Posts from "Redbeard's Cup"

Tournament Bracket:



General Judging Provisions:

1. The decision to appoint or remove a person from the position of judge is made by a collective decision of the organizers.
2. Before appointment, the candidate must provide the organizers with a judging schedule for the week.
3. A judge must be ready to judge a match upon request of the organizers at any agreed time specified in the judging schedule.
4. In case of inability to judge on any given day, the judge must notify one of the organizers at least 24 hours before the specified day.
5. In case of force majeure circumstances resulting in the absence of a judge without prior warning, the organizers may request evidence confirming the judge's inability to attend the match.
5.1. If it is impossible to find a replacement for the absent judge, the match is postponed to another day.
6. While considering an appeal from a player, the judge and their colleague must support their decision with a clause from the current tournament rules.
6.1. If an appeal does not fall under any clause of the current tournament rules, judges have the right to make a decision at their own discretion.
7. A judge is not allowed to participate in the tournament as a player.
8. During a match, the judge must adhere to the norms of judging ethics:
8.1. During a match, the judge has no right to speak in an offensive manner toward colleagues, tournament organizers, or players participating in the match.
8.2. During a match, the judge has no right to give hints to players participating in the match.
8.3. During a match, the judge has the right to address a player in the following cases:
8.3.1. Requesting to see hero upgrades, stats, and artifacts.
8.3.2. Requesting to see city buildings, Mages' Guilds, and creature recruitment screens.
8.3.3. To point out a violation of one of the current tournament rules.
8.3.4. To explain or clarify one of the clauses of the current tournament rules.
8.3.5. For the purpose of control of a player in a stalemate situation.
8.4. During a match, the judge has no right to interrupt or cut off their colleague while they are addressing one of the players participating in the match.
9. In case of repeated violations of the current tournament rules by judges, the organizer has the right to intervene and suspend the match.
9.1. During a technical break, an oral warning is possible, as well as replacing the judge with another or postponing the match to another day if no replacement can be found.
10. A judge has the right to leave the judging panel at any time of their own volition without stating reasons, provided they notify one of the organizers in advance.

Tournament Regulations:

1. Matches are played on the latest current version of the game: Heroes of Might and Magic V - Tribes of the East v3.1.
2. Two judges must be present in the game, one of whom must conduct a live stream on YouTube.
3. The exact date and time of the match are agreed upon between both participants and the judges assigned to that match.
3.1. After approval of the date and time of the match, all participants and judges must arrive at the specified time with a maximum delay of 15 minutes.
3.2. In case of force majeure circumstances, a participant or judge must notify one of the organizers and provide evidence.
3.3. In case of failure to appear by one of the match participants without prior warning, that participant is given a technical defeat.
3.4. In case of technical malfunctions, no more than 30 minutes are allocated to the judge or participant for their resolution.
3.4.1. If the judge cannot resolve the same within 30 minutes, it is possible to replace the judge with another or postpone the match to another day if no replacement can be found.
3.4.2. If a participant of the current match cannot resolve the malfunctions within 30 minutes, they are given a technical defeat.
3.5. In case of failure to appear by both participants, the decision on the outcome of the match remains with the judges.
4. Judges and participants must install the following modifications and software:
4.1. Modification for permanent simultaneous turns (PEST-MOD).
4.2. GameRanger program.
4.3. Tunngle program.
4.4. Discord program with screen sharing capability.
5. Participants are required to provide judges with a screen share in Discord throughout all games.
6. Each tournament map is created based on the standard map generator with manual adjustments and patched with the TBM modification.
6.1. Map size depends on the tournament stage.
6.1.1. "Very Large" maps are created for the group stage.
6.1.2. "Large" maps are created for the play-off stage.
6.1.3. "Medium" maps are created for the third-place match and the final (changed).
6.2. Map settings:
6.2.1. Creature strength: "Strong"
6.2.2. Resources: 3.
6.2.3. Experience: 3.
6.2.4. Hidden mini-map.
6.3. Tournament maps are packed into a password-protected archive and sent to participants immediately before the draw.
6.4. After the draw, players are sent the archive password, after which they can extract the tournament map.
7. Map settings:
7.1. Turn time: 10 minutes.
7.2. Animation speed: 5.
7.3. Difficulty: "Hero".
7.4. "Quick Combat" option enabled.
7.5. "Autosave" option enabled.
7.6. "Simultaneous Turns" option enabled.
7.7. Starting hero: "Random".
7.8. Bonus selection is at the participant's discretion.
8. Each participant has the right to request one load during the match.
8.1. By personal agreement between participants, the number of loads can be increased up to three, provided judges are notified in advance.
8.2. A participant may only request a load of the current turn.
9. Each participant has the right to request 1 restart during the match up to and including game day 3.
9.1. In case an external creature dwelling block or prison is discovered at the starting location, the participant has the right to request a technical restart.
9.1.1. A technical restart is only possible on the day the block is discovered.
9.1.2. The number of technical restarts is unlimited (changed).
10. Judges are not responsible for failure to comply with personal agreements between players that are not regulated by current tournament rules.

