The irresponsibility of a lot of smashers is really absurd. Unless something seriously unfortunate happened, there is no excuse to miss a flight. You should have planned to be there 3 hours in advance this way if you are set back you still have a good shot at not getting screwed over.
Missing registration because you didn't have money? You'd think that you could scrape up $50 over a period of 9 months AND not manage to leave it until the last day even WITH an extension.
And don't even get me started on lateness...
I know that accommodating for people's irresponsibility is nice and all but you gotta draw a line somewhere. Maybe in the Smash community people will hold your hand when you screw up, but stuff doesn't work like that elsewhere. Perhaps if we stopped cleaning up after everyone's foolish mistakes they'll learn to get their act together, which will benefit them when it comes to actual important stuff like jobs and other obligations.