Open alpha testing of the 5.0 HD mod (online lobby).

The idea with diplomacy was very good, but if it had been presented in the format of Adela-Ryland-Kira, it would have been better.

No, the format of "diplomat against non-diplomat" was exactly what was needed. To see how overpowered diplomacy is in the proposed version.

Perhaps it would have made sense to add a couple more pairs like Valeska-Adela and Solmyr-Saira, just for variety. It wasn't worth moving away from playing with identical Castles, because it would have sharply increased the measurement error, at least due to the impossibility of playing mirror-image templates.

Paradoxically, people are really asking for standard Tournaments. They are even rebelling, saying that OFB is following such rules. I also don't understand why :smile32: Standard rules and templates with the original tournament format are what people like.

Yes, this thought comes to me from time to time. But under the pressure of the desire to experiment, it doesn't always stay there for long :rolleyes:.