Tournament Format:

1. The tournament is conducted in two stages: group stage and play-offs with a match for 3rd place.
2. In the group stage, all matches are played in bo1 format.
3. In the play-off stage, all matches except the final and the 3rd place match are played in bo3 format.
4. The final and 3rd place match are played in bo5 format.
5. Group positions will be distributed according to priorities:
5.1. Number of points.
5.2. Result of head-to-head meeting.
5.3. Result of an additional game.

Draw:

1. Moments related to the draw are covered in this video

Tournament Rules:

1. Participants are allowed to recruit neutral creatures on the map, but are forbidden from using them in any battles.
2. During Krag's first turn, participants are forbidden from using the "Wait" command in battles against opponent heroes.
2.1. In case of a Wait by Krag on the first turn against opponent heroes, the participant must issue the "Wait" command again.
3. Participants are forbidden from using spiritual link on phantoms in battles against opponent heroes.
4. Participants are forbidden from resetting "Education" on the mentor during the retraining of a Barbarian hero.
5. Participants are forbidden from watching or listening to the broadcast of their current match.
6. Participants are forbidden from attacking an opponent on the day they are discovered.
6.1. Discovery is considered as the ability for direct contact with the opponent's hero (the cursor turns into a sword when hovering over the enemy hero), regardless of whether there is a block between heroes or not.
7. Participants are forbidden from requesting a load of a turn during which a battle with any opponent heroes occurred.
7.1. In case one of the participants crashes during such a turn, participants must exactly repeat all their actions up to the moment of the crash (it is allowed to clarify with the judge how the turn proceeded) (changed).
8. In case of connection loss or game crash, the last autosave is loaded, after which participants must exactly repeat all their turns up to the moment of connection loss.
9. In case of a rule violation, the offending player is forced to use a load; otherwise, they are given a technical defeat. After using a load, the player is not required to repeat all turns exactly up to the moment of violation, unless this contradicts clause 7 of the tournament rules.
10. If the winner of the game was not determined by month 3, week 2, day 1, then a stalemate situation arises in the game.
10.1. At the moment a stalemate occurs, players are forbidden from independently performing any actions on the map without direction from judges.
10.2. In a stalemate situation, judges must align the two main heroes of the players for a final battle via the safest route.
10.3. If players have no direct safe exit to each other, judges must plot the shortest route with the fewest battles.
10.3.1. If an equidistant two-way portal is on the path, each player clears their side of the portal.
10.3.2. If an equidistant land crossing is on the path, it must be cleared by the hero who holds a higher position in the tavern.
10.3.2.1. In case of clearing an equidistant land crossing, the player performing the clear is granted an additional load.

Player Disqualification Conditions:

1. Repeated insults toward organizers, judges, or other tournament participants.
2. Repeated failure to appear at a match.
3. Discovery of proven fact of cheating in the tournament.
4. Repeated violation of current tournament rules.


Rewards for Winners:

The prize pool is currently 7500 rubles (will be topped up over time)
- 1st place: 50% of the prize pool
- 2nd place: 35% of the prize pool
- 3rd place: 15% of the prize pool
- 4th place: free registration for the next tournament

Tournament Organizers and Judges:

- Organizers: Someone Unknown, Славян and Remix
- Judges: Someone Unknown, Славян, Remix and Иван

Special Thanks:

- Александру (Рыжебородому стримеру), Леонардо, Сергею Селиванову (Grey), Дмитрию (LionHeart), Владиславу Анисимову (Сыч), Кириллу (KillAndAction)

Streams with Rule Explanations:

- Main rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOUmhisNVM
- Supplement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccd1xEZ9D1g

Remix should have messaged me privately about his plans for the tournament. I find it inconvenient to register on social media, and opening a tournament on this resource will create a mess in the topic. I'll have to create another topic for reports or post in this one. Believe me, it will be confusing, and it will be difficult for you to navigate, monitor it, and track the game results. Ask the Creator for moderator rights, and then you will have access to the automatic tournament registration system, as well as the ability to write and confirm game reports. If that doesn't work, I can open a topic for this tournament and act in your interests regarding the tournament. I'm very glad that you want to organize tournaments; I hope this desire lasts. I can only welcome the presence of tournaments on other mods or on the original game. If at least 20-30 people constantly play in all the tournaments, then we can think about a new tournament player ranking.

Everyone already has "Vk" and "Skype". If not, they can be installed in 10 minutes. "Those who want to find a way, those who don't, find an excuse" – I've always liked this saying because it's true to life. We can include you as a judge in the championship if you're willing. Regarding the ranking and other things related to the tournament, we've already thought about it.

