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Tournament
"Новичок-2015. Winter"


Greetings to all fans of Heroes of Might and Magic 3, future participants, and supporters of the traditional "Новичок" tournament. I hope the new season will once again please us with great games and new discovery players.
Trolls registered between 2011 - 2013, please do not flood; otherwise, penalty points for flooding will find their heroes.
This is our traditional twelfth tournament for Новичок.
We have no exact or strict definition of who a "новичок" is. This tournament is for those
- who only recently realized that you can play the beloved old game Heroes over the internet,
- who only recently found out that they aren't the only ones who can easily beat computers and that it's not so simple with a real person,
- who recently started playing with more than one or two heroes and building chains...

We are not inviting fathers and grandfathers, we do not want to see clones, and besides, would a medal obtained in such a dubious way have any value for a strong player?

The main goal of the tournament is to get to know each other and gain experience in communication and gameplay.

Winners of past tournaments:

"Новичок-2014. Summer" - Falcone
"Новичок-2014. Winter" - Aiwe
"Новичок-2013. Summer" - The_
"Новичок-2013. Winter" - высокий
"Новичок-2012. Summer" - twaryna
"Новичок-2012. Winter" - 7z
"Новичок-2011. Summer" - Sky Pioneer
"Новичок-2011. Winter" - Sevensan
"Новичок-2010. Summer" - тенью бездомной
"Новичок-2010. Winter" - Сатир
"Новичок-2009. Summer" - Erdem
Participant Requirements.

1. Players registered on our forum or another gaming resource between 01.01.2014 and 01.01.2015 are eligible to participate in the tournament; applications from players with an earlier registration date will be considered individually.

2. Players who have longer playing experience will not be admitted to the tournament.
3. Players who are already strong enough and have shown decent results in any tournament are not eligible to participate.
4. A tournament participant must play several games in the season or write at least 5 detailed reports in "phantom" according to HeroesWorld rules (games can be played after registration). This is necessary to ensure that you are technically able to play online and have an understanding of the Forum rules.
5. Players wishing to participate in the tournament undertake to provide any additional information requested by the tournament judges.
6. The organizers reserve the right to refuse registration to anyone if they believe there are valid reasons, without a public explanation of those reasons.

Leave applications in this thread. There is a Detailed instruction with pictures FAQ17 on the forum explaining how to do this.
The following steps are required:
1. Check if an ICQ number is entered in your profile; add it if it is missing.
If it is in your profile, a small green daisy — the ICQ symbol — will be visible under the avatar. If not, follow the algorithm.
2. Leave an application in this thread. To do this, click the Sign up for tournament button located at the beginning of this thread and at the top of each page.
3. In the application, specify a convenient time (days and hours) for playing and your time zone.
4. 2-3 days before the draw, you must contact the lead Iamsamstan (IСQ 435-191-039) and confirm participation. Players who disappear from the forum (lack of user activity for a week) will not be admitted to the draw.
Organizational Matters.

1. Leads - Iamsamstan (IСQ 435-191-039), злой_романтик (ICQ 296-524-052), Judges - WiZarDX_576(ICQ 608941846), in the absolute same extreme case, contact Pit for LM (ICQ 471401475).
2. The tournament is conducted according to the Rules of organization, conduct and participation in HOMM3 online tournaments.
3. Organizers will make changes to the rules and regulations during the tournament if necessary.
4. For each played game, participants must submit a detailed report and detailed confirmation in this thread. Only then is the game counted. All tournament reports must be written using the automatic report writing system: Detailed instruction with pictures FAQ18.
- To create a report, click the New report button located at the top of each page of the thread and fill in all necessary fields according to the template. After that, write your detailed comments on the game.
- To confirm a report, the second player must find the game report, click the Confirm report button and also write a detailed report.
- It is considered good tone to thank the opponent for the game.
5. All tournament games go into the HoMM3 HW player rating.
6. Technical results are assigned for games not played within the established timeframe.
7. Saves and password files for all games must be kept until the end of the tournament and presented upon first request by the leads, tournament judges, or any member of the AC. Forgetting or losing a game password may serve as grounds for assigning a technical defeat in the game.
8. Disputable points, if any arise, are requested to be discussed off-forum. To resolve them, you must contact the lead or tournament judge via ICQ and provide daily saves, ICQ logs, and other necessary information.
The same judicial decision is made primarily based on the tournament rules. If a situation is not regulated by the rules, judges are guided by basic logic and gaming ethics.
9. The tournament winner will be awarded a "Tournament Winner 'Новичок'" medal under their avatar:
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Regulations.

