"Best of the Best" Tournament

I suggest setting the hero level and excluding the Diamond template.
Veteran is too easy, and Diamond is a very unpredictable template; it can generate castles that are two days' travel away. Also, there is a high risk of losing a Castle due to a random spawn from an opponent's portal.
And also, allow the Gnome to build a Tower – they are already rarely chosen, and this will at least make taking the Castle more challenging. The Tower isn't that scary, but the Gnome is slower.

Regarding the "Veteran" difficulty, I insisted on this (as a co-organizer of the tournament). I agree that the level is easier than "Hero," but we need to consider the fact that the tournament will include players who have not yet achieved outstanding results online on maps and do not have enough gaming experience. Why immediately put them in a difficult situation? In principle, I myself play templates on "Veteran" and can say for sure that I haven't had a single difficult game yet.
Regarding the Diamond template, I agree; it's a questionable template, and in my active gaming practice, we practically don't play it. So, the suggestion is accepted, and I will discuss this with Primus today.

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Regarding jumping... Sometimes, in the rules or by agreement, on templates where there is a Guardian (Spider-Labyrinth-Letos, for example), it is forbidden to jump into the starting zone until all Guardians have been defeated. This is open for discussion.

Quote from the rules: point 4: "If the starting zones of the players are adjacent, it is FORBIDDEN to use the "Astral Gate" spell to move from your zone to the opponent's zone." This point should be understood literally; in all other cases, there is a personal agreement, if, of course, you can agree. The same applies to the difficulty level; if you and Kolobokk agree to play against each other on "Hero," the organizers will not object