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

(and even better, specify to use the HD patch! by default!)

Let's just not do that, please. There is no need to make the HD patch the default. Introducing mods (HD, VT, TE, etc.) by default will reduce the influx of new players, because for many, Heroes means SoD. Tournaments, well yes, it depends on what the organizer decides, but the rules must be written FOR SoD!