Stage 1. 36 participants are divided into 6 groups of 6 people. A round-robin tournament is held in each group, where everyone plays everyone else once. 1 point is given for a win, 0.5 points for a draw, and zero for a loss. The 2 people with the best results and 4 players who took 3rd place with the best indicators advance from the group to the next stage. Result criteria by order of importance: 1) points earned, 2) Berger coefficient, 3) result of head-to-head meeting. If these criteria are insufficient, a system of tie-breaker games will be offered to the players. If that also does not help, democratic judicial discretion will be applied. All games in the group stage are played on template 2sm4d(3)
Stage 2. Tournament of novices against veterans. NP vs LM. Each play-off participant has the right to choose one person from the LM team; the composition of this team is currently being formed.
Stage 3. Play-off. Starts April 27, 2015. Conducted via an Olympic system with elimination after the second lost match. Each match in the upper bracket is played to two wins, and in the lower bracket to one win. Time limit for 1 game - 1 week. (The loser in the upper bracket moves to the lower bracket and continues playing there. The loser in the lower bracket is eliminated from the competition.)
Templates in the first game are chosen by the player marked in blue, who also chooses castles first. In the second game, you switch places. For the third game, you may toss a coin or contact the organizer for this.
Dates.
Registration - January 29, 2015 - March 01, 2015.
Approval of participant list - March 01-02, 2015.
Group stage draw and start of tournament - March 03, 2015.
Time limit for one game - 10 days.

Rules.


1. Game version. The tournament is conducted on game version SoD 3.2(4.0) + HD mod + by mutual agreement
HW_rulez (For correct operation, the patch must be installed for both players.), and by mutual agreement WT.
2. The tournament is conducted according to the rules of online games in Heroes 3.
3. Restarts total 3 days ( 111+111+111 or 111+112 or 113)
4. In the final part of the tournament, template selection is done by drawing from a list of 5 templates: 2sm4d3, jebus Cross, Panic, 8mm6a, mini nostalgia.
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Makiavelli
Thank you for the game.


Thank you for the game.
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Telder54
Seeing a ground spawn point, I was happy. Then I looked around: you can't leave the city (at all) without getting attacked by the Guardians... 20-49... I wanted to rest immediately, but I decided to try to break through. As a result, I broke through with almost no losses. =)
A huge territory: 4 Nagabanks, a couple of demon lairs, a dog dwelling, a lot of resources, easy blockades, and most importantly - 4 roads. Due to the large distances, I couldn't quickly capture the secondary locations (I took one in the first week, and the second in the second week), but they turned out to be my own. In the treasury, I found a Devil dwelling, and I decided to bet on them (fortunately, I had enough money; and mercury was dripping into the storage). Contact was made with the opponent's scouts (I revealed my army), and a couple of days later, he surrendered, having a noticeably weaker army with the same main hero parameters.

Thank you for the game! =)
Thank you for the game!
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11 years ago
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Tomorrow I’ll adjust the bracket. In the lower bracket, the pairings are Noom - Chocolate Puma and Telder54 - MikeM.
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Got a decent spawn: 3 Griffin Conservatories for 4 Angels, 2 external dwellings of Horned Demons, all deep in the respawn area. I picked on the 2nd (month), Gosh. Necromancy Boots on the respawn, double (growth), in my treasure zone. I looted a Dragon Utopia with the Helm (of the Alchemist). Didn't have much of a choice, so I flew to the opponent, flew over the Firebirds, scouted the area. Shakti is in the town over there, his army is bigger, stats are roughly equal. So I took the swamp secondary. On his turn, Shakti headed toward the lift to the treasure zone located between us. On my turn, I scouted another entrance to the same treasure zone and, on control, flew there — where I was lucky to find 4 Beehives and win.

