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Toganash

11 years ago

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The first long-awaited tournament on mirror templates

Spirit and idea of the tournament

Since the times of VT, everyone has been expecting an adaptation of mirror templates for SoD. And now it has happened. Here there is minimum room for "luck" and maximum opportunity to demonstrate your "skill".
Forward!

The tournament prize pool is 15000р. For first place – 8000, second – 4000, third – 2000, and 1000 rubles will go as a people's choice award.

I. Registration and Regulations:
a) The tournament starts on July 17, 2015.
b) Registration is open until July 16, 18:00 MSK.
c) The tournament bracket and system of conduct will be determined after registration closes depending on the number of participants.
d) In the event of a large number of registrants, a bracket option will be chosen to conduct qualifying games in the shortest possible time and weed out most participants so that only truly experienced players participate in further struggles and the tournament does not stretch over time.
e) To participate in the tournament, it is necessary by the end of registration to have at least 5 played and confirmed games on ХВ. Also, recently registered ХВ members who do not meet the requirement for the number of played games may participate if they are sponsors of the tournament (contribution of at least 1000 rubles to the fund) and have no past violations of portal rules.
f) The group stage deadline is until 31.08.2015.
g)The upper and lower bracket finals are played bo3 (one match diamond + h3dm1, if a 3rd match is necessary, a coin toss).
The Grand Final is played bo5, with a score of 1-0 in favor of the player from the upper bracket.

II. Rules and Templates:
a) By default, games are on version HoTA (1.3.8)+HD-mod with the HW-Rules 1.34 patch connected; by agreement, opponents may play SoD.
b) Color and the right to choose a hero are negotiated (therefore red-rush is allowed). First, castles are determined (in the case of mirror templates, it is the same), then negotiations for color and hero follow alternately.
c) Each player has the right to cross out 1 undesirable castle, as well as 1 hero before the start of negotiation for them (may choose not to use this right), after which a ban on these castles is set in HW-Rulz mode and a random 1-castle generator is launched. The game will be played with this castle.
d) The template for the game is chosen from two existing "mirrors": "mir_Diamond", "mir_h3dm1" by agreement; if an agreement cannot be reached, the choice is made by a coin toss in hw-rulz. 1 - h3dm1, 0 - mir_Diamond.
e) "Hit-and-run" is prohibited.
f) There is 1 subjective restart and objective restarts (restart due to a block (inability to leave the castle) or a severe generation bug).
g) Roads are medium.
h) It is forbidden to steal anything other than resources and chests from guards that have been shifted, or to visit objects (except mills) that do not have their own internal guards.
i) The use of diplomacy is prohibited except for paying off enemies.
j) Game timer is chess: 21+8,30+1,15. Starting difficulty - 160%.
k) Use of in-game bugs described in the rules on ХВ and various kinds of cheat codes is prohibited.
l) The main rule is game ethics and a respectful attitude toward the opponent.
m) Everything that is not forbidden by the rules is allowed.
n) For SoD, any building is allowed; however, in captured villages and towns, building an additional necromancy amplifier is prohibited, except in the starting town.
o) ДД no more than 1 time per day regardless of the "Air" skill level.

III. Organizational Issues:
a) The tournament is unofficial.
b) The tournament is conducted according to the Rules for organizing, conducting, and participating in HOMM3 online tournaments.
c) Tournament leaders and judges – Redwhait HP (658339987), KobRa_RR (286406830), Toganash (564224919). Chief judge - Dirty_Player (ICQ 408722873).
d) Leaders have the right to make any changes to the regulations and rules during the tournament, as well as the right to refuse participation to any player without a public explanation of reasons.
e) For each played game, participants must submit a report and confirmation.
f) Saves of all games must be kept until the end of the tournament and presented upon the first request of the tournament leader or judge.
g) The judicial decision is made primarily based on the tournament rules. If the situation that arose is not regulated by the rules, judges are guided by basic logic and game ethics.
h) All tournament games go into the seasonal rating. Reports and confirmations are written in this thread and will be copied to the "Online game reports and their confirmations" thread.

Good luck, and may skill win!!!

In reply to Pit for LM

MuLLIyTa

10 years ago

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Pit for LM

Kelh got the land immediately.

But Kreg didn't :( although that wasn't what decided it, I just played poorly:mad:
thx for the game, good luck further.

I liked the Tournament in general, interesting templates.
There is one request, to do something about control (Dimension Door, Town Portal, flight to a lesser extent); having obtained it, you can almost always take it away from the opponent on the next (or even the same) turn, which gives an absolute superiority in mobility that is impossible to counter.
Thanks everyone.
Good luck to those who survived!!!

