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I believe that anyone can choose any available nickname they like.
As for the SHA and its capabilities, this item is practically unusable for offline tournaments. By the way, the item has been fixed.
Regarding the speedrun on Metatasker, it's a comparison within certain limitations of the SHA, used by Rouzkavalier. And this is not an official competition, so there is a certain possibility to violate these conditions; much of it, as in online play, is based on trust.

Antoshka once suggested a map for completing in one day, with a lot of interesting features to test your understanding of the game mechanics.

Is there a link to this map? I love that kind of thing.

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There will be some problems with freeing Sepello in Metatasker with the admiral's hat removed.

I don’t understand why it needs to be dismantled to free Sepello.

As far as I understand, the offline rules prohibit using the Admiral's Hat in its assembled form when completing maps.

Well, as I understand it, we're talking about the rules of "Rouzkavalier" (by the way, where does this name come from?) + Dandy.

RoseKavalier is the main popularizer of Metathexer; without him, far fewer people would have completed this map because they wouldn't have been able to:
Regarding Antoshka’s puzzle – the search yields a reasonable link to this forum: /topic/10339/

Regarding the use of the Admiral's Hat and its famous Bug: of course, in tournaments, its use is prohibited as a precaution to prevent anyone from exploiting the Bug. But in playing through author-made maps "for fun," things are different. And most importantly: on some maps, the authors may have intentionally made it so that without using the Bug, some areas cannot be completed.
For example, I wrote that when playing through "007 chases Dr No," Bond did not receive air magic, and without it, he couldn't reach the Necropolis of Dusternis, where the Purple hero Isra was holed up, and therefore the playthrough couldn't be completed. So, (for the first time ever) I used the Admiral's Hat Bug: I couldn't just start the whole thing over!
It might not seem fair, but in this situation, it was a necessary measure, because the author tried to put the player in a situation where he had to figure out for himself what he needed to win. Now, of course, it's easier because there's the Internet, discussions on forums, and even video walkthroughs. But once, players were "one-on-one" with the Author's Design.

RoseKavalier is the main popularizer of Metataker; without him, the number of people who completed this map would be much smaller because they wouldn't be able to.

This is very interesting. Did Rosekavalier complete the map himself without spoilers?
Even if "such a pro" Dandy (I can't help but laugh at his words about his qualifications and his assessment of others' qualifications, sorry) directly said that he wouldn't be able to complete many battles (like Fantomas) on his own.

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What's even more interesting is not this. In my opinion, creating such battles is much more difficult than completing them. What was going on in Biobob's mind when he came up with that battle against 160 creatures, which I think is probably the most twisted in Metataker.

What’s truly interesting isn't that. In my opinion, coming up with such battles is much more difficult than playing them. I wonder what BioBob was thinking when he came up with that battle against 160 creatures, which I think is probably the most twisted one in Metatacser.

Borrowed from Sizonsky's "The Lord of the Rings" >>>

Well, I'm not an expert on good maps. But somehow, it seems that BioBob contributed a significant amount of original content to the map. Where did this understanding of the elemental bug, explosion bug, etc., come from? I don't think that 99% of players were aware of all the features that are used in the Metataker walkthrough. And the author himself – did he compile a bunch of bugs, or did he actually find/play them out multiple times?

Nautilus is a person who has thoroughly studied Chinese hardcore maps; I even saw his posts on Gamerhome :) But at the same time, he also has a good imagination. His maps are a skillful reinterpretation of Chinese heritage combined with his own unique ideas.

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And the main genius of hero mapmaking is Season. "Heroes of Jin Yong" is from 2005, and "Xiedu" is from 2007. These maps can still give any player a run for their money.

Well, never mind, it's not Nautilus, but Season, for example, found a trick like an explosion bug. Explain to me how you can even find it! You can play Heroes for centuries and never encounter it.

I have no idea. An explosion bug is one thing, but how did they find a bug that allows sacrificing, cloning, and infinitely joining troops through an event? It must have taken a lot of effort.

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And heroes of level 6424, that's also something that Xiedu used for the first time in Season, I think.

I think that many of these tricks were discovered a long time ago, they just weren't used for a while. Here's an interesting link with a list of bugs: http://blackknights.narod.ru/h3_bugs.htm Note the date of the entries (1999 - 2000). For example, it describes a bug with the earthquake spell, which was used many years later in Bug-Race (and, I think, in Qin the Suprime). There was also this bug with Sacrifice: In the original Heroes III, the game let you cast Sacrifice on enemy stacks. [posted 10/25/1999] In general, for a game that's 19 years old, all these discoveries are understandable.

Thank you for the congratulations! Next up is Ray of Light; I need a break from the Chinese maps for a bit. :)

Great map. But it feels like you need to accumulate a lot of troops. I only managed to capture 3 castles without losses by month 6. Now I'm thinking about how to get past the magic garrison with phoenixes. How is your progress going?