The show must go on. Unfortunately Sticky seems to be totally demoralised and doesn’t realize that despite some quarrels here on HW most people outside HW would like to see the tournament continue with him as the organizer. So Sticky I hope you will reconsider.

Despite the lack of an organizer I have encouraged Black Knight and Tiamath to play on. Tiamath won his game and will set up his game against Thinkeer. I also hope that Pit or Neoandy will come to their senses and realise that their withdrawal is a mistake that is ruining a lot to all the people who has an interest in the world cup. Rejoining will be an act of unselfishness whether it’s in the 1st or 2nd ladder.

Apparently there is some idea here on HW that Black_Knight is somehow a cheater or dishonest. I don’t know where this comes from, maybe he has made some bad move some years ago, but I know him well and have played him many times the recent years and to me there is nothing that indicates foul play from his side. So get over it.

The chineese play very fast compared to the Russians or the Russians are very slow compared to the chineese, depends whose eyes is looking. I’m pretty sure this has to do with different styles of play and nothing else. Russians buy a lot of heroes early and upgrade some army early too, they make many fights with scouts and discover a lot of ground early but also take a lot of loses. It’s a very time-consuming style. The Chinese buy less heroes, make less scout fights and count more on their production. And it seems they don’t waste any time when everything is moved.