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I don't have time to play so many games, let alone participate in tournaments. 10 games is not enough to draw conclusions; you need a much larger sample size. I'm not talking about that. If, out of your 10 losses (let's say you lost 10 games to different players over some time), 2 losses occur when the red rush rule is in effect and it seems to be giving red an advantage, then that would be a clear indicator that the rule has a significant impact. This rule doesn't necessarily have to guarantee a 100% win in the final battle. The influence can be indirect and affect various aspects of the game, ultimately leading to a loss. There can be a huge number of such factors, and in a lost game, you can always find them for the red player (especially in drawn-out games on HotA+U). Besides, it's quite easy to play against the rule itself. You can simply play a final battle with 127 units and lose to blue, and then say, "Well, there was no red rush." The point is not about who wins, but about the influence of red rush in favor of red. A higher-skilled player may win even without noticing this rule, but in a game between equally skilled players, it will still have some impact. If you really want to test the rule, play as blue against everyone and allow red rush for all your opponents. In SOD. And then, when you have about 30 losses, analyze them.

10 games on small maps, you're always red, and you win with RR 2-3 times, then I'll agree.

I ask everyone reading to note that Vik, Predsa, and Stinger's opinions are nonsense.

After all, Dima Surmai and R55max have a clearer, more accurate, precise, and well-founded understanding of what Redraw is on HL templates.

What is he going to complicate there?

Currently, different rules are used for different templates. For example, on XL+U you can run past a displaced guard and use 2DD.

Wouldn't it be easier to just leave the Resource Production (RP) ban in place everywhere and not worry about it? It's effective and very powerful on medium maps and skirmishes. On huge maps, it might work if you have 10 cities with full resource purchases – you kill someone in your main city (if you're a Necromancer, that's +500 bones, not counting other resources). Out of 200 games with RP, no one complained, right? Well, that's because it was allowed. At the very least, I would have +10-20 wins on Huge maps where I could simply kill my opponent with 2*7 units with full resource purchases in the city.

Just for fun, you could allow Ranked Play for a couple of seasons, and then ban it permanently after a while. :)

You're probably still a complete newbie in Heroes, you don't know the history. :)

They played without Ranked Rush:

1) Chaos League tournaments, these were the strongest tournaments of that time (~2000-~2006)

2) All tournaments on Battle.net (2006-2012), excluding games on the CM (Custom Map), including the RP (Ranked Play) series, this was the strongest tournament cycle at that time (2008-2010).

3) All CIS Championships (2010-2013), excluding games on the CM, these are the strongest tournaments of the present.

And many other minor things.

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Here we have a discussion of the rule, theorizing!

that’s right, after playing many games on HL, I made a 2DD on SMK, someone on Jebus Cross made a 2DD, of course it wasn’t intentional.

Maybe it’s easier to just keep the ban on RR everywhere and not worry? On M maps and SMKs it rolls and rolls heavily. On HL it might roll on 131 — kill with growth, or if you have 10 towns with full buyout, — you kill someone in the main (if you’re a necro, that’s +500 bones for example, not counting the rest of the machine). ...

- when playing with control, on any of the 7 days, red risks being attacked without mana, which is usually more important than the weekly increase, and must take this into account in its actions.