Actually, I thought it was a paper thin ploy by HD to stop people stacking him, harassing him ingame, blowing HD kills out of all proportion, etc..
To explain -
HD admits to hacking
HD acts like the usual ban fodder
HD gets bont
Regulars and slotters begin to behave because if an Admin can be bant, so can they.
Some time passes...
HD comes back under a new name, and builds a new reputation from scrap. Noone stacks him, noone griefs him, and people like me don't keep screenshotting whenever they kill him >_<
Next time it needs more work, I don't think many regular players would equate HD with a leet rant as is - thats probably what made it so suspicious in the first place.