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GoD

10 years ago

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MuLLIyTa

11/28/2015 Pit for LM (Red, Inferno, Kelk, Kelk) def MuLLIyTa (Blue, Inferno, Mariussa, Kreg Heg) Diamond 131

And Kreg is gone :( although that wasn't the deciding factor, I just played poorly:mad:
Thanks for the game, good luck in the future.

I enjoyed the tournament overall, the maps were interesting.
I have one suggestion: something needs to be done about control (DD, TP, flight to a lesser extent). Once you get it, you can almost always take it back from your opponent on the next (or even the same) turn, which gives you absolute mobility superiority that is impossible to counter.
Thanks to everyone.
Good luck to those who are still in the game!!!

The villages need to be smaller, there are too many of them.

In reply to GoD

The_

10 years ago

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Bought a color, sold a hero choice. Started with -700.
The paths on the secondary map were inconvenient, and we were moving in roughly the same direction.
Marusya was developing well; in the first week, I focused on the economy, and as a result, I had efreets in the castle and money to buy more units.
In the second week, I made contact with the opponent. I couldn't deliver the reinforcements in time, but I decided to defend the scroll against the liches (40+). The battle was difficult, but I managed to get the teleportation scroll and visited the library. I had no movement points left.
On my turn, the opponent's hero with reinforcements attacked. I exchanged a stack of demons for 10 ducks and paid 11k to get rid of them.
Then, I rushed to the treasure on the opponent's territory for the same scroll, but it was empty. A few turns later, the opponent's hero took the artifact that controlled the entire map.
Back home, in the middle of the second week, I finished building the 5th-level guild – the only useful thing was resurrection.
The skirmishing began. I was attacking the opponent's hero, not paying much attention to HP, etc. My main focus was on scouting and reducing the opponent's forces. After three weak attacks, I finally found a good hero with a Knowledge of War skill. I defeated her in my territory and on the opponent's territory.
Then, I finished off the rest, built up my demon army, and started hunting the opponent's hero. I took the main opponent's hero with reinforcements, and on the next turn, I killed the hero on the move and the army nearby. Although this wasn't that important, I had a mana advantage of around 500 (I controlled both dungeons and mana doublers), and an army of 220+ demons, 52 monarchs, 60+ cyclops, 25 pitfiends, 6 phoenixes, 14 efreets, and 4 giants, plus Marusya was perfectly developed, while the opponent's hero was much weaker.
Thanks for the game!

The_

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Мариусса / Marius

Main Hero Мариусса / Marius

Победа / Def

HellLighT

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Кэлх / Calh

Main Hero Тазар / Tazar

Map Template: h3dm1
Game Length: 212 days
Game Date: 11/29/2015
Reported: 11/29/2015 2:17 AM

The_ 1616 → 1638 +22 ↑

HellLighT 1801 → 1779 -22 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 11/29/2015 8:31 AM

In reply to The_

HellLighT

10 years ago

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The_

Bought the color, sold the hero choice. Started with -700.
Roads on the secondary were inconvenient; they were pushed through in roughly one direction.
Marusya leveled up well; on the first [week] I was busy with the economy, and as a result, got efreets in the castle + money for buying out units.
On the second contact with the opp, I didn't have time to bring the growth, but I decided to fight for the scroll behind the liches (40+); the battle was tough, but I got the TP scroll + visited the library, though there were no moves left to fly away. On his turn, Taz attacks with the growth; I trade a stack of demons for 10 ducks and buy my way out for 11k.
Then I run into the treasure zone on the opp's plain for that same scroll, but it turned out to be empty; after a couple of turns, Taz takes the box for the whole land. At home in the middle of the second [week], I finish GM5 — only resurrect is useful.
The power-grinding begins; I use demonize on the side without calculating HP etc., focusing mainly on scouting and eating half of the opp's territory; after three trash Dragon Utopia, I finally find a good one with КВ, eat it at my place and on half of the opp's.
Then I ate everything else, used some more demonize, and while scouting went to catch Taz; I took the opp's main with growth, and on the next turn killed Taz on the move
and an army on a sucker nearby, although that wasn't as important — mana advantage was nearly 500 (controlled both dungeons and mana doublers), army: 220+ demons, 52 monarchs, 60+ cyclops, 25 pits, 6 firebirds, 14 efreets, 4 giants + perfect leveling for Marusya; he had an order of magnitude less there.
Thanks for the game!

