[@Decoy]

I believe the other contestants of the tournament have made their message clear - they don't particularly want us here, either.  

I know the cold shoulder on profile recommendations has frozen out Tezcatlipoca's desire to compete completely.  Being told your sheet is a hair's breadth from being rejected, then left swinging in the wind for close to half a month wondering WHY your sheet is a hair's breadth from rejection does a number on one's drive and enthusiasm for an event.  Enki has had to abandon one sheet already and was, prior to the decision to pull out, wrestling with the judges over his second.  Rize was informed that he was unwelcome at the event completely, and at all future events of the same name.

Even if compromises in terms of character acceptance could be reached - and Negatomsk's Lobo Blanco shows they can be - none of [i]us[/i] want to be here anymore, either.  Considering the fact that Mobius invited Dias and myself, [i]specifically by name[/i], to attend - and did so on our home board, with copious evidence of our typical profiles and styles - I feel that perhaps the man should've been prepared for us when we showed up.

For the sake of gentlemaskly conduct I'll keep the rest of my disputes to myself, but in short - no, there is no compromise I'm prepared to make at this point.  There are folks I will regret missing the chance to test Maquina against, there are folks I'm now quite glad I won't have to waste my time on, but I have better things to do than to play Sandbagger #3 on Mobius' tournament brackets.