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First of all, I want to express my gratitude to the organizers, and especially to Alexey Falcone, who welcomed me, provided accommodation, and took us on a tour – everything was top-notch!
I was glad to meet Zloy_romantik, Player, and Aiwe in person – they all performed their tasks, and overall, everything went well! Kobra is also great, but I have a grudge against him :) because he shouldn't have beaten me in the final of Hearthstone with a score of 2-0, winning three games in a row – that's just unfair and unsportsmanlike!!!
Also, respect to Merlin for organizing the cultural program! He tried hard, was patient, and I understand how difficult it is to organize something in such a drunken mess. The latter, by the way, left not the best impression! Some people just don't know how to drink and don't know their limits. Turning the event into a continuous drinking spree, carrying bottles of vodka around all day, and practically eating it without any snacks – that's too much, guys. I'm not a teetotaler myself and sometimes indulge, but something needs to be done about this at the next CIS event – it's not beautiful! At least drink in the rooms, gazebos, outside, in the sauna, anywhere, but not in the common room where there's an online stream for the entire forum, the cultural program, and the tournament itself!
The base, personally, I liked – it's beautiful, cozy, and the rooms are decent. The food was also more or less – I wasn't hungry, but waiting for a "re-buy" for 700 rubles for an hour is not very pleasant, but the breakfasts were very satisfying – the buffet was perfect! I usually had lunch and dinner at a cafe, just to avoid waiting – it's not fancy, but they serve everything right away and it's cheaper!
What was a little disappointing was the almost complete absence of fish in the lakes. But everything was OK at the tables :-)
In terms of organization, I personally have only one wish, a suggestion for the future – it's necessary to assign a staff photographer to cover the event more fully for the forum in real-time, on the same day, and immediately upload photos to the forum!
DD and I agreed about the camera, but in the first few days, there was no time: first, you have to greet everyone, have a drink, and then there's the barbecue..., there was just no time to pick it up, and then the main event had already passed, and it was too late, all the most exciting things were already over and, apparently, only in our memories!
A special thank you to Vigo, Vigo, Vigo and KillAction – for the teamwork in preparing the barbecue, as well as to everyone who helped, sympathized, and poured drinks! :-) Even though it wasn't easy to feed 40+ people with meat, especially considering that there was no lighting near the grill and we had to use our phones to illuminate it, and make sure the barbecue didn't burn! So, if anyone ate burnt pieces, sorry, but we tried our best!
It's better to come to the Siberian Solyanka – it won't burn! ;-)
I'm glad that Heroes is being updated and expanded – there are many new faces, and I hope they came not for the last time and will become full members of the Heroes community! They are all great, positive guys! Special respect to the old-timers who don't forget and come! I was very glad to shake hands with Matroskin, Gunnar, Horn, DD, PredS, Lizard, Numu, the "Tambov wolves," Redi :-) and many others – I can't list them all! And, of course, respect to my fellow "Siberian sweethearts" with whom the journey flew by quickly and unnoticed, especially on the way back ;))) what!?? LOL
Vigo
The seats "by the window" turned out to be pretty good, but the cards were more appealing, so I moved to sit with the cool guys :)
A walk through nighttime St. Petersburg
Peterhof
Romantic, Dust, Dirty, Sky
At the base
Easy game, lol!
P.S. Share your photos, guys, don't be shy! ;)