Posts from SoY-2: Online Tournaments "Seasons of year" - "Seasons of year" - Autumn Season 2007

VBN, please post a step-by-step breakdown of the main battle on the "oborzenie" map. I'm interested in seeing how it unfolded. If the opponent posts it, I won't mind either. I appreciate online battles like this. Herbert clearly rushed his retreat. I think the battle was winning for him. to Gerb_Ert And who said that VBN isn't a great master of the Heroes game and one of the best in the country? ;) Joke: In your motto-catchphrase, the action of the horse has taken on a different meaning in relation to the main battle.

I relaxed during the fight. It was winnable — the opponent realized too late what he needed to do.
I retreated just in time. There were three horses with speed 4 left, while he had three Gargoyles on the other side of the field with speed 6 and a shooter with five shots remaining. Relying on Anti-Morale was too risky. The battle was thrown only because, instead of keeping mana for Haste, I somehow cast Protection from Fire. I don't even know why. For some reason, I thought I'd have enough mana left for Dispel (since there was Water Magic) to remove the Slow at the right moment and reach the Gargoyles. I miscalculated =))))
Anyway, if I had killed just ONE more of his Gargoyles, the game would still have been mine. Kyrre would have simply finished off Caitlin =)))) That would have been hilarious.
A long time ago, there was a similar situation. He was sieging my Castle (a desperate assault, as they say). I was so confident in my Black Dragons and my own superiority that I was having a blast — breaking his catapult and all that.
I only snapped out of it when there were 32 Evil Eyes left on his side and a badly wounded Dragon on mine.
That's when I had to pull off some amazing balancing acts =)))

But somehow, I put too much faith in my own superiority. A lesson for me.
I hate Elves =)))
Yeah, some people notice it =)))
That's where my horse TRIPPED ... =)))))))))))

Nothing like that, killing just one gargoyle out of three wouldn't be enough,
because I really wanted to separate these gargoyles into individual groups.

So, your secondary hero, using an arrow, would kill 1 gargoyle,
and one would still remain, like that. :D

Here's the question: did I actually separate the gargoyles, or not?
Because I definitely had that thought after the battle, but for some reason, I didn't do it.

I see that the level of play has significantly improved compared to the previous season. That's great. It will be more challenging than last time.

Thank you, it was a good match and a lesson for everyone!

Greetings!
I present to you the group stage table for "Autumn 2007"

Group 1

10	Lopetos	-	T	W	W	7	-
new	GRAMM	T	-	L	L	1	-
9	Мозай	L	W	-	L	3	-
new	Invisible	L	W	W	-	6	-

Group 2

6	Raper	-	L	W	W(t)	6	-
new	vbn	W	-	W	W	9	-
new	GerbERT	L	L	-	W(t)	3	-
6	RAUL	L(t)	L	L(t)	-	0	-

Group 3

new	ewgeniy	-	W	L	W(t)	6	-
new	TaKotoraya	L	-	L	W	3	-
21	Uran	W	W	-	W(t)	9	-
new	Doka	L(t)	L	L(t)	-	0	-

Group 4

21	Alex_R	-	W	W(t)	W(t)	9	-
new	Moriart	L	-	L	W	3	-
7	BotINKI	L(t)	W	-	W	6	-
3	Electric	L(t)	L	L	-	0	-

Group 5

12	VuzZza	-	W(t)	W	W	9	-
6	CrasH	L(t)	-	DNP	L(t)	0	-
new	Amster	L	DNP	-	L(t)	0	-
new	Master_Vitaly	L	W(t)	W(t)	-	6	-

Group 6

new	Tieru	-	L	L	L	0	-
new	FreeZtyleR	W	-	L	L	3	-
12	Dudge	W	W	-	W	9	-
12	Kamikaze	W	W	L	-	6	-

The numbers to the left of participants' names indicate the number of RP earned in the spring tournament!!!
The last two cells indicate, respectively, the number of RP earned specifically in the group stage and ... let's leave the last one for now just in case.

Added after 20 hours 7 minutes
Regarding the question about used Castles. I will make a table below. Give me a day or two.

I suggest creating a topic! Everyone can share what they find interesting! =)) So that participants can explain things! =))

Uran in my group? Again????:smile35: :smile35: :smile45: :smile54: :smile52: Damn - that's my fate:D

You know, Tanya, I was thinking the same thing...
Sorry for the off-topic:smile15: :smile15:

ewgeniy Elves Kir - uran Necropolis Galtran
defeated Uran (apparently 3-1-2)
Elves developed faster (1. because they are Elves 2. Kir 3. Necropolis lost 18 with difficulty, a group of vampires at the gates with accurate archers). Then, skeletons saved the day, destroying everything. Also, the Necropolis had good high ground. As a result, a strong army.
Safe will upload ewgeniy
Thanks to him for the game, I was afraid, it was fun.

