Posts from Appeals Committee. Disputed situations in tournaments.

-further discussion in the Hv rules topic

If you're going to delve so deep, please provide an interview with the developers of Heroes of Might and Magic III, where they clearly explain what was a bug in the game and what was intentionally designed.

Where is the 100% guarantee that the feature with the Special Abilities (SA) was not initially intended by the developers, since it is extremely rare? There is no such guarantee. We are already making assumptions, supposedly based on common sense.

If you're going to delve so deep, please provide an interview with the developers of Heroes of Might and Magic III, where they clearly explain what in the game is a bug and what was intentionally designed.

Where is the 100% guarantee that the "Skill Points" (SP) feature wasn't initially intended by the developers, since it's a very rare occurrence? There is no such guarantee. We are already adding our own interpretations, supposedly based on common sense.

You can enter the password quickly in every game. Using a spell with water takes 0.001% of games and it takes a long time. That's what I'm talking about. That's why I gave the example of scoring with a hand in football. For some reason, many people score this way, but they only get a yellow card, and the goals are not counted. And only in the rarest cases in history, and (why is that?!!!) only the very top players (!!!) manage to do it without punishment and with a result for the team. And they don't call them "Cheater" or "Deceiver," but rather praise them.

They don't call them "Scammer" or "Deceiver," but rather admire them.

Even if this bug can be exploited only once in a million attempts, it will still remain a bug. And not a divine game or something else.

You can enter the password quickly, and it works in every game. Using the Shrine of the Ancients with water is only effective in 0.001% of games, and it takes a long time.

So, here's an attempt at an answer, although it's not entirely straightforward, as the concept of fairness is still based on subjectivity:
After the aforementioned actions, the game as such was essentially "killed" in that match.
There was neither unfair play nor fair play; there was simply no game at all.
Instead, there was an exploitation of an infinite resource advantage gained through a subjective interpretation of the rules' shortcomings.
And no actions by the opponent could prevent this.
The game implies competition, until the very end, until one of the sides achieves the game objective, equivalent to victory, or someone surrenders.
But where was the competition?
And since there was no game, there's no point in talking about the result.
What turned the game into a mockery? It was due to actions that were supposedly not prohibited, although their legitimacy is highly questionable even from the point of view of the rules in effect at that time.

Here's another question. Does this reasoning apply to the situation of killing a blue creature in a Castle on level 111 while playing under anarchy rules? (This is a real situation that occurred in the "Outlaw" tournament.) As you know, all rules are abolished in anarchy except for the rule of fair play. I invite all proponents of morality to join the discussion – is such a victory considered fair?

Here's another question. Does this reasoning apply to the situation of killing a blue player in a castle on turn 111 in a game played under anarchy rules? (This is a real situation that occurred in the "Outlaw" tournament.) As you know, all rules are canceled in anarchy except for the rule of fair play. I invite all proponents of morality to join the discussion – is such a victory considered fair?

If there are still respawn points left, blue can take a respawn when they are killed. If there are no respawn points left, it's their own fault for not respawning earlier. The only thing I would suggest – for again, very rare situations – if the game is played in anarchy mode without changing colors, then in the case where blue is killed on level 111 several times in a row, they run out of respawn points, and are killed on level 111 again, then blue should be given a technical respawn.