Hello everyone.

2. Every season, the debate starts anew: who is a newcomer, and who is a noob? Understand this: there are no criteria, there is no scale to line you up and say: these ones, measuring 3 centimeters, we take, but not those measuring 4. It is impossible to gather a whole tournament of "identical noobs." There will always be those who watch streams, analyze replays, and their own mistakes, and practice, and as a result, they look a head above the rest. And there will be those who have been playing at the same weak level for several years because they don't have time to learn to play better, and they don't even set the goal of winning; they play for fun. How can you deny either of these groups? The tournament will only benefit from an increase in the number of players.
Look at past seasons: the debates were the same, but time has shown that frankly strong players don't make it into the tournament, but new, previously unknown players in the Heroes community win it every season. Maybe, instead of complaining to the organizers that you are being forced to play against supposedly strong opponents, you should try to become stronger yourself?

In my opinion, it's better to prioritize those who have played and participated before, as there is still a lot of gameplay ahead, but not everyone will have enough time to replay.