loss report.
ewgeniy def(rampart\kyrre) vs uran(necropolis\galtran), my and my shadow 3 1 3
ewgeniy developed slightly faster, captured the 2nd castle before uran, the 3rd as well.
on the 2nd respawn, ewgeniy got dwellings for cyclopes, basilisks, and manticores, while uran got 2 halls of darkness and 1 dragon crypt.
Kyrre constantly took losses - elves and pegasi, Galtran lost vampires.
in the final battle, Kyrre 21 20 12 8 (all except fire, implosion 1200, 180 mana, resurrect, cure, morale 7 luck 5) 57 pegasi, 50 treants, 65 dwarves, 30 unicorns, 16 gold dragons, 66 centaurs, and 52 elves.
Galtran 17 16 11 11 (all except water, berserker, oil, haste, earthquake) 1 luck. 21 dragons, 65 knights, 3k skeletons, 170 zombies, 140 ghosts, and 65 liches.
Galtran broke through 2 stacks of 20 rust dragons and teleported home.
ewgeniy placed 3 heroes with 1 stack of 7 ghosts each, the opponent lost ? mana. Kyrre expected that 2 earthquakes wouldn't destroy the gate (first a berserker spell was cast, which was cured, and the dragons destroyed the catapult), but the gate fell on the 1st try - there was no point in continuing...

Result - the opponent got lucky twice - dwellings (all 3!) and the gate fell on the 1st try, if it hadn't fallen on the 2nd, Kyrre would have won.
A worthy game, interesting. Thank you, Uran. Best regards, ewgeniy

ps completely forgot - strange map - Kyrre had neither logistics nor archery (had expert wisdom and it helped a lot on the 2nd week to overcome 55 sharpshooters ;)) and Roland had diplomacy... Galtran had everything as expected - necromancy and defense. Such are the quirks :);):)

Doka (Stronghold, ultimately the main hero is Kragg) vs Ta Kotoraya (swamp, Gervulf) A tense game! Map #7. Collected all the artifacts on the side islands. The opponent hesitated. The main artifact turned out to be the shield from the "titan armor" set. Plus, the dragon crown, dragon necklace, and other minor items. In the end, with a natural inclination towards defense, by the time of the final battle, Gervulf had 33 (defended in the castle). A slight advantage in troops in favor of the opponent, but on my side, there was a castle and much better stats - thanks to the artifacts. Plus, I entered the neighboring Inferno castle, where I found a built-up guild of mages. There, I found slow, explosion, and restoration spells =). I had an earth expert, so it was very useful =). With a magic power of 17 (I think) ;)
The result is that the opponent, not finishing the final battle, surrendered. Arthur, thank you very much for the game! I was very nervous :) My hands are still shaking!!! :D

Doka (Stronghold, with Crag as the main hero) vs Ta Kotoraya (Swamp, with Gervulf)
A tense game!
Map #7. I collected all the artifacts on the side islands. The opponent was a bit slow. The main artifact turned out to be the Titan Armor shield. Plus, the Dragon Crown, Dragon Necklace, and some other minor items.
In the end, with a natural inclination towards defense, by the time of the final battle, Gervulf had 33 defense (defending in the Castle). There was a slight numerical advantage in troops for the opponent, but I had the Castle and much better stats thanks to the artifacts. Plus, I entered the neighboring Inferno Castle, where I found a fully built Mage Guild. There, I found Slow, Explosion, and Restoration spells =). I also had an Earth Expert, so that was very helpful =). With a magic power of 17 (I think) ;)
The result: the opponent, without finishing the final battle, surrendered.

Arthur, thank you very much for the game! I was very nervous :) My hands are still shaking!!! :D

ps..... Tanya forgot to upload the save file, so I asked her to upload it! (one starting save, the other final). As far as I understand, these are Doka's saves, since he was the attacker!

Once upon a time there was a "Black Mage". He lived in a real black castle.
He looked about like this :smile24:. In short, not very good. Then his old buddy Egor showed up. Egor was shocked and got so drunk out of fear, he also got the mage drunk. In the morning, Egoryushka wakes up, the mage is gone, and the whole castle thinks he is the ruler of these lands. A crowd of freeloaders shouts and yells at him, lead us to the village, to our lesser brothers... we will expand!!! He shook his head and said, "Alright, let's go, skellies :smile13:." And at the village, there were hobbits standing. Egorka loved hobbits, and he had friends there... he didn't attack... he went to plunder the fields instead, to weaken the little village. But the skellies kept nagging and nagging, "Wipe out those evil hobbits, wipe them out!" One even sent a message to the castle saying something like, our mage is afraid of the hobbits, send reinforcements! But there was no army in the castle, no teleports, they didn't know how to lead the skellies, and they decided to hire a wandering hero. Fortunately, Salmir was in the castle :smile19:. So Salmir came to the village, took Egor's army, and went off to earn his money. And the hobbits got scared, so they up and hired themselves to Salmir. He returned the army to Egorka and marched to the ship to fulfill the next points of the contract. Egorik followed him... fortunately, ships are built quickly at the shipyard, just pay up. And Salmir sailed one way, and Egorik the other. Sooner or later, Salmir captured two villages from the east, and Egorka, without really understanding how, from the west. Then Egorik spotted a killer artifact guarded by tough soldiers, but greed got the better of him :smile51:. He went to the villages and hired all sorts of creatures there (but out of greed, only first-level ones). The soldiers, however, turned out to be well-prepared, and as they say, ***** Egoryushka to death. Meanwhile, Salmir, like a valiant warrior, was already sailing to the Elven Groves. He arrived, and there was a battle, but Salmir couldn't handle it and fled in disgrace :smile45:. But in the castle, there was complete chaos: they found a blue black mage, news came from the border that the entire army had perished and the commander was killed. Nothing left of the second army but scraps, so they decided to build communism and hired a new hero, Septina... to increase the glory of the undead and crush the bandits that had multiplied around them. They bought Salmir again (as he had proven himself) on the distant frontiers and sent him once more on a campaign against the evil elves. While Septina was chasing bandits, Solmir marched to his death... he knew it. But the mercenary's duty was in his blood, and he could not betray it! Salmir was fortunate because he was no longer afraid of death, and he invaded deep into enemy territory and captured the main castle of the elven land without a fight. And he desperately hoped to hold it. For that was his only chance to survive. But he couldn't manage it and was killed :smile34:.. However, thanks to his feats and hope for a bright future, the Elves had to admit defeat. Communism won :smile49: :smile49: :smile49: !
Dudge (Necropolis, Goltran(Egor), Septina)-Tieru(Elves, Kyrre, Kyrre)

