"Новичок-2012. Winter"

18.01.2012 Group A
Vatya (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def Leks (Red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 132

We started after a bit of resurrection. The spawn was decent — on the respawn there was an external dwelling of unicorns, dwarves, and 2 external dwellings of centaurs (as it turned out later, there were 3), plus a bunch of gold, 2 naga banks, a crypt, and a medusa hut.

The first week began with taking a secondary Castle. Scouting around, I found a market, a crypt, and a conservatory. The conservatory was far from the road, and the guard was decent, so I left it for later. The centaurs with the +2 external dwelling were disappearing before my eyes. Gold was extremely tight, and there was absolutely no wood. For the wood, I had to break through 20-59 gold on the guard of the goose pen, which blocked the path to the mine. I didn't dare take the goosepen itself, as it was thronged, I felt sorry for the pointy-ears, and there was almost no meat. On day 117, I finally crawled back and, with great difficulty, upgraded the external dwelling of unicorns. And they were placed in the citadel. I only had enough gold to buy one unicorn.

The second week began with resolving financial issues. After 12 thousand just from the bank + max crypt + medusa huts, it became a bit easier. On day 123, I go into my second respawn in the metro. Right at the entrance, there is a lookout and an entrance to a treasure zone. In the treasure zone, there is an immediate block of 20-49 champions — I don't go in yet. I capture the town and a mini-conservatory and split my forces to the secondary.

On day 131, I take the tier 3 conservatory and go into the second treasure zone, as the entrance is nearby. As soon as I entered, I saw the opponent break through from an adjacent secondary, but it seems he shouldn't reach me next turn, though who knows. The chain after the transfer was a bit crooked, so I had to split in the town and buy everything there that I didn't have enough gold for right away (this is where the market helped). The opponent still doesn't reach me; I combine the army, having first scouted with a lookout.

8 champions, 35 crusaders, and about 80 archers plus a few griffins against 16 gr. unicorns, 4 angels, 3 dragons, 40-50 pointy-ears plus small pegasus and centaur (about 20-25 each). No contest...