Neoandy
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Yesterday, I messaged Vladimir on ICQ and told him that I had finally cleared up all my pending tasks on the Portal and was ready to play a game of TC3 with him. I was able to play TC3 every day before, usually in the afternoon, but Vladimir was usually available after 9 PM, when I was either finishing long tournament matches on Chessmaster or already playing poker without any prior arrangements. Vladimir would message me when it was convenient for him, ask if I was busy, and there were no suggestions to agree on a specific day or mentions that the deadline was approaching and we needed to finish by a certain date.
Therefore, after a half-hour conversation on ICQ, I initially took the links he sent to the tournament rules as a joke (we often joke on ICQ) and as a friendly "lecture." But when I received a final refusal to complete the semi-final match, I was deeply disappointed by this decision, and naturally, I no longer wanted to participate in the tournament or bother the others, as it seemed to be causing so much stress. (In reality, only one person, who was already in the final, needed to wait for a maximum of a week – I'm sure he wasn't in any hurry about it).
Therefore, after a half-hour conversation on ICQ, I initially took the links he sent to the tournament rules as a joke (we often joke on ICQ) and as a friendly "lecture." But when I received a final refusal to complete the semi-final match, I was deeply disappointed by this decision, and naturally, I no longer wanted to participate in the tournament or bother the others, as it seemed to be causing so much stress. (In reality, only one person, who was already in the final, needed to wait for a maximum of a week – I'm sure he wasn't in any hurry about it).