Post-tournament analysis and discussion of the CIS Tournament Regulations.

I finally got to my computer, read this thread, and it made me feel disgusted... Turns out the championship was decided by "drunken heroes," but if anyone can name even one game where alcohol played a decisive role... Are you saying there was no struggle? Tell that to Amil, who fought tooth and nail in his match against Dirty, to Falcon, who played a multi-hour marathon with Toghan, tell it to Aive, who played "under the influence" (and I mean literally) against Hell and denied him the right to play in the final, even though this victory brought him nothing but moral satisfaction... If you could see Mizrael's face, who was supposed to win the tournament on his birthday but ended up in the bottom 10% and lost... And after that, someone in the chat has the audacity to say that it's harder to win online? At home, in a calm and familiar environment, when nothing is pressuring you... year after year, it's the same... try it, come here, they don't bite, and if after that you say that it's easy to win this championship, then...

Rom, you're right, I'll add a little. Many people put pressure on Dima (Aive) in his match against Hell, not directly, but by discussing the situation, because their match decided whether there would be a final. Everyone wanted a final between Hell and Lizard. Aive himself admitted that he wanted the same, but in the end, he put everything aside and played, and won, as Roma wrote, "under the influence." He won, and good for him.
Regarding Misha-Mizrael... it's just awful... to play such an important match on his birthday and for it to end like that... for those who don't know (if I'm wrong, the admins will correct me), Lizard appeared and on the next turn would kill the units standing in Mizrael's line. Mizrael decided not to check the enemy's spells and just charge into the line, because otherwise he wouldn't be able to attack Lizard. And he ran into a powerful spell and... When Hell found out, he asked Misha: "How did you not check?" And Misha, spreading his hands: "I had no other choice."
Guys, I haven't been following the games closely because I didn't want to interfere with the players, but I haven't seen such intense games in streams as in the CIS tournament. Everyone is carefully analyzing the situation and surrendering at 117-127 and so on...
And the game between Cobra and Hell, when Anton has more units but lacks control, he keeps rearranging his Grand Master units, but it's no use, while Cobra has full control and unexpectedly attacks Hell...

What's happening there is an indescribable atmosphere.