9 Kingdoms 2017

This topic reminds me of the famous tournament in Yekaterinburg with a prize pool of $10,000. :D

I wasn't aware of this tournament. :)
All I can say is that this sponsor is reliable and paid out the prize money on the very first day of the previous tournament. The second sponsor from the previous tournament settled the payments within two weeks. The deadlines will be strict: if you don't have time to play, you're out.

Negotiations are underway to change the tournament format. But for now, everything is as described in the topic. The final result will be announced later. This topic was created to gauge opinions and get an approximate number of interested participants. It will be held in any case – the only question is the format and the participants. Even if there is a force majeure situation with the sponsor, I will find another one. This is not the first, and I hope not the last, tournament for the YouTube audience. All wishes will be heard, and I will try to satisfy the majority by discussing these points with the sponsor – I won't be able to please everyone for obvious reasons.

In the current tournament format, I won't be able to edit all the matches in time. Especially during the group stage. In the previous tournament, 1-2 matches were edited per day, depending on their duration (but the level of play was lower for many). I think in this one, I won't be able to do more than one match per day. And editing streamer matches can take several days – so the coverage on YouTube will definitely be delayed. So, I am also interested in shortening the tournament or changing the format, but I am ready for any editing workload. In any case, all matches will be uploaded much earlier than the matches from the "Creatures" tournament (they haven't all been uploaded yet, as far as I know).