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Orgi and Wick, you guys are wrong, this is not how things should be done. What is this tech win for Mar? Imagine if, in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, Croatia, before their last match against England, said, "Let's just give them a tech win, we don't need to fly to England and freeze our butts off, we already have first place." There are other participants in the group who are affected by the outcome of these "unnecessary" games. For fairness, the Wick-Mar game should be played, and if Wick has any sporting integrity, he should play it with full effort. It's strange that I have to explain such elementary things.

The strange regulations are to blame. With 3-4 players advancing from a group of 5, such situations are almost inevitable – someone in the last round won't care about the result. Ideally, only 1-2 players should advance from the group; then, almost all key games will be played with normal motivation.

The example with England is not relevant because Croatia didn't have tournament motivation; they had personal ambitions, like, "beating the English is cool." In most cases, teams approach such matches purely formally – they conserve their strong players, avoid the risk of injuries and yellow cards in the game, and may even play with a second-string lineup, etc.

Satyr also told me that there's no point in finishing our game because he already has 4 wins, so we agreed on a draw.

If you really want to maintain the spirit of sportsmanship, let GoD play the game against Mar for me because he has the motivation. I really don't want to think, calculate, etc.; I'll definitely play carelessly, so the result won't be meaningful.