Posts from Stage of the Van Kaneghem Tournaments for HEROES II!!! "Continuing to continue!"

Results.

Place	Nick	Days	Skills	Mercury
1	Fireball	4	11 (4-4-1-2)	11
2	SDV	4	10 (4-3-1-2)	13
3	DR28	4	10 (4-4-1-1)	12
4	Ergon	4	7 (0-2-2-3)	10
5	Elcidere	5	7 (0-1-2-4)	7
6	Victor92	7	6 (0-1-2-3)	7

It's a minor detail, but there were 11 mercury units.
Given the map's simplicity and the close results, the question arises: does anyone need a walkthrough or save files?

How did they deal with elementals?
And who is this hero with stats 4-3-1-2?

How did they manage to defeat the elementals?

The elementals remained unharmed.

And who is this hero with stats 4-3-1-2?

Fineous, a Barbarian.

Awesome! Fireball is back...

Do we know each other?

Dear Qwerty, I believe that from a legal standpoint, you unfairly excluded me from the list of participants, as I fulfilled absolutely all the rules. The fact that 2 more of my rough drafts were attached to my saves can only be an additional rule for future tournaments, prohibiting this. Providing explanations during the tournament regarding saves is not предусмотрено by the rules, especially since you clearly understood them...
Or are you trying to promote Heroes of Might and Magic II? :)

Awesome! Fireball is back...

+1!!!
Hey, Fire! Long time no see. For such a comeback, I'm even thinking of hosting a 3v3 battle! Are you up for it?

Okay, I just thought the first three players were taking the Specter Shield. In principle, getting the Beaver on day 2 for leveling up was possible.
So, what's the deal with the save that wasn't counted? Can you provide more details? Because I'd like to understand who's right.

I understand, I just thought that the first 3 players were taking the Specter Shield.

The idea is actually completely correct. I just looked at the map again with a fresh perspective and noticed one nuance that would allow taking the shield and still getting a skill total of 12. It was my oversight, but, as mentioned before, I'm not very good at optimizing secondary criteria; I always miss something.

For such a comeback, I'm even thinking of hosting a tournament for the 3-player map! Do you want to participate?

A tournament is worth holding only if it was planned to be held. :) My participation is unlikely and depends on the map and the time. And with the latter, it's almost always tight; this tournament for the 2-player map was completed in an hour, which is not the case for the 3-player map.

Save for 5 days. That is, saves for the beginning and end of each day are needed. Without much thought, I packed everything into one archive. To avoid typing nonsense like "111 1, 111 2" when saving, I recorded everything on the saves from rough playthroughs during the clean playthrough. As a result, on the 3rd day, the final save turned out to be not 113 12 (it was also attached, as well as 113 11 - all unnecessary), but 113 10. It was suggested to edit the sent archive, but I noticed the message too late:
"Good afternoon.
There is a small nuance regarding the saves.
The fact is that save 113 12 does not correspond to save 114 1.
Perhaps this and the previous saves are rough, and the actual save for the end of the third day is, for example, 113 10?
Sincerely,
Qwerty" - this is from October 1st
"Good time of day.
Please check your saves. There is a moment that confuses me a lot.
I am waiting for new saves.
Sincerely,
Qwerty" - this is from September 28th.

Well, I didn't check my email! But the nickname in the table is in bold, i.e., it was accepted.

Generally, if a nickname is accepted, there shouldn’t be any complaints. Besides, replays aren’t a dissertation; they’re just used to determine if a player was cheating. In this save, it’s obvious anyway, even without replays. Maybe my opinion is wrong, but I think the save should be accepted.

Colleagues, I wanted to summarize the results as soon as possible, but it's not that simple with HTML. The amount of mercury has overflowed from one result to another, and that result didn't even reflect...
Let's take a look, check if there are any other inaccuracies.
Okay, now I'll again take a week from the last day until the results are summarized:(((
Take a look, check everything; the moderator's final word will be tomorrow, although most of the thoughts have already been expressed:)))

I would like to know the walkthrough, or just have the save files posted here. I can't imagine how it's possible to complete it in 4 days; you won't even have time to reach the enemy's castle...

I thought the same, that I wouldn't make it, but when I started running, I somehow managed to finish, and I was so proud of it that I just forgot about everything else. I think our top players will upload save files for everyone to check out.

From the host.
First of all, I want to congratulate all the tournament participants on the good and interesting game they demonstrated.
Victor_92 showed a very good game, especially considering it was his debut.
Elcidere also played very well. I want to immediately explain why their results turned out to be slightly lower than those of the leading group. The fact is that one of the elements of the game in offline tournaments is the generation of computer actions. Elcidere captured the computer's Castle on the fourth day, but the computer hero was too far away. Victor_92 could also have finished the game a day (or even two) earlier, but the computer hero moved upwards.
Ergon has been showing consistently good results lately. In this tournament, he saw a path to a clear first place, but apparently, he just didn't have enough time.
DR28 played well, but just didn't have enough to win.
SDV really impressed me with his latest save; he squeezed out excellent results with the Mercury.
The return of the wonderful offline all-rounder, Fireball, ended with a well-deserved triumph. I remember his excellent achievement two and a half years ago, and I really hope we will see his powerful playthroughs again.

I don't know if it makes sense to talk about anything else.
I can only write: 2*20*2 (try it, maybe I'm wrong)*5=400. 400/40=10. A pair is 20. Only 3 left? So, 11 is 6+gazebo+4? Or am I wrong? And judging by the feeling, you can still grab one more chest, which is already 12... Moreover, the Sorceress is without any upgrades, and if you upgrade her, it's already 3*20*2*5=600, that is, 15. The second Sorceress is the same (if there are upgrades), she just finishes it off and passes on the artifact... However, I will probably delete all these thoughts tomorrow.

The tournament was a success!
Thank you all for the wonderful game!
There are two simply amazing ideas; if there is a desire and opportunity to play with five participants, I am ready to organize it!

Tournaments should only be held if they were planned beforehand. :) My participation is unlikely and depends on the map and time. And there's almost always a problem with the latter; this tournament for version 2 was completed in an hour, which doesn't happen in version 3.

The tournament must take place, and it is open!
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This tournament is being held jointly with Portal. The map is very simple!

P.S.: I apologize to Qwerty for the advertisement :p