Ok, right, here we go...RL is severely misused on this Tour. Here's what RL should REALLY constitute:
1. If the two players have spoken several times on msn and could not arrange the time to play, the RL is appropriate as long as they both agree. If one of them disagrees, they should still find a way to play, at least a set, or a match with tie-breaks.
2. Highly seeded players not coming online (apart from 2 mins per day) until Friday each week such that they can find themselves in QF is a fraud. This is not what RL is intrinsically for.
3. Players avoiding to play in order to force an RL, and asking for a rematch because they haven't set their stats correctly, or because they are nervous due to the lag, or some other invalid reason, should lose by W.O. automatically if they leave the match.
Feel free to add to this topic.