shameonyou
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18.01.2014 shameonyou (red, Conflux, Inteus, Grindan) def. AYMAN (blue, Rampart, Kyrre) 2sm4d(3) 131
How long both my opponent and I waited for the result. We played 2 games, because the first one was awarded a draw and a replay.
Briefly about the first game:
In this game, there was some incredible bad luck in everything imaginable.
Both my opponent and I completely used up our restarts. I get Fish, a second hero with 3 Air elementals. The Mage Guild has NO shooter... The respawn is large, decent in terms of money, and the birds should settle in fine. The army is small, so I go straight for Grindan for main, luckily I have a couple of magic stat boosts. There is also an external dwelling of birds, but it's behind a horde of Pegasi and right before the GO.
There are no Crypts, but there is enough free loot and chests/stacks behind guards.
I don't go into the adjacent zones yet — the guards aren't very pleasant (for the Citadel: Thieves + upgraded Harpies, in the portal: a horde of upgraded Centaurs, and who knows what's on the other side), considering my small army — 9 Air elementals, about 35 Faeries (they just die in fights), Fish. I captured a Cloak +2+2 at the end of the week, finally broke through the Centaurs. On the other side: Cerberi and a swamp...
On day 117, I go to get the missing 1100 for the birds, of course the chest turns out to be 1000, and the garden gives gems instead of gold. In the end, I'm 100!!!!!! gold short for the birds. Such a bummer :( (where's my BT bank :D) On day 121, I built the birds, bought them, broke through to the swamp and the Citadel. Nothing remarkable there, so I head towards the opponent with two birds, Air elementals, Fish. I have Expert Earth, Expert Air, 80 mana, and a Lightning Bolt for 300. On the way, I found Boots of Speed. Using Air scouting, I spotted the blue player near a secondary hero. The timing for an attack is right. I stopped at the lift upwards and attacked Kyrre the next turn, but alas, she is standing on a damned GREEN DRAGON (external dwelling), which couldn't care less about my magic. Kyrre buys a retreat and holds a defense in the castle. On day 131, without growth, I attack: Grindan 2 3 10 (80), Lightning Bolt for 300, Blind, 2 birds, 4 Psychos, about 20 Air elementals, about the same number of Fish. Kyrre 3 5 5 3 20+ Grand Elves, 5 Cavaliers, 6 Dendroids, a GREEN DRAGON, 10 Pegasi, a Citadel. The arrow tower shoots at the birds, and it hurts quite a bit. I immediately block the gate and start blasting everything with lightning. But with my pathetic battle stats, the birds melt quickly under the tower's fire, and killing the Green Dragon with two birds and bad battle stats (if there were 4 birds, the game would already be over, but no, 100 gold though :smile35:) is impossible. From that moment, a simple castle kill :smile10: turned into a tedious chase until day 234! :smile35:
Realizing I can't kill the Green Dragon, I retreat with one bird and the remnants of my army to the Citadel, where I found a Griffin Conservatory deep in the respawn. I drag myself there with Grindan, of course it's a single, who'd have doubted it... During the third and fourth week, I took the external dwelling of birds, went into the underground treasure zone, and captured a Necklace +3+3, Shackles of War, Hives with 26 Wyverns, Grindan got Offense, and most importantly, the entire 4th level in a box. Well, I thought, luck's turned. Overjoyed, I go to take a Dragon Utopia in the swamp. It's a double — they give the absolute worst junk: red Boots, a Helm of mana (which is absolutely useless when I have Intelligence), and some other crap... Oh well, at least there's money. On day 211, I reach the opponent via the GO and capture the castle and growth, then go to the snow treasure zone, where I break a Dragon Utopia (a single...). They reward me royally: a Crown +4+4 and +1 speed... No control, no stats, not even any books. Then Kyrre, who returned from ONE treasure zone with stats of 25 each, shows that she also found FULL CONTROL there. Everything becomes grim. Meanwhile, I find another Dragon Utopia in the snow. Again a single :smile35: :smile35:. They give Armor of spellpower (well, at least something) and junk. There are lots of Hives here, but they're all small. Finishing up in the snow, I run to capture the opponent's castle again, but Kyrre simply flew back over the cliffs to her own treasure zone.
I head to the last treasure zone, but it's completely empty... just border guards with bags of cash behind them. No control in the boxes, my advantage is already nullified. I freed a scout hero with Earth and Wisdom, plus Expert Scholar, and retrained Armageddon. I go to Armageddon the blue player with meat, but there's a CLOAK OF NEGATION... Everything is really bad :( I built a Mage Guild in Conflux (not the best option, but the secondary zones are Citadel and Swamp). They gave Summon Fish :smile34:
Nothing to be done... I trudge on foot through the snow treasure zone, finishing off its leftovers. Then Kyrre bursts in, taking my swamp with her movement halfway across the map, and flies back to her main. The next turn, the blue player teleports back to the swamp and runs into the almost-devoured snow treasure zone, where I was too. Well, here it is, I thought. All that's left is to catch her with the Shackles. There was no tower unit, so I figured I'd split the Naga and drag the desired Greim to Grindan, to somehow reach Kyrre. TWICE!! I fail to reach by TWO, and then by ONE cell... It's just incredibly frustrating, rage is building, so I save.
