by zosete
Since ME was ACTIVATED on the last turn, and it was in the mode to be played for OPS only and not to be used as an event, you wouldn't be able to do the following:
I see your point, but the event states "opponent must play it as 2ops". The opponent, not the original phasing player that put ME into play. I don't see why he shouldn't be allowed to play the event again, even though it was activated, since ME hasn't been resolved not discarded.
Slightly offtopic: now this is giving me a headache about a possible beartrap/ME/red scare combination, but I'm sure there's an answer to that somewhere else in BGG