Seems like you should put this effort in to working something out with Patrick vs. crying about it in the forums....
I don't understand the logic of "let's negotiate with the scammer". What's the value proposition, does it go something like
He only keeps part of what he stole from me in exchange for being able to steal from a lot more people in the future. Win-win!!11
What sense does that make?!
I think it's because it's black and white for some people, while white and black for others, which makes for a heated, lengthy thread topic. Nothing special about Patrick - the situation he is in is just special.
No, I fully agree with Zeeks. There's a little sewing circle, Nitwits United or something like that. The benefits of social media.
For the record, he hasn't been operating for "so long". He has just been slimy, that specific sort of "bro"-ness that has the respective nitwits all enamored. Pirate did the exact same thing. In fact, pretty much all the people that fucked "the community" in the ass with a piece of raw pine did exactly the same thing. Buddy-buddy pays for scammers.
Well no.. But something is better than nothing. no?