Mlyn Chapter II Rules

1. Introduction

Mlyn Chapter II is tournament takes place in the game Heroes of Might and Magic 3 with HD Mod and Horn of the Abyss.

Mlyn Chapter II is the second qualification to the main event Mlyn Cup'23.

To proceed with participation in the tournament you must read and accept the following rules.

An account on website h3.gg integrated with your Discord account is required for registration to the tournament.

Only one player at the time (individual person) can participate in the tournament . In case of violating this rule every player (nickname) is instantly banned from the tournament.

Template of the tournament is Mlyn (version 1.8b)

Main communication channel for players is Discord Server [https://discord.gg/EcDnAQ2], where relevant channels can be found.

Organizer: DontCallMeChris#9369

2. General rules

The tournament consists of knock-out stage and the final.

Bo3 system (two wins required) is applied to the both stages: knock-out and the final

Any player has the right to surrender any number of matches in any phase of the tournament without giving a reason.

It is strictly forbidden to cheat during the game, including using codes, following orders given directly by another person, reviewing game saves before the end of the game, watching the opponent's stream, modifying the template, etc.

It is acceptable to use external aids such as damage calculators, value calculators, data carriers with units statistics, instructional videos, tutorials or programs to bind keyboard buttons.

The organizer reserves the right to award a walkover to a player for intentionally avoiding contact with an opponent or displaying toxic behavior during the tournament.

The organizer reserves the right not to admit any player to the tournament without giving a reason.

The organizer reserves the right to change the rules without stating.

In case of violating rules by a player, the score point goes to the cheater's opponent.

Streaming is required. Quality at least 720p2500kbps. Twitch, YouTube. You also should keep VODs for 14 days after game have been played. The recommended game resolution is 1365×768, the game capture should be stretched to full screen.

Casting tournament games is not restricted. The stream title must display the name of the tournament. It should also include a chat command “!mlyn” redirecting to the host’s official channel: “Mlyn Chapter One is hosted by DontCallMeChris: https://www.twitch.tv/dontcallmechris”

Use #casting channel in Discord server, in order to announce which game you will be casting. 

CALENDAR

4th of May Announcement, registration opens

18th of May 18.00 UTC Registration closed 

18th of May to 11th of June Knock-out stage

12th to 13th of June Final

3. Course of the tournament

Any information about draft and terms will be in the #information channel.

After the draft players have to contact to their opponent by Discord and set the time and date for their match.

Prime time for games is 18:00 UTC weekdays and 15:00 UTC weekend. 

If you are trying to schedule your match but your opponent is not responding - you need to notify the organizer and provide him with screenshots.

After players set they need to notify the organizer at the #schedule channel.

If a player is not able to play 15 minutes after the planned time, he is to be disqualified.

It is allowed to cancel the match in advance if a player has a respectful reason for it (at least 4 hours before the start).

Game saves and transfers are prohibited. The game must be played till the end (someone's victory) during one game session. You still could play 3 games in 3 different game sessions.

4. Game preparation, town and color selection

Players use the lobby available in the Horn of the Abyss add-on to connect. One of the players sets up a room and passes the password to his opponent. A ranking match tick is not obligatory to put.

After joining a shared room, the joining player selects the number 0 or 1, and the hosting player performs a coin flip. (The ‘Coin Flip’ option is available on the ‘Pvp Options’ tab)

The winner of the coin flip is the First player. The loser of the coin flip is the Second player.

The First player begins the process of banning/choosing towns. Players ban 1 town each, then select up-to 3 towns each to their pool one by one.

The Second player picks color for the first game.

The loser of the last game picks the color for the next game.

Red player picks town from his pool first. He cannot pick town he already played this match. To confirm your choice type "+".

5. Restarts

Once the game starts each player have right to use two restarts on day one (111) or one restart on day two (112). The first restart decision is made by the red player by typing ‘+’ if he wants to play the map or ‘111’ or ‘112’ if he wants to restart the map. Then the blue player does the same.

In the case of a situation, where the blue player, without arousing the suspicion of the red player, will give a turn with the desire to restart, and then the red player will give a turn and there will be next day, the blue player is obliged to write the decision to restart without starting next turn. The information about the restart should be written directly through the chat in the lobby interface by clicking the button in the lower right corner during the game.

Players are entitled to so-called technical restarts. 

In the case players cannot agree, they take a screenshot or a recording and consult with the tournament organizer.

6. Finishing the game

After the game is played, the losing player enters ‘GG’ regardless of whether the game is a ranking game or not. ‘GG’ in this case proves the admission of defeat and is also evidence when writing a report.

After the game is over, players are obligated to provide the password to the protected game.

After the game is over one player is required to add a report from the game on h3.gg in the ‘My matches’ tab. Second player is required to confirm the game result.

After the match is over both players have to post VOD links to #results-vods channel in Discord server.

7. Prizepool

The prize pool is $100.

First place gets 70%

Second place gets 30%

Every player makes his road to Mlyn Cup'23 by winning matches

Every player's victory in stage is converted to TMP (True Mlyn Point). The amount of TMP got increased in every stage.

8. Templates settings

Template: Mlyn 1.8b 

Download template: https://bit.ly/3nRiN1X

Map size: L

Undergrounds: Yes

Human or AI players: 2

AI players: 0

Teams: None

Road type: Only the best roads. (right side option)

Water: None

Monster strength: Strong

Difficulty: 160%

Tournament rules: Yes

Protected saves: Yes

Timer: Chess, 14:00+07:00+02:00. (can be changed by agreement of both players)

Simultaneous turns: Yes, to 114. (can be changed by agreement of both players)

Neutral PvP: No

Additional rules: 

Hold both towns in Pit Village (zone IDs 16, 17) for 3 turns. Counter increased every time player ends his turn holding both towns. If one of the town changes its color between turns, the turn counter is reset.

Zone 21 no trespassing rule: Player must not pick up any artifacts or visit obelisk in zone 21 if he gets access here in case map bugged.

Additional technical restarts: 

Technical restarts are only available if there is no 4 army pandora boxes in Home Biom and it's before 114 turn started. You have to scout the whole biom in this case.