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Dirty_Player

10/31/2016 10:19 AM UTC

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Favorites, to Battle! - 9

It is time to hold another tournament in the "Favorites, to Battle!" series, which is so beloved on our site.

I. General questions.
1. Throughout the entire tournament, each participant plays as their chosen favorite race.
2. Game version SoD 3.2 (4.0) + HD mod + HW_rules_mod patch. The latest stable version is current: ???
3. Bidding is used for the right to choose the Color.
4. The template choice is made by crossing out from a list of 11 templates: 2SM4d(3), Balance (L-U, 130%), skirmish (200%), Anarchy (200%) Jebus cross, Mini-Nostalgia, Diamond, 8mm6a, 6LM10a, 8xm12a and Spider. The right to cross out a template first is determined by a coin toss. The player who "wins the coin" chooses who will cross out first.
By mutual agreement, playing on any other template is permitted. This matter must be discussed in advance with the tournament judges.
5. If two identical races meet in a match, the template is chosen from the list: 2SM4d(3), Balance (L-U, 130%), skirmish (200%), Anarchy (200%) Jebus cross, Mini-Nostalgia, Diamond, 8mm6a, 6LM10a, 8xm12a, Spider, mir_diamond and mir_h3dm1.
In this case, bidding is used for the right to choose the starting hero. Players take turns (first the one who won the bid for color, then their opponent) crossing out one undesirable hero from the full list of heroes; thereafter, players inform each other of the amount of gold they are willing to transfer to the opponent for the right of first choice among the remaining heroes. The one who bids the higher amount chooses the hero first and transfers the gold to the opponent.
On mir_diamond and mir_h3dm1 templates, each player has one subjective restart at 111.
6. Rules are standard.
The default timer is chess, with parameters as specified in the rules.
Mage Guild rebuild is ENABLED on all templates. There are NO restrictions on using the library.
Any changes to the game rules are permitted by mutual consent of the players, except for changing the Favorite Castle and the Fair Play rule.
Additional rules per template:
Mini-Nostalgia. The tournament participant who received the blue color as a result of bidding begins the selection of computer secondary castles.
Diamond. The participant who received the red color as a result of bidding removes the extra (ninth) castle. If favorite castles are identical, then first red removes one castle, then blue removes the second.
Anarchy Difficulty 200%. Color for the first generation is chosen by coin toss; upon a subjective restart - change of color. Played without the HW_rulez checkbox. When playing with identical castles, heroes are chosen by agreement; if no agreement can be reached - randomly.
Skirmish Difficulty 200%. Starting heroes and bonus - random, color for the first generation is chosen by coin toss; upon a subjective restart - change of color. Played without Mage Guild rebuild.

II. Organizational questions.
1. The tournament is official and regular.
2. Tournament goals:
- to play as the favorite castle and attempt to prove its strength,
- to gain valuable experience, improve one's level of play.
3. The tournament is conducted according to the Rules for organization, conduct, and participation in tournaments.
4. Players listed in the Blacklist and Penalty Bench are not eligible to participate in the tournament.
5. Tournament leaders and judges:
Tournament leader: Dirty_Player (ICQ: 408722873).
Tournament judges: Злой_романтик (ICQ: 296524052), skd (ICQ: 593626431), Diabler (ICQ: 360429834) , Dark (ICQ: 303751774)
If a disputed issue cannot be resolved independently, the judges will seek help from the AK.
The leader has the right to make any changes to the regulations and rules during the tournament if necessary.
6. Maximum number of tournament participants - 128; if there are more than 128 applicants, qualification games will be held. The organizers reserve the right to refuse registration to any player without a public explanation of reasons.
7. For each played match, participants must submit a report and confirmation in this thread, created automatically.
Saves of all matches must be kept until the end of the tournament and presented upon the first request of the tournament leader or any member of the AK.
8. Information on the progress of the tournament is updated as necessary and is located at the beginning of this thread.
9. All tournament games go into the seasonal rating. The list of tournament reports is also located at the beginning of this thread.
10. The tournament winner earns the right to participate in the "Final Battle 11" tournament
11. The tournament winner and players who took 2nd and 3rd place will be awarded Medals under their avatar:

Award authors: RAPER and ColdRain.

III. Deadlines.
All tournament participants must strictly adhere to the announced deadlines:
1. Immediately after the start of a stage or round, contact your opponent(s) for preliminary agreement on games. To agree means to reach an accord after negotiations and discussion. A proposal without a response will not be considered an agreement.
2. Temporary problems (with internet, travel, personal) must be reported to the tournament leaders.
3. Preferred time for tournament games is daytime (12-24 MSK) on weekends and evening (19-24 MSK) on weekdays. If a participant is unable to play at this time, the leader interprets the absence of a game result in favor of their opponent.

Registration - October 31 - November 24, 2016.
Approval of the participants list - November 24-25, 2016.
Draw - November 25, 2016. The draw will be conducted taking into account the declared castle and the participant's level of play based on results from other tournaments.
Tournament Start - November 26, 2016.

