"only XL-5"

We started playing immediately without restarts.
On turn 115 I got distracted and accidentally jumped into a one-way portal instead of scouting with my entire army. I had to jump in after with all my heroes and actively look for a way back. Although I found it, I still had to struggle for a very long time and lost a lot of tempo.
Then I gradually explored the territory, but by turn 131 none of my heroes had Earth magic, although Town Portal was already built. Adelaide saved the situation, and then things gradually started to pick up.
Objectively, I was very lucky with the Mage Guild. Gunnar was forcibly taught Earth magic already in Conflux. I gradually started to squeeze territory from my opponent without encountering much resistance. The timer was burning for both of us, and mistakes were pouring out like from a cornucopia. Just look at the blunder where Gunnar was left right next to the opponent's town with leftover movement points and mana for Town Portal :-)

However, overall I had more relevant heroes, territory was shifting to me, my army got stronger, stats were higher. After I took the opponent's main town, built up and upgraded the Archers, the outcome became obvious.

Thanks for the game!

P.S. I enjoyed my first onlyXL tournament (and indeed my first non-Новичок tournament :)). Interesting matches, punctual opponents, and useful experience. My skill isn't yet enough to compete for anything, but I'd happily play again.

P.P.S Random template :smile48: