Documenting Em-8ER (@Em_8ER / @emberthegame), a @Grummz production. Accepting submissions, corrections, legal threats, media inquiries via DM.

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Joined April 2025
This account is named "Victims of Grummz" because it was originally created to highlight stories from real Em-8ER backers that were going unheard.
"Karnage the hydration enforcer" expresses disappointment in the past 2 years of Em-8ER progress.
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Pack sales have apparently not brought in enough funds to purchase a $500 graphics card.
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An update: it appears Grummz mistook a bug for a hardware failure.
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Grummz's AI-generated news aggregator, "NoClip360," has not posted an update since October 21, 2026. Nobody has noticed.
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September 10, 2026: "Next update will be in 14 days." This update is now more than one month overdue.
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11 Em-8ER-years of development time have passed since the last progress update.
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This screening application has now been removed from the Em-8ER Discord server, and new users may join without being manually approved.
Joining the Em-8ER Discord server requires users to agree to a TOS including a class-action waiver, explain their reason for joining, and provide an X handle for verification.
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A routine transparency update: the full list of accounts blocked by this account.
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The months-old, fan-run ARES-35 project demonstrates functioning gameplay and announces an upcoming playtest.
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January, 2021: Grummz warns Em-8ER backers of their last chance to buy packs on sale before the Kickstarter.
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The ARES-35 Firefall recreation project has opened a Discord server.
Miss Firefall? Come find your people. The ARES-35 Discord is open! Talk Firefall, follow the restoration, and catch future playtest news. Joining isn’t a guaranteed test spot, but everyone’s welcome in the community. discord.gg/a4CdpthwX
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The "Newcomer Packs" have finally been taken down; monthly subscriptions and skins may still be purchased.
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The monthly subscription still falsely advertises a skin every month.
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"Play developer builds" is now also a false claim.
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By Grummz’s “93x” claim, he has been working on server architecture for nearly four Em-8ER-years.
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One Em-8ER-year is equivalent to approximately 3.92 days of real time.
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An archived copy of the Em-8ER Backer Site reveals that backer packs previously underwent their "Final Sale" in November 2023.
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An excerpt from a marketing email announcing this retirement made the same promise of a new, simplified system that Grummz is again making in 2026.
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As Em-8ER falls farther and farther behind schedule again, Grummz begins exhibiting signs of AI psychosis.
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Newcomer Packs are still on sale.
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An Em-8ER backer since 2016 checks in on the project and is disturbed by what they discover.
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The "Firstclaimer" Indiegogo tier cost $150 in 2017, equivalent to approximately $205 today when adjusted for nearly a decade of inflation.
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