Esports Federation and Heroes 3

I've thought about the situation a bit. Here are my thoughts: If I understand the function of the FKS (presumably a federation or similar organization) correctly, they are not sponsors or even organizers. Their main task is to provide representation and coordination, meaning it's slightly easier to find sponsors and organizers through them than without them. But it's only slightly easier, because sponsors are practical people, and all else being equal, they will prefer to sponsor more popular disciplines. That is, the content that is offered to "sell" to sponsors (or rather, to viewers, on whose advertising the sponsors rely) is primary. Without competitive content, no matter how strong the connections, there will be no results. Given the current state of Heroes, I assess the likelihood of finding a sponsor for a purely Heroes championship as very low. This possibility is not excluded, but it is a random chance, and it is not worth relying on it. Therefore, it is better to go through esports festivals - large championships with many categories. I don't follow the big esports scene very closely right now, so I'm not aware of what's happening where, but about 10 years ago, such festivals existed, the most famous being the qualifiers for WCG and ASUS Cup. I attended them myself several times (in connection with StarCraft). The advantage of such festivals is that the organizers are the same, and they take on most of the work, primarily finding and paying for the gaming venue, providing media coverage, sometimes prizes, sometimes paying for accommodation, and sometimes paying for transportation (in decreasing order of probability). With the support of the FKS, it is much easier to get into such festivals than without it. Usually, the organizers hold tournaments in several of the most popular games and may include 1-2-3 less popular games (in terms of popularity) as an addition, which varies from tournament to tournament. Heroes could quite possibly be included in this "addition." But - in order to be included in the festival, the game must meet the festival's regulations. The standard format is that the organizers rent a gaming venue for 5-7 days, and each day is dedicated to a separate game discipline. Sometimes popular team games can take 2 days, sometimes less popular games can be combined into one day, but the general principle is that almost the entire tournament must be played in 1 day. "Almost" because there is often the possibility of postponing the final (and sometimes the semi-finals) to a separate day - it is usually not difficult to allocate 4 computers. There are 2 standard numbers for the number of participants: 32 for popular games, 16 for less popular games. Attempts to declare a different number of participants will raise questions, either "don't you have more players?" or "won't it be too crowded?". That is, you should focus on the format of 16 players over 2 days; the organizers will understand and accept these numbers without unnecessary questions. And since a tournament with 16 people can be played in at least 4 rounds of a single-elimination bracket, this determines the planned duration of a match - 2 matches per game day. A game day at such festivals is usually from 10 am to 6-7 pm. No one will allow you to stay longer, because there are security guards, admins, and other staff at the venue who will not stay after work just because someone hasn't finished the final. And an offer to a sponsor like "we'll finish the game at a hotel later, and you can send the prizes by mail" will result in the sponsor not wanting to deal with Heroes anymore. That is, you need to guarantee that 2 games can be played in 8-9 hours, and have a small time buffer in case of unforeseen circumstances and mistakes. That's the situation... Please ask the topic starter to present all this to Dilvish so that he can comment on how well it corresponds to reality.