Wow, yeah my predictions are way off too - although I predicted homsar when almost nobody else did.
Anyway, imperfectluck is back on his Chinese computer which can't use NetBattle. Since you said allowances would be made if you lose your Internet or something - I will be proxy-battling for him if that is ok.
What this means is: I will be on messenger with him, showing him the log as the battle advances and he will tell me what move to use. It results in a slight delay of moves but it's not that bad - it's like playing someone on dial up.
So I wanted skarm to be aware of this and confirm that it's ok - and also for AK to be aware. imperfectluck is used to battling this way, he's won tournaments doing it.