Posts from Moscow qualifier.

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Request to those who have already been to this club: please provide more detailed information about it. Is it necessary to arrange things with the club administration in advance?

2Vik
Didn't understand, it's a mistake, like "heard the bell but didn't see the church" - in the League, the home base for the Pit faction is in Krasnodar, so I thought that's why the guy was so stressed, traveling, and then he got stood up...

This is the only option I see for myself in order to save my time, of which I have already spent quite enough: (

Someone register Eddie here and give him the link so he can also have his say... you guys are making all the decisions for him.

Regarding those selected from the 2 tournaments: IMHO, this is actually a good thing. People have shown (and proven!!!) that they deserve to go to the finals, why add someone else from 4th or 5th place? They've already been defeated in the respective qualifiers. Are you running out of participants?

I don't see a significant difference in time between playing with Eddie and playing with someone else. Both will take from half a day to a full day (depending on how things go), and with Eddie, you might even finish faster because of what's already been done.

And in any case, it doesn't seem logical to spend 3 days, win 2 games, and give up the chance to go to the CIS championship final because you need to spend another day finishing the game.

Of course, I will accept your decision, whatever it may be, but personally, I would like your match to still take place.

a map vying for the title of the most beautiful (until one of its authors finishes another one, which also claims this title ;) :

(due to problems with opening external links, it has been reformatted as an attachment to the post)))

the rest will be added as they are sorted out :)

Well, it seems we've figured things out – Preds and Eddie have decided to settle down for the week :smile43:.
But there's also an ethical aspect to consider.
It just so happened that all the save files ended up with me :smile43:.
And my opponent, whether jokingly or for some unclear reason, asked me not to look at our save :confused:.
Understanding the absurdity of this request from an ethical point of view, I formally agree with him: having the save files in my possession violates the principle of the club tournament regarding the technical impossibility of cheating :(.

Therefore, solely to ensure that my opponent has absolutely no doubts, which he has already expressed, and also to avoid any related anxieties that might negatively affect his game, I suggest simply canceling this start and beginning an entirely new game ;). In principle, since that's the case, I'm willing to spend extra time on a new start – it will be offset by finishing the game during the week :smile33:.

at the same time, my opponent, either jokingly or for some unclear reason, asked me not to look at our save file :confused:
understanding the absurdity of this request from the point of view of ethics, I formally agree with him: having save files at my disposal violates the principle of the club tournament regarding the technical impossibility of cheating :(

Oh... Let's not turn this into a comedy and come up with some conclusions based on perfectly harmless words.

The game hasn't finished yet, so I don't want to make any comments about it prematurely. Otherwise, I might jinx it. Knock on wood, knock on wood, knock on wood :-))

I'll just say one thing (I hope you don't take it personally): I have a "Thieves' Guild" on my side, and on turn 121, it showed that 2 horses were lost. That is, the best monster is monks. Therefore, I am ready to accept the opponent's surrender if the judges don't mind. The opponent's desire to start a new game seems logical, but, of course, it is not in my interests.

Oh... No need to turn this into a comedy and come up with some conclusions based on perfectly harmless words.

The game hasn't finished yet, so I don't want to give any comments about it prematurely. Otherwise, I might jinx it. Knock on wood, knock on wood, knock on wood :-))

I'll just say one thing (I hope without offense): I have a "Thieves' Guild" on my reserve, and on turn 121, it showed that 2 mounts were lost. That is, the best monster is a monkey. Therefore, I am ready to accept the opponent's surrender if the judges don't mind. The opponent's desire to start a new game looks logical, but naturally, it's not in my interests.

an argument, or rather, childish babble:smile18:
If sacrificing two cavalry units (while they have a castle, meaning that compared to the standard setup, it's actually minus 1 cavalry but plus marks, crushers, and pikemen, and there's a ton of money to buy everything back and they defend in a chain) in exchange for a 10th-level Alchemist with a Log, Pathfinder, and ranged attack, and the experience gained is up to the 8th level, counting that as a loss... well, then, excuse me... I wish to hear more substantial arguments... I remind you that in the last game here – the FB-3 qualifier – I lost EVERYTHING, and yet I still managed to win the game:smile04:
So, it's better not to provoke further arguments, but to stick to the essence of the regulations.
I violated the regulations, but since it was done at the request of the organizers, they, I hope, are willing to meet me halfway, at least so that no one can even theoretically suspect me of abuse... sic:cool:

There's a slight issue with the archive; the first save is from the generation when Marcon took a restart, although it seems like he was overwriting it. I apologize to anyone who might watch (if anyone does:D).