The first stage of the annual John Van Caneghem Memorial Tournament. — Tournament history (offline)

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Kamikaze

18 years ago

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The first stage of the annual John Van Caneghem Memorial Tournament

TOURNAMENT RULES

1. To participate in this Heroes 1 "Dragon Pass" tournament, you must register on our website www.heroesworld.ru and submit an application in this thread.

This tournament is part of the general John van Caneghem Memorial Tournament, so all information, as well as the conduct and results, will be displayed in this section.

John Van Caneghem Memorial Tournament at HeroesWorld

Note: The final results of the tournament will also be available in the offline Heroes 1 tournaments section.

2. The tournament will be played on the Russian version of Heroes 1 from Buky. The save file will be generated on the Russian version 1.1.

3. The goal of the game is to defeat the enemy in the shortest possible time.
The submitted save file must contain the abbreviation (VC - van Caneghem) and the player's nickname.

Example:

VC_Kamikaze.GM1 or VC-Kamikaze.GM1

4. The result will primarily be evaluated based on the minimum time taken.
If several players have equal completion times, the best one will be determined by the sum of primary skills (attack, defense, magic, knowledge), INCLUDING WORN ARTIFACTS; if a favorite still cannot be determined, it will be based on the amount of mercury.

5. Along with the submitted save file, you must include a description of the last step (battle with a hero, battle for a castle, capturing an artifact, defeating the last monster) after which victory occurs, or the scenario is completed.

6. The submitted save file may have multiple heroes; the sum of characteristics is calculated for the strongest one.

7. You can read the rules for passing the save here.

8. Send the save file to the email address Kamikaze.

9. In case of suspicion that a player is cheating or has other malicious intent while playing the map, it is necessary to make a save every game day.
In this case (detection of cheating), the player will be required to send additional saves and provide a description of the gameplay to determine whether the game was fair or not, to the tournament organizer.
The result of a player who played unfairly will be canceled, and their further participation in tournaments will be impossible. This will also affect their reputation negatively.

10. Discussion of the tournament during its course is PROHIBITED!!!
(Players who violate this rule will automatically lose the opportunity to play in the tournament; their results will not be counted and will be annulled).

11. The tournament starts on February 17th and lasts until March 10th (inclusive!). The results will be announced on March 14, 2008.

12. After you submit your save file, you will see in the application table that:

save accepted - indicated by a bold nickname.
save approved - indicated by an italicized - bold nickname.

We invite everyone to participate in the tournament!

Save files will only be considered from players who are listed in this table, so please submit your applications IN ADVANCE!!!

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
NUMBER	PLAYER NICKNAME
1	Kamikaze
2	Gramm
3	Psixxx
4	BigAke
5	Raper
6	Romanuel
7	Light God
8	Fireball
9	Lord Vampire
10	Miner
11	ValgallaWolf
12	SoulDrinker
13	Maximix
14	TosBelorus
15	Catch
16	Necromancher
17	WOLVARINE
18	vbn
19	Nzol

All about the starting save

Starting save

Starting save:

Map from which the save was generated:

1. Download the save file.

2. You need to place the downloaded save file in the GAMES folder of your installed Heroes 1 game on your computer.

3. Load it and start playing at any time that is convenient for you, while remembering to make daily saves.

4. After reaching the last action (after which victory occurs), you must save again.

5. With the final save, provide a detailed description of the last step (most likely the battle); this will speed up the results and reduce suspicion of cheating!!!

6. A complete description of the tournament map is encouraged (not required). If there are such descriptions, a competition will be held for the best description. The top five will take their rightful place in the "Feats of Our Best Heroes" section!

7. Send this save file to the specified address (in the rules of this tournament).

8. Wait for the results to be announced.

P.S. I wish all participants an enjoyable game and most importantly VICTORY!

P.S.S. If there are additions or comments, please do not hesitate to express them so as to minimize disagreements and shortcomings during the tournament process.

Always yours, Kamikaze.

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Necromancher

18 years ago

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I sent my save file, waiting for confirmation!
I'm planning to compete for last place, so we'll still have a battle with Lord :D

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Dark Mon@rch

18 years ago

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I hope I made it in time... Please register me for the tournament too... I sent the save file, waiting for confirmation.

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Alex_R

18 years ago

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I think I managed to submit my entry in time (it’s 22:47 for me, which means there are still 12 minutes left in Moscow time).
Please register me for the tournament and confirm that you received my save file.
P.S. I might not have achieved the maximum score, but I enjoyed the playthrough... I managed to do everything I planned :smile44:

Catch

18 years ago

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I guess we can start sharing replays now, right? I only have 5 days worth.

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vbn

18 years ago

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6. And considering that I didn't spend any time on scouting or developing a strategy, and the entire game – from downloading the save file to the last save – took 5 hours, and I didn't plan to spend any more time on it, so, taking all this into account, the task, although approached head-on, was accomplished.

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Romanuel

18 years ago

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vbn;158829

6.
And considering that I didn't spend any time on scouting or developing a strategy, and the entire game – from downloading the save file to the last save – took 5 hours, and I didn't plan to spend any more time, so, considering all of this, the task, although approached head-on, was accomplished.

