Was cryptohunter actually banned? He's not currently so must have been given a short one if so.
Is it possible that a direct ban from the theymos won't show in whatever dashboard you moderators have?
Or he is just playing with us to have our hopes destroyed tomorrow morning?
I'm a gnat's wedding-tackle away from giving the guy another 20 merits for the post just to piss off the whingers. Would that count as merit abuse, or would it be frock puppet abuse?

Seeing how his attitude has changed in the past few weeks I'm not sure if he will be pissed off about this.
In his twisted mind, he might see it as a victory where he has made you do something through his well-planned schemes ....
The only way to deal with a
nut is to use a hammer, nothing else works...