Discussions, post-mortems, analysis, inflated egos, and all that jazz.

Thoughts on the "Register me for the tournament" button. I completely don't understand why it says "I ask to be registered" instead of "I want to register for the tournament." I understand the Soviet-era logic of subservience to authority, which has become a habit, where every statement needs to start with the word "I ask," but I don't understand why it's necessary here too?

Petya, use your head (just direct it in the right direction). As long as the organizers and hosts of the tournaments don't get paid for it, the participants are essentially asking. Because the organizers and hosts don't owe anyone anything. And the Soviet era has absolutely nothing to do with it. To put it bluntly, here's an example: I come up to you at a LAN party and say: 1) - Petya, I want a beer (implying that you should go to the store)! Or 2) - Petya, I have a personal request: please go get some beer! Is there a difference? But if you're working as a paid waiter, then I can say from the menu: pork medallions and a liter of light draft beer, please. This doesn't negate basic politeness, but in this model, the rhetoric is essentially different, because waiter Petya in this model is obliged to serve me. Message number 777. Urgent: go to the casino!