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[TOURNAMENT-SoD] Novice - 2020. Winter

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Gorbunak
I gave away the dungeon for 2000, although I kind of lagged. I generally didn't understand how to trade here and for whom. Though of course, it's an easy moneymaker — I think you could trade the dungeon for up to 3000+. I also traded for the blue color and took the Necropolis and Tower comps, opponent conf. Kiri and Müllich in the tavern made the draft work. On day 1-1-3 I took Kiri's comp, it was a bit far away. And then I started hard-papping, I decided to immediately scout more of the comp's territory with troops, maybe grab some chests. I released a hero, he didn't make it to the comp with the troops. I released a second one, he also didn't make it. In the end, the comp killed the already leveled-up Kiri in the town. Essentially, I sank 7500 gold, which really hurt later on. After that, the land didn't level up, but Müllich was more or less wrecking things. And most importantly, the comp built the Necro upgrade + gifted the Necro amulet, but out of about 15 heroes, I never rolled a Necromancer. Overall, the development was so-so; on the second week I grabbed a couple of Griffin Conservatory singles, 2 little Naga Banks. One treasure zone turned out to be kind of empty, with a long road tunnel. On the second week there was a block, couldn't check what was there before day 1-2-1. I started building Town Portal, there were a lot of rebuilds. Loinis went into the treasure zone to level up the land and farm Dragon Fly Hives. By the end of the week I farmed 20 Dragon Flies, leveled Loinis nicely, got Town Portal. I was planning to buy land for Gundula in the treasure village, and meanwhile push Loinis into the center. There was a lot of mana from the chain and its boost, but no Resurrection. Also, the road to my Tower comp didn't generate at all, so on the third week I could only push in the center. Taking Dragon Utopias with the mage, the second with Dragon Flies... no way. Also saw through scouting how the opponent was farming Griffin Conservatories and Dragon Fly Hives; it kind of looked like GG. And then Morgoth sinks about 140 Fanatics. Basically, if he hadn't sunk them, then if I had managed to clear the central treasure zone, I would have had a chance. At that time, the opponent had Dimension Door from the miner, and I had Town Portal. So after the Dragon Fly Hives in the center, I could have farmed Dragon Utopias and leveled Gundula.
Thanks for the game!
On day 1-2-1 I made a good stack of 50+ Beholders, went to collect objects. I was already breaking very tough guards almost without losses (48 Cyclopes), so the sink on the Fanatics was a complete surprise — the Fanatics were given + morale, and my strongest stack crapped out twice. The funniest thing is that I took the Dragon Utopia with those same troops almost without losses.
Thanks for the game.