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Are you tired of your opponent taking 10-15 minutes or more for each turn? Then I invite you to the 1st blitz tournament!

If you don't have the patch, you can download it here: http://www.heroeswt.net/download.php
Downloading it will allow you to play in SOD (Shoot and Destroy) mode, as before, and will also install the patch. The patch includes a chat and makes it very easy to find opponents when you want to play.

I. Game Rules.
1). The game is played on the patched version. Limit 600+300, time counts in battles.
2). In the Necropolis and Conflux castles, as well as in other castles, you can choose any hero. You can upgrade any monsters in the castle.
3). In the bracket, red marks the second player to cross out a template and a castle. There is only one restart.
4). Any changes to the game rules are allowed by mutual agreement of the players, except for the Fair Play rule.

II. Templates.
The choice of template is made by crossing out from a list of 7 templates: Balance, Panic, 2SM4d(3), Mini-Nostalgia, Jebus, 8mm6a, 6lm10a

Blue starts crossing out. Each player crosses out 3 templates and 3 castles.

The rules for 2SM4d(3) are completely identical to the seasonal rules.

Differences for Balance and Panic:
Map settings - L without a dungeon, two players, difficulty 130% (queen), the following spells are prohibited on these templates: flight and dimension door.

Differences for Mini-Nostalgia:
- Players choose computers in turn, one at a time. The blue player starts the selection. There should be no repetitions or matches with the players' castles. Before the start of the game, the host assigns the selected castles to the computers.
Reason - to avoid double builds.
- It is allowed to run to neighboring respawns, bypassing shifted guards (except for the Guardian).
Reason - computers ignore shifted guards, so players can also bypass them to avoid any tricks. In addition, it is much easier to break through to a computer than to take its castle, so there is no point in this restriction.

Differences for Jebus cross:
- Using the spells "Flight" and "Dimension Door" when moving from one zone to another is allowed only if the guard between them has been broken.
- In case of buggy passages between zones, it is possible to move to a neighboring zone only if the guard in the center has been broken in both zones.

Differences for 8mm6a, 6lm10a:
- Map settings XL+U, 2 people + 6 computers (8 0 0 0), difficulty 160%.
- It is allowed to move from respawn to respawn without breaking the shifted guard.

III. Organizational issues.
- The tournament is for fun. Without agreements, reports are not included in any rating and are written only here.
IV. Regulations.
In case of a tie in points in a group among several contenders for the top spots, the distribution of places will be decided by the Berger coefficient, head-to-head result, and rating.

V. Dates. The tournament starts on October 1, 2010.
There may be a slight adjustment of dates depending on other tournaments.

If you are unable to play for some time (more than two weeks) during the tournament for any reason, be sure to inform the organizer!

V. For each played game, participants must submit a report and confirmation in this thread. Only in this case will the game be counted. It is possible to submit a report through another participant in the tournament or through ICQ to the organizer.
Saves of all games must be saved until the end of the tournament and submitted upon request by the organizers or any member of the AC (Administration Committee).

VI. Technical results. They are recorded individually, based on communication with the players.

VII. Tournament status - for fun. The winner of the tournament - the question of awarding medals under the avatar will be decided.
http://zalil.ru/29704993 - game settings. Briefly about the settings: no experience, tax, bank, classes, upgraded stack, neutral morale, scrolls, angel wings.

List of participants:
1. Dubrovin Pavel 482071082
2. Wlk777 442018688
3. Los 597908740
4. Wicc 148698328
5. CJIOHuK 679922291
6. Vigo 330918714
7. Vitalic 260462200
8. theShevanesian 98677240
9. Captain 310362915
10. bRitvo4kA 387093098
11. Furious 208711666
12. Alessandro 368316378

In the game.

482071082

Since I can move quickly, I'll play. 442018688

Even though I can’t move quickly, I’ll play.

148698328

Just bring back the angel wings...

Regarding the time limit – adding 300 seconds, in my opinion, already makes it not a blitz game, but rather a rapid game. You could slow it down and think about it. The very first standard for chess clocks was with a 300-second increment, and then, as people aged and their skills increased, the time limit also increased.

In my opinion, something like 600+200 would be a true blitz game.

Differences for 8mm6a, 6lm10a:
- Map settings XL+U, 2 players + 6 computers, difficulty 160%.

I would recommend 8 0 0 0 (instead of 2 0 6 0) - with this arrangement, you can fix some bugs related to computers and gray castles.

playing
580248855

I'll try to battle. I've forgotten how to upgrade Vampires, and even more so, Phoenixes. :)

330918714

Anytime, by arrangement! (priority is weekdays after 8 PM Moscow time and weekends).

You can’t really fight effectively as Vampires with such a short time limit...

I would recommend 8 0 0 0 (instead of 2 0 6 0) - with this setup, you can fix some bugs on computers with gray castles.

This setup will be used.

I'm signing up.

5 minutes per turn – is that really a blitz? A few years ago, 4 minutes was the standard for a seasonal tournament. 2-3 minutes is more appropriate for a tournament of this size.

try to play 2-3 battles, like Balista vs. Golem, within 5 minutes, and still have time to explore the map.

I'm in for that tournament. IMO, considering the presence of Jebus and MM, the minimum should be +300. Update: Wings need to be brought back.

I'll try to sign up too! 208711666