READ THIS IF YOU WERE SCAMMED BY THEMANABOVE

Formal Apology

First off, I would like to apologize to every single person that was a victim in this elaborate and foolish plot. I made an alias called "themanabove", and proceeded to scam a good amount of people out of their personal belongings. I made a huge mistake, got carried away, and did something to a community of skiers that left myself ridiculed and ashamed. I had gotten into "trouble" for the lack of a better word at school and I owe someone money for reasons that I will respectfully choose to leave out. The person I owed money to gave me an idea, and from that I decided to be an asshole and scam people out of their things. I acquired many things from this in the most dishonest and unconstitutional way possible, and now i have the intent to return everything to it's rightful owner. I can understand the anger and hate that will be felt toward me, but after the help of two close friends, I realize that telling the truth is the best thing to do, just as my parents have recently been telling me. All the items will be boxed up ASAP and I will try with all my will to get them sent back to the owners before this Saturday, where I am leaving on a 1 week trip. I will always live with having to feel the stupidity of what I have done, and the harsh lesson I have learned. I will ship everything back to the owner as soon as I can, paying for the shipping out of my own pocket. Those people who got scammed please pm me in a simple message saying what you was stolen from you, your name, and your address. If there is an item on the way to me, once i receive it, I take it to the post office in the same box, without opening it, and send it right back. After each item is sent, I will notify you. Once everything is sent back, I will retire myself permanently from NS, and I'll never log on again. 
I would like to apologize to Peter Killory (Style+eeze) and Abe Krieger (aKrieg) for lying to them, but i would also like to thank them for helping me tell the truth. I have told my parents about this, and they are helping me in returning the items, along with a strict punishment. I would also like to apologize to Sean Gallagher (EZ_STEEZY) , and Buster Burns (weskisea), for having to go through this and sacrifice components of their time in the midst of this mess. I would also like to apologize to everybody in the NS community, and tell them that they will never see or hear from me again once everyone's gear is returned.

-Sincerely, Ryan Potter.

P.S.- Please don't do anything pertaining to my address, because that will result in more strife than has already been created. Please don't make threats, I deserve the threats and all the bad things that will be said about me, but everything will be easier otherwise. I made a rash, stupid, foolish, unkind, horrible, sinister decision that will forever be in my mind, and all I can hope for now is for everybody to get their belongings back. I do not expect sympathy, respect, or acceptance of this in any way, but I completely intend to send everything back. Thank You.