Posts from "Heroes' Herald"

The first issue of the online magazine is out.
"Heroes' Herald"

In this issue, you can find the following articles:
* Heroes news [wiki]World[/wiki]
* Inferno vs. Fortress
* Might and Magic
* Building a Stronghold
* All about templates
* Let's live according to the law (an article about legal software)
* Secrets of sound recording
* Poetry
* Music review
* "World G" (a spy story)
* How to destroy a computer (humor)
and much more



You can download it here:
www.woggrad.ru/vestnik/10_2009.pdf
size 11 MB

The SECOND issue of "Heroes' Herald" is out



- The most interesting events of 2009
- Computer actions during turn transitions
- Heroes of Might and Magic 4. Castle of Chaos
- Main Mistakes of Beginners in homm3
- About the origin of WOG
- A few words about online games
- Qwertyus about the work done
- Heroic poem (based on Heroes 5)
- Siege of castles (based on Heroes 5)
- Creation and implementation of portraits in the Heroes of Might and Magic III In the Wake of Gods engine
- The enemy will not pass (review of antivirus programs and firewalls)
- Review of the Spiritual Beggars album. Demons. Sweden 2005
- "Music and Literature"

You can download the second issue of "Heroes' Herald" from the website:
www.woggrad.ru/vestnik
Here you can also find all previous issues.

Size 8 MB, pdf format.

Direct link to the issue
www.woggrad.ru/vestnik/2010_01.pdf


I invite authors to collaborate




The third issue of the online magazine "Heroes' Herald" is out.



Read in this issue:
* News
* Evolution of Death
* A brief guide to Necropolis
* Interview with asm
* "Heroes" at a glance
* Interview with the creator of Age of Magic
* freehmm2
* "Heroes of Magic and Might" and chess composition: deep connections
* Creating balance mods
* Interview with the ITO team, which is developing a mod that adds two new cities for "Heroes 3"
* Author about the map - "Ivan - the cross. son and Chudo-Yudo"
* Luck... what is it?
* The story of Ashan
* Poems and humor
* How to install "Heroes"

Download the magazine in pdf format:
- full version (11 MB) - http://www.woggrad.ru/vestnik/2010_06.pdf
- light version (3 MB), graphics optimized - http://www.woggrad.ru/vestnik/2010_06_lite.pdf

Thank you to everyone who worked on this issue!!!



The fourth issue of the online magazine "Heroes' Herald" is out - the volume of the issue is 40 pages.



You can download the issue in pdf format here - http://woggrad.ru/vestnik/2010_09.pdf (11 MB)

Detailed contents of the issue - http://woggrad.ru/ru/vestnik-heroes/4oktyabr2010.html

You can find information about previous issues on the magazine's website - www.woggrad.ru/vestnik

Will there be any updates or additions for the 5th installment of Heroes of Might and Magic?

Good luck to the new magazine! But... The articles about developing the Stronghold and "Inferno vs. Fortress" are frankly weak. No one plays like that anymore. Going into economy on the first and second (!) weeks is useless, both in random and fixed maps. It's surprising to see such a negative attitude towards "weak" units: gnolls and lizards. A review of templates would be interesting, but it's not very detailed. There's no description of the game's features. Overall, the first attempt was a failure. Sorry for being so blunt.

Avern, this isn't the first issue of the newsletter, but it's the first one separate from DF2. In general, if there are good articles, help Izrukvruk, everyone will be happy.

Sorry for being so blunt.

This isn't being blunt; it's just stating the obvious.
And the comment I'm making now about the numerous spelling, factual, and punctuation errors (yes, there are many) isn't being blunt either; it's a perfectly objective assessment.
You can get used to the design over time, but this font is not the best choice, especially against a bright orange background. It's hard on the eyes, and they get very tired.
And finally, the content, where only about ten out of thirty pages are actually about the "heroes," and the rest are filled with copied articles or photos taken last week of people hanging out on a bench with beer, or attempts to create a separate section about hardware and software, leaves much to be desired.
And even the "heroic" content itself is nothing more than a compilation of facts that almost any player already knows.
And sometimes, the attempts to explain some slang word or replace it with a more common one, while continuing to use the same slang in all other sentences, are quite amusing.

I hope this brief critique is constructive enough for you. Just don't say that this creation doesn't need improvement.

