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Artem, please explain to me why, in 2011, when the question of holding the CIS championship in Yekaterinburg arose, you didn't write about Egypt?
And when Odessa was chosen in 2012, you still didn't write about Egypt?

where is the facepalm smiley here?

it's because this tournament is scheduled for January!!!
and where would anyone want to go in January other than Egypt (ski resorts in the Alps / Argentina / Brazil / New Zealand :D ) ?

but Odessa is great in May :smile05:

For now, many of those writing are coming to hang out rather than to play, which is why the season/weather are important. But there's only one May holiday period, and we want two tournaments. Running two tournaments in parallel at the same time would damage the roster of both players and fans, so there's not really much to argue about here.
We could postpone the poll on who is coming until autumn, but it won't change much from the current one. Technical obstacles like money/work/distance are one thing, but if "wife/family" doesn't allow it, then that's just how it will be. Therefore, a preliminary poll wouldn't hurt. At least regarding intentions.
But honestly, I don't like this Schism; maybe there is still sense in organizing a unifying tournament? I often read loud concepts like "club tournament" and "club hangouts," but where are the clubs themselves? Maybe it's time for the clubs to finally measure up? Whose club is better? Moscow or Piter, Kyiv or Yekaterinburg? Well, yes, the goal might not only be Competitive, but rather unity and mass participation.
After all, several teams could easily gather — Piter, Moscow, Michurinsk, Ukraine, Belarus, Siberia, Yekaterinburg. Moreover, both VT players and SoD players could be on a team; just pair up by your favorite version, what's the problem? And you need fewer rounds if you run a round-robin or elimination: 2-3 rounds for 4 teams, 3-4 rounds for 5-6 teams. More time for rest, communication, and exchanging experience. But the main goal is unity, not division.
As for dates, of course I don't know; we need to look for some common weekends in autumn.
Although this is probably a separate topic.

And I believe there's nothing to do in Egypt right now; it's too unstable there, the population is rebelling against the current authorities again. It seems to me that good options are Kyiv, Minsk, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg.

Maybe we could add a poll to the topic about the desire/possibility of attending?

By the way, regarding St. Petersburg. In Odessa, the idea arose that it would be good to hold CIS-2015 in St. Petersburg.

... But there's only one May tournament, and we want two. Running two tournaments in parallel at the same time would harm both the players and the fans, so there's really nothing to argue about.
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I think that two or three offline tournaments aren't too many for our community. A team tournament is interesting, but more complex. If it's every man for himself, then whoever shows up plays. In a team tournament, what do you do if not 16 (4x4), but 15 people show up?
What if everyone is from very different regions, like organizing Belarusian-Siberian teams? And most importantly, if four people get together in a team, two are ready to play to the end, to win, and two just want to hang out more, and they lose the first round, and then go on a bender. This kind of division often happens at offline championships.

I would try :)
1) spectator (in one conference room) - there is no general broadcast of all matches on one large screen, so we watch a little everywhere (you watch the Horn-Dust match in HoMM2, or a match of third-tier players - if everything is in one room/place, you can't watch all the matches from A to Z)

2) regarding the intersection/poaching of players - conduct a survey of who wants to play in both tournaments, SOD and VT, so that we can see this in fact, in numbers (*assuming they would like to go to the May gathering)/I think another question seems more problematic - the availability of SOD players who are willing to travel/

What would he even try? Are we talking about two tournaments in different locations or in one? I'm not sure.
And I wouldn't have too many illusions about the streams. If 2-3 matches are streamed properly for each round, that would be a great success for the event. But streaming 2 tournaments simultaneously is unrealistic, in my opinion.