Posts from The 8th stage of the annual John Van Caneghem tournament (2009).

1. To participate in the Heroes III Tournament, you must register on our website or on the HeroesPortal.net website. If desired, you can also leave an application in this thread. By leaving an application, you will find out about the receipt of your save in the application table.

2. The tournament is held on the Russian versions of Heroes of Might and Magic III:
The Shadow of Death (Version 3.2) or Complete Collection [Platinum Edition] (Version 4.0)

3. The goal of the game is to defeat the enemy in the minimum number of days. In case of a tie in days, the deciding criterion is the sum of primary skills (attack, defense, magic, knowledge) including equipped artifacts of ANY of your heroes (the hero's existing parameters in the final save are counted).

4. The tournament is conducted according to HeroesPortal.net rules, which are practically identical to the rules of HeroesWorld.ru. You can review the rules by following the links:
http://www.heroesportal.net/land/rules.php?type=off3
http://www.heroesportal.net/land/rules.php?type=main
http://www.heroesportal.net/land/?type=H3other

Special attention is drawn to the following point:

1. All battles fought in the tournament may be subject to verification by the tournament leaders for the fact of their reproducibility on any computer, and precise descriptions of the battles fought may be requested from the tournament participants.
When reproducing battles, the occurrence of morale\luck\abilities should not be a deciding factor in victory (army preservation) and is not
mandatory when the tournament leader reproduces this battle. A player has the right to deviate from these rules and build their victory on a single instance of morale\luck\abilities and ask the tournament leader to replay their battle several times to ensure the reality of reproducing its results.
In case of deviation from these rules, as well as the inability of the tournament leader to reproduce any of the battles in the tournament
within 25 attempts - the final save of the tournament participant is annulled.

In case of questions, you should contact the organizer for clarification.

5. Discussion of the tournament during its progress is FORBIDDEN!!!
If the organizer or their assistant becomes documented proof of a discussion about the tournament anywhere on the Internet, they have the right to exclude such player(s) from participating in HeroesWorld tournaments once and for all. The results of such players will not be counted and are immediately annulled.
The tournament organizer also reserves the right to recognize that a discussion took place between players if players from the same clan completed the tournament identically.

6. Use of any cheats or bugs in the final walkthrough is prohibited. Otherwise, the result will be annulled.

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

8. In case a player is suspected of cheating or other malicious intent while completing the map, it is necessary to make a save before every significant event (for example, before a difficult battle, at the end of each game day). The result of a player who played dishonestly, as well as one who did not send their description (saves) on time upon request of the tournament organizer, will be annulled and further participation in tournaments will be impossible. This will also reflect on their reputation, and not in a positive way.

9. Sequence of actions for participating in the tournament:

9.1. Download save.
9.2. The downloaded save must be placed on your computer in the GAMES folder where Heroes III is installed.
9.3. Load from the save and start playing at any time convenient for you. Restarting the game is forbidden, and the map can only be completed starting from the downloaded start save. At the same time, do not forget to make intermediate saves (at least daily saves must exist). The tournament organizer may request them.
9.4. After completing up to the last action that results in victory (final battle, capturing a town, taking an artifact, etc.), you must save again.
9.5. A full description of the tournament map is encouraged (optional). If 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!
9.6. Within the time allotted for playing this tournament, send this save to the tournament organizer's e-mail address (which should be specified in the rules of this tournament).
9.7. Wait for the results.

10. The final save should be sent to the e-mail address of the HeroesWorld organizer - Vanechka and the e-mail address of the HeroesPortal organizer - Sub-Zero.
In the submitted save, all heroes must be dismissed except for the hero performing the last action and the hero whose parameters are to be counted (this can be the same hero). Along with the save, a description of the final battle tactics should be sent.
Save name: the save must contain the tournament abbreviation VK8, the participant number, and the player's Nick, for example: VK8_1_Dirty_Player.gm1.

It is also recommended to leave a message in this thread stating that you have sent the save.
After receiving your save, you will see in the application table that:
save accepted - by bold Nick.
save counted - by bold italic Nick.
save not counted - by red bold Nick.

11. Tournament discussion thread on HeroesPortal:
http://www.heroesportal.net/tavern/?id=264659&pagenum=10#id279666

12. The tournament starts 25.09.2009 and will last until 25.10.2009 (up to 23:59:59 inclusive Moscow time). Only one final save is accepted from the player.
Results will be published no later than 31.10.2009.

Good luck!

Map author - Vanechka.
Start save generation - Sub-Zero.

I'm participating.
If I don't understand something, I'll ask.
And what's the prize?

Accept me too.

I sent the save file!

Could you please provide the number?

Please provide a number.

Certainly.

Don't lose it;)

Vanya, you're awesome!!!!!! Bu-ga-ga :D :D :D

Save file sent:smile13:

Sign me up. I've sent the save file.
A very interesting map.

Sign me up. I've sent the save file.
A very interesting map.

You sent a file with the *.bin extension.
You must have clicked the mouse in the wrong place...
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Everything is okay, I received a normal save file.

I’ve sent the save file.

An ominous calm after the storm. My score is 1/111. The portal creatures have a score of 1/112.

Hello!
The results will be available in the evening!

The portal creatures have 1/112.

:D Why are you doing this.

For now, 1/112 is the record.
This is level 19 + all the stat boosters from the map + artifacts.

Just a small note, so you don't get bored before the evening:)
I simplified the map a bit too much.
In reality, it can be completed:
- without magic in battles with computer-controlled opponents;
- without the Azure Dragon from the Pandora's Box.

How? In two turns.
1. Hire Luna, get the cuirass.
2. Hire Astral, use hypnosis on the neutral pit creatures. Raise 200 goatmen in a flat area:)
It takes about 15 minutes to complete the rest. Try it if you're not lazy, the battles are very funny.

Unfortunately, only one player has used this trick.
Unfortunately, it wasn't him who achieved 1/112:)

Great idea, nothing to say.
Raise demons using other creatures' food and feed them to Tazar :)

But if 112 skill points were gained without this trick, then on whom were the remaining 11K experience points gained (to level up from 18 to 19)? Interesting...