Besides all the disadvantages Netserk listed ("52-mins-rushed-pick"; which is true btw), i quote rule...
3. a) If a player stops the game (due illness, holidays, or other reasons), even though qualified for the next round, he can name me a willing replacement player (a friend for example) who will take his spot during his hiatus, or for the reminder of the tournament.
Such a replacement player will start his first GT with one "inherited" point less than the lowest ranked player left in the tournament, independent of the inherited points the player who stopped the game would have taken to that given GT.
Now technically nobody of the "game stoppers" named Netserk as replacement, but the effect is the same: Netserk, and Fauneria (who also was invited late by me with a super rushed pick as replacement) start the game with the least inherited points. A big disadvantage since ya all know every point counts.
So both of them will be full participants with the same chance to advance as everybody else, since they have to win against all odds.
Further: It´s not the mistake of Netserk & Fauneria to get called late, when even agreed call ups didn´t log in, and thus forgot to send their picks.
Fair to all? I think yes
The rule committee*
The Commissioner*
(* = That is all me in one person btw, like the old "Verbrüggen dictatorship UCI"

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