Round table

No, I haven't seen it. And for Samurai, is 21 archangels on week 3 a common occurence, or was it still lucky with the layout? :)

I haven't watched the recording, take a look at the save files, I'll even tell you where to look: 3 Griffin Conservatories and an external dwelling of angels were on the respawn of the PURPLE castle, scheme 8MM6a here (/topic/6313/) — for a template expert like you, this apparently means the same for Samurai. Although any player who knows the template at least a little understands that here both red and blue have equal chances — it depends on the player who finds them first (primarily) and grabs them.
The layout is below average — a total mess: 2 external dwellings of hounds near the start = 4+4=8 demons; external dwelling of gogs=4 demons, if you add 1 from town; external dwelling of imps=2 demons; if you add 3 from town, external dwelling of efreet, a dream for Inferno, but they weren't placed — all along the road. So, purely from external dwellings, blue got 14 horns, and apparently the lack of secondary skills is to blame — but who was stopping you from taking fast roads and with 2 logistic heroes (there were Gunnar and Kyrre)? And as for the pictures revealing 117 territory, you can compare on the minimaps how the scouting was done in week one: red revealed more than twice the area and 5 zones completely + 2 partially, compared to one for blue — and in that territory there is no Griffin Conservatory and no Dragon Fly Hive.