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I don't know where to start. Playing on this map on l+u settings is a pain in the ass. It's no secret that when you play on l or smaller maps, the generator will try to squeeze in all the elements, but it will definitely result in a mess. So I knew what to expect, at least. Nonetheless, it was a painful experience due to what I've said. I have all the gratitude for the people who organize this and other tournaments, the judges, and so on, but I just don't get why someone has to play on 2sm4d(3) l+u. Okay, not playing on jebus, but there are plenty of other great/decent maps. The map is crowded; at least, I'd suggest (only for this situation) to disable obelisks (again, for this particular situation only; I know obelisks are useful too for XP).
Anyway. We were left with no restarts. The map was crowded and full of blocks, obelisks, and other unpleasant things. Wood mine over the blocked mountain; I got all my wood from a neutral/"computer" zone. Started with Ivor and got nothing better w1; anyway, he was busy picking wood and gold, so he must have been lvl 2-3 at the end of the week. 121 got Damacon and decided in a minute to use him as the main hero; Ivor made a great slave with pathfinding (60% of the map was on swamp). Damacon got tactics, air, armorer, earth, picked path too, and wisdom. No log. The timing wasn't great, but with a double ramp build, I was sitting pretty; I cleared my t-zone (+6 all, +1/+2 speed, +6 att, so he got to a healthy 25 16 15 13), got 2+2 angels from the opponent, and was heading for my tope. Power failure, and we decided to continue today. The opponent said he lost part of his army, and there is no reason to continue, so that was it. Thanks to him for the game; I hope I won't have to play on 2sm4d(3) soon.
I confirm.
All roads were in terrible blocks, plus I stupidly gave up in the crypt on 111. I tried not to get crit by Vidomino, but the upgrade was just terrible; I only got earth at the end. When trying to upgrade earth, I just lost 150+ skeletons, an angel, 7 ducks, and 20+ lizards to hydras. And the opponent has a well-developed Damacon and tons of armies. I wouldn't have caught up in terms of army, even if I had been running around collecting treasure from the opponent. I decided not to drag out the already long game. It was a disappointing defeat, of course, but that's life.
Thanks to the opponent for the game!
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