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Thank you all so much! Everything was at a decent level (some were, shall we say, at a decent level of being tipsy :)). But considering that the event was literally reworked on the fly from a local gathering into a large-scale one, huge respect to the organizers! Rome, Leha, Dima, and Arthur! Excellent food, great company... I couldn't quite get into the tournament, but maybe that's for the best! Once again, a huge thank you to the Dendroid Foundation for providing this opportunity! I think that without their systematic promotion, offline Heroes tournaments wouldn't attract such a large audience and number of participants! It's a pity that I didn't get to chat properly with Dima. But I hope it won't be the last time! I'm very happy that, in addition to the "old-timers," new and excellent people are appearing in these communities! Many of them showed good results, perhaps they just lacked a little experience. In general, I'm incredibly glad to see everyone, until we meet again!

Oh!) It was great to see everyone – except for Matrosov). BUT he’s a really good guy – thanks to everyone who hosted me, let me stay, and drank with me – there turned out to be very little time for such an event because so many people came – but it was as always, warm and just wonderful – not having seen everyone in person for 2 years, I really missed this wonderful, carefree fun). The only negative was the lack of internet – everything else was purely positive. I hope to come with my family for the May holidays. Thanks to everyone!) And a special thanks to Vigo, because he’s awesome!

The event is absolutely great, I'm very glad I managed to attend this event. I didn't know anyone personally before, was happy to meet everyone, all the guys are awesome! I didn't get to talk closely with everyone, but that's normal, as there were a lot of people and many were busy with the tournament. Thanks to the organizers, and also to everyone who came! Special thanks to Alexey (Antal) for meeting me, feeding me, and helping me get to and from the wonderful place called Vaskelovo)))
About the games
Game 1: Caliban (blue Dungeon Shakti) def Jelen117 (red Inferno Ayden) skirmish 131
Wojciech didn't take his last rest, I had two. From the observatory a long road, but three Troglodyte external dwellings in the depths of the respawn and an Eye external dwelling. No normal mage heroes showed up. A miner came with 1 skill, which I bought closer to the end of the first week in a captured Necro village, after collecting all the external dwellings. I immediately took peppers behind the chests and captured two gold mines. For the most part, there were no economy problems. Elemental magic wasn't offered, I had to take Fire, which was offered twice. I went off-road into a zone where the opponent was already present. From the observatory, I revealed all his heroes and the village. The opponent also took the same observatory but didn't attack. I didn't have Haste at that point, and thought I would get wrecked by such a mage without having elementals. But his main hero ran off-road (from where he came, actually), which gave me the opportunity to capture his Necro village. The opponent meanwhile broke his main town for mana replenishment and ran to pick up a Dragon Fly Hive. Afterwards, I captured his main town and killed about 4 heroes, leaving Ayden almost completely alone (Gunnar was still running around until he was killed too). The opponent took a box behind the Nagas and was advancing to take my village, but was received. Screenshots were sent. Thanks for the game!
Game 2: Caliban (red Swamp Taz) lose Antal (blue Dungeon Eislinn) 8mm6a 142
I got burned by terrible rolls for dwellings, Alexey didn't take his last rest. I have three Necro and two roads. Computer - Castle. From 3 zones I scouted 3 Griffin Conservatories (one of them very far away on grass). I leveled all three Necro heroes. Adjacent zone to the corner village is also Swamp, and the passage to the village was blocked by 100+ Swordsmen. The Castle computer is very far away on an endlessly long road (visible from the observatory), naturally I ignored it, and that was a mistake (as the reveal showed there, where the observatory beams didn't reach, a Dragon Utopia with Wings was hiding). On 121 I took Conservatory 1, on 123 somewhere, after a bit of Necromancying, I entered Conservatory 2, where due to my inattention an Angel was eaten. Knowing the template is contact-based, I went to the center after sending a scout. Hero Vokial had just received Earth, no Slow in the main town. The army there was: 1 Angel, 10 Wyverns, and about 90 Skeletons; I had: 2 Angels, 4 Wyverns, and about 160 Skeletons. After Alexey moved his main hero - Eislinn - there, I had to rotate to the other center, as there was no chance against the mage at that point. I found a Dragon Fly Hive on the way, captured a Swamp village. I went out to the computers - Tower and Swamp, breaking through the exits both ways. Then a war of attrition with the opponent began. I decided to go for the Swamp computer first, because I spotted a Griffin Conservatory and a Hive there, while the road to Tower was unclear. Later I discovered another Griffin Conservatory in the adjacent zone. There were economy problems, I couldn't defend my main town, losing it at the start of week 3. The key moment was when Alexey on 133 sacrificed Eislinn with all his army, not reaching my Swamp village, and I was supposed to cover him having an army advantage (I had: 8 Angels, 15 Wyverns, and almost 300 Skeletons; he had: 1 Angel, 16 Griffin Conservatory cloth creatures, 12 Wyverns, and about 270 Skeletons, also there was +1 speed, mana advantage was not critical). Vokial was breaking into the captured Swamp to learn Slow, and I needed to re-break into the village that Eislinn didn't reach. The nearest break-in point was - Griffin Conservatory Pegasi. Forgetting that Pegasi with 12 speed can fly across two hexes, I lost the only hero with Earth magic. I started leveling Taz, and Goshan who had arrived. I didn't reach Tower, the computer was brutal. Accordingly, there was nowhere to build a Mage Guild, even though I had a Town Portal scroll. Afterwards I lost the advantage. In the super-treasure zone, which was huge, I found no outs - no Dragon Utopias, I wasted time and was essentially pinned down. In the corner near the Swamp computer, there were also no Dragon Utopias. I understood I was losing, no control to be found anywhere, nowhere to build, the army also hadn't grown since that critical moment, and I felt uneasy about all of this, as there was nothing to think of. It ended with me sacrificing Labetta without mana with my whole army, so Fireball was conditional, where I was easily dismantled. Thanks for the game and good luck in the final!

