I've suspected it for a long time, but a Throwdown with him confirmed that TunaBallKing is, in fact, a cheater. The three late votes by private profiles clinched it in my mind, so I asked a PI (no name given) to help dig up evidence on him. This is what he found:
These 3 accounts have been brought to our attention as for voting for TunaBallKing in multiple amounts of his throwdowns:
spider11508
bruins4life
NYCPuckhead
Another account named "Perloff Effigy" has voted in quite a few of his throwdowns as well, but the account is shown as deleted when you go to the page, see:
http://www.fannation.com/users/view_user_profile/609512
And the account has not been used most recently.
Another account that is under suspicious use is RaoulDukus. This account has voted on many of TunaBallKing's early throwdowns. And, this account is currently private:
http://www.fannation.com/users/view_user_profile/590347
Here are some TD's that these "dupes" have voted in:
"bruins will win the cup"
Throwdown with bruins4life, acting like idiot.
"CFL IS BETTER THAN NFL"
Throwdown with NYCPuckhead...
"What Should Ottawa Do?"
02/13/09 02:49 spider11508 voted
02/13/09 06:14 bruins4life voted
02/13/09 08:51 NYCPuckhead voted
"Improve 3 EA Sports Games"
02/13/09 03:06 spider11508 voted
02/13/09 08:50 NYCPuckhead voted
02/13/09 08:56 bruins4life voted
"Pick the greatest slam dunk performance ever. List first."
02/13/09 03:07 spider11508 voted
02/13/09 05:40 RaoulDukus voted
02/13/09 08:50 NYCPuckhead voted
"Worst NHL 2008 Free Agent Signings"
02/09/09 01:40 bruins4life voted
02/09/09 10:52 NYCPuckhead voted
"Funny Sports Moments"
02/09/09 12:45 NYCPuckhead voted
02/09/09 11:34 spider11508 voted
"Perfect Moments In Sports"
01/28/09 10:38 spider11508 voted
"Best Highlights Ever. Please Read Rules!"
01/14/09 03:09 spider11508 voted
01/14/09 04:31 bruins4life voted
01/14/09 10:46 NYCPuckhead voted
"Champions League Hockey"
01/07/09 12:17 spider11508 voted
01/07/09 04:35 NYCPuckhead voted
"If Texas doesn't win vs the bad OSU then they shouldnt play again in 2009"
01/07/09 05:58 spider11508 voted
"Most Difficult League To Make"
01/02/09 08:03 NYCPuckhead voted
"The MLB Monetary System Is Geared Toward Giving Teams Like The Yankees An Advantage"
12/23/08 06:50 NYCPuckhead voted
"Ten Greatest Boston Bruins Of All-Time"
12/20/08 05:08 NYCPuckhead voted
"Peyton Manning is the NFL MVP"
12/19/08 11:50 spider11508 voted
"Best player in the NHL? Pick first then argue second."
12/19/08 02:31 Perloff Effigy voted
12/19/08 02:32 NYCPuckhead voted
"3 Sports - 15 Poor Signs"
12/18/08 01:25 Perloff Effigy voted
"The Yankees Just Won the World Series"
12/11/08 02:19 bruins4life voted
"If Pulp Fiction had an all-athlete cast"
12/11/08 02:20 bruins4life voted
12/11/08 02:21 Perloff Effigy voted
12/11/08 02:21 NYCPuckhead voted
"Most Consistant NFL Team"
12/09/08 10:42 RaoulDukus voted
12/09/08 10:43 NYCPuckhead voted
12/09/08 10:44 Perloff Effigy voted
"1990's/2000's All NHL Busts Team"
11/24/08 11:11 NYCPuckhead voted
11/25/08 04:38 Perloff Effigy voted
"Michael Vick will not play NFL/CFL in 2009"
11/20/08 01:05 RaoulDukus voted
11/20/08 01:19 bruins4life voted
11/20/08 01:21 Perloff Effigy voted
11/20/08 01:26 NYCPuckhead voted
"The Wakamatsu hire was a step foward for the city of Seattle"
11/20/08 01:20 bruins4life voted
11/20/08 01:21 Perloff Effigy voted
11/20/08 01:23 RaoulDukus voted
11/20/08 01:27 NYCPuckhead voted
"Bob Babich will not be the Bears Defensive Coordinator next season."
