i think Icon comes up with weak excuses , it's another option ,whats so hard to understand , those who accept to play for credits ,do so on their own risk ,nothing new with that; but of course its easier to invent all sorts of excuses instead of actually working to do it ! but this is something new to me ,WGT employees not wanting to make more profits for their company , out of laziness maybe? so lets recapitulate ,customers (players here) want a product that may bring new revenues to WGT ,and the moderators feel like turning it down? not only AS challenge is wanted ,but most good players that amassed tens of thousands of credits see it as a new and interesting option!
PS: i think i know though why are you so reticent about it ,not because some player would feel bad about the partner's play ,but because you know the AS game has plenty of connections issues ,most of it WGT's fault ,thus you wont be able to cope with the amount of complaints ; recently AS has become increasingly frustating to play ,very slow game ,too many connection issues, and i dont see any improvement in that direction !