Especially since it was Alex who was running around and talking, arranging the game...
I propose introducing a "game importance" clause...
That is, post the ICQ logs and see for whom the game mattered and for whom it was indifferent. That is, there wasn't much desire...
I myself am in no way criticizing AK's incompetence; there's a lot of work, so much that my eyes are glazing over. I wanted to offer a thought, if you deem it useful. If not, then not — my role is very small....