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I'll continue... Episode #4 January 2013, Moscow, the same long-suffering championship from Nagan. Three winners and one loser (Nagan) made it to the semi-finals. Sounds familiar, right? Pit won his semi-final, and Nagan played against Vitalik for three weeks without any contact, and then he thought, "Why should I bother? I won't win anyway," and let Vitalik through to the final. It happens... Episode #5 May 2013, Odessa, CIS championship. In the first round, Preds and Scorpion were playing; after about five weeks, they got tired of playing, and the deadline for the round was approaching, so they asked me to set a temporary draw for them so they could finish the first round during the second. The next day, I see they're not playing, so I ask what's going on. They say they agreed that if Scorpion wins the second round, Preds will give her the win in the first. In the end, Scorpion shared second place. I think we'll forgive her for this, but she should return the prize money. Episode #6 January 2009, Kingisepp. Mixed tournament, random + fixed maps. In the second round, Doberman is matched against Napalm, and they play a fixed map - Land of Magic. Doberman says, "Guys, I haven't even played this LoM, let alone seen it; let Wicc play for me." So I played, and I won. And Doberman ended up sharing second place.