Since I had an army advantage, and the Lightning Bolt for 850 was still around, we turned to Pit, and then after lengthy discussions between the 3 of us, we agreed on a replay.
Second game:
We agreed to play with two days of restarts. The opponent used all their restarts, I didn't take any.
The starting hero is Inteus, but with 3 Air elementals, and Brissa with just one stack. But then I scout and thoughts of a restart immediately vanish: 3 Griffin Conservatories next to each other, a Stable, 3 Crypts, lots of money. The Mage Guild has Bless, Haste, Slow, a shooter — nice. The fifth hero to arrive is Grindan :) . I level Grindan wherever possible. I have to spend mana in battles because the army isn't particularly big — 30 Faeries (depleted in fights), 9 Air elementals, 5 Fire elementals, and 20 Gobs from Dessa. By day 115, Grindan took 4 Crypts and several stat boosts. On day 116, I broke through 9 upgraded Dendroids to the swamp, Brissa with birds broke through to the Citadel (déjà vu :D). Day 117 — Grindan splits to replenish mana, scout heroes captured +1 all stats, took the Citadel and swamp, at home the birds are in the Citadel with money to buy them. On day 122, I took 3 Griffin Conservatories, unfortunately all singles with Holy Shout, but still, 3 Angels is also quite something. I head towards the opponent through their secondary zone. It took quite a while to reach the opponent's grass secondary, which for some reason hadn't been taken yet. The secondary is Conflux. While walking, I leveled up nicely. Grindan has Expert Armorer, Expert Water, Expert Earth, Expert Wisdom. Stats are 3 3 9 10. On day 127, I broke through to AYMAN's respawn and scouted — the road network isn't great, but I was expected, and Kyrre is sitting in the castle. There are also Angels there, but it's unclear how many yet.
On day 131, I attack the blue player's main — it's a Castle.
FB: Kyrre 5 8 3 3 (30) 4 Angels, 4 Cavaliers, 9 Dendroids, 22 Grand Elves, Gog, Hell Hounds. Grindan 4 3 11 10 (72) Expert Water, Earth, Armorer, base Offense 5 birds, 3 Angels, 28 Air elementals, 20 Dwarves, 6 Fish, Faeries, Mass Bless, Ice Bolt for 300. I lock the opponent in the castle and kill everything with magic. Thank you for the game!
How long both my opponent and I waited for the result. We played 2 games, because the first one was awarded a draw and a replay.
Briefly about the first game:
In this game, there was some incredible bad luck in everything imaginable.
Both my opponent and I completely used up our restarts. I get Fish, a second hero with 3 Air elementals. The Mage Guild has NO shooter... The respawn is large, decent in terms of money, and the birds should settle in fine. The army is small, so I go straight for Grindan for main, luckily I have a couple of magic stat boosts. There is also an external dwelling of birds, but it's behind a horde of Pegasi and right before the GO.
There are no Crypts, but there is enough free loot and chests/stacks behind guards.
I don't go into the adjacent zones yet — the guards aren't very pleasant (for the Citadel: Thieves + upgraded Harpies, in the portal: a horde of upgraded Centaurs, and who knows what's on the other side), considering my small army — 9 Air elementals, about 35 Faeries (they just die in fights), Fish. I captured a Cloak +2+2 at the end of the week, finally broke through the Centaurs. On the other side: Cerberi and a swamp...
