Reports on online games and their confirmations (Winter 2009 season).

LeBron (red, Swamp, Wistan) def. Loi (blue, Castle, Valia, Tazar) 131, 2sm4d(3) Started with built-up archer towers, gathered 22 – everywhere there are unpleasant blockers, but no resources, plus there’s a hidden Hive, 2 Cons, and 4 roads. Around turn 112, I defeated all the Gnolls, breaking through the Lizardmen’s outpost without using the Hive – now there’s nothing left to protect the Hive with :( I headed towards the fork, and there I had a choice: Silver Pegasi or a Fly outpost – neither of these options pleased Wistan. In the 3rd slot, I got Earth, and in the 4th, Tactics – that’s good, by level 9, I’ll have Mass Slow. I broke into the basement – there’s a decent amount of money, but there’s absolutely no Sulfur, so I didn’t build Hydras or Cows. I built a GM, and there’s a slow! Well, that’s just great – we’ll attack with Throngs + lots of Cons in the second round. From the overview, I can see all the blue player’s actions; they’re taking outposts and heading towards the snow. I think I’ll definitely reach 131, so I’m going to take the 3rd secondary town. However, Tazar turned out to be a tough polar player and flew across the snow like Siberian huskies. On turn 126, he stood in front of the guard of my town. I placed some units so that in the next turn, Wistan would break through, after first eating a minimal amount of outposts. But Tazar surprised me with his incredible speed and broke the chain. With great effort, I pushed Wistan back home, BUT Tazar, of course, doesn’t attack, but takes my 3rd and 4th Cons and is ready to eat the next one. The situation is critical; if Tazar has Mass Magic, everything is lost. I attack without any growth: FF:
Wistan 5-16-6-20, level 10, Expert Armor, Earth, Advanced Archery, Basic Tactics
12 Archers, 44 Greater Lizardmen, 12 Greater Basilisks, 36 Gnolls, 10 Flies, 3 Minotaurs
Tazar 3-14-2-20, level 9, Expert Armor, Passive Fighting, Basic Earth and Logistics
3 Angels, 5+1+6 Archers, 1+1 Swordsmen, and 46 Marksmen
In the first round, Mass Slow – archers fire at the Marksmen, dealing 8 damage – the Marksmen barely manage to take down one. Then Mass Shield and a volley – victory with almost no losses :) GG
Thank you!