Jeffrey Petrelli

**This article describes real server events.**

A photo used by pres12 supposedly portraying Jeff P. and his fiance.

**Jeffrey Petrelli** is the name of two fake identities used by **Pres** (also known as Pres12). Both incarnations were adult males with a tendency to dip into certain substances. For instance, the first Jeffrey was known for his late night drunk ramblings, and the second Jeffrey supposedly delved into hard drugs, one time pretending to almost overdose, leading to a rule banning drug talks to be implemented.

## Jeffrey Petrelli, the suicidal Russian

**Jeffrey Petrelli** is the identity with which **Pres** joined the server in the server's oldest days in **2015**. At first he didn't use the Jeffrey persona on the server, but instead associated himself with the character "**Bill Cipher**" from Gravity Falls. As time went on, he'd slowly talk more and more about his "real life", detailing his horrible past and giving people updates on his current situations, such as his marriage and honeymoon in 2015. However, even in the early days of the Jeff persona, people were dubious about the legitimacy of his existence.

Jeffrey was notorious for his **suicidal thoughts**, which Pres supplemented with his tragic backstories. In late 2015, Jeffrey posted a **suicide note** in the Minecraft chat in the form of a **/broadcast** message:

*"My name is Jeffrey. I'm going to kill myself soon. But this is my autobiography. October 23rd 1995, i was born to my parents. But I was put for adoption. On September 14th 1995, I was adopted by my adopted parents. Basically, I can't remember anything for 3 years until December 23rd, 1998 when I had my first memory. Which was my mom dying in a car accident. 4 years later I'm 7 and I'm in 1st grade. A kid named stabs a pencil through my hand. I break his jaw. 11 years of death, my dad blaming me for my mom's death and a missing brother later. I had had enough and I moved away. This we would be the last time I'd have contact with my family. 2 years lagers my dad kills himself. I go to his funeral and the reading of his will. My sister doesn't show up. I get nothing but since she didn't show up I get everything. Last week I thought I found her and spent a shit ton of money to fly to Russia and it turns out it wasn't her. Woopsy fucking doo. The present"*

He would regularly describe his suicide attempts in the Minecraft chat, one of such occasions involved him playing a game of **Russian roulette** with himself, in which he loaded a revolver with a single bullet and pulled the trigger with a 1 in 6 chance of killing himself. This caused severe panic and drama. When told he shouldn't do it, with **Zen** telling him to shut up in addition to that, Jeff replied he'd do it but he'd leave. Evidently, Jeffrey came back fine a while later.

In addition to his notoriety for his suicidal thoughts, Jeffrey was known for late night drunk ramblings, in which he'd type in a fake drunken fashion, spawning the following infamous quote on **New Year's Eve 2015**:

"*[/<O>\Manager] [T.B.C.] Bill Cipher: i wajnt fucking smini cornzdogs"*

Pres used his Jeffrey persona to gain a variety of perks on the server, such as his admin rank. People who doubted the legitimacy of his stories were banned, leading most to keep their suspicions private.

### Giftmageddon

On **Christmas 2015**, Jeffrey gifted a large number of games to various members of the server. The named derived from **Weirdmageddon**, an event brought upon Gravity Falls by Bill Cipher. It turned out later that it was funded by Pres's Christmas and his birthday money.

### The stalker & his wife's kidnapping in Paris

On **September 2nd 2016**, Jeffrey made a post on the private **/r/thebroccolicompany** subreddit saying that he was being hunted by an unknown stalker, begging for help, accompanied by various images of a bedroom. The stalker apparently slashed his car's tires, so he could not drive away. He decided to run, and made it to safety eventually.

Another scare story involved Pres's honeymoon with his wife, during which he claimed that she had been kidnapped and that he was trying to find her. During this, he posted crude caricatures involving Bill Cipher, later stating he did this to ease his mind while trying to find his wife. He found her again, eventually, without describing what actually happened.

### Cancer diagnosis

On **November 29th 2016**, Jeffrey posted in #general on the Discord that he had a **lump in his arm pit**. His wife told him it might be cancer, so he went to the hospital to have it checked out. He said it would be a **40 minute drive**, but arrived there **10 minutes later** due to "speeding". After a **10 minute X-Ray checkup**, Pres confirmed that he had been diagnosed with cancer . This event proved to be the final nail in the coffin for the Jeffrey persona, leading people to investigate the story.

### The truth about Pres

That same day, following a lengthy discussion in the Discord server, **Axe** made a post on the /r/freebuild subreddit titled **"The truth about Pres"**, summarizing the evidence they had gathered regarding Pres's real identity. Pres was revealed to be **13 years old**, along with other evidence such as his location, and the identity of the people in the photograph he claimed was Jeffrey and his wife (that being an older cousin and their wife).

The post, and various comments, were removed due to the personal information they contained. It resulted in Pres's ban for abusing his stories for power on the server, along with causing panic and drama for no reason with his described suicide attempts.

## notes to self to add later (disregard this)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Freebuild/comments/6cxg3k/crisis\_adverted\_kekkekkekkekk\_identity\_revealed/

1. ↑ The news post about drug influence.
2. ↑ Pres confirming his cancer diagnosis 20 minutes after finding a lump in his arm pit.