Creation by an unrecognized genius.

With a double resource bonus? What are you even talking about? He'd barely have enough money for his own buildings... And this guy is spending almost a hundred bucks on some nonsense...

There's no need to fantasize here; we need to analyze the save file day by day. Where was the hero, what did he plan to take, what hidden resources are there, etc. But the accusations are about maphacking, not about being foolish when building structures, so people are expecting a different kind of save file here.