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Very often, beginners ask the question:
How do I start playing on the forum?
For those who have no experience with online games, it makes sense to start with the ongoing Seasonal Tournament. Everyone who wants can play in it, whenever they want and with whoever they want. At the end of the season, a rating of players is calculated, and an award ceremony is held for the most active and successful participants.
Of course, to get started, you need to install the game on your computer and take care of ways to communicate with opponents – i.e., install Hamachi or GameRanger and create an ICQ number or Skype login.
Problems that may arise when connecting via Hamachi are discussed in the topic How to play HM&M 3 Online via Hamachi?
Next, it is advisable to read and understand Rules for online games in Heroes III and the seasonal Rating Tournament. The Season is mainly played according to these rules.
You also need to study the article Daily saves: what they are and how to make them. Game saves must be made and saved until the end of any tournament in which you participate.
You can find an opponent by:
writing a message in the topic Let's arrange to play online in HoMM 3!, where you indicate your contact information and wait for someone to contact you;
viewing the contact information of active players in the Season in the topic Player rating in Heroes III online and independently offering them to play.
Don't despair if you don't find an opponent within 10 minutes. Indeed, sometimes you sit waiting for several days, but there is no one available. It all depends on your persistence and desire. Once you get acquainted with the players, it will be easier, and you can even agree in advance.
After the game, you need to write a report (if you won) or confirmation (if you lost) in the topic "Season 'Winter/Spring/Summer/Autumn 201...'. Online games for ranking (reports, confirmations, discussions)". The current season's topic is located in the important topics in this section. For example, summer reports for 2012 are written here.
How to submit a report, as well as the contact details of the judges of the Seasonal Tournament, can be found in the first post of this topic.
If you suddenly have problems and disputes during the game, questions about the rules, immediately contact the judges. First, try to find any of the judges on ICQ. If none are found, calmly make a save and postpone the game. Then write Private Messages to the judges – in the upper right corner of any page of the forum, there are the words Private messages, click on them, select the menu on the left - New message, enter the names of the recipients:
....// Nicknames of the judges, take from the first post of the Season topic //...
and describe your problem.
Please resolve all disputes in such a civilized manner.