Espo used to LAN at his friends house. and his friend is not some imaginary guy... its mercerex who is pretty well known for being a dick. anyways, Espo spent a ton of time in the duel server with a lot of good duelists... when he first applied to BRD he was an above average player who i could beat without too much trouble using my shield, but he was getting progressively better over the weeks, and 6 or so weeks after joining BRD when I spent more time dueling him, he had improved greatly, and not just in terms of blocking, his footwork and offensive skills are great and his blocking is solid. I do not believe that he was cheating and is scapegoating mercerex... mercerex is just that fucked up of a guy that he would try to screw over others.
anyways, chadz and co will sort out the cases of all those who have contacted them eventually, and we will just have to wait until then to go judging people.