SoY-5: Online Tournaments "Seasons of year" - "Seasons" - Spring Season 2009

Chronologically.
The group draw was held on May 30th. /post/256905/
On the same day, the tournament dates were determined:
/post/256776/

There is a deadline of 5 weeks for all games – 1 week per round. Please don't fall behind; being ahead is welcome.

Setting longer deadlines would mean playing through spring until September.
That is, 1 week was given for each game – enough time to arrange and play.

Next, read topic /topic/6162/.
I conducted a poll there regarding organizational matters:

5. Do you agree in advance about a tournament match with your opponent, and when do you start doing this?
There is almost complete agreement here. The vast majority of players prefer to agree beforehand and immediately after the draw.

3. At what time of day (Moscow time) and on which days of the week do you prefer to play online HOMM3 tournament matches?
Most try to arrange for daytime (12-24) on weekends - this is the most preferred time. Next are evenings (19-24) on weekdays. There are those who play at any time, but by prior arrangement. Only night or only working hours are the least popular.
Therefore, in the Rules we will focus on the preferred time: weekdays - evening (19-24), weekends - during the day (12-24).
We will обязательно indicate the possible time for playing in the tournament application.

4. How much time do you usually need and have available for 1 tournament game?
Both from the survey and from Best's experience and other tournaments, one week per game is enough for almost everyone. But under certain circumstances, it may take 2 weeks. For some reason, no one said that they never meet the deadline. Although experimental results sometimes say the opposite.

Eight days after the draw, when 1 game should already be played: /post/258782/ your questions appeared:

Do I have to play rounds in order? Can I play round 3 or 4 if there is an opponent ready?

Andrey, I replied to you within 3 hours.
And before that, in the message you deleted, you asked when you could start playing, and I answered in PM that 1 game should already be played.

You played your first and only match on June 20th, i.e., in 3 weeks you found time for 1 game.

On June 22nd /post/263544/

It has been 3 weeks since the draw.
Dear finalists! At this point, each of you should have played 3 matches, but we have only 3 games total. We won't make it by New Year...
Psyche_7 and Pit for LM - owe 1 game;
bRitvo4kA and Javdet - owe 2 games;
Alex_R and SpiriTT - haven't played a single game in 3 weeks.
You can play in any order, but not playing is not an option. In a week, I will have to assign technical defeats in round 1 to those who don't play a single game.

Does anyone want a t-shirt?:smile42:

After that, until July 17th, there are no messages on the forum except for an argument with Cobra.

What did I do as acting tournament administrator?
I communicated with almost all players from SOY and Best. And also with Andrey. Starting June 6th – Best, there were problems with the games. Then I asked about SOY too.
Pit ?(06/19/2009 8:16):
Hi! When will you play at Best? There are only 3 days left. And in Times of War, you should already have 2-3 matches played...
bRitvo4kA ?(06/19/2009 12:28):
Hi, maybe on the weekend
Pit ?(06/19/2009 12:28):
ok, try

According to the logs that you, Andrey, posted, you didn't make any attempts to agree with your opponents; the first offer to play was made by you on June 20th. What happened before?

Personally, I received an offer to play on Wednesday morning, but I was at work (strange, isn't it?):
bRitvo4kA ?(06/24/2009 11:15):
*HI* Hello, want to play a match?
Pit ?(06/24/2009 11:15):
Hello! I can't right now

And another offer was for offline play; what's so strange about me not responding to it?
bRitvo4kA ?(06/26/2009 20:43):
*HI* Hello, want to play?

You don't want to arrange in advance, and I can't guess a time that is convenient for you.

Those who wanted and could play more or less met the deadlines. Alex warned that he had problems with his schedule and agreed to technical defeats. When people sign up for a tournament, they primarily focus on the regulations. If there is no opportunity to play, then they shouldn't participate, and you cannot rely on endless extensions. Now Nadal will come running and say: I rested, I am ready to play my Wimbledon matches, let's find opponents.

Here is Evgeny's solution:

regarding the deadlines - they were already very flexible - if someone doesn't want to play, we can wait one more day and assign technical defeats. Unfortunately, my clanmates Alex and Britvocka are among those...