[TOURNAMENT-HotA] OFB-14 — Online Tournaments

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Announcement

Dirty_Player

6 years ago

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"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

In reply to Bayazet

Dirty_Player

5 years ago

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Well, it's time to summarize the selection process. The table is already in the first post. Let me remind you of the tournament rules:

Dirty_Player

7. The following players are eligible to participate in the "Final Battle-14" without selection:
01. Winner of FB-13, Redwhait
02. 2nd place in FB-13, =Lizard=
03. Winner of the "Mirror Jebus II" tournament, Szopa666
04. Winner of the "Novichok - 2020. Winter" tournament, Gorbunak
05. Winner of the "SM-masters II" tournament, Gomungluls
06. Finalist of the "Hard Choice-2" tournament, Dawidu91 (since the winner of the tournament, Szopa666, already has the right to play)
07. Winner of "CIS.Online", LuckyF
08. Finalist of the "De_Luxe Memorial" tournament, =Stinger= (since Szopa666 already has the right to play)
In total, 8 people have the right to play. 8 people from the selection: 1st-3rd places in the OFB and 4th-13th places in the OFB will play qualifying matches. If someone refuses, the organizer has the right to act at his discretion.

We can confidently say that the following players will advance to the final stage without selection: BISHOP and twaryna, who shared first place, but thanks to Buchholz, the victory (albeit conditional) goes to Vasily. And cruzeN is a new person on our site, but he showed a good game. At the start of the tournament, he had 446 points, and now he has 637. The remaining players will have to go through a qualifying match, which will determine who is worthy to play in the final stage.

I need a couple of days to ask the existing participants if they are ready to play in the final. If any of them refuse, the list of players playing in the qualifying matches may be expanded. So, let's take a short break and begin.

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Xocenk

5 years ago

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Dirty_Player

The remaining players will have to play a tiebreaker match, which will determine who is worthy to compete in the final stage.

We played 9 rounds, and then everything is decided in a BO1 match instead of a BO3?

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Skuns_1978

5 years ago

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Please register me for the tournament.

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Dirty_Player

5 years ago

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Waiting for a response from Gomunguls, Gorbunak, and Dawidu91. Guys, please reply on Discord or here about the plans for the FB tournament.

Skuns_1978

Please register me for the tournament.

Otherwise, I'll add a skunk.

Xocenk

We played 9 rounds, so everything will be decided in a BO1, not a BO3?

Yes, it will be a BO3 series.

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Dirty_Player

5 years ago

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So, almost all players have confirmed their participation in the final stage. Therefore, we can announce the pairings:

Kexibq2134 vs Artymetyczny
Xocenk vs socola
Ziemian vs Team0n
Bayazet vs Niechcic
Montt vs battanas

The matches will be in BO3 format. The deadline for completing the entire series is January 11, 2021.
Players will choose map templates from all those available in the OFB (Open Format Battle). The right to choose which template to ban is determined by a coin toss. The choice of city and color is done through a standard negotiation:
Templates: h3dm1, Jebus Cross, Black'n'Blue, MT_Andromeda, Anarchy, Apocalypse, MT_Jebus, Nine day Wonder, 6lm10a
GLHF

P.S.: If anyone who has confirmed or passed through the OFB later refuses to participate, I will act at my discretion, strictly according to the situation.

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Xocenk

5 years ago

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As far as I remember, in the last three Fan-Made Balance updates, the template pool matched the Official Fan-Made Balance updates of those years. Is that planned for this year as well?

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Bayazet

5 years ago

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Xocenk

At the very least, in the past three Factions Battles, the template pool matched the Official Factions Battles of those years, if I'm not mistaken. Is that planned for this year as well?

If the pool is close to ideal, then why not?
Kostya carefully considered the decision for each round.
Do you want to leave only Haven and Dungeon for Factions Battles?

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Dirty_Player

5 years ago

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Bayazet

If the pool is close to perfect, then why not?

Excellent words, Alexey!

First, you need to get to the finals, and then you can think about templates.

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Xocenk

5 years ago

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Dirty_Player

First, you need to qualify for the finals, and then you can think about templates.

A great way to avoid answering a logical question that potential tournament participants might have.

I suspect that the templates for the OFB itself were not announced initially for roughly the same reasons.

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Dirty_Player

5 years ago

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Xocenk

A great way to avoid answering a logical question that potential tournament participants might easily have.

Will potential participants refuse to play tiebreaker matches if the finals feature different (or the same) map templates?

Grando

5 years ago

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This style of discussion certainly deserves respect. Kostya undoubtedly has a talent for conducting conversations diplomatically and carefully. But, taking this opportunity, as a joke, I want to share a link to a well-known streamer who once managed to express the essence of the matter. https://youtu.be/0y3jdfAtx_Y?t=209

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Xocenk

5 years ago

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Dirty_Player

Templates: h3dm1, Jebus Cross, Black'n'Blue, MT_Andromeda, Anarchy, Apocalypse, MT_Jebus, Nine day Wonder, 6lm10a.

Okay, so the answer is positive. This pool is planned for the Facebook tournament.

For the offline tournament, it's still acceptable (although some people were drawn in by the announcement, and then skipped rounds with "surprises," while still being at the top of the leaderboard). But for the Facebook tournament, I think this pool is inappropriate. I doubt I'm the only one who thinks so.

Do the people who have direct access to the final stage know what they're agreeing to? Or are they also not yet aware of what awaits them there?

Yes, this is your tournament. You have the right to set any templates. But players should understand what they are signing up for and how they will spend their personal time, and based on that, they can decide whether to participate or not.

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Kexibq2134

5 years ago

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Dirty_Player

You have to get to the final first, and then think about templates)

I wonder, what are the chances of, say, a raccoon against anyone if in a bo3 they play Apocalypse, Jebus Cross, and Anarchy?

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Niechcic

5 years ago

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I agree with the posts above. Please, if the main tournament pool is the same, state it clearly; this will suit everyone – players like me can immediately withdraw from the tournament and not block places for fans of Black & Blue or Apocalypse.

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Dirty_Player

5 years ago

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Xocenk

I see, so the answer is yes. Such a pool is planned in FB.

No, the answer is no. The exact pool is not yet known, but I will say one thing: no new templates will be added to FB, but some will be removed. That is all I am ready to state at this time. Whoever is not satisfied with this fact — I'm not holding them back.

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