It seems the master password doesn't work at all, so we might have to go with the staling. All the more reason to yell and scream our remaining players back to business!
I have e-mailed Mose about the problem with the password, so let's hope that he will find a solution to allow us to get subs for missing players. If not, then I guess we should pool our national passwords on some third party to avoid such incident again, and let Ulm stale until its gone.
Anyways, new turns in ~20 hours, so stay tuned, and wake up your allies! (Especially those not seen on the Boards or elsewhere in a while. In fact I guess it wouldn't hurt to PM or e-mail every player who hasn't been active on the Boards lately. Could someone do it please, I'm in a hurry!)