CIS Club Championship 2010-2011

Overall, it would be ideal to bring Alan Prost back. The Heroes community was lucky to have such a prominent figure organizing Tournaments. He managed to unite the entire Heroes world back then. There's no one else like him.

Alan Prost invested his own considerable resources, earned in other areas, into his Tournaments.
However, even with those resources, it wasn't enough to completely eliminate the expenses for players – although everyone understood the necessity of these expenses.

Moreover, the Chaos qualifiers in Krasnodar were organized in such a way that the winners received free travel, accommodation, and even basic meals.
However, the top players in the Chaos League didn't participate in these qualifiers – a quota for them was agreed upon between Chaos and Alan – but they traveled to Krasnodar at their own expense.

So, regarding the ideal, Eric – it's unattainable in principle.
But there are certain established standards regarding esports players and tournaments involving them.
In the case of Heroes, these standards are not being met because there's no one willing to fund it – due to the game's shortcomings for viewers: its complexity and lack of appeal for newcomers, and its lengthy playtime.
Commentary can partially compensate for these shortcomings, but a powerful sponsor is still needed.
Where this sponsor will come from is another question... However, it clearly won't happen before the event in question, so it's not relevant right now. Therefore, thank you even more to Eric for making the best of what he has, and the quality of what he provides has always satisfied those who participate, and there are no complaints even among those who had to cancel their participation.
And Yuri's complaints about canceling and other things are certainly beyond Eric's control, given his resources.
I, for example, always planned my schedule to arrive with plenty of time and leave with plenty of time, whether it was Kyiv or Michurinsk. And those who want to participate successfully in the tournament and still make it to work – that's their problem, not the organizers'