Yes I have to apologize too for the poor communication. I feel that I am at least half responsible if not more for why Mead played the way he played. I had been opposing to Mead's plan. However I have not been making it clear enough all along I think. And when I saw that Mead said that he has a penetrator at Sunshine Coast with 1 point movement left, I thought that we didn't have any way to back off (thus the "at a point of no return" and the
smilie) until Arnelos suggested that it can be self destructed. I tried more later to stop Mead for his light was still shinning so I thought he still was on. I understood now however that Mead didn't see those comments before he played his turn.
My view on that night is that I and others were trying to understand the issues, while trying to persude Mead from performing his plans. And it got very confusing. We already have Rubin's order as the CMC chairman. If we had established that his order is the final say then the entire confusion would not have been necessary.
I would like to apologize to Mead and others for this. Having been a turnplayer myself I can understand how contradicting orders and opinions are a big burdon upon the turn play. And I agree with Rubin wholeheartedly that we are really in need of a simply set of rules and a basic structure.
