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TEAM TOURNAMENT "WHO IS STRONGER?"

Tournament organizer and head judge - KillAndAction.
I.C.Q. 458071313 and email address kpkolodin@gmail.com.

Idea author, organizer, tournament judge - alex_nv.
I.C.Q. 364581417, email address alex_nv_2004@mail.ru

Tournament Regulations.
This tournament is an official rated tournament.
Tournament dates 12.06.2014 - 30.08.2014 based on 14 days for the game + 10 days for completion due to force majeure. Force majeure conditions: only for those with insurmountable problems (no internet for more than 3 days, family circumstances, etc.) and who simultaneously warned in advance about upcoming or occurred problems.
In each round, 2 games are played. 1 point is awarded for a win, 1/2 for a draw, 0 for a loss

Round Deadlines.
In case matches end earlier, the draw for the next round is conducted accordingly earlier. If some games are not played, then:
1) the result is accepted by mutual agreement of the players (draw or win/loss of one of the players);
2) time for completion is given +3 days (for valid reasons);
3) the result is awarded by judges based on the situation in the game, player activity, etc.
4) draw for the next round

1st Round: 12.06.2014 - 25.06.2014
1st match
red elves orcs mages league
blue humans demons dwarves neks
1st turn KillAndAction- Stiletto, Vip.rus(alijvit) - sir_moz
2nd turn sir_moz - KillAndAction, Stiletto - alijvit
2nd match
red elves orcs dwarves neks
blue humans demons mages league
1st turn Yaughen - Элементаль Бога, Bradiaga - G_L
2nd turn G_L - Yaughen, Элементаль Бога - Bradiaga
3rd match
red elves demons dwarves league
blue humans orcs mages neks
1st turn BOLIVAR - аlex_nv, Noom - JonnyP
2nd turn JonnyP - BOLIVAR, аlex_nv - Noom

2nd Round: 26.06.2014 - 09.07.2014
1st match
red elves demons dwarves neks
blue humans orcs mages league
1st turn sir_moz - Noom, Stiletto - BOLIVAR
2nd turn BOLIVAR - sir_moz, Noom - Stiletto
2nd match
red elves orcs dwarves league
blue humans demons mages neks
1st turn Vip.rus - Yaughen, аlex_nv - Bradiaga
2nd turn Bradiaga - Vip.rus, Yaughen - аlex_nv
3rd match
red elves demons mages neks
blue humans orcs dwarves league
1st turn KillAndAction - Элементаль Бога, alijvit - G_L
2nd turn G_L - KillAndAction, Элементаль Бога - alijvit
3rd Round: 10.07.2014 - 23.07.2014
red elves demons mages league
blue humans orcs dwarves neks
1st match
1st turn Vip.rus - sir_moz, аlex_nv - moo_ir
2nd turn moo_ir - Vip.rus, sir_moz - аlex_nv
2nd match
red elves orcs mages neks
blue humans demons dwarves league
1st turn Элементаль Бога - Noom, G_L - BOLIVAR
2nd turn BOLIVAR - Элементаль Бога, Noom - G_L
3rd match
red elves orcs mages league
blue humans demons dwarves neks
1st turn Yaughen - KillAndAction, Bradiaga - alijvit
2nd turn alijvit - Yaughen, KillAndAction - Bradiaga
4th Round: 24.07.2014 - 06.08.2014
1st match
red elves orcs dwarves league
blue humans demons mages neks
1st turn KillAndAction - Noom, Vip.rus(alijvit) - BOLIVAR
2nd turn BOLIVAR - KillAndAction, Noom - Vip.rus(alijvit)
2nd match
red elves demons dwarves neks
blue humans orcs mages league
1st turn moo_ir - Bradiaga, sir_moz - Yaughen
2nd turn Yaughen - moo_ir, Bradiaga - sir_moz
3rd match
red elves orcs mages neks
blue humans demons dwarves league
1st turn Vip.rus - Элементаль Бога, аlex_nv - G_L
2nd turn G_L - Vip.rus, Элементаль Бога - аlex_nv
5th Round: 07.08.2014 - 20.08.2014
1st match
red elves demons dwarves league
blue humans orcs mages neks
1st turn Stiletto(Vip.rus) - Vip.rus(alijvit), аlex_nv - KillAndAction
2nd turn KillAndAction - Stiletto(Vip.rus), Vip.rus(alijvit) - аlex_nv
2nd match
red elves orcs dwarves neks
blue humans demons mages league
1st turn sir_moz - G_L, moo_ir - Элементаль Бога
2nd turn Элементаль Бога - sir_moz, G_L - moo_ir
3rd match
red elves demons mages neks
blue humans orcs dwarves league
1st turn Bradiaga - BOLIVAR, Yaughen - Noom
2nd turn Noom - Bradiaga, BOLIVAR - Yaughen
Completion time for those with force majeure: 21.08.2014 - 30.08.2014.

