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So, your posts are more likely to discourage people from playing on the Russian server, and I think that's wrong.

Those who are discouraged, let them be. I'm not a political strategist, so I don't evaluate the effectiveness of my actions based on the size of public approval. I have my own vision of Heroes, it's quite sound and internally consistent. I openly declare it, without wavering back and forth. Therefore, for every claim, I have a well-reasoned objection, logically based on the initial premises. The cornerstone of it is the sporting approach. Those who have a different worldview – so be it, I perfectly understand that all people are different, and come to Heroes with different goals. But if we are talking about Heroes as a competitive game, then my position is very well thought out and justified. Therefore, it is really difficult to argue constructively with it; you have to think a lot and carefully look for arguments. Those who try to use bluster or hysterics get answers like R55Max does.

A kind of scandalous hothead... yes, thank goodness, there are far more of them on the Russian server than on the English one. I'm already full of loud voices and ambitions in real life. It's bad when this spills over into forums, where people are supposed to relax from reality.

It is these kinds of scandalous hotheads that drive any endeavor forward. In all sports, champions usually have a bad temper (much more often than in the average population), and organizers and judges are usually also unpleasant and inflexible. This is a feature of human physiology – when you start doing something serious and difficult, the level of energy and aggressiveness increases. Competition is, in essence, a conflict, so it leads to the activation of corresponding behavioral programs in all participants in the process – both participants and spectators and support staff. By the way, Eric, this is noticeable in you – while you were observing the forum from the outside, you maintained the image of Leopold the Cat, but as soon as you started organizing the tournament, you started arguing and disagreeing much more, and the expressions became stronger. And, by the way, the recent squabbles in the tournament thread are probably an unconscious test by the players of you as an organizer. Like making sure that the organizer is adequate and generally understands what he's getting into. It seems they are convinced, and it should be easier from now on. In Bay, at one time, several dozen of these scandalous hotheads gathered, and this ensured their growth in overall skill, and also formed the corresponding norms. I understand that they are not pleasing to everyone. But this is an evolutionarily more advanced model. From the above-mentioned positions, of course.