Ah, yes, then everything is fine, let the bots participate – it doesn't cause any problems, right? )))
Why should I be looking for them? And it's pointless anyway.
I definitely should reserve my personal time to play a tournament game. And when I try to contact a player (and I don't know yet that it's a bot), I make quite a few attempts.
No, you can just send one message to the opponent on ICQ, then one message on the tournament forum, and forget about it. Then yes, then there are no problems.
You couldn't contact GL in some tournament. Did that cause you any problems? I mean, is everything okay? Only your Berger's coefficient would have suffered (if you hadn't played). But GL is a real player; you just had a communication issue, it happens. In the end, you played. You even apologized for your harsh words (but where did those words come from? There are no problems, after all).