Thanks Morgan to let us know and good luck in RL!
Paragraph, I will kick you to AI. If you find a solution to your connection issue (another computer if you have one?), you can try again. Myself, I had troubles with some strange behaviours of the game. It seems that a complete reinstall solved the problems. But I understand it is painful and the result is not guaranteed.
BTW, I will be away for 3 days. Sorry for the delays.