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Offline Heroes 3 Tournament
"Race for the Leader"[/SIZE]
1. To participate in the "Race for the Leader" offline tournament, you must register at www.heroesworld.ru and leave an application for participation in this thread.
Example:
I want to become a participant of the tournament.
Please register me for the tournament.


2. The tournament is held on the Russian version of Heroes 3: "The Shadow of Death" with patch 3.2. It is also possible to play on version 4.0 (from Buka's Platinum Collection). Saves will be generated on version 4.0.

Sequence of actions for participating in the tournament:
1. Download save.
2. The downloaded Save must be placed on your computer in the GAMES folder of the installed Heroes 3.
3. Load it (load via the campaigns menu) and start playing at any time convenient for you, while remembering to make daily saves (at the beginning and end of the day).
4. After completing the final action (which leads to victory), you must save again.
Note: The final save should only contain those heroes who participate in the mission, i.e., heroes required by the campaign plot. (There may be 2-3, depending on the specific mission). Other heroes must be DISMISSED. As an exception: It is permitted to leave ONE non-plot hero, but only if the non-plot hero performs the final action that leads to victory.
And another revised quote from Sage:
Everything is clearly written in the rules.
1. Only plot heroes move to the next mission (For example, for mini-tournament 1-1: Gem).
2. In addition to these heroes, in the final save you can leave 1 more hero, if this hero is needed to perform the winning action (attack on the last enemy hero/castle).
3. If you have plot heroes on the map in your save (For example, for mini-tournament 1-1: Gem) and one additional hero, then the sum of parameters will be calculated for that hero who has the higher value.
5. With the final save, describe this last step in detail (most likely a battle), so that the results can be processed faster and there will be fewer suspicions of cheating!!!
6. A full description of the tournament map is encouraged (optional). If such descriptions are provided, a contest for the best description will be held; 10 of them (the very best) will take their place of honor in the "Hall of Fame" section!
7. Provide this save to the tournament organizer.
8. Wait for the results.3. Tournament Concept: The tournament will be conducted across ALL campaigns of "The Shadow of Death".
The tournament will consist of 36 mini-tournaments (the total number of missions in the campaigns, i.e., 7 stages). For the first mini-tournament, a save will be generated for the first mission of the first campaign. Subsequent saves for the current mini-tournament will be generated from the save of the winner of the previous mini-tournament, and so on.
The winner of the current mini-tournament will be the player who has the maximum number of points according to the formula below. At the end of each tournament stage, a LEADER for that stage will be determined. And at the end of all 36 mini-tournaments, an ABSOLUTE LEADER of the tournament will be determined.

During the "Race for the Leader" tournament, participants will also be awarded points for each mini-tournament according to the following scheme (the winner of the mini-tournaments will be determined by this scheme):
1. A participant who has applied for the tournament will be given 0 starting points.
2. At the end of each mini-tournament, a participant will be awarded points for the mini-tournament according to the formula:
Points = ((Days_l + (0.5 * Params_p) / 396 + (0.25 * Mercury_p) / 200 + (0.125 * Gold_p) / 1000000 + (0.0625 * Castles_p) / 48) * 1000) / Days_p
Where:
Days_l – Number of days the leader spent completing the task of the current mini-tournament.
Days_p - Number of days the player spent completing the task of the current mini-tournament.
Params_p – Sum of hero parameters (attack, defense, magic, knowledge) INCLUDING EQUIPPED ARTIFACTS, accumulated by the player while completing the task of the current mini-tournament.
Mercury_p – Amount of mercury accumulated by the player while completing the task of the current mini-tournament.
Castles_p – Number of castles captured by the player while completing the task of the current mini-tournament.
Gold_p - Amount of gold remaining in the participant's "stash" while completing the task of the current mini-tournament.
3. Current points will be calculated as an average between the previous result and the current one.
Also, at the end of each mini-tournament, a Player Rating will be awarded.


4. The tournament starts on 01.11.2007. 21 days will be given for the completion of each mini-tournament (Break between mini-tournaments - 30 days). Saves are not accepted after a mini-tournament has ended. Only one final save is accepted from the player.
Results of the completed mini-tournament will be published one day before the start of the next mini-tournament.

5. The final save should be named according to the template: GL_Mini-tournament Number _Table Number_player nickname.CGM /Write the mini-tournament number with a hyphen/ (for example, GL_1-1_1_K0Lb@zzeR.CGM) and send it to K0Lb@zzeR's mailbox /Death to search bots looking for E-MAIL addresses/. And another earnest request: when sending saves, specify the name of the save itself in the subject line (for example: GL_1-1_1_K0Lb@zzeR.CGM)) so that the anti-spam bot does not accidentally delete your email.
Together with the sent save, you must provide a description of the final step (battle with a hero, battle for a castle, capturing an artifact, victory over the last monster) after which victory occurs or the scenario is completed.

6. Discussion of the tournament during its progress is FORBIDDEN!!!
(Players who violate this rule automatically exclude themselves from playing in the tournament; their results will not be counted and will be annulled).

