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Thank you for the clarification. It wasn't quite clearly stated, so I initially decided to ask in the official Hota public forum; my point of view largely coincided with what Alexei Dolmatov told me, if I understood him correctly: https://vk.com/topic-59561616_49424003. I attached a poll there asking whether it should be explicitly legalized or explicitly prohibited.

Alexei Dolmatov is not a representative of the HotA team. He answers many questions and is generally quite reasonable (which is appreciated), but in this case, he probably didn't know the background of this rule and, consequently, the intended interpretation. As for the poll, it is manipulative. It would have been just as effective to have answer options like: "Prohibit the use, similar to cheats and ArtMoney" and "Allow the use, although it destroys the spirit of the game." In addition, the opinion of the vk audience is not very relevant here. If the issue of changing such rules is to be considered, it will only be upon request from reputable organizers in the community.

If someone wants to hold a tournament and legalize this program in its rules, they will need to not only have direct permission in the rules of their tournament but also coordinate this with you, am I correct?

The situation is as follows. The rule about prohibited programs is part of the "Fair Play" section, and these rules are mandatory for compliance in ranked games, regardless of agreements: https://h3hota.com/ru/rules#введение. This means that if, in such a tournament, one of the players complains to the lobby moderators that their opponent was viewing the skill tree and claims that they were not aware that the tournament rules allowed it, the lobby administration has the right not to delve into the specifics of the tournament and consider viewing the skill tree as cheating. Therefore, in the case of holding such a tournament, games should be made non-ranked, and all conflicts should be resolved within the tournament, without contacting the lobby administration. You don't need to coordinate anything with me; I won't be resolving such situations anyway.

Thank you for the detailed response.