MeFi (blue, fortress, bron, bron/tazar) def CryptoNight (red, rampart, kyrre, kyrre) @2sm4d(3) 144 SoD
We started with restarts.. and it was right here that I made the dumbest mistake: I took a restart on 113, because I thought I'd have to level a mage instead of a warrior (complete lack of external dwellings)… What kind of mage is a bog dweller? A terrible one, I thought, and in the end that's what "saved" me…
The final spawn – slow roads, one leading to ГО, another to a portal behind 10-19 snipers… A passage to the Inferno secondary town through roadless terrain behind 10-19 archmages. Another passage behind 20-49 Medusas – into a portal through roadless terrain deep in the respawn. It spawned an external dwelling of Gnolls, an external dwelling of Basilisks, and an external dwelling of Hydras behind 50-99 Dire Wolves.. I never took it, because even without it I had enough headaches..
This is probably the WORST spawn I've ever seen on 2sm4d3, but I still had to tough it out.. on day 4 I thought about surrendering because of a blocked wood mine, lousy blocks, and an even worse respawn, but thanks to my opponent, "it's not a good idea to start the playoffs with a surrender" – so I saw it through. By the end of the week I captured the secondary Castle and found stables. I didn't build it, because money was a total mess. Dwellings 12346 in the Citadel.
On 121 I take the pre-max Dwarf Cottage (26 Basilisks and 5 Wyverns made it possible without issues), Bron gets nothing worthwhile – no matter what! On level 6 I take Water, and start searching for goodies, of which there aren't that many: a Griffin Conservatory 3 days' travel from the Castle, a Treasure on sand through the same zone, inside it – an external dwelling of Angels.. I don't have time to take it on 127, I only take it on 131 :( after that I run to the Griffin Conservatory and take it (2), by 142 I collect nearby money/Pandora's Boxes, but they only give some junk and all level 2 magic. Before that, there were encounters with the opponent's heroes, they were mercilessly wiped out by 2 mages, the exchange at the end was 3 to 5.
Meeting with the opponent in the Treasure from Inferno on 145, by that point I have a tiny army left, but I decide to hit-and-run with Bron using Ice Bolt at 170 damage and after two volleys I flee. The opponent, worn out by the terrible layout, total bad luck, and a lousy Dragon Utopia, decides to surrender :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
ГГ CryptoNight, thanks for the game! Good luck in the tournament! :) god forbid I ever get another layout like this :smile07: