DISCUSSIONS on “Rules for online games in HoMM3 and formulas for calculating player rating.”

Oldboy, you're writing such nonsense. "An offer to play/continue is considered valid if it involves playing for at least four hours of real time. If, during a single game, one of the players interrupts the game/continuation twice at their own request before four hours have passed, their opponent also has the right to submit a report about their victory." "What are the downsides now?" It's simple: you started a game, but something more important than the game came up, and you had to leave. Also, your opponent is very eager to gain rating (or is a newbie who really wants to win). So, what now? Is it okay to lose like that? It's utter nonsense. "If, within ten days, a player who offered to continue the game has not received any messages/responses/refusals to continue from their opponent in the unfinished game, they have the right to immediately submit a report about their victory, regardless of the opponent's 'valid reasons'." Or, you were playing, you saved the game. The person had to leave for some business, maybe work, maybe a vacation, maybe visiting someone, or maybe there was an emergency. Maybe they simply didn't have internet access. Two weeks later, they come back, and they've already been given a loss. In a game that was played over two months, where they had an advantage. Is that fair? And these ten minutes you mentioned in ICQ, I don't like them either. Who's going to keep track of that? It's just some kind of pointless obsession. And what if 11 minutes have passed, and you started a game with someone else, and the opponent demands a continuation? Do you have to prove that your computer's clock is different? And what if you started a game and simply didn't see the messages? Do you have to lose like that? Or, you're already playing, let's say it's been a week and a half, and then your previous opponent messages you about the unfinished game, but you're not even aware that they messaged you because ICQ isn't running, the sound is off, and in some cases, the messages don't even appear in the system tray. What then? When that person with the unfinished game sees the report, they'll submit a complaint. Or, even more interesting, they'll message your current opponent with a game offer, and that's how it will be! This formalism with such minor details will not lead to anything good. It will only lead to more pointless obsession. In all cases, the people who submit such reports will be inadequate, so there's no need to be surprised that they'll be understood in a human way. These are victories that are achieved not through gameplay, but through formal obsession. ****** Set the time for continuing a game to one month. Ten days is meaningless. You could make it so that after the start of a game, if the players can't agree, after 27 days, the players must agree within 3 days. If someone doesn't show up for the match within the last 3 days, they lose. Although, I don't like that either. All these points require careful consideration.