I admit editing the post after the deadline is not a good way around, but it definitely doesn't mean I was willing to manipulate the game, I just participated to show interest.
Yes, he said me to do so as the price was over lapping with another participant. You can makeup many ways of looking at the situation, but the only truth is none of me or HH had any shady intention behind it. One can make whatever theory's he wants over this like OP.
If some of the participant from the spiculation game thread think it was unfair, I would happily back out of the game and still support it fully.
An easy way to solve this conundrum would be to preemptively refuse any prize winnings before the fact. Then at that point all any accusations are, are just some weak potential accusation with no harm done. This is an easy way to stamp out any doubt and controversy and turn this into a non-issue.