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Announcement

Toganash

7/4/2015 1:25 PM UTC

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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!!!

ICQ: 564224919

In reply to GoD

Redwhait

12/14/2015 11:50 AM UTC

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I started the game quite actively with simultaneous turns. On day 112, I took a minor consulate, and with the help of an angel, I managed quite well. On day 121, I had 2 consulates and 2+2 units, plus a maxed-out Hive. Then, I added another 2-level consulate and maxed out the Hive. After that, Dessa, with 7 angels, went to clear one treasure and Nelk, with the rest of the army, attacked another. A decent number of Hives appeared, but losses among the ducks were inevitable. In the end, when I gathered the army together, I had 7 angels, 49 ducks, and 250 skeletons. I was always ahead in tavern power, so I decided to use Dessa to push forward. I also completed a quest for 20k gold, but I didn't get any undead units at all. It was a big surprise for me when I encountered 400 skeletons, 5 angels, 28 ducks, 8 Necro Knights, some Cyclops, and Liches. I was behind in mana and spells, and the battle didn't look promising. The exchange was very bad for me: -4 angels, -8 ducks, -30k gold, against -1 angel, -8 ducks. I went to the treasure from which the opponent had come. There were a couple more Hive consulates, a 3-level unit, a Necklace 3/3 with morale, luck, and +2 HP, and that was basically it. But in the treasure, Opa managed to snatch the Boots of Speed with his units, and Dessa went to take the Boots on her side, plus there was an uncaptured Hive there. I sent the army there and, with expert scouting, moved the army not to the main base, which I was almost at, but to a slightly less important base. The stats were lower, and I didn't have a book, so despite having 800 skeletons, the final battle was just a formality. Thanks for the game. 1-1

Redwhait

Faction Некрополь / Necropolis

Start Hero Тант / Thant

Main Hero Десса / Dessa

Победа / Def

The_

Faction Некрополь / Necropolis

Start Hero Изра / Isra

Main Hero Изра / Isra

Map Template: h3dm1
Game Length: 135 days
Game Date: 12/14/2015
Reported: 12/14/2015 11:50 AM

Redwhait 1770 → 1783 +13 ↑

The_ 1715 → 1702 -13 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/15/2015 8:12 AM

In reply to Redwhait

=Lizard=

12/14/2015 11:53 AM UTC

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In 2015, writing "Dess went" would result in a year-long ban, even for an organizer.

http://ru.twitch.tv/lizard_wt

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Grizvald

12/14/2015 12:00 PM UTC

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=Lizard=

In 2015, writing "Dess goes" is a year-long ban, even for an organizer.

Well, who knows what Reddit has planned for Dess

Мой стрим-канал: http://heroes3.tv/Grizvald.

Восстановил старый номер аси, теперь тут: 625045517

"Это нам идеально подходит" (с)

"Лабета - папашка на первую неделю" (с)

In reply to Grizvald

iDD

12/14/2015 12:01 PM UTC

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It's more than just plans; they're already in a relationship:D

Коротко о себе: спесивый сноб
Чуть длиннее: Фонд Дендроидов
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На ощупь пьют эльфийские стрелки!
Нам это идеально подходит (c)
Это вам не шутки - нажрался Дуст в маршрутке! (с)
Пишите на udd@otso.city
Твиттер СНГ

