I've been silent for a long time, gathering opinions from offline players I know. Most of the people I wanted to ask haven't responded yet, but the general opinion is already clear. I won't speculate now whether vbn cheated or is just a genius at "delays and luck": three times out of three, he blinded unicorns (even though I couldn't achieve anything remotely similar even once in three different versions of the game + three operating systems + several executables, with all other moves, including the AI, being identical). Plus, morale and luck every other time, and always the right spells for the mages. Or, five times out of six, luck for the snipers in a battle with titans. Plus, he managed to create a situation where he could record a video (and there were mentions in the thread that it was a staged recording, after the game was already completed). I'll just say this: I'm no longer a player in SoD. Not at all. I'll be exploring TE and Might and Magic II. Competing with such lucky guys isn't for me. cyberB aka Banana. P.S. I feel like IronEx when he said almost the exact same thing on HeroeSportsPortal about Might and Magic IV and exploits about three years ago. He was eventually banned.