The Final Battle 7

I set three goals for myself for this tournament, but unfortunately, I only managed to achieve two...

The most interesting thing is that if the games with Britvochka weren't reset, but counted as actually played, while adding half a point to those who didn't play, then the 3rd (or 1st) goal could have been achieved: +1 honestly earned point, and the final result would have been the same as the current winner :cool: and, considering the result of the personal match... ;)

So, in order!
I read the discussions about: what would have happened if the players hadn't been disqualified... My opinion is that the tournament result would still have been decided in our game with Maretti, because if there were 3 players (Aya, Maretti, and me) each with 7 points, I would have made up my deficit in KB (about 3-4 points) by winning against Maretti and would have been leading by about 3 points, since for him, if I understood correctly, they would have given 7 points, and the razor would not have brought anything anymore. Well, the other players would have increased my KB as well.
Regarding the tournament:
I liked the variety of castles, but I really didn't like that everyone was in different conditions, i.e., I enjoyed playing with different castles, but the fact that, for example, some played against Towers while others played against the strongest towns I consider a big drawback.

At the very beginning of the tournament, there was great interest in playing with such a strong lineup!!! but also from the very beginning until the last game, there wasn't that spark and desire to win like in FB6. After Ayauhteotl's defeat, I'll be honest—I was rooting for her!
Throughout the entire tournament, there was great luck in many games!!! In the game with twaryna, I was very lucky with Dragon Utopias, in the game with Amiloo I was lucky with the Shackles and killed the entire GG lineup, and in the game with Maretti, luck was off the charts, as I managed to collect the Red Orb, Sniper's Bow, AOTD, and the Shackles as well!!! So luck and skill did their job.
Well, as for the last game—I think there were enough minor mistakes, there was a slight loss of tempo.
But in the end, it was—everything that happens, happens for the best! I lost in the Naga Bank: 2 horses, 13 Grands, and 7 Pegasi, but I deployed Angels!!!

After AOTD appeared, the tactic on 1.4.7 was this: put Fiur to guard the Castle at all costs with the full set of artifacts and army, and have Kairi run to the last found Dragon Utopia + use heroes with Town Portal to get things done! But the Castle couldn't be left unattended! Honestly, I didn't think he would attack...

Uploading saves here, passwords: Red-keshlik19, Blue-peter.

Finally, I want to thank the organizer, all the players! and all the fans!

Congratulations on the victory! You're incredibly skilled! Once again, you proved it.
A well-deserved victory, it's a shame there's only one cup, but Moretti fought more than admirably!

P.S. You're still a pain, Vitaly, you promised the game would be on the weekend and that you'd give us advance notice. :)

Congratulations on the victory! You're incredibly skilled! You've proven it once again.
A well-deserved victory, it's a shame there's only one cup, but Moretti fought more than admirably!

P.S. You're still a pain, Vitaly, you promised the game would be on the weekend and that you'd give me advance notice :)

We agreed on the very next day! He didn't want to play on the weekend, he said we'd play on a weekday! Sorry!:smile02:

Congratulations to Gomunguls! Luck truly favors the prepared! I enjoyed your commentary during the game. Aya, Maretti, and Piterius also did a great job!

Vitaly, my congratulations!!!!
In one phrase: "The end justifies the means."
To achieve such results, you spent a LOT of real time and effort.
Good luck in future battles! ))!!!!

Congratulations to Gomunguls on the victory! It's a shame you don't stream on Twitch; I try to watch your streams whenever possible, but my TV often lags.

An interesting and worthy game that fully lives up to the status of the decisive final of the tournament. Although luck played a role in getting the necessary artifacts, as they say: "What kind of Knight is there without luck..."
My congratulations to Gomunguls!

So, the tournament is over, even a couple of months ahead of schedule. The results are in the table:


What I would like to add: A total of 33 games were played. There were 7 templates in the tournament; here's the game statistics:
Jebus Cross ... 4
2sm4d(3) ... 2
8mm6a ... 13
6lm10a ... 6
8xm12a ... 1
mini-nostalgia ... 2
diamond ... 3
Also, several games were played on templates not from the list.
h3dm1 ... 1
8mx8a ... 1

In the next FB (Forum Battle), we need to remove unpopular templates and replace them with new ones. But it’s still too early to talk about that. The OFB (Official Forum Battle) starts on 01.02.2014; the host and the system for conducting the battle have not yet been chosen, so suggestions and wishes are welcome, and candidates for hosts will be considered.

Once again, congratulations to the winners and the first two-time champion! Hooray!!! Hooray!!!

Thank you all, and see you soon!

My prediction for the Top 3:
1. Redwhait HP
2. Gomunguls
3. twaryna

almost guessed correctly.