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

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AUTO-GIVE - whether to allow it or not - in my opinion, this is a very important point that is not included in the rules.
AUTO-GIVE - if used - often determines who will win; there have been reports where a player won by taking (and not just once) the auto-give - in my opinion, this is wrong.
Some people fundamentally do not use replays, and I agree, but sometimes a "slip of the hand" ruins everything - it's not even worth continuing the game. Furthermore, sometimes someone asks to give them the auto-give - and here there are also ethical ambiguities - you want to continue, and the opponent may have made a stupid and unfortunate mistake... and you don't want to give away the victory)).
A hardcore solution would be to ban this altogether - but it wouldn't be supported by the majority.
Therefore, I propose a rational (in my opinion) solution - introduce a rule allowing any player to request a return, but with a penalty of 0.5 victory. That is, if someone wins by taking 2 auto-gives, it will be a draw. It's like a game for fun, if there are so many returns. If, however, they lose, it's just 1:0 (not 2:0)).
Also, limit the number of returns - say, once a week.
And purists can agree not to give/take auto-gives at all on an individual basis.
P.S.: maybe we should create a poll on this topic?
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