Thanks for the game!
Battle Report Accepted
Синий / Blue
ЯR
Оплот / Rampart Faction Оплот / Rampart
Кайри / Kyrre Start Hero Кайри / Kyrre
Крег Хак / Crag Hack Main Hero Крег Хак / Crag Hack
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Подземелье / Dungeon Faction Подземелье / Dungeon
Шакти / Shakti Start Hero Шакти / Shakti
Шакти / Shakti Main Hero Шакти / Shakti
Map Template
2sm4d(3)
Game Length
141 days
Game Date
7/12/2015
Reported
7/12/2015 8:46 PM
Rating Impact Archived
ЯR 1511 1528 +17 ↑
Faria 1578 1561 -17 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 7/13/2015 12:02 AM

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YaR
the distribution was decent, 3 controls for 4 angels, 2 horn external dwellings, all deep in the respawn, I took them on the 2nd, Gosha, necro boots at the respawn, double, in their own treasure zone, looted the Dragon Utopia with a cap, there weren't many options, flew to the opp, flew over the fire birds, revealed the overview, Shakti is in the city and has larger armies there, stats are roughly equal, then I took the second swamp, on his turn Shakti headed for the lift to the treasure zone that was between us, on my turn I revealed another entrance to this same treasure zone and flew there on control, where I was lucky enough to find 4 hives and win.

Thanks for the game!I applied a dispersal tactic and scouted 3 treasure zones bit by bit, as it turned out... in vain, the Dragon Utopia simply didn't generate for me.
Thanks for the game
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I exchanged messages with my opponent on Sunday and agreed on a schedule for possible game days, and we agreed to start playing during the week. I didn't see him on Monday or Tuesday. Today, I have to unexpectedly leave for work until Monday (if I return earlier, I will let you know immediately) - I request permission to play on Monday evening, July 20th (if this date works for my opponent). Thank you for your attention.
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Noom
I exchanged messages with my opponent on Sunday and agreed on a schedule for possible game days, and we agreed to start playing during the week. I didn't see him on Monday or Tuesday. Today, I have to unexpectedly leave for work until Monday (if I return earlier, I will let you know immediately) - I request permission to play on Monday evening, July 20th (if this date suits my opponent). Thank you for your attention.
Okay.
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A huge respawn, by day 117 I had scouted 6 scattered Dragon Fly Hives and 2 external dwellings of Berserkers, the secondary skill was Swamp. Before moving out on day 123, I took 5 Dragon Fly Hives and partially upgraded (21) in the secondary skill, and had 12 regular ones; naturally, I didn't have enough for the Birds, only the Berserkers. In the center, I immediately took the Chalice and the Wings, and on day 125 I attacked Tazar in the central town. The stats were equal, only Attack was 10 higher for Crag Hack, but there were 100+ mana there, while I had 12. However, I had Mass Haste and Mass Slow, along with Tactics. The armies were roughly equal. I planned to break in and dismantle him. The unexpected factor was the Cape of Velocity (+2 Speed). In short, Tazar handled it; with 15 ducks left, Crag Hack surrendered. The opponent had Shackles of War, but he didn't wear them. After that, I started fattening up on the neighboring respawn, also scouted 3 external dwellings of Birds, so I was in no hurry. I assembled the Alliance, as did the opponent, by the way. On day 212, I thought about starting to act aggressively with the growth, but it was a Plague Month, so I had to postpone... On day 217, the surrender followed.

Thanks for the game!
Battle Report Accepted
Красный / Red
ЯR
Сопряжение / Conflux Faction Сопряжение / Conflux
Интеус / Inteus Start Hero Интеус / Inteus
Крег Хак / Crag Hack Main Hero Крег Хак / Crag Hack
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Крепость / Fortress Faction Крепость / Fortress
Тазар / Tazar Start Hero Тазар / Tazar
Тазар / Tazar Main Hero Тазар / Tazar
Map Template
Jebus Cross
Game Length
217 days
Game Date
7/15/2015
Reported
7/15/2015 5:29 PM
Rating Impact Archived
ЯR 1517 1533 +16 ↑
Faria 1560 1544 -16 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 7/15/2015 6:10 PM

