Posts from The first stage of the tournament "named after Van Kanigem"

Generally speaking, I don't know how the check of all players is carried out. I think that the first 3 players (or maybe 5-10, depending on the number of participants) are checked more carefully. No one will check all the players. But ultimately, having daily saves, you can check almost everything.

Maybe we should implement the following ban: it shouldn't be allowed to use a redeemed, escaped hero on the same day.

8. It is forbidden: to use a redeemed, escaped/ransomed hero in the battle on the day they escaped/were ransomed. Buying such a hero is allowed, but they can only be used on the next day;

I have a question – how will you check ALL players to ensure they comply with this prohibition? Otherwise, I'm not against it – after some clarifications, everything is clear.

A good test would be to check if the description matches the walkthrough of all battles. And I wanted to say that the more restrictions there are, the harder the test becomes. Basically, what is currently prohibited is unlikely to be a bug, especially in Heroes 1. It all comes down to money. If, let's say, we assume that there is a lot of money, then even with this restriction, you can clear the entire area around the Fortresses. Heroes are sold with troops, and you can buy as many as you want. The fact that they are not "pumped up" is compensated by the fact that you can transfer troops from each of them to the Fortress and then simply dismiss the heroes. Another hero appears in their place. If you let them roam around, they need to run away. You can buy back the ones who ran away. They cannot roam around. We dismiss him, and he will no longer roam around. Another one will appear in his place. Since we assumed that there is a lot of money, this cycle can go around again, but the player already forgets who he dismissed and that you cannot buy him. The person checking will get tired of checking even more. That's what I think Zingel wanted to say. That is, the situation described above is quite legitimate and differs from the ban only in that you need even more money than if you could buy and use the same hero. Okay, according to the rules, we will take this ban into account. In fact, this ban simply prevents the quick transfer of a specific hero to the desired location. Or rather, it is allowed, but with a delay of one turn, which simply complicates the check of the saves. That is, it is necessary to check at least the first three places in all the saves of the walkthrough to determine whether this ban is being followed, at least by the leaders of the tournament.

Can I also sign up for the tournament?
If so, please register me too...

After the tournament, I will explain again (for the third time) that this is indeed a bug in Heroes 1! Which, by the way, has been successfully fixed in other installments...
Sincerely, VDV_forever

But here's the difference. Everyone knows about the bug that you all told them about, and if it's not prohibited, everyone can use it without fear of any checks – everyone is on equal footing 100%, and is limited only by the money earned in the game.
The ban is more complicated. Here, we are already relying on honesty, and a check is needed regarding violations of the ban. It is more difficult to guarantee 100% equal conditions here.
If we say no, and honesty and checks are 100% guaranteed, then why not make it so that players in Heroes 1 simply count the green arrows of the hero who is about to run away. And then, on the same day, he can move with that hero, but not for a full turn, but for as much as he has left of his turn. Since there are no doubts about honesty or checks, what is the problem? In this way, we completely eliminate the bug, and the situation with running away and ransom will be handled exactly as it is in Heroes 3.

You are wrong about the green arrows. Movement points in Heroes are not calculated based on the arrows. But that's not important.

In this tournament, they banned moving a hero on the same day he was bought back after escaping. And that's right and not up for discussion. But

The logic is simple: this map is the only one with Boots and a Compass. When playing with a "fast" hero (I won't specify, those who know, know) with these artifacts, you can reach any point on the map in one day (taking into account the escape and buying him back).

A small example: You stock up on troops in your home castle. You run to the neighboring castle. You drop off the troops. You fire the hero. You buy him back. You pick up the troops. You go further.

Exactly – the main thing is that the judge can check it, at least by looking at the arrows. :)
I completely agree with you. But I don't understand why one bug is better than another?

Well, what can we do? :) But on this map, there is something else even cooler than the compass. :)
There you go! :) I stocked up on troops in my home castle. I ran to the neighboring castle. I dropped off the troops. I bought a NEW hero. I gave him the artifacts. I took back the troops. I went on. How is that worse?

Yeah, that's how it's done :) I stocked up on troops in my home castle. Ran to the neighboring castle. Dropped off the troops. Bought a NEW hero. Gave him the artifacts. Picked up the troops. Went further. What's wrong with that?