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You should excuse me, but everything has its limits. I understand that it's difficult to be tactful and tolerant, I understand that it's hard to show respect to people, especially those who are rude to you; it's easier to become like them. This is just a matter of upbringing.
I understand that after a certain number of victories, you can allow yourself to act freely and look down on everyone, etc. But you can't allow yourself to go beyond the bounds of reason. You can claim as much as you want that you can beat everyone, but until you show up in person at at least one tournament, and show who you are and what you can do both in the game and in life, your boasting will only work on beginners.

I hope my words don't sound like I'm defending Vitaly or that I have something against Piterius or offline players. But "real life" is a broad concept. For example, take me. When was the last time I played in a real-life tournament? Of course, it was in Siberia – it's simply unrealistic to spend 2 days or more traveling there, plus it costs a decent amount of money. Next, the championship is planned in UKRAINE, and even around the New Year. Okay, Kharkiv is about 1100 [currency units] for me, but Kyiv... and before that, Belarus, etc. I'm getting at the fact that because offline tournaments are held in places that are not exactly close by Russian standards, it can affect a player and influence their ability to attend the tournament. Again, I'm not saying that this necessarily affects the possibility of attending.

There's also this thought... if I want to hold an offline tournament in Saratov (the Volga region) next year, will there be people who want to come? If so, which period would suit you best: summer or autumn?