Yes, I remember you initially suggested either December 30th or 31st, and then, realizing that December 30th-31st was impractical, you suggested December 28th... But you said you wouldn't be available until 8 PM. Honestly, I think you did that hoping I wouldn't be able to make it, and then you used the same excuse: "Well, I did offer!" But I couldn't play during the days leading up to the New Year. I couldn't play in the last three days before the New Year. If I started playing in the evening of the 28th, the game would likely continue until the morning of the 29th, or it would be postponed even further. I know how people can play for 8-10 hours with restarts. On December 29th, 30th, and 31st, I absolutely couldn't play. And that's perfectly understandable. There's preparation for the New Year holidays and other things to do. It's bad when people can't play for half a month. If your power supply failed, you could go to an internet cafe and at least occasionally appear on the forum or in ICQ to discuss the situation, instead of disappearing for half of December.

I consider all your accusations to be just mudslinging.

Well, then I apologize; we have different perceptions. I'm just stating my opinion: if someone disappears for half a month and can't even appear anywhere to say a word, then this tournament probably isn't that important to them. And nothing will change my mind. There's no mudslinging or insults here, because an insult is a harsh assessment of someone's personality. What I said is an unbiased thought based on observed facts. By the way, Kash definitely said that both you and maxlewis didn't make it because "there were no contenders." If the tournament and advancing further were important to me, and maxlewis couldn't play or had problems, I would have become a contender. After all, this time he was ready to concede a technical victory. That is, I would either prove to Kash that I wasn't at fault and that the game didn't end because of me, or I would provide save files for determining the winner, or something else... But only people who didn't want to participate could both miss out, and Tolikandro wouldn't get an opponent. Kash said something along those lines. So, that's another confirmation that someone wasn't that interested in the tournament... :) By the way, what's so bad about that? Why are you immediately writing about mudslinging? Well, maybe people are busy or something else? It happens.