11/18/08 03:28 RaoulDukus voted
11/18/08 03:30 NYCPuckhead voted
"The Pistons trade for Allen Iverson was a teribble move."
11/16/08 04:21 bruins4life voted
"OVER/UNDER Marc Savard will get 60 assists this season."
11/16/08 03:26 NYCPuckhead voted
11/16/08 04:22 bruins4life voted
"[lat td] redskins will beat the cowboys"
11/16/08 03:26 NYCPuckhead voted
"Bears will win NFC North this year"
11/16/08 03:25 NYCPuckhead voted
11/16/08 03:31 RaoulDukus voted
11/16/08 04:20 bruins4life voted
11/16/08 06:47 Perloff Effigy voted
"Tim Thomas is the most underappreciated NHL goalie playing" - His First TD "Ever"
11/13/08 04:19 NYCPuckhead voted
11/13/08 04:21 RaoulDukus voted
If you take the time to go to these throwdowns, you will see that the difference in votes between the two TDers are not very far apart in all of the throwdowns that these accounts have voted in. Here are all the TD's of his that were found to have these accounts voted in:
http://www.fannation.com/users/user_throwdowns/590348
At least 1 or 2 of these accounts have voted in at LEAST half of his throwdowns, this is very suspicious.
PERSONAL ADDENDUM: The accounts bruins4life and NYCPuckhead both have private profiles. However, NYCPuckhead did not always have a private profile, or the same name. He went under the moniker "Burkilonious", and listed his name as Ryan Burke... eerily similar to TunaBallKing's listed name of R.M. Burke. Both were from Ottawa. Burkilonious also started the CFL Throwdown with the same avatar as his old character, except with a different name.


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CHEATER!
I will want to see his response to this in the comments section.
Dyhard - four in a…
Germantown, WI
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Me too.
Redwing19: retired
Halifax, NS
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Hmmmmm. Did you guys know Cassidy got deleted? Crazy stuff today!
Mondo Jay
Fan Nation, HQ
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Seriously? Wow.
Redwing19: retired
Halifax, NS
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This really needs to be seen.
Redwing19: retired
Halifax, NS
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Well we have the proof here. Somebody going to step up to the plate?
The True Joker
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I really doubt that. I just want the world to see.
Redwing19: retired
Halifax, NS
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Good job, I'm very curious to see a response but I doubt we will. Its a very suspicious situation without a doubt, hopefully the truth comes out.
Philly: Go Horns!
Arlington , TX
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Excellent work from the Rockford Files...I mean the RedWing Files. I'd like to see his response as well.
LGP: Stanley Cup…
Six Burgh, PA
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Nice detective work RW, do you think TBK will respond?
Mets Fan:
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I just accepted a Throwdown against him. Let's see if he cheats on this one.
http://www.fannation.com/throwdowns/show/298659?category_id=17
LGP: Stanley Cup…
Six Burgh, PA
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Well he wont now, since people are onto him
Tru-Dolfan: Hates…
Beantown, MA
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hillarious......some people and their time.
LanaLikesBrady
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so won't the absence of those votes confirm it?
LanaLikesBrady
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collusion???
ROFLMAO
djroxalot: Welcome…
South Central Los Angeles, CA
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Not to sound mean or anything but...
This cheating crap is getting old, if you care so much about what someone does on a sports website then get a life. Really, redwing, you must have spent a ton of time creating this blog and digging up the info, couldnt you be doing something else?
The person who cheats and knows that he cheats has to suffer the consequences everyday knowing that he/she is a cheater at probly everything he or she does
Ive seen so many of these blogs done on these things, over time ive learned to ignore and not td the "cheater", nuff said
Ny
Seaside Park, NJ
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