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In this tense situation, I have to give my support to Pete and Neo. In terms of the game, they deserved to be the winners, but I think it's now clear to all thinking players that there were no grounds to ban a player from Heroes of Might and Magic. So, in any case, there couldn't be a single winner of the tournament.
I deliberately waited a bit after Vic's most ridiculous post to see the community's reaction. To see if they would fall for such hype or not. Here's what I have to say:
1. What was the point of my question about the "mafia"? Back in the day, and I'm not sure if it's still the case, there was a commercial "mafia" involved in betting. For example, there used to be one in Conti. These people were valued in the "mafia circle" for their insightful understanding of the psychology of behavior in role-playing situations. The response was, "You're an idiot." Well, okay, what do I know... What am I getting at? I've tried repeatedly to find something worthwhile in the content related to the psychological aspects, but it's all been unsuccessful. All attempts to present psychological concepts are meaningless. In essence, they are just loud assertions, quite funny, by the way. So:
2.
What's the conclusion? A conspiracy against Rebel? The machinations of the evil Pete and the vile Sticky? Or is this a continuation of the "art preparation"? In your posts, I only see an escalation of emotions, but not much substance.
You can see that I have a different logical structure. I took the position of defending Rebellius and provided additional arguments for the unfounded accusations. Then, many players accepted the ideas I presented, which is what I wanted to achieve. I didn't prove any theorems, just made some "conclusions."
3.
Looking for some sympathy for Pete or antipathy towards Rebel here is absurd. I also note that the defenders of Rebel mainly emphasize the ethical side of the issue - "he's a great guy, why the hell are you banning him?!"
Yuri will be looking for "psychological prerequisites" on the next page of the topic. Maybe he doesn't even realize it yet!
4.
No one is saying that professional sports are discredited because of doping.
Actually, that's exactly what's happening. I can even provide links to opinions from experts.
5.
I've been playing Mafia a lot lately, and it's become a replacement for Heroes for me, and it's a great way to practice the skill of identifying suspicious people based on psychology. So, players who defend themselves the way Rebel is doing now are usually almost unanimously "voted out." Because that's the behavior of a "busted" mafia player.
An example of a good response from a "town resident" can be seen, for example, in the Markon vs. (I don't remember who) debate. This happened about two years ago; Pete might have something in his archives. Markon's first post convincingly demonstrated that there was nothing to the accusation. Personally, I didn't even bother looking at the replays because Markon looked so "innocent."
Here, there's an unintentional assertion that different people should behave similarly in similar situations. Secondly, that a player who has been unfairly accused of cheating MUST prove something or explain themselves to someone. I'm sure that if you take 20 strong players from different resources and accuse each of them of cheating, their reactions will differ greatly.
4. + a couple of jokes:
Russians have a prominent place in their mentality for the cult of the warrior, with all the concepts that flow from it.
Ha-ha.
5.
And for the Chinese, that place is occupied by the cult of the merchant.
Aha-ha-ha!!!
Conclusion: all attempts to conduct a discussion within the psychological field are doomed to fail with you, Wic. Or will turn into a joke. And sometimes, you try to be the Salieri of Heroes.
Thank you for your attention.