Just me putting my two cents in, but...Orph, to be fair, you weren't just inactive, you were plain gone. He said that he tried asking you, and you didn't answer him. Seeing as you weren't part of Shattered anymore...I'd say under the circumstances, nobody else would've waited long either.
As for Gaser, Im not sure if you've noticed, but there's a small teeeeny tiiiiny thing stopping him from coming online, or even affiliating with us offline. He gets the excuse. :/