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[Photo Report] XL' vs. BA/IEHOK. Lower bracket semi-final of the "Novichok-2009. Winter" tournament.

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The final turned out to be one of those "down to the last heal" affairs, but honestly, it was played rather weakly by both players. First and foremost, I was surprised by the hasty decisions—what was the rush?? It's not CS or an old man to click the mouse 10 times a second:)
If we're breaking down the final, we should probably start two days before it
I watched from Tazar's perspective, so I'll try to outline his inaccuracies
First: the Dragon Fly Hive and Ring of Speed were not taken, and the area held by the Archangels was never scouted (I suspect there's either a Nuts box or a Nuts artifact there). Second: a couple of spell power boosters were not visited (and I consider this a very important point for such a game situation!!!)
Third: before casting Town Portal home, Tazar clearly didn't go all the way (there was still something to scavenge there)
Fourth: I don't think he himself believed the game could be won in this Final Fight, which ultimately played a decisive role

As for the Final Fight itself, Crag Hack simply needed to cast Anti-Magic on the bears to win, and there would have been no post-mortem analysis.
Tazar's plan was simple and understandable. In the first round, take out the fat stack of bears, and in the second, use Armageddon to wipe everything else—and the plan is absolutely correct!!!! But for some reason, he didn't calculate how many wyverns would remain after Armageddon, and there was no hint of any desire to cut down the Wyvern Hives
In short, if Artem had been a little more attentive, he would have harshly punished Crag Hack for his excessive overconfidence!!

It's also worth analyzing the first fight, when Tazar attacked Crag Hack in the Castle—and again, ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS TO CAST ANTI-MAGIC on the 40 Monarchs—and the fight would have been won quite easily, but again, there were inexplicable Implosions and Meteors...

In short, both players have things to work on—for a beginners' tournament, the game was quite respectable, and with that, congratulations are due not only to the beginners themselves but also to Kesh, who organized it perfectly and made a show out of their games

"Это нам идеально подходит!" [Новосибирск, 2013]
"Красавчик! Если только не читер.." [Киев, 2014]
"Это Вам не шутки - нажрался Dust в маршрутке" [Новокузнецк, 2015]
Сам ты фиш (с) :D