Favorites in battle! - 5 The Battle of Favorites! - 5

Ariputra, stop presenting your perception of reality as facts. Like with my situation: I didn't share the level 1 units, asked for a hero, got denied, complained about the inflexibility of the hero selection system, and said, "Okay, let's move on." You decided to load the game anyway, and now you're trying to convince everyone that you were forced to do it. Why lie and distort the facts? I didn't want to write about this anymore, but I just hate it when people invent your actions and then claim that you did exactly that. Ariputra is clearly one of those people; it became apparent when he asked for a restart: without any questions, I gave him a hero, and then the following dialogue ensued:

ariputra (11:05:19 2/10/2012)
I messed up
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Mizrael (11:05:27 2/10/2012)
save
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Mizrael (11:05:33 2/10/2012)
let's load it and you finish it
(he loaded it in single-player; the answer to the question of why in single-player is below)
ariputra (11:12:31 2/10/2012)
you said save, finish it, and load

Not only is the sequence of actions directly opposite to what I suggested, but it turns out that I was the one who said that... Well, this is just a sketch for a portrait. Now, regarding the logic of actions before the final battle, so that no one invents anything else for me: I saw the miner arrive, of course. Giving away the only Castle on the map with archers is equivalent to surrendering the game (the opponent has a stack of angels), so I need to defend. Then, I had to decide how to fight in the final battle: with a level 5 hat but with weak stats, or with a +6 all-stats helmet but without level 5 spells. Adelaide is well-developed for combat: offense, armor, ranged attack, she has mass earth and fire spells, but without combat stats, all of this is of little use. Impl is good, but if it has a Cloak of Negation, the hat just becomes a decoration. Besides, I had a large army, but no money; all the money in the area had been spent long ago. After much deliberation, I decided to do the following: give the hat and a bag of gold to Brissa, have her teleport to the nearest Naga bank in two turns (she was the only one with the Air Expert skill), have her buy something there, and then teleport somewhere. Then, Vokial (specially developed for teleportation to transport troops between Castles) immediately jumps there, picks up the hat and the bag of gold, teleports it all to Adelaide, and then, based on the money obtained, decide how many troops can be bought and finally decide how to fight: with level 5 units or with stats. While I was considering all of this and planning the sequence of actions, the timer had already passed the halfway point. If I miscalculated the distance to the Naga bank and Brissa didn't have time to teleport, leaving her without movement points, there would be nothing to defend the Castle with – no magic, no bag of gold. I quickly adjusted the plan: give Brissa the hat completely, give her 300+ skeletons filled with Vokial, and kill the Naga bank without returning, buy whatever I can with the money, and complete the trade for resources – it's the last resort, and I don't care about anything; have Adelaide defend in a maximum ranged build with stats. After the final plan was formed, the timer showed 2 minutes. I moved Brissa, and, unfortunately, the Naga bank was small, and there was little money. I gathered the bag of gold, placed Adelaide in the Castle, and the timer ran out while I was buying archers. Basically, you can see how the turn went in the stream recording; what could be unclear or suspicious there – I don't know; I just didn't have time to put on the cuirass, which I later regretted in the chat with the viewers, but it turned out that it was useless.