site,which I thought was strange.
Pet's story doesn't make sense to me.
1. His PM to me said he'd been threatened with grassing unless he
"stop[ped] posting on ALL forums."
If the threat were as credible as pet wanted us to believe, leading him to stop posting on RIU, you'd stop posting anywhere (as the alleged threat demanded). He continues to post to other forums. Therefore, it sounds to me like this was his stage for the story, and not posting here is obligatory to
the story on this stage.
2. He PMed total strangers such as myself.
As above, if you receive a threat as serious as the one alleged, and you stop posting because you supposedly take it that seriously, you
certainly wouldn't PM total strangers.
3. His PM to me said he forwarded the threatening PM to potroast, and
"He only responded to my RIU PM 2 days ago, saying he is the only potroast, and he knew nothing of it."
That was Nov. 8. GG (above) said pet told him he received no response. Unless GG received that PM prior to Nov. 6 it doesn't add up (potroast is an RIU staff.).
4. The threat was sent from an email address purporting to be an RIU staff.
If someone were going to threaten grassing out, they'd simply keep it anonymous. Invoking the name of an RIU staff appears to be an attempt to draw RIU staff into the story. An anonymous threatener has no motive to do so. Someone manufacturing the story (as a victim) does.
It all points to Pet making up the story to take EH out with him. RIU was the stage. Staff were casted. Bystanders (like myself, who had a relatively short time on RIU) were given casting calls. If you don't like the episode, simply change channels (go to ICMAG) where he acts like nothing happened. Again, entirely inconsistent with the threat he claims he received.
I agree with GG. It's too bad this happened. Just a lonely guy finding a community here. That was kind of clear in his complaints that he didn't receive free
junk with the attention he deserved. But, if his online persona was so vital to him that he was willing to take EH out with a fabricated story, that dependence wasn't healthy. Hopefully it was a wakeup call for him.