Deleting this thread would be exactly the thing that gumdrop wants. No posterity, no trace of his bad behavior. It needs to stay, even if it doesn't reach any of his actual patrons.
(And FWIW, F95zone is a pirate site. Suggesting that people come here for legitimate content or that a significant number of them will pledge after finding a game here is rather misguided.)
This thread needs something else. Since it's clear that gumdrop has no game to release but is happy to take your money and to claim that the game is not abandoned, it needs another tag altogether.
There are "In Progress," "On Hold," "Abandoned" and "Finished" tags.
Since the developer claims the game is not on hold or abandoned, but it's clearly not finished, and progress is nonexistent, it doesn't fit in any of these tags.
It should be something that expresses exactly what it is, but doesn't call it a con so that it cannot be dismissed outright.
Something that would embody "Delayed," "Broken promises," "Extortion," "Dev wants you to be his sugar daddy" and "Overpriced crap" because the game is all that and more.
It's been delayed, gumdrop broke so many deadlines I lost count, he's extorting money because if people stop paying, he'll happily abandon any pretense he's working on the game, he wants your money, and the game is not up to current standards, certainly not up to $5K-$15K/month standard anymore.
I just can't find the right word.