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A message arrives, reading it takes 2 seconds
Opening minimized heroes - 1 second
Finding the game - 5 seconds
Loading takes 3 seconds
Entering the code nwcwhatisthematrix - 4 seconds
Searching for the enemy's main hero - 10 seconds
Reviewing the army - 3 seconds
Writing an unsubstantiated complaint in ICQ - 5 seconds
2+1+5+3+4+10+3+5=33 sec => opponent has 60-33=27 seconds to respond
That's what comrade Skuns wrote. I decided to conduct my own investigation.
But... if you carefully examine everything, it's not so simple. Let's look at the logs.
496616750 (23:23):
Alright, let's finish tomorrow
my time is up
come back tomorrow around 12
Stasya (23:27):
I won't be there tomorrow
496616750 (23:27):
dude, you broke the rules
Stasya (23:27):
did you even save before quitting?
what rules did I break?
496616750 (23:28):
you recruited wyverns
Stasya (23:28):
what makes you think that?
Let's assume what would have happened if comrade Skuns really started digging into and opening the game save, as he wrote, only after reading the message at 23:27 -- "I won't be there tomorrow". I really don't want to assume that it arrived exactly at 23:27.00, because that's too unlikely! So, is it precisely coincidental that it was the start of the minute -- down to the second -- so that everything could then happen within one minute? The chance that it arrived in the first 6 seconds is even small - 10%, and with 90% probability it would arrive later! But let's assume "luck was on his side", and the message "I won't be there tomorrow" arrives in the first 1 second after the minute started. That is already not in comrade Skuns's favor, making assumptions that wouldn't happen with 99% probability. Next, let's count the seconds. Comrade Skuns, obviously, wasn't staring at the ICQ window and waiting from second to second for HeadHunter's response for a whole 4 minutes between 23:23 and 23:27. Most likely he was doing something else at the time. Therefore, when a message arrives via ICQ, purely based on human reaction time - it takes 3 seconds to move the mouse and open the window. This is making a second assumption in favor of comrade Skuns, that he immediately decided to read it at that very moment. I pictured this myself - I assumed someone wrote to me, timed it, moved the mouse, and calmly opened ICQ. Next, comrade Skuns writes that reading takes 2 seconds. I agree with that. What could the next actions be? Skuns will later write that he realized he couldn't play tomorrow, decided to surrender, but then decided to first review the save to check if comrade HeadHunter had played honestly. After reading the message, Skuns would hardly start opening the game and analyzing the save with lightning speed - humans are just not wired that way, they need some time to comprehend what they read and decide what to do. If you mentally replay the words "so... he can't play, I can't do it on Monday. I need to surrender. Oh... let me check if he played honestly." that takes 5 seconds. Then you move the mouse and open the minimized heroes - not in 1 second, but in 3 seconds. There's no need to downplay that. I tested it myself. Moving on. Finding the game takes 5 seconds, Loading takes 3 seconds - tested on myself, indeed, correct. Remembering the code. "So, what's the code? Ah, right nwcwhatisthematrix" - 3 seconds. That's if you know this cheat code well and don't need to look up where it's written - on a piece of paper or elsewhere. It's impossible to believe that the brain, without thinking anything through, instantly makes all these decisions like an automaton. In the case I describe and tested on myself - all these time delays are even longer. Pressing Tab, entering the code nwcwhatisthematrix and Enter - 20 key presses total, for me it took 10 seconds, but let's assume Skuns has a typing speed like a professional typist - 200 characters per minute. That would be 6 seconds, but by no means 4. Next, fine, we'll agree - Searching for the enemy's main hero - 10 seconds, Reviewing the army - 3 seconds. Next - comprehension - "Oh, why does he have so many wyverns?? He's probably playing unfairly. I need to write to him." Definitely 4 seconds. Exiting Heroes and activating the ICQ window - 4 seconds. It could be more, I'm taking everything at a minimum. This is how it all works out for me if I try to do everything at lightning speed. Writing an unsubstantiated complaint in ICQ - 5 seconds. "dude, you broke the rules", Enter. 27 key presses in 5 seconds? Then Skuns's typing speed would be around 330 characters per minute - a bit more practice and he could go to the world speed-typing championship! Well, okay, let's say it's 5 seconds. Next, suppose the opponent opens ICQ - 3 seconds, reads the message - 3 seconds. Comprehends it, thinks about what to answer - everything at a minimum - 3 seconds. The reply "did you even save before quitting?" - 10 seconds. The reply "what rules did I break?" - 5 seconds. The opponent spent, counting at the minimum - 24 seconds. Now let's tally the statistics. The sum of all seconds 1+3+2+5+3+5+3+3+6+10+3+4+4+5 + 3+3+3+10+5 == 81 seconds!
And after all, comrade HeadHunter could have written the first message "I won't be there tomorrow" somewhere in the middle of the minute, not exactly at 23:27.01 as I assumed! No, guys, whatever way you look at it, if you approach it from an analytical point of view - you can reach an irrefutable conclusion - comrade Skuns OPENED the save and examined it after he himself wrote "Alright, let's finish tomorrow". He studied the map and was glad he caught his opponent on an alleged violation regarding recruiting wyverns. He didn't want to Alt-Tab and write complaints right away because it was more interesting to study the map first. But then a message arrives. He has to see what it says, doesn't he? "I won't be there tomorrow". Well, since he's already in ICQ - he can scare him about the wyverns.
PS. HeadHunter, please check the ICQ history. The messages should be saved with precision down to the second, I'm afraid that the gap between "I won't be there tomorrow" and "dude, you broke the rules" might turn out to be 20-30 seconds. I wonder what excuse Skuns will come up with for that.
Isn't Skuns a map hacker after this? I don't believe it (C) Stanislavsky.
PPS I would review all cases of map hacking strictly, but fairly. I know many nuances and exactly how the play of a map hacker will differ from that of an honest player.