Just going to put a couple of things here.
1. Carter did this on his own without staff consult, but in a case like this, it is more than deserved and I hope is clear to all and sundry why it was done. He did link us to the thread just a little while ago, which is how I found it, as I'm currently between classes.
2. If someone is impersonating me on any game, or any platform, that's definitely not something I'm happy about. Here are a few things to look out for. First, I have a distinct way of speaking; does someone claiming to be me actually speak like me? Second, I am not going to offer you custom ranks if you apologize for mistakes or do other favours, especially not while on some random game; if you believe that I would do this, you're badly deluded and need to think twice. Third, I try to keep moderation and reactions to the forum itself; I am not going to levvy a punishment on you if I speak to you elsewhere unless you are disclosing behaviour on the forum itself that can be linked to you directly (i.e., if you tell me you hacked a user and prove it, I may have to get involved). So...uh, I really hope this impersonation of AGnet staff stops. Like yesterday.
3. Here's a fun fact. Many of you know this already, some of you maybe do not. If you play cloned games that you know are unauthorized, you are part of the problem. If you encourage others to do the same, you are part of the problem. And if you continue to be part of the problem, you are very likely to run afoul of the rules here. I'm not interested in equivocations or excuses. Stop with the unauthorized forks. Every moment you spend supporting them, directly or indirectly, is a moment you spend spitting in the faces of developers, spreading an entitled mindset and ultimately declaring that your right to do what you want trumps everything else. We can't stop you doing the things you do, but we can make your stay here awfully short if you continue to make these problems worse.
4. I shouldn't have to say this, but I'm going to. Apologies are only meaningful if you stick to them. They're only meaningful if you actually intend to stop the behaviour which warranted them in the first place. If you apologize for a bad temper, and sometime down the road you show that temper again and re-apologize, well that happens to the best of us from time to time; the aim is to work on it and try not to keep repeating the same pattern. But if you apologize for being part of the whole cloning/unauthorized forks scene but in the same breath say you still play those games, it kind of renders your apology absolutely useless. Don't tell us you're sorry if you have no interest in changing your behaviour; that's simply a bad-faith attempt at manipulation, and I, for one, am having none of it. If you apologize sincerely and then try to make good on it, though, I have a ton of patience for that, so have on. We all make mistakes or do things we shouldn't, and expressing regret for your actions is a perfectly human and understandable thing to do. But for those trying to make excuses for your actions, apologizing under duress or doing so just to give the appearance of contrition, don't bother. Again, speaking personally here, I see right through it; it's usually not very difficult. You're wasting your time.
Check out my Manamon text walkthrough at the following link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8ls3rc3f4mkb … n.txt?dl=1