Posts from 9 Kingdoms 2017

The same thing will happen if Dark refuses to play for third place.

That's unlikely:D

Tournaments are always held according to established schemes (there aren't many of them). If the organizer and the host come up with their own super-clever scheme, it needs to be detailed from A to Z. People are used to established structures, but here it's like in a contract, written in small print, and in some places not written at all.

Yes, the majority of tournaments follow the old, proven, and universally understood rules. This is simpler for both the organizers and the participants, as well as the spectators. However, there are also some tournaments that use non-standard formats or modified formats tailored to a specific type of tournament. For example, the "Charity" tournament, where you can revive for money, or "Seasonal Games," where each player chooses their own opponent.

The differences from the standard format in this tournament are essentially only:
- The grand final starts from a 0:0 score, without the advantage of the winners' bracket.
- An additional match for third place.

Because the format is not entirely standard, I made sure to:
- Write out the schedule of all tournament games in a text video using large green font from the start (the separate match for third place is indicated there).
- Diagram the entire course of the tournament on images.
- Briefly explain how the tournament would be run once again during the drawing of lots.

I don't think the format is super tricky))) Obviously, my explanations were presented in an unclear way, which is unfortunate, and conclusions will definitely be drawn on this matter for the future.

I wasn't hiding anything from anyone; on the contrary, I posted everything for public discussion several weeks before the tournament started. Everyone remained silent and started signing up. Now, of course, it's too late to change anything. I will not change the pre-agreed rules under any circumstances during the tournament. During the tournament, suggestions were made to introduce certain changes, but that would be disrespectful to the other players. Such changes are only possible with the unanimous consent of the players and not otherwise.

In any case, I respect every participant in the tournament. It's bad that problems arise. But what's good is that only the final games remain, and no serious misunderstandings are expected anymore, it seems.

One thing: I ask the Grand Final participants to pay attention to the coin toss rules (if they haven't noticed them in advance):
4) A coin is tossed (in the first game between the players).
- The winner is the first to ban a template and the first to choose a Castle and Hero (which is permitted by HeroesWorld rules on the selected template).
- The loser can thus choose their Castle and Hero (permitted by HeroesWorld rules), knowing the first player's Castle (and Hero). The loser chooses their color (the color can be changed after restarts by agreement).
- Identical Castles are also allowed to be taken (if they are still available for both players).
- In the playoffs, the player who banned second in the previous match bans templates first (in the first game, a coin is tossed).

Redwhait(blue, necro, goshan) lose Sevensan(red, castle, valeska, gundula) Jebus 123

After all the resets, 0 Dragon Fly Hives and 1 pair of Griffin Conservatories, I broke out to 121 via a hundred gr ruffians, but there was chocolate there, a quick exit, and I was immediately overwhelmed in the center.
0-1

Redwhait(blue, castle, adele) def Sevensan(red, rampart, ryland) Anarchy 134

I managed to break through first to a fat treasure zone and there, with the help of 2 cartographers, I joined a lot of meat. Wings and КЗ helped to overwhelm the opponent.
1-1

Redwhait(blue, barb, krelion, gundula) def Sevensan(red, barb, gretchin) h3dm1 126

Gundula leveled up nicely (air log tactics), I stuck bears in the Citadel with an external dwelling, on the second day I collected Dragon Fly Hives and upgraded the bears.
I took a mini Dragon Utopia with КВ :cool:. I saw through the overview the opponent, who came to me in the treasure zone and I overwhelmed him.
2-1
Thanks for the interesting games!

Thanks to the host for an interesting tournament!

Thanks, guys, for the unpredictable series of games in the grand final! It was interesting. And you played all the games in a row. Congratulations on being the first winners. The prize payment has been scheduled by the sponsor for May. I'll find out approximately what dates. Either I or the sponsor will contact you regarding the payment details.

Zet mentioned the possibility of allocating an even larger amount of prize money for one of the next tournaments, if nothing changes. But we'll talk about that after the prize money for this tournament has been fully paid.

