CONTEST - The most epic defeat of the CIS region - 2016. Stage 1. — Tournament History

Tepma

10 years ago

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I am announcing a Contest – the most epic defeat of CIS -2016

STAGE 1.
a). Participants from CIS 2016 can submit descriptions of what they consider to be the most epic defeat at CIS 2016 :smile34:. One game with a description in which they participated is accepted from each participant. The more complete and vivid the description, the higher the chances of winning.
b). I also accept submissions from forum members who are not participants + optional prizes.
STAGE 2.
There will be a separate topic with a vote by forum members for the most epic defeat.

Starting prize: 1k rubles + autographs from the winners of EPICENTER MOSCOW in DOTA 2, TEAM LIQUID (sent via Sberbank or phone number + autographs sent by mail).

Today, I will send an invitation to participate in the Contest to all participants who registered in the topic /topic/11829/.

Stage 1 may run until May 29, 2016 (depending on the receipt of applications from participants, it may be extended up to and including June 1, 2016)
Stage 2 will last for 5 days from the start of the voting topic.

The winner is the CIS 2016 participant who receives the maximum number of votes based on the results of the vote on the forum in stage 2.

Please consider messages from non-participants of the championship that are not related to replenishing the prize fund and do not contain important comments regarding the conduct of this contest as spam.

Good luck to everyone!

Edit 1. A message with what Lizard considers to be the most epic battle is accepted.
Edit 2. Sent to all participants except Napalm. I don't know if Sergey wants to participate, but please notify him if you can.

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Edit 3: You can express your wishes about epic defeats that you would like to see described.

My IMHO: I didn’t follow the games closely; I might be wrong in my description.
My top 3:
1. Cobra-Hell: Cobra had full control, but fewer units than Hell. Hell had no control; he was rebuilding his Mage Guild, but it wasn't working, and then Cobra came himself. Anton took the Moon with three Sultans, flew into Temich's Castle, and cast Armageddon, leaving Cobra with maybe 6 units left.
2. Mizrael-Lizard: Lizard tempoed well and found Mizrael on week 2. On the next turn, he killed Mizrael's squires, which were standing in a chain supplying resources. As Mizrael explained, he had no other options and rushed into the castle, which turned out to be max level. It didn't work for him morale-wise, and GG.
3. Hell-Aive: Aive's timer ran out, and Hell reached Aive's Castle and killed all of his army, killing the hero as well. Although Aive won the battle by summoning earth elementals, Anton said that if Aive dug up the Castle (it seems like Kirr was there), he would have been in trouble. Aive, having 60k gold, dug it up. I understand that if Aive's timer hadn't run out, everything could have gone differently, and Hell would have had more chances.

Mizrael

10 years ago

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Well, that's just ridiculous. Lizard didn't even know where he was going (although Toga almost gave him away by reacting to my move with a distinctive voice when I targeted the orange creature), so he couldn't possibly find me. The guards had already been dealt with, and navigating without them would be difficult for him, while his movements were completely obvious because I had scouted that area thoroughly for several days. There were three options (as reflected in the report), and I chose the one that would allow me to win the game immediately. It didn't work out. Why invent things that didn't happen?

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Tepma

10 years ago

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Mizrael

Well, this is just completely unacceptable :) Lizard didn't even know where he ended up (although Toga almost gave it away to him that I was already there when he reacted to the orange player's voice on my turn), so he physically couldn't find me, since the lookout towers had already been broken through by me and navigating without them is problematic, while his moves were an open book because that entire zone had been scouted by me several days earlier. There were three options (and this is reflected in the report); I chose the one that allowed me to win the game here and now, but it didn't proc. Why make up things that didn't happen?

Mikhail, I humbly beg your pardon, I did mention that I might be mistaken in the description, since I wasn't following closely, and I didn't even see your game, only something stuck in my memory afterward based on the results. I forgot that there is a description in the tournament thread.
Quote from there:

Mizrael

05.05.2016 =Lizard= (Red, Stronghold, Dessa, Dessa) def Mizrael (Blue, Inferno, Mariusa, Mariusa) 6lm10a 123

It started well, Maryka picks up Offense, I build Efreeti in the castle, I have money for buying. The road leads to the metro without guards, I decide to take the gray Inferno on the first week for a double, but the opponent takes it, so to avoid a meeting on the respawn in a good setup, I break back home for Griffin Conservatories. 121 min Griffin Conservatory, Marusya runs to the next Griffin Conservatory, bracers are scouted, the army goes for the Gnome. 122 I kill the Dragon Fly Hive min, I stand right under the Griffin Conservatory and then Dessa runs out of the portal near the bracers... There were options:
1. Check the Griffin Conservatories (both 2-4 without GS), take the smaller one, but without entering the contact zone.
2. Retake the bracers with Maryka and attack Dessa with the bracers using a scout hero with the current army.
3. Take the Griffin Conservatory without checking with Maryka, then retake the bracers with her and attack Dessa with a scout hero carrying the Morning Star and bracers.
I really didn't want to let Dessa roam the map, so I dismissed option 1 immediately. Beating Dessa, who just doubled his mana, with a scout hero with growth but no spellbook, without knowing his skills and stats (only one castle), and the fight being on the barbs' home turf... not great. I decided to resort to Amil's coin again, it said - take the Griffin Conservatory. The max Griffin Conservatory was against taking it, thanks for the game.

