The 3rd stage of the annual John Van Caneghem Tournament (2007).

2 IronAxe
Thank you for the explanation above. But it seems to me that it was simply necessary to provide for the possibility of long, cyclical battles on the map. There's no point to them (what's the point of watching the computer lag for 3 hours?). Or provide a program along with the uploaded saves. That's all.

It is impossible to foresee everything. The organizers are also people, and people are prone to making mistakes. And in the 4th game, it's a complete mess :) It is impossible to provide an automation program for all long battles because it doesn't work for all battles, and there is no universal automation program. As an alternative to a universal automation program, you could have used Arcomage, but this program is officially prohibited :(