It seems the tournament will be played using Fresh Mod.
The game proceeds regardless of whether both players or only one of them have it enabled.
This raises the question:
If, during the game, say around day 115, one of the players realizes they forgot to enable the mod, what should the players do:
1) Continue the game as is
2) Replay the game with the mod enabled :rolleyes:
3) The player who forgot to enable the mod receives a technical defeat
If the first option is chosen, then there is no point in making the use of the mod mandatory, but rather optional for each player.
Also you can't predict which castle pair it would be before joining. So if you forgot to on Fresh mod, you can stuck in the situation with 3 Hives on respawn and strong GO. In case with Efreeti, it's painful, but still possible to break it, but with unupgraded wyverns - it's a complete disaster. The only castle is weakened with Fresh Mod are Necro and Conflux, so low probability to get them.
TL;DR. I'm considering the 1st variant for now.
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