Posts from Appeals Committee. Disputed situations in tournaments.

To disregard the opinion of the organization that collected the prize fund, but continue to claim the money? :rolleyes:

Does the ability to provide a prize pool imply competence in matters of rules and impartiality in controversial situations?

Toganash, did you even read what was written above? It has already been clarified that this is not a problem with my software, but rather a consequence of changes in the HD mod patches. Well, he got it off his chest, added his two cents about how Hell is bad and ready to win (or not lose) by any means.

4.100 RC8 -> 4.100 RC9 (25.01.2016)

[!] The tweak < Sys.ReduceCpuUsage > has been renamed to < Sys.CPU.ReduceUsage > and disabled by default. (Therefore, the tweak will be disabled upon update, which will eliminate lag in the interface on some PCs).

...However, this does not mean that Hell acted in this way. Given his experience, this is unlikely.

p.s. We didn't turn to the judges because The_ will only allow a collective decision from AK...

In fact, this is an important point. As you know, AK makes decisions "at the speed of light," so first of all, you really need to contact the tournament judges. Regarding this situation, we will make a decision. But in the future, submissions to AK without a judge's decision will not be accepted.

...considering that the tournament host and also its judge uses examples from personal games to resolve the issue (so-called bias), how can any appeals be considered? And by the way, another host-judge, let's not point fingers at the man in the hat... suggested that I click faster "and then everything would be fine."

Fourthly: This relates to consistency. In a game against Hell, I had some hardware problems that caused crashes. However, in the final battle of one of the games, there was a crash that wasn't my fault; the internet lagged (possibly mine), and Hell said that he didn't care, and if this happened again, he would automatically declare me the loser. The situation is very similar. His opponent could say that he doesn't care about his problem and that he should look for flaws in his own software. In this case, it wouldn't be The who says this, but Hell himself.

p.p.s. I am not asking for anything to be repeated; all I ask is to load the autosave (on which the game ended) and press the horse button (M) on the main hero so that he runs where he has the green path set.

Given that there is a recording of the turn, replaying it while adding the placement of the hero at the planned point poses no problems. I don't see any subtle nuance here...

Also, I don't see any reason for the player not to contact the tournament judges as the first instance if their opinion doesn't seem authoritative to him for one reason or another. What's the point of creating unnecessary bureaucracy if an appeal will be submitted anyway?

To ignore the opinion of the organizer who collected the prize fund, but continue to claim money? :rolleyes:

Does the ability to provide a prize fund imply competence in matters of rules and impartiality in controversial situations?

The participant's willingness to claim the prize fund implies agreement with the competence of the organizers and judges whose names were known before the start of the tournament. However, this is true for tournaments without a prize fund as well.

If you appeal to an appellate instance court bypassing the first instance, the lawsuit will not be considered.

But.

The rules for conducting tournaments stipulate that a player can contact the AK directly to resolve a contentious situation.

In the regulations of the "Mirrors" tournament, it is stated - The tournament is held according to the Rules for organizing, conducting, and participating in online HOMM3 tournaments.

Paragraph 6 of Section 5 of these rules states:
"In case of a dispute during a game, participants must contact the Organizer, Tournament Judge or AK and present all necessary information: daily saves of the game, ICQ logs, screenshots, etc."

In connection with this, changes should be made to these rules - in the event of a controversial situation, the player has the right to contact the organizer or the tournament judges to make an appropriate decision. In case of disagreement with the decision made, the player has the right to appeal to the AK for its review.

As it stands now, Hellight acted within the established rules; however, this does not mean that AK should rule in his favor.

p.s. We didn't appeal to the judges because The_ will only agree to a collective decision by AK...

I agree.

I didn't quite understand what relevance the fact has: that someone will be satisfied? There is a tournament regulation, and it needs to be followed. Submitting an application implies agreement with it. It logically follows from the regulation that AK makes decisions after the Organizers have made a decision and the other participants disagree with it. At the very least, you should have informed the organizers about your decision and actions as a sign of respect.

Basically, I have to address another problem that occurred during a match of Mirror against The_, this time due to an unclear technical malfunction. The game was on a tight timer, with several errors and a lack of time. After using the "Hit and Run" ability, I was supposed to attack with my "Mama" unit on the enemy's "Ze" unit, but things didn't go as planned. The core of the problem is that in the recording of my stream, you can see that I click to open the spellbook, but nothing happens, and the timer continues to tick for 7 seconds. I didn't have time to attack, but I could have blocked his path. I even clicked on the tile, but I couldn't click a second time because it wasn't a glitch with my hardware... the timer was running, and the stream was working normally. I request that the turn be completed on the tile where I was supposed to move. Here's the link to the stream: http://www.twitch.tv/helllight111/v/37121688, timestamp 10:23:54. (Warning: Contains profanity)

Added 2 minutes later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-YyfLRcpDA&feature=youtu.be - viewers helped to create a clip.

The Arbitration Committee reviewed this situation.
The decision is as follows: load the autosave, allow the player to move Mephala to the point that HellLight was trying to click at the end of his turn, but didn't manage to due to lag, caused by the lag resulting from the HD mod update.
All members of the Arbitration Committee participated in the discussion.
6 out of 7 voted in favor: Pit for LM, Nitro, Redwhait, Mizrael, злой_романтик, Dirty_Player.
1 out of 7 voted against: =Stinger=

P.S.: Further direct appeals to the Arbitration Committee, bypassing the judges, will not be accepted for review.

Would it be appropriate for me to ask you to skip all your turns because I was also experiencing lag?

No, that's not correct. If you had contacted us during the lag, then yes, but if you decided to continue the game, it means you were satisfied with everything.

5 points, well done :).
If the champion can't, AK will help :D

They opened the book with the mouse, not the keyboard, probably because it's faster, and he didn't seem nervous at all. Now, place the horse, and with one, two, three, press the prepared icon – it's all the same.
We have the best AK; does it remind anyone else of Brussels?

I actually liked the fact that Dirty wrote a unanimous decision. I wonder how many more "true" stories there will be?

I actually liked the fact that Dirty wrote a unanimous decision; I wonder how many more "true" stories there will be?

The decision was indeed unanimous. Some members of the Arbitration Committee changed their initial opinion during the discussion.