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The time has come and so... drumroll... the qualifying tournament for FB-8 is declared open :smile44:

I. Regulations and Deadlines

The qualifying tournament will be held using the "Swiss" system

Start of the tournament: April 1, 2014; registration until March 29, 2014 inclusive

Time limit per round: 2 weeks - technical losses will be assigned without regard to opinions or authority (the sole exception is CIS-14 in Minsk)
Players have the right to arrange a convenient time among themselves, but if an agreement cannot be reached, the critical time for playing is the night from Saturday to Sunday of the first week. (if the game was not completed in one session, then during the second week). In case one player fails to show up at the set time, the other must write to the organizer or one of the judges, and when the tech result is assigned, this will be the main argument.
This clause is not subject to discussion.

7 players advance to the final stage.

II. Rules and Templates.

1. By default, games are played according to /topic/10593/
2. By default, the game version is SoD 3.2 (4.0); by mutual agreement, WT or any other version of HOMM3.

3.The template for each round will be determined as follows - during registration, each participant must indicate 5 favorite templates; from all these templates, 9 will be selected (depending on the number of participants and the number of rounds, respectively). Then the selected templates are randomly "shuffled" and a list is compiled (e.g., 1-2sm4d3, 2-mininoszta, 3-Jebus Cross, 4-skirmish, etc.). In the 1st round, players ban templates that "came up" under numbers 1, 2, 3 (i.e., banning occurs from 2sm4d3, mininoszta, and Jebus Cross). In the next round, banning occurs from templates 2, 3, 4 (mininoszta, Jebus Cross, skirmish), etc. In the last 7th (9th) round, banning will occur from templates 7 (9), 1, 2. Red starts the ban

4. Town selection: standard ban. Blue starts the ban. Colors are determined during the draw and do not change with restarts.

A win awards 1 point, a draw 0.5, a loss 0.
The winners, and accordingly those who qualify for FB, will be 7 people.
The winner is determined by the total number of points scored. In case of a tie in points, additional tiebreakers apply.
1) Buchholz Coefficient
2) Head-to-head result

III. Organizational Matters
1. The tournament is official and regular.
2. The tournament is conducted according to the Rules for Organizing, Conducting, and Participating in Tournaments.
3. Tournament Host: zloi_romantic (296524052)
Tournament Judges: Pit for LM (471401475), Dirty_Player (ICQ 408722873).
4. For each game played, participants must submit a report and confirmation.
5. Saves of all games must be kept until the end of the tournament and presented at the first request of the tournament hosts or any AC member.
6. Regarding controversial issues, if any arise, please discuss them outside the forum. To resolve them, contact the host or a tournament judge via ICQ and provide daily saves, ICQ logs, and other necessary information.
The judges' decision is made primarily based on the tournament rules. If the situation that arises is not regulated by the rules, then the judges will be guided by basic logic and gaming ethics.
7. All tournament games count towards the season rating. Reports and confirmations are written in this thread and will be copied to the "Game Reports and Confirmations Online" thread. I.e., there is NO need to duplicate reports in the seasonal thread.
8. The final part of the tournament will be held using a round-robin system.

IV. Participants
1. Experienced players from HW and other gaming resources are invited to the tournament.
2. Newcomers who have shown good results are allowed (applications will be considered on an individual basis).
3. Newly registered players are not allowed to participate in the tournament (exception: active players from other gaming resources; applications will be considered on an individual basis).
4. Players who have a BWP are not eligible to participate in the tournament. If any player is awarded a BWP during the tournament, they will be disqualified and their results annulled.
5. Applications from undisciplined players who have repeatedly "ditched" tournaments may be rejected.
6. The organizers reserve the right to refuse a user participation in the tournament without publicly explaining the reasons.
7. The Winner and 2nd-3rd place finishers of the FB-7 tournament are NOT allowed to participate in the qualifiers.
8. The tournament application must include:
- 5 most favorite templates
- convenient time for playing

9. Players Gomunguls, Aya, Maretti advance to FB-8 without a qualifier, while players Piterius and LeBron have a bonus of a byeslot for 1 round (if, of course, they wish to participate)

