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I also disagree with Merlin's (and some other people's) position that Hota is just another game, like VT, but it's closer to the truth.

If you don't like the examples from music, I've given examples from sports many times. Football in its "original" form was without offsides. Basketball was without a 3-second zone. And so on. Does that also mean they are variations on a theme? "Different games"?

Question to all players: Why do all true SoD players not play HotA at all, while true HotA players (or whatever you call yourselves) play with SoD?

It's precisely all these bans on red rushing, Grail restrictions, upgrade bans, the prohibition of bypassing guards, visiting objects without breaking through defenses, plus all the resulting chaos and awkward situations... that aesthetically really bother me.

If you don't like it, don't play it. That's the whole truth.

A question for all players: Why don't all hardcore HotA players play Shades of Darkness at all, while hardcore SoD players (or whatever you call yourselves) play with SoD?

That's a strange question. I'm a "hardcore HotA player" and I don't play SoD at all. I just don't like many of the things that are present in SoD, but have been fixed or reworked in HotA.

Rules are necessary, and as far as I know, there are also rules in HoMM.

Red rush was canceled about six months ago, and the remaining restrictions are precisely for balance and are necessary. And these restrictions did not appear overnight.

Rules are needed, and in Heroes, as far as I know.

The other restrictions are precisely for balance and are necessary.

kamikaze, don't you see that this is the most accurate answer to your question, and the question itself contained an error in perception?
The only difficulty here will be believing that true "Hoto" players actually exist. Moreover, it's possible that these are not the people you thought were true "Hoto" players.

I am a true "Hoto" player and I don't play "SoD" at all.

Puzzo, you have mutually exclusive paragraphs.
What you described as "something that can happen" – stream sniping and cheating – are two forms of extreme unsportsmanlike conduct that already preclude friendship.

no. it's not clear. here is the>
You wrote there about the complexity of SoD rules, which are so complex that reading some situations in the AK makes one feel uneasy—in such a situation, players could lose their friendship.
Then you wrote that this can also happen in HotA. And you gave two examples.
1) What exactly is "this" that is possible in HotA? I considered it obvious that—yes, it's possible for people to lose their friendship by ending up in a certain situation.
2) But the two examples you provided suggest that there was no friendship to begin with. It is impossible to lose something that wasn't there anyway.
Hence the conclusion—"this" cannot happen in HotA.Oh, come on.

I'll say it again: friendship in theory and friendship in practice do not necessarily coincide.

"But the two examples you provided suggest that there was no friendship to begin with"—really? If I say there was a friendship, then there was; if you aren't aware of examples of this bond disappearing between two people—then you are the lucky one. Otherwise, judging by what you wrote, it seems you're trying to get details about that friendship from me, or rather "proof," and that is just ridiculous—I will not disclose such personal information without the permission of both players. This is the answer to the 2nd point. You should definitely understand this)

As for the SoD rules—that's easy, right? Again. Rules. They aren't just complex; they can be absurd and multifaceted, and so to speak, not everyone is ready to solve an equation on their turn, especially considering the fact that sometimes the solution has two roots, or even more)
And
(combining this with the answer to the first point)
there are situations where, regardless of how well people feel about each other, their opinions regarding a developed situation, their understanding and, essentially, the application of rules to a specific situation differ, and there is no ambiguity here. What does HotA have to do with this? The fact that in both SoD and HotA, misunderstanding of one player's game actions by another can arise.
Again, in HotA this will be possible after analyzing the match, but in SoD, because of the rules, it can happen right during the game. That is, to determine whether one can play "this way" here or not, a person might spend a very significant amount of time, and in the end, their analysis of this game situation will differ from the opponent's.

"But the two examples you provided suggest that no friendship existed anymore" — really? If I say there was a friendship, then there was; if you are unaware of examples where this bond between two people disappeared — then you're the lucky one..