Changes to the rules starting with the letter G (Graal and Galtran).

1. Anyone but Reddi would have won the CIS tournament, and no one would have complained about the Grail. But can you analyze the puzzle as clearly as that? I personally can't.

Are you kidding? The discussion about the Grail has been going on in the AK section for about 1.5, maybe even 2 years. We still can't come to a consensus. All this time, there have been complaints from different players, and it's not just Reddi who's involved.

2. Banning Galthran is, in general, a half-measure, and therefore, nonsense. Either he should be completely removed from the game (like in HotA), or all bans on all templates should be lifted. The situation where someone snags Galthran in the tavern while starting with another faction is much more absurd than the crazy bidding for him.

Why bring up "HotA" all the time? The question was quite specific. There's no way to physically ban heroes in SoD, but we have to live with that, right? :smile45: And people start with Conflux and snag overpowered heroes – it's fine, they manage. You can snag Kirr for the Tower and Gunnarr for the Castle, and in 90% of cases, they change the starting hero. I personally take a philosophical approach to the issue of "snagging something at the start." You can snag Gosh in the tavern, or you can find a Minotaur lair near a dungeon; it's just that everyone snags something when the map is generated (mirror templates have a different philosophy, of course).

During bidding, each player knows exactly what they're getting into and what they're paying for.

This is precisely the sticking point, which is why the discussion arose. After all, we're not playing anarchy.

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Removing Galthran from Jebus will devalue the Necropolis Castle to an unrealistic extent.

The question is whether it will "devalue it to an unrealistic extent" (Inferno, Tower) or "slightly lower it to an average level" (Ramp, Conflux). That's why he appeared on Jebus.

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Digging for the Grail is probably the most spectacular moment of a game; the chat gets excited, and returning viewers from a smoke break ask first: "So, how's it going? Did you dig it up?"

The most spectacular thing is watching the opponents rage after the game (during it) :D