pat has sounded really smug in recent tweets. I think he's conflating the FBI anti-swatting initiative (a good thing) with putting all ona/kiwifarmers in jail for talking mad shit about him (classic patrick fantasy).
This is why I disagree with people who think Pat's too dumb to swat himself. First of all, it can't be that hard to swat someone given the absolute morons that have been doing it so far. Second, false swatting attempts have not, it appears, been investigated much if at all, let alone perpetrators found and prosecuted; there's the guy who actually got someone killed, but loads of internet dramatards have been involved in swatting and none of them faced legal consequences. Third, we know Pat
loves a false flag. And fourth, if you want a big-brained, Pat-level scheme, having him amp up the numbers on his swattings, not just by pretending they're happening but actually making a few of the calls himself, and then going all in on trying to get the perpetrators unmasked is a real 'going to find the real killers' vibe that seems Pat's level.
It all fits his profile. Of course that doesn't prove anything - we really have no idea who called in what or when, just that more than half haven't been what people think of when they think 'swatting', let alone even real. But I have no reason
not to believe Pat did at least a couple to himself in some fashion, especially the ones that happened when he wasn't at home, such as when he was off at cons. Posters were wondering why he'd be so eager to pump up his swatting numbers - well, what's more Pat Tomlinson than having a cunning plan to make himself the biggest swatting victim then have it backfire because it turns out he did some himself?
Tl;dr: It remains plausible, there's no evidence he didn't and it's far funnier if he did.
Not sure how his deluded pig plan goes from Lie For Attention -> Debts Paid but I have no doubt Pat has it all worked out.
GoFundMe most likely.