8th Interportal Tournament of HMM3-OFF: "Vial of Life"

I invite all fans of Heroes 3 to take part in a JOINT tournament of two Heroes communities: HeroesWorld.ru and HeroesPortal.net

«Vial of Life»

General Tournament Rules:

1. To participate in the Heroes 3 Tournament, you must register on our website or on the HeroesPortal.net website. If you wish, you can also leave an application in this thread. By leaving an application, you will find out about receiving your save in the application table.

2. The tournament is held on the Heroes 3: The Shadow of Death version with patch 3.2 or 4.0.

3. The goal of the game is to achieve victory in the shortest number of days. In case of a tie in the number of days, the second criterion will be the sum of primary parameters (Attack, Defense, Magic Power, Knowledge) taking into account the equipped artifacts!
Note: The sum of primary parameters is calculated directly in the final save (if the last action is a battle, the sum of parameters is calculated before the battle!). In the final save, two heroes must remain (the rest of the heroes must be dismissed): the one performing the last action and the hero whose parameters are counted; if these heroes coincide, only one should remain.

4. Discussion of the tournament during its course is PROHIBITED!!!
If the organizer, or his assistant, has documented evidence of a discussion of the tournament in any place on the Internet, he has the right to permanently disqualify such player(s) from participating in tournaments on www.heroesworld.ru. The results of such players will not be counted and will be annulled.
The tournament organizer also reserves the right to consider that the discussion of the tournament was between players if the players completed the tournament in exactly the same way.

5. This tournament is held according to the rules of HeroesPortal.net, which are practically no different from the rules of HeroesWorld.ru. You can familiarize yourself with the rules by following the links:
http://www.heroesportal.net/land/rules.php?type=main
http://www.heroesportal.net/land/rules.php?type=off3
I would like to separately draw attention to the following points:

1.All battles conducted in the tournament may be subjected to
verification by the tournament organizers to confirm that they can be
repeated on any computer, and participants may be asked to provide
detailed descriptions of the battles they conducted.

If battles are repeated, the outcome of morale, luck, or abilities should
not be a decisive factor in victory (saving the army) and should not be
mandatory when the tournament organizer repeats the battle.

A player may deviate from these rules and build their victory
on a single occurrence of morale, luck, or abilities and ask
the tournament organizer to replay their battle several times to
confirm the repeatability of its results.

In the event of a deviation from these rules, as well as the inability of
the tournament organizer to repeat any of the battles in the tournament
within 25 attempts, the participant's final save will be annulled.

2. Prohibition of escaping from the sea and subsequent movement of the redeemed hero, using navigation bonuses on land.
In other words, this prohibition applies to the following cases:
1. Using the hero's artifact "Admiral's Hat" or its components;
2. The hero has the "Navigation" skill of any level;
3. The presence (construction or taking control) of a Lighthouse(-s).
In other cases, escaping from the sea and moving the redeemed hero is allowed.

If you have any questions, please contact the organizer in a private message!

6. In case of suspicion of a player cheating, or other malicious intent when completing the map, it is necessary to make a save before each significant event (for example, before a battle, before hiring another hero). The result of a player who played unfairly, as well as one who did not send their description (saves) in time at the request of the tournament organizer, will be annulled, and their further participation in tournaments will be impossible. This will also affect their reputation, but not in a good way.

7. The sequence of actions to participate in the tournament:

7.1. Download the save.

7.2. The downloaded save must be placed in the GAMES folder of your installed Heroes 3 on your computer.

7.3. Load it and start the game at any time that is convenient for you, while remembering to make intermediate saves (at least at the end or beginning of each game day, or better, both at once).

7.4. After completing the last action (after which the victory occurs), you must save again. In the final save, two heroes must remain (the rest of the heroes must be dismissed): the one performing the last action and the hero whose parameters are counted; if these heroes coincide, only one should remain.

Save name: The final save must be named after the participant's nickname.

Example:
Dirty_Player.gm1

7.5. A complete description of the tournament map is encouraged (not required).

7.6. Send this save to the addresses nmr@bk.ru and sub-zero-mil@rambler.ru

7.7. The email with the save must contain:
- the victory save itself;
- a description of the actions leading to victory (if it is necessary to win a battle and victory is not achieved in auto-battle - a detailed description of the battle tactics);
- an indication of the hero whose sum of parameters is taken into account as the second criterion for victory;
- an indication of nicknames on both resources.

8. The tournament starts on 03/14/13 and will last until 04/22/13 (inclusive, until 24:00 Moscow time). Only one final save is accepted from a player.
The results will be published no later than 04/29/13

9. The prize fund of the tournament is 150$
The player who takes 1st place will receive 75$
The player who takes 2nd place will receive 45$
The player who takes 3rd place will receive 30$

10. Discussion on heroesportal.net
http://heroesportal.net/tavern/?id=264659&pagenum=34

11. Number of final saves: 09