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Furoa

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) An accusation of lying is not evidence, Delos.

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Developer response from delosford

You know as well as I do what you said and that it's been out of the chatlog for days. I don't record evidence when I ban people. It's not really necessary.

coolguy6778

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Q, you think they KILLED YOUR GRANDFATHER. I think that's not the most they can do. Why are you still even in the state if you think they did it?

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Developer response from delosford

Because they already tried to kill me with the same sort of stuff and it didn't work. I seem to actually have pretty much become tolerant to it and have found other things that counteract it. So now I'm tracking down those responsible.

HanLecter

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Holy2334, your post was fantastic, it resumes the situation very well: http://www.kongregate.com/forums/1-kongregate/topics/451020-controversial-game

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Developer response from delosford

Well, I'm not too surprised you consider random lies to be fantastic.

bobandrob

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) 6. Do not slander me or the game. "Please note: denying the existence of the organization stalking me/calling me crazy for talking about it is slanderous and will result in your ban." Wow.

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Developer response from delosford

Yes, I agree it's quite shocking I actually had to write such a thing to get people to obey it. I wrote it in chat beforehand and everyone who got banned clearly saw it (usually they said something snarky first like "watch me get banned"). Then they got banned. They knew what they were doing.

HanLecter

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Kirarninja... Just admit the truth, say that you are a former ninja trained to kill with Walnuts, that you work now for an evil agency called "The Stalkers" and that you plan to destroy Q private life because he had sex with your wives and he has such amazing sexual skills that he actually made your wives go mad... Tell the Truth, Kiran

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Developer response from delosford

That's an interesting claim. Where'd you come up with that one?

Furoa

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) For the record, I started 'country crashing' because you said stalkers edited the stats to make the game too easy and boring. Now you're saying the stalkers edited stats to make the country crash. And then you proceeded to edit the stats yourself. Conclusion: any perceived victory achieved by the players is false, because stalkers did it, and any red stats or country crashing is also false because stalkers did it. It's a wonder people still play this game at all, considering none of the stats are legitimate at this point.

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Developer response from delosford

Dude, you're just rambling at this point. Are you hoping people forget your complete lack of credibility?

Stepping_Razor

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Say whatever lies you want, there are no stalkers, just your own delusions, and you owe me money. I'm not sure how you managed to get your hands on a computer in your looney bin, but however you did, it's time for you to grow up and actually act like a responsible adult. If you're going to ban us for no real reason, at least don't steal our money. You owe me Kreds, and you owe the users you banned for no reason an apology. EVERYONE knew that Furoa's banning was complete nonsense.

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Developer response from delosford

lol... you think I owe you money. That's hilarious.

asd43

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) "Untying your shoelaces" refers to petty things such as breaking into your home to mess with the server and tapping on your windows at night. And seriously, this is not a triple A game, it's a text based game with some depth and multiplayer. It is impressive, but take a gander at a browser game website or the steam free section. You could pay a guy to make a better game. Also you "Pulled a Q"(tm) and dodged my first question, with a rant about the second one.

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Developer response from delosford

No, you actually couldn't. You're disregarding the writing of the game, which pretty much makes the game. Not to mention how my sense of humor and the writing weaves into many of the game mechanics in order to make a political simulator something interesting and fun that people actually want to play. How many other successful MMO Congress games do you see? How many period, actually? Oh, none? Yeah, that's because it's not exactly easy to pull off. Then you can get into the technical aspect of having a second game that's completely different that interacts with this one (The Lobby), which is something literally one company ever has done before, and they were pretty much doing it concurrently with my plans.

Greydon1

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) What a stalker would say: Why you gotta be so rude? Don't you know I'm human, too? Why you gotta be so rude? I'm gonna crash the game anyway. Crash that game, crash the game anyway. Crash the game, no matter what you say. Crash that game, and you'll never ban me. Why you gotta be so.... ruude?

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Developer response from delosford

timecube.com

Furoa

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) I defy you to find the instance where I denied the stalkers exist, Q. The exact incriminating phrase, if you would. And no, the screenshot 12q posted is not evidence, since you've contradicted yourself about it in the comments and in the game chat. And if you can't come up with it, I'll be forced to conclude that you're full of it.

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Developer response from delosford

oh right, just pretend you never said what you said while making it clear that you were pretty sure it'd get you banned.

kiraninja

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) so now you're saying my video is fake... i would include the inspect element page but that would show my session key, is there anything you would suggest i do to prove its legitimacy?

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Developer response from delosford

Sure, just demonstrate how the code I showed you results in what you're claiming. If you can't, it's something on your computer doing it.

