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Frenzy Attack 2 Tournament

The tournament is open to the first 64 players who have a Luftganz account.

By signing up and agreeing to all the terms and rules of the tournament, you declare your participation. If you do not play your games due to your own fault, the admins have the right to punish you as follows:

-30 units (for something I didn't quite understand) for missing the first 3 rounds (first stage)
-50 units (for something I didn't quite understand) for missing the next 5 rounds (second stage)
(this could be like our database, by the way, a good practice for those who sign up but miss games in tournaments)

The tournament has 2 stages and 8 rounds.
1. Group stage – includes the first three rounds.
2. Final stage – includes the last five rounds

All games must be played according to the Luftganz rules, using the expert version, with special files for this tournament, which should be copied into the data directory.
Download the file pack prepared for the Frenzy Attack 2 tournament.

Group Stage

Games are played on 2sm4d(3) L+U 130%, no water, strong monsters, 6 minutes per turn. Players will be randomly divided into 16 groups of 4 players each.

Here is a description of the first three rounds.

1. Round 1 – the first pair will be randomly determined using a league system (simultaneously with the random determination of groups). After the first round, regardless of the outcome of the battle, no one leaves the tournament.
2. Round 2 – the winners of the first round in their group play against each other to take a better position in the next round. The losers in the first round play against each other to stay in the tournament (a loss by one of the losers (in the first round) means that they are eliminated from the tournament). The player who wins the first two rounds takes first place and does not need to fight in the third round, but simply waits for the second stage (a two-week break).
3. The third round is only for players with one win and one loss. This is the last chance to reach the second stage. The winner advances to the second stage. The loser leaves the tournament.

Each of the rounds in the first stage lasts two weeks (no longer!!!!!!!)

Final Stage

All games are played on the 2sm4d(3) L+U 160% map, no water, strong monsters, 8 minutes per turn, with the principle of castle denial.

Here are the features of the final stage.

1. Round 4 (1/16 finals) – 16 players who won the first two rounds in the group stage and did not lose any games play against the remaining players (who won twice and lost once in the group stage). The winners advance to the 1/8 finals.
2. Round 5 (1/8 finals) – 8 pairs in a tournament bracket. The winners advance to the quarterfinals.
3. Round 6 (quarterfinals) – 4 pairs in a tournament bracket. The winners advance to the top four.
4. Round 7 (semifinals) – 2 pairs in a tournament bracket. The losers do not need to play anymore.
5. Round 8 (finals) – the winner becomes the official winner of the Frenzy Attack 1 tournament and receives a premium Luftganz League account for the next season. The loser officially leaves the tournament. After the final, the results are announced, and the top four are honored in the news. The losers in the semifinals can play for third place on L or XL, but their game must end before the final game begins (mention this in the news). If both players agree, the final match can be played to 2 wins. Then they will get two additional weeks for this.

Overextended Guards

Players must defeat neutral guards protecting: entrances to zones, resources (located near windmills, banks, etc.), even if there is a path to them. Note: If there are two guards, it is sufficient to defeat one of them, at the player's choice. If an opponent defeats a passage guard, the player can also pass through that passage. The player is not allowed to take treasures first and then fight; if a group of neutrals guards only a mine, the player is free to take the resources around it. There are zones on the map without guards (the last and the desert one); the player can freely pass through them without battles. Players are not allowed to pass if the entrance guard of a zone has not been generated or if the main guard protects both the mine and the passage (this also likely means that the passage guard has not been generated). If there are multiple passages to one zone, the player can only use those passages whose guards they have defeated.

Red Rush is Forbidden

On the first day of the week, the red player (or any other player who has a turn earlier than another player) is not allowed to use the increase of the current week against any troops or colored objects (including unguarded ones) of an opponent who has not yet had the opportunity to make a move on the first day. Note: this rule also applies to the fact that you cannot block a passage with a new increase on the first day, through which an opponent who has not yet moved will bring in troops. If a player defeats a passage to an opponent's respawn point using a new increase, they are not allowed to take any colored objects on their respawn point, even with an old army without an increase. If they defeat a guard on an opponent's respawn point without an increase, they can do anything. (Excellent rule!!!!!!!!) New heroes do not contain a new army (only if they have only one warrior of the FIRST level who came with them).

