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

Hit-and-run is prohibited.

And what about using it against neutral creatures and enemy heroes? The rules don't specify.

3.2. Hit-and-run is prohibited: Your hero, attacking an enemy hero, is not allowed to retreat in the first round of combat if they cast any spells. This prohibition does not apply to a hero who is defending.

Still not clear to me. Or is it clear that you can use hit-and-run tactics against neutral creatures?

3.14. Actions that are not prohibited/restricted by these rules are permitted.

5.4. The Town Portal spell may be used by any hero no more than 1 time per day.

HIGH DRAW SYSTEM

I propose an alternative to the standard coin toss (if players, for some reason, cannot play or finish the game, a coin is tossed to determine the winner. My version is much more interesting – if anything can be interesting in determining a winner without playing).

Players perform a standard draft in choosing Castles. One, for example, chooses a Dungeon, the other – a Rampart. Then, the judge creates a network game. Players connect to it. Game settings: any map, 8 Castles, all random. A map is created. Players see which Castle is higher in the list; that player wins. If one is missing, then the player with the available Castle wins. If neither is present, then the map creation should be repeated.

Details and variations can still be discussed and improved. Players, among themselves, if they trust each other, can conduct such a draw.

P.S. In this version, the players participate in the lottery themselves. They see the result themselves and immediately. And if it catches on... I want the name "High" to sound good... For example, call it HIGH DRAW SYSTEM :D

HIGH SYSTEM DRAW

I propose an alternative to the standard coin toss (if players, for some reason, cannot play or finish the game, a coin is tossed to determine the winner. My option is much more interesting (if anything can be interesting in determining a winner without playing).

Players perform a standard draft in choosing Castles. One, for example, chooses a Dungeon, the other - a Rampart. Then, the judge creates a network game. Players connect to it. Game settings: any map, 8 Castles, all random. A map is created. Players see which Castle is higher in the list; that player wins. If one is missing, then the player with the available Castle wins. If neither is present, then the map creation should be repeated.
Details and options can still be discussed and improved. Players can also, among themselves, if they trust each other, conduct such a draw.

P.S. In this option, the players participate in the lottery themselves. They see the result themselves and immediately. And if it catches on... I want the name "High" to sound good... For example, call it HIGH SYSTEM DRAW :D

I thought the point of the coin was that players, for some reason, can't play, and you even wrote that the most common reason is simply the absence of someone. So how do you conduct a *High Draw* then?:o

the judge can initiate a generation (trance)

Maybe the judge will come over for a visit, have a beer, and chat about life?

Smart. Or maybe it's easier for him to find a witness and flip a coin. And then tell everyone how someone saw him flip the coin and that everything here is fair.
Or, within 5 minutes, create a trance, generate a map, and not talk about witnesses or the coin. Everyone will see it for themselves. I already understand your attitude towards this. You don't need to comment.

Or, within 5 minutes, create a trance, generate a map, and not talk about witnesses or the coin.

How about suggesting that players play chess, and the winner loses! It would only take an hour instead of a full game, and the players themselves would participate! High, no offense, but your suggestion sounds a bit absurd.
P.S. If you really need to see a result, you can ask a judge to flip a coin in a trance, and offer the choice of which side of the coin to choose to the player who tried harder to find the time and opportunity for the game. And randomness is randomness, no matter how hard you try to change it.

Two questions not about the new rules, but in general.

1.
Only with one hero and only once, or can it be done with 2-3 heroes, for example, once each?

2. I played a fun game on Jebus Cross, went out onto the sand, one of the "empty" respawns had no guard, I made a few moves with a scout hero inside, there were no neutrals anywhere, I turned around and left. The opponent definitely hadn't been there, his GO was not broken through, and I had Air Magic expert, everything was visible. Could I have gone in?