It was a terrible start; I gave up color at the trade to get the hero advantage, but the opponent got an antagonist hero—Kreg. I noticed the hut with the log late, and somehow there were no good opportunities to break it, so I ran without a log until level 15+. During the first week, fighting properly with Mepha along the chains didn't really work out, so she was practically zeroed. Then, at 117, Kreg entered the line of sight/reach on my plane; I had more power since I invested in Nyx as well as rogues. A small trade of creatures + money and we split up. At the start of the second week, I had to trade to 0 just to buy supplies, and with a nearly zeroed Mepha, I went to hit 50+ gold golems. I killed them reasonably well, but then there was magic... and Mepha wasn't just without wisdom, she didn't even have a book; the sadness was endless. Well, I shook up a couple of hives and started collecting all the Pandoras, which brought in some experience, after which I went to the Griffin Conservatory, which the opponent took 2-3 turns earlier. However, his zone scouting with 2 utops failed, so it turned out we both ate them; they gave wings + a few stats. Then there was a lot of running around, but thanks to the wings, I managed to snag a Dimension Door scroll!! In a place where you'd never go without fly—this played into my hands. But in the end, control is control, yet the fattest "meat" zones turned out to be where the opponent ran, so when we met on the fourth week, I felt discouraged. Plus, I was exposed to Kiryu with boots and an army on a same-level plane, but he could only reach me via vips through the swamp, which is what he did; his magic killed off a significant amount of my troops before buyback, as I fell slightly short of hitting him immediately... then came a difficult turn, which was controversial due to a bug-lag in the HD mod. In the end, having closed the passage, the opponent had to buy back vips and regroup his army, but he decided to cut a couple of stacks with magic; an explosion flies, but the resistance skill wasn't taken for nothing and it triggers! However, the opponent didn't resist Armageddon (even though there were 15% boots), nor the subsequent blindness on the last stack of vips. After that, it was just technical: slow, berserk—the vips never came under control; not without some luck, but victory!
Final score, including a point from the winners' bracket, is 3-2 in my favor. Thanks to the opponents for the games and to the organizers for the Tournaments! :smile49: