And we're living here in Allantown.
About a year and a half back I posted the tale of a mooch named Allan. He's a guy best known now in the furry community for being hopelessly addicted to buying commissions of his character, seemingly having nearly every artist on FA On his AIM/MSN lists as countless folks have reported him contacting them for art. This all wouldn't be so bad if he didn't owe thousands of dollars to people for past work, and if he wasn't unemployed. The post was about him seemingly hitting rock bottom, being kicked out of the hotel he'd been staying at for two months in New York City and begging on the internet for help. How about an update?

Well, plenty has happened since that post. He's still very much banned from FurAffinity in spite of manys attempts to both circumvent the ban with new accounts or harrassing the head admin of the site to unban him. In journals (now deleted) on his Deviantart account he has claimed that said head admin, Dragoneer, has 'ruined his life' by banning him. Some journals with him complaining about the ban and trolls still exist, however.

Shortly after the hotel incident, Allan attempted to join the army, but was discharged for health reasons. He now lives with his mother and hasn't had any form of job since. He lives on unemployment and food stamps, but still reguarly buys and contacts many artists to buy commissions.

Fast forward to a month ago, Dragoneer himself posts a journal about a recent incident where Allan offered to donate $500 to FA in hopes of getting back in his good graces. It is also of interest to note that Dragoneer has coded the site so that attempts to see Allan's FA page results in a picture of a llama.

Shortly after Allan makes two DA journal entries where he admits to having a problem with buying commissions. In the second journal he reveals that a friend who is more eloquent wrote the entries for him, but that he honestly wants to change. Something he's claimed fairly often over the months.

This week it has been revealed that he's going to Anthrocon, the biggest furry convention in the US. Saying many people aren't happy with this would be an understatement. There have (ETA: WARNING for some mostly unrelated but very unfunny racewank in the comments) been multiple journals made
calling for him to be banned from the convention, people claiming he's going to get beat up, and people thinking everyone is being totally unfair to him.

In the interest of full disclosure: I am one of the many artists he has tried to talk to on AIM. I am not in any of the posts linked to, but I do have personal experience with the guy.

ETA: Er... sorry for the unfunny, guys. Looking it over now I have no idea what I was thinking. I'm really sorry.