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For now, many of those writing are coming to hang out rather than to play, which is why the season/weather are important. But there's only one May holiday period, and we want two tournaments. Running two tournaments in parallel at the same time would damage the roster of both players and fans, so there's not really much to argue about here.
We could postpone the poll on who is coming until autumn, but it won't change much from the current one. Technical obstacles like money/work/distance are one thing, but if "wife/family" doesn't allow it, then that's just how it will be. Therefore, a preliminary poll wouldn't hurt. At least regarding intentions.
But honestly, I don't like this Schism; maybe there is still sense in organizing a unifying tournament? I often read loud concepts like "club tournament" and "club hangouts," but where are the clubs themselves? Maybe it's time for the clubs to finally measure up? Whose club is better? Moscow or Piter, Kyiv or Yekaterinburg? Well, yes, the goal might not only be Competitive, but rather unity and mass participation.
After all, several teams could easily gather — Piter, Moscow, Michurinsk, Ukraine, Belarus, Siberia, Yekaterinburg. Moreover, both VT players and SoD players could be on a team; just pair up by your favorite version, what's the problem? And you need fewer rounds if you run a round-robin or elimination: 2-3 rounds for 4 teams, 3-4 rounds for 5-6 teams. More time for rest, communication, and exchanging experience. But the main goal is unity, not division.
As for dates, of course I don't know; we need to look for some common weekends in autumn.
Although this is probably a separate topic.
I believe that two or three offline tournaments are not too many for our community. A team tournament is interesting, but more complex. If it's every man for himself, then whoever arrives plays. In a team event, what do we do if 15 people arrive instead of 16 (4x4)?
What if everyone comes from very different regions, like organizing Belarusian-Siberian mixed teams? And most importantly — 4 people gather in a team, two are ready to play until the end, for victory, while two just want to hang out more; they throw the first round and then go on a drinking binge. This kind of split happens often at offline champs.
I'm happy to discuss a team championship in a separate thread. )
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And I believe there's nothing to do in Egypt right now; it's too unstable there, the population is rebelling against the current authorities again. It seems to me that good options are Kyiv, Minsk, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg.
For now, in my view, these are the preferences for the tournament.
1. Kyiv. The city has always supported SoD, there are strong players, experience hosting the CIS championship, and a person ready to help with organization.
2. Moscow. Also a center of SoD; we held a tournament there in winter, which was quite successful. On the other hand, I'd like to try a new city. And there is no club with separate rooms for stream commentators.
3. Michurinsk. Great experience in running tournaments, local players can be recruited, no problems with accommodation, cheap.
But the internet is terrible; forget the stream, there will be problems even with the same-game transmission. :smile05:
Saint Petersburg, Minsk, Yekaterinburg — these are more for VT and TE; they won't organize SoD there. In Piter, tournaments have completely died out; I've already forgotten when the last one was there. Probably the White Nights hosted by Fyodor and Antal.