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It's actually amusing to watch Merlin's hysteria, as he tried in every way to undermine the Ekaterinburg bid (sometimes openly, sometimes subtly), mocked Korolev (saying "submit an application, but when you do, it's already too late"), and criticized the points system and openly supported Volgograd.
I myself would gladly go to Volgograd if I could, but the initial goal of the CIS tournaments was to have different locations, different cities, and new faces, etc.
Of course, it's great when you have 10+ regular attendees with 60+ points, and you can lobby for something based on their desires, but that's not the right approach.
And Merlin is clearly annoyed and it's quite amusing :D
In reality, it's amusing to watch Stinger's pathetic attempts to dispute the results of the completed vote... Stinger, who tried in every way not to vote for either Volgograd or Ekaterinburg. Who openly supported Korolev (why is that all of a sudden?...) because he is not ready to go to either Ekaterinburg or Volgograd... (unlike Merlin, who directly told all potential organizers that if Merlin goes and does something in the format of a show program, he will do so under certain conditions - and these conditions lie solely and exclusively within the framework of compensating for the monetary expenses for travel and accommodation (and why should it be any different?)... and if you recalculate it in "pure cash," then Merlin is in absolute deficit in the history of all CIS championships... And for the past few years, there has been a formula: if Merlin goes "at his own expense," then he participates with everyone on equal terms... Maybe the esteemed Stinger works at his favorite job for free? Maybe the esteemed Stinger is willing to invest his resources in the amount of 50-100k in the organization of each CIS tournament? And Merlin invests this resource (in the form of, actually, an on-site event with two "original scenarios" and the organization of the event itself) regularly... At least 4 out of 6 times...
Нам это идеально подойдёт! (с)
"Совесть - она либо есть, либо её нет" (с) RedWhait HP
"Совесть - она либо есть, либо её нет" (с) RedWhait HP
Будьте осторожны со своими желаниями. Иногда они исполняются.