I was upset about this match, the generation, and my overall play, where if I had done everything correctly, it could have ended differently. But the sadness didn't last long, as I could fully relax, go to the sauna with the guys, have a few drinks, and chat. I really enjoyed the pastime. Thanks again to everyone, and I hope to see you at SNGG!

Thank you all for coming! Unfortunately, I lost quickly in the tournament, but I enjoyed the interaction. I'm full of positive energy for the next six months! Guys, you're the best! :smile20:

We had a great time.
As expected, I couldn't get into the game because I had to leave right after arriving. And then there was Stepan with cognac (thanks for the sausage!!) and Aive, who sat next to the goose and had more cognac. So, the first game was doomed to turn into a mess.
But everything that followed was just a crazy whirlwind of fun and entertainment. I was very glad to meet Kaliban, POlek (thanks for the cheap slippers!) and see everyone!
P.S. Huge thanks to Boris Fallen_spb for meeting me at the station and letting me stay until I left for the party.

Tomorrow, around 14:00-15:00 Moscow time, we will play the final match against Antal. Hopefully, we can arrange a joint stream.

Thank you all for the wonderful time and the very warm welcome. Special thanks to Lyokha for hosting me, treating me to two nights, and showing me around St. Petersburg. Misha, the lucky hat has already proven useful; I'll wear it for all my exams. It's a shame I didn't succeed in the tournament, but my opponent was strong. Once again, thank you all for the great event, and respect to Roman for the organization. I hope we all see each other again in a year, in an even larger group!

P.S. I'm still dreaming about Tamerlane's barbecue.

Misha, the lucky hat has already helped me, I'll use it for

Moderated: INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE in the message

writing all the exams

:D

They gained good momentum in St. Petersburg... let's continue...

Isn't this the Tavern by any chance?

Isn't this just the Tavern?

It sure is.

Final

LuckyF (Blue, Rampart, Knight, Aislin) def Antal_RR (Red, Inferno, Kal'Kh, Kal'Kh) Dimond 123
There was a rematch on turn 116, and after repelling all the opponent's reinforcements, the opponent was in a very poor financial position, even for a start with +4800, although the situation looked promising in terms of objectives if he could manage to develop. But on turn 122, I rushed into the dungeon adjacent to the opponent and saw his hero heading towards a tea kettle, which he was going to take after the Pandora's Box, worth 15k experience. On my turn, I took the tea kettle, defended it with Aislin and a well-developed Knight.
Thank you for the game.

Congratulations!!! :smile49:

Well played! :smile20:

In St. Petersburg, there's more to do than just drink! )) Lucky is awesome! Congrats!