Pridu
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I think the very first tournament resource for Heroes (TOH - toheroes.com) had a rating for the annual season, and those who achieved high ranks received medals that gave them a bonus in each new season. For example, reaching the Legionnaire rank three times gave you around 150 points at the start of the new season, if I'm not mistaken.
It looked like this:
http://toheroes.com/history/season4/emperor.html