Furoa

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Oh, and pretty sure having a 'written' rule posted in a transient medium such as global (which disappeared very very quickly) hardly counts. Everything I have said about you has either been true, or a reasonable conclusion to make based on the facts available to me, despite your constant accusations of lying. On the other hand, you've lied, slandered, contradicted yourself in comments, made logical errors in your sob stories, and denied all of these activities. Oh, and changed the subject/shifted blame every time anyone calls you out on it. Not all bugs are related to the stalkers, not all dissent comes from the stalkers, and actions after banning cannot be used to justify a ban.

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Developer response from delosford

Oh, so you admit you saw it and deliberately did something you know would get you banned? Ok, glad to see we've completely discredited everything you ever said. Have a wonderful day.

Noly

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) This was a great game, and in concept it still is. But well... I don't believe you anymore. Simple. It's sad that a good game like this is being crashed like this- and if what you said were true, this would have gone public by long. Please, dev, if you really think that you are correct, look at your situation from an outside perspective: How would you think about anyone who acts like you?

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Developer response from delosford

The game is doing fine, thanks.

Furoa

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Oh, good, you finally rewrote the rules to justify yourself. At least there won't be any unpleasant surrprises for innocent newbies now. Pity the phrasing is still vague enough to justify banning anyone.

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Developer response from delosford

You pointedly said what you were doing was going to get you banned because you saw me write the rule in the first place for everyone to see. But nice attempt to lie.

Noly

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Q is probably insane and needs medical care... if he really thinks what he writes.

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Developer response from delosford

My doctor doesn't think so. I had a CT scan a while back to prove there was no possible head trauma. She also works at Stanford and has multiple PhDs. I'm going to have to go with her opinion over Internet Poster "Noly", sorry to say.

Superdupercat

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Even refunding for half the amount of kreds would be alright with me. I'll keep the dyes.

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Developer response from delosford

I guess I should just make everything in the game free...?

Superdupercat

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) May I have a refund for the large amount of equipment and bank slots I bought.

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Developer response from delosford

Why would you think this is a reasonable request?

wmc1206

Nov. 29, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) So uh, I left a while back, you probably don't remember me but I was that guy wanting to play as a giraffe and show up to Congress in a tank, the hell is happening lately? Why don't you run into the woods and hide?

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Developer response from delosford

Why would I do that?

asd43

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) if the stalkers are real, why haven't they just stolen all of the stuff in your house or killed you yet? A year of things such as untying your shoelaces and silly ways to get to you is kinda worthless to an organization so "powerful". They could probably just hire a guy to code a similar game, advertise that and take over yours by ten fold.

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Developer response from delosford

Untying my shoelaces? What are you talking about? You don't even seem to have the basic facts of the situation, so I'd suggest you go read those before spouting hilariously mindless drivel. Also, no, this game is pretty much impossible to replicate. You'd need a skillset that's extremely fucking rare coupled with not giving much of a shit about profitability.

coolguy6778

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Then why not go into hiding on your own accord? Change your name, run into the woods, etc.

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Developer response from delosford

Why would I bother? You're talking about an organization whose scariest tactic is poisoning me with an allergy med and tapping on my windows at night. The funny part is that they're actually terrified of me, which is why they're trying to scare me away.

kiraninja

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) lolz, the top 5 comments are all people who aren't happy with the game lately

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Developer response from delosford

lolz those same top 5 comments are from people who don't play the game. There are also 500 weekly active users. So up to 1% of the playerbase is angry? Yeah, game ruined, guys. Everybody pack it up. lolz.

DoomlordKravoka

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) If you want to oppose Q, remember to give this game a 1 star!

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Developer response from delosford

Thanks for admitting that people collude to fraudulently downrate the game!

Furoa

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) 'Why in the world do people think they can flagrantly ignore printed rules with a big ****ing warning on top saying you will be banned without warning for violating them?' Q, you have already banned people for unwritten rules; I'm not even going to point out that you bent said unwritten rule to justify my banning. People were here, they remember what happened, and no matter how you try and spin that screenshot and contradict yourself on it, we know it was unjustified. That's why Global is still full of arguments. That's why you silenced Kiraninja and tried to frame him as a stalker in an attempt to stem the flow. That's why you're under heavy fire in the comments. But go ahead, continue pretending like you're the only person who's right and sane here, you fraudulent, duplicitous excuse for a game developer. At least have the decency to keep your story consistent, instead of spinning another lie whenever we call you out on it.

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Developer response from delosford

Unwritten? No... I wrote it, you saw it, you ignored it, you got banned. And nobody tried to frame kiraninja. I modified the code to make him chat an obviously forced and humorous message, and he responded by claiming there was a nonexistent bug in the game to avoid chatting what he was going to be forced to. Which he could have only known about by being informed of what I had written in the code about 5 minutes prior. That's not "framing".

