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I think it would be a good idea to have post-match analyses on our forum, with the main nicknames of the participants listed. You see, even this is being blamed on you (as if you're hiding everything from the public).
The blame isn't for that, but for the fact that before the matter was brought to public attention with altered nicknames, the administration failed to keep the matter secret. More than half of those discussing the incident knew who the parties involved were. In this situation, bringing the discussion to light and trying to make it a secret looked like a farce.
It just so happens that in offline play, one playthrough equals one tournament. Therefore, it's not worth comparing them.
It just so happens that in offline play, the smallest indivisible unit is a playthrough, while in online play, it's a match. Tell me, if the match in question had simply taken place in a regular season, would Alex have been banned from all subsequent season games?
I'm not retracting my words. I just want to convey the idea that being removed from the tournament is an adequate decision, even if they went a little too far.
By the way, regarding adequacy and consistency. In that case, too, many respected members of the Heroes community directly stated that the player was a cheater. But unlike Alex, that player was a favorite of the developers, so those who are now vehemently denouncing Alex and calling him a cheater also vehemently denounced those who spoke of cheating back then. There were statements that everyone who said such blasphemy should be banned, etc.
Now, let's calmly analyze these two situations. In both cases, violations were detected. Back then, it was documented, based on a recording of the battle, that there was interference with the game mechanics. Now, it has been documented that after the disconnection, there was partial access to the save file. Back then, the person said that he had unintentionally reset something, and everyone believed him, including me. I asked him several times on the forum and in ICQ, and he replied that he had acted unintentionally. And although it sounds absolutely absurd to me that a person who wrote several programs specifically for Heroes suddenly delves into a file that he knows affects the battle mechanics and disables all the parameters there, without even knowing what he's doing, I had to believe it because I had no evidence that he did it consciously. There was indirect evidence, but it couldn't be the basis for an accusation. Here, too, the fact of accessing the save file was established. But not the fact that it was Alex. Moreover, Cobra confirmed that it was him. We have the words of two people, not one. Nevertheless, the majority of forum users are shouting at the top of their lungs that Alex is a cheater, and no one even makes a remark to them. And the decision. In that case, annulling the save was the minimum possible punishment. Now, they have chosen what is essentially the maximum punishment. And after this, will anyone say that there is no bias or xenophobia in the judges' decisions?
Perhaps that person could also explain his position. I remember that two years ago, when you, Kostya, asked me to investigate that tournament situation, and I did so as impartially as possible, I received so many attacks from "patriots" of the developers, and not only from ordinary users but also from representatives of the forum administration, that I even had to leave the forum. They blamed me even for the fact that I was in a similar situation when my save was annulled, and now I am supposedly supposed to support a fellow sufferer, not accuse him. Where are those who shouted so loudly now? Why don't they tell that player, "Why are you doing this?" You were in the same situation, why don't you remember what you felt when you were unfairly accused, and now you are accusing him in the same way, without having clear evidence?
