Your version & the one you quoted are not mutually exclusive. it's been pointed out many times over the last 31 pages that the apparently very experienced gm failed because of the poor pitch lack of knowledge in the improperly chosen setting, & cartmanesque handling of what should have been a trivial matter for someone who as as much experience as the OP claims to have.Or hear them out and decide that the suggested input doesn't work, also like an adult.