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I have VM'd my opponent twice, he has never tried to contact me back, and as far as I can tell, he hasn't been online since he signed up for the tournament.
Note: I only subbed out people who haven't been on the forum since before the R1 thread is up. There are still a lot of players in this situation, which means there is still a lot of room for subsitutes, feel free to sign up as one.