I was one of those in the other thread who made a couple references to Teddy either perpetrating an elaborate joke or being in fact guilty. Mostly I thought it was 95% joke and 5% guilty, because I didn't really see how this could be true. What made me believe that it could be was Wheel Gunner's proposed explanation that a recreational player multitabling might just act as the windows popped up, instead of the way we in these forums do with constantly using check box actions in advance so we can concentrate on the hands we are really playing and have money invested in. Again, I really thought all this was an elaborate prank, but the old saying truth is stranger than fiction seems to apply here.
But all this does say something about stars, and other sites as well. They are so paranoid about bots they can go overboard, but regarding human player collusion, then as I posted in my earlier thread
Poker Stars And Game Integrity - The Emperor With No Clothes , and in which Lee declined to respond, there are so many inadequately addressed issues regarding game integrity issues. Stars is not of course the only site with these deficiencies, but as the one who has over time constantly held themselves out as doing the utmost to insure game integrity, then it is only fair we hold them to a higher standard.
Many of us here, including myself, really do hold Lee in high regard both for his own personal integrity, and for his and his site's willingness to come here and address issues, which party has said they would but instead has shown themselves to be a liar for not doing so. But Lee doesn't own the site, and he has superiors to answer to. I hope that they will learn from this episode and not only come here and address it, but also the other issues in the thread linked above. And that they have the guts to say they haven't been doing enough with human collusion/cheating, and have been doing too much or taking the wrong actions regarding bots.
But all of this presuposes the management of stars still cares about the longterm, and isn't just coasting until they can find a buyer for the company. Most of us really want stars to succeed longterm because of Lee and other things, and also because they are the most likely to provide a competitive counterweight to the market leader who doesn't give a [censored] about the business of the portion of its customers who post here. So we will just have to see what happens, but my gut says stars will be bought by a company that links it to a sportbook and casino to try to draw money out of poker into -EV gambling like the others. In that case, there will be no reason at all to favor stars over any other site.
So again, assuming still as seems likely this isn't in fact the most elaborate joke perpetrated on this site, then my hat is off to Teddy for his persistence and handling of this matter, and I'm sorry to have insinuated even a 5% chance of his being guilty.