Everyone already has "Vk" and "Skype". If not, they can be installed in 10 minutes. "Those who want to find a way, those who don't, find an excuse" – I've always liked this saying because it's true to life. We can include you as a judge in the championship if you're willing. Regarding the ranking and other things related to the tournament, we've already thought about it.

I already wrote to you about Skype. At the moment, I can't log in to my account and I can't create a new one for reasons beyond my control. Regarding social networks: I didn't really want to deal with them, but it seems I'll have to create them :D I didn't volunteer to be a judge, but thanks for the offer, and I accept it.

Why does the map size decrease as the stage progresses?

Why does the map size decrease as the stage progresses?

Because the match format changes to bo3 and bo5.
The idea was that we wanted a single match not to last longer than two broadcasts.

Could you provide more information for beginners regarding:
- choosing factions and heroes (random/non-random/captain mode)
- game time limits (turn time, battle turn time, maximum game time in game terms)
- game restrictions (diplomacy, wait-a-turn, fort, other castles, undead converter, etc.)
You mentioned some of these things during the stream, but not everyone watched it, and it would be a shame to lose the final match because of a wait-a-turn restriction that you didn't know about.
Thank you.

Could you provide more information for newcomers regarding:
- choosing factions and heroes (random/non-random/captain mode)
- game time limitations (turn time, battle turn time, maximum game time in game terms)
- game limitations (diplomacy, wait-a-thon, fortress, other castles, undead converter, etc)
You mentioned some of these things on the stream, but not everyone watched it, and it would be a shame to lose the final match because of a wait-a-thon that you didn't know was prohibited.
Thank you.

All of this will be described. Be patient, my friend.

Is registration free or paid?

Is registration free or paid?

Read the rules carefully.

Today, February 22nd, at 22:00 (Moscow time), a live stream will be held on the Heroes for Fan channel, featuring all the organizers, to provide a detailed explanation of all the tournament details.

ALL DETAILED ANSWERS REGARDING THE "RED BEARD CUP" ARE GIVEN HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOUmhisNVM

P.S. Yes, and your question too.
P.P.S. If you're too lazy to watch or read, don't say later that you weren't warned.
P.P.P.S. The rules may be SUPPLEMENTED before the start of the tournament, but not after.

- When a block (guard) is detected near the prison or external outposts (on the HOME location), the player has the right to request a technical restart (this condition applies only on the day of detection).

The built-in game map generator creates blocks in each (almost) map.
Endless restarts? Manual map editing? Options?

- Loading to replay the final battle is prohibited.

For example, a crash in the middle of the final battle (and yes, there may be more than one). A draw? Restart? Ban the opponent-cheater for bad internet?

- It is forbidden to attack an opponent on the day he is detected.

More specifics are needed.
P.S.: Sorry, but watching a couple of hours of tournament rules videos with questionable informational content, and then another video about changes in the mod... There are more interesting things than degrading oneself in front of yet another 'YouTube video'.
P.S.2: While typing, I heard in the video a solution to the question about the guard block. The first part of the question is no longer relevant.

A mid-battle crash is easily resolved. Since everything is streamed, players precisely replicate all moves. Judges will state each move, referring to the stream. In my opinion, it's a very simple and elegant solution. No one forces you to watch the video, but don't complain later that you were too lazy to familiarize yourself with the rules. If you can read, you can review the complete text summary at the top of the page. In our TBM mod, ALL changes are also listed at the top. It's not necessary to watch the mod overview and rules, but if you need detailed explanations, feel free to do so. If you don't understand the rule "It is forbidden to attack an opponent on the day they are discovered," then watch the stream with what you called "questionable informational content."

A mid-battle crash is easily fixed. Since everything is streamed, players precisely repeat all moves. Judges will state who did what, referring to the stream. In my opinion, it's a very simple and elegant solution.

Not a bad solution, the issue is resolved.

No one forces you to watch the video, but then don't tell me you were too lazy to familiarize yourself with the rules. If you can read, you can read the full text summary at the top of the page. In our mod, ALL TBM changes are also written at the top. It's not necessary to watch the mod and rules overview, but if you need detailed explanations, then feel free.

But it looks like 'I'm promoting myself'. I hope I'm wrong.

If you don't understand the rule "It is forbidden to attack an opponent on the day they are discovered," then watch the stream with what you called "dubious informational content."

Questions arise because the wording of the rules is extremely vague. For example, at the beginning of my turn, I open a portal and 'discover' the opponent. According to the rule, I shouldn't attack. But why? Should I run away from him or skip my turn? :)
I don't watch streams, videos, etc., if they don't provide any useful informational value (I consider it a waste of time and filling my head with nonsense). And not just yours. Sometimes I can put it on in the background if it doesn't distract me too much.