Ledonne looked at the selection of the game as one of the competition's finalists in December as evidence that "all forms of art can be valid tools for societal exploration (even painful topics like school shootings)". The event's organizer, Peter Baxter, announced the removal of the game from the festival's "Guerrilla Gamemaker Competition" after its selection as a finalist. Several reasons for the change of mind were given, including threatened sponsor withdrawal, possible lawsuits, and "moral grounds"; Baxter denied that sponsor pressure caused the drop, instead affirming that "the shootings are still a very touchy subject, and rightly so.
Ledonne analyzed the game's inclusion as one of the competition's finalists in December to argue that "all forms of art can serve as valuable tools for societal exploration (even on painful subjects like school shootings)". Peter Baxter, the event organizer, decided to remove the game from the festival's "Guerrilla Gamemaker Competition" after its selection. Several reasons were given for this decision, including potential sponsor withdrawal and possible lawsuits; Baxter insisted that sponsor pressure was not the cause of the change.