CHALLENGE The_ CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, The_'s CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

RO32.
Game 1. 17.01.14 Grizvald (red, swamp, Tazar) def Yostairs (blue, dungeon, Shakti) Spider, 135

There were respawns left, but Tazar got logistics, there was an external dwelling of lizards — we play. On the first week, he spread out well, in an adjacent zone there was a quick exit to the underground treasure zone, near the swamp village there was a Griffin Conservatory and an exit to the computer Dungeon. Then he scouted the second direction, also swamp, lots of native meat, took a Conservatory-three and ran to the treasure zone. Tazar leveled up perfectly. In the treasure zone, he ate Dragon Fly Hives, a couple of Dragon Utopias, they gave Water Magic and stats. Then he planned to split in the Dungeon, double mana, and fly to the Conflux village to learn Air. They saved on day 135, but the opponent decided not to continue.

Game 2. 8.02.14 Grizvald (red, Citadel, Gurni, Dessa) def Yostairs (blue, Castle, Cate, Jenova) 8mm6a, 217
We got resourced fully and went. Gurni started without a ballista :rolleyes: , but Dessa was sitting in the tavern, immediately added him to the stack. Roads were average.
The motto of the game: need more Griffin Conservatories on the map :p
First week: a huge respawn of hives. One day from the castle, an external dwelling of bears for 50+ Centaurs, there are two Conservatories near the main, two more a bit further in different directions. Checked the first two: both 2-4. Broke through in two directions, one had a block — guard of the corner passage, the other side pleased with a road to a one-way exit :mad: Then scouted two wolf external dwellings, upgraded their homes, also have Ciele and greaves 1/1. On day 115, got boots from a skeleton :smile36: On day 117, set up a chain to take the external dwelling and then transferred to the underground, picked up a Dwarf Cottage and placed bear homes. Dessa got Earth.

Second week: not enough money for buying out, ran Dessa deep into the respawn, took a Dwarf Cottage-one and headed up to another Conservatory, along the way took stat boosters and double-coffered mana. Then came a papal move: brought 18 wolves from external dwellings home, then needed to upgrade them and transfer them via chain along with the ransom, the chain worked out, everything fine, but upgrading the wolves was veeeeery hard in the end took a Conservatory-three with a loss of 43 wolves in total . Then things got more fun, grabbed the remaining Conservatories and in total from five Conservatories got 15 Angels :rolleyes: Dessa leveled up Earth, Air, and Intelligence, gave Scouting.
Third week: ran to clear the corner, on day 132 two Dragon Utopias spawned, gave a Sphere of Permanence, a Vial of Mana, Gladius, Helmet +10. Split back home, ran to the Mana Fountain, ended up with 640 mana. Then ran into the treasure zone through wasteland, really wanted to find Control. Had an Implosion scroll in the backpack, but there was no place to build a tower, the corner was swamp and the native computer was also swamp . Finally found the key Septienna with Wisdom. Took the only treasure zone Dragon Utopia with Water Magic, Scouting allowed us to avoid running around it for long. Then split back home and headed to my computer through wasteland, which the opponent had already beaten.
Fourth week: had visions of Earth and Air, controlled the opponent's movements, understood that there was some Control, Dessa ran to see what the meat situation was. The stats there looked worse. Then came a papal chase for Jenova with wings... Dessa with 3500 movement points circled around the papal terrain.
Fifth week: in the end, the opponent picked up Conservatories faster (saw 20+ Angels before them :confused: ), picked up a Dragon Utopia along the road :rolleyes: . Ultimately didn't catch up, which is obvious. Captured a village and deployed Septienna there, retrained Meteor Shower and Resurrect. Realized he was planning to covet my territory. Built a chain for splitting home, which almost broke because I forgot about the swamp penalty :smile21: Built a Mage Guild in the village for info. Taz found a Dimension Door scroll :smile13: . In the end, on day 215, the opponent picked up a Conservatory, a Dragon Fly Hive at the bottom of the respawn, and flew towards the main, I split, checked for Sphere/Binding and attacked:
Dessa 31-9-21 (620) 20 Ogres, 15 Angels, 17 Ancient Behemoths, 80 Wolves, 7 Thunderbirds and their one, 35 Orcs.
Jenova: 8-25-3 (20) 25 Zealots, Champion, 17 Swordsmen, 2 Champions, 35 Angels, 26 Griffins, 38 Marksmen.
Jenova's army deploys with Tactics under Meteor Shower. In the first round, Anti-Magic on the Angels, I responded with Meteor for 625 on all except the Swordsmen. Then Shamans cast Bloodlust on the Bears, I bunkered at the bottom, Swordsmen approach, I estimated the Angel damage on the Bears, if I expose myself, and the Behemoths flew into attack! Killed the Swordsmen and a papal morale kicked in, cut down 13 feathered ones, they retaliated with 4 Behemoths. Followed by a buyout.
Then I built a tower, equipped the Dimension Door scroll, picked up a Conservatory-one on the respawn, and planned to fly over to visit the opponent's main. But seeing Control, he surrenders.
Thanks for the games!:smile13: