Yes, I know they claim Bantown doesn't exist. They also say 'The author is a former non-member of a non-IRC channel called Bantown which no longer exists, never existed, and will never exist again,' so I'm taking any of their statements about Bantown with a pinch of salt. That said, purplerabbits's link below lends credence to their claim, so I may well have been hasty in dismissing them.