In reply to Redwhait

The_

12/15/2015 8:12 AM UTC

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Redwhait HP

I started the game quite well, making simultaneous moves.
On turn 112, I took a minor consulate, and with the help of an angel, I managed quite well.
On turn 121, I had 2 consulates and 2+2, plus a maxed-out Hive. Then, I added another 2-level consulate and maxed out the Hive. After that, Dessa, with 7 angels, went to clear one treasure and Nelka, with the rest of the army, went to clear another. A good number of Hives appeared, but losses among the ducks were inevitable. In the end, when I gathered the army together, I had 7 angels, 49 ducks, and 250 skeletons. I was always ahead in tavern power, so I decided to use Dessa to attack.
I also completed a quest for 20k gold, but I didn't get any undead units.
It was a big surprise for me when I was met by 400 skeletons, 5 angels, 28 ducks, 8 Necro Knights, some Cyclops, and Liches. I was behind in mana and spells, and the battle didn't look good for me.
The exchange was very bad for me: -4 angels, -8 ducks, -30k gold, against -1 angel, -8 ducks. I went to the treasure from which the opponent had come.
There were a couple more Hive consulates, a 3-level one, a Necklace 3/3 with morale, luck, and +2 HP, and that was it. But in the treasure, Opa managed to take the Boots of Speed with his units, and Dessa went to take the Boots on her side, plus there was an uncaptured Hive there. I sent the army there and, with expert scouting, moved the army not to the main base, which I was about to reach with almost no moves left, but to a slightly less important base. The stats were lower, and I didn't have a book, so despite having 800 skeletons, the final battle was just a formality.
Thanks for the game.
1-1

It was a disappointing outcome.
Thanks for the game!

241-568-808

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The_

12/21/2015 10:09 AM UTC

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It was a close game.
I focused more on nagas under Mephala and clearing Dragon Fly Hives, while the opponent went for giants and sea wolves. Ultimately, I managed to win thanks to a single turn that lasted 35 minutes. During that turn, I ate up 15% of the entire map, but ran out of timer to do more. About 30 minutes before the end of the turn, 6 heroes had moved, Mephala had 800 move points, and there was a Dessa with 3k MP — she was the one who caused the damage, and heroes from prisons and taverns that the opponent had dismissed (I pulled out several level 10+ heroes with mana) helped a lot as well. By that time, I already had the Helm of the Alchemist, and from the max Dragon Utopia I also pulled out a КЗ, albeit after losing a lot of troops.
Then Redwight attacked Mephala several times, literally in the last seconds. The first time was a key attack, when Mephala didn't have a total of 25 stats equipped and didn't have the Golden Bow; however, thanks to a slightly larger mana pool (even with 6 spell power), I managed to fend off Corques, leaving him with 330 skeletons, while I had about 15 cyclops, 20 pirates, 10 Dragon Flies, but most importantly, I remained in the zone with the Dragon Utopia and the КШ inside, plus I later ate the opponent's fat treasure, which I had cleared a week earlier, giving up only two Dragon Fly Hives.
In that treasure, another фб took place, where theoretically I should have won outright, but I forgot to equip КО or at least КШ, although in practice, by casting Anti-Magic on the cyclops, I preserved my main striking stack and killed all the opponent's meat except for 22 ice elementals. Then, with two upgraded logistics heroes and Mephala with logistics, I set up chains on 3 factories, which gave a total of 8 giants, plus my native town with a castle and a КШ on top — you can't kill that head-on, considering the opponent most likely wouldn't have found anything else on the map besides their native meat.
However, it all ended more prosaically. In the last seconds of the timer, Corques flew in on a couple of single creatures to a village I had captured, didn't manage to fly back, and was of course instantly killed.

2-1.
Thanks for the games!

241-568-808

The_

Faction Причал / Cove

Start Hero Анабель / Anabel

Main Hero Мефала / Mephala

Победа / Def

Redwhait

Faction Причал / Cove

Start Hero Коркес / Corkes

Main Hero Коркес / Corkes

Map Template: h3dm1
Game Length: 136 days
Game Date: 12/21/2015
Reported: 12/21/2015 10:09 AM

The_ 1665 → 1685 +20 ↑

Redwhait 1801 → 1781 -20 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/21/2015 2:41 PM