Please report all difficulties, delays immediately in this thread.

A limited number of players participate in the tournament - 12 players: 6 teams of 2 players

Each team must play 2 games with each opponent team. The composition and order of team pairs in each turn are determined by a draw.

First, a template for map generation is selected. A template for each game is chosen via a draft following the scheme: 1-1-...-1-1. In the next game, the template draft is made from the list of remaining templates after excluding templates of games already started in the match. We strongly recommend adhering to this rule. The red player starts the draft.
After that, from a set defined for the match, a draft of one faction from any list is performed until only one faction remains in each. The blue player starts the faction draft. In the 2nd turn of the match, faction sets are swapped between the teams of the match.

Template list: Lethos, Mask, Maze, M3, Spider, Rainbow, Sun, Crown.

The faction set for each match is determined by a draw from the general faction set:
light warriors
elves
humans

dark warriors
demons
orcs

light mages
dwarves
mages

dark mages
neks
league

sets:

elves demons dwarves neks
humans orcs mages league

elves orcs dwarves neks
humans demons mages league

elves demons mages neks
humans orcs dwarves league

elves orcs mages neks
humans demons dwarves league

elves demons dwarves league
humans orcs mages neks

elves orcs dwarves league
humans demons mages neks

elves demons mages league
humans orcs dwarves neks

elves orcs mages league
humans demons dwarves neks

The team that manages to score the most points wins the tournament.

Map generation is carried out using the current version of IRMG, huge size template - according to the draft for 2 teams of 2 people.
Settings for IRMG:
1."Zones Compatibility Factor" = 1.5
2."Monster Strength Factor" = 1.0
3."Portal Connection Only" - off (i.e., button not pressed)
3."No obstacles On Map" - off
4."Sigle Faction Guard" - Off
5."Selected Faction guard only" - off
6."Different Faction" - on
7."Disable Intant Travel" - off
8."Chaos week" - off
Game settings:
Turn time limit – 10 minutes.
Animation speed – 5.
Fast combat – enabled.
Simultaneous turns – enabled.
Dynamic combat – disabled.
Ghost mode – disabled.
Autosave – enabled.
Game difficulty – hero

Reasons for which a player is excluded from the tournament:
- non-compliance with the regulations and rules of this tournament;
- violation of tournament deadlines without prior notification to the tournament judge;
- fact of violating prohibitions in this tournament;
- rudeness, public insult of the organizer, judge, and tournament participants.
Replacement of tournament participants for those who have dropped out is possible. The result of the same participant is passed as "inheritance" to the newly joined tournament participant.

Tournament Rules.
Games are played on the latest official version of the game. Currently – HoMM V: Tribes of the East 3.1, the Tournament Edition mod is used in this tournament. By default, the game is played on the Ubi server. By agreement, the game can be played via Hamachi, Remobo, COMODO EasyVPN, GameRanger and similar programs.
Template list: M3, sun, lethos, maze, mask, rainbow, spider, crown.