Hit and Run is Forbidden

If a player, in any of the first three rounds of a battle, inflicts more damage on the opponent than they receive, they are not allowed to retreat in that round. Counterattacks do not count. (In each of the first three rounds, you need to count how much damage you inflicted on the opponent and how much they inflicted on you, so that you can prove it later...) It is not allowed to use spells above the third level by a hero who was released from prison and has a level of 11 or higher.

Diplomacy and Joining are Forbidden

Diplomacy can only be used to gain the benefit of visiting the Library of Enlightenment earlier. It is forbidden to join any neutrals, except for those obtained in the Pandora's Box. You can use the refugee camp.

Forbidden Heroes

Sir Mullich: If Sir Mullich is involved in a battle with an opponent, the player commanding him must retreat or surrender. Logistics specialists (Kerr, Gunnar, Dessa). If these heroes reach level 6 or higher, they must retreat or surrender in any battles with an opponent. Spellcasters of the fourth level (Aislinn, Alamar, Jedid, Solmyr, Xeron, Deemer, Loynis). If any of these heroes attacks an opponent's hero or is attacked by an opponent's hero, they cannot use their signature spell against them. (Except for Coronius with his spell).

Conflux and Necropolis are Forbidden

It is forbidden to choose Conflux and Necropolis as starting castles. If a player captures either of these cities, they are not allowed to recruit troops from it. The use of necromancy is prohibited. (You can use necromancer and death knight heroes, but skeletons obtained as a result of necromancy must be disbanded.)

The Grail is Forbidden

It is forbidden to build Grail structures in any city on the map.

Dimension Door, Fly, and Town Portal are Forbidden

Players are not allowed to use the following spells: Dimension Door, Fly, and Town Portal.

Fort on a Hill, Cartographer, and Foreign Market are Forbidden

It is forbidden to use Fort on a Hill, Cartographer, and Foreign Market on the map.

Forbidden Artifacts

You cannot use combined artifacts. This means that you should not have one artifact with several others that give additional bonuses when worn together (why can't you just not collect the combined artifact?). If you find a combined artifact, you can use either one relic (artifact of the fourth level) from it or all the artifacts of lower levels. You cannot use Angel Wings, Boots of Levitation, and the Armageddon spell while wearing the Armageddon Blade. Players are not allowed to use relic artifacts (this applies only to templates that usually do not generate relics and utopias, especially Balance, Balance PC, Panic). All of the specified artifacts can be exchanged for treasures, money, and experience.

Month of Creatures is Forbidden

In the case of a week/month of increased (according to astrological forecasts) units of the starting city of any of the players, the players must either restart the game or agree that they will not use these additional troops.

Doublebuild is Forbidden

Players are not allowed to build creature dwellings in two cities of the same type (does not apply to templates such as Balance - always at least two cities of the same race).

Creature Dwellings of the Seventh Level

Players can only use one creature dwelling of the seventh level.

It is Forbidden to Upgrade Any Creatures Obtained from Griffin Aviaries and Dragonfly Hives

Scrolls of Spells of the Fourth and Fifth Levels are Forbidden

Players are not allowed to use scrolls of the fourth and fifth levels, regardless of how they were obtained.

Game Bugs

Players are not allowed to use game bugs. Weakening neutral parties (retreating/surrendering/losing in a battle with strong, unupgraded guards protecting the entrance to zones, utopias, Pandora's Boxes, etc. (with an upgraded stack or without) is allowed only once). It is forbidden to use the artifact merchant bug, which allows the player to recruit troops at the expense of the opponent's resources. A hero without troops is forbidden.

Stalemate

In a stalemate situation (for example, when a hero with one living undead attacks a hero with one fairy and she runs away from him), the player whose troops are running away must surrender. Since his unit is running away, the hero must also retreat.

Restart

Each player has the right to demand a restart once (twice in a random balance). It can be requested in the first two days, then it is forbidden. You can take as many restarts as you like if the starting hero is of a level other than 1 (as far as I understand, this is even necessary), if the starting hero specializes in a war machine and does not have it from the start, and if the map was generated with dirty roads.

Additions
1. Restart 116. (If both players want to continue, let them continue)
2. If the map was not generated in accordance with the specification of the 2sm4d(3) template:
- one road from the starting zone
- No access to a sawmill or mine (this must be detected before the 116 obstacle, a mountain or a heavy block, for example, many ranged units of the second level)