Windows 8 - android emulator doesn't open please heeeeeeeeeeelp!

windows 8 -
-> meteor create testapp
-> meteor add-platform android (works after manual, magic creation of a directory)

then … meteor run android

it gets stuck at “starting app on android emulator” - spinningspinningspinning - no android emulator.

why meteor, why?? why is this all so horribly buggy? i just spend a few months building an app and now, when i want to deploy the APPPPPPPPPPPSSSSS NOTHING works, like every command, like meteor update, meteor deploy, meteor run android, nothing works. this is super-frustrating, i don’t even find a place where i can report bugs. i know some …

please heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp.