Posts from Esports Federation and Heroes 3

Actually, I tried and tried, and finally succeeded. Approximately on Sunday, I will meet with Dmitry Smith, aka Dilvish, the chairman of the Russian Competitive Strategy Games Federation (FCS), he used to play Heroes 3 at a very high level; Kobra, Horn, and Matrosov remember him. Preamble: I understand that Heroes is not a game that attracts sponsors, but it's worth a try, as Comrade Beria used to say. Question: What should I ask the FCS for? For example, if I ask them to organize an offline championship with competent judges in the future, how will the players react? Well-reasoned posts with suggestions are welcome.

If, for example, we ask the organization to hold an offline championship with competent judges in the future, how will the players react?

We have judges. We don't have money.

I think we could organize a great tournament on the arena using M-200 map templates (speed equals excitement) with spectators, but we would need significant sponsorship, which is unlikely to be secured.

We have judges, but we don't have money.

Kirill, wasn't it discussed that the judges shouldn't participate in the game and get distracted?
Regarding the money/sponsorship, I understand, I will naturally ask this question and get the answer "well, you understand...", but since Dilvish himself played, I think he will consider it and maybe something will work out someday, we need to somehow establish contact with FCS, I don't quite understand how to do this and who is willing to do it.

Currently, despite all the improvements, the game remains quite unbalanced. It would be great if the game could reach a new level, but in its current state, this is impossible.

If I'm not mistaken, I've already had discussions with Delvish and FCS regarding Heroes. Well, good luck, I guess!

Perhaps we should ask FCS to officially recognize Heroes as an esports discipline, to start with...

And the problem with Heroes isn't any kind of imbalance, but rather its appeal to a mass audience and the speed of the game.

The problem with Heroes isn't about any imbalance, but rather about its appeal to the masses and the game's pace.

The problem lies in both. In general, considering the list of esports disciplines, Heroes definitely doesn't fit in.

What benefits would recognizing Heroes of Might and Magic as an esports game bring? Would there even be a single bonus? It's necessary to approach this from the opposite direction – first, make Heroes meet the criteria for being an esport, and only then seek out rewards.

We have judges, but we don't have the money.

The money will appear where there is an audience. Right now, there are only 100-150 active online players, which is not enough for esports.

The game won't be interesting to anyone as long as a match takes 8+ hours. If a full match lasted 30-60 minutes, it would be a completely different story. But even then, it's not certain that it would save the game.

In a time slot of 30-60 minutes, with so many competitors, it's hard to see how "Heroes" could fit in. Not to mention the fundamental impossibility of such a reduction in game length. Realistic criteria for esports applicability to "Heroes" are approximately as follows: 1) The ability to play 2 matches per tournament day on a scheduled basis. 2) Low influence of randomness on the outcome of a match (5-10%). 3) A large number of active players (1000+). 4) Replays, OBS mode, an interface for automatic opponent search, automatic registration of game results, etc. Once this state is achieved, it will be possible to talk about esports, about participating in esports festivals, and so on.

Ask if the FKS can help with a venue for hosting tournaments, like a hall with seating and a projector.

By the way, with a good free venue for games, it would be possible to hold a proper tournament in Moscow beyond just the CIS. And most likely, it will be HotA with OX.

He is also skeptical. Stinger, Andre, Chaos, and Bishop have been Dilvish’s longtime friends, but there hasn’t been any progress in 10 years. The only thing that might help us is to increase the game’s visibility, launch some kind of promotion so that a wider range of players would learn that people still play Heroes 3!

He is also skeptical. Stinger, Andre, Chaos, and Bishop have been Dilvish's longtime friends, but no progress has been made in 10 years. The only thing that might help us is to increase the game's visibility and do some promotion so that a wider range of players knows that people still play Heroes 3!

In the chat during the CIS championship, they wrote that KobRa refused to allow a stream of the game, which makes it somewhat doubtful that he needs to promote the game.