June 9, 2011
rebellious (red, Tower, Aine, Torosar) defeat WishmasteR (blue, Fortress, Bron, Alkin), 8xm12a, 221, gold
Started without resets; thoughts of resetting vanished when on day 1 I bought 2 heroes — Alkin and Monere — and spotted the Griffin Conservatory. Besides, there's also a Hive at the respawn. Gold-wise, not bad; built up to 1-6 in the fort on the first week.
On the second, I took the Necro town from the computer, which had 2000 there. Slowly recouping gold, heroes are leveling, but still weak. Losses in swamp games are clearly haunting me: at the end of the second week I lost half my army on 45 griffins for an Ogre's Club, slowing my tempo.
On the third, I finally moved to the goodies: took the Conservatories (2+2+4+3), Hives (6+12+12+6), and Pandora's Boxes (5K experience, 45 orcs). I threw away troops mercilessly — just the attack on the max Hives with a mage scout hero, leaving an angel and 5 Wyverns there is something...
On the fourth, I took 2 more Conservatories (1+2) and 2 Dragon Utopias, quite decent: a third-level spell on КО, Wings, and a Tuolian Shield; a second-level spell on КЗ, a Tuolian Necklace, and Boots. I also took a mini Hive, fought off the computers, and grabbed Gauntlets from one — Alkin with expert Logistics and that kit flies very nicely.
Decided on the fifth to push toward the opponent. Captured the swamp town, fought some scout heroes, and then Torosar showed up; I decided to attack without delay, for which I was punished. And the positioning of troops under Meteor Shower turned out quite epic :)
Thanks for the game!
Strangely enough, this game ended on the same day as the first :)