Posts from [ТУРНИР-HotA] Diamond Masters

The winner of a similar tournament for SoD and WT:
Diamond Monster - BA/IEHOK

Organizational matters:

1. Host - skd (ICQ 593626431), Judges - HellLighT (ICQ 649566490)
2. The tournament is held according to Rules for organizing, conducting, and participating in online HOMM3 tournaments.
3. Players with registration dates on the forum before March 1, 2016 are invited to participate in the tournament. Registration for players with later registration dates will be considered individually.
4. The regulations and rules of the tournament will not be changed after the end of the registration period during the tournament.
5. All games of the tournament count towards the HoMM3 HW Player Rating.
6. Technical results are awarded for matches that were not played within the specified time frame.
7. If any controversial issues arise, please discuss them outside the forum. To resolve the issue, contact the host or judge of the tournament via ICQ and provide daily saves, ICQ logs, and other necessary information.
The judges' decision is made primarily based on the rules of the tournament. If a situation arises that is not covered by the rules, the judges rely on basic logic and gaming ethics.

Regulations

Rules.

1. Game version: The tournament is held on HotA version 1.4.2 (or the latest available version) + ХВ Rules 1.38 (or the latest available version).
2. The tournament is held according to the rules for online games in the HoTA section.
3. Maps: The tournament is held on the Diamond map; if a decisive game is needed, it will be played on the Mt_Diamond (Mirror) map.
Roads - medium.
On the Diamond map, after determining the starting cities/heroes and colors, players eliminate one city each (the player who lost the bidding eliminates first), after which the winner of the bidding determines the starting cities for the computers without repetition.
On the Mt_Diamond map, the starting cities for the computers are determined randomly.
3. Restarts: For Diamond – 112, for Mt_Diamond – 111.
4. On the Diamond map, the starting color and city (hero), and on the Mt_Diamond map, the starting color and hero are determined by bidding.
5. Since there is a bid, redrawing is allowed.
6. Bidding rules:
In the "Castle Selection" section of the ХВ Rules options, the server-player clicks "Random vs Random" (when playing on Diamond) or "Random City" (when playing on Mt_Diamond), as a result of which a random pair of cities / city is generated, and the bidding begins.
*At the request of one of the players, if a mirror pair appears on the Diamond map, the pair will be regenerated.
*After determining the city on the Mt_Diamond map, before the start of the bidding, players have the right (but are not obliged) to eliminate one hero each (the player indicated second in the pair eliminates first).
The bid must be a multiple of "100".
The winner of the bid gets the opportunity to choose: take the right to choose the castle (hero) or the right to choose the color, and the loser in the bid receives the remaining choice (that is, a single bid is held).

Tournament format.

1. The tournament is held according to the Olympic system up to 2 wins in a match. After losing a match, the losing player leaves the tournament.
2. Schedule:
Registration for the tournament ends at 8:00 PM Moscow time on August 21, 2016.
A match to 2 wins is played within 28 calendar days (with the exception of New Year's holidays).
3. Tournament games are played with a chess timer.
Timer for the "Diamond" map - 19:00+08:00+01:15.
Timer for the "Mt_Diamond" map - 24:00+08:30+01:30.