Posts from The 3rd stage of the annual John Van Caneghem Tournament (2007). Auto-translated

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Thank you for the explanation above. But it seems to me that it was simply necessary to provide for the possibility of long, cyclical battles on the map. There's no point to them (what's the point of watching the computer lag for 3 hours?). Or provide a program along with the uploaded saves. That's all.

That's actually a good suggestion... :) I would just suggest formatting it a little differently - like it was done on the League back in the day. It's a shame the topic didn't get any further...

The idea is quite simple:

A Blitz Tournament is held, where the tasks are not to complete a map, but to win a single battle. For example, three to five save files are uploaded, each with its own set of conditions. A deadline is set for solving them, and the results are summarized in a single table. The winner is determined by two criteria: the number of remaining units or the amount of remaining mana... The winner of each save file provides a detailed description of the battle. Well, and the winner of the tournament is the player who takes first place in the sum of all battles, which is generally understandable... :)

This is for those who are bored waiting for the next tournament to open...
And for general development... :)

And then you can post the descriptions in the School of Mastery.

We have an experienced master of organizing this kind of competition on our portal.
It's Lord-Aries!

It is impossible to foresee everything. The organizers are also people, and people are prone to making mistakes. And in Heroes 4, it's a real mess :) It's impossible to provide a program-automator for all long battles because it doesn't work for all battles, and there is no universal automator. As an alternative to a universal automator, you could use ArtMoney, but this program is officially prohibited :(

Yes, what we really need is Arcomage :)
You could provide for it, just don't make the key battles so that they can be automated, and that's it. Why are long battles even needed, it's unclear.
In my opinion, a good map should be interesting, challenging, and dynamic.

Kyle, I want to know if there is a thread here dedicated to interesting battles? Meaning one that would only contain save files before an interesting battle, which anyone who wants could Download! In all the time I've been playing Heroes 3, I've accumulated about 20 interesting saves (something like Fireball killing dragons). My friends whom I play Heroes with sometimes try their hand at a Walkthrough of these saves. It helps them improve. It's much more interesting to play against strong opponents!
I think if such a thread doesn't exist, it should be created! Everyone will enjoy solving interesting puzzles! This will raise our level!

When is the next tournament? It's gotten kind of boring!

No one is going to be checking the saves—because it's a waste of time. Controversial moments can be demonstrated via screenshots... This is a fan tournament—based on mutual trust and respect... Everyone will post their results afterward. We'll put the totals into a separate table—we have pros when it comes to tables... :) A week should be enough for everything, I think... Waiting for Перполькен.

Yes, what we really need is Arcomage :)
You could plan for it, just don't make the key battles so that they can be automated, and that's it. Why are long battles even needed, it's unclear. In my opinion, a good map should be interesting, challenging, and dynamic.

Why are you telling me not to make the key battles long (even though the walkthrough might not depend on the key battles either)? I'm not the organizer. We can't discuss Heroes 4 maps right now, but it seems like there are long battles in them. What's the point of your suggestions?
Or will everything be good again only from the next tournament? :)

Why are you telling me not to make the key battles long (even though completing the map might not depend on the key battles either)? What’s the point of your suggestions?
Or will everything be good again only after the next tournament? :)

By key battles, I mean those that will significantly affect the successful completion of the map; such battles were present in every tournament.
As for the suggestions, I just expressed my opinion; whether it's useful or not, I don't care; it's up to the organizers to decide.
There is always something to strive for, so "suggestions" will be made after each tournament. This is the only way to achieve something.

By key battles, I mean those that will significantly affect the successful completion of the map; such battles were present in every tournament.

As for the suggestions, I just expressed my opinion; whether it's useful or not, I don't care; it's up to the organizers to decide. There is always something to strive for, so "suggestions" will be made after each tournament. This is the only way to achieve something.

Hello everyone!
I'd like to discuss a faster way to complete the game by eliminating the Golden Dragons (I didn't have time before).
In my opinion, the lack of snipers in a playthrough that's faster than 8 days can only be compensated for with a larger amount of mana.
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It's not possible to do it in under 7 days. I don't have time to reach the Green Castle. And I don't know how else to compensate for the lack of snipers. There's an option to repeatedly attack the Golden Dragons with an explosion (terrorism), but that also takes longer.
Best regards.

So, the map limit was reached - is it 7 days?