It all started in Michurinsk, where we promoted the idea of holding the next CIS tournament in Yekaterinburg. I especially remember the train with the guys from Yekaterinburg, including Stinger, and the wine that belonged to me and Stinger, which was intended for his wife, but clearly didn't make it to its destination. The idea stuck in my head, plus we had support from everyone, then the topic came up on the VT forum, and closer to the event, the topic of the tournament was already being discussed, and things started moving.
Skipping all the organizational moments (in which a lot of effort was also invested, and there were many interesting and fun things, but I think Merlin-patriarch will cover this part in his report), I'll immediately move on to meeting the guests. I went to the train station with my brother to meet Romantic-youngster and Katerinushka-beauty. As soon as they got off the train, we immediately recognized each other. Heroes fans can sense each other from a distance, and there's no need for phones. Katerinushka-beauty, with a beer in hand, was already setting a positive mood. The weather was nice, so we drove to the base. On the way, we saw a sign for CIS-2012 on a pole. At the base, we settled in and waited for the guys from Moscow: Oxy-kickthedoor, Predsa-sultan, and DD-Idedeshechka. Then came the phrase "everything for everyone," and we were waiting for the grumpy Predsa-sultan, who was previously upset about my mirror general (Bayazet-wantmagnet caused some panic), but it seems everything worked out, everyone is alive, and the sultan is doing well – we had some grilled meat, drinks, and relaxation.
Yakushka-brother, Moscow highway, pharmacy, we drove from the base to my place. There, I presented Yak-brother with a liter of Chivas (I didn't even get to see how it was finished). I stayed in the city to take care of some things and meet with Yegorushka-Alonushka to pick up the guys from Siberia: FaerTuSkai-cooler, Valenok-keychain, and Derti-makdi. Again, we found each other right away and headed to the base. At the base, everyone was already there, we played a game, played guitars, and everyone was in a good mood. I didn't feel like sleeping because I heard the news that Cobra-Artemushka was arriving that night, which caught me by surprise (but what could I do, I had to make sure everything was okay). The only option was to order him a taxi, which I did. I don't know how they couldn't find each other for half an hour in the not-so-big airport parking lot, and then another hour looking for the base, but at least I had time to take a walk along the Crystal Avenue.
Cobra-Artemushka, the room, Yegorushka-Alonushka was there too, who had drunk "a couple" of beers but promised to pick up our locals in the morning (of which there was only Veksushka-packbeer). He was clearly not in a condition to go pick them up, so again, a taxi solved the problem. Vikushka-yekb, thank you for your help. At the same time, she was meeting the guys from St. Petersburg: Motroskin-lawyer, Vika-bosmafia, Horn-magician, and Bayazet-wantmagnet. By combining all the artifacts, we got the necessary components to start the tournament, leaving all the responsibility for opening the tournament in the reliable hands of Merlin-patriarch and Asm-creator. I went to the city to take care of some things... by the way, how did the opening go without me?
I didn't sleep a wink and arrived (having picked up a special prize for Besha-spoiler – a keyboard with a Russian layout) right before the first round, where I played against FTS-cooler. Besha-spoiler and Rusya-Olegushka were also there. I managed to make a good move, placing bets on Stinger-firstnah, FTS-cooler, and Bayazet-wantmagnet, which ultimately made me the sole winner and earned me +1100 rubles... easy money. Of course, we lost the first round in a spectacular way, freeing up time to take care of organizational issues. I managed to get the tournament fee back from Stinger-firstnah, with a bet about whether he would come to the city... again, easy money.
I don't remember exactly where I spent the evening and night,
In the morning, the situation was hopeless,
Hello, Stinger-firstnah and Blood-handzapchik
The second round is in full swing, and Romantic-handsome is there.
The creative toy Limbo gave +2 morale, which is why I lost my game to Yosemite-rawfood. Stinger-firstnah won. Having gained freedom from participating in the tournament, I decided not to spend it on sleep... and that was a mistake.
In the evening, Merlin-patriarch, a show, dancing, who's here? I learned a lot of new things, for example, that Cobra-Artemushka has 4 starting heroes on 8mm6a, Vika-bosmafia needs to dig up the Grail to install it in the city, and the most important thing I was shocked about is that it turns out you need 9 artifacts for the collection of the father of dragons, and not 8 as we thought. Even though we tried to come up with questions to balance the chances of the teams winning, Katerinushka-beauty's team with Vika-bosmafia still won the brain ring, which they then managed to "complain" about, saying that there were too few questions on the technical part.
The next day, I sat around doing nothing, then I got hungry... after that, everything is a blur... Flashes of memory from that day show only separate scenes:
- Merlin-patriarch in red underwear and his feet, and 4 grandmothers on a scale of 10 grandmothers.
- Stinger-firstnah sleeping on chairs and trying to scratch his stomach through them.
- Besedochka, LSM-joy giving "high five" to the camera.
- A concert with our musically talented friends.
- A woman and Besha-spoiler.
- Slonik-notebook, who was initially upset but regained his composure after the situation was resolved.
Photos here: http://heroeswt.net/forum//topic/207/
Labor Day, semi-finals, a tour, is it over yet? Here is our friendly company – Circus, keyboard, Vayner (Yekaterinburg Arbat), Lenin (how could we do without him?), City Hall, Plotinka, Beavis and Butthead, Church on the Blood, Sisca, Metro (vodka from glasses). With this, the mass cultural program was over, and then there was only a non-cultural and non-mass program, but that was the next day. And on that day, we managed to determine our champion, Stinger-firstnah, and we toasted him without spilling a drop. We closed the tournament part of the event, and Mee-Mememeshchechka breathed a sigh of relief.
On May 2-3, we were busy seeing off the guests. Of course, there were some adventures, but Asm-creator has already described the events with the guys from St. Petersburg in detail. At that time, I was absent for a naturally valid reason. That evening, it seems that everyone's hands were itching, and DD-Idedeshechka decided to give them a workout first. Stinger-firstnah decided to continue the tradition, and Besha-spoiler was the one who got caught both times – why are you so hard on him? You guys really messed with my nerves.
After all the activities, after a week of sleep and recovery, I realized that CIS-2012 in Yekaterinburg was a great success, and I hope everyone is happy. We all really tried, and I want to thank everyone again.
GL, HF, GG, etc.