[Zywack]

I'd be fine with mattyburn7 doing the AI switch for Machaka: He volunteered, he's from this region of the world and Ashdod's days are extremely numbered either way.

For the force-host, Parone meant that after everyone's turn beside Machaka's is done, you could simply force-host the turn until Machaka's dead. If everything goes to plan (When does that ever happen?) it should be over in 3 turns or so. So it's your choice if you want to give Ashdod the turn (or give earcaraxe admin rights so he can do it if you are too busy), or force-host the turn when everyone's done or simply let it go the full 48 hours until they die.