ZZZSonic

Nov. 28, 2014

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Developer response from delosford

Nobody has their pants in a twist. That's the fact you're missing. All the complainers are my stalkers and sadass forum dwellers who downrate games for being better than anything they could ever produce.

Stepping_Razor

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) I encourage any new players to leave this game immediately. The game has been ruined at this point, with all the banning, kreds will be stolen, and you will be verbally harassed. Please upvote this comment so that newcomers can see it.

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Developer response from delosford

No kreds have been stolen, there's just a few sad-ass players that think spending a couple bucks and playing this game for years entitles them to flagrantly break the rules and not get banned.

Stepping_Razor

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) If you're going to ban me for no real reason, at least refund my kreds. I don't see why I should be cheated out of money just because you're schizo.

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Developer response from delosford

looooool, you flagrantly broke a rule and got banned for it. You don't get your money back in such an instance, and it would be ridiculous to expect such a thing. MMOs do not refund people who get banned. That happens literally never.

tybone96

Nov. 28, 2014

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Developer response from delosford

Don't worry about the downvotes: it's just my stalkers trying really hard to discredit me despite the fact that they have nobody but flagrant rule-breakers that have admitted to their activities on their side. I mean, seriously: there's a pastebin going around that they've all confirmed the validity of where they talk about trying to DDOS the game (actually just DOS, but these people aren't exactly super bright).

WindyRevalations

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) So does your family and friends know about this?

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Developer response from delosford

of course

HanLecter

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Guys... this is serious... I think Delos is playing us all... I think all this is a bluff.... seriously... Poisoned Walnuts, Van with Wifi and Poisoned Grandfather... thats way too much.. I think he is, indeed, messing around with us...

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Developer response from delosford

The story always changes as you can see.

TheDova

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) I'm the guy who asked you to kill me so I could reroll. I recall praising you and the game. Do you think everyone is suddenly going crazy for absolutely no reason at all? Do you honestly believe that there is nothing wrong with you?

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Developer response from delosford

lol, you were the guy that got banned for hate speech? Why in the world do people think they can flagrantly ignore printed rules with a big fucking warning on top saying you will be banned without warning for violating them? The strange part is that many, many people have no problem understanding these rules.

TheDova

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) No game should ever have to suffer from poor administration. A single person in charge of handling a political simulator with over 400,000 plays is not a remotely responsible choice. Especially considering how much a failure the current one is.

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Developer response from delosford

So in your opinion banning people for breaking rules for which the stated punishment is banning is... bad administration?

TheDova

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) THIS GAME IS SUFFERING FROM A SEVERE CASE OF HORRIBLE ADMINISTRATION. YOUR HARD WORK WILL BE FORFEIT AND YOU WILL GET BANNED FOR "HATESPEECH".

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Developer response from delosford

Well, that is one of the things the rules very clearly state you can get banned for.

Myxlplyx

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) The dev is crazy. End of story.

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Developer response from delosford

Nope

Greydon1

Nov. 28, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Abolish All Laws : Not A Stalker 0/5000000 FISSION MAILED --> No abilities have ever been played on that. How?? And please don't tell me this is a nonexistent bug. Bug or not, whatever it is, I saw it happen and you can't deny it.

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Developer response from delosford

Yes, the people stalking me have access to the server via a keylogger on my personal devices. If I remove them, people break in and reinstall them. This has been well-known for a long time. Please read the announcements at a bare minimum.

WindyRevalations

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Q, do you have someone you trust that you can talk to about the stalkers? This situation is more than anyone can handle on their own.

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Developer response from delosford

Oh I try. People try to deny they know what I'm talking about for fear of admitting it and having the same things happen to them, but I've gotten more than a few of them to break down and mostly stop the charade by pointing out the various logical inconsistencies in their lies.

bobandrob

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Yes, because only sane people carry around poisoned walnuts in an aspirin container. If someone is really stalking you, by all means, go to the proper authorities.

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Developer response from delosford

Yeah, the authorities mysteriously misplace any evidence I give them. Well, the local authorities, anyway. There's also a strange van emitting wifi signals hanging around my place constantly. When I brought it to the attention of the local police: they first tried to convince me there was nothing possibly wrong and it was all normal. As I presented further evidence of the obvious abnormality of its presence and the wifi signals: the cop I was talking to stopped the charade and told me: "We know whose van it is. We can't tell you that. But it's supposed to be there." Sounds pretty legit, right?

Whiplashx

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Whoever the real stalkers are, they're probably jizzing their pants now they've managed to do stuff to mislead Q and his most loyal fans in an all out conflict against each other. Now all they need to do is sit back and watch as Q's world burns, all without them needing to lay a further finger. Stalkers, if you or yous are reading this. I think you or yous are (a) twisted, terrible (group of) people for going so far as meddling in Q's life like this.

