Posts from Wowa Memorial

BO3.

We played the 1st one right after the tournament start.
I recall that Artem bought the Swamp with Tazar and the color is very, in my opinion, expensive. I got the Miner :confused: . After a series of restarts, I see a Griffin Conservatory near the Castle + it's well spread out - I decide to play! In the end, it turned out there were 3 Griffin Conservatories at the respawn - 1-3-3, home village and an external dwelling for Eyes. :cool:
Few Troglodytes because I lost on morale twice, but I take the 1st one. 2 portals + external dwelling - a stack of eyes at 121 for 40. The Miner ruins the 3rd skill. Das pumps earth + log and becomes GG. I use them at 121 and 122 - 3rd Griffin Conservatories and into the treasure zone. There, OMG! SKILL! (saved up for 10 years to spit it all out in one game): КЗ + КВ + boots + 4 to the head + 3all + and a couple more Griffin Conservatories are glowing (though only 1). Well, I think to myself, now that's some daddy skill (True Diamond)!!! I take everything and relaxed, it's in the bag...
I look into the tavern after a couple of days, and there is Tazar once and all parameters at 25. :eek: What a layout, I thought I was sitting pretty, but now how do you blow up such a tank. The person on the other end of the line is also spinning some fierce skill!
Moving away from the lyrical preludes, it ends with a own tough Tazar coming to me - all parameters are much higher, but he's a complete fool. 1 level in the book, no control was given in Dragon Utopia, they just piled on the parameters heartily. No magic resistance... Impl on a stack of ducks and GG.
IMHO Artem rushed it, he had a recanter in the treasure zone, although without control it probably would have ended that way anyway. Thanks for the game.

Game 2. I gave up the castle and color to the opponent again. I was left with one re, got a decent spread, the start was harsh + I see a Dragon Utopia at respawn - I figure, I have to play! One BUT, not a single Griffin Conservatory or beehive. That's what did me in! The first, and also the last, Griffin Conservatory 2 was in the middle of nowhere with no roads (only reached it on 131), 2 beehives diametrically opposite in the middle of nowhere. There are 2 Dragon Utopias, but it's completely unclear what to take them with (Inferno is such inferno in SoD). Gundula became the GG - levels up nicely, albeit without logistics, which also turned out to be rough against Dessa. Found a KV in the treasure zone, +4/4, something else. Barely with my native army + an external dwelling of demons I take Dragon Utopia 2. Nothing particularly interesting there. And then the OPP - BAM! I don't remember the details, but the gist is that without Griffin Conservatories and beehives - it's tough for Inferno to claw their way out.

This time even the templates were messed up. They scribbled in that same mega-skill diamond. Again, I gave the opponent color for 1100 and a Castle for 3 rubles. In the end, there's money; by the first day, I already have 8 heroes and 1 village, on the second - a second one. I see 2 cons, one is a 1k. Chocolate!!! Well, I thought to myself, why play it slow, I need to tempo! :D And so, as usual, I TEMPOED. :D Griffins are boosting morale and can't even pull out the kettle from Solmir + meat from the village. A wipe down to 0 gremlins - what could be better! Straight from chocolate to the bottom.
But it turned out that skill on the other end of the wire could actually work! In general, the first week didn't go well for either of us.

I'm building Nagas, what else can I do. Somehow with 4 mages and shooters I break through the passages to reveal artifacts and some sweets. And here is happiness - a Blue Hat in one of the treasure zones + nearby are 2 hives and a 3rd con. Then scouts find another 2 Dragon Utopias. Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelluuuuyah. :cool:

I take the miserable con with Nagas, then scouts reveal more decent artifacts + 5 SP behind Champions, +4/4 to the head +2 speed per pack of Giants, +2/2 to the hand for Nagas - all this is taken with a struggle using lightning, an Angel and gr. Nagas. And after that, it's just a matter of technique! A chain to the Hat, there's also a tavern near it. Solmir is bought out there at 131 and joyfully grabs all this for a pack of Phoenixes.

After that, I could have ended the game immediately, having a Chain for 800k+. But I decided to play it safe; I was afraid that by then a KS or recanter might be found there, Shackles, and didn't want to escalate. I only took the opponent's capital so they wouldn't have 1 speed, but I didn't develop the expansion further: Firstly - the tavern always says the opponent's army is larger; secondly, there is no Town Portal, you could play yourself into a loss that way. One pack on the first was enough for me, I decided to keep a reserve now, especially since this party is decisive.

I take 4 Dragon Utopias, collect the meager hives. Still no Town Portal. Resources were spent on Giants and Nagas, not much left for Mage Guild. In general, I'm powering up, but the opponent's army is always larger - that's what's stressing me out. In the end, having Dimension Door while the opponent lacks it finally pulls my army up to the proper level! By then I assemble an Elixir, since Solmir has neither offense nor armor, and the opponent switched from Moon to Gurni and shows some astronomical 43 attack; clearly without an elixir against KS the battle will be brutal and not in my favor.

The game drags on, "football" begins, we both make mistakes. In the end, I'm already nervous from the stupidity and cover Gurni with bracers in their own capital (lost it due to carelessness). Solmir pulls out the FB simply on elemental summons and 660 mana.

Thanks to my fellow countryman for the games, it was interesting.

p.s. Vova liked long reports; he himself loved to spin such tales about epic parties!

It was an interesting match; we started playing because of Kostya's successful Dessy. I managed to hold my rest, successfully leveled up Alkin with Log Land, which allowed me to tempo and take the companion earlier. Aside from the red color, I outpaced Kostya by about one turn and took the Dragon Utopia 1 with wings, which first let me actually sneak attack his army on Solmire and buy my way out, and then finish them off with Alkin under a Cloak of Renunciation; thanks for the game!

The support's aggressive play decided the game. Thanks for the game!

Thanks for the game.

Very weird game. In the first week, I was blocked by very strong guards and had to take 37 gold golems for an empty box, but my heroes leveled up nicely, and I managed to recover.
I got a town portal from the first build of my guild (lol) and a death dealer from my 2nd rebuild.
After fighting for control for a week, I finally caught him and killed his army.
After a few turns, he surrendered.
Thanks for playing.