Since I completely forgot about the thread /topic/11829/ which contains descriptions of almost all the games, I suggest that championship participants speak up about the specific game they consider their epic defeat. If they want to add a description, we'd be happy to read it; if not and they are satisfied with the description they made in the tournament thread, I will insert quotes from there.

Guys, I apologize if anything is wrong, I'm doing this from the heart. Attending the championship was very interesting for me, and I want some moments to be remembered, because in regular games there are very often surrenders on 117-127 etc., but there were battles to the very end. Especially when it's all live. I want the memory to remain.

=Lizard=

10 years ago

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Aive summoned water elementals (not earth elementals) and also used the Ring of Cold. It was truly epic. Definitely the coolest match at the championship – Hellight vs. Aive; there’s not much point in a contest here, sorry, Artem.

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Tepma

10 years ago

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=Lizard=

Aive summoned water elementals (not earth elementals), and he also used the Ring of Cold. It was truly epic. Definitely the coolest match at the championship - Hellight vs. Aive, there's not much point in a contest here, sorry, Artem.

Kost, I'm not arguing, maybe there isn't much point in the contest, but it's important to me that some of the small moments that the participants still remember are somehow preserved in memory, because I'm afraid that they will soon be forgotten. And while it's still fresh, we can write about it. I understand that you've seen a lot in this area... But maybe in a few years, someone will come across this topic and read it. You reminded me about the water elementals, and I had already forgotten about them. And I completely missed the Ring of Cold.
Maybe I started the contest for no reason, and the prize is ridiculous and formal, but this idea came to me, and I'm trying to implement it.:smile45:

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Freeman

10 years ago

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I disagree; the most epic moment was when Korby faced off against Hell and Luna got knocked out.
It was very upsetting for Artem, but he couldn't have predicted that Luna would reach him.

злой_романтик

10 years ago

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And yet, I still believe that nothing was more epic than that final match – 10 percent decided the fate of the championship.

Tepma

10 years ago

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Bayazet

Two tournament games stand out:

The second round game on mirror (HotA) played by Admiral was magnificent.
Taking the consa-one allowed him to build up a tempo that Kostya simply couldn't counter.
PS. then "topchik", 24 archs at 117 and гг.

The third round was marked by a dirty move from another Konstantin.
Jebus Cross for tavern against Inferno for Amilu.
Solmir, using forcefield, wiped out the same-faction ГО with gremlins and arrows almost without losses.
He caught the opponent during acceleration, drove him out of the center, and continued to press on his respawn.
The blocked opponent fights until the last soldier, gathering vivs and picking off Dragon Utopia left for a rainy day.
A curious Solmir leaves the captured capital to see how things are going and is immediately surrounded by 5-6 suckers
apparently asking for autographs. But there is "air view," which suggests that гг is present nearby
Amilu - just don't get distracted. What does Kostya do? He brings in growth consisting of 1 devil and 2 ifrits, politely taking a couple of steps back.
Then he gets rid of all the petitioners and sets out on the warpath... The fog parts and lo and behold, there stands the opponent's accelerated гг,
which is short by 150 moves. This isn't enough - by inertia Solmir runs past the point from which he could have returned to the capital on the next turn.
This was a move that could have been avoided entirely, and the game would have dragged on.

Bayazet pointed to his message.
Regarding the second game of Dirty-Amilu, I heard the description from Amilu; Misha was surprised that he managed to turn the tide of the game, but he played excellently, while Konstantin seems to have relaxed a bit and was punished for it.

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Dirty_Player

10 years ago

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Tepma

About the second game of Dirty-Amilu, I heard the description from Amilu. Misha was surprised that he managed to turn the tide of the game, but he played excellently, while Konstantin seemed to relax a bit and was punished for it.

I haven't been this frustrated by a game in a long time...

=Lizard=

10 years ago

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I really need to write this down once and for all: if there are 2-4 options, the maximum percentage isn't 10, but 1/7, because the default minimum option isn't included in the sample. The same applies to hives: 50-99 means a 25% maximum, because there are only 2 options in the sample, and so on.

злой_романтик

10 years ago

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Well, if you add the luck/morale, which didn't quite work out, that would make it 10, right?

=Lizard=

10 years ago

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We are talking about the percentage chance of a treasure chest dropping with a specific set of contents. Morale/luck has nothing to do with it. This is like mixing apples and oranges. The probability of a certain number of morale boosts appearing, and even in specific rounds of battle, in a treasure chest with a specific set of contents – well, go ahead and calculate it! But it's not as simple as just 10... It's much more complicated.

злой_романтик

10 years ago

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I counted to 10! :D

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MerlinTheMagician

10 years ago

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The Lizard Question, and only the Lizard Question. You are in the final round of the game. There are three doors in front of you. Behind one is a car. Behind the other two is a Wolf. You choose a door. The host opens another door and shows that behind it is a Wolf. And offers you to change your initial choice to the remaining door. Will you now change your initial choice? And why not change it, or why change it?