Posts from CIS 2017 in Volgograd. Auto-translated

Good point, but there are some issues. First is the players' own desire to stream; you can't force everyone. Second, you need good and stable internet, so that nothing drops and there's a possibility for a quality stream. You also need devices that meet the requirements for a quality stream.
Since there were indeed many viewers and interested people, which is good, it makes sense to increase the visibility of this tournament.
Accordingly, if you think it through properly and prepare before the start of the tournament, it could turn out very cool.
For example, there are two people (one can't handle it if there are a couple of central matches in the first round) who are going to the championship with the goal of streaming. Their task is to set up streams and commentate interestingly, conduct interviews, provide analysis — in general, a whole bunch of things, this goes into the planning section. It would also be good if these are well-known, knowledgeable players who, for some reason, are not playing in this particular championship or have ended their careers.
:) From the organizers, you need that very internet, whatever it costs. There's also the issue with a relay from the players, somehow setting up the retransmission properly.
IMHO, the result will be — excellent visibility, cool streams, a ton of positivity, donations (for streamer motivation). In general, something like that; if the organizers and streamers have the desire, it's in the bag.

P.S. Congratulations to all finalists on the victory!
The Pole is a really cool guy; at 19 he didn't chicken out after all the moments on HeroesWorld with Cobra and Lizard (and even beat him in Heroes — he's an artist; if he went a bit further, he really punished him further and also took care of another young guy — put everything in its place, Polish revenge for the last championship :smile54: ) came to another country, didn't notice anyone until the final, and if there were more prize money in the first place, who knows what tricks he would have pulled — these are Heroes after all, in short, a cool guy!

Did you guys make a pact or something? On Friday, one of my overly enthusiastic friends spent a long time telling me how upset he was about Russia. On Saturday, another gentleman told me he was upset about freedom and democracy. Today, you're upset about the heroic spirit. It seems like the weather is affecting everyone. :)

This year, the internet connection was good, but we still need to remember that we were in the forest, where even MTS doesn't have coverage, and we were playing via Wi-Fi, on laptops. It was noticeable that the broadcast lagged significantly in the final, so talking about streaming all games is still premature. But in any case, there were consistently a couple of streams, so there is progress.

In another couple of decades, we'll be able to stream all the matches properly :D

Is that really you? ;)
Let's move on to the questions.
The issue of internet and streaming from well-known streamers was discussed before the tournament. Internet costs money, and a lot of it. Streamers come to play and have fun, but if they're streaming (which is also work for them), they want to be paid. It all comes down to money, which either the organizer(s) have to invest (which would be 100k+ for everything) or raise from those who want to watch the streams.
But everyone is in favor of regular streams with commentary, etc.

Well, then we can start organizing a donation drive/open a fund (for clumsy hands) for next year right now, since the numbers are so big. But there should be guarantees that the money won't end up in other hands.

All of this is the line between an international tournament, which is the central and largest one, at least in Russia, or just a friendly get-together that came to drink, relax, and just meet up.

To be honest, I don't quite understand how to organize a decent internet connection in the forest, many kilometers away from the city – that's one thing. Also, you need good computers, because laptops don't always meet the necessary requirements – that's two. In serious tournaments, there are federations and sponsors. But for now, everything is organized with the money of the participants and the organizer – it will be a friendly gathering.

Is that really you? ;)
Now, regarding the issues:
The issue of internet access and streaming by well-known streamers was discussed before the tournament. Internet access costs money, and a lot of it. Streamers come to play and have fun, but if they stream (and streaming is also work for them), they want to be paid. It all comes down to money, which either the organizer(s) must invest (which would be 100k+ for everything) or collect from those who want to watch the streams.
But everyone is in favor of regular streams with commentary, etc.

In short, Tvarine should take care of this:cool:

Well, that brings us to the questions, so we need to choose a venue based not only on convenience.

We found the recipe for success :D

What does 100k include? We need to move in the direction of streaming = donations; again, everything will depend on the streamers who promote the game. If, for example, donations are enabled not only for travel within the CIS but also for broadcasts within a couple of months, if they are willing to do so, and I didn't want to offend anyone, plus donations from the CIS itself + some other fundraising from everyone who wants to contribute, and also from the organizers, from Dendroid, in short, a little from everyone, and that's how we'll get to 100k. The main thing is to promote this in advance, using everything possible and everywhere, marketing is needed. And in the end, it will be a plus.
Regarding the streamers, it would be good if they were not participants in the tournament, + people who are prepared for this, not just coming to start a stream and comment as they go, but to create some kind of stream program and, in addition, advertise before the championship, + HW and everything else, which could bring in not 600-700 people, but more. Doubling that would already be great. In short, Tvarine needs to take care of this; he's a professional streamer and knows better how to promote it, and he should come and stream himself; then everything will definitely work out. :cool:

100k is an arbitrary number; even less would suffice. The total prize pool for the tournament doesn't always reach that amount.