I looked at the results and was touched... Well done, guys, for still playing. Maybe I'll come back someday ;)
We played the final with Shnurov. I couldn't get into the game properly. More precisely, I started well, but after the third turn, I had to leave for half an hour. Half an hour turned into an hour, and then an hour and a half. I came back feeling exhausted and lost the battle on the Gloves, where I lost my runner. We were playing Power Spot. It was going great. Battles with almost no losses and excellent joining. Many Cyclops and Ifrits on the respawn, as well as near the entrance to the center. I watched Shnurov's recordings. He had, in my opinion, a very rare start. Already on the second day, he completed the quest under the Gargoyles, joining them with a Master Diplomat. On the third day, he joined another Gargoyle guarding the level 3 monsters. Here, Shnurov, like me on the Gloves, loses his runner. Only he manages to take the Castle with a double join, and I can't do the same. I really regret not playing the game properly. I couldn't cope with the circumstances outside the game, but I did everything I could in the game. The awkward isometric view ruined the tactics. You can see the mistake in the third part of my video; the battle itself starts at the 4th minute. My recordings of the classic PS start in three parts are here, here, and here.
What Shnurov did in three days is difficult to describe adequately in a short time. It's better to watch it in full in two parts here and here.
I felt like Nadikus - when a disruption in strategy leads to a loss due to the opponent's overly successful game. I couldn't pull myself together after losing the runner. I watched Shnurov's recordings. The report is well-deserved. It's hard to be happy - I really wanted to settle things in hand-to-hand combat. But it can definitely be said that this year we had our best World Championship. If Zezuk had competed with Gastn for bronze, it would have been even better.
Thank you to all the participants for the games! Congratulations to Gastn on the bronze! Congratulations to Shnurov on the gold!
ALL RESULTS OF THE 2013 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP are on the page http://h4.ucoz.com/index/world_championship_2013/0-11