I am sorry you're not happy with my retiring but I reserve the right to do it. It's not just that I can't win - I've been in the "can't win" situation for the last 3 sessions. I kept the schedule, I organized the dates, I recruited a replacement for ZLO, and I haven't heard complaints about the organization. My condition now is that the game is truely nearly over for my civ.
BTW for the second game I've organized, I've written explicitly in the first post that you CAN retire, and you CAN take over an AI. I wouldn't want to bind someone to play with me against their will. I think this is a game and it's supposed to be fun.
So go have fun. How am I stopping you?
And I'll play my own civ any crappy way I want to. Your unhappiness about my moves is, as a matter of fact, a testament to my success.