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Developer response from delosford

My world burns? There's a couple people who openly talked about trying to hack/damage the game who got banned. There is no actual controversy and the game is completely fine.

coolguy6778

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Are the stalkers even relevant to the game itself, Q? Sure, they screw with it, but you could just call the FBI. Get some police protection, protective custody, etc, and put an end to it. Why aren't you doing any of these things? No offense, but it just seems a bit odd that you haven't done that already if you've almost been poisoned. Another thing, why are the stalkers even doing this in the first place? Did you do something? I mean no offense by any of these questions.

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Developer response from delosford

I've done all of these things. The local police are completely in bed with the people stalking me and won't do anything. The FBI is doing something, but I'm not exactly involved in the investigation.

Graviity

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Basically what happened to this game is: People repoted bugs and their existence was denied by the developer. Why have beta testers if you don't trust their opinion?

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Developer response from delosford

No... lots of people reported bugs that didn't actually exist. It turned out many of them were deliberately trying to damage the game either of their own accord or by working with the people stalking me, and they got banned for it. The game also isn't in beta.

KillerOfU33

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Also I never defended kiran in any way here. I love the guy to bits, but I don't even know what you guys are talking about in here. Just looks like text walls that I'm unwilling to read. So, I'm glad I proved you right?

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Developer response from delosford

<thumbs up>

KillerOfU33

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Well I mean, ok I guess. Ya got me, I've spent 4 years building badges on an account just so that you'd never suspect that I hack a silly flash game. Darn. /sarcasm

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Developer response from delosford

Why would the age of your account matter at all? I never claimed you made it with the intent to mess with my game, and the game isn't even in flash.

HanLecter

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Delos... We are very concerned... Why did you have poisoned Walnuts on your desk?? Why did they stole them from you?? Please, tell us...

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Developer response from delosford

Obviously they were stolen to stop me from having them analyzed at a lab. Which was fairly pointless because I have many better things to have tested at this point.

DoomlordKravoka

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Even before this debacle, Q was the bad guy. Think about it. He rigs America into a five way free-for-all filled with corrupt politicians for his own entertainment. Giving each side a win condition that ranges from "Bad Idea" to "End of America". Then he brings eldritch terrors into the mix, if you look at his stats you can see a Mark of Cthulhu, indicating that he is carrying out the will of the great old ones.

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Developer response from delosford

I endorse this message

Greydon1

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) @KillerOfU33 you don't need HTML editing skills to make a pastebin, you could just write shit and nobody can prove it

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Developer response from delosford

I think the most amusing part is how he accidentally agreed with me about kiraninja

HanLecter

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) CloutTruthSquad... Come on Q.... Don´t be so pathetic...

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Developer response from delosford

Are you saying you think that account is me or something? Feel free to confirm with Kongregate that it isn't.

KillerOfU33

Nov. 27, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) @CloutTruthSquad http://prntscr.com/5alwkc

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Developer response from delosford

You do realize that mostly just proves exactly what I said about kiraninja, right? Not your most brilliant moment.

bobandrob

Nov. 26, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) God, what happened to this game? It use to be so simple: filibuster a bill here, assassinate an opponent there. But now everything has gone to hell. Now it is "stalkers" and "hacking." i am starting to wonder if any of these stalkers are actually real.

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Developer response from delosford

Well, explain who took two poisoned walnuts out of an aspirin container on my desk at work. If you can do that, then you get to express the opinion that the people stalking me may not be real. Otherwise, you get banned for doing so because it's slanderous and frankly pretty fucking rude to do so.

KillerOfU33

Nov. 26, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Wait, when did I become a stalker? I was legitimately curious o.o I said that you don't have to show it if you don't want to. I'm just a bystander. All I know is that the stalker finger is being pointed and I'm hearing a lot of people complain

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Developer response from delosford

No, it's just you and a couple of your stalker friends. As you can see from the post above yours, it's pretty fucking clear you don't have the game's best interests at heart and lie a lot.

HanLecter

Nov. 26, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Kiraninja... That proofs nothing... You are using Stalkers Software... Once again, you show everybody how right I am...

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Developer response from delosford

His friends routinely spread information about how to use browser dev tools to modify the game interface and spoof network requests. Screenshots of the code kind of trump his video.

HanLecter

Nov. 26, 2014

Under rating threshold (show) Q... could you please tell us more about that story? Did someone stole your poisoned Walnuts??? (as can be read in http://www.kongregate.com/forums/1-kongregate/topics/451020-controversial-game)

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Developer response from delosford

yep

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