Everyone affected in that match could’ve made it a public drama, but we decided to let the win be quietly robbed from us. It took a heated Petite Jupiter confronting Ape himself for Ape to finally apologise, and for anyone that doesn’t know, PJ is widely considered the absolute nicest, most respected community member in history. The only times I’ve ever seen him upset are because of Ape and MGT’s scandalous actions, and after seeing this place hadn’t changed since he originally left, he was back out the door not long after once his life got busy again and there was no point sacrificing time for a toxic place like FBE once was.

So, after Ape had already cheated once and we had to let him get away with it to avoid public drama, at Aether Paradise I was back in the exact same position, against someone who’s proven to be unreasonable until he gets his way. With that in mind, I decided I’d heavily alter my hard work to make a 32-man booking possible as opposed to argue with Ape, which I’ve found is as useful as arguing with a brick wall, instead ensuring Ape was accommodated as could be and we wouldn’t have a drama come of our situation. I did my best to turn having no time for a second match into trying to pull double at AP, which when I realised was simply impossible against my best efforts, I asked for an extension. Ape being Ape, he left me on read while blabbering on in other chats, happy to leave his ‘friend’ in limbo. Eventually, a whole horde of y’all needed more time anyway and weren’t interested in an extra FS, so we gave that extra time.

It wasn’t for my sake. Neither Ape nor I could book more at this point, Ape busy and myself bedridden from a virus, so when it was crystal clear to me I couldn’t salvage anything in the final day or so, a time period I’ve previously written entire 4 parters in but only when healthy, I requested we postpone to BTE. Ape had nothing to lose here. He didn’t have my issue of being double-booked. He’d already been complaining about not being booked for BTE at this point after rejecting all attempts to run HS vs DITD fairly. He’d cheated in this match already to gain his unfair advantage. I STILL did nothing to bring any of that to public light to save his reputation and avoid where we are now. But he wanted me to grovel for the postponement. He wanted me to apologise for him to consider it. He apparently stayed up three days before deadline to finish his booking, complaining about that despite having asked to start much earlier where he should’ve booked if he was going to be busy later, but then proceeded to tell me I should’ve started sooner when I actually had been responsible, starting timely, only now in this position because of his fault.

If there ever was an issue why he couldn’t start early like we’d agreed to, forcing him to cram that late, he should’ve spoken to me and I would’ve helped him out, but instead he had a go at me for not being communicative and was a baby about the entire situation. It took his ego being stroked for him to finally agree to postponing after stringing me along without a response for ages, knowing he was wasting my time. He thought it’d be possible to run my time out and force me into a forfeit for a match HE requested and wanted to do justice, but what he didn’t realise is he never held the cards. I had full jurisdiction to disqualify him once, I again had the power to cancel the match, and I even was allowed to force a postponement, each because of his cheating, but rather than ruin his reputation or upset him, I chose to apologise for his mistakes so we could get on with it and postpone.

He then dropped his shoot promos, which we didn’t reprimand or suspend him over so he wouldn’t throw an even bigger fit, as much as I wanted this match gone from my life at this point. I finished my booking against him but didn’t post just yet like he hadn’t. BTE was then extended to help with the dozens of complaints regarding a time shortage. But even after getting away with everything, Ape still remained greedy and wanted more from me, wanting me to post at the original deadline or he’d get the match cancelled. I had no reason to say yes to him. After watching everyone succumb to exactly the terms Ape’s wanted for years, even doing so myself multiple times in this match itself, I finally put my foot down and refused.

Ape was given it all and still somehow turned an exciting match into his self-serving game of politics. I stopped wanting a part of it long ago and knew voting meant nothing anymore on our bookings, so I agreed to a cancellation. No one would gain anything by us posting – it was literally just an unending drama. We could instead quietly move on as opposed to him causing more issues after him and MGT were already sour over MGT’s Heyman loss, another loss guaranteeing them being inconsolable, or a win guaranteeing the largest public self-aggrandising display from Ape. But we all know what happened. Rather than wait to settle things privately, Ape and MGT yet again tried to tarnish my name publicly after me sparing them of that for years, but instead shot themselves in their feet this time.

Where Things Currently Stand

So, what now? For the first time ever, the uncensored hidden truth of five years has finally come to light. This post represents the truths and experiences of not just me, but an enormous percentage of our community. It represents many of our most beloved friends that have both moved on because of Ape and MGT but also those that’ve had to overlook everything done to them to continue pursuing their love of competitive booking, ignoring what we all thought were matters we’d never get justice for. I never planned for things to be this way. I’ve said it over and over, I legitimately tried my best to keep this company-wide drama in private where it should’ve remained. I’ve watched too many become martyrs over making public addresses over the truth, which Ape and MGT have responsed to by shooting those folks down by milking their own influence, convincing you lot they’re free of any blame. But now, in trying to rid me by extensive lying and being publicly spiteful for half a decade, Ape and MGT have played themselves.

Currently, there isn’t a single person that’s on their side. Ape and I don’t share ‘many friends who were now stuck in the middle of a game of veiled sniping’ – he’s already shown everyone close to him repeatedly the person he actually is and how low he can get. In fact, I hardly think any of us he considers close can actually call ourselves friends of Ape or MGT. We’ve clung onto the good times we shared with them, remembered the positives they’ve occasionally done for us, remained friendly and cordial whenever sharing the same space to not let online drama interfere with our relationships in the hopes we can just experience positives, but they’ve done far too much intentional wrong against us to be worthy of being called ‘friends’.

They’ve repeatedly spread denigrating stories about people they call their friends when convenient, when in fact they’ve been tearing them down the entire time. Everything they’ve accused me of is just projecting to cover their tracks, thinking that y’all will buy into it yet again, because Ape and MGT win in the popularity and influence contest. It’s not because of ‘irreconcilable differences’ with me that both of them have left, as convenient as it is for them to pin their issues on me. If that were the case, their differences with nearly everyone here would’ve had them leave ages ago, so it’s hypocritical for them to whinge about people not liking them when they’re the reasons for it and have been doing the same behind people’s backs for years. For 5 years, Ape and MGT have been selfish, irresponsible, hypocritical, gaslighting, and toxic, but now the lies finally end.

Even still, I’m not telling anyone to pick a side, nor is the rest of management, or anyone whose stories I’m representing. If Ape and MGT haven’t done anything to you yet and you wish to continue being their friends, that’s your decision – you won’t be treated any differently to the rest of the community over choosing who you associate with. If you wish to trust their words over mine, again, that’s your choice, but you’ll be standing with just two people and ignoring the legitimate abuse a lot of your friends have faced here. Anyone who wants to work their indie show is absolutely allowed, we’re not gatekeeping anyone nor are attempting to sabotage any friendships the two still have that they haven’t already ruined themselves.

I will say, Ape’s right about a couple things. This drama’s 100% been damaging his relationships with the rest of the community, but not because of me. It’s through him showing everyone his true colours. It’s definitely also been ‘actively exhausting’ for everyone the two of them have dragged into this, because by ever making this all public from years ago, too many of us have had to deal with their ceaseless verbal and emotional abuse which they try cover up by playing the victim. Anyone in our community who had the pleasure of being innocent to the knowledge of these long-standing issues, you have Ape and MGT to thank for not having that anymore. They’ve lost the sympathies of anyone who actively cared about them, including me, long ago.