Posts from The Ural-Siberian Championship for Heroes of Might and Magic 2018. Auto-translated

I disagree. Experience with Heroes of Might and Magic VI shows that even long games can be completed in half a day. And in the worst case, I'm willing to agree on conditional awards based on a time limit.

I don't see any problems with having a few HLs (Heroes of Might and Magic) sessions where people can play for 5-6 hours. Even though I'd like to come, it seems unlikely. We could create 5-6 templates and let people decide what they want to play.

You don't see the problems, but they exist and happen every time in the matches where those Xeen games were played (without exception).

they were played SoD (HotA is played much faster) and without OH

In HotA, there are also uber-late games, rest periods between matches, and stalemate situations. I'm talking from the perspective of match statistics (including Xelec HotA), while you're talking from the perspective of convenient home games.

Guys, personally, I have nothing against XL+U, I just want to avoid a chaotic situation. I really want to create an interesting event with a large number of diverse activities, and it will be crucial to start at 7:30 PM. Of course, I understand that not everyone will be able to participate, but the overall concept will be exactly that, and each person will decide for themselves. Based on this, I am concerned that within the timeframe of 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM, with a break for lunch and a short 1-hour rest, not all participants will be able to play XL+U, and we will have to award the victory based on the judges' decision, which in turn may cause a storm of indignation. That is why I propose templates that can be played with almost 100% probability within the specified time period. I suggest the following solution: Everyone who plans to come and participate in the HMM3 tournament (I am writing it this way because there will also be players of HMM5) should write down their pool of no more than 5 templates, and Kostya and I will try to choose the best compromise. 5 templates is the maximum; someone may write only one if they don't see the point in the others. Another important point!!!
Those participants who have already decided to come, please write an official post:
Full name, arrival date, exact number of days of stay, whether you are participating in the HMM3 tournament or are an observer/commentator (these are also welcome), whether you have a laptop.

and where did you get the stats on the number of HotA maps with Xeen? I'll repeat: I don't see a problem in discussing the time limits before the game starts, in case they are not followed, a decision will be made, or a coin will be flipped.

h3dm1, mirror jebus, jebus
simple, fast, interesting, almost fair

regarding the trip to Yekaterinburg, I will decide in October, but at the moment I plan to leave on December 26, spend 2 days getting to Kazan, spend one day there, and arrive in Yekaterinburg on December 31.

h3dm1, mirror jebus, jebus
simple, fast, interesting, almost fair

I don't see anything interesting or fair in such a reduction of the template pool. Okay, maybe for Hota, which I don't care much about, but I won't play just one mirrored map. Leave me my random templates!

I don't see anything interesting or fair in such a reduction of the template pool. Okay, maybe for HotA, which I don't really care about, but I won't play a game where it's just mirror matches. Leave me my random templates!

okay, we can add Diamond and the Polish arena.

Guys, just write down your list of templates, there’s no need to convince each other who is right (it’s pointless). Let everyone express their opinion, and we’ll create a pool based on the majority’s opinion. That’s all.

I suggest for this tournament an experimental system I devised long ago for the CIS, back when there were disputes over "WT or SoD," but then "WT died."

In general, a sketch of 5 points:

1. x3dm1 HotA
2. MT-Jebus Cross HotA
3. 6lm SoD
4. Anarchy SoD
5. Auction for the version. The loser of the auction chooses 1 of the 2 templates declared in the selected version. For example: Player 1 buys "SoD" for 700. Player 2 chooses whether to play 6lm or Anarchy.

The templates themselves and their quantity are, of course, given purely as an example. It seems to me that this scheme takes into account any preferences to the maximum extent.

yes, this is an idea for an entire online tournament
I even have a name for it - Holy War

I propose for this tournament an experimental system I devised long ago for the CIS, back when there were debates about "WT or SoD", but then "WT died".

In general, a quick outline of 5 points:

1. x3dm1 HotA
2. MT-Jebus Cross HotA
3. 6lm SoD
4. Anarchy SoD
5. Bidding for the version. The loser of the bid chooses 1 of the 2 declared templates in the selected version. For example: the 1st player buys "SoD" for 700. The 2nd player chooses whether 6lm or Anarchy will be played.

The templates themselves and their quantity are, of course, given purely as an example. It seems to me that this scheme takes everyone's interests into account to the maximum extent.

Kostya, the idea is certainly interesting, but I think this tournament will feature only HotA, for 2 reasons:
1. There hasn't been a single offline tournament for the HotA version yet.
2. Making a mix would be even worse than choosing one version, since there are many players who play only either SoD or only HotA.
I agree with Alfein that the idea is interesting for an online format and I think it would garner a good quorum.

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I just spoke with the database system administrator; there are 2 channels of 100 Mbps fiber optic from Rostelecom.
They will allocate a dedicated backup of 100 Mbps for us alone, with no one else on it via a direct VLAN to the equipment I will install myself.
So, citizens, streams in good quality WILL HAPPEN!
But I immediately warn you: not everyone who feels like it will be streaming; instead, we will set up 2-4 streams on specially allocated powerful PCs and broadcast with commentary, thus ensuring we don't overload the channel and give everyone who wants it the opportunity to watch the maximum number of games in good quality!

Actually, it's an interesting idea to tie a specific template to a version. But haggling over the version is already too much. It only makes sense if you can pay 10k and play in Warlords :D

Okay, aside from the off-topic discussion. It would be great to create a list of templates: h3dm1, mt_JC, JC, Mini-Nosta, Boomerang.