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How long must we wait, the crowd shouted? kalababa has given up on his tournament and won't let anyone else run it, others complained. But no one gave up on anything; I was just waiting! The long-awaited M200% blitz tournament is here!

Submit your applications in this thread. Include the following in your application:
1. Nickname.
2. ICQ number for communication.

Organizational matters
1. This is an official tournament.
2. Tournament organizer: kalababa (ICQ 666171622). Tournament referee: Pit for LM (ICQ: 471401475).
3. The tournament will be held according to the rules for online games in Heroes III and the seasonal Ranked Tournament, Version 3.
4. For each game played, participants must submit a detailed report and confirmation in this thread. Only then will the game be counted.
5. All games in the tournament will count towards the seasonal ranking. The list of reports will be sent to the ranking organizer. There is no need to duplicate reports in the seasonal ranking.
6. Save files for all games must be saved until the end of the tournament and submitted upon request by the tournament organizers, referees, or any member of the administration.
7. If any disputes arise, please discuss them off-forum. To resolve the issue, contact the organizer or referee in ICQ and provide daily save files, ICQ logs, and any other necessary information.
The referee's decision will be based primarily on the tournament rules. If the situation is not covered by the rules, the referees will rely on basic logic and gaming ethics.
8. At the end of the tournament, the winner will receive the "M-200% Tournament Winner" medal to be displayed under their avatar.
9. The tournament organizer may refuse participation to any player without explanation. Newcomers with only a few posts can play in the seasonal ranking. The selection process will be strict and may be fair.

Tournament Regulations
1. Tournament dates: April-June 2015. The tournament starts on April 10th.
2. Tournament format: Double Elimination, best-of-one except for the finals (finals are best-of-three).
3. Time allotted for each round: 5 days (5 days for the losers' bracket, 10 days for the winners' bracket).
4. The draw and current results will be posted at the beginning of this thread.
Attention: Technical results will be awarded for all games not played within the allotted time.

Rules
1. Game version: The tournament will be played on version SOD 3.2(4.0)HD+ Hw_rulez 1.3. Password-protected save files and a chess timer are mandatory.
2. The tournament will be played according to the seasonal rules.
3. Each player has 1 restart.
4. The tournament will be played on mirror_skirmish.
5. All castles and bonuses are random.
6. The game will be played on a medium-sized mirror map with no water, 200% resources, a chess timer (8:4:1), and medium monster strength (monster strength is not random; all templates have been redesigned and optimized for this difficulty).
7. The starting color will be determined by a coin toss.
8. It is strictly forbidden to pass through "bugged" passages.
9. The Hw_rulez 1.3 patch must be installed.

Template Scheme

The upper level and the underground are completely identical. Green lines indicate transitions between levels, and blue lines indicate transitions within a level.
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Dirty_Player
Still, we need to somehow try to fit the template into size S.
For starters, reduce the strength of the monsters.

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P.S. This does not apply to the guardians of the teleporters.
Даже если вас съели - у вас два выхода:smile19:

Зима 2011-12.
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Dirty_Player
We still need to somehow try to fit the template into size C.
Maybe balance, skirmish, and CM... :cool: And start next week.
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Dirty_Player
We still need to somehow try to fit the template into a size S.
If we change the number of current zones, 6 castles on each surface, there are 3 zones of 3x3 cells each:(

лето 2012.
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The templates with XWrulez are not posted in the first post of the thread. Fail... I'll have to search for them in the topic itself. I've been thinking about the situation, and some ideas have come to mind. I can try to tweak the template. If you provide a list of wishes (with priorities). I have never played the original M-200, so the wishes "to make it like it used to be" need to be specified.
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Wicc
The templates with X-rule are not posted in the first post of the topic. Fail... I'll have to search for them in the topic itself.

I thought about the situation and came up with some ideas. I can try to tweak the template. If you provide a list of wishes (with priority).

I have never played the original M-200, so the wishes "to be like before" need to be specified.
It's easier to use zone-based defenses, the map size is smaller, the game used to focus on magic, now it focuses on the late game, it's too strong when it spawns in a certain zone, there are always 2-3 of them.

лето 2012.
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Considering everything mentioned above, plus the fact that the mirrored template features different heroes, the previous format seems much more appealing to me.
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Wicc
The templates with XWrulez are not posted in the first post of the topic. Fail... I'll have to search for them in the topic itself.