I confirm, it was a total wipeout on 113; by killing the economy and trades, I managed to catch up with the opp in terms of meat, and the encounter on the second [week] would have ended much better if there hadn't been money for the buyout... but instead, trade + lack of money led to a severe deficit, and getting TP a couple of days earlier decided it; the Dragon Utopia with КВ turned out to be in a total hole, my intuition wasn't enough to find it... and the ones I took were trash, thanks for the game.

In reply to GoD

HellLighT

10 years ago

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Cool siege, with antagonist heroes — didn’t even wipe, unlike my opp; wasn’t afraid of the Harpy guard on the neutral stack and found an external dwelling of Nix, ended up dropping my main at the Barracks and placed the Nix in the Citadel. While the opp was messing around with the Castle neutral on my plane, I took 2 Dragon Fly Hives, 2 Cyclops dwellings, and a Griffin Conservatory level two, ran in his direction along the road, captured the Tome of Air behind the cats on 123, thanks to which I covered his meat on the bogues with scouting. He was going to take КВ only the next turn. Thanks for the game.

HellLighT

Faction Замок / Castle

Start Hero Лорд Хаарт / Lord Haart

Main Hero Тазар / Tazar

Победа / Def

GoD

Faction Замок / Castle

Start Hero Сорша / Sorsha

Main Hero Крег Хак / Crag Hack

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 125 days
Game Date: 12/6/2015
Reported: 12/7/2015 7:12 AM

HellLighT 1738 → 1757 +19 ↑

GoD 1860 → 1841 -19 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/11/2015 8:38 PM

In reply to HellLighT

GoD

10 years ago

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HellLighT

Nice match, with antagonist heroes — didn't even throw, unlike the opponent wasn't afraid of the gr harpies guarding the computer and found an external dwelling of nix, ended up dropping my main at the barracks and placed the nix in the citadel, while the opponent was messing with the castle computer on my plane, I took 2 Dragon Fly Hives, 2 cyclops dwellings, and a Griffin Conservatory double, ran in his direction along the road, took the Book of Air behind the cats on 123, thanks to which with views I covered his meat on the horses, he was going to take the KV only the next turn, thanks for the game.

thanks for the game.

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Redwhait

10 years ago

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We've reached the most exciting part, and only 4 participants remain in the tournament.
The upper and lower bracket finals are played in a best-of-3 format (one Diamond match + one H3DM1 match, with a coin toss for the 3rd match if needed).
HellLighT vs. Pit for LM, first to 1 victory.
The grand final is played in a best-of-5 format, with a 1-0 score in favor of the player from the upper bracket.

In reply to Redwhait

HellLighT

10 years ago

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despite the presence of three tournament organizers, I want to express my dissatisfaction once again, this time with the fact that the playoff system (full double or simply double elimination) is announced when only 4 people remain in the tournament, and if there had been a redoubled match in the lower bracket, I think the super final would have been played with a score of 0-0...

In reply to HellLighT

The_

10 years ago

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Nothing prevents Redwait from ending up at the bottom of the ranking:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

In reply to HellLighT

Noom

10 years ago

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HellLighT

despite having 3 tournament organizers, I want to express my dissatisfaction once again, this time regarding the fact that the playoff system (full double or simple double elimination) is announced only when there are 4 people left in the tournament. If Redwhite had been in the lower bracket, I think the grand final would have been played with a score of 0-0...

As far as I remember, I asked Reddi about the system as soon as the playoff bracket was created, and he said it would be a full double elimination. So, it's more likely just carelessness than malicious intent.

In reply to GoD

HellLighT

10 years ago

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Good setup, came with Gundula, went for the creeps at 112 for 5k experience, leveled up well. After upgrading the bases, got Tactics + Earth magic, and at the very end they also pushed in Logistics without letting me finish upgrading Earth magic. I pushed through to the castle respawn behind the guard of hounds and sharpshooters, took out all the imps. The opponent had an external dwelling of angels oO, but for 50+ grand. Gundula dealt with all the guards in no time. I was 100 experience short of leveling Earth magic by the external dwelling of angels to take it on 117, so I ran towards the info of the opponent on the flat part of the map. He saw me from his lookout spot and arrived just in time with his mighty but zero pierce. He reached Gundula on the speed boost of efreets, but only got a couple of shots into the magog and Town Portal. He couldn't reach the lich with magogs + demons, so surrender follows... although even if he had reached, it wouldn't have changed the outcome, there was Meteor Shower + Town Portal. Gundula rules :smile10: thanks for the game

