I find the DCA spin on the events to be much more colourful. Sophia is the source of more unintentional entertainment than anything else in ICANN.
A "resounding victory"? Winning the right to challenge for one more gTLD that will likely crash and burn like the others? Saner registry-wannabes would have gladly taken the opportunity to get out with their bank accounts, sanity and reputations reasonably intact.