invisible (Tower, Neela, Astral) def Mozaï (Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 236 map One_for_Four
First of all, I want to say thank you to the creator of this amazingly rich map. It's just like bathing in gold and treasures :D . When Adelaida and I talked recently, I told her that this map is at the top of the list of maps on which I do not want to play any Castle, but TOWER :eek: , I wouldn't even dream of it in my worst nightmare. At that time, VBN and Herbert were playing on it, and I even laughed, saying that it's very hard to play Rampart and Castle on this map, but Tower against Fortress is a complete disaster. Oh well.
What can I say: in the first week, I didn't build a SINGLE structure at all — I tried to invest all the money into heroes to pillage most of the sea (in principle, I cleared 3/4 of the entire sea). In the second week, I built Gargoyles and Golems (I think even without a Citadel))))))). Overall, the development was simply superb — I've never had such a thing in my life. One thing was pleasing: after each bought hero, I had 30-40 Grems left, which created some kind of striking stack. In short, throughout the whole game, I didn't even build Mages :). I don't remember which week it was, but I captured two more western castles — Rampart and Dungeon. Around the end of the month, I gathered a mixed army of levels 1-3 from all castles and went to put pressure on Tazar, otherwise Fortress would get on its feet more easily and without a rush I'd lose 100%. On turn 214 (or 215 — I don't remember anymore, I want to sleep, I think it doesn't matter).
The first battle: Neela level 4 (3-1-4-2) with a book and 10 mana attacks with a mixed army: 208 Gremlins, 24 Golems, 9 Gargoyles, 36 Dwarves, 43 Troglodytes, 46 Hobbits, 75 Centaurs against Tazar level 1 (0-4-2-1): 19 Spearmen, 33 Harpies, 7 Archers, 11 Gnoll Marauders, 4 Wyverns and 18 Lizardmen. Well, what can I say — attacking Fortress is hard even with such an advantage in troops. There was a bug after which we had to replay, and then I shamefully fled (I was really messing up — I needed to wait a bit for the catapult to punch more holes, but I lost many troops crossing the double moat). Near Tazar's castle, one of my scouts was running around, and Tazar immediately killed him, which caused my Neela to be covered in the tavern — in other words, I lost my main hero. No matter, I still had Astral at level 3. So, I see Tazar getting ready to visit me in my town. There was a Dungeon castle there, in which Evil Eyes and a Citadel were already built. If I had given up the castle, I would have essentially lost. Therefore, I sold almost all resources and built the castle. Astral couldn't make it in time, and I couldn't afford the town portal from the free portal due to lack of money. I set Serena to defend with 6 shooters for 30 damage. The troops were: 17 Evil Eyes, 6 Dwarves, 1 Gargoyle, 16 Gnolls, 13+10 Harpies, and 5 Lizardmen. Tazar attacks with 30 Harpies, 10 Gnolls, 14 Lizardmen and 8 :eek: Wyverns. In the end, I held the castle with the help of magic and towers (without losing a single Evil Eye), and Tazar cowardly fled. :D After that, Mozaï, being completely bankrupt, skipped turns, and I built up whatever mixed army I could buy, constructed Medusas, and immediately upgraded them. And on the next week, Astral heads to Tazar. The third and final battle: Astral with 35 Evil Eyes, 12 Medusas, 38 Grems, 15 Golems, 33 Harpies, 90 Hobbits, and 162 Troglodytes defeats Tazar with 79 Gnoll Marauders, 5 Archers, 39 Lizardmen, 4 Wyverns, and 1 Gnoll. Magic decided the outcome (10 shots for 50 damage). And that's how the journey to the treasure island ended.
Oh, I also forgot, we had a skirmish at the very beginning where we traded — I lost some Grems for his roughly 50 Lizardmen. But I don't remember the details anymore, and it doesn't matter anyway.
Thanks for the game!

I'd be happy to win against someone >=]

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