COMPETITION FOR MONEY $$$ (2012)

Endless and rather cumbersome challenges, again and again... Heroes of Might and Magic, once a magnificent and balanced game, has become outdated about five years ago – playing it purely for enjoyment no longer impresses anyone (almost anyone, with a few rare exceptions). The younger generation is hooked on Dota and Lineage... And the old-school strategists have adapted Heroes of Might and Magic to their needs, creating numerous restrictions in the offline rules – solely to reduce the statistical variance of scenarios, and they have developed quite advanced tools for analysis (logic, mathematics, and probability theory prevail – again, with the aim of reducing the probabilistic nature of the game) and rely on the intellectual component of Heroes of Might and Magic – fortunately, it is well-developed here... That's the whole picture... They don't need a raw, blind version of the game – like a wild ancestor wandering aimlessly across the prairie with a spear in hand and flinching at every shadow – it's interesting from the perspective of a naturalist, but nothing more... No, our modern player has at least a jeep, a GPS navigator, an SVD with optics, a complete set of satellite maps, and a weather forecast... )) And that's chess in its full form... So, we can understand the "aborigines" who simply enjoy the wild and unexplored game field, but our goals are different... And arguing here is, at the very least, foolish... Especially trying to prove our point. We are playing different games... And this explains the mismatch and some misunderstanding in the game tactics that emerged in today's discussion... I play for results, I don't violate the internal physics of the game, BUT I save my time, I am ready to justify each of my moves at the level of mathematics/physics/logic, I respect the work of the "special forces" who do everything twice as fast as me, and I don't care (sorry, but I don't want to be hypocritical, I'm just being honest) about the sentimental ramblings of the "botanists" who enjoy the music and the beauty of the landscape... If a map is completed in one day, it means the dawn will not break. Thank you for your understanding.