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The fourth stage of the annual John Van Canigem tournament for HoMM IV
«Seven Steps To Glory»
«Seven Steps To Glory»
1. In order to participate in the 4th stage of the Van Canigem tournament for Heroes 4 «Seven Steps To Glory», you must register on our website and leave an application in this thread.
This tournament is official; a rating will be awarded based on its results.
2. The tournament is held on the Russian version of Heroes 4: " Whirlwinds of War " by Buka. The save will be generated on the Russian version.
3. The goal of the game is to defeat the enemy.
The result will be evaluated primarily based on the minimum time.
If several players have an equal completion time, the best will be determined by points; if a favorite is still not determined here, then by the amount of mercury.
4. Tournament Rules.
1) It is forbidden to use cheat codes during the final completion of the save.
2) Restarting or any other modification of the initial save is forbidden.
3) Use of the space bar.
3.1) Use of the "space" key is FORBIDDEN when boarding a boat.
3.2) Use of the "space" key is FORBIDDEN when disembarking from a boat to shore.
3.3) Use of the "space" key is ALLOWED when pulling a killed hero (grave) from under monsters.
4) Bugs - SaveBag
4.1. Moving monsters using saving is FORBIDDEN.
4.2. Additional hero upgrades related to saving are FORBIDDEN.
4.3. 65000 arrows for Elves using saving in battle is FORBIDDEN.
5) Bugs - SinglBag
5.1. Overcoming obstacles on land, i.e., when dragging units with the mouse from upper slots to lower ones, they end up, for example, behind bushes that are usually impassable (the player does nothing forbidden, uses the mouse; during this operation, units lose some of their moves).
ALLOWED.
5.2. Overcoming obstacles when disembarking from a boat to shore, i.e., landing on shore without an indication of the possibility of landing (the anchor is not visible on the shore), again this is done using the mouse, and units' moves are reset (space is obviously forbidden - see point 2).
ALLOWED.
5.3. Upgrading hero graves with a thief. Upgrading hero graves with a Master of Stealth.
PURPOSEFUL upgrading of a grave in this way is FORBIDDEN.
NON-PURPOSEFUL upgrading of a grave in this way is ALLOWED.
You must provide an reasoned explanation as to why you were forced to accidentally upgrade the grave and why it was unavoidable.
5.4. Upgrading graves with ordinary units on attack, defense, or speed crystals (sapphires) in battle, or increasing magic points.
FORBIDDEN.
5.5. Units carrying a grave are allowed to visit stables, oases, wells, and other objects that increase movement points.
Therefore, EVEN PURPOSEFUL transport of a grave through these objects is ALLOWED.
5.6. Use of a hero's spellbook by the same hero as a grave on the adventure map.
FORBIDDEN.
6. The use of "completely Closed external dwellings" on the battlefield is forbidden.
(I will explain in more detail what this is for those who don't understand: I consider a "Closed external dwelling" to be a COMPLETELY enclosed area, for example by rocks or logs, which contains
a small island for a unit, such as a fairy, harpy, vampire, etc.
That is, a place that cannot be entered on land by a unit of the smallest
size (3x3) and can only be reached by air—a kind of natural fortress. Having such an external dwelling, one could use a single fairy to beat a hundred Black Dragons and win an unrealistic battle; to prevent such situations, I forbid "Closed external dwellings" in this tournament.)
7. Digging up the Grail without fully opened obelisks is forbidden!
8. Discussing the tournament on the forum during its progress is FORBIDDEN!!!
(Players who violate this rule automatically disqualify themselves from playing the tournament; their results will not be counted and will be annulled).
9. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ALLOWED.
(unlimited number of heroes on the map beyond eight, and so on).
A "Not-closed external dwelling," or more accurately a semi-open one, is allowed in this tournament.
By a semi-open external dwelling, I mean a place where a unit or Hero can
Enter on foot, while the attacking monsters, regardless of their size, must be able to reach the Hero or unit to strike them (the point of a Semi-open external dwelling is to limit the number of monsters attacking you simultaneously). And it's not proper for a Hero to hide in an external dwelling while enemies waste themselves on whatever. Our Heroes fight with open visors.
10. The player is obliged during the tournament progress to keep intermediate saves for each game day.
Intermediate saves may be requested by the tournament leader to verify the honesty of the completion. If the use of cheat codes is detected, as well as errors and game features explicitly mentioned in the rules as forbidden, the player will be immediately excluded from the tournament.
It is also necessary to save controversial battles (such as a hero and a fairy against 100 dragons) so that the honesty of the victory in the clash can be checked.
11. Along with the final save, players are required to send a description of the tactics for the final battle (the more difficult the battle, the more detailed).
If the win depends on morale/luck rolls or specific actions by computer players, a full description of the battle is required—one that allows it to be repeated.
12. Send the final save to the email address Lu41k@yandex.ru or sandroxxl@yandex.ru. The sent save must contain the participant's number from the application table, the abbreviation SG («Seven Steps To Glory»), and the player's Nickname. Example: 1_SG _Lu41k.h4s.
13. The tournament starts on May 6 and will last until June 3 (inclusive!). The result will be announced on June 6, 2008.
14. After receiving your save, you will see in the application table that:
the save is accepted - indicated by a Bold Nickname
This list may be expanded by new participants!
We invite everyone to take part in the tournament!
Saves will only be considered from players who are in this table, so make your applications IN ADVANCE!!!
| PARTICIPANT LIST | |
| NUMBER | PLAYER NICKNAME |
| 1 | SteN |
| 2 | Драккошка |
| 3 | L@R$$ON |
| 4 | Psixxx |
| 5 | Мирабелла |
| 6 | T@mar@ |
| 7 | General ZeT |
| 8 | ValgallaWolf |
| 9 | Undergrounder |
| 10 | Brackman |
| 11 | Тими |
| 12 | dim013 |
| 13 | LordZezuk |
| 14 | ZveroBoy |
| 15 | Romanuel |
Everything about the starting save
1. Download the save.
2. The downloaded save must be placed on your computer in the GAMES folder of the installed Heroes 4.
3. Load it and start playing at any time convenient for you, while remembering to make daily saves.
4. After completing up to the last action (after which victory occurs), you must save again.
5. With the final save, describe this last step in detail (most likely a battle); then the results will 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; the top 10 (the very best) will take their place of honor in the "Hall of Fame" section!
7. Send this save to the specified address (in the rules of this tournament).
8. Wait for the results.
PS The map was taken from the standard ones and edited by me.
The following are banned on the map: Nature Magic Summoning skill and the "Druid's Chain" artifact (specifically for those who love running around with fairies—don't even try to get Summoning :))! I warn you right away: the map is quite difficult, but in my opinion very beautiful and interesting! I think a tournament of this rank deserves a challenging map! :) © Luchik.
P.S. I wish all tournament participants a great time playing!!! And good luck:smile02:
Respectfully, Luchik and SandroXXL!
