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Tournament "Novice – 2017. Winter"

Winners of past tournaments:
"Novice-2016. Summer" - caliban
"Novice-2016. Winter" - Antiplayer
"Novice-2015. Summer" - tun7gus7
"Novice-2015. Winter" – Socrat
"Novice-2014. Summer" - Falcone
"Novice-2014. Winter" - Aiwe
"Novice-2013. Summer" - The_
"Novice-2013. Winter" - vysokiy
"Novice-2012. Summer" - twaryna
"Novice-2012. Winter" - 7z
"Novice-2011. Summer" - Sky Pioneer
"Novice-2011. Winter" - Sevensan
"Novice-2010. Summer" - tenyu bezdomnoy
"Novice-2010. Winter" - Satir
"Novice-2009. Summer" – Erdem

Requirements for Participants:

1. Players registered on heroesworld after 30.11.2015 are invited to participate in the tournament.
2. A tournament participant must have played several official games in a seasonal tournament or another official tournament on HW, or at least 5 games with detailed reports in the fan games section on heroesworld (playing and writing reports can be done after signing up).
3. Players who have won prizes or participated in 2 or more tournaments from the Novice series are not allowed to participate.
4. Players with a permanent HW rating of 1700+ at the time of application submission will not be accepted into the tournament.
5. Players with more than 100 official rated games on HW will not be accepted into the tournament.
6. Questions about accepting relatively experienced players or those with an earlier registration date on heroesworld will be considered by the organizers in consultation with the AC.
7. Players registered on HW before 30.11.2015 will not be accepted into the tournament if they have 30 or more rated games on HW.
8. A participant must be able to play 1 game per week - the priority time for playing is 19-24 Moscow time on weekdays and 12-24 Moscow time on weekends.
9. If during the tournament it is discovered that a player provided false information, they will be disqualified from the tournament and the materials will be submitted to the AC.

Submit your applications in this thread:

There is a Detailed FAQ17 instruction with pictures on the forum on how to do this.
You need to do the following:
1. Check if your icq number is entered in your profile, add it there if it is missing.
If it is in your profile, a green little daisy - the ICQ symbol - is visible under the avatar. If it is not there, you need to follow the algorithm.
2. Leave an application in this thread. To do this, click the Sign up for the tournament button, which is located at the beginning of this thread and at the top of each page.
3. 2-3 days before the draw, you must contact the host skd (ICQ 593626431) and confirm your participation. Players who have disappeared from the forum (no user activity for a week) will not be allowed into the draw.

Organizational questions:

1. Tournament host and judge - skd (ICQ 593626431), in extreme cases contact Dirty Player (ICQ 408722873).
2. The tournament is held according to the Rules for organizing, conducting and participating in HOMM3 online tournaments.
3. The regulations and rules of the tournament will not be changed after the end of registration or during the tournament.
4. For each played match, participants must submit a detailed report and a detailed confirmation in this thread. Only then will the match be counted. All tournament reports must be written using the automatic report writing system: Detailed FAQ18 instruction with pictures.
- To create a report, click the New Report button, which is located at the top of each page of the thread, and fill in all necessary fields according to the template. After that, you need to write your detailed comments on the game.
- To confirm a report, the second player needs to find the game report, click the Confirm Report button, and also write a detailed report.
- It is considered good form to thank your opponent for the game.
5. All tournament games count towards the HoMM3 HW player rating.
6. The tournament winner will receive the right to participate in the Wild card tournament for FB-11.
7. Technical results will be assigned for matches not played within the established timeframe.
8. Saves and files with passwords of all matches must be kept until the end of the tournament and presented upon the first request of the tournament hosts and judges or any AC member. Forgetting or losing the game password may serve as grounds for assigning a technical loss in the match.
9. Disputed issues, if any, please discuss off-forum. To resolve the issue, contact the tournament host or judge via ICQ and provide daily saves, ICQ logs, and other necessary information.
The referee's decision is made primarily based on the tournament rules. If the situation that arises is not regulated by the rules, the referees are guided by basic logic and gaming ethics.

Regulations

Tournament Format.

