Peter Offline 2017, May 6-9.

Back then, in Krasnodar, there were over 50 people playing in one tournament, and they were all the best players, but now they can't even get 16 participants.

I wrote about this to you in the neighboring thread. In online tournaments, there are currently 100+ people playing. That's why people aren't willing to spend 50,000 rubles on a trip just to play Heroes! But you keep talking about Krasnodar... And about 2004.

I can't even imagine, in modern times, how much time it would take to play a tournament with 50 people. At least a week, if you play one round per day in an Olympic-style format.