By the way, this is a great result for someone who isn't a fan of the first Heroes game. So, 6 days right away – definite respect! We're waiting for the masters.

Miner

18 years ago

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I completed it in 6 days because, starting from the fourth day, the hero rode to the Academy with a medium-speed army. However, it is possible to capture this Castle as early as the 4th day if you take the Boots of Nomad from the Druids and move only with a fast army. The remaining Castles can be captured with fast movement on the same fourth day. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time to develop this tactic.

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Catch

18 years ago

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Romanuel;158844

Waiting for the luminaries.

I'm afraid the most prominent luminary won't be posting here, so as not to traumatize the public's psyche :) Personally, after I found out his result, my eye is still twitching :smile07: So better we wait for the announcement of the results :)

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Psixxx

18 years ago

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6 days, it was going smoothly, I almost finished it in 5, but I ran out of patience.

Lord Vampire

18 years ago

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41 days) Please don't criticize me.

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Alex_R

18 years ago

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Catch;158854

I'm afraid the main expert here won't be writing anything, so as not to traumatize the public. :)

We're already used to surprises, but on this map, there's nothing to be surprised about, as the limit of this map (from this save) can be easily determined. The problem is that it's not very easy to implement. If a hero, positioned in front of the dragons, can reach the right castle (red Knight), then on the 2nd day, you can take all the castles and kill all the "noobs." And if he can't reach it, then it will take at least 3 days on this save.
Day 1
Place three heroes in front of the dragons to "level up." One Barbarian gathers the entire army and attacks the thieves in the south, takes the gold, and attacks the ogres guarding the Shield and Sword. And one Warlock (who is offered right away) runs towards the defeated thieves and takes the chest on his last turn.
Day 2
The Barbarian (with the army) picks up the +2 and +3 artifacts and brings them to the castle.
The Warlock takes two more chests, and from his home castle, another hero is bought and the artifacts and army are given to one of the three heroes in front of the dragons.
Since we're not building much in the castle, theoretically, we can get an army of 150+ goblins, 5 wolves, 30+ orcs, 10 centaurs, and the Barbarian's stats with the artifacts will be 5-3-1-1... or, if we're counting on morale, there will be slightly fewer goblins and orcs, but instead of centaurs, there will be archers and peasants, and the hero's stats will be 4-4-1-1.
But even with a very good battle, the losses can be catastrophic, so that you then have to divide it into 3 squads to attack the enemy castles.
In general, if anyone has implemented this, then respect to them; I chose a slightly different tactic, although the strategy is the same.
P.S. It's a pity that no monsters join you :smile32:

RAPER

18 years ago

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6 days..=);)..even though I also only played once... but could have finished much earlier.. because the drakes disappeared on the 2nd day, same as the mages with the castle... then came the winding paths... "Back and forth".... and well — I simply lacked the skill and patience to figure out the computer's move...;)

I'm afraid the most prominent expert here won't post, so as not to traumatize the public's psyche. Personally, ever since I found out his result, my eye still twitches. So it's better to wait for the announcement of the results.

same here...I was in shock..;)

P.S. Too bad none of the monsters are joining

but in my opinion, this added a certain "spiciness" to the map (if you can put it that way) =);)
by the way, folks.. share. how did you break through the dragons — and did you break through them at all =)

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Nzol

18 years ago

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RAPER;158876

by the way, guys... share your experiences. How did you defeat dragons, and did you even manage to defeat them at all? =)

Dragons were defeated by a hero with stats 5-3-1-6 and an army of 1 wolf, 28 orcs, and 178 goblins. Morale or minimum damage from dragons in the early turns is required.

RAPER

18 years ago

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Dragons were defeated by a hero with stats 5-3-1-6 and an army of 1 wolf, 28 orcs, and 178 goblins. Is morale or minimum damage from dragons needed in the early turns?

and on which day - the 2nd? Or the 1st?
I defeated them on the 2nd day with a hero... with a sword, shield... and with an artifact for morale...
Army: 30 orcs, 8 centaurs, about 170 goblins, and 10 wolves... the rest of the army: 130 goblins and 4 wolves - 1 time morale + bless on the goblins....

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Catch

18 years ago

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RAPER;158880

on which day – the 2nd, right? Or the 1st?
I cleared it on the 2nd day with a hero... with a sword, shield... and with artifacts for morale...
The army: 30 Orcs, 8 Centaurs, about 170 Goblins, and 10 Wolves... the rest of the army: 130 Goblins and 4 Wolves – 1 morale boost + bless on the Goblins....

So, what about the 6th day then???
I tried several times to kill the lizards on the 2nd day, but I could only manage to kill about three, after which I ran to recruit Archers and Orcs in the swamp, and Ogres in the desert. With them, I cleared it on the 3rd day, but all the money went to the chain, so after taking the Warlock castle, I didn't do anything else. And the next night, the Warlocks ran far away, so I only managed to catch up with them on the 5th day.