Favorites in battle! - 5 The Battle of Favorites! - 5

The initial idea of the tournament was to play with a favorite Castle that is constantly being banned. Hence the name "favorites."

"Favorite" and "banned" are two very different things, and it doesn't work anymore. Strong players are now versatile enough; they can't be banned from everything. Statistically, the most popular Castles in our tournament are also popular in other tournaments; they aren't being banned. But Inferno is rarely banned, and players don't really object if their opponent wants to pick it. So, if Inferno isn't being banned, can it still be considered a "favorite"?
We'll probably never know what ideas the tournament's original organizer, Light God, had in mind, as he has been banned for a long time, and Lub-1 finished what he started, ewgeniy.

...As for the idea of the tournament, Starhan or Light God can explain it better. I don't know what the ORIGINAL IDEA was.

Zhenya organized the draw in the same way we do:

...3) I divided the players into groups based on the following criteria:
a) Distribute all strong players into different groups;
b) Try to avoid having the same Castle played in the same match;...

And you were also unhappy back then :smile01:
Maybe you wanted Inferno to be in a separate group? :smile42:
Of course, later in the tournament, matches with the same Castle are likely to be unavoidable. And in the qualifying matches, every pair has the same Castle.
We won't redo the draw.

a bearded woman

Just like in Nekrasov:

A woman doesn't have a beard - she has a mustache...

Well, Hatshepsut also sometimes dressed like a man and wore a beard...