As someone else deeply involved in setting Toupellon up, I can state pretty definitively that the OOC aspect is nonsense. There were lots and lots and lots of IC machinations, on several levels, and at least some of the planning went back years (all the support in OW and Cathay for this didn't just appear in a month, after all). Even just the parts I know about would fill pages and pages, and I know I don't even know half of what went on.
Regardless, this seems like a really straightforward Social Contract violation. No evidence was presented (I don't count conspiracy theorist bull!@#$ as evidence, especially when all it points to is IC collusion/corruption).
