Nagan-4
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Eric, you're stuck in 2004. You need to understand that back then, there wasn't online play as we know it. So, gathering players for tournaments wasn't a problem. Now it's 2017, 13 years have passed. People have already played against each other online, everyone knows each other. Now it's very difficult to make people come somewhere "just to play Heroes." There aren't huge prizes in Heroes tournaments, just for the sake of which people would travel. Now, people who spend money want to get something more out of it than just sitting in front of a computer and playing Heroes, while others do the same at home. Before, some people would travel to watch top players play live, but now there's no need for that either; everything is available on streams. But you apparently don't understand that, because it was so cool in 2004...
Added 10 minutes ago
You definitely went to St. Petersburg. :rolleyes:
M-m-m, I don't catch the irony. In 2015, I was invited to St. Petersburg for the championship, and I even remember being happy about it, I arranged accommodation, promised to bring my wife, and then I was surprised to learn that the "Community" had already played everything, and the championship was moved to Volgograd. But since I couldn't reschedule, I promised different people, so I went to St. Petersburg and had a very good time.
In 2016, I didn't promise anyone anything and didn't come.
I will come to Korolev because it's nearby, only about three hours away, and that's already a reason. Regarding the fact that people don't want to play Heroes, let this statement remain on your conscience; I can't imagine how a moderator of the Heroes community could write such a thing.
Well, you write that people now want something more than just sitting in front of a computer and playing Heroes. And I'm writing the same thing, that the people who will come to Volgograd don't have the goal of just sitting in front of a computer and playing Heroes. :smile38:
Here we have reached an agreement, and on this optimistic note, I will allow myself to say goodbye, as I have already written enough.