Alfa99's account was registered in Feb 2006, whereas Thunderbird's account was registered in January 2003 and furthermore, both accounts are active so from your point of argument, I don't see how both parties are related especially if you do a quick check on their profile, topics created and discussed.

Next, it isn't Renee's fault if forumers wanna give her a free bump (in the form of praises, testimonials, etc) in any of her threads as long as she's not doing an indirect bump herself. Agree?

I feel that the duplicated account issue was more targetted at Renee than Alfa99 or Thunderbird due to rivalry. I guess that's a little childish, why stab each other as some competition is perfectly healthy, we (as normal forumers) get better deals and more choices too so whoever offers the best bang for the buck will win the game. That's from my point of view.