Posts from 3rd annual offline tournament "Best of the best"

To sit a player down for many man-hours browsing endless windows in search of ghosts, on a huge map with insane object density — what could be more interesting?
You could, of course, just ignore it, pretend to be "blind", but then the question is — why bother painting all this in the first place?
This tournament will be remembered by me as
A housewives' quest "Find the item with a surprise".

After such a thorough study of the editor, the strength and desire to actually play will most likely be gone

IMO, such gimmicks have little to do with true Heroes.

The map's name in the editor looks like outright mockery.

actually, it's a voluntary tournament;)
I'm aware that I don't have to play. But, you see, I've been waiting for this tournament for a whole year.

and in my opinion, it's exactly the opposite! I already wrote about it in a previous post - as Ambersoler said, "The most important thing in offlane is scouting in the editor!" If you don't see it, you'll mess up... that's my IMHO!!

There's a nuance here. The aphorism itself is correct, but the person who wrote it meant something slightly different. Scouting in the editor should provide food for thought. When opening the editor, the player knows what they want to clarify. After clarifying, they consider options, management, etc. again.
And what thoughts, if I may ask, does a mindless enumeration of object properties generate?
You drew a thousand toadstools and coyly hint that there's one white mushroom among them, but it doesn't look like a white mushroom... Well, how are you supposed to find it?
And what does Heroes have to do with this?
Instead of playing my favorite game, I've been coming home from work for several days and just fiddling with these toadstools, without even launching Heroes of Might and Magic 3. Do you think that's fun?
I'm telling you - I don't want to play your puzzles, I want to play Heroes. And you're telling me - no way, you have to play my mini-game first, and then you can play Heroes. And if you don't complete my quest, you'll get penalties in the main game.
I'd make you review the properties of all these thousands of monsters...

I'm aware that I might not even play. But, you see, I've been waiting for this Tournaments all year.


There's a nuance here. The aphorism itself is correct, but the person who wrote it meant something slightly different. The editor should provide food for thought. When opening the editor, the player knows what they want to clarify. After clarifying, they reconsider options, manage resources, etc.
But what thoughts, if I may ask, does a mindless enumeration of object properties evoke?
You drew a thousand fly agarics and coyly hint that there's one white mushroom among them, but it doesn't look like a white one... Well, how are you supposed to find it?
And what do the Heroes have to do with this?
Instead of playing my favorite game, I've been coming home from work for several days and just fiddling with these fly agarics, without even launching Heroes of Might and Magic 3. Do you think that's fun?
I'm telling you - I don't want to play your puzzles; I want to play Heroes. And you're telling me - no way, you have to play my mini-game first, and then you can play Heroes. And if you don't complete my quest, you'll get penalties in the main game.
I wish I could make you review the properties of all these thousands of monsters...

posted by Dirty Player
Moreover, the Best of the Best tournament format implies a lot of hassle... BUT, there will soon be a new tournament on my map, created from scratch. The map will be somewhat similar to 4sale. So, you'll get a map that will make you think, rather than just look for easy solutions.

A new tournament on my map, created from scratch, will be held soon. The map will be somewhat similar to 4sale. So, there will be a map for you that will make you think, not just look for a quick win ;)

The fans asked me to pass along a big thank you.:)

2 Ta Kotoraya...
No quarrels, I just wanted to understand why someone did THIS.
OK, let's assume "he waited accordingly"...

If there are quarrels, I will wield the moderator's punishing sword!:smile10:

90% of success is indeed achieved in 5 minutes with closed eyes..

No quarrels, I just wanted to understand why a person did THIS.

You know, my one HUGE problem is playing this ENTIRE map on auto-combat. (I don't want to patch, but with auto-combat — alas...),

90% of success is indeed achieved in 5 minutes with your eyes closed...

After all, if you take an example from such masters as vbn, then you need to optimize every milligram.

Take, for example, last year's BB tournament. I'm still in shock from the result :)