Posts from Stage of the Van Kaneghem Tournaments for HEROES II!!! "Continuing to continue!"

The Seventh Stage of the Annual John Van Caneghem Tournament
"Continuing to Continue!"

P.S. This tournament is held as part of the general John Van Caneghem tournament.

1.1. To participate in the "Continuing to Continue!" tournament, you must register on our website and leave a request in this thread.
1.1. The tournament will run from September 01 to September 30, 2010. The results of the tournament will be announced on October 07, 2010.
1.2. The tournament is held as part of the general Van Caneghem tournament.
1.3. The tournament is played on the following game versions:
Heroes II: Price of Loyalty 2.1 (English), Heroes II: The Price of Loyalty 2.1 (Russian)
Playing on earlier versions of the game, where many bugs have not been fixed, is not allowed.
Playing in DOS and switching from one version to another is prohibited.
1.5. ATTENTION!!! Throughout the tournament, the player IS OBLIGED to make saves at the beginning or end (both options are mandatory) of EVERY game day and store them on their computer! The judge has the right to demand daily walkthrough saves and explanations for them from ANY player, up to a description of the tactics for a specific battle.
In the absence of satisfactory explanations (from the judges' point of view), the player's result will be annulled.
If there is a satisfactory description of the walkthrough but necessary saves are missing, the player is credited with a defeat. The statute of limitations (during which daily saves must be stored) is 7 days after the results of the round are summarized.
1.6. ATTENTION!!! In this specific tournament, all players who show a result of 5 days or less are obliged to attach an archive with saves for the end of days 1, 2, 3, 4 and the beginning of days 2, 3, 4, 5 to their email in addition to the winning save. Without this archive, the result will not be counted!
1.7. The tournament leader is Qwerty.

2.1. Use of any cheats or bugs in the final walkthrough is prohibited. The result will be annulled.
You can read about which bugs are considered forbidden in the thread: Offline Tournament Rules + FAQ for HMM II
2.2. In case of a "+5 monsters X" week or "monster X" month, the player must replay the single week/month transition and achieve a neutral result.
2.3. It is prohibited to play on any version other than the one specified in point 1.3.
2.4. Open discussion of the tournament on the forum during its progress is PROHIBITED!!!
(Players who violate this rule automatically exclude themselves from playing the tournament; their results will not be counted and will be annulled)

3.1. The goal of the tournament is to defeat the enemy.
3.2. The main victory criterion is minimum time. The secondary criterion is the sum of primary skills (attack, defense, magic, knowledge) INCLUDING EQUIPPED ARTIFACTS (calculated for the hero with the higher skill sum among those presented in the save); if a favorite cannot be determined here either, then by the amount of mercury.
Note: If victory occurs during a turn transition, the final number of days will be taken from the final results table, i.e., the day of the final save plus one.

4.1. The final save should be made before the last action (after which victory occurs).
4.2. Along with the final save, players are obliged to send a description of the tactics for the final battle (the more difficult the battle, the more detailed the description).
If the win depends on morale/luck rolls or specific actions by computer players, a full description of the battle is required—one that allows it to be repeated.
4.3. The email with the save must contain:

• the winning save itself;
• description of final battle tactics
• participant number in the application table
• abbreviation (VKL2010)
• Player Nickname

Example: email subject VKL2010 - vbn,
a save named 1_ VKL2010_vbn.gm1 is attached to the email.
4.4. Send the final save to the mailbox qwertyheroes@gmail.com.

5.1. Download the map and save.
Note: The save and map are archived using WinRar 3.62.
5.2. The downloaded save must be placed on your computer in the Games folder within the directory where Heroes 2 is installed.
5.3. You may play strictly only from the starting save.
5.4. Then play from a save you have made at any time convenient for you, while not forgetting to make daily saves at the beginning and end of each game day.
5.5. After reaching the last action (after which victory occurs), you must save again.
5.6. With the final save, describe this last step (most likely a battle) in detail; then the results will be processed faster and there will be fewer suspicions of cheating!!!
5.7. A full description of the tournament map is encouraged (optional). If such descriptions are provided, a contest for the best description will be held, and 10 of them (the very best) will take their place of honor in the "Hall of Fame" section!
5.8. Send final saves to the specified address (in the rules of this tournament).
5.9. Wait for the results.

6.1. This list can be expanded by new participants!
6.2. Saves will only be considered from players who are in this table, so make your requests in advance!
6.3. After receiving your save, you will see in the application table that: the save is accepted—indicated by a Bold Nickname

HMM II TOURNAMENT: "Continuing to Continue!"
Number	Participant
1	Viktor92
2	SDV
3	DR28
4	Ergon
5	Elcidere
6	Fireball
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P.S. I wish all tournament participants a great time playing the game!!!

Attention!
For the first time, the Van Kanegem Memorial Tournament for Heroes II will be held on both the Russian and English versions of the game.
Don't miss your chance! This is done specifically for the convenience of fans of Heroes II!

Many are already familiar with this map; the save is very easy and enjoyable (I almost played it myself instead of publishing the start of the tournament).
The leaders' results are immediately obvious, but let's not forget about the secondary criteria – they will ultimately determine the final winner of the tournament!

Colleagues, I will be offline from September 3rd to 13th. If any questions arise, Kyle has kindly agreed to help, and we will all thank him for that!

And here's another one!
http://rghost.ru/2504700
Here you can download the version of the second Heroes game from Great Genius. And you can play on this version in this particular tournament!!!

And here's another one!
http://rghost.ru/2504700
Here you can download the version of the second Heroes game from Great Genius. And you can play this version in this particular tournament!!!

What are the advantages/disadvantages of this version compared to the regular one?

Good luck.

How is this version better/worse than the regular one?

Good luck.

This is a cut-down version. It's not better, it's just that if the disc is damaged/lost/there's no access to the game, etc., you can download this version right now and start playing immediately!

Why are there such strict rules? One might think that everyone is just sitting around trying to figure out how to cheat and deceive the host. Why is a starting save file needed if it is provided?

Why such strict rules? It's as if everyone is just sitting around thinking about how to cheat and deceive the host. Why is a starting save file needed if it's provided?

Firstly, cheaters do exist. I personally caught two (when I was the host).
Secondly, a unified save file is provided to ensure everyone starts on equal footing. Although there are some tournaments where you can generate your own save file. But this tournament is not one of them. ;)
And if there isn't strictness, there could be messages like: "I didn't know that was forbidden," or "I didn't know that was allowed; if I had known, I would have achieved such a great result."
I hope I explained it clearly.

Good luck.

It's unclear why the host needs a starting save from a player when they already have it (point 1.6).

I would like to try my hand at it, please register me. I have the version from Buka (Platinum Edition); will that work?

It's unclear why the host needs a starting save from a player who already has one (p.1.6).

Hmm, it seems there were some copy-paste issues here :D

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I'd like to try my luck, please sign me up. I have the version from Buky (Platinum Series), will that work?

Yes. You can play.
Good luck.

I'll wait for Querty regarding the copy-paste. If there's time later, I might even participate, although I'm not much of a competitor. I've only participated in a few tournaments on a neighboring friendly resource. But I don't remember receiving any complaints from the organizers, and they rarely asked for feedback after the tournaments.

This is my first time playing in a tournament; what result should I aim for? So far, I've achieved:smile19:Removed:smile19:.

The results cannot be announced, so it is better to edit your message, although it has already been indirectly announced (see the first post of the tournament).
In general, it is not possible to divide tournaments into those where all saves must be sent and those where they do not need to be sent.