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

Pavel Dubrovin (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Hermit (Blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar), 2sm4d(3), 2.4.7.

I confirm. The mana trick involved the Titan's Helm and Titan's Plate, the Speaker's Hat, and a Mana Well on the Barbarian respawn. They distracted me in the first battle, where I could use Implosion — by the way, over 2500 damage, and for some reason I didn't even try to evade Pasha's army, even though Shakti's stats were more than twice as high. I attacked Shakti when he positioned himself in front of GO, although I feared the Red Ball, but I feared the Wings or some sort of Fly or Dimension Door even more. And who knows, maybe Shakti also had some magic to kill dragons, and I didn't want to lose my capital. I attacked, and he had the Red Ball. :( I bought peace. Afterwards, realizing I had wasted my Implosions, I turned my attention to the Rampart respawn, with three stacks of Unicorns hidden. With a tiny army, I cleared two Treasuries, but they didn't boost my stats at all. My last hope was a scouted max-level Utopia, so I fled from Shakti. It gave me the Tome of Water, the Tome of Fire, and the Blackball. In the FB, due to the Red Ball, Shakti's massive stats and tactics, combined with the terrain on the battlefield, I lost.

Thank you, Pasha, for a very interesting game.