Season: "Autumn 2012". Online games for rating (reports, confirmations, discussions).

28.10.2012 Dima Surmay (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor/Shakti) def aka.Ward3n (blue, Conflux, Gelar, Crag Hack) 2SM4d(3) 131

In the first week, horses in the Castle, passages breached into 2 treasure zones, 2 secondary heroes taken, Ivor has Earth and Defense as starting skills.
In the second week, I scout the treasure zone and respawns... 4 Dragon Fly Hives found, a Dragon Utopia and Pandora's Boxes that are easily taken, plans to collect them at the end of the second and beginning of the third week, even though they are scattered... But! closer to the end of the second week, I take my own secondary hero on the road with Ivor (my own) and stay there for the night, even though I see the edge of some enemy hero nearby. As a result, I lose Ivor, but kill 3 Fire Birds — the loss of Ivor and the first week's army.
Blue advances towards my home Castle further... I have something to meet them with, Shakti has just leveled Earth Magic and teleported into the Castle with full mana of 30. Crag doesn't attack the Castle and moves past... this would have been the moment to ambush him... but I decide to level Sorcery, as a result, I am one move short, but I am not upset because I blocked the path back to his respawn and my Castle... I end my turn and... oh god I lost(... it turned out I didn't actually block the path... he spends the night in my Castle, I attack immediately and still, the power and mana were enough to win. The opponent only has the growth left, and that without a Citadel, and no decent hero, and he decides not to continue fighting against Shakti.
Thanks for the game. This will also be a lesson for me not to get complacent.