HellLighT

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Мариусса / Marius

Main Hero Гундула / Gundula

Победа / Def

Pit for LM

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Пайра / Pyre

Main Hero Кэлх / Calh

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 117 days
Game Date: 12/12/2015
Reported: 12/12/2015 12:53 PM

HellLighT 1760 → 1780 +20 ↑

Pit for LM 1899 → 1879 -20 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/12/2015 12:59 PM

In reply to HellLighT

Pit for LM

10 years ago

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HellLighT

Good strategy. I got a Harpy, which I used to farm experience for 112, gaining 5k experience per battle. It leveled up nicely. After upgrading the bases, I got Tactics and Earth magic, and towards the end, they even gave me Logistics, but didn't let me max out Earth. I managed to reach the Castle of Resurrection, protected by hounds and snipers. We shot down all the Imps. There was a hidden stash of Angels near the computer, though it cost over 50k gold. The Harpy easily dealt with all the guards in just a couple of turns. I was only 100 experience short of maxing out Earth to get the Angel stash at level 117, so I ran towards the Inferno computer on the plains. He saw me on the map and arrived with his powerful, but weak, army. He managed to attack the Harpy while it was rushing towards the Ifrits, but only got a couple of shots in, dealing some damage and retreating. He couldn't reach the stack of Magogs and Demons. The attack was repelled... although even if he had reached them, it wouldn't have changed much. There was Meteor Shower and Retreat anyway. The Harpy is awesome :smile10: Thanks for the game.

Kelkh didn't level up as well. He got Defense, then Logistics, but without Earth magic, it would have been very difficult to keep up with the opponent. I tried to ambush him while he was rushing, but it failed. Pyra didn't reach him, and everything was too well-defended, even if she had. Thanks for the game!

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Toganash

10 years ago

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g) The upper and lower bracket finals are played in a best-of-3 format (one Diamond + h3dm1 match each, with a coin toss for the 3rd match if needed).
The grand final is played in a best-of-5 format, with a 1-0 score in favor of the player from the upper bracket.
I've added this to the first post. This message should have appeared there earlier, but as usual, too many cooks spoil the broth.

Redwhait HP

We've reached the most interesting part, and there are only 4 participants left in the tournament.
The upper and lower bracket finals are played in a best-of-3 format (one Diamond + h3dm1 match each, with a coin toss for the 3rd match if needed).
HellLighT - Pit for LM, first to 1 win.
The grand final is played in a best-of-5 format, with a 1-0 score in favor of the player from the upper bracket.

HellLighT

Despite having 3 tournament organizers, I want to express my dissatisfaction once again, this time with the fact that the playoff system (full double or simple double elimination) is announced when only 4 people are left in the tournament, and if Redwhait had been in the lower bracket, I think the super final would have been played with a 0-0 score...

Noom

As far as I remember, I asked Reddi about the system as soon as the playoff bracket was formed, and he said it would be a full double. So, it's more likely just carelessness than malice.

The_

Nothing prevents Redwhait from ending up in the lower bracket :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

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The_

10 years ago

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Despite a couple of very tough blunders (on the first week I simply went and lost 26 Grands, + didn't take the blue Cap from the opponent, - got greedy and took a bunch of Sulfur -> didn't break -> didn't replenish mana -> gave away the Cap), I managed to catch the opponent on the timer and overwhelm them, thanks to building Birds in Conflux with an external dwelling; I had more meat and stats, plus very poor morale for the opponent, the finale turned out easy.
Thanks for the game!

The_

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Ивор / Ivor

Main Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Победа / Def

Redwhait

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Янова / Jenova

Main Hero Янова / Jenova

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 144 days
Game Date: 12/13/2015
Reported: 12/13/2015 7:46 PM

The_ 1660 → 1681 +21 ↑

Redwhait 1825 → 1804 -21 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/14/2015 11:31 AM

In reply to The_

Redwhait

10 years ago

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The_

Despite a couple of very harsh blunders (in the first week I just went and threw away 26 grand, + didn't seize the blue cap from the opponent, - got greedy and took a bunch of sulfur -> didn't break -> didn't replenish mana -> gave away the cap), I managed to catch the opponent on the timer and finish them off, thanks to building birds in Conflux with an external dwelling, I had more meat and also stats, + the opponent had very bad morale, the finale turned out easy.
Thanks for the game!

I seemed to do everything right and scouted more directions than the opponent, but didn't find anything interesting. And the one place I didn't get around to, Timur scouted, and there was a level 5 hat which he took earlier, and that decided the outcome of the match.
Thanks for the game.