According to him? Or according to Fizzer?
His old account is still banned, so this story of lifted ban doesn't add up
I'm clearly not new to the internet nor gullible, as Nauz noted, so I wouldn't be claiming it if it weren't true. Terry got banned on his old account, at which point he got another chance to return on Jirai. Jirai got permabanned, at which point Terry was too embarrassed to appeal the ban because that was already his "another chance." I saw correspondence between the two because I was involved in the unban appeal. While it's possible that Terry may have faked the Fizzer side of that conversation (which confirms that Terry had been allowed to return on Jirai but lost his original account permanently as punishment), it's improbable because:
1) Jirai reached out to Fizzer with an unban appeal (which I workshopped for Terry, originally it was all over the place) asking for yet another chance and renewing his vow (a condition of his initial permitted ban evasion) to stay off of GC.
2) Terry is generally bad at hiding information (or rather, he doesn't try). As berdan knows, I have a lot of information on Terry.
Sure, you might not believe me, but some points to that:
1) Fizzer permabanning people on some accounts but allowing them to "evade" the permaban on others is not unheard of. For example, I'm permabanned on another account. JK_3, AI, and many others are too. The case where he permabans people on their main account and then allows them to a short leash is rarer, but Shredtail2, Semice, and others can speak to that.
2) Fizzer had been aware of terry cloth returning as Jirai Gumo. Max Scherzer alerted Fizzer almost immediately when Jirai showed up. Jirai Gumo had been allowed to remain.
3) At the very least, it's public knowledge that Jirai was permabanned, then allowed to return. You'll have to trust me/my sources that, during this process, Fizzer was aware that Jirai was terry, but the rest of this is clear-cut.
4) Terry made no attempt to hide Jirai being him. (Even beyond that, he signs his messages to Fizzer with his real name, which I have been able to confirm is actually him.)
So this isn't just me taking Terry's claims at face value.
Edited 4/8/2022 16:21:46