A question from the organizers to the participants.
Our rules state the following:

I. The group stage is played on the 2SM4d(3) template.
II. The playoffs will be held using a Full Double Elimination system.
In this stage, we will choose templates randomly from the list: 2sm4d(3), 8mm6a, Jebus Cross, Mini-Nostalgia, Panic.

Given the number of participants (27), we have created a somewhat unconventional tournament structure with three small group stages. The playoff games will only begin when 8 players remain.
Yesterday, Tanya and I discussed whether it might be more interesting for participants to start choosing templates randomly from the second round. Therefore, we propose the following change to the rules:

I. The first round of the group stage is played on the 2SM4d(3) template.
In the second and third rounds of the group stage and the playoff games, the template is chosen randomly from the list: 2sm4d(3), 8mm6a, Jebus Cross, Mini-Nostalgia, Panic.

Are there any potential participants in the 2nd round who are against this change and do not want to play with random templates, preferring to play only on the 2SM4d(3) template?
If you agree, you don't need to write anything.

A question from the participants to the organizers.
Why is it important to write reports correctly?
Our tournament is official, which means that all reports from this tournament are automatically included in the rating of our resource's Heroes of Might and Magic III players.
Currently, the rating is calculated semi-automatically; to calculate it, a list must be entered into the program (see post #4 in this thread).
If there are errors in the header of your report (date, color, Castle, template, duration are not specified), the program will not accept the report.
If you misspell your nickname or your opponent's nickname, a player with that incorrect nickname will appear in the rating. For example, our rating table will show siva, s1va, and S1VA.

The second post in the thread provides detailed instructions on how to write the report header.
If you write it incorrectly, the organizers will have to manually correct your mistakes. Not everything can be corrected; for example, we don't know what color you played.
Correcting each incorrectly written report takes from 1 to 15 minutes (when we need to find you and find out the missing information). Given that we have hundreds of reports per season, it takes a lot of time in total.

In the Novice tournament, Tanya is responsible for compiling the list. Please respect her work.