The Identity of the Your Dungeon is Suck Guy, Revealed!

YDIS recently posted an expose, on the many regular commenters to his illustrious blog. This brought to mind the many emails I've received, claiming to have solved the mystery of his true identity. While most, I think, are way off base, I've decided to report the more likely, or interesting, scenarios:

1. Jeff Rients - After a three day session of Enochian Chess, Jeff had a great alchemical revelation! Putting his formula into action, he bravely gulped his mystical concoction. Alas, like unto Dr. Doom, there was a flaw in his calculations and no Mr. Fantastic to lend a helping hand. Suddenly inflicted with wracking pain, his hair and teeth lengthening, his eyes, become sunken, the warm and friendly Dr. Rients, found himself transformed into the horrible Mr. YDIS.

2. Kent - In despair at the failure of his audience, to appreciate his eloquent, ironic witticisms, Kent created YDIS in a pique of anger, as a show of disdain, towards those philistines of the OSR, who were only capable of appreciating the most low-brow, ugly sort of humor. Alas, he's now a captive of his own generosity, after witnessing the great joy and exuberant good humor, he's brought to all our lives. The show must go on!

3. James Maliszewski - The Papal Crown resting heavily, upon his head, Mr. M conceived a brilliant plan, to ferret out the many traitors, within the OSR! It is also a possibility, that the activities are actually being carried out by the Monks of St. Gaxyg and the Pope is unaware of their involvement in this unsavory campaign.

4. John Stater - The Land of Nod, Mystery Men, the new Hexcrawl line from FFG, The Tome of Horrors, Pars Fortuna, the Nod Magazine, the list goes on and on! Mr. Stater is the hardest working man in the OSR! Is it so unlikely, he could find time for one more project?

5. Zak S. - The idea of a friendly, reasonable, talented fellow, whose life is filled with meaningful work, friends and lovers, carrying out the sort of goings on as takes place at YDIS is absurd. But, that's the point! YDIS is a work of art, as well as an in-joke, part of a multi-layered experiment in Dadaism, which only those on the inside, privy to the whole, complex picture, will ever be able to fully appreciate.

6. The K&K Alehouse - It's been suggested that one or another K&K regular is the culprit. Incorrect! It's all of them!

7. The RPGpundit - The Pundit already has his hands full, what with keeping the Swine in check. And one would think the OSR more of an ally, in this regard. But, we're a Movement. Possibly a dangerous one! So, in a quandary, the Pundit created the YDIS persona, to lay the ground-work for an attack, should one become necessary! If the OSR proves itself to be another scourge upon the RPG world, the Pundit will reveal himself, take his carefully cultivated army and go forth to war!

8. Austrodavicus - Known for writing many excellent compositions, elucidating the nature of the OSR and its detractors, Austrodavicus also put another plan into action! Taking a cue from the Bush Administration and its strategery of turning Iraq into an irresistible focus for terrorists, YDIS was born, to captivate and distract the OSR's many enemies.

9. The Underdark Gazette guy -  After exhausting himself keeping up with the OSR, the UG guy snapped, like Sam Kinison's Jesus and told everyone to suck it!

10. Cyclopeatron - Who set out to prove, once and for all, that Controversy attracts more comments than Content.

11. James Raggi - The real purpose of YDIS is to create more controversy and draw more attention to Mr. Raggi and the GE! The diatribes against all those other bloggers, are just a smokescreen!

12. Everybody! Yup! That's right! It's a group project of the OSR and everyone's in on it, but you!