The first stage of the tournament "named after Van Kanigem"

I understand that VDV was talking about three global options, which depend on how you get to the first computer-controlled Castle.

I understood that... :)
But I can't figure out where these three global options are. In my opinion, everything is very linear... maybe with a slight deviation...
And in my opinion, we will determine the winner not by days, but by the characteristics of the heroes... so this is not a speed tournament, but an experience tournament. :D