IV. Regulations.
1. Group stage. 32 groups of 4 people. Mini-double system. 2 people advance from the group. Estimated timeframe: 5-6 weeks.
2. Group stage. 16 groups of 4 people. Mini-double system. 2 people advance from the group. Estimated timeframe: 5-7 weeks.
3. Play-offs. Single-elimination for 32 people. Two rounds of BO1, starting from the quarterfinals and beyond BO3. Estimated timeframe: 15-16 weeks.
Total tournament duration from start to finish is about 28 weeks. Thus, the tournament should be finished by the beginning of summer.

Winners of previous "Favorites, to Battle!" tournaments:

"Favorites, to Battle! - 1" (2008) - Dudge (Necropolis) - Tournament History
"Favorites, to Battle! - 2" (2009) - Pit for LM (Conflux) - Tournament History
"Favorites, to Battle! - 3" (2010) - Сатир (Fortress) - Tournament History
"Favorites, to Battle! - 4" (2011) - Maretti (Castle) - Tournament History
"Favorites, to Battle! - 5" (2012-13) - GoD (Rampart) - Tournament History
"Favorites, to Battle! - 6" (2013-14) - Pit for LM (Conflux) - Tournament History
"Favorites, to Battle! - 7" (2014-15) - Pit for LM (Necropolis) - Tournament History
"Favorites, to Battle! - 8" (2015-16) - HellLighT (Necropolis) - Tournament History

In the application, you must specify the castle you will be playing.

In reply to u2noob

Slayzer

12/21/2016 10:49 AM UTC

u2noob

Thx for game.

GG, thanks for the game.

In reply to Slayzer

Dirty_Player

12/22/2016 8:40 AM UTC

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Dear tournament participants, I remind you that there are only 5 days left until the end of the round, and many games have not been played yet, namely:

Kinger vs Mori - save bRitvo4kA vs PaTRioT Antal_RR vs Blitz Vatya vs yarik1987 shameonyou vs PunkeR h3pro vs Javdet - save zoog vs socola - save ProtosArchon vs Derbent Sevan_80 vs Ambra Amiloo vs cost Medium_HP vs wowa - save =Lizard= vs Alin Grizvald vs GUNAR - save BISHOP vs u2noob - save BuTaJIuK vs Wyndoc - save LuckyF vs silenthill - save Joker2k vs Socrat - save
I remind you that the deadline for the round is December 27th. Do not postpone games until the last days, as in the run-up to the New Year, there may simply be no time for games. Those who have problems with their opponent, need an ODD, or something else, please contact me via ICQ. :smile30:

Added 6 minutes later
Also, a small clarification has been made to the rules, due to some misunderstandings among the players:

The right to choose the map first is determined by a coin toss. The player who "wins the coin toss" chooses who will choose the map first.

In reply to Dirty_Player

=Lizard=

12/22/2016 1:24 PM UTC

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Due to the large number of tournaments I'm involved in, especially the main one, I'm dropping Alin from the next round without a match, as I don't really feel like playing in the lower bracket anyway. And I probably won't have time. Sorry.

P.S. Inferno is still the best!

http://ru.twitch.tv/lizard_wt

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Dirty_Player

12/22/2016 1:45 PM UTC

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=Lizard=

There's still not much desire to play in the lower bracket.

Well, you're playing to advance from the group. In the next stage, all players will be on equal footing, regardless of where they're coming from.

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=Lizard=

12/22/2016 1:48 PM UTC

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Okay, don't cancel anything yet, but I just wanted to let you know that I plan to play at least 3 tournament games in the next week, which are more of a priority for me. If I can play with Alyn, I will, if not, then never mind.

http://ru.twitch.tv/lizard_wt

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PROger

12/22/2016 7:45 PM UTC

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I used up all my restarts and had to play with what I had. There were too many mistakes that essentially decided the outcome. Plus, my opponent had a better setup thanks to a level 5 helmet and +12 Latverian mercenaries on respawn.
On the first turn, I lost almost my entire army of 99 pikemen because I didn't think that the hero in prison could be level 5, not 1. Then, I lost almost all my air units, which I had bought from hidden stashes, because I couldn't use Moonspell to destroy the gargoyles. In the end, I lost to Moonspell against the Guardian of Order when it hit me. I decided not to bother anymore and surrendered.

Thanks for the game!

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DiscordPROger#1674

http://heroes3.tv/PROger

PROger

Faction Сопряжение / Conflux

Start Hero Эрдамон / Erdamon

Main Hero Луна / Luna

Поражение / Lose

HellLighT

Faction Подземелье / Dungeon

Start Hero Шакти / Shakti

Main Hero Десса / Dessa

Map Template: Jebus Cross
Game Length: 123 days
Game Date: 12/22/2016
Reported: 12/22/2016 7:45 PM

PROger 1486 → 1485 -1 ↓

HellLighT 1873 → 1874 +1 ↑

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/22/2016 7:49 PM

In reply to PROger

HellLighT

12/22/2016 7:49 PM UTC

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PROger

I spent all my restarts and had to play with what I had. There were too many mistakes, which essentially decided the game. Plus, the opponent's start was better thanks to a level 5 hat and +12 armor at the respawn.
On the first turn, I lost almost my entire army against 99 spearmen, forgetting during calculations that a hero in prison could be level 5 instead of 1. Then I lost almost the entire stack of air elementals bought from caches because I couldn't burn through the gargoyles with Moon. And finally, I lost as Moon to ГО when he hit-and-ran me. I decided not to torture myself further and surrendered.

