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I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone. Although I am listed as one of the organizers, many people contributed to making the tournament a success. Thanks to Kostya =Lizard=, the Bulgarian team was formed; thanks to Gee, the Romanian team was formed twice, and several international players were recruited. He, along with Sticky, also provided a lot of valuable advice. Thank you to all the team captains who kept their teams together and resolved issues promptly: BISHOP, Amster, Positive, Jelen117, Alkaposha, =Stinger=, Huanito, Norbakk, Zodmund, AlFeyn, Grisha_BG, Gee, Ani. Thank you to the tournament sponsor, Eduard Yannov. Thanks to him, we were able to organize the tournament in this particular format. Initially, a completely different tournament with different prizes from another sponsor was planned. Thank you to Uncle Seifer for creating the tournament intro. Huge thanks to the tournament commentators: YaR, DontCallMeChris, WizarDX_576, PROger, Flate, Sevan_80, Ward3n, Vigo, Nikostar, Toganash. Thank you for helping to resolve the issues, as well as Amiloo, Aiwe, Ihromant, Gunar. Once again, OsFaraon helped with storing and paying out the prizes to the participants – a huge thank you. A big thank you to all the participants in the show matches and tournament games! Thank you to the administration of this portal, and I'm glad that we didn't disappoint and didn't tarnish the reputation of this portal. Everyone helped with the tournament completely free of charge and, in their interactions with opponents, set a good example for others. There were many critics on the portal, but among them were also many sensible ideas, and some of them were also implemented in the tournament.
If we evaluate the results of the tournament, I think it was a 4 or 3+ out of 5, compared to what we had hoped for, but considering the possibilities and difficulties throughout the tournament, I think a solid 4 is a fair rating. As usual, there were some grievances, misunderstandings, and delays in the tournament. Some participants needed extra attention and adjustments, but the main thing is that we achieved a result and found ways to overcome difficult situations. And thank you to the players who made concessions to their opponents, even at their own expense, and tried in every way not to create problems. It's a pity that the Korean team couldn't participate, the second player from China, players from Georgia, and the Czech team joined too late (although the Czech Republic was also considering participating before the tournament). There were many problems with the broadcast – internet outages, lag in player streams, quality issues, and failure to provide advance notice of the dates and times of some games – but this format of a show tournament on a free basis probably couldn't have been done any other way in such a large tournament.
In total, 49 players participated in the tournament (including the show matches). 16 countries were involved (12 teams): Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, Lithuania, Serbia, Hungary, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Uzbekistan, China, Vietnam, Latvia.
Once, the "Tvoryny" show tournament started the trend of show tournaments with full coverage. Then, we picked up on this trend (with lower quality, but we have already held 4 major tournaments), followed by YaR (already with two tournaments), and as far as I know, another person is also preparing their first show tournament. The situation has improved, and there are more and more sponsors, streamers, and organizers of show tournaments. I believe that the future lies in such tournaments. With their help, we preserve the memory of people and games, and we also give fans the opportunity to support players in a complete video format of the tournament, popularize the game, and prepare future generations of players.
In general, you are all the best! Thank you all very much for everything. I apologize that not everyone could participate in the tournament, and I apologize if I offended anyone in any way. If I forgot to mention someone, I also apologize.
There are many plans for future tournaments and for the game in general, but it is clear that we will not be able to do everything. Therefore, I will be looking forward to something similar from others. We will try to do something else before the end of the year, and then we will see what happens.
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