This has nothing to do with me, this has to do with someone who mined on Eligius questioning why there was still a pending payout due after a month and a half.  The only point I was making is that "Eligius does not payout as expected".
It was forum members that "assumed" the explanation was shelved shares, but this may not be the case, and until an investigation is done, it cannot be assumed to be the case.  We can all read the FAQ:
Does the pool *owe* me payout of my Shelved Shares?
No. The shelved shares are shares that pool itself never received any funds to pay in the first place.

But you are "totally" missing the point.
1. Someone pointed out that "something unexpected happened" this in itself demonstrates there is a problem.
2. It has never determined that there is not a problem, only speculated that it was shelved shares.

I have no hatred for Eligius, and I fully understand variance which is why I mine at a PPS pool, it makes no sense to mine in a CPPRBS pool that constitutes such a small percentage of the total network hashrate while difficulty climbs so quickly, any misplaced belief that it averages out over time is pure nonsense, you don't have time.

Reward is determined by your hashrate proportional to the total network hashrate, over time.  As the total hashrate climbs your expected rewards will diminish, you can't afford to have variance at this point.