Posts from 2nd inter-portal tournament of HMM3-OFF: "Water Magic"

I invite all fans of Heroes 3 to take part in the second, JOINT tournament of two Heroes communities: HeroesWorld.ru and HeroesPortal.net General Tournament Rules:

1. To participate in the Heroes 3 Tournament, you must register on our website or on the HeroesPortal.net website. If you wish, you can also leave an application in this thread. By leaving an application, you will be notified about receiving your save in the application table.

2. The tournament is held on the Heroes 3: The Shadow of Death version with patch 3.2 or 4.0.

3. The goal of the game is to obtain the artifact – “Book of Water Magic” – in the shortest number of days. In case of a tie in the number of days, the second criterion will be the sum of the primary stats (Attack, Defense, Magic Power, Knowledge) taking into account the equipped artifacts!
Note: The sum of the primary stats is calculated directly in the final save (if the last action is a battle, the sum of the stats is calculated before the battle!)

4. Discussion of the tournament during its course is PROHIBITED!!!
If the organizer, or his assistant, has documented evidence of a discussion of the tournament in any place on the Internet, he has the right to permanently disqualify such player(s) from participating in tournaments on www.heroesworld.ru. The results of such players will not be counted and will be annulled.
The tournament organizer also reserves the right to consider that the discussion of the tournament was between players if players from the same clan completed the tournament in exactly the same way.

5. This tournament is held according to the rules of HeroesPortal.net, which are almost identical to the rules of HeroesWorld.ru. You can familiarize yourself with the rules by following the links:
http://www.heroesportal.net/land/rules.php?type=main
http://www.heroesportal.net/land/rules.php?type=off3
I would like to draw your attention to the following points:

1. All battles conducted in the tournament may be subjected to verification by the tournament organizers to confirm the reality of their repetition on any computer, and participants may be asked to provide detailed descriptions of the battles they conducted.

If battles are repeated, the outcome of morale, luck, or abilities should not be a decisive factor in victory (saving the army) and should not be mandatory when repeating the battle by the tournament organizer.

A player may deviate from these rules and build their victory on a single occurrence of morale, luck, or abilities and ask the tournament organizer to replay their battle several times to confirm the reality of repeating its results.

In case of deviation from these rules, as well as the inability of the tournament organizer to repeat any of the battles in the tournament within 25 attempts, the participant's final save will be annulled.

2. Prohibition of escaping from the sea and subsequent movement of the redeemed hero, using navigation bonuses on land.
In other words, this prohibition applies to the following cases:
1. Using the hero's artifact “Admiral's Hat” or its components;
2. The hero has the “Navigation” skill of any level;
3. The presence (construction or taking control) of a Lighthouse(-s).
In other cases, escaping from the sea and moving the redeemed hero is allowed.

If you have any questions, please contact the organizer in a private message!

6. In case of suspicion of a player cheating, or other malicious intent when completing the map, it is necessary to make a save before each significant event (for example, before a battle, before hiring another hero). The result of a player who played unfairly, as well as one who did not send their description (saves) in time at the request of the tournament organizer, will be annulled, and their further participation in tournaments will be impossible. This will also affect their reputation, not in a good way.

7. Sequence of actions to participate in the tournament:

7.1. Download the save.

7.2. The downloaded save must be placed in the GAMES folder of your installed Heroes 3 on your computer.

7.3. Load it and start the game at any time that is convenient for you, while remembering to make intermediate saves (at least at the end or beginning of each game day, or better, both at once).

7.4. After completing the last action (after which the victory occurs), you must save again. The final save should contain two heroes (the remaining heroes must be dismissed): the one performing the last action and the hero whose stats are counted; if these heroes are the same, only one should remain.

Save name: The final save must be named after the participant's nickname.

Example:
Dirty_Player.gm1

7.5. A complete description of the tournament map is encouraged (not required).

7.6. Send this save to the addresses nmr@bk.ru and sub-zero-mil@rambler.ru

7.7. Wait for the results to be announced.

8. The tournament starts on 03.06.2009 and will last until 07.07.2009 (Ivan Kupala Day :D) (inclusive until 24:00 Moscow time). Only one final save is accepted from each player.
The results will be published no later than 12.07.2009.

9. Discussion on heroesportal.net
http://www.heroesportal.net/tavern/?id=264659&pagenum=3

10. List of participants:

Almost forgot to sign up... :D
I love your tournaments!

Kostyanich, I'm next on the list ;). I really hope to find the time!

Oh, wonderful! I'll be the third! Please sign me up.

Hello, players!
I will set a limit on the number of days!
As for the skill-based exercise, I'm not sure if I'll have time!
Kostik, the puzzle is really challenging :)
Keep me in mind.

2Vanechka: Hey Vanechka, it's been a while since we last saw you. I'll gladly register you. Happy belated birthday!

2Sniper93: As far as I know, you had some issues with previous tournaments (correct me if I'm wrong), but nevertheless, I'll register you, but with the condition that you make daily saves, so that if something goes wrong, :smile10: you understand?

I would like to try as well – please add me to the list.
Best regards, Paraburum

2Sniper93: As far as I know, you had some problems with previous tournaments (correct me if I'm wrong), but nevertheless, I will register you, but with the condition that you make daily saves, so that if something goes wrong, :smile10: you understand?

Yes, you are right!!!:o I promise to make daily saves!!! If something happens, you can check later!!!;)

I also want to try – add me to the list.
Best regards, Paraburum

Added. Good luck in the tournament!

You are right!!!:o I promise to make daily saves!!! If anything happens, you can check them later!!!;)

Okay, good luck in the tournament!

By the way, I would like to note that the prize for the previous tournament has found its owner. Congratulations to vbn. You can close the thread about the previous tournament and archive it ;)

Guys, legends gather at this tournament. I recommend it!

Please register me for the tournament. I can't guarantee a great result, but as they say, it's not about winning)) and the map is interesting.

Just in case, I'll add this:

Due to a minor oversight, the following MANDATORY condition has been added:
Victory must be achieved by obtaining the Book of Water Magic. You don't need to defeat everyone!

Good luck to all!

I want to join too! Please register me!

Can I participate in the tournament? I want to as well...

Sure, the host will be happy to do that ;).

P.S. Kost, maybe you could make the first post the main one?