Time period: April 10 - 14, 2019
I would be convinced to delete all posts regarding this situation, through Thor and Shaye’s manipulation of my partner.
On April 7th, my partner at the time contacted Shaye through a mutual friend.
he has been attacking us daily on Twitter
As for the attack messages he’s been posting them as recently as yesterday so I hope that your conversations with him will get him to stop.
As part of his attack messages he posted numberous chatlogs, some of which were modified and contained our lead developers personal phone number / contact info
The claims he’s making have lead to his community attacking us… over Thor’s personal phone number.
Upon reviewing the archive, no sensitive information about Thor (nor his phone number) ever existed in any messages, media, code, or metadata of the archive.
Even though it would be trivially easy to disprove, this lie was told with such confidence that there was no thought to verify it.
As for Shaye’s claim that the messages were modified, the Telegram Archive has remained unchanged since its archival date in December 2018.
Based on their claim that they were attacked “over Thor’s personal phone number”, along with the knowledge that Thor’s phone number was never leaked, we can come to this conclusion: These are blatant lies, not founded in truth.
Note that Shaye uses the word “attack” in all of their first three messages. The repetition of the word “attack” intends to evoke a sense of urgency and danger, and to paint Lyric as a villain.
This conversation led my partner to sympathize with Shaye, “I can’t forgive the fact that he basically doxxed you guys and thats a big yikes”.
On April 10, my partner did as they promised to Shaye; they tried to convince me to reverse the chargeback and delete all public posts about Thor. I expressed my distrust in them and disgust at how they are twisting the situation. My partner empathized with Shaye, trying to get me to consider that I might be at fault for misunderstanding the situation, and that I should stop harassing them.
At that point in time, I was not at all interested in deleting my posts because I felt I was in the right, and I would keep fighting to make it known because I have the proof.
On April 13th, my partner informed me
“[Shaye/Thor] are calling restraining order”
“I can’t just let them to call the lawyer on you”.
I expressed that I heavily distrust them. I pointed out that they are asking me to delete for their own gain, so it would look like I deleted my posts because I regretted posting them (subtle foreshadowing…).
I notice how my tone shifted over, from not wanting to delete at all, to wanting to mutually end the “drama”. I was motivated by having a happy life with my partner at the time, free of any past burdens.
Looking back on this, I do regret not standing my ground. I did not have a good sense of boundaries at that age; if my partner told me to do something I would try to find a way, even giving up my own goals, and in this instance, my own emotional well-being. I realize now that this is not a virtue.
On Apr 14, 2019, 12:34 AM PDT, my partner spoke to Thor.
I took them at their word.
It is clear to me now that in this type of situation, I should know that deleting my posts in this situation is a terrible idea. Even without outside perspective, I should know that
I led myself to believe their narrative to some extent. I never even checked if there was actually personal information leaked, since I did not review any of the contents of the archive before posting it.
After I read Thor’s confirmation, I deleted all of my posts on all platforms, including the Google Doc that I wrote.
At the time, neither Shaye nor Thor deleted their posts on the matter until years later. All of their posts on Twitter, Discord, and YouTube remained public, and they would continue to call me a scammer and a liar long after I deleted my posts.
This would confirm the foreshadowing I mentioned earlier.
They manipulated my partner to get me to delete my posts, and then they would keep their posts up, reinforcing their narrative and painting me as a villain.
At this time, I do not have original copies of my deleted posts.
Conversations between Shaye and my partner, forwarded to me by my partner.
Conversation between me and my partner, screenshot taken by me at that time.
Conversation between Thor and Partner, on Apr 14m 12:34 AM PDT. Screenshot taken by my partner