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Huge respawn, by day 117 scouted 6 Dragon Fly Hives scattered, 2 external dwellings of psychos, secondary town swamp, before moving out on day 123 took 5 Dragon Fly Hives and upgraded part (21) in the secondary and had 12 regular ones, for birds there wasn't enough, naturally, only psychos. In the center I immediately took the chalice and wings and on day 125 attacked Tazar in the central town, stats were equal, only attack was 10 more for Crag Hack, but there was 100+ mana there, and I had 12, but I had mass haste and mass slow, armies roughly equal, I planned to break in and dismantle him, the surprise was the cloak +2 speed, in short Tazar dismantled me, with 15 Dragon Utopias Crag Hack capitulated, the opponent had shackles, but he didn't put them on. Then I started to fatten up on the neighboring respawn, also scouted 3 external dwellings of birds, so I was in no rush, gathered the Alliance, as did the opponent, incidentally. On day 212 I thought to start acting, aggressively, with growth, but there was a month of plague, I had to postpone... on day 217 came the surrender.

Thanks for the game!

We started playing the first layout. I found +3 speed in a grave on day 111, and also broke the guard of a refugee camp where I discovered an arch devil. The spread was 6 heroes, one Hive is visible and branches of a second, Tazar visits the experience stone and stops near the revealed Hive. On the second day I buy the devil, break the prison guard and free Octavia level 10 with expert logistics and attack, Tazar takes the Dragon Fly Hive and visits the stat booster. Then it's par for the course, scouting proceeds and on the next day he reaches what was spotted. With the spare gold I decide to ensure maximum flexibility of chains at the cost of building castle and hydras, no external dwellings were built except for 4 gnolls. On day 116 zero-level Corbac takes the shield +12 from 80+ evil eyes with losses of a few gold serpents. The small Dragon Fly Hives (32 wyverns) and the complete absence of cubes make me a bit sad. To somehow level up Tazar I decide to take a Dragon Utopia on day 121 which turned out to be the maximum, hero without a spellbook but with stats 0-21. Lost there 1/4 of angels, 6/35 wyverns and about 100 boys but they gave КВ and +3 all stats, Tazar got earth magic but didn't have enough exp to expert it @2k experience. ГО at 2880mp from town, I break it on day 123 (having previously taken cloak of speed, shackles, and ring of health), the kitties eat 2 monarchs. Then an unpleasant block of 20-49 sultans where I also left 4 wyverns, didn't run to the castle but turned slightly off-road where a lion shield is revealed. Day 124 I sat in that castle to replenish mana (110), in euphoria that it wasn't taken I forgot to put on the shackles. The opponent attacks but buys peace and goes to a neighboring respawn. In my understanding of Jebus Cross, respawn + center is much preferable to 2 respawns, I cleared it on the 3rd taking another 5 Dragon Utopias and a couple of Pandora's boxes, built a swamp village. Somewhere in the middle of the 3rd I was 50mp short of reaching Crag Hack (had advantage in parameters), failed for the second time, damn, how frustrating it was... really... the whole house probably heard my disappointment. At the start of the 4th panic sets in, the opponent shows more army (well, forget it, he got lucky with Dragon Fly Hives probably) and stats - the latter was beyond my understanding. I sweep all black markets, build the artifact merchant, go to the neighboring Tower respawn where I take 3 Dragon Fly Hives and a Dragon Utopia with +5 all stats (a bit later found +1 all stats on the respawn and gathered the Alliance although the opponent already had it). I don't know how to play late game, tried to somehow counter the opponent's advance but it was weak, no advantage in army or stats even though I built both swamps up to hydras/hydras of chaos. At the start of the 2nd I sweep black markets and the merchant again hoping to assemble the elixir of life... nothing useful, the opponent doesn't play tempo-wise but controls the map qualitatively, Crag Hack breaks ahead noticeably in stats. That feeling of helplessness was very oppressive, I decided not to continue.
Before this I thought that if you micromanage well, that's half the victory, not at all, this was a real example where strategic thinking (or its absence) won the game. Probably it's good that this happened, besides experience I also got acquainted with the map editor (Sam helped a bit) where during the save period I simulated all sorts of FB, developments, etc., a pretty cool thing, answered all the accumulated questions myself and those prepared for Dirty )
Congratulations to YaR on the victory, despite the result this was the most interesting/instructive game, good luck further!
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Noom
I exchanged messages with my opponent on Sunday and we agreed on a schedule for possible game days, and decided to start playing during the week. I didn't see him online on Monday or Tuesday. Today, I have to unexpectedly leave for work until Monday (if I return earlier, I will let you know immediately) - I request permission to play on Monday evening, July 20th (if this date works for my opponent). Thank you for your attention.
Confirmed. I was overwhelmed with work and couldn't get in touch. I can play on the weekend. I don't know about my availability on Monday.
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I didn't really manage to critique much. All the bones were merged in the hives or on the ranged guards. There was no Cons, but there were a bunch of hives. I would have moved out to 122, but the tactics were given too late. And at 123 Cobra was already at my ГО; I realized I wasn't welcome there, turned around and went to take the Dragon Utopia. Got some stats. Ran to crash into the ГО off-road to eat the second Dragon Utopia. Short by one move. And then Gosha is caught without an army, but with artifacts. The opponent punished the carelessness.

