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Reports on online games and their confirmations (Winter 2008 season).

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Yes, my opponent’s loss was hanging by a thread the entire game, and in the end I gifted him the victory. There hasn’t been such suspense in a game for a long time. I started with 19 elves and a dwelling of dwarves! I take the external dwelling of unicorns, I have the gold - I buy them from the castle and from the external dwelling, and an army of 19 grand elves, 4 horses, and 1 pegasus is ready to level up. They give Earth Magic in the 3rd slot - and I don’t even remember such a jackpot. The dendroids were disappointing - with a Vial of Life they gave 40 stacks of them, led by upgraded and over-morale-boosted ones, and Tazar even without a spellbook because it’s 116. My elves fled as best they could, and if not for the grand stack, the elves would have survived, but the valiant army was lost. Mourning for the army squad lasted until the second week. Ivor softened the losses with 8 elves (only the tavern could provide 20 elves total), and I decided not to grieve too much since the external dwelling of unicorns in the castle also balanced the loss ratio. I didn’t go into the cave for a secondary hero because my respawn was quite large and I had plenty to do. Thanks to that, on 127 I got dragons, and on 131 the Capitol, which ideally should have diverted suspicion from building dragons. I take a consulate for 2 angels and decide I can visit since Ciele has lost her way. The most interesting part of the game was that the ГО was not along the path, and right before it on my respawn there was a lookout point from which I could see all the passes and maneuvers of the blue player. So the option of a surprise attack was attractive, and on 136 I was 7-8 cells away from the storm clouds left at their own risk by Vitalik. From there the castle is far, and I think I’ll set up for the minimum distance charge on 137 - to be sure - and fly into the castle! But I use Kirya’s 7-8 cells instead of 25-28 as I had planned, especially since I immediately revealed the consulate and the dwarf dwelling nearby. I take it. +3 angels!!! But I again don’t manage to get to the planned position. Meanwhile, Ciele, sensing something wrong, dashes into the castle. I think - that’s absolutely perfect! But I can’t know if I’ll have enough movement - and scaring her off is not an option. I stand in the right spot to charge on 141 and compensate for the lost day by transferring the entire army to Kirya. But what do I see?! Ciele takes a Dragon Utopia... And who knows if that mage got a Earth Magic spellbook there? Who would have ventured after that? I went to take
my own Dragon Utopia - one day’s travel. After moving toward the Dragon Utopia - what do you think? Ciele is flying on angels and exposing herself on the road! Kirya, with Expert Tactics, 5 angels, 5 dragons, and Slow, could have killed little Ciele - but she moved out of position... That’s the kind of circus that was happening there, and the blue player had no idea about it. I take the Dragon Utopia to try to even the odds, and they give me for that purpose nothing other than Boots of Levitation, Blackshard of the Dead Knight, and they also threw in Sandals of the Saint, but that didn’t particularly cheer me up. Well, if that’s the case, let the unicorns accumulate - I go into the basement; there’s a dungeon, a portal, and there are already 9 behemoths per week! From the dungeon, the road leads somewhere to the blue player’s area through a cave with over 100 pikemen. Well, for scouting, how about not attacking them? - and in the end, it turned out I’d better not have attacked - I only revealed myself ahead of time. Kirya picks up the Golden Bow in the treasure zone and climbs into the Dragon Utopia - oh, maximizing! All the dragons were left there, but the reward was generous - 2 spellbooks (Earth and Fire) and the Sword of Justice. And then Ciele appeared near the dungeon. I have too little mana, but I don’t want to give it to the mage either. Here I made a mistake in a hurry and positioned myself to defend the dungeon with 50 mana, hoping (the whirlpool was only set for the next day!) that the opponent would have nominal mana... It turned out to be doubled, which became a fatal mistake. I should have taken the nearby Dragon Utopia (Titan’s Cuirass), it also gives Earth boost and I could Town Portal home. Haste was the result.
Thanks for the game.
You owe me a rematch!