Posts from [TOURNAMENT - Hota] Blitz Jebus - 4 Auto-translated

TFP!

Even 200 zombies under a Stalker couldn't help the opponent. Thanks for the game!

Everything was fine, but my opponent didn't have a good game. Thanks for the game!

It turned out to be very memey. Let's go through everything in order.

It was a lukewarm start with taking a minimal Griffin Conservatory, poor spreading, and an apparent emptiness of the respawn.

A couple of days later, Diemer showed up, but I didn't invest in him, thankfully remembering the recent behavior of a certain Warlock=) Although the prerequisites for using him were there, with SP artifacts and stat boosters lying on the respawn. Fortunately, Shakti got Earth, and the earthly questions of existence were resolved.

Suddenly, having already spotted 4 Dragon Fly Hives and gotten excited, misfortune struck: at GO, fairy dragons were smiling at me, sparkling with their bright colors. (so cute, such adorableness). Ironically, in all three games with Miron, I was plagued by terrible main guards (Titans, Efreet Sultans, and now, fairy dragons).

Well, as they say, trouble never comes alone, and all the Dragon Fly Hives except one turned out to be minimal. On top of that, vampires snacked on a couple more ducks during the fight for the prison (essentially for the passage to the Dragon Fly Hive and the stables).

In the end, I could have been very sad if not for a series of saving circumstances: a strategically taken Pathfinding (which paid off a hundred percent this time) and a Pandora's Box with 25 Evil Eyes. The army still didn't stop being ridiculous, what can I say: an Angel, 16 ducks, and over 30 Evil Eyes.

So, thanks to Pathfinding and the shooters, I managed to get through the horses using pathfinding roadless travel: with basic magic, I had everything I needed, and the hundred mana, boosted from the previous week, was enough.

Essentially, having gotten out to the desert with nothing, and seeing the opponent's stats, who had already been revealed for a day, I was ready for a loss. But the number of towns was equal, and from that I had hope. Having already picked up a chest full of Fire spells without Wisdom, I didn't lose hope of learning magic, thankfully I had Alamar, and I still picked it (Wisdom) after breaking through GO. I felt an indescribable sense of warm fury the next day, opening a chest full of Earth spells for snipers with basic Wisdom.

Even though I didn't come out too late, the road to the central town was long for both of us (my path was further complicated by a shortcut through sand).

I reached the town on day 124, and having a small reserve of mana left, I built a Tavern. I discovered, unsurprisingly, the opponent, who, fortunately for me, had just as poor an army as I did, only he was also out of mana. The opponent didn't attack on his turn, but he also didn't leave the center, which forced me to stay in the castle so he couldn't replenish mana outside his native walls. Thus, due to being pinned down, I essentially wasted a turn, also messing up the hero retreat (Ciele made my hero recoup on the Angel). On his turn, the opponent finally retreated home, giving me exactly enough time to break through KZ. Afterwards, having wasted another turn taking the Hat of the Alchemist for +10 (for which I fought the Nix without the Oil, because when passing the Recanter, it went into a slot, and even noticing this oversight, I was dumb and didn't swap artifacts; thankfully, I had the sense to equip the Statue of Legion and KZ, so I got off with light damage), I sat in the dungeon to replenish mana.

Fortunately, the opponent didn't capture the central castle, and having STP'd, took a sword of +3 Attack lying behind the Titans along the way, and attacked the Cannonier.

As it turned out, Miron had an even worse situation with GO: Efreet Sultans, which, incidentally, were masterfully broken through on day 121. The game was partially decided by the mana difference, due to which I avoided a meeting on day 124.

Thanks for the interesting games!

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In this game, everything worked out very well, including a decent push with the Sultan units. Fortunately, I acquired the Necklace, had the highest initiative, and was able to sacrifice some Bone Dragons to clear the way. I emerged, of course, not without losses, but around fifty Bone Dragons were probably a necessary sacrifice.

After a couple of turns, I started to get very nervous, which made me slow down and not react quickly enough. I was doing everything very haphazardly, forgetting/not having time to buff my support units and give them buffs (you know what I mean =)). Despite the fact that my Goshan was well-equipped, the psychological tension remained until the very end, constantly preventing me from acting effectively.

Thank you for the game!

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This was certainly a unique surrender.

The map wasn't bad in terms of objectives, and it seemed like it might be possible to hold out against the Titans, but the pimply Alamar, on whom everything depended, didn't think so, and ruined everything with his terrible build. He started with fire, then water, and when he finally got to magic on his fifth level, it became clear that there was no quick way out, and that the opponent would likely visit you before you could make any progress. The demoralization from everything that was happening started to affect things; sometimes the chains wouldn't connect, and sometimes the timer for trying to come up with something would disappear, making the wasted actions not worthwhile.

It's worth noting that even having the entire fifth level in Pandora didn't really help: without intelligence and stats, it's scary to go into the Utopian realm, let alone try to attack. The spell points were so low that you couldn't summon anything worthwhile.
At home, in Utopian 2, which had to be taken with all available forces, including Cyclops, I unfortunately got magic and zero stats, and if there had been at least some spell points, maybe I wouldn't have had to pay off in the first encounter, where I was caught with practically no mana.

Later, I managed to develop the mage, but the opponent with strong resistance and shackles caught me, and there was no chance.

Thanks for the game!

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TFP!

After all the restarts, the game became unplayable for my opponent, and he decided not to continue. Thanks for the game!

Had a tough game, managed to get 117 gold, but almost lost because I forgot to recast Oil. Had to use Papal Sacrifice on Golems to get Monarchs with the help of the Crown of the Lich. Then I cleared the center and jumped to the opponent's respawn point towards the end of the week – the game ended in a draw. Thanks for the game!