Team Tournament Reports (Spring 2010)

"Out of Many, One" - "Zharym" 0-1
Piterius (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Decontaminator (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar), MiniNostalgi, 216

Played this map for the first time. A very simple and quite wealthy template. Overall, I liked it - both the game and the communication :) True, we both fumbled at the start - we only set 6 minutes, even though both were not against eight. Personally, I didn't have time to do many things I wanted.
On the hero pick screen I think I chose well for myself - absolutely passive Necro and Inferno, as well as Conflux. An army that is easy to beat, respawns without penalties. But Decon, as it turned out, had a tough time with his Stronghold and Dungeon.
There were many rests on the dirty roads, as soon as the fast heroes were distributed - we started. 5 Elves arrived, I see a market and a Griffin Conservatory, there's a Stable, mines are accessible, loads of money - just a piece of cake. True, no native external dwellings in sight - that's the only conditional downside :)
Week 1 month 1 day 3 (113), already 8 heroes, I occupy Conflux, which has a guild and a thousand, I see an external dwelling of Air, Fire, Earth, 2 Fairies)
Decided not to fight in the other two directions, because shooters are on the guards, pity the Elves. I reclaim the money, take the Air external dwelling and chase the Conflux heroes on a second front with Gurney the machine-gunner :smile19: At home I found an external dwelling of Dwarves.
By the end of the week, horses in the Castle.
121 full buyout, robbing everything in the way and GO to the nearest treasure zone through 50-99 Lizardmen.
122 I run into a lot of Greater Basilisk young, and judging by what they guard, I guess there are many of them. I fight my way home, take max Griffin Conservatory and run to the Necro hero, who is above. His treasure zone turned out more interesting - three Dragon Utopias in a clump and two Dragon Fly Hives. I run to a village - another Dragon Fly Hive, another Dragon Utopia and a Cap of +6 to All Stats :smile54: Can't even remember the last time I had such a ball :D
Having collected 22 Dragon Flies in the corners by 4 Angels, I start "breaking" on day 133.
The first and second turned out to be size 3 - gave +3 to All Stats, +4 to All Stats, Loincloth +4/+4 Off-Def, Hat of the Fifth. The next day another one, already size 2 - get another copy of +3 to All Stats and Loincloth +4/+4 :D
135 another size 3 Gladius, Books of Water and Air. Stats are already 36-27-18-18, my opponent has worse. I collect the "Wizard's Well" - a very nice little item. There's not much army to squeeze the opponent, I return to the "three Dragon Utopias" - I take the size 3 Griffin Conservatory behind the rock (didn't have mana to eat it immediately).
141 I break my own GO, jump to collect Dragon Flies in the adjacent treasure zone, don't touch the opponent's GO, because it's already too late to surprise, I charge into the darkness, take an Angel external dwelling. At home, meanwhile, the second front led by Luna on the Conflux's moneybag scouts the Inferno and his treasure zone.
145 I take Ciele's secondary Castle hero at the cost of 14 Elves, next to her 2 Angel external dwellings are already painted - I repaint them :smile26:!
On his turn, after much deliberation, Taz charges in, because the spot is strategic.
146 I check and attack
Kyrre 40-36-23-23(230) Armorer, Offense, Archery, Earth, Cloak of Reckoning :)
8 Angels, 68 Dragon Flies, 13 Greater Basilisks, 37 Elves, 12 Pegasi, 30 Centaurs, 15 Dwarves
Tazar 22-19-24-13, but more mana than me :), Cloak of +2 Speed
6 Angels, 65 Dragon Flies, 15 Black Cows, 16 Basilisks, 80 Lizardmen, 10 Waspworts and 80 Gnolls
Right away a lightning bolt flies, 3 Angels gone. I cast Oil and everyone goes into melee. Then I get Oiled myself, but I manage to get even closer beforehand and do some fighting - I take out the Wyverns with Cows, Greater Basilisks into Lizardmen, Angels into Angels. In the third round, I discover that I have Anti-Dispel on me, my Wyverns get Blinded, and I realize with horror that there is no Cure in the book! Then after a long deliberation, a lightning bolt flies into my Dragon Flies, though I expected a Haste on his own Dragon Flies and a gradual slaughter of the small stacks. Anyway, I cast Haste on the Dragon Flies and after a couple of rounds Taz surrenders with 5 Wyverns left. Great, the village with Angels is mine :)! Same turn I take the Dungeon, run further. The next day I take the red main town and return, the losers scatter, revealing paths to the Castle and Stronghold. Kyrre, having picked up the little Angels from the external dwellings, jumps into the underground - another Angel external dwelling (4th), another Dragon Utopia, the opponent doesn't surrender! Offers a draw, citing control, but I absolutely cannot agree in a team tournament, controlling 70% of the map, having a significant stat advantage, effectively two armies and two main heroes with control. No Town Portal though, it just wasn't anywhere! Built up to level 4 in three Castles - no luck! But nothing, Taz took back his hometown and jumped into the Castle, and I'm right there - I upgrade the Wyverns and lock in the swamp squad.

Thanks for the game!