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Do you never write bugs?

>And apparently the backend is totally okay with a user name that doesn't exist in the database?

What do you think happens when a previously unregistered user creates an account

s/or/and/

I got the impression it's both an ad and a poorly implemented game.

> This is a silly artefact left over from when there were no real player accounts and everything was just drop-in-drop-out.

Doesn't sound that weird to me. It's sensible to iron out the core gameplay and make sure the game's worth pursuing before focusing on persistent user accounts.