Reports of the "Clan Wars: on-line (Summer-2009)" Tournaments

Javdet (red, Dungeon, Shakhti, Shakhti) draw Outlaw (blue, Castle, Valeska, Straker), 2sm4d(3), 147.

I fell for a tier-2 Griffin Conservatory and regretted it a lot afterward. Even though I spawned at the top, I couldn't shake the feeling I was playing panic mode — the respawn is big, but there's a minimum of objects and resources. Mines are in the Citadel, roads are long, and I have no clue what to do. The Griffin Conservatory falls easily — I run into the basement in vain without having gone to take the first aid tent. I got stuck in the basement for a long time — 2 pits of Pit Fiend stacks, a treasure zone. The treasure zone is just disappointments. I accidentally attacked Gunnar with 12 Pit Fiends against giants — a disaster for the tempo, and that loss kept hurting me specifically; I just didn't have enough of them when breaking through tough guards, resulting in heavy losses. Control and Dragon Utopia didn't work out, and when I opened it up, it turns out there's a box of earth behind the Phoenixes a day's travel away. I get wiped and run to another treasure zone where the edge of a Dragon Utopia is revealed. 2 days of travel, and in the Dragon Utopia the wind is howling; I get wiped and run to a 3rd treasure zone. That's where we saved. Thanks to Igor for the auto right after the game resumed. We meet already in the treasure zone — I take out the Black Dragons from the scout hero; finally Straker reveals his stats (kept them hidden the whole game, respect) — the stats are equal, troops are roughly equal too. There's a cloak of abandonment, and I equip it no matter what (no idea what tricks the opponent has up his sleeve). Trading troops would have postponed the finish indefinitely. A draw.

Thanks for the game.