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SECOND OFFLINE HEROES OF MIGHT AND MAGIC I TOURNAMENT "NEIGHBORS"


TOURNAMENT RULES


1. To participate in the second offline tournament for Heroes of Might and Magic I "NEIGHBORS", you must register on our website www.heroesworld.ru, as well as submit an application in this thread.

P.S. This tournament is held as part of the general same-named Cunningham tournament, therefore all information, as well as its progress and results, will be displayed in that section.
Турнир имени Jov Van Caneghem-а на HeroesWorld

Note: final tournament results will also be available in the offline tournaments section for Heroes of Might and Magic I.

2. The tournament is played on the Russian version of Heroes of Might and Magic I from Buka. The save will be generated on Russian version 1.1.

3. The goal of the game is to defeat the enemy.
The submitted save must contain the tournament number (2), the participant's number in the application table, the abbreviation (C - NEIGHBORS) and the player's Nick.

Example:

2_1_C_VDV_forever.GM1
2_2_C_AlexeyPank.GM1


4. The result will be evaluated, first and foremost, by the minimum time.
If several players have an equal walkthrough time, the best will be determined by the sum of primary skills (attack, defense, magic, knowledge) INCLUDING EQUIPPED ARTIFACTS; if a favorite is still not determined, then by the amount of mercury.

5. Along with the submitted save, it is mandatory to provide a description of the final step (battle with a hero, battle for a castle, capturing an artifact, victory over the last monster) after which victory occurs, or the walkthrough of the scenario.

6. The submitted save must have only one conquering hero who performs the final action (others should simply be dismissed).

7. It is forbidden: to buy back your dismissed heroes on the same day (i.e., using the "dismissal-buyback" trick);
it is also forbidden to buy heroes who died in battle (not to be confused with those who fled)!

8. It is forbidden: to move a bought-back hero who fled/paid off in battle on the day they fled/paid off. Buying such a hero is allowed, but they can only be moved the following day;

9.It is forbidden: To dig up the Grail without fully uncovering the puzzle map.

10. It is forbidden: to use cheating programs, codes, as well as additional software that can change the game structure.

11. Send the save to the email address VDV_forever@BK.RU

12. In case of suspicion of cheating or other malicious intent during the map walkthrough, a save must be made every game day.
In such a case (detection of cheating), the player will be required to send additional saves and provide a description of the walkthrough to the tournament organizer to determine whether the play was unfair or honest.
The result of a player who played dishonestly will be voided, and their further participation in tournaments will be impossible. This will also reflect poorly on their reputation.

13. Discussion of the tournament during its progress is FORBIDDEN!!!
(Players who violate this rule automatically exclude themselves from playing the tournament; their results will not be counted and will be annulled).

14. The tournament starts on February 1 and lasts until February 28 (inclusive!). Results will be announced on March 3, 2007.

15. After receiving your save, you will see in the application table that:

save accepted - indicated by a bold Nick.
save counted - indicated by an italicized bold Nick.

This list may be expanded with new participants!
We invite everyone to take part in the tournament!

Saves will only be considered for players who are in this table, so submit your applications IN ADVANCE!!!



PARTICIPANT LIST
NUMBERPLAYER NICK
1 VDV_forever
2 Kyle
3 Night
4 Inquisitor
5 Zingel
6 Isabel
7 AlexeyPank
8GriB_o.k.
9Lexx
10Sage
11CrasH
12IronAxe
13vbn
14GmiR
15Armadale
16Alex R
17vbs
18WAD
19mmiha
20sergh
21Fireball
22Sir Christian
23Lacky
24MasterCard
25Oleg RS
26Varg-Nar
27YoshiDo
28Richard I
Everything about the starting save

Starting save
from 01.02.07 download
save:
map from which the save was generated:

1. Download the save.

2. The downloaded Save must be placed on your computer in the GAMES folder of the installed Heroes of Might and Magic I.

3. Load it and start playing at any time convenient for you, while remembering to make daily saves.

4. After reaching the final action (after which victory occurs), save again.

5. With the final save, describe this last step in detail (most likely a battle); then the results will be processed faster and there will be fewer suspicions of cheating!!!

6. A full description of the tournament map is encouraged (optional). If such descriptions are provided, a contest for the best description will be held; 10 of them (the very best) will take their place of honor in the "Hall of Fame" section!

7. Send this save to the specified address (in the rules of this tournament).

8. Wait for the results.

P.S. I wish all tournament participants a great time playing and, most importantly, VICTORY!

P.S.S. If there are any additions or comments, please do not hesitate to speak up to minimize disagreements and shortcomings in the same-named process of the tournament.
Sincerely, VDV_forever
Единый справочник по Героям Меча и Магии

ТУРНИРЫ ПО ГЕРОЯМ 1!:smile13:
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Sage;70733
In my opinion, the most important thing on this map is obtaining the teleportation magic. The war with the AI after landing on the island of the yellow AI really took me 3 days.
Moreover, I noticed a trend:
the earlier you attack, the more floors he builds (he concentrates on the main castle), and the later, the more he focuses on the army and developing other castles.
And another interesting point, they all have 3 heroes (once a Barbarian had 4).
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Sage;70733
The war against the computer-controlled heroes after landing on the island with the yellow hero actually took me 3 days.
In the initial versions, I also managed to complete it in 3 days.
However, after some optimization and preliminary preparation, it started taking 2 days, almost regardless of the location of the computer-controlled heroes. The exception is when the Barbarian hero is located on the opposite side of the lava – at the very top, or on the right edge of the desert.
Герои - это клёво.
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Zingel;70737
Break through to the portal? And that early in the game... Well, he joined Pikemen there, and Gargoyles... plus the Castle's Swordmen and Pikemen bonus, and Genies. You'll take down the Paladins, but what then? Dragons, Phoenixes... And which computer-controlled Castle should you capture first?
Honestly, I didn't go through the portal. I sailed! :)

