I can confirm the above to be true.
As the host of the game, in round 11 Gohar and Mary both disconnected from the game (unintentionally) at the beginning of the auction round, if my memory serves correctly it was smithore auction?. Both disconnections happened instantly with no prior lag or warning of latency issues.
The plot selections were a little slow but otherwise latency wasnt too bad prior to this happening.
Game:
http://www.planetmule.com/hi-score-game/game?game_id=39653Game chat:
http://www.planetmule.com/server/chats/chat_game_39653_user_19555.htmlAI instantly assumed the places of the DC'd players, Spoonwood and I were unaffected.