Jebus Cross - 4

When I read the post, I had no questions at all, immediately awarded the win to the captain. There is a violation — Rodger admitted it. There is a passage.

Regarding the save: first of all, proof is needed, of course, there’s no way around it, unless the captain himself says, yes, there was a save. Secondly, if such a situation occurred, the game should not have been resumed; the judges should have been contacted immediately to file a protest that I don’t want the captain to redo his turn a second time, and only then (after the decision) continue playing. Otherwise, the situation effectively looks as if the continuation of the game was caused by Rodger’s consent to the captain having moved a second time.

I agree with my defeat as a result of violating the visiting rule. I also agree with the assessment of my play (hard to disagree after scoring 1 point out of 5 in OFB), though I should note that if the Captain had played significantly stronger in this game, he wouldn’t have demanded to count a loss against me for an action that had no impact on the game; moreover, the timing of this action, 137, also says a lot. And I didn’t see Ivor’s stats higher than 10 10 5 5 against Gretchin’s 24 14 8 8, and the thieves constantly talked about my advantage. In this tournament, I had no goals other than to force myself to play a template I’ve played very little. Also, I played Citadel for the first time on Jebus Cross, couldn’t even start against the computer (didn’t make it past turn 113).
The question is: is it possible to recover the messages exchanged during the game? There was roughly this dialogue:
— My ICQ is glitching, I can’t send messages. Save at the end of your turn.
— OK
— I’m leaving
— OK.
Upon returning, having restarted my computer, I see the message: “Tell me when we finish.” I reply after 3 hours. Slightly late, I get a message that it’s already too late. Then the opponent asks:
— Is everything okay on your end?
— Why?
— I was standing on the ramp at 117 and went to the center at 121.
Then the Captain writes that he has 3 external dwelling of dragons, an external dwelling of wood, and unicorns. Although I didn’t ask anything.
How else can this be interpreted other than an offer to surrender? It’s hard for me to say.
In other words, there is no ground for whether you continue the game or not — you have no chance. And which save to use is also irrelevant.
A few days later, the message: “We have a tournament game,” exactly the same message was sent before the game started. I take it to mean the Captain doesn’t remember at all that we already started; I write, “We have save 123.”
And then:
— Your save 123
— No, I only have 122
Trying to load 122, I see I’m not mistaken — I already moved on 123.
And of course I load my save again, saying this is strange.
In any case, I gained valuable experience, which has nothing to do with skill in playing Heroes, but is still important.
P.S. Perhaps if the opponent had won fairly, I wouldn’t have remembered the save at 123 :D . But we have what we have!