Thank you for the tournament!
Don't pay attention to ungrateful people.

Reddit! Congrats! Congrats! Congrats! Well done! You proved that it's not all about anarchy, and you carried the mirror again! Bravo! How many?:smile12: :smile17: :smile49:

In the match for 3rd place, HellLighT vs Dark, the following date and time have been set for the replay:
April 21, 2017, at 10:00 AM Moscow time (a delay of more than 1 hour will be considered a no-show).

If one of the players does not show up for the game, a new date and time for the replay will be scheduled.

The final match of the tournament has been played! From a gameplay perspective, the tournament is officially over, and I congratulate everyone. Prize payouts will be made in May. I would like to express my gratitude to: - Aiwe, Dbat, SKD - for agreeing to be tournament judges and for repeatedly helping to resolve issues. - Dirty_Player, Amiloo - for their responsiveness and assistance in judging. - DimaSurmay - for repeatedly helping tournament participants and the organizer. - OsFaraon, Timbuktu - for helping to resolve issues with downloading matches and providing backup. - Redwhait, =Lizard=, Toganash, Wowa, Ward3n, PROger, AlFeyn, Scorpiona, Alcaposha - for providing commentary without background music on all or some of the streams. - Amiloo, Herolwy, Positive, Ward3n, who stepped in as replacements and played all 3 matches in a shorter timeframe. - To all tournament participants who played their matches ahead of schedule and did not create any problems during the tournament! Thank you to all participants and those who helped in organizing and running this tournament! In the near future, I will be editing the remaining videos of the tournament matches and adding links to the tournament header. After the prize payouts and the completion of the editing, we will consider organizing future show tournaments with prizes (we already have some ideas).

Dark (red, flux, gurnisson) def Helllight (blue, necr, galtran) Jebus 134

Got to the center earlier where there were many good things on the ground, then FB, in which Anton retreated, as a result, large stats, map and army advantage.
Thanks for the game.

It was a great tournament.
I watched about 10 games. Some of them were simply amazing. I especially liked games #8 and #14.

Armag, I am impressed by your dedication.
To review and process so much material is simply unbelievable.
You need nerves of steel and a huge love for this game to do that.
Good luck to you and have patience!!! I hope to be able to watch all the games of the tournament.

Thank you very much! If there wasn't so much interest among the subscribers, I wouldn't be doing this. It takes a lot of effort and time, and it even affects my earnings, but overall it brings me pleasure too. I can still dedicate time to it now, but I don't know what will happen in the future. That's why I want to accomplish as much as possible now.

I really enjoyed it, even though I was eliminated pretty quickly. Thank you very much for the tournament. All unclear moments (that affected me) were resolved reasonably, which was very pleasing. P.S. And when a newcomer adds me on ICQ because they watched a video recording of my not-so-skilled gameplay on Arma's YouTube channel (but I tried to provide commentary :smile36:), and asks for advice, or people stop by my stream because they saw the recording. That's great. It's encouraging. It's good to have live communication among Heroes players. All the best. I hope viewers get to see more interesting matches. I hope Arma, and all other YouTubers and streamers, get more viewers. And I hope Heroes maintains its enduring popularity.

Prize payments have been made to the following players:
Sevensan - May 5 (50 dollars)
Redwhait - May 5 (80 dollars), May 18 (45 dollars)
Dark - waiting for payment details.

Also, a reminder about outstanding debts:
1) Zloy Romantic - waiting for video of two played matches (more than three months have passed, and there has been no progress). I know that you don't have enough time, but you can do it in parts. Or at least provide the save files.
2) Toganash - video of the match against player Sevensan (I know that Toganash has disappeared, we will wait).

The rest - well done, provided videos without delays or with minimal delays.

Arma did a great job! He saw the project through from start to finish. For future final games, it would be interesting to watch them in the format of a "first show tournament for Heroes of Might and Magic" with live commentary in online mode from the organizer and invited stars.