7. Restrictions:
1. Forbidden: buying back your dismissed heroes on the same day (i.e., using the "dismissal-buyback" trick);
it is also forbidden to buy heroes who died in battle (do not confuse with those who fled)!

2. Forbidden: digging up the Grail without a fully opened puzzle map.

3. Forbidden: using cheat programs, codes, BUGs, as well as additional programs that can change the game structure.
The full list of tournament rules and BUGs can always be read here:
Offline Tournament Rules + FAQ
In case a week of "+5 monsters X" or a month of "monster X" occurs, the player must not replay the transition of the week/month.

8. In case of suspicion of cheating or other malicious intent while completing the map, a save must be made every game day.
In such a case (detection of cheating), the player will be required to send additional saves and provide a walkthrough description to the tournament organizer to determine whether the play was unfair or fair.
The result of a player who played unfairly is annulled, and their further participation in tournaments will be impossible. This will also reflect poorly on their reputation.

9. The use of two "automators" is permitted in the tournament:
1) Hero-digger
2) Ballista-killer Visual aid HERE.

After your save is received, you will see in the application table that:
save accepted (received by addressee) - by bold nickname
save with problems for verification and review - by italic red nickname
save counted - by underlined nickname
List of Tournament Participants
Tournament Participant Number
Tournament Participant Nickname
Rating for Last Stage
48
Перполькен
926.43
13
DARK_DRAGON
0
12
kj1313
273.52
80
Andrey44_44
0
26
Dirty_Player
956.74
81
Айвенго
0
82
Lexus_slk
0
83
~no1_knows_me~
0
84
Angel
0
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P.S. I wish all tournament participants a great time playing and, most importantly, VICTORY!

P.P.S. At the end of the tournament, certificates of honor and consolation prizes will be presented to the LEADERS for victory in the tournament stages. And the ABSOLUTE LEADER will receive a prize for winning this tournament.

View mini-tournament results HERE.
:smile13: [ТУРНИР] "Гонка за Лидером" :smile13:
:smile28: [M] "Я и моя тень" - "I am and my shadow" :smile28:
:smile16: "Быстрая смерть" - "Fast Death" :smile16:
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I just didn't have enough gold for the knuckle upgrade :( I gave the money from the Dragon Utopia to the greens so they could connect. I exchanged all resources for gold.

But why? There, 31 green dragons joined just like that :)
Catch;155486
I'm telling you, I spent five hours maximum passing through, didn't minimize losses or anything. The surprise came when I saw the boots were guarded :( I had to urgently move the entire army there. I was afraid it wouldn't be enough to kill the villains.

The games here last a day maximum, and you spent half a day — you could have squeezed something out of it, and losses didn't actually play a significant role...
"Единственное, что можно сказать с уверенностью об удаче - она изменит..."
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Why? There, 31 green dragons joined without a fight. :)
My dragons joined for 21600. And the other 22 were free. I'm very curious, what army did you use to recruit 9 green dragons without a fight?

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Kamikaze;155528
My dragons, costing 21,600, greeted me. And the other 22 were free. I'm very curious, with what army did you recruit 9 green dragons "just like that"?
I recruited 9 green dragons by paying, and 22 green dragons attacked me, the bastards!! But I crushed them for it!

P.S.: And no matter what anyone says, the Mythical Dragon is an amazing unit!!! I accomplished so much with just that one dragon!!!
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Why? There, 31 green dragons joined without any effort. :)
9 for 21600, 22 for free.

Here, games last a maximum of a day, and you spent half a day – you could have gotten something out of it, and the losses didn't really matter...
I couldn't get anything more. There wasn't even time for scouting. I was looking at where to run in the editor while on the way. There was no plan, nothing. And, to be honest, I didn't feel like playing. :(
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Hello everyone!
As expected, 95% was enough to maintain 1st place. To be honest, as soon as I realized that 9 days was the maximum, I relaxed and stopped worrying about the result.
Therefore, I didn't attack the Legions, although they were killed in auto-battle mode, but the losses were high, and killing them with a ballista is not serious. As a result, there isn't much mercury, and the total skill points could have been 90 or more. Well, it's not a big deal, these are all minor things.

Now I'm just starting to think that maybe the maximum for this map is 8 days. I don't know how Kamikaze and Dirty_Player did it, but if they killed 300 zombies on the second day, then the probability of 8 days increases, because after killing the zombies, I went to the garrison only after I recruited everyone I could, thereby losing one day. It is quite possible that a smaller army could have been used. Although the final result depends on the companion.

With the dragons, it was like this: first, I recruited 15 Green Dragons (army - 40 Green Knights, 3 Phoenixes, and 2 Battle Unicorns), then 5 Giants joined, then 9 Green Dragons joined (for 21600), but I killed them, and after Utopia, I recruited 22 Green Dragons (I recruited them all for free).