I immediately dismissed the option of sailing:
it takes too long to build it yourself (you need to capture a third town + 8000 gold and 50 wood), and you might have to wait a long time for the computer to do it...
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Zingel;70725
I think we can start discussing the tournament now :)
According to my calculations, it's possible to complete this map in 11 days. However, I couldn't manage to do it.
It might be possible to complete it in 11 days, but the question is, where do you get enough gold to buy the required number of heroes? For me, the main obstacle was the lack of gold.
Твой дом там, где твоё сердце.
Все люди - братья, но в каждом из нас спит волк.
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Alex_R;70738
Moreover, I noticed a tendency:
the earlier you arrive at his place, the more floors he has built (concentrating on the main castle), and the later you arrive, the more he focuses on the army and the development of other castles.
I haven't noticed such a tendency.
He only built the final level of the mage tower after the minotaurs, and the minotaurs after the third level.
And if you arrive at his place on turn 13, there was always a full tower!

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Alex_R;70740
I immediately dismissed the option of sailing:
it takes too long to build it yourself (grabbing a 3rd town + needing 8000 gold and 50 wood), and you can wait for the computer for a long time...
And why do you need gold and wood?
For example, in my towns I didn't build anything except the dock. I built everyone with genies and joined troops.
Герои - это клёво.
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Zingel;70742
And if you visit him on the 13th turn, the tower is always fully built!
I once arrived on the 15th day, and he didn't have a fully built tower!

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Zingel;70742
And what do you need gold and wood for?
In my cities, I didn't build anything except the dock. I defeated everyone with djinns and joined troops.
Build a fort + shipyard + ship in the village = 8000 gold + 50 wood.
Твой дом там, где твоё сердце.
Все люди - братья, но в каждом из нас спит волк.
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And what about breaking through their defenses? There are losses, of course, but that's not important here. I even let a strong yellow Warlock in a Castle cast Storm, and I didn't reload.
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Sage;70741
It might be possible to complete it in 11 days, but where do you get the gold to buy the required number of heroes? For me, the main bottleneck was the lack of gold.
I captured the gold mine. And I converted all the chests, except for 2, into gold.

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Sage;70744
I once arrived on day 15, and he didn't have a full tower!
That's strange...
Definitely replay! :)
Sage;70744

Build a fort + shipyard + ship in the village = 8000 gold + 50 wood.
Well, that's exactly the amount of wood that's lying around on the starting island. And there's much more gold in the chests.
Герои - это клёво.
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Zingel;70747
I captured the gold mine. And I converted all the treasure chests into money, except for two.
I never made it to the gold mine, although I had the opportunity (but I realized this when I had already finished playing the map, and I didn't have time to replay it).

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Zingel;70747
That's strange...
You definitely should replay! :)
So I replayed. Or rather, this happened during a test playthrough.
Твой дом там, где твоё сердце.
Все люди - братья, но в каждом из нас спит волк.
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What are you talking about when you say "break through"? There are losses, of course, but that's not important here. I even let a strong yellow (Warlock) cast a storm when I attacked him in his castle, and I didn't reload.
Storm is a problem. Especially if the Warlock is standing in his own castle.
I was lucky when I attacked (without magic) the first castle in the campaign; it was guarded by only 3 Hydras. So I took them out without any losses. Then I left a group of Djinns, cast Antimagic on them, and took out all the clever heroes with a storm. And if the computer also used Antimagic, then 7 Djinns look pretty good in melee combat!
Герои - это клёво.
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Zingel;70742
I haven't noticed that trend.
He only built the last level of the magic tower after the minotaurs, and the minotaurs after the third level.
And if you come to him on the 13th turn, the tower is always fully built!

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And what do you need gold and wood for?
For example, in my cities, I didn't build anything except the dock. I defeated everyone with djinns and joined troops.
I didn't develop the secondary towns at all, and mainly built pikemen and archers, and all the money went to
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Sage;70755

I had 7 Hydras and 3 Minotaurs stationed there, but without a hero.
Well, I've played through that map several times. Once, I couldn't beat him at all. He dug in, the rascal, in his own castle, with all his troops and even allied dwarves, and to make matters worse, the Storm spell didn't work twice. :)
Герои - это клёво.
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Zingel;70752
Storm is a problem. Especially if a Warlock is standing in his Castle.
I was lucky when I attacked (without magic) the first Castle of the computer, it was guarded by only 3 Hydras. So I took it out without any losses. And then I left the Genies alone, cast Antimagic on them, and took out all the clever heroes with Storm myself. And if the computer also used Antimagic, then 7 Genies look pretty good in melee!
And if it's not a secret, where did you put the other two Genies? (there are only 9 of them)
I'll guess that you lost 2 of them when you were breaking in.
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Alex_R;70753
I didn't develop side towns at all, and mostly only built pikemen and archers, otherwise all the money went to his army and heroes.
Well, it's time to show my hand. :)
I don't remember if I bought troops in enemy castles, I think not (they were all bought out). Ah, I remember, I bought trolls. In my own castles, I bought peasants once to capture the sawmill.
As for construction—I only built a castle, shipyard, ship, and a magic tower. That's it.

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Alex_R;70757
And if it's not a secret, what did you do with the other two genies? (there are only 9)
I assume that when you were breaking through the boots, you lost 2.
You get it! :)
Герои - это клёво.

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