Thanks for the game!I confirm, I got a mediocre layout, but with bonuses in the form of 2 good relics; I messed up as much as possible, but even then everything was going fine, although the item taken from the Dragon Utopia's cheat duplicated the hat, thanks for the game.

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Gee

12/22/2016 10:39 PM UTC

Lack of roads, but all restarts were taken. But good news, elves dwell near the home, good resources and easy guards(ogres) on the only road. With a tower I saw that all exits of my opponent with roads all weren't reached. I decided I am better in that moment and I decided to attack. In 121 opponent gave up. Thanks for the game!

http://heroes3stat.appspot.com/rating/overall/gee

Gee

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Ивор / Ivor

Main Hero Ивор / Ivor

Победа / Def

Timbuktu

Faction Замок / Castle

Start Hero Валеска / Valeska

Main Hero Тамика / Tamika

Map Template: 2sm4d(3)
Game Length: 121 days
Game Date: 12/22/2016
Reported: 12/22/2016 10:39 PM

Gee 1290 → 1311 +21 ↑

Timbuktu 1455 → 1434 -21 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/22/2016 10:41 PM

In reply to Gee

Timbuktu

12/22/2016 10:41 PM UTC

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Gee

Lack of roads, but all restarts were taken. But good news, elves dwell near the home, good resources and easy guards(ogres) on the only road. With a tower I saw that all exits of my opponent with roads all weren't reached. I decided I am better in that moment and I decided to attack. In 121 opponent gave up. Thanks for the game!

Everything was great, I messed it all up as usual. tfp.:smile17:

Сейчас

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Huanito

12/22/2016 10:50 PM UTC

Spasibo za igru.

Huanito

Faction Крепость / Fortress

Start Hero Алкин / Alkin

Main Hero Алкин / Alkin

Победа / Def

matador99

Faction Подземелье / Dungeon

Start Hero Шакти / Shakti

Main Hero Гуннар / Gunnar

Map Template: 6lm10a
Game Length: 125 days
Game Date: 12/22/2016
Reported: 12/22/2016 10:50 PM

Huanito 1586 → 1598 +12 ↑

matador99 1511 → 1499 -12 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/22/2016 10:55 PM

In reply to Huanito

matador99

12/22/2016 10:55 PM UTC

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Perfect starting setup – Gunnar, Tazar, 2 mini Griffin Conservatories in week 1.
Took over the castles of green and pink. Placed the bears.
Revealed 2 Dragon Utopias and several Dragon Fly Hives to dive into a Dragon Utopia with Tazar at the start of week 3.
But I over-tempoed and lost the entire army to a max Griffin Conservatory (

Thanks for the game

discord matador99

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Chemist_HP

12/23/2016 10:52 AM UTC

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I only reached the first town by 131. But a dead-end treasure zone gave three Dragon Utopias with the Book of Air, for magic a breastplate +10/-2 and a helmet +10/-2, 6 Angels with con, and a Dragon Fly Hive gave twenty Wyverns to the 14 I already had.

I captured the opponent's capital in two jumps. There, the roads generally led nowhere. Surrender follows.

Thanks for the game!

Chemist_HP

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Мефала / Mephala

Main Hero Мефала / Mephala

Победа / Def

Court

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Янова / Jenova

Main Hero Янова / Jenova

Map Template: 8xm12a
Game Length: 142 days
Game Date: 12/23/2016
Reported: 12/23/2016 10:52 AM

Chemist_HP 1463 → 1477 +14 ↑

Court 1434 → 1420 -14 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/23/2016 9:17 PM

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Grizvald

12/23/2016 3:55 PM UTC

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The game gave an empty map with only one Griffin Conservatory for all zones, but I dug up the Grail and planted it in Conflux. Thanks for the game!

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)

Grizvald

Faction Некрополь / Necropolis

Start Hero Тант / Thant

Main Hero Тант / Thant

Победа / Def

GUNAR

Faction Сопряжение / Conflux

Start Hero Random

Main Hero Эрдамон / Erdamon

Map Template: Balance
Game Length: 131 days
Game Date: 12/23/2016
Reported: 12/23/2016 3:55 PM

Grizvald 1771 → 1777 +6 ↑

GUNAR 1543 → 1537 -6 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/23/2016 4:01 PM

In reply to Grizvald

GUNAR

12/23/2016 4:01 PM UTC

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It's been a long time coming, they should ban digging for the Grail:smile16:. It's very unfair when it's under the opponent's lock:(. I played based on the map layout, and it was much worse.
Thanks for the game!

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