Posts from Preparing for the "Van Kanegem" tournament. Auto-translated

So, when does it start? I suggest a challenging map for Heroes of Might and Magic I, called "Knight Quest" (I don't know how it's written in English). There's a chance it might be impossible to complete.

This is for Kamikaze, who will probably appear on Monday =)
The rules have already been drawn up. He seems to be having some trouble with the map =));) so ;)

So when does it start? I suggest a challenging map for one hero, "Knight Quest" (I don't know how it's written in English). There is a chance that it simply cannot be completed.

Knight Quest is a very complex map :smile42:. It has a lot of random generation, and the time limit will not be small.
I suggest either "Two if by Sea" - my favorite :rolleyes: ... or "Jolly Roger" - they are also quite difficult, but there are fewer days given for "maneuvers".
In general, as previous organizers did, let Kamikaze browse through my archive of additional maps for Heroes 1

and I am once again advocating for the removal of all restrictions in Heroes 1. This will reduce the amount of checking required by the organizers. And, considering that there is only one cheat, I suggest that everyone play with an open map on saves. After all, it is obvious that this is just a waste of time opening the map and then making moves on the same field with a closed map. I propose a vote on this issue among ALL participants.

Let's try Dragon Pass, my friends! We’re all going to… /topic/4095/ in short, come on over, everyone.

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The other day, a clan member mentioned to me quite randomly that we will be holding a tournament in honor of Van Canningham this year. I will ask to be kept informed of the progress. If anyone doesn't know, this year there are several planned tournaments for Heroes II, and the schedule is being coordinated with both players and representatives from other resources, so as not to overextend ourselves. If the "Van Canningham 2008" tournament includes a speedrun competition on a map for Heroes II, and my candidacy is acceptable to everyone, I will start preparing the map next week. I hope for your understanding, Qwerty

I would ask you to
first, refrain from making harsh statements.

I hope that you, at least in the future, will also refrain from making harsh statements.

If the "Open LZMS Championship - Van Canningham Tournament - 2008" (exactly as written) includes a stage featuring a speedrun tournament for Heroes II maps, and my candidacy is acceptable to everyone, I will start preparing the map next week.

Personally, I intend to defend my title as the winner of the Van Canningham Tournament, and I haven't heard anything about the Open LZMS Championship.

posted by Qwerty
If it's the "Open Championship of the LZMС - Tournament in memory of Van Canningham - 2008" (exactly like that).

Is it an open LZMС tournament? Then Sharapova will win. And the Tournament in memory of John van Canningham is OUR tournament, not some LZMС tournament.

Qwerty, of course, shouldn't force himself to do favors for people, nor should he deviate from conducting the consolidated, planned tournaments. Also, perhaps it wouldn't be a good idea (consider this a purely human suggestion) to speak to the participants of this topic in such a tone; after all, this isn't a chatty section, but rather a place where people who are genuinely interested in the fate of the tournament, which has essentially become a hallmark of Hv, communicate. I don't want to diminish your importance in the Heroes community, and I respect your knowledge and talents, but nevertheless, I am against the Hv tournament being held under the auspices of LZMS, and if this is a matter of principle for you, then you can easily find another organizer who would conduct the stages of the second Heroes game as part of the J.V. Cunningham tournament.

I'll add my own comment. Qwerty, I respect you as a professional and an intelligent person, but those words (your post 142) made me feel very uncomfortable. There was no need to write such things.

I'd like to add something. Qwerty, I respect you as a professional and an intelligent person, but those words (your post 142) made me feel very uncomfortable. There was no need to write such things.

I respect you too and am always glad to see you at the tournaments, so I edited the post.

to Qwerty

Wouldn't you be taken aback if you happened to overhear, in an informal setting during a personal meeting, that you are, in fact, the organizer of the tournament? Just answer honestly, do you like the situation where "they married me without me"?

Look at post #124. As a moderator and one of the active members of the forum, you simply can't ignore a topic like this, can you?
And if so, then we both found out in exactly the same way that we are being considered for the role of organizers.

Would you personally like it if you weren't even consulted, weren't told anything at all, and weren't even informed in the end!!! Just be honest, is everything okay? Or should I not write such things either?

