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

Satyr (blue, Necro, Clavius, Clavius) def Pit for LM (red, Conflux, Luna, Luna) spider 114

Satyr (red, Necro, Clavius, Clavius) def Pit for LM (red, Conflux, Fure, Kyrre) mininostalgia 216
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Thank you for the match.

Confirmed and thank you for the games.

First game:
On 111 it seemed everything was fine. Luna spawned, air is built, it came to the maximum possible, and there's an external dwelling, a good guild, Moandor is in the tavern, there's a stable. I don't take the last 111.
On 112 I open up the view and realize I'm in trouble. Other than the two collected piles, there's no gold on the respawn. The external dwelling is blocked by Magogs, which there should be many of (there's also an artifact and a chest).
The same Magogs block one of the roads. The second road, right at the exit, is blocked by treasure zone guard. Fine, I try to get around the Magogs. First - Hobbites, I attack, there are nearly 100 of them, I lose all Centaurs and 1 elemental of air.
Next are Lizardmen, and the exit is visible on snow. I decide not to risk it and turn around towards the third direction.
On 113 I perform an air upgrade, greatly reducing the ability to break through shooter blocks. On 114 I pass the turn to break into the dungeon entrance. On the other side there are 50+ Blue, but the main trouble is that Gold Golems have completely blocked the road (again treasure zone guard). It's pointless to turn back again and try to go through the Lizardmen; a lead of more than a week for Necro is too much.

Second game:
Here again on 111 it seemed everything was fine. A lot of air, it's built, there's Kairy, many heroes immediately, computers are close. However, I went into the swamp first thing and got bogged down there.
I captured the city on 113, but Vistan, having built and bought all the Wyverns, fled. So he gathered freebies for a week, then died on his own, but forced me to keep some kind of defense of the city.
In the middle of the week I turned towards the Castle, but it had built a Citadel and bought Swordsmen there. Can't take the city... Then huge gold problems started immediately. And the computer Dungeon had built 1-6 in the Citadel by day one and was putting heavy pressure on days 116-117. I had nothing to meet them with, just had to sit in the Citadel... In short, on 117 by exchanging all resources I finally get Birds.
Meanwhile, Kairy is collecting resources in the swamp. No leveling, scouting is also weak.
At the start of week two, having somehow bought the Birds, I killed the computers. Then I upgraded and bought Stormbirds, took a Dragon Fly Hive for 6, then went into a treasure zone. The treasure zone turned out to be bad, I took a couple of minor artifacts there, scouted a Dragon Utopia.
I split my armies and go to the lava. There's a mini-Griffin Conservatory, a maxi-Dragon Fly Hive. Tant has gathered 200 skeletons. Then another Dragon Fly Hive, and boots from a grave. The treasure zone ended, but I still can't take the Dragon Utopia.
I go to the last treasure zone. It's more fun there, a couple of large Dragon Fly Hives. I split my armies, take the Dragon Utopia. A three-piece with Sword of Justice and junk. I go to the center. The opponent has already broken through his own guard, but hasn't collected anything, and went off to clear his Dragon Utopias. However, I didn't get much - a Griffin Conservatory for 2 Angels and a couple of Dragon Fly Hives. On 137 I spent the night in the elevator on the opponent's respawn.
On 141 I see that Clavius has returned to the capital. Lots of troops, great stats. I have about the same number of troops, but no magic at all and bad stats. I split my armies. In the center I see a Dragon Utopia, I ran past it but didn't see it earlier, and now I can't take it anymore. However, I saw a Dragon Utopia in one of my treasure zones, and headed there. I take it in a couple of days, there's a second one nearby.
In the end I got a lot of junk, only slightly improved my stats. I return to the center again, rushing blindly off-road. I free Luna, take a Pandora's Box - Luna gets all of level 5.
A Dragon Utopia with a Book of Air also comes up.
Then I move to a cautious offensive. I capture the capital, the Castle with Archers, the Barbarian. After capturing the Barbarian, I realize that Luna is about to have a tough time, but I miscalculate the options and indeed lose her without dealing any damage to the opponent. But here I could have just won... Annoying.
Kairy, meanwhile, runs to the last treasure zone in the swamp from the opponent's computer. Tower immediately shows that there are only 2 Dragon Fly Hives and a Dragon Utopia. I take the Dragon Utopia, get junk.
The map is eaten, I never got Town Portal, I can't win. I could have probably run around for another two or three weeks, but sooner or later it would have ended badly. No point in dragging it out.

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The tournament is heading towards its resolution. I updated the table.
For the first time in tournament history, Tower, thanks to the efforts of BISHOP, has risen this high and taken an honorable, but frustrating, fourth place.
The top three have been determined. Satyr (Necropolis), ProtosArchon (Stronghold), and Pit for LM (Conflux) must play the last 2 matches and decide the places. On the agenda:

- a match to 2 wins. Maximum for 1 game - 2 weeks, I hope we play it out faster.