Captain. Since you're the organizer, I have a request – please, no tricks. With the draw, the rules, and everything else. I know you enjoy doing that and you're good at it. Just as you are at arguing why things should be done one way and not another.

For example, you've already expressed your opinion about the rules. Then, you might say something like, "by default, use the standard map, and then agree on the rest." You can do that, right? :)

You could also create a bracket in such a way as to ensure that one of your favorites makes it to the finals.

There's no need for all of this. The Heroes community is quite democratic; if necessary, it can self-organize and express a collective... hmm... wish.

To avoid this, it's better to initially adhere to the principle of "the rules are determined by a vote of the players." Just like it was with the location. The same should be done to determine the base version, the list of templates, etc.

In my opinion, it's obvious that Light will win the vote for the version. Therefore, the tournament should be held on it. By mutual agreement, Full or SoD.

It's more complicated with the templates; in my opinion, we should survey the players, ask each of the finalists to name 5 templates they would like to play on, and then simply add up the votes for each template and determine the final five.

Something like that...