Thanks for the game.

Executed a good layout.
Thanks for the game!
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So, in the upper bracket, YaR and Socrat reached the winners' final. In the lower bracket, there's still silence; if the situation doesn't change, all 4 players will receive a technical defeat and disqualification, and Makiavelli will advance to the lower bracket final. The results will be posted on Monday, July 27, 2015.
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The layout went sideways because of Craig. I barely managed to place the birds on the first turn.

On the second, I took my ramp companion and scouted all the corner treasure. It turned out to be native with 2 Dragon Utopia (maxi and pre-maxi). I also grabbed boots, a library, an impl scroll, and a couple of cyclops spots for Mage Guild. The Mage Guild is one big disappointment, but with the impl, the Dragon Utopia fell easier. I gained a huge advantage in stats, but there's no control. Totally empty on cons and ults. After that, I built up the second Mage Guild in the ramp and looked for control.

I wandered so far with Craig that the opponent took the main on foot at 147. But on the next turn, in the 4th Dragon Utopia, I get КЗ and КВ immediately and attack with bracers. Thanks for the game.
Battle Report Accepted
Сопряжение / Conflux Faction Сопряжение / Conflux
Random Start Hero Random
Крег Хак / Crag Hack Main Hero Крег Хак / Crag Hack
Победа / Def Победа / Def
ЯR
Красный / Red
Инферно / Inferno Faction Инферно / Inferno
Мариусса / Marius Start Hero Мариусса / Marius
Мариусса / Marius Main Hero Мариусса / Marius
Map Template
8mm6a
Game Length
211 days
Game Date
7/25/2015
Reported
7/25/2015 9:29 PM
Rating Impact Archived
Socrat 1659 1671 +12 ↑
ЯR 1589 1577 -12 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 7/25/2015 9:50 PM

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The layout shifted because of Craig. With great difficulty, I placed the birds on the first [week].

On the second, I took my ramp companion and scouted all the corner treasure. It turned out to be native with 2 Dragon Utopia (maxi and pre-maxi). I also took boots, a library, an impl scroll, and a couple of cyclops spots for Mage Guild. The Mage Guild is one big disappointment, but with the impl, the Dragon Utopia fell easier. I gained a huge advantage in stats, but there is no control. As for cons and ults, it's empty. Then I built up the second Mage Guild in the ramp and looked for control.

I wandered so far with Craig that the opponent took the main on foot at 147. But on the next turn, in the 4th Dragon Utopia in order, I get КЗ and КВ immediately and attack with bracers. Thanks for the game.

Thanks for the game!
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Thank you for playing.
Battle Report Accepted
Оплот / Rampart Faction Оплот / Rampart
Кайри / Kyrre Start Hero Кайри / Kyrre
Сэр Мюллих / Sir Mullich Main Hero Сэр Мюллих / Sir Mullich
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Сопряжение / Conflux Faction Сопряжение / Conflux
Random Start Hero Random
Галтран / Galthran Main Hero Галтран / Galthran
Map Template
Mini-Nostalgia
Game Length
135 days
Game Date
7/26/2015
Reported
7/26/2015 12:35 AM
Rating Impact Archived
Chocolate Puma 1391 1411 +20 ↑
Noom 1529 1509 -20 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 7/26/2015 12:39 AM

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