Posts from Reports of online games and their confirmations (Spring 2012 season).

Date of the game. Winner (color, Castle, starting hero, main hero) def Loser (color, Castle, starting hero, main hero), template (if there are fixes, then the name of the map), game time.

01.03.2012 d-neez (red, random, Castle, random, Sir Mullich, Tiraxus) def HellLighT (blue, random, Dungeon, random, Geon, Gervulf) Cross 144.

We started after a couple of restarts. The start was very sluggish, archers were not built, no freebies nearby, a bunch of shooter guards, 5 days - 5 heroes, barely enough gold and resources for the next building each day, but on 117 I finally get Cavaliers up in the Fort + a Pandora's Box with 90 Halberdiers, and 2 Griffin Conservatories are revealed deep in the respawn off-road. At the start of the second week I take a secondary - Tower - a mini-treasure, nothing to do there, so I turn around and run for 2 days to a teleporter to another secondary, grabbing an external dwelling of Monks along the way. 124 first encounter with the opponent, he gives me a Pit Fiend, I scout his Necro-secondary with my scout, but it's quite far down a corridor, I grab 3 treasure chests nearby for 20-49 Elves and aim for the Pandora's Box with Air Elementals, there are exactly 99 of them, but the box is empty (I split back home, because there's nowhere to go except the treasure, I decide on the third week with growth to take both conservatories and then into the treasure for Dragon Fly Hives. Both conservatories turned out to be tier 1 units ( 135 I run to the portal into the treasure for 50-99 Ogres, along the way I take a Medusa shack at 8 and I see the opponent breaking his passage into the same treasure and setting up at the run start on 28 Minotaurs next to my exit from the portal. I beat the Ogres, from the other side the Griffins, and attack Gervulf, losing a few Minotaurs and my archers getting fairly chewed up by the ballista, the opponent buys back, next to me is a Pit Fiend with meat, I attack - 31 Evil Eyes, a hundred Troglodytes and small fry, expert Tactics - mass Haste, I kill almost everything, again losing a few archers, the opponent buys back again. Until 142 I run around 2 treasures looking for Hives, I eat 2 Dragon Fly Hives totaling 20 Wyverns, and on the last turn I manage to jump into a portal onto the road to another treasure, and I see Gervulf running out with a dozen upgraded Cats, heading to the same treasure as me, only off-road, next to him again a Pit Fiend with meat. On my turn I see that I am 1 step short of reaching Gervulf, but there's a Stable along the way, through it I get caught again at the run start, another buyback with 2 Cats, I no longer have enough moves for the Pit Fiend. On his turn the opponent brings meat to Gervulf, who was bought back in the Necro-secondary. FB: Tiraxus 13 6 7 8(32) 2 Angels, 11 Cavaliers, 20 Wyverns, 31 Crusaders, 21 Monks, 47 Archers, and 130 Halberdiers. Gervulf 8 12 8 5(100) 2 Cats, 30 Minotaurs, 7 Evil Eyes, 38 Troglodytes, and a Harpy. A few rounds and the opponent capitulates, thanks for the game!

01.03.2012 Ashur (Red, Dungeon, Miner, Grisha) def MUNAKATA (Blue, Valya, Valya)126
Took all the rests and again got a boring respawn without a single external dwelling or Griffin Conservatory, 2 roads - one was guarded by high elves, the other by dwarves - chose the dwarves, naturally, and ran outside, broke through them and the royal griffins, and there it was snow.... wandered around a bit with scout heroes, the good stuff - 4 windmills and easy treasure chests, 1 external dwelling of gremlins!!! Miner levels up terribly, I switch to Grisha, scout heroes reveal another entrance to the metro guarded by pit lords, Grisha just can't get any oil, so I attack on advanced ground - lost extra due to morale... Broke through to Rampart - no external dwellings either, total at 117 - cats at home in the Citadel, in Tower - Town Hall, in Rampart - elves.... on 121 I upgrade the elves and break through a passage somewhere along the road, and there is the enemy's ГО, so the castle can't be far, about 2 days' run (turned out not close), along the way I revealed as many as 4 archer towers, but there's no choice - lots of gold, I think if push comes to shove I'll buy them off with lightning bolts... on 125 I stood at the castle, transferred the army and attacked the scout hero in the Citadel, and barely 1-2 moves short for Valya to attack Grisha in the Citadel, and without mana, wasted along the way, on 126 I build the castle - Valya attacks, but no chance, turns out the opponent dumped the entire army on 115, so there was no fight in fb. Thanks for the game

(red, tower, impale, meteor)
(red, barbarian, with ballista, with ballista)

03.03.2012. Ashur (Blue, Dungeon, Minher, Minher) def c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (Red, Castle, Vala, Isra) 124 cm
After 2 rests the opponent got a good draw, it seemed. Spawned at the top. On 111-5 heroes (one brought 5 elves, the other a money one), 2 roads, a dwarf dwelling revealed near the castle, a harpy external dwelling at the bottom, almost all heroes passed through the stable on the road. Minher broke the road to the secondary with 20 gogs. 112 - a green dragon external dwelling revealed right next to the road, a beehive, but I have to make a one-day detour since Grands blocking the entrance to the portal block the road. A scout hero with an army is gathering to take the elf castle. 113 - scout hero takes Rampart, buys elves and centaurs there, and Minher goes to kill the green external dwelling, then stands before the Grands. 114 - portal - 2 greens - Grands fell easily. In the treasure zone, passages to both sides are blocked by hordes of wizards for artifacts. On the adjacent respawn, flags of red are spotted. Isra appears in the tavern, so plans change drastically - I decided to rush. On 122 a boosted Minher hits the secondary guard and with an army of 4 dragons, 4 wyverns, 10 Grands, 118 Troglodytes and 12 Harpy Hags enters enemy territory. After several scout hero battles, I capture the enemy Conflux, bring up growth from harpies and Troglodytes, and on 124 - FB in the Castle fort. Minher (5-5-7-3) without spellbook, 4 dragons, 4 geese, 158 Troglodytes, 10 Grands, 22 Harpy Hags vs Isra (6-3-3-2) 31 Storms, 45 Crossbowmen, 18 Water Elementals, 99 Skeletons and 20 Pixies. After several rounds, a crowd of Troglodytes crossed the wall and it was all over. Thanks for the interesting game.

04.03.2012 Tootsie Pie (blue, Castle, Valessa, Valessa) def Ashur (red, Rampart, Kyrie, Kyrie) 2sm4d3 132
The game was played terribly - on day 2, the main hero stood still, and practically every day after that, 400-500 MP remained unspent. Day 11 - despite 3 crypts, I barely found money for cavalry in the fort; by day 12, only a pandora's box and 2 hives not very far away were visible; by day 13, already 20 Wyverns - at least something. On day 132, the opponent breaks the main army - 90 Manticores - and runs to the castle; I get wiped and, in the final battle, it was such a minimalist one - Valessa 7 9 4 4(30) (expert Archery, Tactics, Armorer, basic Offense, 7 Champions, 20 Wyverns, 60 Marksmen) - Ivor 6 9 3 2(5) (expert Archery, Tactics, Offense, Earth magic, advanced Armorer) (5 Angels, 9 Grand Elves, 30+ Elven Archers) - despite the Oil, I come out with 7 Champions and 8 Wyverns. The opponent failed to capitalize on the external dwelling of Depths right under the castle and decided to fight immediately because it was too much hassle to run around)