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Blue Christmas Go battle
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Explanation of tournament removal.
\n\nThe tournament was removed from the GoMagic group due to complaints. After that it was moved to this group. If someone does not like the theme of the Great October Socialist Revolution, this person can not play in the tournament or curse the tournament organizer. You can even curse with dirty words. I recognize people's right to express their point of view, even with dirty words.
\n\nThis and other forbidden tournaments, if they appear, will be organized here. Want to join the forbidden knowledge? Play in the tournaments of the Secret Society of Necromancers \"Death by hane\"!
\n\nGoMagic has nothing to do with this tournament. If it is mentioned in the text, it is a typo.
\n\n\nFriends!!!
\n\nGrandfather Frog, who is the founder of the Secret Society of Necromancers, Death Through Hane group on the OGS, is hosting an official November (2023) \"The Great October Socialist Revolution\" Tournament.
\n\nThe October Revolution, or October Coup (in Soviet historiography the name Great October Socialist Revolution was adopted) - an armed coup in Petrograd on October 25-26 (November 7-8, New Style), 1917 under the leadership of the Bolshevik Party, as a result of which the Provisional Government was overthrown. It is one of the largest events of the 20th century, which made a significant imprint on the course of Russian and world history.
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\n The main result of the October Revolution was the establishment of a new political order. The main task that faced the Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, was to form the state apparatus of the Soviet state with reliance on the Soviets.
\n\nExtensive social reforms were introduced, such as:
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- The establishment of an eight-hour work day, \n
- free education, health care and insurance, \n
- granting women equal rights with men, \n
- separation of church and state. \n
As a result of the October Revolution, the social structure changed - estates and the privileges associated with them were abolished.
\n\nAs a result of the victory of the socialist revolution in Russia, the world split into two systems - capitalist and socialist. After 1917, the struggle between these two systems determined the entire course of world history.
\n\nThe socialist system existed for about 70 years and was destroyed as a result of counter-revolution. But it managed to show the whole world another way of life, more preferable to the capitalist one.
\n\n![](\"https://pavelgvozdev.ru/ogs_tournament/great_october/great_october.jpg\")
\n And now about pleasant things, about prizes! Each participant of this official tournament will receive an unofficial prize - a Chinese Go book in electronic form. The link to the book will be posted in the tournament chat for a few days after the tournament starts. Since the chat room is periodically cleared of messages, the link will be removed after some time. If you haven't had a chance to download the book, post in the tournament chat and I'll post the link again.
\n\nSomething about the regulations. Please note that each move adds 1 day to the time, but no more than 3 days. Time is suspended for the weekend. This means that you have to make one move per day.
\n\n\n Regards,
\n Grandpa Frog.\n
Friends!!!
\nGrandpa Frog, who is a member of the GoMagic group on the OGS, is hosting the December (2023) \"Last Words of Stalker Redrick\" tournament with the help of GoMagic.
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\n \nI'm an animal, you see I'm an animal. I have no words, I wasn't taught words, I don't know how to think, those creeps didn't let me learn how to think. But if you're really like this. omnipotent, omnipotent, omniscient. figure it out! Look into my soul, I know you've got what you need. Find out what I want. I can't possibly want bad things. Damn it all, because I can't think of anything but these words of his - Happiness for all, free, and let no one go away dishonored!\n\n\n
These are the last words of the stalker Redrick, who reached the Golden Ball in the Zone and now had to voice the wish that this ball would fulfill. All this time Red despite everything went to it, was ready to sacrifice an innocent man, for the sake of his own happiness, the happiness of his family and the life of his daughter Monkey, who every year more and more mutated because of his trips to the Zone. But at the last moment he says something completely different, he repeats the words of his companion, whom he had just sacrificed: \"Happiness for all, for free, and let no one go away offended!\"
\n\nWhat do these words mean?
\n\nRead the book \"Roadside Picnic\" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.
\n\nWatch the movie \"Stalker\" by Andrei Tarkovsky.
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\n\nAnd now about pleasant things, about prizes! First of all, each participant of this unofficial tournament will receive an unofficial prize - a Chinese Go book in electronic form. The link to the book will be posted in the tournament chat for a few days after the tournament starts. Since the chat room is periodically cleared of messages, the link will be removed after some time. If you haven't had a chance to download the book, post in the tournament chat and I'll post the link again.
\n\nSecond, GoMagic.org has generously sponsored prizes for participants of the unofficial tournaments that I host.These prizes come in the form of coupons, which can be used towards the purchase of GoMagic courses and memberships. In each group of our the third round, participants ranking 1st and 2nd will be awarded these valuable prizes.As the host, I will personally deliver the coupons to the winners via private message on OGS
\n\nSomething about the regulations. Please note that each move adds 1 day to the time, but no more than 3 days. Time is suspended for the weekend. This means that you have to make one move per day.
\n\n\n Regards,
\n Grandpa Frog.\n
P.S. James Bond will return in the movie \"From Russia with love\"~~
Tournaments Go Magic will continue in January with the \"Morozko\" tournament.
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