Dima Surmay
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P.S. I don't understand how it happens that red chooses both the hero and the town, and the color itself.
Blue chooses the castle and the template... The player higher in the draft order only chooses which color to start with; this has been discussed in the thread many times. If the player higher in the draft order chooses red, then blue starts choosing the castles and templates.
Blue chooses the templates first, so when there are only 2 templates left, red decides which one to play – it's more advantageous to be red here.
Blue chooses the castles first – it's more advantageous to be blue here.
There is no definitive opinion on which color is better to start with.
Therefore, everything is balanced.