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Let me state right away that I am writing this without any anger, having calmly and rationally analyzed and weighed the situation. At this moment, four players who are quite strong and respected in the heroes world have more than once and unambiguously described to me game situations in matches with Vitaliy, where extremely doubtful and illogical actions on the opponent's part were evident, which, strangely enough, led the latter to victory. This especially concerns games for stakes. These players (I will not name names or nicknames for now), naturally, stopped playing with Vitaliy.

Next, regarding a specific game. For the second time in my conscious life (5+ years ago, when everyone was learning how to play—doesn't count), I decided to look at the game saves. The first one was after a game with Num in a satellite to the CIS. So. Having a significant economic advantage and starting on day 121 from the computer's Castle via fast roads, I, buying up as much as possible and taking the console (3) along the way, went to rush the opponent. It was a very long run, so I only reached Vitaliy's zone on day 125. What does Vitaliy do from 124-127? Risking being left without castles (which is exactly what happened by day 1), he doesn't follow the road to the corner village, but pushes through the wilderness toward the only available Dragon Utopia. Moreover, he has no land view—though I doubt he even knows how to use that spell to determine the location of Dragon Utopias with high probability—but that's not the point. The point is that even in a 2-stack with Gunnar's troops and stats, he would have been beaten severely. However, by some miracle, this single Dragon Utopia turns out to be a level 1 with an air book. Any artifact other than a cap or КВ would have forced him to write "гг" on the spot. Furthermore, seeing how clearly I was rushing the opponent's capital without hesitating at forks, even a non-top player would understand that I have air view exp. Consequently, I know the location of all heroes. Gunnar (again, instead of fleeing along the road toward the village to seek much more logical luck) remains "within striking distance" of Kreg for two days in a row, calculating that I will mistake him for some resource-gathering loser. Naturally, that's what happened—I did. How was I, a horse, supposed to know that Gunnar specifically ran into the bushes to finish getting the console, since otherwise you can't even take a level 1 Dragon Utopia (which at that time no one had seen yet, or did they??). After the game ended, Vitaliy mockingly writes to me "did you go rush Gunnar with Kreg without log?", after which I decided to check the saves. As a result of the analysis, I have put Vitaliy on ignore.

Once again, there is no evidence sufficient for a direct accusation. That's how it is with us: not caught—not a thief; that's why the best thieves are in power. I am a maximally open and easy-going person. I bought the game for the CIS—I didn't try to hide it, I told everyone—yes, I bought it, the rules didn't forbid it. I got a mountain of feces-covered stones thrown in my face, and I talked to everyone, listened to all opinions; everyone is right in their own way. For me, actually playing Heroes as a sport is much more important, especially in head-to-head matches with the strongest players. From my point of view, player Gomunguls plays: 1. Straightforwardly with a complete absence of complex strategic decisions 2. Often illogically, finding saving "goodies" in the dark.

I do not believe in such luck, or if you prefer, such intuition—I don't believe it one bit.

From now on, if I am matched against this player in tournaments, please give me an autolose. That is all from me, thank you all for your attention.

Interesting thought. I support this! There are far too many coincidences in his game. BO7 with FTS comes to mind, where all the games went one way...

From my point of view, player Gomunguls plays:
1. Straightforwardly with a complete absence of complex strategic decisions
2. Often illogically, finding saving "goodies" in the dark.