Useful links.
TE version 6.7
Skill Wheel version 6.7
IRMG
Template schemes
Huge size templates

Since the game has autosave - it is recommended to save once every 3 days.
Each team in each turn has the right to one restart with map regeneration no later than the end of the 2nd day of the 1st week of the 1st month. In case of conflict between players:
- in the 1st week of the game, a technical restart is appointed with mandatory map regeneration with original factions;
- in the 2nd week of the game, players can agree on a technical restart with mandatory map regeneration with original factions.

If at the end of the battle / final battle all creatures die for both players, the one who performed the last action on the battlefield wins (for example, cast Armageddon's Blade, broke the crystal, hit with lava dragon creatures and died from fire shield damage).

Prohibitions.
The use of any bugs, undocumented features, cheat codes, as well as unofficial programs and modifications is prohibited, except for the TE mod itself (and programs creating virtual networks).
The "Red-rush" technique is prohibited, i.e., an attack by red on the first day of the week with bought growth (the red player can attack on the first day, but without buying growth).
Any joining of neutrals is prohibited; as an exception, joined units can be sacrificed into the pit or sold at the market.
It is prohibited to use the travel spell "Astral Gates" to jump into the opponent's starting zone.
It is prohibited to press wait at the beginning of a battle when using Krag's "Special Strike" ability in battles with opposing heroes, allowed against neutrals.
In case of connection loss or game crash, the last autosave of the game is loaded; players are obliged to exactly repeat all their moves up to the moment of connection loss or single crash.
In case of connection loss or crash on the first day of the game, heroes are randomized again.
In case of battles between players, a stalemate situation may arise in battle (when neither player can win). In this situation, the attacking side must retreat or surrender (at their discretion). If the Shackles of War artifact is involved in the battle, then in a stalemate situation, the battle should be finished in AutoCombat mode.

Attention! LOADS are PROHIBITED in this tournament!!
Exception: mutual agreement on the number of loads is reached by both players.
If, despite the reached agreement on the number of loads, players have disagreements about the outcome in the game (win/loss) due to loads, then the tournament judges reserve the right to decide the outcome of the game.
The report on the played game is written by the winner of the duel. The defeated party must confirm it. It is desirable to make a recording of the final battle game; in a disputed situation, it can help the Tournament judges.
The report on the played game should be formatted as follows:
Round No., Match No., Turn No.
Player1 (faction, main hero(es)) lost/won Player2 (faction, main hero(es)) - Template, month-week-day
Also, the report may contain a brief description of interesting moments of the game.

Example
1st round, 2nd match, 1st turn
kroleg (Dungeon, Sinitar) lost to Yozh (Elves, Wingael) - Spiral, 2-1-6

Reports must be from both players.
Write reports in the thread TOURNAMENT "TEAM TOURNAMENT "WHO IS STRONGER? - reports and accounts

Application form for registration in the tournament:
NickName on HeroesWorld
NickName in Hamachi, on ubi.com, in GameRanger.
I.C.Q. number.
Preferred game time according to Moscow time.

Please report all problems with communication with opponents, inability to play your game on time, requests for rescheduling games, etc. immediately in this thread...
Special treatment will be given to "flakey" players...
1. alijvit-616255471. By agreement.
2. Элементаль Бога/Теоретик-649862508. on weekends, sometimes evenings on weekdays.
3. JonnyP-575169271. idk, varies.
4. Noom-644980173.
5. Bradiaga-369816877.
6. KillAndAction-458071313. Weekdays - after 22:00 Moscow time, weekends - by agreement.
7. BOLIVAR-576881700. Usually on weekends. Weekdays by agreement
8. Yaughen 604023507. Mainly on weekends, if online.
9. аlex_nv-364581417. Weekdays after 18:00 Moscow, weekends - by agreement.
10. Stiletto-413348890.
11. Vip.rus-444045705, 21:30 Moscow on weekdays/ replacement for JonnyP
12. G_L-466312352. Usually after 21:00 Moscow time.
13. moo_ir-234642832. Replacement for Stiletto.
14. sir_moz.
Team lists.
Noom - BOLIVAR
Alex_nv - Stiletto (JonnyP, Vip.rus)
G_L - Элементаль Бога
Bradiaga - yaughen
Vip.rus (alijvit) - KillAndAction
sir_moz - moo_ir (Stiletto)

Tournament table of the tournament.

