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You were misled. A draw would have given him 1st place. And in this tournament, that's much better than 2nd or 3rd.

Organizers and Wick, you are wrong; this is not the way to do things. What is this tech win for Mar?

What is the purpose of all this fuss? There is a regulation that clearly defines everything. For example, what if I get a strong opponent with Inferno or Barbarians, and based on the interests of the tournament, I want to play SoD? According to the regulations, I have that right, just as my opponent with Rampart has every right to demand SoD in a game against Swamp Castle. All of this is a legitimate right for players to decide what is best in a given situation; why these perversions with polls are unclear. Those who only want VT should not sign up for a tournament where SoD is the default. IMHO=[/QUOTE]

Valentin, stop causing trouble! :) No one intends to deviate from the rules; if one of the opponents insists on SoD, they will play SoD. This isn't about honor or anything else; in some matches, it simply isn't beneficial to play VT, and I think everyone was aware of this when choosing their castle.
The goal of the poll is to make the games in the playoffs more convenient for the players, i.e., to distribute them by castles, versions, and strength as much as possible. We would like to avoid tech wins altogether, but apparently someone's principled stance won't allow that.

It's all because of the strange regulations. When 3-4 people advance from a group of 5, such situations are practically inevitable — someone in the final round won't care about the result. Ideally, 1-2 players should advance from the group; then almost all key games would be played with proper motivation.

Satyr also told me that there's no point in finishing our match since he already has 4 wins, so we just recorded a draw.

Due to a lack of tournament motivation (regardless of the outcome, I'm in 2nd place), I ask that you record a technical defeat for me in the match against Mar.

...I came here to play as Fiona, not to fight for my rights.
Mark, by the way, is a cool guy — he didn't insist on the rules, agreed to play on WT, and chose a good template (mini-nostalgia). It's actually a pity we didn't play.

From my point of view, these are contradictory statements. If you came to play, why didn't you play? What tournament motivation is there if the tournament might end for you in the very next round? You won't even have time to play as Fiona... Well, it's your decision, of course...

Pit if we admit that the draw is rigged...

...match us against Vik or Faer so we can at least play one game in the playoffs :)

There is no obligation to play games in this or any other tournament. One could have cooked up a report like "lost due to moral griffins on 114 - victory for Maru," but the guys decided not to bother.

I am against such inappropriate liberalism. In any serious real sports tournament, a player or team refusing to participate on the principle of "I don't want to anymore" will result in serious sanctions, up to and including disqualification and significant fines. The same applies to fixed matches. This is, in my opinion, your first tournament where you are one of the organizers, and it's obvious that you have little experience. Other, more experienced and principled organizers treat such things very badly. Although, of course, since Wick has a lack of integrity in addition to his other shortcomings, it is difficult to do anything other than remove him from the tournament.

A ban only makes sense if it can be enforced. In the case of Heroes games, this is impossible – there will always be a way to write a fake report about cheating on something. Therefore, there is no point in banning it.

I am guilty :) I couldn't resist and looked at the post despite being on ignore (as an exception). I will answer: organizers can control many things, but with great difficulty. For example, map hacks and save file tampering. But it may happen that cheating is accidentally revealed, for example, in the case of a fake report (even easier than with map hacks), and then such a person will be kicked out of the tournament, and the organizers will prevent them from participating in future tournaments, and there will be some damage to their reputation.

I read it for a long time, but I still don't understand the criteria by which it is determined whether a report is valid or not. I can suggest a few options. So, a report is valid if:
1) the players communicated in ICQ and know each other by their nicknames;
2) they logged into the same network in Hamachi (or its equivalent) at the same time;
3) one created a game, and the other joined;
4) 1 player honestly chose all the rest periods and surrendered, or waited for the time when a rest period is no longer possible and surrendered - please specify the correct one.
In terms of gameplay value, the options are practically identical; the difference in time spent can reach several hours.