To begin, I don't condone cheating and find McDeath a lackluster fuck who abandoned becoming a world class lawyer.
I see the greatness in the lad even though he does everything to shy away from it.
The gear bugging took place, that's about all the fact we can deal with now. This is definitely not the first time a gear-bug has taken place this round... Is this an excuse? Nah, still pretty weak shit any way I try to look at it.
Was I aware or do I care? Meh (no I didn't, but who cares)... Strat 5 has been an embarrassment to the mechanics that were readily available to be used from previous rounds, but I'll praise the effort for sure.
So, I guess the carrion have fresh meat to tear from for the next few weeks.
As a wise old Sith Clown Tusken Raider riding a Dewback atop the Millenium Falcon once told me.
"There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternally new now that builds and creates itself out of the best as the past withdraws."