The Dink Network

Years ago I remember reading something somewhere that suggested that Shawn Teal wasn't actually a real person but was instead a fake persona invented by Seth to make RTSoft look like a more coherent company with genuine employees who would then be credited with certain activities that Seth was just doing himself. I can find absolutely zero reference to this theory nowadays to the point where I wonder if it was something I imagined. Even so, looking in the credits for Dink, he doesn't seem to be credited for actually having done anything in relation to the game. All the other staff are accounted for having actually done something somewhere, and had web sites at some point that could be visited.

In this interview with Seth, it suggests that Shawn helped test the game, however there's little reference to his actual activities other than "testing" and absolutely zero photos of him. I can't find any real reference to him online either, whereas the other former RTSoft staff seem to have LinkedIn profiles. After all of this, do you believe Shawn Teal is real or has SethR successfully deceived us all for the last 25+ years?