In my opinion, Lizard and Bishop have the strongest lineups. Maretti also has good players, but it's still a mystery who will remain by the end of the tournament. But overall, the lineups look much more balanced than in all previous tournaments.
I looked at the regulations again, and I still have some questions:
1. Which rules should be followed on mirror maps?
2. What about substitutions in the end?
3. Since random maps are being played, maybe we can determine cities using a randomizer based on ХВ rules (and optionally for skirmish as well)?
4. And most importantly, what I don't understand. According to the rule changes from August 14th, digging for the Grail is allowed starting from level 111; however, version 1.34 is used as the main rule set for the tournament, which allows digging only from level 221. How should this be understood?
2. As far as I understand, everyone refused substitutions; at least, I haven't heard anything about them.
3. Why not? I don't object.
4. Since version 1.34 has already been announced, let's stick to the "old-fashioned" approach with the Grail.
Весна 2012.