Context: That pushed the day up to an unreasonable time frame so I was asked why ... and I tried to explain Mercury rx ( retrograde ) and got a whole bunch of incredulous looks . But , I got my way and all went smoothly , including the media coverage no one expected we would get . The following weeks , the organization had a number of huge events ... and all because of a series of communication problems , there were many failures ... . Letters never made it , computer failed at a critical moment , no media coverage , phone lines went down , people misunderstanding each other , meetings canceled at last moment ... .
Question: How was the recent events the narrator planned in terms of success ?
Option 0: The events were laudable .
Option 1: The events were a failure .
Option 2: The events were a smash .
Option 3: The events were a success .
Answer: 1