Sounds like it went well, and you seem a little overly critical here.

Quote Originally Posted by Talakeal View Post
I didn't say I didn't like it, I said that it wasn't well designed and dragged on far too long as a result. For example, every failed roll took away a success, and since my character didn't have a 50% or better chance of succeeding at any of the skills that were required, the party would literally have been better off if I wasn't there.

Bob bitched about it, but then again Bob bitches about most things, so no surprise there.
And what did Brian think, did he also realize it wasn't working properly? As long as he tries to imrove, I think you should cut him some slack, even though everything isn't perfect now.

I would be more worried about your fellow party members, and their seemingly lack of buy-in to a group game...