First off, disclaimer: Although I'm part of the "team" of CoT, these are my viewpoints and not an official statement. Anyway.
I'm not sure what part of the game is "misleading" people?
Although the game uses the same basic programming language as DoL (Twine), it isn't based on DoL in any way. The code is original, we're not "softcore modded DoL" as CoT is occasionally called on some forums.
I'll fully admit that several years ago, when the game was first released, there were some filler events as the game struggled to find footing. As the game has grown, however, it was found the tone that we felt best fit both the setting and the audience. What started as merely another adult text-based game has become something that I'm glad to see is inclusive, accepting, fun, and light-hearted.
CoT may be "the college party movie game" or whatever, but a lot of those movies are.. quite troublesome these days, full of sexism, assault, and jokes about sexuality and trans people that are honestly, very offensive. Over time, that vibe was considered, and eventually rejected in favor of something better.
I understand your disappointment. But this is the direction the game is going now, and that's not changing. "dangerzone" was always just a special seed, a modification to NPC traits and aspects. It doesn't change the essence of what the game *is*, no seed will do that.
I know that there's a lot of crossover between DoL and CoT players. Hell, some of our Contributors wrote mods or code for DoL, and some still do! But we're not competing with that game, and I firmly believe people can enjoy both for their specific vibes and settings.
Also, as someone who saw the interactions in the Discord, I'm sorry that you felt like you were "treated like trash". I have the receipts, and the harshest thing someone said to you was "You want DoL gameplay, go play DoL" which is, well, just true? As I've laid out above, CoT is not DoL, and that's.. just the way things are. But people can enjoy both, you know?