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Regarding the country resort. Yes, there is one. But I already have agreements with a club and with a TV channel.
So, will I have to pay a penalty?
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In a moral sense, yes. I don't want to hear "What a blabbermouth," and I wouldn't allow anyone to say that.
A trip to Michurinsk for a resident of St. Petersburg will cost 10-12K, while a trip to Egypt costs 16-20K, depending on the hotel. So that no one thinks there is some kind of obsession with Egypt, I suggest a compromise: MINSK. The cost of the trip is 10K. In return, you get more people from Minsk, Moscow, and it will definitely be more convenient for Ukrainians.
Why not Mars then? If Minsk had the conditions for a Heroes tournament, they would have held it. If it's just to go anywhere, but not to Michurinsk, then why?
Alan Prost (in 2003) already had comfortable conditions for recreation; he rented a two-story apartment for us + a country house for Antal and Co. Even I (a student at the time) could afford it. It's just that laptops weren't so common back then, and that's why no one even thought that you could play not in clubs. And it turns out you can, and everyone likes it, as the recent gatherings in Minsk at a country cottage base show.
Alan Prost was forced to accommodate all the Heroes players throughout Krasnodar and drove around at dawn in his car, picking them up so they wouldn't oversleep; I spent one morning with him in 2004. God forbid.
I still don't understand why it's impossible to combine recreation, communication, and a tournament. Why does any deviation from the intended plan cause such rejection? Why are you so attached to this club? Does everyone really want to go to Michurinsk and spend 4 days sitting in a club? I still hope that common sense will prevail over conservatism!
We are combining recreation and communication with the tournament. You are suggesting replacing everything with just recreation and communication. If it's like in Minsk, there will be no tournament; there will only be separate games played, nothing more.
I will give a detailed answer to a detailed question.
1. Let's say I ditch the club, rent a country resort. I get enough laptops. People arrive, get drunk, eat, and sit down to play poker. The country resort is only for recreation; it would be very strange to spend 4 days there playing Heroes. And people won't care about the schedule; a sleepy mood will prevail.
2. I don't see the point in accommodating everyone at a country resort and playing at a club in the city. Getting up early to catch a taxi, paying a lot of money for a trip to the resort, then waking everyone up, then calling a bunch of taxis and taking everyone to the city... and at night, everything in reverse - I physically can't handle it.
3. The only possible option. Some of the Heroes players will stay with me - about 7-8 people (it works well), and the rest will stay in a hotel near the club; I will reserve adjacent rooms on the same floor in the same wing. It will be easy for players and guests to get together; there are plenty of places near the club where you can grab a bite to eat. During the day, people hang out in the computer club, playing Heroes and blitz. In the evening - bowling, billiards, clubs, and if the weather is nice, you can go for a late-night barbecue. It won't be boring.