I apologize to everyone for not responding in the thread when choosing the top players – I had to leave urgently, and I thought I could do it quickly, but it turned out to be more complicated. My vote probably wouldn't have made a difference anyway – the team compositions are good.
I'm available now.

Considering that it’s currently summer and vacation season, it would be great to draw the pairings for the next round now, as, for example, Stiletto and I have already played our matches in the first round. Otherwise, for example, I will have a break from July 18th to 28th, during which I won’t be able to play. If this period unfortunately coincides with the vacations of our opponents, we will run into scheduling issues.

Considering that it's summer and vacation season, it would be great to draw the next round now, as, for example, Stiletto and I have already played our matches in the first round. Otherwise, for example, I will have a break from July 18th to July 28th, when I won't be able to play. If this unfortunately coincides with the opponents' vacations, we will run into time constraints.

There are 12 participants in the tournament, not two. The next draw will be held on June 24, 2014, or when 10 out of 12 games are completed. Given your playing speed, I have no doubt that you will have enough time from July 10th to July 17th and from July 29th to August 5th. So, rest easy. In the previous tournament, deadlines were set until the end of the tournament, but this did not help to eliminate complaints about deadlines (especially from you). Those who want to play will play their games. Those who don't want to will show it in the first round. In the meantime, play the "seasonal" game on the portal and wait for the next draw.

In the previous tournament, the schedule was not clearly defined (stating that round 2 will be from July 10th to 18th is not a schedule if it doesn't specify who plays against whom in round 2), which is why there were complaints.

In the previous tournament, the schedule was not clearly defined (stating that round 2 will be from July 10th to 18th is not a schedule if it doesn't specify who plays against whom in round 2). This is why there were complaints.

That's why in the current tournament, the schedule and matchups are clearly defined. If we draw the next round now, we'll get Noom - Player A, Player B - Noom. Players A and B will have to deal with not only their two remaining unplayed games from the first round but also with persistent requests to play against you in the second round. Put yourself in their shoes, don't just think about yourself. I suggest we end the discussion here; if you have any further questions, refer to the end of my previous message.

I don't know – no one has ever been hostile towards me. It would be nice if you changed your tone – I have the feeling that I might have offended you somehow. I still don't understand what I did or where I offended you.

Hello everyone! I suggest that teams choose a name for themselves before the end of the first round. I think it will look nicer to see team names in the results table instead of "Vasya-Pupkin" :D Please reply in this thread or send a private message/ICQ message to the judges.

I suggest a name for our team with Moz: "God and the simpleton" (meaning, the one who is close to God) :D

Yaughen, Bradiaga, G_L, Elemental Бога, why is there no information about started and unfinished games, about difficulties, problems, about the activity of opponents, etc.?
Are you going to play or should we continue the tournament without you?

Patience is not infinite.

P.S. I'm losing the desire to organize tournaments in the future.

Yeah, Kila, I don't know, it feels like you're just fading away, disappearing without anyone noticing...

Summer! We need to draw lots to determine the teams, otherwise, with several players, we could spend a whole month on it!!

Yesterday, Zhenya and the theorist played.

Yaughen, Bradiaga, G_L, Elemental Бога, why is there no information about started and unfinished games, about the difficulty, problems, about the activity of opponents, etc.?
Are you going to play or should we continue the tournament without you?

Patience is not infinite.

P.S. I'm losing the desire to organize tournaments in the future.

Both games have been started, both are unfinished, there are no difficulties or problems, and the activity of the opponents is high. Round 1 will be completed by 06/25. We will meet the deadline.