In reply to The_

Redwhait

12/21/2015 2:41 PM UTC

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The_

It was a close game.
I focused more on nix under Meephala and collecting Dragon Flies, the opponent focused on giants and sea wolves. In the end, I managed to win the game thanks to a single turn lasting 35 minutes. During this turn, I ate 15% of the entire map; the timer ran out before I could do more. About 30 minutes before the end of the turn, 6 heroes had moved, Meephala had 800 movement points, and there was a Deesa with 3k MP, who did most of the damage, plus heroes from prisons and taverns that the opponent had dismissed helped a lot (I pulled out several heroes level 10+ with mana). By this time, I already had the Cap of the Week; from the Maximum Dragon Utopia, I also pulled out a КЗ, even though I had lost a lot of troops in the process.
Afterwards, Redvight attacked Meephala several times, literally in the last seconds. The first time was a key attack, when Meephala was missing a total of 25 stats and didn't have the Golden Bow; however, thanks to a slightly larger amount of mana (even with 6 spell power), I managed to fend off Corkes, leaving him with 330 zombies, while I had about 15 cyclopes, 20 pirates, 10 Dragon Flies, but most importantly I stayed in the zone with the Dragon Utopia and a Grail inside, + later I ate a fat treasure of the opponent's which I had cleared a week earlier, giving up only two Dragon Fly Hives.
In that treasure, there was another final battle, which in theory I should have won outright, but I forgot to equip a КО or at least a Grail, though by casting Anti-Magic on the cyclopes, I actually preserved the main stack, killed off all the opponent's meat except for 22 Ice Demons. Afterwards, with two upgraded logistics heroes and Meephala with logistics, I set up chains on 3 factories that gave a total of 8 giants, + the native town with castle and Grail on top of that — can't kill that head-on, especially since the opponent probably wouldn't have found anything else on the map besides their native meat.
However, it all turned out more prosaically. In the last seconds of the timer, Corkes flew in on a couple of singles to a village I had captured, and didn't manage to fly back, so he was killed instantly.

2-1.
Thanks for the games!

I threw the game myself, a game I was obliged to win.
In the 2nd week, I wasted 2 days for the minimal Griffin Conservatory and 10k experience. I was supposed to take the Dragon Utopia with a level 5 cap, a day or two earlier than the opponent, and manage to consume everything before him. I also didn't gear up properly for the first final, because I got behind on the timer, and then desperate attempts in a tilt to pull through led to nothing good.
Thanks for the game.

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Redwhait

12/21/2015 2:47 PM UTC

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Thanks to the Taazar and a well-chosen strategy, he quickly gained full control, leaving no chances for his opponent. Thank you for the game. 0-1.

Redwhait

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Мариусса / Marius

Main Hero Мариусса / Marius

Поражение / Lose

HellLighT

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Октавия / Octavia

Main Hero Тазар / Tazar

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 131 days
Game Date: 12/20/2015
Reported: 12/21/2015 2:47 PM

Redwhait 1811 → 1796 -15 ↓

HellLighT 1803 → 1818 +15 ↑

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/23/2015 12:16 AM

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Redwhait

12/21/2015 3:08 PM UTC

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This time, I managed to scout one extra treasure with Gunnar, giving me an advantage over my opponent. I found a scroll of Fly and Shackles there. We left the army on a resource node within range, and Gunnar took advantage of that.
Thanks for the game.
1-1

Redwhait

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Мариусса / Marius

Main Hero Гуннар / Gunnar

Победа / Def

HellLighT

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Октавия / Octavia

Main Hero Шива / Shiva

Map Template: h3dm1
Game Length: 127 days
Game Date: 12/21/2015
Reported: 12/21/2015 3:08 PM

Redwhait 1742 → 1761 +19 ↑

HellLighT 1852 → 1833 -19 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/23/2015 12:16 AM

In reply to Redwhait

HellLighT

12/23/2015 12:16 AM UTC

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Redwhait HP

Thanks to the Tazar and a well-chosen strategy, he quickly gained full control, leaving no chances for his opponent.
Thank you for the game.
0-1.

Confirmed.

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HellLighT

12/23/2015 12:16 AM UTC

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Redwhait HP

This time, I got lucky with Gunnar, which allowed me to scout one more treasure than my opponent. I found a scroll of Fly and Shackles there. Then, we left the army on a location within reach, and Gunnar took advantage of that.
Thanks for the game.
1-1

That's how it was, thanks for the games.

