Now, 4 nprf, you misunderstood me... I meant that if you give someone two attempts at a map and then give them five attempts plus a couple of practice runs, which result will be better... and that's exactly what I was talking about – that the type of tournament doesn't really matter... As for online play, I didn't claim that you don't play it at all; I just said that it's nonsense to dismiss those who don't play offline tournaments but are willing to play online.

I understand everything. For a long time, I myself thought that offline tournaments were complete nonsense, but after playing in arena tournaments for the first time, I realized that it's actually very interesting and not as simple as many people think.
In general, offline tournaments are a very good test of skill and quite accurately reflect a player's level. If a player performs very poorly, it means that they also play accordingly online. And if they play, for example, like Fanat here, then you can already play with them online. But playing with someone online without knowing their skill level is usually not interesting for either the winner or the loser, if their skill levels differ significantly.
I would gladly play Might and Magic II online, but it crashes very often for me, and not just for me, and I don't need any suspicion of malicious intent behind these crashes!