On day 117, I go to get the missing 1100 for the birds, of course the chest turns out to be 1000, and the garden gives gems instead of gold. In the end, I'm 100!!!!!! gold short for the birds. Such a bummer :( (where's my BT bank :D) On day 121, I built the birds, bought them, broke through to the swamp and the Citadel. Nothing remarkable there, so I head towards the opponent with two birds, Air elementals, Fish. I have Expert Earth, Expert Air, 80 mana, and a Lightning Bolt for 300. On the way, I found Boots of Speed. Using Air scouting, I spotted the blue player near a secondary hero. The timing for an attack is right. I stopped at the lift upwards and attacked Kyrre the next turn, but alas, she is standing on a damned GREEN DRAGON (external dwelling), which couldn't care less about my magic. Kyrre buys a retreat and holds a defense in the castle. On day 131, without growth, I attack: Grindan 2 3 10 (80), Lightning Bolt for 300, Blind, 2 birds, 4 Psychos, about 20 Air elementals, about the same number of Fish. Kyrre 3 5 5 3 20+ Grand Elves, 5 Cavaliers, 6 Dendroids, a GREEN DRAGON, 10 Pegasi, a Citadel. The arrow tower shoots at the birds, and it hurts quite a bit. I immediately block the gate and start blasting everything with lightning. But with my pathetic battle stats, the birds melt quickly under the tower's fire, and killing the Green Dragon with two birds and bad battle stats (if there were 4 birds, the game would already be over, but no, 100 gold though :smile35:) is impossible. From that moment, a simple castle kill :smile10: turned into a tedious chase until day 234! :smile35:
Realizing I can't kill the Green Dragon, I retreat with one bird and the remnants of my army to the Citadel, where I found a Griffin Conservatory deep in the respawn. I drag myself there with Grindan, of course it's a single, who'd have doubted it... During the third and fourth week, I took the external dwelling of birds, went into the underground treasure zone, and captured a Necklace +3+3, Shackles of War, Hives with 26 Wyverns, Grindan got Offense, and most importantly, the entire 4th level in a box. Well, I thought, luck's turned. Overjoyed, I go to take a Dragon Utopia in the swamp. It's a double — they give the absolute worst junk: red Boots, a Helm of mana (which is absolutely useless when I have Intelligence), and some other crap... Oh well, at least there's money. On day 211, I reach the opponent via the GO and capture the castle and growth, then go to the snow treasure zone, where I break a Dragon Utopia (a single...). They reward me royally: a Crown +4+4 and +1 speed... No control, no stats, not even any books. Then Kyrre, who returned from ONE treasure zone with stats of 25 each, shows that she also found FULL CONTROL there. Everything becomes grim. Meanwhile, I find another Dragon Utopia in the snow. Again a single :smile35: :smile35:. They give Armor of spellpower (well, at least something) and junk. There are lots of Hives here, but they're all small. Finishing up in the snow, I run to capture the opponent's castle again, but Kyrre simply flew back over the cliffs to her own treasure zone.
I head to the last treasure zone, but it's completely empty... just border guards with bags of cash behind them. No control in the boxes, my advantage is already nullified. I freed a scout hero with Earth and Wisdom, plus Expert Scholar, and retrained Armageddon. I go to Armageddon the blue player with meat, but there's a CLOAK OF NEGATION... Everything is really bad :( I built a Mage Guild in Conflux (not the best option, but the secondary zones are Citadel and Swamp). They gave Summon Fish :smile34:
Nothing to be done... I trudge on foot through the snow treasure zone, finishing off its leftovers. Then Kyrre bursts in, taking my swamp with her movement halfway across the map, and flies back to her main. The next turn, the blue player teleports back to the swamp and runs into the almost-devoured snow treasure zone, where I was too. Well, here it is, I thought. All that's left is to catch her with the Shackles. There was no tower unit, so I figured I'd split the Naga and drag the desired Greim to Grindan, to somehow reach Kyrre. TWICE!! I fail to reach by TWO, and then by ONE cell... It's just incredibly frustrating, rage is building, so I save.
Since I had an army advantage, and the Lightning Bolt for 850 was still around, we turned to Pit, and then after lengthy discussions between the 3 of us, we agreed on a replay.
Second game:
We agreed to play with two days of restarts. The opponent used all their restarts, I didn't take any.
The starting hero is Inteus, but with 3 Air elementals, and Brissa with just one stack. But then I scout and thoughts of a restart immediately vanish: 3 Griffin Conservatories next to each other, a Stable, 3 Crypts, lots of money. The Mage Guild has Bless, Haste, Slow, a shooter — nice. The fifth hero to arrive is Grindan :) . I level Grindan wherever possible. I have to spend mana in battles because the army isn't particularly big — 30 Faeries (depleted in fights), 9 Air elementals, 5 Fire elementals, and 20 Gobs from Dessa. By day 115, Grindan took 4 Crypts and several stat boosts. On day 116, I broke through 9 upgraded Dendroids to the swamp, Brissa with birds broke through to the Citadel (déjà vu :D). Day 117 — Grindan splits to replenish mana, scout heroes captured +1 all stats, took the Citadel and swamp, at home the birds are in the Citadel with money to buy them. On day 122, I took 3 Griffin Conservatories, unfortunately all singles with Holy Shout, but still, 3 Angels is also quite something. I head towards the opponent through their secondary zone. It took quite a while to reach the opponent's grass secondary, which for some reason hadn't been taken yet. The secondary is Conflux. While walking, I leveled up nicely. Grindan has Expert Armorer, Expert Water, Expert Earth, Expert Wisdom. Stats are 3 3 9 10. On day 127, I broke through to AYMAN's respawn and scouted — the road network isn't great, but I was expected, and Kyrre is sitting in the castle. There are also Angels there, but it's unclear how many yet.
On day 131, I attack the blue player's main — it's a Castle.
FB: Kyrre 5 8 3 3 (30) 4 Angels, 4 Cavaliers, 9 Dendroids, 22 Grand Elves, Gog, Hell Hounds. Grindan 4 3 11 10 (72) Expert Water, Earth, Armorer, base Offense 5 birds, 3 Angels, 28 Air elementals, 20 Dwarves, 6 Fish, Faeries, Mass Bless, Ice Bolt for 300. I lock the opponent in the castle and kill everything with magic. Thank you for the game!
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