regarding the collection of skeletons in "Mr. Skelet Revenge".

This requires spending extra time, not just downloading the save, but immediately checking it and editing the topic...

It will take no more than 10 minutes to fix the topic... even if there are 50 participants... and that's assuming that the 50th participant sent their save last... which means that 49 results will already be entered in the table (only the numbers need to be changed) + 1 more to add.

Then there are recognized strong players (let's say, not just in skeletons, but in general for the 3rd game) and if one of them sends their save early and everyone sees that they are in first place, then many will simply say that "it's already clear, I won't waste my time." Accordingly, the number of final saves decreases.

I can argue with that...
If there are such people, then why participate in the Tournament at all if, seeing a favorite on the horizon, you give up... what's the point of participating if you don't want to improve your result, then it's better not to participate at all. You need to strive for something (to the leader)... and if you don't do that, then I don't see any point in these Tournaments.
And if you strive, then you can achieve good results.
I don't know about others... but I always strive for the best and try to get closer to the favorite, if there is one.

Again, now I can check saves in batches of 4-6, but if I receive 20+ saves on the last day...

Are you all in cahoots??? Why do you think that everyone will start sending saves on the last day... I can't understand this... it won't change anything, no matter when the save is sent (if you just hold it until the last moment). Holding the save won't make your results any better.

I still suggest holding at least one Tournament with preliminary results, as I propose... and then you can see what happens.

Added 6 minutes ago

Finished the Walkthrough. Tomorrow, if I have time, I will check everything and send the final save. Well, hold on, rivals!!!:)

What's there to hold on to... I'm participating in the 3rd game Tournament for the first time... although I play Heroes quite well.

Let's get back to the burning issue... I would like to see, after the organizers accept Dmitry_A_S's save, what my result is in relation to Dmitry_A_S (at least in the preliminary results), and then I would draw conclusions about who I need to strive for.