Don't bring it up in public, it's really simple. That's what PM's are for. I have great conversations with a number of guys over PM. The advantages of a larger inbox.
I can't explain why that happened but it was ridiculous. The whole clone/army idea was terrible.This indirectly ended up leading to Johnny Scumm being unmasked as a Black Dragon (something else Creative decided to do without asking me - actually that's untrue, as I recall, Numbers directly told me that it would not happen - just before it did) and me taking my ball and going home in a largely justified sulk.