Posts from Summer-Autumn-Winter Tournament for fans of Heroes 4. Auto-translated

No, definitely not.
I'm not in a hurry... Maybe my tournament will even be a winter one:rolleyes:

There have been too many tournaments lately! Maybe more people have started playing Heroes 4? I don't think so. And even now, there isn't enough time to play for an hour or two! And if you also run games in parallel, one of them is doomed to fail. So let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's wait for the summer tournament to end: it currently determines the overall player statistics for Heroes 4.

I agree, although if the tournament is held in winter, there will be even less time. It will depend on how things turn out. The main thing is to hope that the Summer Tournament will be completed by October, and then we can start thinking about the next one.

I didn't think that following tournament-related topics would be interesting for someone who isn't participating in the tournament. But I read this thread periodically, and it's interesting to follow the development of events, the tactics, and who is dominating whom :). In general, good luck to all of you, and may the strongest win!

I didn't think that following tournament-related topics would be interesting for someone who isn't participating in the tournament. But I read this thread periodically, and it's interesting to follow the development of events, the tactics, and who is dominating whom :). In general, good luck to all of you, and may the strongest win!

I agree! Personally, I've been here from the very beginning as a fan:D

Today, the game between Pandora and ZYbr concluded. The final battle ended with Pandora's victory. The game was played on the "Equilibris" version, on the Battle in the Dungeon map, with a Master difficulty level. The game lasted 4 months, 1 week, and 3 days. Pandora - Might (Barbarian), ZYbr - Death (Undead) My starting hero was the Barbarian, Kuusinen, whom I later leveled up to Warlord level 21 (+10 to melee attack). He also had many other skills: - Warfare, Melee Combat, Ranged Combat, Magic Resistance - Grandmaster (i.e., Level V); - Scouting and Stealth - Advanced (Level II); - Diplomacy and Mining - Advanced, Treasure Hunting - Basic (Level I); - Tactics - Basic. On the 30th day, I hired a female Barbarian to accompany my macho hero, so we'd have something to do during breaks while traveling. I leveled up Lania to General level 19 (army morale +1): - Warfare, Melee Combat, Magic Resistance - Grandmaster (i.e., Level V); - Tactics - Expert (Level III), Attack - Basic, Defense and Leadership - Advanced. In the very end, there was also Lord Paul, level 6 :smile52: ZYbr had a total of 4 heroes: - two lords, levels 7 and 9; - Battle Mage (Order + Warfare), level 20, Voron; - Lich, level 19, Antikainen (also his starting hero). Well, what can I say... Surprisingly, the Barbarians won not by numbers :smile42: Throughout the game, ZYbr had more troops than me, and in the end, he also had more wealth (unsurprisingly, with two lords). I managed to capture the second castle much faster than my opponent, but I hesitated for a long time before deciding to rebuild it. However, the course of the game dictated its reconstruction. And despite having two castles, I couldn't match the number of troops. In the final battle, the following forces met: - on my side: two of my heroes, 37 Thunderbirds, 46 Cyclops, 131 Harpies, 254 Centaurs, and 693 Berserkers; - on the opponent's side: two heroes, 18 Bone Dragons, 1 Devil, 61 Vampires, 332 Ghosts, and 1,453 Skeletons (all Imps were converted into Skeletons). My victory was helped by Lania's well-developed Tactics and some good artifacts. :smile49: In conclusion, I want to say THANK YOU to ZYbr for a good and long game. It was challenging... we had problems with time and connection, but we overcame them. P.S. Regarding the game with Arandor. I spent TOO much time, effort, and bandwidth on this game... so I don't intend to leave it unfinished. In general, we agreed on the next Saturday (since he couldn't today), and here is the time when I can play: weekends (any time), weekdays before 11 am, and from 8:30 pm to 1:00 am

Game statistics for the past period.

Blue group game ranking table
No.		Arandor	ZYbr	Pandora
1	Arandor		2	---
2	ZYbr	0		0
3	Pandora	---	2	---

Red group game ranking table
No.	---	Lu41k	LeSHiJ-MaX	Drakkoska	Starhan
1	Lu41k	---	0	2	2
2	LeSHiJ-MaX	2	---	2	2
3	Drakkoska	0	0	---	---
4	Starhan	0	0	---	---

According to preliminary data, the following players will advance to the semi-finals: Arandor and Pandora from the blue group :)
Lu41k and LeSHiJ-MaX from the red group. :)
Let's wait for the Arandor - Pandora match.

Well, I don't know why Arandor is delaying the report... but the game ended on Saturday. Are you aware of that? It's time to move on, someone is eager...

Ara, congratulations on the victory! But I have some complaints about the map; not everything was smooth. I ask the organizers to pay attention to this, as the map, as I see, is being used from tournament to tournament... Please contact me about this issue if you are interested.

can *I participate, okay!*??

MANTIKOra, unfortunately for you, the Summer Tournaments have already moved from the group stage to the semi-final stage. So you can no longer participate in them... But don't despair yet! As soon as this tournament ends, Optimal will launch its own official one (hopefully)!;
So you will have a real opportunity to participate. In the meantime, I invite you to The Ninth Stage of the Van Kanigem Memorial Tournament.[/url]
Try your luck there for now :)

Can I participate, please?!