The randomizer arranged the templates as follows
1-2sm4d3
2-Spider
3-skirmish (played according to OFB rules, i.e., with a town ban and no color change, but by mutual agreement you can play according to seasonal rules, i.e., allrandom)
4-6lm10a
5-JC
6-8mm6a
7-anarchy
8-diamond
9-Mini nostalgia

Thus, in the 1st round Red starts the ban from templates - 2sm4d3, Spider, skirmish
In the 2nd round, the ban proceeds from templates Spider, skirmish, 6lm10a
In all rounds, Red starts the template ban

I repeat for everyone - if you have a problem with your opponent (cannot find a common time, being ignored, etc.), write to me on ICQ - we will sort it out
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I'm tired, the report will be in the morning.
Here is the report.
We remade a lot. I surrendered to a valkyrie with three stacks and another one with three as well. But terrible lack of money + it took 5 days to reach the ore mine. I didn't place any Knights or Citadels on the first week. However, I captured a castle from a Conflux and built Haspids there with an external dwelling. I had to take the external dwelling with 10 archers and 4 Haspids.
On the second week, I built Griffins, assembled a stack of Magma Elementals - 20 of them. I captured several computer towns, established a good economy, and took 2 Hives.
On the third week, I took a Griffin Conservatory, a level 3, and 2 Dragon Utopias gave me Cape of Silence and Angel Wings. I captured another Conflux + built Griffins there too.
On the fourth week, another 2 Dragon Utopias - gave me Cape of Air, a valkyrie with Expert Air and Earth. Tons of money, tons of meat, income 15k, thinking about demonizing. Through a chain and 2 Dimension Doors, I reach the scout hero in the castle with all the meat.

Thanks for the game.

P.S. A few unpleasant mishaps happened in the game. It would be better for the organizers to write more clearly about the templates.
ICQ 245338291
Ник в лоби - Kilgory
Battle Report Accepted
Замок / Castle Faction Замок / Castle
Валеска / Valeska Start Hero Валеска / Valeska
Валеска / Valeska Main Hero Валеска / Valeska
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Подземелье / Dungeon Faction Подземелье / Dungeon
Шакти / Shakti Start Hero Шакти / Shakti
Крег Хак / Crag Hack Main Hero Крег Хак / Crag Hack
Map Template
Spider
Game Length
146 days
Game Date
4/14/2014
Reported
4/14/2014 6:45 PM
Rating Impact Archived
Kilgor 1813 1814 +1 ↑
liverpool 1443 1442 -1 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 4/16/2014 12:04 AM

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3 (Three) FBs didn't bring any results, I probably could have won in the 3rd FB, but it was already 5 am, so I played very poorly and had to buy my way out. My opponent had 3 Phantom Dragons left, and I didn't have enough mana for Implosion. We both still had 6 castles, so we just kept running around...
Thanks for the game.
Time was running out, and there was no end in sight. Thanks for the game!
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The last evening....:smile04:
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THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!! I haven't done anything like this before...
Thanks for the game!!


Battle Report Accepted
Крепость / Fortress Faction Крепость / Fortress
Тазар / Tazar Start Hero Тазар / Tazar
Тазар / Tazar Main Hero Тазар / Tazar
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Сопряжение / Conflux Faction Сопряжение / Conflux
Random Start Hero Random
Лабета / Labetha Main Hero Лабета / Labetha
Map Template
Spider
Game Length
221 days
Game Date
4/3/2014
Reported
4/14/2014 7:54 PM
Rating Impact Archived
KobRa_RR 1757 1759 +2 ↑
marajan 1401 1399 -2 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 4/15/2014 6:18 PM

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04/03/2014 KobRa_RR (Blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def marajan (Red, Conflux, Random, Ghelar, Labeta) Spider 221