I've been thinking about the situation, and some ideas have come up. I can try to tweak the template. If you provide a list of wishes (with priorities).

I've never played the original M-200, so wishes like "make it like it used to be" need to be specified.

Make it like the mirror in VT.


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You can't please everyone, so I'm asking to delete the tournament thread; I no longer want to organize it. Or, as an alternative, reset the rankings and let only those who are interested register.
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kalababa
You can't please everyone, so I'm asking to delete the tournament thread; I no longer want to organize it.

Or, as an alternative, reset the rankings and let only those who are interested register.
I'm leaving because I'm tired of Heroes, and you're just the person to talk to about that.
Стрим это понты. Cтримишь, знай что твой стрим смотрят, точнее ты стримишь, чтобы смотрели, они и смотрят. Или стримы нельзя смотреть? (c) Chinqis
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kalababa
You can't please everyone, so I'm asking to delete the tournament thread; I've lost the desire to run it.

Or, as an alternative, reset the rankings and let only those who are interested register.
What prevents us from leaving this option in place for now, thinking about what to do, and running the tournament on the previous, already tested platform? It might not be a perfect mirror, but M200 will do.

лето 2012.
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kalababa
You can't please everyone, please delete the tournament thread, I no longer want to run it.
This is the key phrase. Everything that follows would have been better left unsaid.
kalababa
Or, as an alternative, reset the registration and let only those who are interested register.
As an option, yes. I see two options. First: leave everything as is and reset the registration. Second: run the tournament as usual with pre-made maps without underground, as before, and continue working on the mirror map (up to reducing its size and the number of castles).
Perhaps it would be a good idea to launch a poll? Personally, I accept both options, I will play in any case.

Где контент?! (с)
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I've looked into the situation. The main trouble with mirror Skirmish is the 4 zones between players; that's way too many. In other words, it's not a matter of size, but of the connection structure.

Nothing coherent can be come up with for S-size; there's absolutely no room there. Therefore, M-size, but with a more contact-oriented connection structure.

It is so frustrating to dig through unfamiliar software without a manual and without the author on hand... the last time I messed around with text editors was about 7 years ago... but I think I've figured out where everything goes.

So, here is the Dualization v1.0 template

Unpack the archive contents into the Heroes folder and select _mirDualization from the templates list (it seems Wizard set name restrictions there; you can't just name them whatever).

The template scheme is a cross of 5 zones: the starting respawn in the center, with secondary sites at the corners, looped in pairs.

I drew it by eye and haven't tested it much, so it's recommended to check and perhaps tweak the parameters. Specifically:
1) Guard strength between planes. Currently 6000.
2) Amount of gold and resources (lower range density). Currently 12 everywhere.
3) Monster strength. Currently weak at the respawn and avg at secondary sites.
4) And what type of roads to specify in the rules to achieve the optimal level of connectivity. I suggest testing medium ones first, then proceed based on the results.

The upper value limit is 9000, meaning Dragon Utopia clues aren't generated. Are they needed?

I used the latest version of Hryulez, 1.32 (in case it's critical...)
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Wicc
On S-size, nothing decent can be devised, there's just absolutely no space there.
In Skirmish M-U, 7 zones, so to fit a template on S, you'd need to make 3-4 zones per level. Well, 3 is somehow too few. So as an option, try making 4 zones on one level: starting zone, necro-zone (or maybe it's not even needed), two treasuries (which will be connected to each other and crosswise into the underground). If something is to be thought up with S size, then only like this, and that's a BigMac.
Wicc
Upper value limit is 9000, meaning Dragon Fly Hives and Dragon Utopias are not generated. Are they needed?
Well, Dragon Fly Hives are exactly 9000, so they should be generated.
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Wicc

The upper limit value is 9000, meaning Dragon Fly Hives and Dragon Utopias do not spawn. Are they needed?
(in case it's critical...)
With more interconnected structures, they are not needed.
They are necessary during late encounters at the end of the 2nd – beginning of the 3rd week, so that the game does not turn into a tedious circular chase and lose its purpose.
Даже если вас съели - у вас два выхода:smile19:

Зима 2011-12.
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there are already ready-made M200 templates, so how can we run a tournament now, while leaving the mirror for further development? :)