Thank you zorg and pgimeno. I guess they removed the Karma part, or I'd +1 each of you. I finally got a response from cs50's discord page for this project--well, actually someone had posted an almost identical error half a day after I did, and the people who helped that person gave the fix. Turns ou...

--First and foremost, I tried a -lot- of stuff (or it seems that way to me), so there's a lot of info here. I apologize if it's a long read, I just want to be thorough. I also want to let everyone to know what I already tried...maybe you're be more inclined to help??-- I am having an issue with cod...