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[REPORTS] Reports from the 7th online HOMM3 tournament '08.

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Lesgor (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Nagan-4 (blue, Castle, Valeska, Moner) 2sm4d(3) 212

It happened. Archers were pouring toward me from all sides; they were built up in the city initially, 29 units from the start, and by week 3 Valya arrived with 3 stacks. Although I didn't take external dwellings, my army was fine because I hadn't taken any losses. I took two Necropolis sites, where I built vamps in the Stronghold. One mistake led to a chain of failures. It all started because I was too lazy to take the "Spirit of Oppression" artifact, which neutralizes additional morale; I didn't want to spend movement points. By 131 I already had 67 upgraded archers and entered a treasure zone, the entrance to which is blocked by an external angel dwelling guarded by two astral dragons. What are two dragons to my army?
The dragons fire a bolt at the archers, then get morale (!) and hit with lightning (!), again at the archers. I attack the angel dwelling, the angels get morale (!), fly to the archers and... finish them off.
Had I taken the artifact to nullify morale, I would have cleared the treasure zone without losses, because the defenders of Pandoras and other goodies were slow plodders like diamond golems and ogres, who could be easily shot down with a retreat on the tactical map.
But without archers, melee battles with losses began. As a result, by week 4 I had nothing to take the Dragon Utopia sites. And they were all tasty: one had an air book, another a mage's cap, a third angel wings, and a fourth artifacts for stats.
I wait for week 5; meanwhile, the reds move into my respawn, and at 147 they take the Dragon Utopia with the air book, and Tazar is crushed.
Hoping for the best, since many Dragon Utopia sites were still found, Moner speeds up in the capital's stable, reaches another Dragon Utopia with angels; I prepare to move the rest of the army from the capital and take the Dragon Utopia. Tazar jumps in and smashes the army. ГГ, thanks for the game.

I would also like to thank the esteemed Evgeniy for the excellent organization of the tournament and all my opponents for a wonderful, creative game.