Reports on online games and their confirmations (Winter 2009-10 season).

Hermit(red, inferno, Pyrre, Pyrre) def Wlk777(blue, fortress, Vistan, Vistan) panic 137

That happened. If bots can beat LeBron, then I find it ridiculous to expect to win against Vladimir :D. Now, seriously, the distribution wasn't that bad (although I was already out of resources), 3 stacks and built lizard dens. On day 111, I attacked a group of archers for 2 treasures - there were 49 of them with a grand strategist among 10. I got lucky - 3 hydras, 1 lizard, and 5 gnolls. On the first map, everything was good, just no hidden resources, 1-7 in the citadel. There were hidden resources, but very far away (cows and a warlock). On the second map, I scouted and took many treasures, took a lizard den, and my opponent focused on development and by the middle of the week, he had already built a capitol :eek:. I bought almost everyone (except the cows, which was a mistake) - I broke through several guards, and then, completely unexpectedly, Pyr attacked me. The opponent's mass earth elementals decided the game; I only had an advanced one... And I also had little mana (the opponent's +1 all armor was effective). I didn't have any artifacts at all. And I didn't expect the attack at all; I didn't even split up my yellow hydras. I bought myself out with half of my lizards and 3 ducks. After that, things got really bad; in less than a week, the opponent summoned 60+ demons, which is very difficult to beat in panic mode. Thanks for the game, and congratulations to Vladimir on such strong development; I wish you to repeat this in future games.