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SECOND OFFLINE HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC I TOURNAMENT "NEIGHBORS"


TOURNAMENT RULES


1. To participate in the second offline tournament for Heroes of Might and Magic I "NEIGHBORS", you must register on our website www.heroesworld.ru, as well as submit an application in this thread.

P.S. This tournament is held as part of the general same-named Cunningham tournament, therefore all information, as well as its progress and results, will be displayed in that section.
Турнир имени Jov Van Caneghem-а на HeroesWorld

Note: final tournament results will also be available in the offline tournaments section for Heroes of Might and Magic I.

2. The tournament is played on the Russian version of Heroes of Might and Magic I from Buka. The save will be generated on Russian version 1.1.

3. The goal of the game is to defeat the enemy.
The submitted save must contain the tournament number (2), the participant's number in the application table, the abbreviation (C - NEIGHBORS) and the player's Nick.

Example:

2_1_C_VDV_forever.GM1
2_2_C_AlexeyPank.GM1


4. The result will be evaluated, first and foremost, by the minimum time.
If several players have an equal walkthrough time, the best will be determined by the sum of primary skills (attack, defense, magic, knowledge) INCLUDING EQUIPPED ARTIFACTS; if a favorite is still not determined, then by the amount of mercury.

5. Along with the submitted save, it is mandatory to provide a description of the final step (battle with a hero, battle for a castle, capturing an artifact, victory over the last monster) after which victory occurs, or the walkthrough of the scenario.

6. The submitted save must have only one conquering hero who performs the final action (others should simply be dismissed).

7. It is forbidden: to buy back your dismissed heroes on the same day (i.e., using the "dismissal-buyback" trick);
it is also forbidden to buy heroes who died in battle (not to be confused with those who fled)!

8. It is forbidden: to move a bought-back hero who fled/paid off in battle on the day they fled/paid off. Buying such a hero is allowed, but they can only be moved the following day;

9.It is forbidden: To dig up the Grail without fully uncovering the puzzle map.

10. It is forbidden: to use cheating programs, codes, as well as additional software that can change the game structure.

11. Send the save to the email address VDV_forever@BK.RU

12. In case of suspicion of cheating or other malicious intent during the map walkthrough, a save must be made every game day.
In such a case (detection of cheating), the player will be required to send additional saves and provide a description of the walkthrough to the tournament organizer to determine whether the play was unfair or honest.
The result of a player who played dishonestly will be voided, and their further participation in tournaments will be impossible. This will also reflect poorly on their reputation.

13. Discussion of the tournament during its progress is FORBIDDEN!!!
(Players who violate this rule automatically exclude themselves from playing the tournament; their results will not be counted and will be annulled).

14. The tournament starts on February 1 and lasts until February 28 (inclusive!). Results will be announced on March 3, 2007.

15. After receiving your save, you will see in the application table that:

save accepted - indicated by a bold Nick.
save counted - indicated by an italicized bold Nick.

This list may be expanded with new participants!
We invite everyone to take part in the tournament!

Saves will only be considered for players who are in this table, so submit your applications IN ADVANCE!!!



PARTICIPANT LIST
NUMBERPLAYER NICK
1 VDV_forever
2 Kyle
3 Night
4 Inquisitor
5 Zingel
6 Isabel
7 AlexeyPank
8GriB_o.k.
9Lexx
10Sage
11CrasH
12IronAxe
13vbn
14GmiR
15Armadale
16Alex R
17vbs
18WAD
19mmiha
20sergh
21Fireball
22Sir Christian
23Lacky
24MasterCard
25Oleg RS
26Varg-Nar
27YoshiDo
28Richard I
Everything about the starting save

Starting save
from 01.02.07 download
save:
map from which the save was generated:

1. Download the save.

2. The downloaded Save must be placed on your computer in the GAMES folder of the installed Heroes of Might and Magic I.

3. Load it and start playing at any time convenient for you, while remembering to make daily saves.

4. After reaching the final action (after which victory occurs), save again.

5. With the final save, describe this last step in detail (most likely a battle); then the results will be processed faster and there will be fewer suspicions of cheating!!!

6. A full description of the tournament map is encouraged (optional). If such descriptions are provided, a contest for the best description will be held; 10 of them (the very best) will take their place of honor in the "Hall of Fame" section!

7. Send this save to the specified address (in the rules of this tournament).

8. Wait for the results.

P.S. I wish all tournament participants a great time playing and, most importantly, VICTORY!

