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

Dubrovin Pavel (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) draw Loi (Red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr), 2sm4d(3), 2.2.2.

That’s right. Around turn 133, he tried to break through with Utopian 2, but it didn’t work out, so he decided to try and catch Shakti off guard, as he seemed to have two paired flags for a couple of turns. But Pavel was on guard – he decided to attack, just in case he would go first, so he could cover the Grand units with Mass Haste (the speed of the unique units became 14...). And that’s when luck wasn’t on his side. In the end, he shared half of the Utopian and the game shifted towards mobility. Then he broke through with 4 Max Utopians, but he knew that Pavel had a Red Dragon, which made him bet on a stack of Vivs. In the end, both had an advantage, but I had a counter-strategy. In the end, the server couldn’t handle such intense competition, so they decided to spare the server – it’s a capricious beast :D – and agreed on a draw. Thank you, Pavel, for the uncompromising fight and the friendly communication!