Also, let us allow cooler heads to prevail. I do not think that Voda Vosa was intending to cut anyone out of the game. I've known him a long time on these boards and he is very congenial and gracious in general. Rather, I think he meant to suggest we could begin without certain players and add them along when and if they are ready to join.
This is a very interesting concept game. Even if Someone's heart is no longer in it (I kind of get the sensation it was the flavor of the month for him at the time and he wanted to get it started ASAP), we could still manage to do this game. After all, it doesn't need a GM so much as it needs someone to narrate from time to time.