Posts from World Team Cup 2019! Discussion about organizing the second world championship.

Could you please provide links to the tournament post and its discussion on other resources? I'm interested in reading what people are saying there.

The post isn't available on other platforms. I only wrote it here. I communicate with the admins of other platforms – I could share the correspondence with them, and I also contact players from different platforms individually or through contacts from the previous tournament. Last year, I went through the process of posting on various platforms – but the recruitment still took place mostly through personal messages. This year, I just made one post – where there will be information that those who are interested can read, and I only share links to it.

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Another point I'd like to discuss is whether to separate strong teams into different groups during the draw using seeding. For example, take the previous tournament and the places they took. Or should it be a completely random draw without seeding – but there might be a "group of death" consisting of, for example, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Belarus or Moldova, and some strong teams will be eliminated early.

I'm for a full random setup; if someone aims for the top spot, they should be able to defeat anyone.

Today, the Czech Republic requested a little more time for preparation and to survey the players. They will try to assemble a team within their league.

What do you think about postponing the start date of the tournament by a week? Are there any participants who are against it?

We'll start the tournament a bit later, we're waiting for the Czech team at their request.

I also made a poll where you can voice your opinion on the plugins for the tournament (even trashy options are included - a sanity check). I'm more interested in the opinion of the players themselves, but we'll try to take the viewers' opinion into account as well. We already have our own opinion after discussion. But we can still consider some decisions. So I'm waiting for your votes via the link. You can select multiple options, not just one. I'm posting the link on HeroesWorld and in the SoD chat on ICQ.

https://www.survio.com/survey/d/W9J5K7T2Q4T0V1C1E

Today, the Czech Republic requested a little more time for preparation and to survey the players. They will try to assemble a team within their league.

What do you think about postponing the start date of the tournament by a week? Are there any participants who are against it?

It reminded me of the saying "you can't catch your breath before death."

We can adjust the rule regarding stalemate situations, but then it won't be entirely rule-free. Overall, I'm not against it. Also, there's an unpleasant situation regarding the War Bonds.

Removing skills is just a suggestion, if the participants don't mind. It doesn't turn Soda Hotu into anything else. It's like saying that introducing War Bonds in Hotu turns it into a Vault of the Titans, in which War Bonds appeared earlier, albeit in a different form.

Reducing diplomacy is also a suggestion. I think it would be beneficial, but it's not up to me to decide, so I'm listening to the players.

Thank you for the criticism and justification. I'm taking it into account, as well as the opinions of Merlin and some other players who expressed their views in private messages and on the forums.

I remembered a game I played with someone:

War Bonds were in play; I had a stack of skeletons left, about 1000+, and my opponent had 8 Archons. They would lose about half the time. And the opponent was running around the map away from me. BUT I could have won (I don't remember, I think he agreed and then put himself in a position to end the battle).
The opponent had low morale.

All I needed was 3 consecutive anti-morale attacks from the Archons:
The chance of anti-morale is 4.2%. 3 times in a row is 0.008% or 1 time out of 13,000 rounds (approximately).

BUT! purely based on the game mechanics, I would have won that battle. It would just have taken 13,000 rounds (or 3 rounds, randomness is randomness).

And should we limit that? If so, then people go into the Crypts with 1 Angel and take it with morale. They can spend 100 rounds there if they're not lucky. Should we limit the Crypts then?

Players think through each move, while the computer makes its moves automatically. Therefore, battles against other players are the most problematic.

But, of course, if battles against neutral creatures are intentionally prolonged in show tournaments, it should be penalized, at least with warnings. In general, a timer runs during battles with neutral creatures, but not during battles with an opponent.

But what about the Swedes, after all?

But what about the Swedes?

Hi, Vitёk :) I only have contact with one, and he can't play.

Hello, dear friend! )

The regulations are in place. We are starting the information gathering phase for players in the teams for the intro video and will obtain final confirmations of the teams participating in the tournament before the draw.

Georgia, Armenia, and Sweden have not formed teams. Also, several teams are still uncertain – we will finalize the details with them in the near future. Some smaller teams may also merge if they both agree.

Currently, there is no willing captain for the Belarus team to assemble the team, and only 2 players are ready to participate in the tournament if a captain calls them up. The team will definitely participate – the only question is in what composition.

Therefore, the preparation time is coming to an end.

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I remind you that each player must provide data about themselves for the intro video:
Photo, Year of birth, Country, City (or several cities), Achievements (prizes, nominations, organized events) with the indicated years

Each player must provide data for the screensaver:
Photo, Year of birth, Country, City (or several cities), Achievements (prizes, nominations, organized events) with the indicated years

Tomorrow we will hold the draw. Currently, the situation regarding the teams is as follows:

Confirmed participation:
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Lithuania
South Korea
Romania
Serbia
Syria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Uzbekistan
China
Moldova
Israel

No reconfirmation yet (possibly the players will join the world team or confirm individual participation):
Latvia
Estonia
France
Canada
Vietnam

Refused
Kazakhstan

I am also waiting for information about the players in some teams for the opening ceremony.