I hope that in the first round, everyone who wanted to has already expressed their opinion.
Organizational matters. What is happening now in this thread is called a
DISCUSSION. Currently, we continue to play by the old
rules in both the season and tournaments. I would like to introduce a new version of the rules starting with the
winter season; I need a month to finish writing the missing sections, and the forum needs to discuss everything and come to an agreement. We will only include in the rules what is approved by the majority during the discussion. As for the points that cause controversy, I suggest introducing them as
experimental ones for one season, i.e., during the winter, players who want to test the correctness of the rule in the game will write down their impressions in reports. Perhaps someone will even organize a themed tournament. Based on these impressions, from spring onwards, we will either adopt the amendment or revert to the old wording.
In
Section II - in the rules for SoD and CM - we are discussing
only SoD. No comments regarding other versions will be included here.
In
Section I, I wrote about the versions and allowed additional programs. In the seasonal games, choosing a version is up to the players. There are no prohibitions or restrictions. Also, we will not impose anything from above. Tournament organizers will decide for themselves what and how to play. I would like to remind you of the discussion that took place a little more than a year ago – regarding the
TE-Lite version. At that time, there were also those who wanted to make this version the main and only one.
By the way, there is a
program that removes tree swaying and monster movement. If anyone has it, please put it in
Useful Information; maybe someone will find it useful.
Respecting
copyrights, I must note that the new edition is based on the Rules developed by invisible, vbn, SS-D, ewgeniy1985, Decontaminationator, KostyaN, and others, who, in turn, partially used material from heroesportal.net, where Lady Ash was the author of the rules:
Also, let's not forget to thank those whose new wording was borrowed:
The
amendment regarding restarts was taken from the Portal PL rules, author
Neoandy. They have been playing like this for about a year and a half, and I haven't heard any complaints.
Suggestions regarding hit-and-run tactics and the obligation to inform the opponent about breaking through defenses were taken from
Wicc's post. But these suggestions are causing controversy, so we will edit them.
Regarding the
border guard, I was asked several times, there was a discussion, I don’t remember when or in which thread, so I formulated it myself.
The
amendment regarding Izre and Vidomine was inspired by the situation in numOne's game in the seasonal games.
Thank you all for participating in the discussion; next, I will try to summarize opinions on specific points in Section II.