Vanechka - raising 25 Spectres in 15 days is an achievement! I can imagine how much nerves and resources you spent!
Все гениальное-просто!
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I have a question. Why didn't anyone want to eliminate 33 Bone Dragons to gain 15 Gold Dragons for free? I thought someone would take advantage of this, but apparently, they were either afraid or it wasn't profitable.
:smile13: [ТУРНИР] "Гонка за Лидером" :smile13:
:smile28: [M] "Я и моя тень" - "I am and my shadow" :smile28:
:smile16: "Быстрая смерть" - "Fast Death" :smile16:
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I'm just starting to think that the maximum time to complete this map is 8 days. I don't know how Kamikaze and Dirty_Player did it, but if they killed 300 zombies on the second day, then the probability of 8 days increases, because I went to the garrison only after I recruited everyone I could, thus losing one day. It is quite possible that it could have been done with a smaller army. Although the final result depends on the computer AI.
Nothing depends on the AI! I captured the pink Castle on the 3rd day and started building dragons there. I realized that to complete it in 8 days, you need to capture the pink Castle on the 2nd day. But for this, you need to somehow break through the garrison. I think for this you need to level up Expert Earth and learn Slow from the Djinn. But how do you deal with the dragons??? :confused: And in general, garrisons are Dmitry AS's specialty, he's an expert on them :-)
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Vanechka - raising 25 Spectres in 15 days is an achievement! I can imagine how much nerves and resources you spent!
In my first playthrough, I did the same. In 15 days, I collected 806 mercury and cleared the entire map.
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I have a question. Why didn't anyone want to kill 33 Bone Dragons and, in return, get 15 Gold Dragons for free? I thought someone would take advantage of this, but alas, it seems they were afraid or it wasn't profitable.
It takes a very long time to walk there. You can fly, but that's not an option either, because it's cheaper to buy Green Dragons than Azure Dragons.

2Kamikaze: There are no results yet, but you've already calculated the rating. How is that possible? Or did you take stages 1-3 into account in the rating?
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My dragons, costing 21,600, greeted me. And the other 22 were free. I'm very curious, what army did you use to recruit 9 green dragons "for free"?

They were recruited for money at point 97-16-0, but I'm talking about the 22nd green dragon at point 99-6-0, and it was free.

K0Lb@zzeR;155635
I have a question. Why didn't anyone want to kill 33 Bone Dragons and, in return, recruit 15 Gold Dragons for free? I thought someone would take advantage of this, but alas, it seems they were afraid or it wasn't profitable.

Why not? I killed those very scoundrels :), and the 15 gold dragons accomplished a lot ;)
"Единственное, что можно сказать с уверенностью об удаче - она изменит..."
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Hi everyone!
As expected, 95% was enough to maintain 1st place. To be honest, as soon as I realized that 9 days was the maximum, I relaxed and stopped worrying about the result.
That's cool, but to be honest, you needed more than 95%, Sasha! :(

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2Kamikaze: The results aren't available yet, but you've already calculated the rating. How is that possible? Or did you take stages 1-3 into account in the rating?
It was a typo... it has been corrected. Of course, stages 1-3 were taken into account. Thank you everyone for helping to find the inaccuracies.

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Today at work, it felt like it wasn't Friday, but some kind of super Monday :smile31:. They didn't give me time to transfer the results from Excel to HTML :smile05: (although, to be honest, I'm already sick of these tables :smile21: and nauseous, thanks to one highly respected and wonderful person, we won't point fingers :smile20:).

My working table is in the archive; you can view the results there. Later, I'll post the proper tables on the forum.
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:smile13: [ТУРНИР] "Гонка за Лидером" :smile13:
:smile28: [M] "Я и моя тень" - "I am and my shadow" :smile28:
:smile16: "Быстрая смерть" - "Fast Death" :smile16:
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After all, how will the winner of the first scenario be determined, by points or by rating?

It was previously stated that there would be 7 scenarios, and a medal would be awarded at the end of each.
The rules on the first page state: to win a scenario, you need to score as many points as possible in the stages that are part of that scenario. Points are calculated using the formula…

Naturally, I am in favor of sticking to the game rules, that is, judging by points, and not only because I will be first in points.
In my opinion, a table based on points is much fairer than one based on rating. No matter how you change the stages, the sum will remain the same. That is, each stage is important. This cannot be said about the rating; if you change the order of the stages, the result changes. That is, the last stage is much more important than the previous one, which is unfair.

A rating, by definition, should not be rewarded. Since it runs parallel to the game (just like in sports) and is constantly changing. If a medal is awarded based on the rating, there will constantly be confusion, and you will be wondering whether to send me the result or wait for the stage in which I will definitely show the maximum number of days.
Ideally, I see the rating tied to a cycle of games. That is, when the cycle repeats, the first game from the previous cycle is removed.

This is my opinion. But whatever the management decides, that’s what will happen.
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Dear Perpolken, We were discussing Mr. Kolbazzer's ranking system. It's structured in such a way that only 1/16 of your points from stage 1-1 remain... and half of the points from stage 1-4.
In my opinion, a table based on points is much fairer than a ranking system.
I agree with you, but where were you earlier?

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I want to participate in the tournament. Please register me for the tournament.
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I would like to participate in the tournament. Please register me for the tournament. But I have a couple of questions... I have the Platinum Complete version in English... and if I register now, will I start with the first maps or the latest one that is released?
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