P.S.S. If there are any additions or comments, please do not hesitate to speak up to minimize disagreements and shortcomings in the same-named process of the tournament.
Sincerely, VDV_forever
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Alex_R;70107
Some people are lucky.
I only had one weekend, and I did pretty well, but I didn't make the list ???
P.S. The difficulty was only 140%!!!
We need to update the leaderboard first ;) Just kidding.
VDV_forever will announce soon who made it and where ;)
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Greetings to all participants of the tournament!!!
Please register me as a participant...
Otherwise, the save is already ready, but I can't name it correctly.
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VDV_forever;60543
7. The following is prohibited: buying back your dismissed heroes on the same day (i.e., using the "dismissal-buyback" tactic); it is also forbidden to buy back heroes who died in battle (do not confuse with heroes who fled)!
... does this apply to your own heroes or the computer player's heroes who died in battle?
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... does this also apply to the heroes who died in battle, whether they are controlled by a player or by the computer?
I would focus only on my own heroes.
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I changed my nickname, so please update my name in the list.
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Well, I finally made it to the forum. I have a ton of problems piling up...

What can I say... hehe... I tried the first Heroes game about a month ago, and I have to say, I thought it would be easier... I was wrong. It took me a huge amount of time to complete the map, and I only managed to do it twice. And honestly, I only saw one way to complete it... It will be very interesting to read about your methods later.)
As for the save file, I'll keep it for now. Maybe I'll have some time later. There are still two whole days left.)
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GriB_o.k.;70242
many times... and to be honest, I only saw one walkthrough... it will be very interesting to read your methods later...)
and I'll keep the save file for now... just in case I have some time... there are still two whole days left.)
Well, if the internet glitches, just take a look :)
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... does this also apply to the player's heroes who died in battle, or only to the computer player's heroes?

No, only to your own! It is practically impossible to track the fate of computer players who have lost their heroes.

A simple example:

The computer bought a hero and used it to attack centaurs on the same day! The battle was lost, and the hero disappeared, with exactly the same stats as it had initially!

Sincerely, VDV_forever
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Well, here it is. Yesterday at 11:55 PM, during yet another attempt to complete a level, I got angry with the AI for being so dumb. And in a fit of rage, I came up with a new way to complete the map. I sent the final save from the first attempt of this playthrough. There's no time to optimize it anymore. P.S. What a fitting saying: "A good thought comes too late..." :)
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I sent the save file... please confirm.
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Zingel;70261

P.S. What a fitting saying: "A good thought comes too late..." :)

And add to that the saying "Haste makes waste" (which is exactly my case).
I sent in my save file a long time ago (the very first one), not expecting to find time to replay, but yesterday I managed to play twice and improved my result by 36%.
But alas... I'll be "making people laugh" with my first result.

P.S. I'm waiting for the tournament to end so I can share my opinion on completing the game in the shortest possible time.
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I sent my save file a long time ago (the very first one), not expecting to find time to replay, but yesterday I managed to play twice, and I improved my result by 36%.
I don't know how to calculate in percentages (rounding down), but my final result is approximately 4 times better than my first one! :)
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And add to that the saying "Haste makes waste" (which is exactly my case).
I sent my save file a long time ago (the very first one), not expecting to have time to replay, but yesterday I managed to play twice and improved my result by 36%.
But alas... I'll be "making people laugh" with my first result.
P.S. I'm waiting for the tournament to end; I want to express my point of view on completing the game in the shortest possible time.
I would personally advocate for you, if everyone else doesn't object, so that VDV would accept your best final save. In fact, why not accept a better final save from a person if they happen to have time to replay. You could even include this in the rules. That is, you can send the save file no more than twice. Well, that's exactly what it's for :)
So, think about it yourself - anyone could be in that player's shoes.

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I don't know how to calculate in percentages (rounding down), but my final result is approximately 4 times better than my first! :)
If we take the first result as 100%, then it turns out that I improved by 75% :D
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I would personally vouch for you, provided everyone else agrees, so that VDV would accept your best final save. Actually, why not accept an even better final save from someone if they happen to have had a chance to replay? You could even include this in the rules. That is, you can submit a save no more than twice. Well, that's exactly why we have such cases :)
So, think about it - anyone could be in that player's shoes.
I support and agree.
IronAxe;70347

If we consider the first option as 100%, then it turns out that it was improved by 25% :D
I don't support and don't agree :)
Rather, in this case, the final result should be taken as 100%, i.e., it turns out that it was improved by 300% :)

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