In my view, this isn't a forecast, but an expression of wishes. I think the issue here is that the esteemed Nagan has a clear bias toward showing respect to the old Heroes veterans, and unfortunately, he isn't very interested in people who only recently started leading an active Heroes life. Otherwise, I simply don't understand how the main initiator of the entire planned qualifying complex can afford to suggest canceling a full qualifying round with a proposal to "finish the previous local tournament and take the finalists from there"? This is like, for example, if teams from the same group ended up in the World Cup semifinals, and to save time, the result of the group stage match was counted. If people with names as significant to Nagan as, for instance, Yama or Stinger lived in Yekaterinburg, I'm sure Nagan would be the first to insist on a full qualifying round in that city!
Almost all tournaments in 1fall ended logically and fairly; it's a pity the esteemed Nagan didn't follow the history. Yes, one final tournament was not played out due to the busyness of some people, however, I am sure many people will respond to the qualifiers for the final of the entire Heroes world, far more than were there before. And the motivation for players to play such a tournament will be completely different! Mee, Asm, fx, Mortifer, LeBron, Alone, Merlin, and others—I am more than sure they will want to play specifically in a full qualifying round. I'm planning to visit them. In short, I'm sure the Yekaterinburg qualifier will happen!
I also very much hope that the city, well-known in Heroes circles, will hold a tournament. If I have shown disrespect to the players of this glorious city, then I apologize. I was misled by their forum.
http://1fall.com/forum/index.php?topic=200.0
The tournament started in early June, the last post is dated August 19. And that's it, even the group qualifiers haven't been played out.
http://1fall.com/forum/index.php?topic=1850.0
Four people applied. And then silence. That is the source of my concern.
Again, I apologize, but the agreement with all the organizers was that we would conduct full tournaments.
Nagan, why aren't you saying anything about the Belarusians?
A regrettable omission. Well fine, I'll talk about the Belarusians.
So, Belarusians are the main population of Belarus (8,158 million people, 1999), the total number of Belarusians in the world is about 10 million people. They speak the Belarusian language. Religious Belarusians are predominantly Orthodox; in the northwestern regions, there are Catholics and Uniates.
The ancient ethnic basis of the Belarusians was the East Slavic tribes of the Dregovichi, Southwestern Krivichi, Radimichi, and partly the neighboring Drevlyans, Severyans, and Volhynians. The East Slavic ancestors of the Belarusians partially assimilated the Letto-Lithuanian tribes (specifically, the Yotvingians). In the 9th century, East Slavic tribes living in the territory of modern Belarus joined the ancient East Slavic tribes in Kievan Rus, within which these tribes consolidated into the Old Russian nationality. In the middle of the 13th-14th centuries, the lands of Belarus were included in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and in the 16th century—into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The formation of the Belarusian nationality was completed in the 16th century. Its outstanding representatives were F. Skoryna, V. Tyapinsky, and S. Budny. In the 18th century, after the partitions of Poland (1772, 1793, and 1795), Belarusian lands became part of Russia. Some ethnographic features of Belarusian culture are preserved in rural housing and clothing, in food (an abundance of potato dishes — "bulba", the wedding loaf), and in family customs. Belarusian artistic crafts are developing — patterned weaving and embroidery, artistic woodworking, and ceramics production.
Whew, I feel a bit better now that I've gotten that out...
2 Dust.
So, supposedly on topic. ;-) The owner of a suitable club has puzzled me here. He says that the copyright holders of Heroes (Nival, Buka) forbid installing the game in clubs!? honestly I'm in shock! He promised to clarify, so I'm waiting. Has anyone heard anything like this?
Honestly, that's unexpected. If licensed discs from Buka itself were purchased, how can it forbid installing the game? Could it then forbid installing the game on home computers? Absurd.
The Chaos League was played for many years, as well as official tournaments from the Computer Sport Federation of Russia (I saw the signature of the then-minister Fetisov myself regarding the creation of the CSF), and tournaments were played in clubs, and different ones at that. Buka representatives were in Krasnodar in 2002-2003, and even actively promoted the tournaments.
I'd check the info in documents, but it's doubtful.
Perhaps we should vote when the full composition of participants is known.
Yes. The whole point is to finally identify the strongest player, organize the Heroes movement, and put an end to the scandals. People criticize me for remembering the old days, but I knew all the players by face, at least the first fifty, and now there are many new faces who don't know each other at all.
Hence the wild fights, imho; when you've communicated with a person in real life, drank vodka and beer until morning, and had heart-to-heart talks—you won't be fighting on forums.
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The final is organized for the players, not for the fans.
Alas, yes. We don't have the opportunity to please everyone; even if we simply hold such a championship, we will already have done something useful for the cause of Heroes.
