Турнир "ФБ-6" -> Tournament "The Final Battle - 6"

We have finished two matches, and finally we played all the first round of the upper bracket.

Three new pairs appeared:
Scorpiona - bRitvo4kA, the winner will face Gomunguls,
TERM - Maretti, Kilgor is waiting here,
shpilenger - VanjaM.
You have until September 3rd to play these two games.

The lack of news from the front lines is concerning:
R55Max - Tiamath and OUTLAW - Satyr. You don't have much time left, and there are no reports yet.
Please report on the current situation.
In the lower bracket, you need to play twice as many matches to get to the final battle (FB), so delaying things here makes no sense.

8 min time limit on mini nostalgica is a joke.

Mini-nostalgia requires at least as much time as Jebus Cross. I also made many mistakes due to lack of time. Here I agree, 8 minutes per turn is not enough; it should be 10 minutes.

At first, this caused confusion:confused:. I wrote:

Before the game, check how long your opponent voted for; maybe you can come to an agreement and increase the time.

If both players wanted more time, what prevented them?
Then I looked at the voting results in Tanya's table for Mini Nostalgia:
Maretti - 8 mins,
bRitvo4kA - 8 mins,
and it became clear what the joke was about.
Apparently, before the FB, we will have to survey the participating players again regarding the time limit.

Regarding auto saves and gum rests. I would very much ask the players not to discuss this topic anymore. Respect yourself and your opponent.
Victory mainly consists of the level of play (i.e., the player's potential skills, the maximum they can show), the specifics of a particular match-up, and... unfortunately, our mistakes. We are playing online, so mistakes are inevitable. And you have to pay for them. Even Usain Bolt was disqualified from sports for a false start, although everyone knows that ..........
I heard from many players: "Here, I took an auto save and now I feel ashamed to post my victory." Many compromise by writing a draw in such cases. Even in the "Novichok" tournament, guys who just started playing refuse the offered auto save. Think about it, do you need a stolen victory?
The price of victory is very high in this case. Getting into the lower bracket doubles the number of matches. Also, at the final stage, the results of the second stage matches between participants will be counted.