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TFP

Unnecessary game.

I overcomplicated things with the resets and started playing while already sleepy.

In the end, I got a terrible matchup against two plusses from my opponent. 4 heroes all week, dirty neutral morale, and only swordsmen were built in my town — expansion was out of the question.

The whole situation was saved by a simple, honest mini Griffin Conservatory, taken as early as week 2, where, by good old tradition, I got an angel instead of some miserable hydra.

Basically, this was the first critically important factor that allowed me to keep fighting. With the angel under Gunnar, I barely broke the ogres to get into the super-treasure zone, then the gr trees to get back out, 90 gr dogs for the mini Dragon Fly Hive, and so on, and so forth.

All the fights were on a razor's edge, but I managed to get out without super-critical losses; the artifacts, of which I got a decent amount, also did their job here.

On 124, a meeting occurs where the opponent buys peace. I'm glad there's no big army, but Labethka kept appearing in the tavern, and it wasn't hard to guess that Dima was ahead of me in building the Mage Guild: from his side, the 2nd town was taken as early as 113, and there was no doubt about his tempo with two plusses.

So, I see this as a gift of time, because I haven't really done anything yet, and I have little potential.

Gunnar was offered Fire a couple of times, and at level 8 I face a tough choice: take a random skill or run as a Logistician, skipping more movement, to learn Earth Magic in a hut that was quite far away. At the same time, a Conflux is found, but the thought of a university seems fantastic: I don't even have enough gold for this endeavor, let alone problems with basic resources — wood and stone are needed for every building and rebuilding of the Mage Guild. I also realize that the Logistician doesn't fit into the overall resource chain, and so I send the Lord for Earth Magic.

Somehow I finish the tower, constantly keeping in mind that the opponent perfectly understands from the external dwelling of dread knights where my heart is and might go on the offensive.

As a result, on 127 my army doesn't pose a particular threat to anyone: still the same angel, still the same 2 cavaliers with the mini Dragon Fly Hive, and 35 marksmen with 2 swords and pikemen as filler.

On 131, I have to trade, and here I accidentally misclick: while at the external market, I pressed the hotkey for the town market, and as if nothing had happened, I traded away a significant portion of valuable D; only when I had very few resources left did I notice I was trading wood for gold at 37 coins.

In short, with my last strength, I buy what I can, do an unsuccessful Mage Guild rebuild, and set off for another treasure zone.

After breaking the efreeti with genies and archmagi, I'm met by the Terrible Void — even the naga bank was a mini one.

Meanwhile, my tower is approached by the opponent's scout hero and a nasty artificial intelligence that decided to come out from below, through a bugged passage.

Here I think and don't understand how to go on, when I see a light at the end of the tunnel: a quest sword! And the hut itself is close to my main town. So, I set off to fight 84 horned ones. Barely managing, I squeeze out through 68 monks on the remnants of my army, and conclude that only meat that isn't trash can significantly help me.
And, oh miracle, I receive 5 red dragons as a reward.

I clear the computer, which, however, during my manual replay, decided to open the spell book (oh, if only someone would fix this already). But globally, 6 archers are, of course, nothing. So no unnecessary tilt. Just then, on the 3rd try, I get the desired Town Portal, and a wiser Gunnar takes the army from the Necropolis town to the Castle, visits the stables, and sits down to replenish mana.

Meanwhile, I still have 3 towns, and the time, I'll remind you, is 132.

The anxious wait for the turn didn't last long: on 133 the opponent flies in to take the Necropolis, where I just built an Imp.

An all-consuming silence falls, because if Blue had an army with an Imp, I would have no way to evict Labethka from the Necropolis.

Fortunately, there was no fat army there, and Dima went to sleep elsewhere.

Thankfully, at that moment I had already passed the second pair of boots to my support hero, and I manage to reclaim my tower.

I find a Griffin Conservatory near the third adjacent zone — I anticipate a good, reliable stack — and, following the established pattern, the game plays a prank on me with a single unit.

I spend the night in the Necropolis. Again, wild suspense.

And not in vain: the opponent flies in to quarter us with Labethka with double mana.

It's clear that I defended against the Imp by simply splitting all the dragons. But if Dima had had any summon at that moment, except perhaps Water Elemental (Labethka was missing only that element for a full avatar) — I would have easily been sunk. But even here, luck smiled on me: besides the Imp, there were only Chain Lightning and Meteor Shower. One more trade. Painful. But the opponent might have nothing besides 6 birds and 17 orcs.

