You should not feel bad OBH!
I someone would have proposed me 3 ZB, I would have refused.
It's not bad, it's just the rules!

For my first round, I asked "green" for 2 races but the guy was a casual gamer and didn't understand ... so it was "weapons on". But it was not a problem, I've been lucky enough to have someone slower then me for first round
(and second was Woopzilla! )