DISCUSSIONS on “Rules for online games in HoMM3 and formulas for calculating player rating.”

1) Vary the bans. Right now there are very few options, especially if you even slightly know the player's style. For example, recently Durovin and I were banning for the Degustation final, we banned for both colors right away. So, after his first two bans for blue (Necropolis and Conflux) I figured out not only the result of the first game's ban (Stronghold-Tower), but also the second one right away (Dungeon-Fortress). It's depressing...