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I completely agree with what Toganash wrote. And I already expressed my opinion here earlier that arranging such draws in these tournaments is the height of disrespect. In general, all three of them turned out to be somewhat disappointing (this is my personal opinion), even Vitaly, to whom I am generally well-disposed and have known for a long time on this forum. There were also problems with LeBron, whom I trusted and took in KotH – he simply disappeared, without even notifying anyone, although he had such opportunities and had confirmed in advance that he could play (why? it’s unclear), so I had to put in a technical default (there were two of them in total during the year). Darkello also appeared here with his handmade save file replacement. :)
Here, you see, people are just as they are. A normal, honest player would not do such a thing. It’s a pity that there are so few of them.
Well, as for the fact that this is resolved in a private agreement. Not quite. Everything is decided on the forum, in an open discussion. Of course, the final decision is made one way or another by the organizer with the judges / arbitration committee.
And I would like The_ to express his position more openly as an organizer. Although this is his first major tournament, experience will come with time.
P.S. As a form of advertisement – Namwan and I had a real battle, although we could have arranged a couple of draws and everything would have been fine. Honor to us and praise!)