Round table

the most hardcore players mostly play TE on mm6 :) there, taking the Dragon Utopia on the second week is an absolute norm. No one would be surprised by a hundred ducks by 131.. But make no mistake, these folks do the same thing in SoD on smka—I've personally suffered from it :)
As for "the players here are normal"—as I understand it, this thread was created specifically to raise the level of play on World—and a high level doesn't imply building up 1-6 in the Castle, but rather the ability to take the most difficult objects with a minimal army and minimal losses, the ability to manage scouting and chains, etc. etc.—and "most games end after the 3rd week" is exactly the indicator one should think about. I'm not saying that games must end so early—unlike the main events of the game which, IMHO, belong between 121 and 131

I will comment a bit on some points from Sir LeBron's post.

The development of events in TE and SoD indeed differs qualitatively due to the acquisition of experience by "creatures" in the home Army, as well as indirectly for ГГ in TE, and the absence of such in SoD; it is because of this (creature experience) that taking Dragon Utopia on the 2nd week becomes possible in TE.

For those not very familiar with TE, I'll note that even the most "hardcore players" rarely take Dragon Utopias on the second week in SoD.
I have never had to take Dragon Utopias on the Second, and honestly, I'm not ashamed of it.
Simply put, TE and SoD are two very different things, and what the most "hardcore" player can do in TE, they cannot do in SoD.
I say this so that World Hero players unfamiliar with TE don't think there is a special caste of "hardcore" players who are invincible.
Using the inter-portal as an example, one can see that "our" SoD players "Mizrael" and "Uran" were able to withstand such MEGABISONs as Stinger and AlexTheGreat. Samurai could be said to have been lucky to part ways peacefully (1.5 to 1.5 points) with "Pit".
Moving away from the inter-portal, one can cite the victory in a fair fight of "our" Loi over another MEGABISON of Stinger and AlexTheGreat's level—Paladin. (I've drifted a bit off topic, but it won't hurt to remind you).
The fact is that in TE (for now:) ) there are more professionals playing than there are in SoD.
Much depends on the layout. Sometimes even in SoD, 18 Archs are gathered by the 3rd week.