Posts from Double Elimination Chamber

Saying: "Please be honest" is a provocation, implying that dishonesty is possible.
Therefore, the goal should be to eliminate the very possibility of dishonesty.
Half the world plays Heroes, and the claim that they do so relying on honesty is baseless, as no one can know what's in everyone's mind. You can trust or distrust, but you can't be certain without proof.

Well, try to illegally level up Taz to at least lvl 10. You'll be caught immediately. This problem is made up out of thin air, imho.

Message from PReDS:
Actually, it's usually the opposite - you suspect foul play, you prove it; or don't play at all, because you'll get told to piss off. When I was in Michurinsk, I had my laptop with installed HoMM3 and a flash drive where I copied saves of played games. I played Bayazet and Cobra with adjournment, and never heard anyone say: prove you didn't copy saves of adjourned games and study them in the dorm.

Damn, I got caught.

This approach is, at the very least, unsportsmanlike (if it concerns any kind of competition). Your saves from when you were in the dorm were at least a temptation for you, which you could have succumbed to, and everyone is susceptible to temptation. Some won't look at them, but others will look and say they didn't.

P.S. It is reasonable to suspect unfair play only when it is possible; in the absence of such possibility, the negativity from the suspicions is destroyed and directed into another channel. You need to trust and hope for fair play, but still...

I had a laptop with Warlock Tactics installed and a flash drive with me in Michurinsk, which I used to copy the save files of the matches I played. I played against Bayazet and Cobra with the "delay" option...

...Your save files, when you were in the dormitory, were at least a temptation for you, which you could be tempted by, and everyone is susceptible to temptation...

Guys!! I'm going to appeal my loss in the Michurinsk final in court based on newly discovered details:!!!


and the "witness's" metrics.

:smile14:

Well, Maradona's goal wasn't disallowed, and neither was Henry's assist, so maybe I'll get away with it too. :smile28:

If Heroes of Might and Magic had the ability to emulate a client-server system (bot), where all saves are stored on the server and become available only after the game is completed, it would be invaluable for conducting more or less serious competitions.

Message from Dirty_Player:
That's some interesting logic. And how do you prevent players from taking Pandora's Boxes from under a shifted guard? How do you remove this possibility? Because the temptation is great. What if they don't get caught? How do you remove the ability to use scrolls of level 4-5 without building a Guild Hall? Is there a temptation to teleport with a scroll? What if they don't get caught? Any player who does something against the rules understands that they are doing it at their own risk, and it doesn't matter if it's teleporting with a scroll or using Tazar in the Dungeon. There are just rules that need to be followed, and that's it. And people with weak willpower and a penchant for small temptations will not be prevented from opening a map or save file, which is much more serious.

Kosoy, give the cows back to our brothers (c)

I'm still waiting for my match, by the way, it's already been a week!!

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P.S. just don't tell me to go play with Cobra now)