And how should I consult with you? I personally (and I'm shocked myself) installed a mail agent specifically to reach you. And if you don't agree to run the tournament, just say - I WON'T. And if you think your candidacy is suitable, just say - THANKS, GUYS, FOR THE HONOR, I'M GOING TO WORK. But instead of that

I will ask you
first, to refrain from harsh statements,
second, to keep me informed of what's going on if you are counting on my participation.

It was your arrogant tone that bothered me, and nothing more.
Thank you for your attention!

The John van Caneghem Memorial Tournament is OUR tournament.

Get ready! Sharpen your swords! We'll be starting soon!!

Yeah... but the conflict has still escalated..

Well, first of all, I want to apologize! It seems that I am to blame for everything. I started this mess... And maybe I really should have informed all nominees about being organizers personally! But I didn't think it was necessary to do so! Maybe I was wrong!

But.. I thought that the official organizers would at least occasionally check this topic, especially when new messages appear in it!
That's how I found out that forum members are interested in the tournament.
I also have a section dedicated to Heroes IV tournaments, which I am now paying MAXIMUM attention to, primarily because of the Championship ... But I still look through New Messages every time I visit the forum and choose what interests me besides my main sections! And of course, new messages in this topic did not go unnoticed by me. I think most forum users do the same. The "Preparation for the Van Kanneghem Tournament" thread, in my opinion, could not escape the attention of those who are somehow connected with this tournament! Especially since this tournament has become a hallmark of Heroesworld... After all, no other portal has a similar tournament..
So, I guess I naively assumed that I could find out all the information this way. Well, I admit - I was wrong!
And in this post, I apparently waited in vain for opinions…

Secondly: No one said that you, dear Qwerty, will be running stage 2! I wrote that

stage 2 can be run by Qwerty

… And in another post, I wrote that:

The second stage will be run by Qwerty; I hope he doesn't refuse!

But this does not mean that I have already assigned all the organizers! I assumed that these people would be able to run the tournament and hoped so, but I did not confirm it!
I still hope for your help and support!

Thirdly: regarding the role of LZMS in organizing VK. I do not diminish the merits of LZMS!
But let's just look at the statistics:

Stage-by-stage:
Stage 1 was organized by: VDV_forever
Stage 2 was organized by: Alan
Stage 3: VDV_forever
Stage 4: Alan
Stage 5: Alan
Stage 6: AlexeyPank
Stage 7: Alan
Stage 8: VDV_forever
Stage 9: Lu41k and Magnus
Stage 10: Alan

And what do we see? Six out of ten stages were organized by people who had no connection whatsoever with LZMS (at that time, I was not a member of any of the clans).

Yes, the idea of ​​the tournament belonged to LZMS. But the organization was carried out not only by members of this organization, but also by ordinary forum users. And when stage 9 was on the verge of collapse, I didn't see any interested person from among LZMS who would take over its management! No one wanted to run it! Of course, I understand that Heroes IV is a series in itself, which not everyone understands and accepts... But since they decided to hold a tournament for all parts, they should have gone through with it!
Only because of this, and out of love and respect for this series of games, I took over the running of stage 9! And besides the help from Alan, Kyle and Magnus (for which I am very grateful), I did not see anyone else's help! I had to work hard and learn from my own mistakes!
And now I hear that LZMS was the organizer of the tournament! I didn't want to comment on this for a long time, but now I can't keep silent!
And the fact that the Van Kanneghem Tournament will be called "Open LZMS Championship - Van Kanneghem Tournament - 2008" personally does not suit me at all!
The tournament should be called no other than "Van Kanneghem Tournament – 2008", as it used to be called, only with the prefix 2008.

And then let's analyze such a question: what does "Open LZMS Championship" mean?
Is this an inter-clan tournament? Does this mean that only people who are members of any clan can participate in it? What about the rest of the forum users? As far as I remember, there were no restrictions on this point! Or am I wrong?

And also, maybe someone can explain to me why this year the tournament showed no signs of life until the forum users became interested in its fate?

With respect to everyone!