Ooh, is your sister hot?
I actually can't promise that I won't quit halfway through, in fact I'm planning a vacation end of December, so it's very likely I'll only play enough turns to royally screw everything up (and if we're "lucky", have my thorax handed to me and get conquered at once.)
My advice is you keep looking and if you can't find another player, give me a call. I'll be lurking around here. Or I can pick up for your missing player while you keep looking for someone who wants the challenge of a race mismanaged into stellar ash by a n00B.