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

The game has a win condition: capture all enemy castles and kill all enemy heroes. If you can't do that, you don't win; what awards could there possibly be? In chess, for example, you can lose a position but win on time or force your opponent to make a mistake under time pressure. As long as you haven't surrendered, you haven't lost.