MetalGearEric

"contrary to the lies posted by a certain MetalGearEric, i know what the word "sex" means, and i know what the word "poop" means"

-@dril, 4:02pm Feb 13, 2012

This is believed to be the first appearance of an Internet user by the name of MetalGearEric, who appears to be a frenemy of dril. On April 19, 2015, dril claimed to have doxxed MetalGearEric, revealing his real name to be Ted Staircase, but still refers to the poster as MetalGearEric.

While dril appears to have an adversarial relationship with MetalGearEric, the two appear to have remained in contact for eight years, with dril tweeting: "beware of my friend metal gear eric he is a scammer and a bimbo" in May 2020, having also tweeted "looking at my timeline, it seems that MetalGearEric has shifted from a Tier-B to a Tier-C poster ever since his grandma died. imo ," the previous October. In October 2020, dril tweeted: "ignoring all phone calls from rickgamecube and metal gear Eric so they can't talk me out of getting fake bullet wounds tattooed to my chest".