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!! I haven't done anything like that before...
Thanks for the game!!
He made it, he made it, Artem managed to write the report :smile03:
296524052
Весна 2012.
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THAT WAS COOL!!!!! I've never done anything like that before...
You put together a Speedy and an Explorer, and then remembered—are you playing SoD? :D
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I decided to play this layout because of the 2 skeleton caches and the confluence, but everything turned out very poorly; there were tons of ranged blocks, and my bone stack was melting before my eyes. I took a computer Castle player, and at the start of the second week, the opponent appears. Using bought meat on the mulch, I drive him back, killing his first-week meat without birds. After that, each went to their own corner; I was grinding bones, but progress was slow, and there were almost no artifacts lying around. By the end of the third week, I found 2 Dragon Utopias, 1 and 2, which gave me a bag of gold and two breastplates +10-2 and +4+4. In short, everything was bleak. I slotted in Archangels; while building Angels + Archangels, there weren't enough resources for the Mage Guild, so I only started placing it on the 4th week. I found one more Dragon Utopia, but then the opponent, using 2 Dimension Doors with basic Air magic, burst into my Castle. I didn't get the auto-win; thanks for the game.
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Некрополь / Necropolis Faction Некрополь / Necropolis
Клавиус / Clavius Start Hero Клавиус / Clavius
Клавиус / Clavius Main Hero Клавиус / Clavius
Победа / Def Победа / Def
Сопряжение / Conflux Faction Сопряжение / Conflux
Фиур / Fiur Start Hero Фиур / Fiur
Фиур / Fiur Main Hero Фиур / Fiur
Map Template
Spider
Game Length
144 days
Game Date
4/14/2014
Reported
4/14/2014 8:28 PM
Rating Impact Archived
HellLighT 1794 1802 +8 ↑
Toganash 1612 1604 -8 ↓
Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 4/14/2014 8:46 PM

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14.04.2014 HellLighT (Blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) def Toganash (Red, Conflux, Fiur, Fiur) Spider 144

Decided to play the setup because of 2 skeleton crypts and a Griffin Conservatory, but everything turned out very poorly, stacks of shooter blockers, the skeleton stack melted before my eyes, I took a Castle town, and at the start of the second week the opponent shows up, with scrounged meat on Mullich I chase him off, killing his first week meat without birds, then each to their own corner, I hoarded skeletons, but things were going kind of slow, almost no artifacts lying around, by the end of the third week I found 2 Dragon Utopias, 1 and 2, they gave a bag of gold and 2 breastplates +10-2 +4+4, in short everything was dreary, I built archers, while building Angels+Archers I didn't have enough resources for a Mage Guild, I only started building it on the 4th, found another Dragon Utopia, then the opponent using 2 Dimension Doors with basic Air Magic broke into my castle, auto didn't allow it, thanks for the game.

I do NOT confirm. I think it's high time something was done about such "victories". It contradicts the spirit of the game. It's the same kind of thing as a redraw on the third month


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Well, then, moral of the story for you! Get smacked :smile52: If you can't play by the rules, install a mod for noobs made by Wizard, and be happy. I don't use auto-pilot.
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then you deserve a downvote! :smile52: If you can't play by the rules, install a mod for noobs from Wizard, and be happy. I don't use auto-pilot.

Go ahead and give me 10 downvotes, it's getting funny :D The point is, if you were more (or in this case, less) principled like Toganash, no one would ask you about using auto-pilot. You would just communicate through the chat.


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and nothing would have changed, lol)). I know the rules perfectly; if you break them, that's it. I sometimes let things slide due to old friendships or minor mistakes, but in this case, I didn't see any reason to.
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There isn't a rule stating that breaking a rule results in a technical defeat. Show me where it says that. I accidentally took the Mill – does that automatically mean a technical defeat? Do you really think so?


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I decided to play the layout because of 2 skeleton caches and a confluence, but everything turned out very poorly; lots of ranged blocks, the bone stack was melting before my eyes. I took a computer castle, and at the start of the second week the opponent appears; using bought meat on the mulch, I drive him off, killing his first-week meat without birds. Then each went to their own corner; I was grinding bones, but things weren't moving very quickly, there were almost no artifacts lying around. By the end of the third week, I found 2 Dragon Utopias, 1 and 2, which gave a bag of gold and 2 breastplates +10-2 and +4+4; in short, everything was bleak. I plugged in archs; while building angels+archs, there weren't enough resources for the Mage Guild, so I only started placing it on the 4th week. I found one more Dragon Utopia, then the opponent, using 2 Dimension Doors with basic air, burst into my castle. Auto didn't help, thanks for the game.
I could have reached him with one Dimension Door and equipped wings, but since the timer burned out, I failed in a rush and the opponent decided to take the chance.
Thx.
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Exactly, you violated the rules – and what did you think, that they would just wave a finger and the result would change? :smile52:
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World, friendship, chewing gum :)
Decision made, result recorded.
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Весна 2012.

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