Posts from The 8th stage of the annual John Van Caneghem Tournament (2007).

SIXTH OFFLINE TOURNAMENT FOR HEROES 3 "I and my shadow"

TOURNAMENT RULES

1. To participate in the sixth offline tournament for Heroes 3 "I and my shadow", 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 Cunningham tournament; therefore, all information, as well as proceedings and results, will be displayed in that section.

Note: final tournament results will also be available in the Heroes 3 offline tournaments section.

2. The tournament is played on the Russian version of The Shadow of Death with patch 3.2. The save was generated on the same version of Heroes: The Shadow of Death with patch 3.2.

3. The goal of the game is to defeat the enemy.
The submitted save must contain the tournament number (6), the participant's number in the application table, the abbreviation (shadow), and the player's Nickname.

Example:

6_1_shodow_VDV_forever.GM1

4. The result will be evaluated primarily based on the minimum time.
If several players have an equal completion time, the winner 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, you must 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 scenario is completed.

6. The submitted save must have only one invading 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 "dismiss-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 dig up the Grail without fully uncovering the puzzle map.

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

The full list of BUGs can always be read here: Offline Tournament Rules + FAQ

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

11. In case a player is suspected of cheating or other malicious intent while completing the map, it is necessary to make a save every game day.
In such a case (detection of cheating), the player will be required to send additional saves and provide a walkthrough description 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.

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

13. The tournament starts on September 1 and lasts until September 31 (inclusive!). Results will be announced on October 3, 2007.

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

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

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

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

PARTICIPANT LIST
NUMBER	PLAYER NICKNAME
1	:smile08:
2	Kolb@zzer
3	Kamikaze
4	RAPER
5	Ley
6	Maximula
7	Windows Vienna
8	SandroXXL
9	Starhan
10	BigAke
11	LeSHiJ-MaX
12	Ewgeniy
13	Ta Kotoraya
14	Аделаида
15	IronAxe
16	Лорелей
17	Sage
18	Vanechka
19	GRAMM
20	Dark Mon@rch
21	Chornuy Lord
22	Kj1313
23	Alex_R
24	OlegRS
25	AmberSoler
26	ARMINAS
27	Romanuel
28	vbn
29	AskoLd
30	Lilith
31	Деконтаминатор
32	Dmitry_A_S[/B]
33	Radik[/B]
34	JS
35	eXeCuToR
36	Перполькен[/B]
37	DeLuxe
38	SpiriTT
39	Sheogorath
40	Fireball

from 01.09.07 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 installed Heroes 3.

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. The map was provided by the esteemed Kolb@zzer.

N.B. There are no surprises in this tournament, don't look for them:)

ATTENTION!!! TODAY (September 1 at 7:30 Moscow time) THE STARTING SAVE WAS REPLACED!!!:o

VDV had too much to drink yesterday and generated the wrong save, and asks players not to beat him too hard with sticks

I would like to participate! Please write to me soon...

I’ll be number 4 =D I wish everyone good luck =)

And how could it be without me? I'm signing up! I just want to wish everyone not good luck (that's already been wished), but to complete it in the shortest possible time! ;)

Hello. Please register me. I'm sure it will be great. :) ----------------------------- p.s. Best regards, maximula

and I want to participate! Sign me up.

Kolbazzer came up with this challenge for us! It’s not the easiest map. Right from the start, hordes of enemies are spawned all over the map.

Kolbazzer came up with this challenge for us! It's not the easiest map. Right away, hordes of enemies appear in the clearing.

I also made it more difficult, so here's a tip:

I DON'T recommend spreading your monsters too thin!

P.S. And may your legs help you keep up with Dessa...

Sincerely, VDV_forever

I even made it more challenging, so here's my advice:

I wouldn't recommend spreading your monsters too thin!

P.S. And may your legs help you keep up with Dessa...

Sincerely, VDV_forever

Well, what can you do :mad: , I put Dessa in the hero finder and I'm just waiting. It's not a good idea to use Dessa in this map. :o

No surprises – that’s good… Count me in.

I will participate too.

And to ensure my message is not filtered due to the 30-character limit, I had to write this line.

My apologies, I didn't notice it right away. Count me in, let's fight together!

Sure, I'd like to participate too; everyone has to start somewhere. Sign me up. P.S. Rome wasn't built in a day.

I'm here! Let's play. Please register me. My nickname is here, and my ICQ number is under the avatar.

I will TRY to participate. Otherwise, I've already missed two tournaments – I sign up, but I don't send in the saves. That's not right. I promise to improve! Add me to your list ;) Let's play...