03.01.2011 theShevanesian(red, Stronghold, Gunnar) def Dogbas(blue, Necropolis, Tamika) 322 8MM6A

The game turned out to be extremely interesting. I went into the center at the start of week two — it was almost empty. Then I cleared week two — and suddenly my opponent reveals giant stats and a serious army. Then he captures the Necropolis of the computer and gets double growth. But I get Fire Magic and Control. For the next month and a half, I scour the map trying to find Dragon Utopias and collecting Wyverns. I never found any super-artifacts, collected over 100 Wyverns, and found the Elixir of Life. Built Birds in Conflux, got 18 of them, but carelessly exposed a secondary hero to the opponent and lost them all :(
Somewhere at the end of month two, I see the opponent slowly heading my way with a huge army. Good thing he's coming — that means no Control. I convert all level 1-2 creatures into Skeletons — get nearly a thousand of them. The opponent takes my Necropolis and runs. I take back my Necropolis, then capture both of the computer's Necropolises. Finally, I catch up in Attack and Defense (still far behind in Magic), convert all Dragons and Hydras into Bone Dragons, upgrade them, gather all troops into one stack, and attack the opponent. Army roughly: I have 19 Behemoths, 24 Angels, 37 Ghost Dragons, 137 Wyverns, 143 Orc Chieftains, 73 Ogre Magi, and ~1800 Skeletons. The opponent has — 42 Ghost Dragons, 73 Death Knights (from Tamika!!!), over a hundred Vampires, 120 Liches, 300 Zombies, 200 Witches. But it turns out the opponent has no decent DPS or Resurrection! As soon as the Skeletons got close, everything became clear; the Wyverns were Blinded in the first round and never got a turn. Thanks for the game!