The tournament is held according to the following scheme: Group Stage. Playoff Round. Playoffs – Double Elimination.
Group Stage – six groups. Players who take first or second place in their groups advance to the Playoff round.
Players who take third place in their groups and the 2 best fourth-place players by points (by Berger if necessary) advance to the Playoff Round (when comparing results, results of matches against players who took 7th place in groups 4, 5, and 6 will not be considered)
The main criterion for advancing from the group is the number of points scored (3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss). If several players have the same number of points, additional indicators come into effect (in order of priority):
a) Berger coefficient;
b) Head-to-head meeting;
c) Total number of game turns in games where the player won (priority is given to the player who spent fewer turns to win. Point “c” applies only if players have the same number of wins in the group).
d) if it is impossible to determine priority using additional indicators a, b, c, a playoff game is played between the players on the Skirmish M 200% template.

Playoff Round – best of 1 game between players who took third place and the 2 best fourth-place players by points (by Berger if necessary) for the right to participate in the playoffs.
Playoffs – upper and lower bracket.
In the upper bracket, games are played best of 2 wins. In the lower bracket, games are played best of 1 win up to the final. The lower bracket final is played best of 2 wins.
A player who loses in the upper bracket moves to the lower bracket; a player who loses in the lower bracket is eliminated from the tournament.
The Grand Final is played best of 3 wins. The player advancing through the upper bracket has a 1 map advantage.

Deadlines.

Registration: January 21 – February 3, 2017 (until 20:00 Moscow time)
Draw and group formation: February 3, 2017
Tournament start: February 4, 2017
Group Stage: until March 26, 2017
Playoff Round: March 27 – April 5, 2017
Start of Playoff Round: April 6, 2017

Tournament games must be played within the established deadlines. For violation of game deadlines, at the discretion of the organizers and tournament judges, a player may be penalized up to and including disqualification from the tournament.

Rules.

1. Game version. The tournament is played on game version SoD 3.2(4.0) + HD mod + HW_rulez.
By mutual agreement, games may be played on HotA version 1.4.2 (or the latest current version).
When using the HW rulez mod, the default setting options are as follows: 01110.
That is, obelisks ban – disabled, fort-on-hill, cartographer, keymaster tents ban – enabled, permanently built level 2 in town – disabled. Players may agree on different setting conditions.
2. The tournament is held according to the rules for online games in Heroes 3.
When playing on the HotA version of Heroes, the rules of the HotA section are used.
3. Restarts: 3 days total (111+111+111 or 111+112 or 113).
*For the Skirmish template – 2 days (111+111 or 112).
4. Color choice:
In the group stage – the right to choose color is given to the player marked in red in the group tables.
In the Playoff Round – given to the first player in the pair.
In playoff games – given to the first player in the pair; in each subsequent game, players swap the right to choose color.
*On the Skirmish template, the player with the right to choose color selects the color for the first generation; after each subjective restart, players swap starting colors.
5. The starting town is chosen by banning. Players alternately ban 3 towns each, after which the starting town is selected. The player listed second in the pair (marked in blue in the group tables) starts banning towns and selects the starting town first. In playoff games, the right of first town selection changes after each game.
*On the Skirmish template, the starting town, hero, and bonus are random.

Templates.

1. Games of the group stage and Playoff Round are played on the templates: Skirmish M-200, Diamond, 2sm4d(3), Jebus Cross, 6lm10a.
2. In the Playoffs, the following templates are added: Mini-Nostalgia and 8mm6a.
3. The template for a game is determined by banning. Players alternately ban one game template each until only one template remains, which will be used for the game.
The player with the right to choose color bans the first template.
4. Information about the templates and recommended settings can be found in the corresponding section.
5. Games are played with a chess timer. The chess timer settings options are increased for a more comfortable game.
Skirmish - 10:00+05:00+01:15
2sm4d(3) - 21:00+08:00+01:30
Diamond - 24:00+08:30+01:30
Mini-Nostalgia - 24:00+08:30+01:30
8mm6a - 24:00+09:00+01:30
6lm10a - 24:00+09:00+01:30
Jebus Cross - 28:00+09:30+01:45
By mutual agreement of the players, the game is played with the chess timer set by heroesworld rules.

I wish all participants to gain as much useful gaming experience as possible and enjoy the tournament competition!
The tournament winner will be awarded the "Tournament Winner 'Novice'" medal under their avatar: