Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
I don't think Alan will ever admit to being AndrewG because it's clear Alan wanted to leave behind all the forum baggage he had under his own name....

This includes:

- Defense of Rob's "system"

- Denial of the profitability of APs

- 18 yos

- Personal issues brought out here


Simply put, he wanted to post here without being trolled by that stuff, so he probably made a new identity. For those same reasons, he's unlikely to admit to that identity, unless he's ready to stop posting here.

I always struggled with what to do about the trolling of Alan. I didn't like seeing it occur, especially since he was the original founder of this forum. At the same time, he wasn't innocent. He intentionally posted provocative messages here, including ones he knew would draw people's ire (such as the questioning of APs on a forum full of APs).

So I told him that I could only put a stop to the trolling if he were to stop posting intentionally controversial stuff, but it never sunk in. He kept doing it, and eventually he quit. That was fine. I didn't ask him to leave, and he did bring good content here sometimes, but I respected his decision to leave, and even said I would keep the negativity about him to a minimum in his absence.

If he is Andrew, it would be nice if he just owned up to it, kept the AP antagonism away from here, and joined back in. I will say that Andrew hasn't antagonized people, so if that's the style he goes to, that will be great.
I think you need to contact Alan and find out exactly why he's not posting here anymore. It has to do with you, and not so much the other stuff, according to him.