if he was a scammer i'm pretty sure he would have taken the bitcoins and went to enjoy life instead of getting flamed on irc and forums 24/7..
or try to get some type of sympathy for his "efforts". oh gee. look. it is working.
simple coherent communication since everything was being wound up would have stopped all of this.
simple payouts to the easiest lenders would have stopped all of this.
simple.
but pirate choose to do everything in the worst way possible.
it would not be bitcoin if everything was simple tho.
i am at the point i want to see a payout just so the btc market gets a good rattle. trader's best dream come true.
if no pay out.. at this point the market has already priced it in and pirate has little left to sell.