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Alright, I finally got around to writing my general little report on the impressions)). And the impressions, I must say, are just AMAZING! The only real thing to regret is that there was too little time for both games and chatting, 4-5 days as someone said might have been enough, but not less!...))
So, I arrived on Friday at 2 PM, immediately recognized Sam by his voice on the platform)), he gave me a lift to the metro, for which he definitely gets a beer from me at the next meet-up (honestly, forgot about it this time..:o )! We went into the club, I looked around – seemed alright, it'll do). Then we got through to a really cool guy – KregHek, who promised to put a couple of people up at his place. We hung out at Maidan Nezalezhnosti, chatted about life and Heroes. At 5 we met up with Kreg, aka in real life – Lyokha, Sam even walked with us to the very entrance kind of to supervise, so this suspicious character wouldn't take me anywhere:D (well actually, to know where to lead the "homeless" tomorrow:) ). Got settled in fine there, fell asleep early, because a stressful day was ahead.
On Saturday, it all started with a can of Red Bull, which Lyokha bought to think clearer and crush everyone, because his life principle is "there are no fathers!":cool: . Approaching the "Matrix" club, we saw a circle of Heroes players already, started getting acquainted. I immediately tried to guess who was who: I guessed Neo right on the first try, and I think Aldegir, but I messed up with Rebellius and Piterius…:rolleyes: But that's okay, they said you'll figure out who's who during the game)). Captain showed up, immediately recognized by everyone unanimously, even though almost no one had seen him before)). Then the rest trickled in, I especially remember Besha's "entrance" with a 2-liter bottle of beer in his hand, which he then offered everyone to finish. Some local hip-hopper started something like a rap battle with him (too bad I'm not very into that), unfortunately I couldn't see it through to find out who won)), because we were already heading down to the club for the draw. We did the draw by pulling pieces of paper with nicknames out of a relic hat +2/-10 – Besha's cap)). Happy hand of portal master NeoEndy decided we'd play against Sam56, we were both glad it wasn't Forrest:D. And I even got the "cheater" red color. Overall, I think my drafting went well. And I played, though not at my absolute limit, but for my level about a 4+ somewhere. I won't repeat the report. I'll only say that in the final, skills from ToE3, which Roma had never played, really helped me out. In general, I was very lucky in that the neighbor at the computer on my left turned out to be Forrest himself, and that by glancing at his game, I didn't seriously mess up my own)). Funny (or not so much…:confused: ): Besha sleeping on the keyboard for a duration of 2 tech pauses! In general, I'll tell you a secret, I imagined Besha as a little bald guy, like a young Shnur, but it turns out quite different!..:) . Then there was a trip to a bar on Kontraktova Square for the football match. I can't even compare anything to those emotions!:smile02: I liked the commentary on the football action from Tolyan (Forrest), everything he says is geared towards "Heroes": "the post" – expert resistance, reckless attack – that's like under the Frenzy spell. We sat in cramped quarters, but no hard feelings, we shouted louder than at the stadium, even broke chairs, but that's a slightly different story…) After the football, we helped our "injured" comrade – Besha get to his lodging (he twisted his ankle), there was a great scene where the strongman Kreg hoisted him onto his shoulder and casually walked up the stairs, too bad there was no camera handy((. At Kreg's place, after calming down our Belarusian guest, by around 12-1 AM we fell asleep in a heap, wherever: one Lyokha – Verki (the referee, portalite) – on the floor, the second Lyokha – Besha – on the owner's bed)), the 3rd Lyokha – KregHek – wherever he could; while Roma – Dzhavdet, had long since prudently fallen asleep, knowing that tomorrow he had a serious fight with KostyaN ahead, and not getting enough sleep would be more costly for him)).
In the morning, we immediately made referee Verki flip a coin to decide who plays which color, red came up for me again – what's this, freebie though)… But my draft was "above all praise" – I gave Dzhavdet his beloved Kyrre!..:eek: The nasty rain couldn't spoil our fighting spirit, though there was no light in the club and we had to go have breakfast at "Puzata Khata", where the prices are just "cosmic", meaning unreal)): we have even more expensive in Nikopol! You can eat your fill for 30-40 UAH (up to 200 RUB) with an extensive menu and it's generally convenient (I'm citing these figures to argue for Kyiv as the venue for the main final)! Besha treated everyone to beer, whether they wanted it or not, everyone had to drink). The game against Roma2 – Dzhavdet, didn't go very well for me, and the pace was a bit slow, although I already had 2 champions by week 1 month 1, and losing a good half of my army in a max Griffin Conservatory at the start of week 3 didn't help my chances of winning. I leveled Dessa and realized how hard it is to play a mage daddy… Report maybe later, if Roma writes one. Finishing the fastest, Dzhavdet and I went to lunch, had a normal sort of "heart-to-heart" talk. I watched Besha's ongoing bad luck – losing to week 1 guards, sympathized, and Lyokha even offered to make a couple of moves for him)). Later, the restless Minsker brought out a small bottle of "Honey with Pepper" vodka and started strongly recommending it to everyone, nobody wanted any (I generally don't touch vodka…:smile43: ), but in the end everyone took a sip to Dzhavdet's words: "When else will you get such a chance – to drink with Besha himself?":smile30: It was already getting late, and I had a train, but we started with Armageddon, I took that damn Castle again, but by week 1 month 2 my development is generally stable, so there are still some chances)). At 10 PM we went in a crowd to the station, because 3-4 people were definitely leaving on the same train, and Forrest and Volodimir also volunteered to see us off. And I, meanwhile, needed to be at my Diploma defense at 9 AM sharp like a bayonet. In the end, the first scout hero with Logistics – the train – delivered KostyaN with his bag to Dnipro at 6:12 AM, in Dnipro the second scout hero – city marshrutka – delivered him to the bus station at 6:20, the third scout hero – intercity marshrutka – delivered him to Nikopol at 8:35, and the fourth scout hero – a taxi – with a detour to the main building for the defense delivered him to MAUP (my university) at 9:00 AM – just in time for the final, where I killed the enemy in the 1st round: 5 points for the Diploma!!!:smile02: :cool: :smile23:
Respect to everyone! Especially the organizers (Captain first and foremost), KregHek – for his generosity, and Forrest – for showing what real fatherhood means, not just in a forum signature, but in real life!:smile02: (and of course Besha:) ).
