Changes to the rules for offline Heroes 3 tournaments!

I see no obstacles to making 2 changes to the general rules for offline tournaments on HeroesWorld (regarding the ban on the Admiral's Hat and allowing the dismissal of a hero located in a castle).

Thus, after clarifying questions regarding the "Morale and Luck" patch, regarding the exclusion of the 3rd victory criterion in a tournament as decisive, regarding the calculation of the sum of primary stats (before or after the final battle) and whether artifacts are included or not, the following points will be included in the new edition of the rules:

1.4.12. It is forbidden to use the assembled artifact "Admiral's Hat" (it may be used in disassembled form). For reference: by repeatedly boarding and disembarking from a boat using the "Admiral's Hat" artifact, it is possible to obtain navigation bonuses. The organizer may, at their discretion, allow the use of the assembled "Admiral's Hat" artifact by specifying this as a separate point in the rules of a specific tournament. In this case, the organizer must also indicate whether this artifact can be used without restrictions or only in certain cases (for example, allowing its use only when the main goal is to cross a water barrier necessary for specific player actions, rather than obtaining navigation bonuses on land).

1.5.6. It is permitted to dismiss heroes located in a castle via the "Kingdom Overview" -> "Show Towns" menu.

Something else I want to add. The General tournament rules are advisory in many points, and therefore, whether or not the 3rd victory criterion is banned, the organizer of a specific tournament will always reserve the right to include the accounting of the 3rd or more criteria in their tournament or not, or leave only 2 (or even 1). I see no fundamental importance in how this point is reflected in the General rules. Well, let's set 2 criteria... It makes no difference... And in general, nowhere in the rules is it written how many criteria should be used in tournaments. The organizer decides for themselves. Only the following point can be added to the rules (as a tip for the organizer):

It is strongly recommended to use N victory criteria as decisive <explain why>.

Although I would probably add the following:

As a rule, the winner of tournaments on HeroesWorld is determined using 3 victory criteria. Tournament organizers are requested to take this nuance into account when forming victory criteria. For reference: likely, on some tournament maps, 3 or more victory criteria will be redundant and should not be introduced. For example, in a tournament for collecting the maximum number of skeletons over 3 weeks with the 2nd decisive victory criterion being the amount of gold in the treasury - a 3rd criterion here is clearly redundant, as the probability of two participants repeating the result in such a case is negligible.

Calculation of the sum of primary stats (before or after the final battle) and whether artifacts are included or not: after the final battle including artifacts. It has always been this way on HeroesWorld, and no one had any objections, nor have any arisen. Therefore, we are introducing this point so that no more questions arise. Regarding the recently concluded tournament on the patch - there, stats were calculated BEFORE the final battle. Dirty_Player convinced me to do it this way, arguing that after the final battle a hero may receive different amounts of experience and consequently the number of levels raised by the hero after the battle may differ, and therefore, the final stats of the hero. A player might have one set of hero stats after the battle, while if the battle is conducted by the organizer - they would be different. Well, the issue is not that fundamental, does not arise that often, and it is not so difficult for the organizer and player to coordinate it via private correspondence. In general, I don't know... Let's decide... Although there is nothing to decide here. Let's decide on the patch, but everything else seems already clear. ;)