It’s really great to know that such a heroic publication has appeared!
Well done, publishers!
Of course, it’s impossible to take into account all wishes and criticism from the very beginning, and therefore, it’s impossible to radically change the content of the magazine itself. But it is simply necessary to take criticism into account, because by taking it into account, one can achieve not only success, but also earn trust and recognition among a wide audience – fans of the game!
In Morning’s words, there is valid criticism. Indeed, a magazine with such an ideology should only cover heroic issues and moments; there are other magazines for everything else – professional ones. And I’m saying all this to emphasize that the Vestnik Geroev magazine should become a professional magazine specifically for the Heroes of Might and Magic game and should definitely cover all versions of the game in each issue!
Best of luck to you!

Sincerely, VDV_forever

I'm very glad that such a magazine has appeared.
Well done, publishers!

Morning, in general, many people are interested in articles about "hangouts." Everyone always wants to know what our "heroes" are like. They even talked about Greymage in the second issue. Mistakes, etc., will be taken into account, and there will probably be fewer complaints about them in the new issue (in my opinion). Regarding facts known to every player: the magazine can be written for players of any level. For good players, there's even a news section. And here, there are also templates... Regarding articles on unrelated topics: no one is forcing anyone to read them. But I liked some of the articles. The Vestnik magazine was created based on people's opinions. Izrukvruki created topics where he asked what people wanted to see in Vestnik. If you want a specific topic, write it down. If you have information that players don't know, share it; any reader will be happy.

Good morning. Actually, many people are interested in an article about "hangouts." Everyone always wants to know what our "heroes" are like.

Those I know – it's understandable. But for people like me, who stumbled upon this magazine by chance, it's clearly of no interest whatsoever. Although, it's not that important in the grand scheme of things.

The Vestnik magazine was created based on people's opinions. Izrukvruki created topics where he asked what people wanted to see in Vestnik.

But he understood that at the stage of enthusiastic excitement, when all ideas are just emerging, and people are expressing their wishes, things seem more beautiful and organic than they turn out to be in the end, right?
I just wanted to convey that, when I opened a magazine called "Heroes' Herald," I wanted to find information about them there. And in this particular issue, there was less than half the information about them compared to the total volume. The rest of the space was occupied by completely unnecessary and uninteresting information for me – a random visitor who opened this magazine for the first time.
If it was created for friends or a large group of acquaintances from the same forum, then that's fine. But if it's for a random player searching on Google, then something tells me that what I described above is true not only for me.

Those who are familiar with it will understand. For people like me, who stumbled upon this magazine by chance, it is clearly of no interest. Although, it doesn't really matter.

In fact, this is more of a photo report about the Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Rzhev Heroes gatherings, which were attended by the Heroes developers (WOG, HotA, New Cities (Kremlin, Harbor, Bastion)). In one photo, you can see Slava Salnikov - the main developer of WOG. I just thought that presenting it in a detective style would make it more interesting to read...

One section with news is very useful for beginners, and the statement by Deacon is interesting to me.

In general, read the versions of the newsletter attached to DF2 (old ones). [URL="http://wogarchive.ru/index.php?&directio ... E5%E2%20[%C6%F3%F0%ED%E0%EB]"]All versions of the newsletter in the Wogarchive[/URL]

Could you please provide information about the expected release date of the next issue of the magazine? I would like to write a very useful article about Heroes of Might and Magic I, which could be included in the magazine and, of course, in the reference guide. The proposed article would be titled "Company actions during turn transitions". I think I could prepare it by December 10th. Sincerely, VDV_forever

VDV_forever, I can't say the exact date, as the journal will be released as information is gathered. (IMHO)

I plan to release the next issue of the "Herald" by the New Year, but this will largely depend on the activity of the authors.
VDV_forever, let's agree – I'll expect your article by December 10th.

I plan to release the next issue of the "Herald" by the New Year, but this will largely depend on the activity of the authors.
VDV_forever, let's agree - I'll expect your article by December 10th.

Agreed! I'll try to make it.;)

Good day, dear izrukvruki! As I promised, I have prepared a very interesting and useful article about Heroes 1. ;) AI actions during turn transitions I posted it on the handbook forum. You can take it from there, or I can send it to you in its original format (doc) to the email address you provide in this thread. Please also indicate the source (the handbook forum or the handbook) from which it was taken. I will be eagerly awaiting the new version of the Heroes magazine, which you can enjoy reading during the New Year holidays. ;) P.S. If I manage to create an image for this article by the 10th, I will post it in this thread. :smile02: Added 22 hours 6 minutes ago I have created and added an image to the article: Article Sincerely, VDV_forever