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Although HW is a relatively new resource, it already has its own traditions. One has already been mentioned – the saves of the winners are presented to the public in their entirety. Another is that if a map seems to take 8-9 days to complete, it will be completed in 7, sometimes even by several people. It's almost a magical number.
In general, while playing in this tournament, I noticed a few peculiarities of playing on the Expert difficulty (I haven't played in a long time).
1. The AI doesn't buy heroes. It just moves around with one.
2. It leaves the Castle empty. The exception is the Green Castle. But (!) its hero runs off to collect resources, and while it's doing that, it builds buildings and recruits an army. The Red and Yellow Castles have initial buildings, so the AI takes everything from there.
These peculiarities were what determined the development of the strategy. It was important to capture the empty Red and Yellow Castles. Otherwise, it's impossible. Why 8 days, and not seven? I finished playing on Sunday, and it took 8 days, and I was very short on money. I thought that theoretically 7 days was possible, but financial problems wouldn't allow it. I didn't try to verify it. But, as we can see, everything is possible with the right strategy. Once again, congratulations on the well-deserved victory :)