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 ?
Answer: The events were laudable .The events were a disaster .The events were a success .The events were a smash .