Auto-translated
There were not only private conversations with coordinators and moderators. In January 2010, I already wrote about this problem in a private message. 4 years have passed, and the situation remains unchanged. I understand that hiring someone to handle this would not be free. But I do not understand why other Heroes resources have it: HeroesPortal, WCL, even the shabby and dead dreamcatcher site. Yet we still do not! And here's the paradox — those sites have fewer players, while we actually have people playing. Some of them have even gone under altogether. After all, Heroes 3 does not get any newer year after year. And it is worth noting that the main users of the HeroesWorld forum are not players of Heroes 1, 2, 4, or even 5, but specifically of Heroes 3.
This is a mystery. How did they manage it, but we did not?
Manually counting a thousand reports is oh so unenjoyable, and moreover, the result of the count is merely a formality. There is no sporting intrigue. There is no motivation to play more in order to surpass players A, B, C.
It turns out — Whatever happens, happens.
Regarding money: if my financial situation were good, I would have contributed myself. But unfortunately, I cannot afford it.
By the way, the donation suggestion is not so farcical; an announcement could be made at the top of the entire 3rd section, with wallet numbers for donations, and perhaps someone will chip in from all around. It would make things easier.
Regarding the changes I mentioned, there were exclusively private conversations with coordinators and moderators, since what you are talking about — an automated system for Heroes 3 tournaments — is only part of a larger update, and its implementation is possible only after that development is completed.
I have already described the situation as to why the system planned in 2010 was not implemented; that plan simply failed, which is why the project was subsequently restarted almost from scratch on a different platform and is still gradually moving toward completion.
The answer to why other resources have something while we do not lies at the beginning of the sentence: "because these are other resources" — each resource has its own characteristics.
I can only say that to the best of my ability, I am doing everything possible to ensure that the innovations appear as soon as possible.