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A tale of how Sergey completely missed the playoffs.

A story of 3 matches. (NORTON in ICQ, also me, SergeyY)


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NORTON (23-Dec-09 11:05 PM):
When can we play?

Quell (30-Dec-09 2:51 PM):
hello. we need to play today

NORTON (30-Dec-09 7:53 PM):
can you play on December 31st? I personally can't

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Kaliostr (15-Dec-09 7:08 PM):
let's try the 22nd and 23rd after 7 PM Moscow time

Kaliostr (15-Dec-09 7:09 PM):
will that work?

NORTON (15-Dec-09 7:10 PM):
okay

NORTON (18-Dec-09 11:30 PM):
are we playing tomorrow?

(no response. 22nd and 23rd are silent, no one is there)

NORTON (27-Dec-09 6:17 PM):
are we playing today?

Kaliostr (27-Dec-09 7:54 PM):
Hi!

NORTON (27-Dec-09 7:54 PM):
hi

NORTON (27-Dec-09 7:54 PM):
where have you been?

Kaliostr (27-Dec-09 7:55 PM):
my processor and power supply burned out, that's why I disappeared

NORTON (27-Dec-09 7:56 PM):
I'm playing with marajan, something went wrong, we started a match, postponed it, and then he had connection problems for a whole week, we couldn't finish the game!

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Kaliostr (27-Dec-09 8:02 PM):
how are things with you on December 30th?

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(excerpts from the conversation)

marajan (23-Dec-09 4:54 PM):
maybe he'll connect tomorrow

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marajan (23-Dec-09 5:08 PM):
I don't want to get stressed out anymore

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marajan (24-Dec-09 8:05 PM):
I'm going to reinstall the system

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NORTON (27-Dec-09 6:50 PM):
how are things going?

marajan (28-Dec-09 5:44 AM):
things aren't going well

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I already know what your tale will be about. About how I, being so bad, didn't play with Kalistr before December 15th (I should have known he would disappear for two weeks), with Quell before December 20th, and why I didn't play with marajan around the 15th, when he still had a connection.

But the question is - who is your tale for? For me? I don't need it, I don't care about this tournament anymore, given these rules, and I got three zeros. Maybe I'm also partly to blame for not being able to play on the 30th and 31st, the reasons are objective.

I was already thinking of dropping this topic, and decided to discuss another abstract thing - why you don't award 1 point when the opponent CLEARLY surrenders or refuses to play. Therefore, your tale about me is no longer relevant.