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+# ACE 3 CONTRIBUTOR LIST
+# If you contributed, but are not listed here, contact me:
+# koffeinflummi@gmail.com
+#
+# Feel free to add yourself to this when creating a pull
+# request, preferably including an email address.
+
+# CORE TEAM
+commy2
+esteldunedain <nicolas.d.badano@gmail.com>
+Felix Wiegand <koffeinflummi@gmail.com>
+Garth "L-H" de Wet <garthofhearts@gmail.com>
+Jo David
+PabstMirror
+
+# CONTRIBUTORS
+11RDP-LoupVert <loupvert@11rdp.fr>
+[BIG]Bull
+ACCtomeek
+Adanteh
+aeroson
+Aggr094 <bastards4glory@gmail.com>
+BlackQwar
+Brakoviejo
+Codingboy
+Crusty
+eRazeri
+evromalarkey <evromalarkey@gmail.com>
+Falke75
+Ferenczi
+Ferenzi
+Filip Basara <filip.basara93@googlemail.com> (Logo)
+geraldbolso1899
+Ghost
+gienkov
+gpgpgpgp
+Grzegorz
+Hamburger SV
+havena <silveredenis@gmail.com>
+Hawkins
+jokoho48
+Jonpas <jonpas33@gmail.com>
+Legolasindar
+licht-im-Norden87
+MarcBook
+Michail Nikolaev
+nic547 <nic547@outlook.com>
+oscarmolinadev
+pokertour
+rakowozz
+Raspu86
+Riccardo Petricca <petriccarcc@gmail.com>
+Robert Boklahánics <bokirobi@gmail.com>
+simon84
+Tonic
+Tourorist <tourorist@gmail.com>
+Valentin Torikian <valentin.torikian@gmail.com>