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Yes, increasing the limit isn't a good idea. There was just a very rare situation where there were no high-level Chaos creatures anywhere. Obviously, using Ice Elemental to defeat everyone takes a long time. And you can afford to not invest in it a couple of times during a game.

I agree with 8 minutes (although I don't play very fast myself). If you're developing two heroes, then there's definitely not enough time. But give them 10 minutes, and the matches will be much longer. P.S. And changing anything during the tournament is impossible. IMHO. P.P.S. And if you give both heroes speed, then 8 minutes will be more than enough. But for some reason, no one does that. )))

Attention! The draw for the final stage of the tournament has been completed. If any player, for any reason, does not want or cannot continue in the tournament, please let us know – a replacement will be made with a player who placed lower in the group.

Gastello and I didn't quite manage to coordinate our schedules this week, and now, due to unforeseen circumstances, we won't be able to continue.

Gastello and I didn't quite make it; our schedules didn't align during the week, and now we won't be able to continue due to circumstances:(

Guys, I'm very sorry, but there will be no exceptions:( Enough time was allotted for the group stage – 2 months (9 days per game), and while the first month was active, the second was more relaxed:mad: Nothing personal; I warned and reminded you repeatedly, so I hope there are no hard feelings;)
Thank you to all the tournament participants who didn't make it to the finals; I wish you only victories in the future:smile49:
And to all those who remain with us and continue to fight for the prize pool, I wish heroic luck and a beautiful game!:smile14:
At 0.00 on 04.11.09, the group stage of the "Art of Strategy" tournament is officially closed!

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Dear tournament participants, the results of the group stage have been summarized, and the draw for the final round has been completed! In the registration thread, you can view the final and consolation bracket, see your opponent, and their remaining race. The final stage officially starts tomorrow, 05.11.09, but if anyone wants to and has time to start a game today, there's no problem! Good luck to everyone!

Dear tournament participants, the deadline for the first round of the final stage is November 16, 2009! If the games are completed earlier or the winners for the next round are determined (according to the schedule indicated in the table), then the games of the next round may be held earlier than the date indicated in this post!

Attention! If anyone still has the original templates from previous tournaments in the DATA folder, they need to be deleted, meaning there should be no subfolders in it. Of course, there should also be nothing in the usermods folder. If anything from the above is present, glitches and desynchronization may occur.

Since all games of the first stage of the final round have been played, I would like to remind you that the factions for the next stage are determined randomly. The following scheme is used to determine the factions: players create a game on the standard map "Old Friends," and the factions are set randomly. The heroes that appear at the beginning are irrelevant – the generated map will still have heroes placed randomly. The resulting setup is communicated to the judge to generate the map in the following format: (red, ) versus (blue, ).
Each player has the right to one restart when determining the faction setup; a technical restart is also performed if there is a mirror match that does not suit either of the two players. The judge is informed of the final setup.

Dear tournament participants, the deadline for the second round of the final stage is November 26, 2009!

I wanted to apologize for my long absence online; I got seriously ill. I apologize for the delay in the tournament and will now be ready to continue.

There's an opinion that we might not have time to play before the 26th. He seems to have disappeared.

How does the fact that the fight for 3rd place and subsequent places requires one more game than the fight for 1st and 2nd place affect the tournament schedule? ...will the schedule be shortened?

There's an opinion that we might not have time to play before the 26th. He seems to have disappeared.

Request to the judges: please correct my ICQ number in the player list table: 301303816 - this is my ICQ (there's some incorrect ICQ number listed there).

Fixed it; it seems that ICQ contact was left from the player you replaced in the tournament...

How does the fact that the fight for 3rd place and subsequent places requires one more game than the fight for 1st and 2nd place affect the tournament schedule? ... will the schedule be shortened?

The main thing is to play more actively, and we'll figure out the schedule later ;)