I forgot to mention that on the night before the second Fireball, I got Dimension Door on my 2nd try, which over the next 2 turns allowed me to take some of the opponent's and the computer's towns.
Only one support hero, and just like Gunnar, without two Dimension Doors, but with boots.

However, that was enough.

On 136, the opponent certainly had an army for crushing, logs, and visited stables, but with two towns, that was not enough.
The situation was exacerbated primarily by the complete lack of support heroes and visible prospects.
And apparently, after a Pope's Griffin Conservatory of single units next to his own tower, the opponent decided not to drag it out.

Thanks for the game!

Please assign an ODD (One-Day Duel) in the game with Grando, as I am unable to reach an agreement with the opponent.

A one-on-one match is scheduled between kamukag3e and Grando for September 7, 8, and 9 (Monday - Wednesday) from 17:30 to 21:00 Moscow time. The maximum allowed absence on each of these days is 30 minutes; otherwise, a technical defeat will be recorded.

Thank you for playing!

Thank you for the game!

Confirmed!
However, on 126 my opponent lost connection! Then on 127 he wrote in the game brb 30 min, but I waited for him for more than 2 hours!!!
I wrote to him many times in the game and on ICQ, but he wasn't there! Very disrespectful!!!
When I decided to leave the game and continue it another time, he suddenly showed up and wrote sorry... and we continued the game.
On 131 I killed Tant, but instead of going to chase his other heroes, I decided to go look for hives/cons and meanwhile build a level 5 MG in the tower.
That seemed to be my biggest mistake in the game!!!
What happened after - my opponent got Tant back from the tavern!
On 136 I had the chance to kill Stalker in the Flux castle, but I made a mistake not attacking him with all my army and had to retreat!!!*
I started building MG levels faster than my opponent, but unfortunately, it gave me DD on the 4th build in 137 (in the end)!
My opponent also got lucky with MG and took TP and DD from the second build in his tower!
On 137 the game was already lost for me, so... gg*

Close game. Actually could lose as well.
Details and a set of random mistakes from both sides lead to this result.
TFP.

Confirmed!

Thank you for playing!

Thank you for the game!

I wanted to remove a skeleton from the army. I removed the hero along with the entire army and artifacts.

Thank you for playing!

Everything seemed fine, but there were practically no objects for the army.
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The opponent failed to place the birds on 117, and thus lost momentum. Plus, I got Dimension Door from the 1st rebuild in the elf nursery.

Thanks for the game!

09.09.2020 Meo (Blue, Conflux, Ciel, Nila) def Denis1980 (Red, Conflux, Lacus, Lacus) h3dm1 137

The opponent failed to place the birds on turn 117, and as a result, lost momentum. And I also got a damage dealer with the first upgrade in the elven city.

Thanks for the game!

Thank you for the game. I was surprised by the large number of Phoenixes on turn 135, like 20+. I haven't been able to figure out how this happens yet by looking at the save file... I'll clarify later. For me, this tournament turned out to be just a warm-up, as it's a test one. I am grateful to my opponent for the game; maybe I lack experience in SoDe; everyone here probably grew up playing SoDe. This is my 4th loss in a row. I've been back in the game for a year now, but I mostly play HoT; the game is faster there. But SoD is technically more comfortable to play, but the time is stretched out, and this kind of SoD isn't quite for me. In the early 2000s, I played for no more than 4 minutes per round, and sometimes even 2. Here, I lost completely, without a chance... I only managed to take 3 Conservatories. I don't use templates; I have my own theory about how to play; the tactics change slightly from template to template. I repeat, it's more comfortable to play in this tournament because people here understand the rules, the game, and will help if needed, but in my opinion, SoD is already a thing of the past... I think the game is more interesting when there are a lot of people playing. And enjoying the beauty of the game with a long process is probably better with the computer... that's my opinion, for my taste. Thank you to the organizers. The pluses are that the game is technically more comfortable than HoT, and the AI has improved; it does unexpected things...
Thank you for the game. Confirmed.

The opponent failed to place the birds on 117, and thus lost momentum. Plus, I got Dimension Door from the first rebuild in the elf nursery.

Thanks for the game!

Confirmed. Thanks for the game!

Thank you for the game!

Confirmed. Thank you for the game!

Thanks for the game!