Posts from [TOURNAMENT-HotA] OFB-14

Registration is now open for the qualifying tournament for the most prestigious HoMM 3 online tournament on heroesworld.ru – "Final Battle". This time, it will be held on the HotA version.

Organizational Matters:

1. Tournament Lead – Dirty_Player (Discord in profile); judges – currently searching.
2. The tournament is official and regular, conducted according to HotA rules.
3. All tournament games are counted toward the HoMM3 HW Player Rating.
4. Once the tournament games have started, the tournament regulations will not be changed.
5. Disputed points, should any arise, are discussed outside the forum. To resolve them, you must contact the lead or one of the tournament judges via Discord and provide daily saves, logs, and other necessary information.
6. Tournament games must be played within the established timeframe. For violation of game deadlines, the player may be penalized up to disqualification from the tournament at the discretion of the lead and judges.

Participant Requirements:
- Players with unconfirmed reports will not be accepted into the tournament.
- Applications from players recently registered on the forum are considered on an individual basis.
- The organizers reserve the right to refuse registration for the tournament without providing reasons.

Regulations

Rules:
1. Game version: The tournament is held on the HotA version of the game.
2. The tournament is conducted according to HotA rules.
3. Restarts total 2 days (111+111 or 112); for mirror maps – one day (111).
4. Maps: a map will be announced for each round. The map pool is unknown, but the maps themselves are well-known, all (or almost all) from the standard HotA set. Sizes will vary.
5. Regulations for tie-breaker matches. To be added.

Tournament Format:
1. Registration from August 01 to August 16 (dates may be adjusted, keep an eye on updates).
2. Start of tournament games – August 17, 2020 (Immediately after the CIS Championship).
3. The tournament is conducted using the Swiss system over 9 rounds; the duration of each round is 7 or 14 days depending on the map. After this, players who take 1st-3rd place advance directly to the FB, and players who take 4th-13th place play tie-breaker matches: 4-15, 5-14, 6-13, 7-12, 8-11, 9-10. (this point will be adjusted)

In any case, only three players will advance directly (without tie-breaker matches) from OFB-14.
In cases not provided for by the regulations, the organizer has the right to make any decision they deem necessary.

4. Within the round's timeframe, a report of the completed round game must be provided in the tournament thread to record the tournament result. In case of failure to comply with this rule, either a technical result or a 0-0 score will be recorded for the match. If the game is played via saves, the decision on the technical result is made by the judging panel and is not subject to appeal! (please pay special attention to this point)
Due to the tournament format, deadline extensions are impossible! If you are unable to play 1 game per week, there is no point in signing up for the tournament.

5. Round deadlines:

6. 1 point is awarded for a win, 0.5 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.
Places are distributed based on points earned.
In case of equal points, additional indicators apply in order of priority:
1) Buchholz coefficient;
2) Head-to-head encounter;
If the additional indicators fail to distribute places between participants who have the possibility of entering the final stage of the tournament, tie-breaks will be held.
Draws and the calculation of the Buchholz coefficient in the tournament will be performed using the Swiss Master program. All results issued by the program are not subject to appeal or review.

7. The following players have the right to participate in "Final Battle-14" without qualifying:
01. FB-13 Winner: Redwhait
02. FB-13 2nd place: =Lizard=
03. "Mirror Jebus II" tournament winner: Szopa666,
04. "Rookie - 2020. Winter" tournament winner: Gorbunak
05. "SM-masters II" tournament winner: Gomungluls
06. "Hard Choice-2" tournament finalist: Dawidu91 (since the tournament winner Szopa666 already has the right to play)
07. "CIS.Online" winner: LuckyF
08. "De_Luxe Memorial" tournament finalist: =Stinger= (since Szopa666 already has the right to play)
Total 8 people have the right to play. 8 people from qualifiers: 1st-3rd place OFB and 4th-13th place OFB will play tie-breaker games. If anyone declines, the organizer has the right to act at their own discretion.

Please report any inaccuracies in the regulations to me via Discord