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DEADLINES FOR THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS
Due to New Year holidays, the deadlines will be extended. Since half of the participants have a freeslot and already know their opponent, I ask you not to delay and play – better early than at the last moment.
So, I expect results for the first round (RO 128, aka 1/64) by the 9th. The second round games will proceed according to schedule, with a slight allowance for New Year. Results for RO 64 should be submitted by January 22nd. After that, the tournament will follow the deadlines specified in the regulations.
The report format is no different from the example given in the rules; you all know it perfectly well. Please pay close attention to writing the date correctly.
To my surprise, I received a number of questions/complaints regarding the phrasing: "the player higher in the ranking chooses which color to play before the template is rolled." There was even an opinion that blue has an 80% advantage in this format, that blue chooses both the town and the color.
First, on HeroesWorld, it has been the custom for many tournaments that blue begins the template roll, thereby leaving the template choice to the red player (this statement holds true for an odd number of templates). That is, red chooses from the remaining two templates. Why I am hearing from more than one person that blue chooses the template remains a mystery to me.
Second, I will definitely calculate the statistics on how often the player higher in the ranking picks the blue color, and I believe the results will be 20% vs 80% – only, quite the opposite.
The bracket will be added to the first post today; for now, please use the link mentioned just above (there have been technical difficulties implementing the bracket via HTML on the forum).
A second mini-contest will be announced in the evening; I hope participation will be higher than in the first one ;)
Due to New Year holidays, the deadlines will be extended. Since half of the participants have a freeslot and already know their opponent, I ask you not to delay and play – better early than at the last moment.
So, I expect results for the first round (RO 128, aka 1/64) by the 9th. The second round games will proceed according to schedule, with a slight allowance for New Year. Results for RO 64 should be submitted by January 22nd. After that, the tournament will follow the deadlines specified in the regulations.
The report format is no different from the example given in the rules; you all know it perfectly well. Please pay close attention to writing the date correctly.
To my surprise, I received a number of questions/complaints regarding the phrasing: "the player higher in the ranking chooses which color to play before the template is rolled." There was even an opinion that blue has an 80% advantage in this format, that blue chooses both the town and the color.
First, on HeroesWorld, it has been the custom for many tournaments that blue begins the template roll, thereby leaving the template choice to the red player (this statement holds true for an odd number of templates). That is, red chooses from the remaining two templates. Why I am hearing from more than one person that blue chooses the template remains a mystery to me.
Second, I will definitely calculate the statistics on how often the player higher in the ranking picks the blue color, and I believe the results will be 20% vs 80% – only, quite the opposite.
The bracket will be added to the first post today; for now, please use the link mentioned just above (there have been technical difficulties implementing the bracket via HTML on the forum).
A second mini-contest will be announced in the evening; I hope participation will be higher than in the first one ;)
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