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Arena Online Tournament for 3-ka "Will and Reason".
The tournament is held on version 4.0 (or 3.2, if you do not have the Platinum Collection).
Tournament concept: 2 players meet in an arena (the arena is attached to the post), a game save is generated specifically for each pair of players and sent by the organizers (Adelaide and vbn), and then two battles take place (players equip their heroes at their own discretion), as a result of which a winner and a loser are determined. If after two arenas the score is 1-1, then a third game is held—which will be generated by the players themselves using the attached map—FULL RANDOM (random races and heroes; the battle must take place on neutral ground, gold must be set as a bonus). The tournament will be conducted according to the Olympic system (single elimination). Then the winner moves to the next round, and experience is added to the hero that they received directly in battles during previous stages (i.e., base 20000 + experience gained from all previous stages). And so on until a winner is determined. Each player will be assigned a place in the final table; if the place is not clear initially, additional games will be held.
The number of participants is limited: 32 people.
The tournament will take place in 5 stages (first stage, second stage, quarterfinals, semifinals, finals).
The application should include an ICQ number for contacting opponents.
1. Race Draw:
• each player in a pair crosses out 3 races for the other (one race is crossed out alternately, starting with the red player; it is possible to cross out the same races for each other), which they forbid from being used against them;
• in the 1st game, participants choose any race from the remaining 6 and any hero from the list of allowed heroes, notify the organizers of their choice (they do not need to notify the opponent) and play the game with them;
View the list of allowed heroes. >>
• in the 2nd game, the race you played in the first game is added to the forbidden races (by choosing it, you again may not notify the opponent of your choice);
• if participants chose the same hero for one game, this hero remains with the blue player, and the red player chooses another hero without notifying the blue player;
• the draw must be conducted in advance and you must tell the organizers who you will play in both battles, as well as specify the deadline by which the save must be made, at least 24 hours. This is necessary for the timely generation and sending of saves to you.
View an example of the race draw. >>
2. Gameplay:
the red player receives a save from the organizers; then, alternating turns, players move across the map and level up the hero, buy artifacts (creating and using combined artifacts is forbidden>), technology, magic spells, and an army (tip: buy the army at the last moment). Turn time is unlimited, but the map's expiration date is 2 weeks (though a week may be enough), then the red player chooses an allowed battlefield and stands on it>, notifies the blue player, passes the turn, and the blue player attacks them>.
View allowed terrain types where battles can be conducted. >>
Then the battle proceeds in normal mode. In the second game, red becomes blue, and blue accordingly becomes red. After the battles end, the winner must remember the amount of experience received for the battle. If a third battle is necessary, the one who was red in the first game remains red.
In cases where both heroes die as a result of the battle or a stalemate occurs (for example, if one player has 100 dwarves left during the battle and the other has 1 fly, and the 100 dwarves simply cannot catch the fly), both participants are credited with a draw. If this happened in the 1st or 2nd round of the game, then the 3rd game is not played.
3. Next, you write a report on victory/defeat, which must state: who played against whom (nicknames), who won, and the amount of experience received in battles by the winner. If a tournament participant wins technically, they are awarded 20.000 experience points. It is mandatory to make saves before the final battle and after it, and keep them until you are sure your game has been counted.
4. Players must play fair and respect each other. Using cheat codes is forbidden. Opening saves before the end of the match is not allowed. Opening the map in the editor during the game is, of course, permitted. A match is considered finished when one player has completely destroyed the second, which must be confirmed via ICQ. Only after this is it permitted to open saves.
5. The tournament organizers reserve the right to make any changes and additions to the rules during the tournament.
6. Based on the results of the tournament, all participants are assigned a place in the table; therefore, there will be additional games (to determine placement in the table).
7. This tournament is official; rating will be credited for it (the person responsible for the rating is Mr. Raper), and a medal under the avatar will be awarded to the winner.
8. Reports of played arenas should be left here with a note that the game took place as part of the "Will and Reason" tournament.
In this thread, you should leave applications for participation (according to the template), as well as ask questions about the tournament rules.
I remind you of copyrights: this map is the result of many days of work by Mr. vbn; copying it for use in other tournaments is permitted only after permission from vbn.
Tournament results can be viewed at the link.
Attention!!! The arena file was replaced on 20.03.08, 13:10 (thanks to Mr. Dirty_Player; the bug consisted of the unplanned availability of the Book of Earth).
Attention!!! An arena file arena_hw2.zip has been posted with exclusively cosmetic changes (fort added, unnecessary pointers removed, etc.), 25.03.08, 01:30.
Attention!!! An arena file arena_hw3.zip has been posted for second-round games (and games to determine 13th to 24th place) with the following changes:
• suppression sphere is unavailable;
• cloak of renunciation is unavailable;
• blade of Armageddon is unavailable;
• cost of magic spheres increased to 15000;
• cursed land replaced by sand; all Full Random games are played on sand;
• no viewing spells that could be used to determine which artifacts the opponent acquired.
09.04.08, 20:30.[/B]
