Favorites, to battle! - 6 - The Battle of Favorites! - 6

Group A.
08.11.2013. Oldboy [red, Stronghold, Dessa, Dessa] def shameonyou [blue, Conflux, random Labetha, Gretchin], Spider, 131

didn't play particularly well, and to top it off, even though I had a lot of good options, on turn 131 as red, I exposed myself, rushing in without gaining any advantage to take the opponent's barbarian town for the sake of gaining an advantage (which I couldn't even buy out).

what saved me, if I can use that word, was a miracle.
my noobishness reached its peak in that 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 ended up standing on the road.

the opponent, of course, buys everything and counterattacks.
based on the balance of power, 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.
but 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 (which are the 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, wiped out 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 hold off the opponent's single-tile units while I kill them with arrows, especially since they are all already under mass curse.

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 ends 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 normal 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 end up in such a situation as the attacker in the next game, I'll also be stuck, then we'll play by the rules that exist).

there's no money for a bribe; surrender.