CIS Club Championship 2010-2011

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3. This is the only possible option. Some of the Heroes players will stay with me – about 7-8 people (it's been tested, they fit well), and the rest will stay in a hotel near the club; adjacent rooms on the same floor in the same wing will be reserved.
It will be easy for players and guests to gather for the tournament; there are plenty of places near the club where you can grab a bite to eat. During the day, people hang out at the computer club, playing Heroes and Blitz. In the evening, there's bowling, billiards, clubs, and if the weather is nice, you can go for a late-night barbecue. It won't be boring.

However, this will take at least half an hour (or even an hour) for morning and evening gatherings and travel to and from the club.

The same applies to billiards and barbecues – the game schedule will be disrupted, partly due to the events themselves and partly due to the confusion they cause.

This is the case where the weakest link slows down the rest. If someone falls asleep in the toilet :rolleyes: – 10 people are waiting for him. The same goes for meals – practice has shown that people can be gone for more than an hour, and since they go in large groups, some delay others.

Remember what it was like in Michurinsk in the summer? It's the same – we went to the beach, had a barbecue, and played bowling. That's all great, but where will we find another 6-10 hours a day for the game itself?

A recreation center is different in this respect – everything is nearby. There are beds, meals, a gaming area, and entertainment. You can have a barbecue without interrupting the game. The process of waking up and going to bed is reduced to moving your body from the 1st floor to the 2nd. Plus, delays of one person don't affect everyone, but only his opponent.

Similarly, with meals – it's either a collective meal, where everyone is served at the same table at once (the Minsk option), or an individual meal – in a local cafe near the gaming area (it was like that in Kingisepp last time). Time is optimized, to the point of being able to eat while at the computer.

Those who want to play billiards can move to the billiards room, which is within walking distance. Poker – without interrupting the game, you play on your opponent's turn, and when it's your turn, you sit out. Many people combined this in Minsk.

Again, if a game takes a long time, players can continue it until late at night, and this won't bother anyone. In Kyiv, for example, several matches had to be postponed until the morning, precisely because of the need to organize transportation.

That is, the advantage of a recreation center is that the accompanying activities do not interfere with the game – everything is at hand. It's roughly like being at home, when you do chores while it's your opponent's turn. This saves a lot of time. I've already said that in Minsk, people played everything to their heart's content – Heroes, poker, billiards, and tennis; they would have easily included football if the weather had allowed. And all without any pressure, simply because this kind of organization of life provided a lot of free time.

The hotel + club format is much more time-consuming in this respect, precisely because it is difficult to combine different activities, and it also takes time to transport yourself and to coordinate the transportation of groups of people.

P.S. If you're worried about having to travel from home to the recreation center, no problem, I'll pay for your taxi or even your accommodation at the center. I think Kober will also be happy to contribute. The main thing is that everything goes well.