And then I followed the sage advice of I, Anon commentators and now you're gone!

I took your advice I, Anon, in that I was just a dick to aforementioned Basic who was being a tool. I was openly rude and aggressive knowing full well this person's lack of ability to confront anyone would pay off. I was able to get this person to back out on their own fully believing I was the 'bad person'. Did I return emails? No. Did I do what was asked of me? No. Did I know this person's reputation was on the line and would do all this shit without me? Yes. Did I take advantage of that? FULLY! Bonus: I even got equal credit for the project

Thanks I, Anon for green-lighting my bitch behavior, so rarely does the 'don't fuck with me' statement get to be acted upon.