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I'm all set to run the Black Sabbath tournament. The only question is how many people will participate. If at least 10 people sign up, I'll start it. The essence of the tournament is that you're given a save file with a Dungeon castle that's slightly less than half-built, and the heroine Erin. The task is to level up Erin within a month. Whoever levels her up the most wins. The whole point of the tournament is that I think this idea will attract not only hardcore offline players but also casual players because you don't have to complete any quests; you just have to try to gain as much experience as possible. An important note is that only Erin's experience will be counted. Therefore, the tournament requires some skill in playing as the Dungeon faction. Although, if there are suggestions, we can try to create several balanced save files for different castles, but it seems difficult to me.
Share your thoughts – do you like it or not? Is such a tournament needed or not?
If you ask, I can add a preliminary set of rules.

What will the map look like, even roughly? A month is too long; we need a shorter timeframe. To showcase a good result, you need to restart the game more than once. Also, the Lord's tournament is currently underway, so few people will want to play in an unofficial tournament. Please wait a bit.

What kind of tournament is this? Tournaments focused on gaining experience have been held before. But overall, Ghost is right; it's better to wait and launch it later.

Yes, let's wait and schedule it between "Golem Master" and stage 5 of the World Championship, as there will be a suitable time slot. And tournaments focused on leveling up already have their fans, and I think if the map is versatile and interesting, the tournament will be a success.
Here's a suggestion: maybe we can jointly create a schedule for official Heroes 5 tournaments, so that official tournaments don't overlap with fan tournaments, and fan tournaments don't suffer from low participation rates as a result. This way, potential organizers can see that a tournament shouldn't be planned for a specific time because another official tournament will be taking place.

What will the map look like, at least roughly... A month is too long, we need a bit less time. To achieve a good result, you need to restart more than once. Besides, the Lord’s tournament is currently ongoing, so few people will want to play in a non-official tournament. Wait a bit.

Naturally, I won't launch it before the Lord’s tournament ends. Secondly, the tournament is not a walkthrough—why would you need to restart that many times? I think people will restart at most 4 days back? But if that’s the case, then maybe 21 (three weeks) days, no less. I’ve been thinking that testing the HeroesWorld Tournament Edition directly online is unwise, so I think we’ll test it in this tournament, and the map will be made on either the Smile template or the Chaos template. See the attachments.

Not everyone has this patch installed... This will be a significant obstacle.

3-5 megabytes isn't significant. For the opportunity to try out the most balanced version of the fifth installment, IMHO. Everything else goes in the second post here: /topic/at/169687/

Well, I don't know. I think many won't want to change the game's structure just for one official tournament. After all, other official tournaments are held on the official version 3.0; you need to gauge public opinion first, and then decide.

Why just for one official tournament? In the future, I plan to hold (at least my) tournaments on The Eastern Invasions, because it offers more tactical diversity than 3.0 (for clarity, go and watch tournaments on the league that are not on The Eastern Invasions – you’ll see that few people don’t rush for Order Skills, while in The Eastern Invasions, for example, obtaining Order Skills is complicated by skills that are not the most useful, which adds more balance). Changing the game structure? Putting a file in a folder that can be deleted in 2 seconds if you don’t like it – is that changing the game structure? Perhaps you meant changing the gameplay tactics? Well, for each official game, it’s different anyway and changes from case to case. Perhaps you meant changing the game mechanics? Yes, absolutely – because The Eastern Invasions has balance.

I absolutely agree with Ghost regarding the poll; many might simply be put off by the hassle of downloading. For example, I'm still on the fence about whether I even need it, as it would involve jumping from one place to another. Although Adelaide said that it's all done simply – "install, uninstall," and that's it – I'm still in favor of a more conservative approach regarding this patch. I'll probably wait for 3.1 and see what the developers offer in terms of balancing.
However, I really liked the idea of the tournament, and moreover, I wouldn't delay its launch too much. Its structure is different from the vampire one, and sometimes variety can even help achieve more significant results.

it differs in structure from the vampire one

in what way?

I'm also a conservative

although in Heroes 4 I play as the Equilibrists
and in Heroes 5 I'm waiting for version 3.1, it seems the developers have either forgotten about it
or are preparing a pleasant surprise

p/s
it's just that you switch from one to another
and sometimes you are very surprised when access to your favorite skill is suddenly blocked ;)

Then it would be good to come up with another plot to make it more interesting. For example, who will become the new ruler of the Dungeon? Kifrah, Iranna, or Eruina, etc.

What?

I meant that the game conditions are different, and I think that's enough for variety. Sometimes, when I'm working on a vampire map, I feel like throwing my monitor out the window :smile31:. But if I could, I'd just play another tournament, where there's no need to rush, I could relax, save, and then go back to the vampire map:smile17: :D

So, are you talking about the Master of Golems? :)
I was talking about the Wise Hero.

...the game conditions are different, that's what I meant, I think that's enough for variety. Sometimes, when I'm playing a vampire map, I feel like throwing my monitor out the window:smile31:. But if I could, I'd just play another tournament, one where there's no rush, where I can relax, save, and then go back to the vampire map:smile17: :D

So, what's the final result? In both tournaments, the results were poor, and in both, I don't want to send the save files, but I still had fun! And that's how it will be for every other player.