CHALLENGE The_ CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, The_'s CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Tournament
"THE_ CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE,
The_'s CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE"

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In the end, we have:
a) sporting interest - there will not be a single one-sided match, from the qualifiers to the final, and every victory in any match will be worth more than ten;

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I didn't start my post with this quote from the organizer for no reason. And now I will share how my rose-colored glasses were shattered, and a bright light cut through my eyes.

I have been participating in tournaments mainly since the end of last year and the beginning of this one; therefore, as I realize now, I do not possess many skills regarding behind-the-scenes intriguing bustle.

After making it to the group stage of this tournament, I enthusiastically began arranging games with opponents to play my matches sooner—to make life easier for myself and the organizers, so to speak. And now, first lesson: you absolutely must not do this. It is better to drag things out until the last moment; as for the organizers grumbling—from what I've gathered from current events—they are contributing to it themselves. Now let me explain my position and the origin of this opinion:

I didn't take the first two games seriously enough and lost them easily. Then I pulled myself together a bit and managed to win 1, but I lost the next one again—lost to Gomunkuls, which I'm not too ashamed of because the opponent is actually strong. In the end, the picture looks as follows, as presented in Fig. 1.

It is easy to see that Gomunguls is 100% advancing from the tournament. But then the situation is this: I (Toganash) have a higher chance of being knocked out of the group; however, if I don't lose any more games and opponents darkello and Lebron don't play their best and both lose their games to Gomunkuls—my chances of advancing from the group increase. But even if that didn't happen, I would have maintained high motivation to play and show a good game because of the enthusiasm I felt toward this tournament. But what is actually happening? This is what occurred.

I don't know who initiated it, but the fact remains. And here is how I imagine it. The opponents, seeing the table of played games, already calculated who was more likely to be knocked out and who wanted to advance from the group, forgetting about sporting principles and fair play.

Thus, Gomunkuls and Lebron decided to simply make a deal. The essence of the deal is as follows: The game is recognized as a draw without the actual game taking place (indeed, why play when you can settle everything this way, despite the posts about battles of titans with dual streams and other pathos? The "titans" decided, as usual, to do everything quietly and hand their decision down to the people—and we still criticize the government, calling them hypocrites, but one must start with oneself). The essence of such a deal is simple: Gomunkuls saves time (he's advancing from the group anyway), and Lebron receives 0.5 points in a match where he would most likely have lost and received no points. Thus, he gets an undeserved bonus over other group participants. Now it's easier for Lebron: he only needs to beat me twice (he apparently calculated that this wouldn't be difficult) and darkello at least once, then he advances from the group, while darkello and I are knocked out accordingly. Only there is a catch. Gomunkuls and darkello also made a deal for a draw, and according to darkello, after the first deal between Lebron and Gomunkuls, it was already foolish for him to refuse, so as not to end up in a worse position than Lebron. And yesterday Lebron lost his match to me, and his position worsened even further.

Now I will draw conclusions:
1. Yes, I am hurt—hurt primarily because my card was played immediately, played like a losing hand, and done so by unsporting methods contrary to the regulations. The sporting Community should be built on respect for one's opponent, which I felt in full measure—it's just a pity it was in the opposite direction.
2. What was all that pathos at the beginning and the statement about high Competitive spirit for? I don't understand.
3. And I don't understand this primarily because, as the participants of this process told me themselves, the organizers are "sort of" not against all this behind-the-scenes action; they were aware and did not interfere.

In conclusion, I will say: Of course, I will finish this tournament. As a person who has participated in many sporting competitions, my coaches taught me to be above this in sports. But I feel no motivation, and the level of trust in the tournament and organizers has fallen.

P/s: And even if all this was implied from the start, it could have been written in the tournament conditions, and the high-flown words about Competitive spirit and blah-blah could have been thrown in the trash to avoid being hypocritical. Once again I am convinced that for some reason the truth always comes with pain.