Unfortunately, it's no longer possible. Perhaps OptiMAL will start gathering people earlier for the winter tournament instead of the autumn one. :)

Game Report
Arandor (Nature, blue) vs. Pandora (Life, red)
Arandor won
Map: Plains of Despair
Version: Armageddon's Blade

The game ended on day 2, week 4, month 1.

Arandor primary hero: Anium (ranger), hired Brook (druid)
at the end of the game:
Anium, General, level 20. Tactics 3, Attack, Defense, Leadership 4; Scouting 1; Warfare 3, Archery 5, Magic Resistance 1; Diplomacy, Treasurer, Nobility 1; Chaos Magic 1.
Brook, Demonologist, level 21. Nature Magic, Herbalism, Meditation 5, Summoning 4; Warfare 4; Death Magic, Occultism 2, Demonology 1; Life Magic, Resurrection 1.

Army: Elves - 131, Unicorns - 81, Water Elementals - 51, Magic Dragons - 33, Manticores - 12. + heroes.

Pandora
Valorin, General. Tactics, Attack, Defense 5, Leadership 4; Warfare 5, Melee 1; Scouting 2, Pathfinding 1.
Sonia, Archmage. Life Magic, Healing, Mysticism, Resurrection 5;
Warfare 2, Melee 3; Order Magic, Sorcery 1; Chaos Magic 2, Spellcaster 1; Nature Magic, Summoning 1.

Army: Squires - 440, Archers - 461, Pikemen - 214, Crusaders - 82, Angels - 30. + heroes.

The battle took place on grassy terrain, although the map was set in a snowy area.
Thanks to leadership, cunning, and Manticores, I managed to kill the enemy mage before he could cast any spells. The lack of a mage (and spells) on the opponent's side made the game easier for me. My tactics were more defensive than offensive (only the Manticores attacked, and they didn't return). The Water Elementals cast Quicksand in front of the Swordsmen and Pikemen, the Dragons fought the Angels, the Elves shot at approaching enemies, the Unicorns protected the heroes and managed to engage almost all enemy units in combat, and after the Archmage was killed, the Manticores attacked the Archers, Squires, and the enemy General. But the Manticores didn't last long; at that moment, all the enemy infantry were still on their territory, and they easily dealt with them.
I was also lucky with the Dragon Strength spell, which helped a lot in the battle against the Angels and Swordsmen, and the Phoenix Summoning spell, which continued the work started by the Manticores.)
I think that's all.

Thank you, Pandora, for the interesting game.
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I didn't waste time... I just didn't have the time or the mood.

I played the map for the first time, and I didn't notice anything strange. It's a good map, not too big) you can play similar maps several times... but I won't play Heart of Winter again; it's too big, and it takes too long to play)

:smile49: And here we are, at the semi-finals:smile49:

Congratulations to all participants who have reached this stage of the tournament:smile02: :smile03:
These are:
1 Arandor
2 Pandora
3 Lu41k
4 LeSHiJ-MaX
And thank you to all participants who took part in the first stage:smile01:
The next stage of our tournament will feature the following matches:
Match 1: Pandora:smile13: vs :smile13: Lu41k
Match 2: LeSHiJ-MaX:smile13: vs :smile13: Arandor
Only one player from each match will advance to the final.
Good luck to all players.:smile49: :smile49: :smile49:

Well, Arandor, good job! You're winning with Nature and Life. I'll be waiting for the battle between Arandor and Max. I'll be rooting for you (Leshy's fans only support Leshy, so they don't need anyone else). By the way, I really like how they describe skills in Hugo. For example, Warfare 3201: That is, Warfare Expert. Melee Combat Advanced. No Ranged Combat. Magic Resistance Basic. So, basically: Or Life Magic 5555 - Grand Master in everything.

I stand for the power of good and light!)))
Thanks for the support, Starhan!

It's a pity that I have to play against Leshy... I wanted to reach the finals with him!)))) Hehe
And I wanted to play against Luchik again, but now I don't know... But I'll try my best!

P.S. I just write all the skills (mastery) in writing as "kayfalom"."))

Attention to all players in the TOURNAMENT.
In the game between Pandora and Arandor on the map Plains of Despair,
a map error was detected (serious) on Pandora's side.
The 3rd-level dwelling cannot be captured, although the guards around it have been defeated.
A map check revealed that there was not enough free space for the Knight dwelling. It occupies a larger area than all other 3rd-level dwellings, and there was not enough space for a path to it (in my experience, this is the second case; the first was also with a Knight dwelling). A similar situation may occur on other maps, even those that have been checked. If a player encounters such a situation and believes that the Knights (or other units) could help in further progress, please stop the game and upload the save file as soon as possible.

P.S. For the second time in this tournament, Pandora's performance has provided good food for thought regarding the organization of competitions. THANK YOU:smile20: :smile20: :smile20: