The Pinside community as a whole had little to do with the situation--I'm guessing the writer of the article was simply indicating a few individuals who visit pinside regularly. A few individuals took it upon themselves to check up on claims of the game being licensed. As it turned out, it wasn't. Skit-B was served C&D letters by the license holder, and things started to fall apart at that point as more and more people became privy to the situation.

Whomever took it upon themselves to investigate the license issue doesn't really matter all that much.

Disclaimer: I have no stake in the matter one way or another. It's a hot topic in the pinball world, and I simply can't help seeing all the information spilling out about this on various sites, and all the threads on pinside. It's not hard to find out what's happening at this point.

At the end of the day, it's just a blog post. Try not to take it personally or get worked up too much about it. Pinside is a big kahuna in the pinball world, so there's always going to be potshots and name drops.

I doubt someone who wants to remain anonymous is going to out themselves just because someone on a forum thread tries to bait them into doing so. Unless they have a big ego, there really is no benefit to them for doing so.

Yes, a Predator pin would've been cool to see, but at this point, I think many of us have come to expect a certain degree of uncertainty in the area of boutique pinball. Most businesses that get started tend to fail within their first 3 years of operation, and pinball is not shielded from that simply because of community enthusiasm.