Board 8 > Wait, ertyu was banned?

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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/community/ertyu1978
WTF
How did I miss this
When was it
Why
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He told Allen to go stink on an unalo pot.
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Impersonation.

Obviously.
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I think it was more flooding the board than anything else
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Was there any actual proof he was not ertyu.
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Well I mean if he actually got banned I'm guessing the mods/admins can check ip addresses or something to see that it's actually some other user.
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Yeah but then that user would get axed too IIRC

Also does this mean we can get rid of fake preston
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Who would want to FAKE being Preston?

Seriously.
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Not all bans are axes.
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how do we know it was impersonation? people are just claiming that but with no proof

ertyu hasn't been here in years, how can we use info that old to compare to this new ertyu? If we even have ertyu's old info
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Punnyz posted...

people are just claiming that but with no proof

ulti said it and he has teh mod pockets
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did vlado comment on that account at all
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Punnyz posted...

ertyu hasn't been here in years, how can we use info that old to compare to this new ertyu? If we even have ertyu's old info

They don't need ertyu's old info, they just need to match the IP address of the new account to an active user to know it's an imp.

agesboy posted...

did vlado comment on that account at all

Vlado of all people seemed certain that it was the real deal, and Zea said that only the real ertyu would have known that they messaged each other on Xbox, but Ulti marked it for imping and it got banned.

At this point my guess is that it was Vlado simply posting on behalf of the real ertyu like he normally does except using an actual "ertyu" account instead of his own.
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I would expect the main to at least eat a purgatory if it was impersonation. I still think it was impersonation but probably not by Vlado. (and not just because he's not purgatoried either)
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It is true that the account showed up right after ertyu disappeared from Vlado's website. So I figure it was either real ertyu or Blackscar (he also uses Vlado's site).
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You would think though that just because it might be on someone news usermap wouldnt be grounds for deletion; ertyu could have just been this persons alt all along unless you actually had data about his old account. As far as I know alts arent banned, even if it is an alt where you deliberately act like a head trauma victim.

Not to mention sharing computers could mix user maps last I heard.
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In theory you can confirm it's impersonation by confirming it's not the same guy who posts the youtube videos in some way. Maybe that was done I dunno.
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Hmm. Thought it was the real one.
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You know what is funny
We are now discussing whether or not it was the real ertyu

But we forgot we used to question if the original ertyu itself is real
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It was really him.
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I made a topic about this subject on like Tuesday. I think that since so many things check out (the real name he posted, him having talked to Zea on XBL, his age), it was likely one and the same as the individual from all those years ago. If it's an exaggerated shtick (which is likely), it was simply someone out of practice.
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I don't really think it was him.
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