So, come to Eric's gathering in Moscow and show your skills.

Guys, do you understand why offline tournaments are needed? My teeth hurt after reading all of this. Peter lives in Moscow, and so does Vitya. They came, played, and saw each other's skill level without any arguments.

In club tournaments, there can't be random winners; only those who know how to play and want to win will win.

In the past, club tournaments were enough, and all players knew each other's true strength. For example, in Moscow, there was Chaos-Andre-Bishop, then Mega-Pes - Joker - Phil - Dilvish, and so on, up to the top twenty.

In St. Petersburg, there was Antal, then Dim, Master of Lightning, Fedor, Flamingo, Varshild... When tournaments are held, everyone knows the players' strengths.

When people play online, arguments start. At one time, my ICQ was full of players' suspicions, and I had to add about 8-9 people to my blacklist; it got annoying. Only club tournaments, for me, a club tournament winner is always more valuable than an online tournament winner. If the world champion, Alex, is accused of cheating online, what's there to say? But no one will say anything against Bayazet, Predsa, and Stinger at the CIS championships. Because, with dozens of witnesses, people earned their victory.

P.S. You are welcome to the championship, just don't argue, but play. ;)