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Group A.
08.11.2013. Oldboy [red, Stronghold, Dessa, Dessa] def. shameonyou [blue, Conflux, random Labetha, Gretchin], Spider, 131
I didn't play particularly well, and to top it off, even though I had a lot of good options, I put myself in a disadvantageous position as red on turn 131, rushing in without any growth to take the opponent's barbarian town for growth (which I couldn't even buy).
What saved me, if I can use that word, was a miracle.
My noobishness reached its peak in this turn, and Dessa, after milling around the captured town, realized that he was short about 15 movement points to settle in for the night and remained standing on the road.
Of course, the opponent buys everything and counterattacks.
Based on the forces, I would lose the battle without a chance; they have more troops and higher combat stats. I have a stronger mage, but the opponent has enough mana for the first 3-4 rounds of the battle.
However, the battle isn't in a town; there's terrain, and on the battlefield, I see an island for my two-tile thunderbirds, which the opponent's two-tile units can't reach (specifically, their main stacks – firebirds and wyverns).
http://www.twitch.tv/oldboytv/b/475666339
The opponent could have occupied the island at the beginning of the battle, but to be fair, then 8 firebirds would have been destroyed by my angels without a response.
It wasn't until later that I started thinking. First, I charged in head-on, and only when the birds, using their speed advantage, after waiting, decimated my team (there was still a dangerous stack of about 75 wolves), and only 1.5 of the 5 angels remained, did I hide on the island. The angels held off the opponent's single-tile units while I killed them with arrows, especially since they were all already under mass slow.
A stalemate situation. Shameonyou is, of course, in shock, and I am too; I haven't been in such a situation myself, even though I've read about it. The opponent interrupts the game because he can't believe that such a thing is allowed by the rules.
We send the save (or rather, I send the stream recording) to the judges.
After reviewing, the judges decide that the situation doesn't warrant special attention – it's just a regular stalemate; the attacker should retreat.
(I was basically willing to agree not to insist if the rules were changed to reflect that this situation would be treated differently in the future, and I even suggested changes to the rules, but it's not that simple. But since, if I find myself in a similar situation as the attacker in the next game, I will also be stuck, then we play by the rules that exist).
There's no money for a bribe; surrender