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HellLighT

12/25/2015 6:30 PM UTC

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I had a successful trade, giving up dyes for 1800 and buying out Gunnar for 2100 (since Reddi banned Shakti, and I, having a gold advantage after the dyes trade, didn't ban anything). Jeremy shows up and immediately takes the absolutely essential Pandora's Box with 5k gold, the cannon rips through, there's an external dwelling of Minotaurs, good spreading out. As a result, thanks to Jeremy, by the end of the first week I take a couple of tough objects: Miniature Hives, a Camp of Mercenaries + artifact, and a Pandora's Box guarded by Nagas for 15k gold! The latter allowed me to easily buy everything on 121 and run to the other side towards the Griffin Conservatory and the Shield of 4 All. Next comes the recovery of the Dimension Door scroll, running around. Due to Gunnar's lack of timely earth magic leveling and Jeremy's skewed leveling, even with the Black Orb I don't go into the Dragon Utopia (a fact the opponent didn't fail to exploit). Fortunately, the Dragon Utopia was crap. The opponent sits in my Conflux, I attack his Jeremy through the Tavern, with a meat advantage but without the Red Orb being captured, for which I paid the price — the trade-off was unfavorable. Reddi, having the gold from the Dragon Utopia, easily buys himself back. Then I jump to his side, shave his Battle Daddy, and put myself in a position for a Dimension Door, buy myself back on Tactics, take the Black Orb, Red Orb, and the Dragon Utopia (albeit with losses of Swans and an Angel). As a result, the meat advantage is already there, but only mages are left, and I catch him on that once again. There's a good trade-off thanks to a stack of Cyclopes and Artillery with a cannon, and the next turn I cover the remaining meat with no gold left for a buyback. Thanks for the game. (2-1)

HellLighT

Faction Подземелье / Dungeon

Start Hero Гуннар / Gunnar

Main Hero Гуннар / Gunnar

Победа / Def

Redwhait

Faction Подземелье / Dungeon

Start Hero Димер / Deemer

Main Hero Димер / Deemer

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 132 days
Game Date: 12/25/2015
Reported: 12/25/2015 6:30 PM

HellLighT 1810 → 1825 +15 ↑

Redwhait 1808 → 1793 -15 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/26/2015 4:08 PM

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Redwhait

12/26/2015 4:08 PM UTC

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HellLighT

Thanks for the game. (2-1)

It's a shame, I almost made it to the end of the tournament again.
But overall, reaching this stage on mirrored maps is something to be proud of, and finishing in the top 3 for the fourth time this year is a pretty good result.
Thanks for the games.

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HellLighT

2/14/2016 6:40 PM UTC

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I remember the details of the start and the trades poorly, but I recall that I decided against building birds because of their price tag; I set up psychs and focused on tempo, then built birds in a Stronghold captured at 112. Thanks to Gunnar, after taking the first consulate, I quickly consumed 2 treasure zones, one of which had a Pandora for all air units, so knowing how to get into it on another plane, I immediately ran there. In the end, by eating 4 identical treasure zones, I acquired a DD fly; by the time the opponent arrived, I had already eaten his treasure zones and had an advantage in both stats and meat. Based on the revealed number of angels, I realized he hadn't taken the max consulate at the Stronghold respawn, though the opponent upset me with the presence of TP. Since he didn same take the consulate, it turned out I could jump to it using control; I jumped there, but the opponent had already taken it like a fool—though that's where he stayed. There was no money for the buyout, thanks for the game.

HellLighT

Faction Сопряжение / Conflux

Start Hero Гриндан / Grindan

Main Hero Гуннар / Gunnar

Победа / Def

The_

Faction Сопряжение / Conflux

Start Hero Гриндан / Grindan

Main Hero Монер / Monere

Map Template: h3dm1
Game Length: 132 days
Game Date: 2/14/2016
Reported: 2/14/2016 6:40 PM

HellLighT 1847 → 1857 +10 ↑

The_ 1715 → 1705 -10 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 5/28/2016 5:54 AM

In reply to =Lizard=

HellLighT

2/14/2016 6:48 PM UTC

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Reverse match, my opponent got a good logistics hero, and my heroes weren't leveling up very well. I saw that things weren't going well and took a risk by placing my main hero in a vulnerable position (although he only had one spell left). My opponent took advantage of this and, after some maneuvering, attacked with his main hero on the last few moves. Unfortunately, he managed to reach my hero. My only hope was that he was out of mana or didn't have any powerful spells. However, my hopes were not fulfilled, and with his buffs and decent stats, he overwhelmed me due to the slow speed. Thanks for the game.