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Regarding OH — this is my answer to Caliban and Hell — I want to say the following.
The pinnacle of esports on this Portal is Final Battle and the Qualification for it — OFB.
If our OFB-12 Qualification took place COMPLETELY WITHOUT OH.
Aren't you asking for too much to introduce OH at all stages in what is, by design, the most massive, fun, and casual-player-friendly tournament on the Portal?
Do you really not see any contradiction here?
Honestly, I had considered the idea that it might be possible to separate people in isolated cases and by different groups. But I haven't had time to think it through yet. And in the case of OH / without OH, you'd have to separate groups of 20 people, which could become a serious headache. It's hard to even assess the technology and labor costs involved.
But I want to ask you a different question — imagine that in your group there are 3 people who agree to play with OH, and 2 who don't. And up to the 1/4 finals, you run into another person without OH.
Would that cause you enough moral anguish not to play at all?
In past favorites, I made it to the 1/2 finals of the lower bracket — which is almost the entire tournament in terms of percentage of games played. Over the tournament, I had, one could say, 12 opponents (11 + a rematch with one opponent), and that's considering I was in the upper bracket for most of the tournament. If I had been in the lower bracket from the start and had managed to replicate that result, the number of opponents would have been much greater.
I don't want to play without OH at all; it doesn't bring me any enjoyment, and I get annoyed by restarts because they take too long. If it's just a couple of games, then okay.
But that doesn't change the main point — thanks to Baratorch, there is progress, but not in HeroesWorld SoD tournaments. That's sad.
