This was posted from SunKing and spot on.

"C'mon guys, do you really think John is smart enough to pull off 'an epic troll'? And that Ice would just send him thousands of $$'s to keep it going? No. Sometimes the simplest explanation is the truth.

Ice felt some sympathy for John and decided to fund his dream of building a pinball machine. Why John had this dream and what his real intentions are may never be known. But what we witnessed over the past several months was John's best attempt to make that dream come true. In light of the abject failure, John tries to save face by saying 'haha - it was just a joke'.

Sorry, I'm not buying it."

If it was always some troll/fraud thing all along then it's NEWS TO ME. A lot of people had the same mindset in helping John with a "GoFundMe".

I expect the same typical reaction from the "mini mob" crew however, same people want to believe the worst.

I didn't even participate in the infamous thread for months.

The $6k is real and I'll post the paypal receipts.

Why would i want to blow $6k on some ridiculous troll? So if that's what John is saying then it's ALL on him. It was a ruse against a "rich american prick" as Avi put it. That sentiment was a bit surprising since i didn't even know who he was before that. It's ok. I know i am that to some that don't know me.

My reasons for doing it are as simple as what SunKing said and as far as i'm concerned, said it all along, for me it was a "charitable venture".

Carry on! Life goes on. At least i get my response out before the thread gets closed. If that's not good enough for the haters then that's on YOU.