We look forward to when you host the next decent CIS for free.
Good God, sweetie... are you actually serious right now?

I'll say it one more time. Since you're so smart that you understand everything better than others, apply to host the next CIS with your own money, so that it remains free and decent for others; organize everything yourself. And we will come. Most certainly. Orgs, please tell this young suitcase what your final financial losses from hosting an indecent CIS were, so he can budget about three times more for a decent one.

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To everyone who is seriously dissatisfied with the organizers, the organization, or the format of the CIS — I suggest you cool your jets and try to host even something small yourself, rather than just writing angry posts with "fatherly" advice; your enthusiasm will diminish quickly, because by God — it's laughable! You really don't understand how much effort and money this costs and what unforeseen downsides you end up with!

Regarding the topic, I can say the following:

1) Organizers should not play in the tournament. This is a piece of advice! Kostya and I already learned this through our own experience back in Siberia. Even though the scale was different there, it's still true. Too many questions arise that require timely and rapid response!

2) The judge should not participate in the tournament. Although his workload is smaller and calmer, it's better to monitor the same competition more closely, ensure players are not disturbed, etc., and be responsible for organizing full streams, etc.

3) Solve the problem with booze and the trash it provokes. At the very least, ban the consumption of strong spirits in the hall during the tournament! Organize additional spaces (a room) for poker and alcohol parties.

DO NOT buy crates of own-brand swill, thereby encouraging what we saw this time, and further DO NOT divide it equally among everyone!

Whoever wants to get drunk should buy their own supplies personally, organize into local groups like "vodka only," "whiskey only," and "beer only" and buy their own alcohol. That way they would slow down more often and their eyes wouldn't glow seeing so much free stuff in bottles: like, drink as much as you want!

Drinking at the expense of teetotalers, girls, etc., is not classy!

In this regard, I was even a bit discouraged that they suggested chipping in "2r per person for shashlik," which I tried to make and buy, although clearly only 6-8th of that amount went toward the actual shashlik. Personally, I wouldn't have needed shashlik for that kind of money, and if I didn't drink vodka, I wouldn't have understood this urge at all!

4) There should be a photographer — a person who will cover the event and post photos on the forum daily, covering as much detail as possible of what is happening at such a large and interesting event for the whole forum. I think many forum members will agree with me here.

5) The majority voted in favor of an excursion tour of St. Petersburg! ST. PETERSBURG! Only the residents of St. Petersburg and Moscow, who had already seen the sights, voted against it.

To come to the most beautiful city in Russia and not see its beauties — for me, that is wild and wrong! It was better to just get wasted... :(

If it weren't for Alexey Falcon and Romantic, who personally took us to Peterhof, showed us the drawbridges and a bit of the night city, I would have been completely upset by this fact.

Overall, as I wrote in my report, I liked everything and was satisfied — these are just nuances and additions! Once again, thank you to all the organizers for taking on this heavy burden, incurring losses, and spending effort and nerves so that we could all have a good rest!

I hope that the organizers of the next CIS take the above into account and make our celebration even better!