Posts from DISCUSSIONS on “Rules for online games in HoMM3 and formulas for calculating player rating.” Auto-translated

1. I couldn't find anything in the rules that says opponents are REQUIRED to give each other passwords after a game... How can I make an opponent give me the password to their save files after a game?

6. Players must make daily saves, keep them until the end of the tournament (i.e., until the results are announced and the winner is awarded), and provide them upon first request from the tournament organizer/judge/member of the arbitration committee.
If the saves are missing for any reason, the organizer/judge/arbitration committee will use the saves provided by the opponent. Claims against the opponent or judges will not be accepted in this case.

2. If both opponents want to start building cities FIRST, how do you determine who builds first?

This isn't written anywhere, so you can choose not to provide it, in my opinion. You can always say you forgot and deleted the password file.

On most maps, with proper blue play, it won't be vulnerable to a red rush. On maps where this is impossible (for example, the CM map), the ban on red rush should remain.

You're exaggerating; no one would want to create such a reputation.

...In short, red rush is definitely OP.

And then a decent setup never came, maybe something can still be added here, as some believe that all rests should definitely be used, but that takes time, and secondly, good deals are ruined. Maybe by "subjective rest" we should understand a strong block, or cancel them altogether?

"rest upon meeting," which is what it is (whether it's just contact between heroes or capturing a colored castle, hideout, or mine is sufficient grounds for a rematch).
Thank you for your attention ;)

It has always been the case that if the flag color changes, it doesn't matter whether it's a mine, castle, or external dwelling; this indicates an encounter.

Yesterday, I was playing a fun game, and an interesting situation arose: my only chance of not losing was to initiate a restart based on the first encounter, which, as I thought, I did by arriving at the opponent's Castle exactly on the designated day. BUT... the Castle was empty, so no battles between the heroes took place. The only rule describing this situation dates back to 2010, in the same place where Pit explains why the Castle color is important :D; in short, "ancient lore." Luckily, it was just a fun game, and twaryna acted appropriately :smile20:, BUT... if this situation had occurred in a tournament, it could have caused a lot of controversy, so I would like to see a precise formulation of the concept of "restart based on the first encounter" in the new rules, specifying what constitutes such an encounter (is it only the contact between heroes, or is capturing a colored Castle, a mine, or a resource node sufficient grounds for a restart?).
Thank you for your attention ;)

4.2. Restart based on the first encounter for maps 115-116-117, inclusive, for fast, medium, and slow roads, respectively.
An encounter is considered to be a direct contact between players, i.e., any battle between them (a battle between any heroes, a battle with the garrison of the opponent's Castle or mine).
If an encounter occurs within the specified time, either opponent has the right to request a restart immediately after it.
If both players agree to continue the game, the game continues. Subsequent encounters occurring within the specified time are not grounds for a restart.

I must be missing something? As of December 1, 2010, we adopted the following wording in the Rules:

This wording has been carried over to Version 3 without changes.
It seems that everything should be clear here; we discussed it for a long time.

Then, my apologies, thank you. The only link we found dates back to 2010; it seems that this point was overlooked in the new rules. In my opinion, it would be good to have a separate thread for seasonal rules so as not to sift through many pages.