Addressing the Allegations

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I didn't expect to wake up this morning and be faced with controversies and false allegations being made against me. A former team member of mine had posted a project accusing me of being a fraud, manipulator, narcissist, and abuser. His claims sound pretty believable at first until you notice the flaws in his story when comparing my side and his, with countless spelling mistakes. For starters, he claims that he had met me before I had made Introduction and Maintenance, which doesn't line up with the fact that I met him and made a team after I had made that episode. I made it completely by myself except for @isaac9h ( aka @Scary_Theory ), who helped me with voice acting. After about a little over a month of work, I realized how difficult it is to make a good analog horror tape by myself, let alone using Scratch. So, I decided to make a small team to help me, which at first seemed like a great idea because it would put less stress on me and allow more room for creativity. Storm was the first member, and I had met him on disc through a dm. I showed him the Introduction and Maintenance tape, and he seemed impressed. He wanted to help out and said he was good with marketing and sound design. (It turned out he wasn't good at anything, except for lying and having little to no communication) after some other friends joined, we got to work. After 2 weeks, grades and sports got in the way, so I was left to finish the project on my own. Storm then decided to leak about half the episode, including unused assets, files, and even chunks of lore I had left in notes for more context, and upload it on his account. He was dumb enough to advertise it on my profile. I deleted the comment and notified the rest of the team of what happened and we managed to mass report it to get it down. (I know, mass reporting is bad but it would have been catastrophic for the episode and the series otherwise) I also never yelled at him because we only communicated through text (and I never used caps). I was only reminding him of deadlines our team had set and asking if he is still interested in helping out. I wouldn't have been mad if he said no; it's better to be honest and move on than to waste each other's time. Anyway, I still gave him credit on Police Archive because he was still technically a part of the team. The team disbanded in early November of last year, and I am now left once again to make another tape by myself, which is why Episode 5 has been delayed till late 2025. Don't get me wrong, I don't blame the others for not putting in the amount of work I was on Police Archive, it makes sense for them not to care as much- It's my passion project after all, not theirs. In the end, I still couldn't have done it without them, and they helped me through it all. I still have maintained a great relationship with all of them (except Storm) , and we're all still good friends. If you hear or see any comments, projects, studios, etc. that are making claims against me, please refer to this project as an explanation. Thanks in advance -RR