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Vigo (red, Conflux, Grindan) def Sir Volland (blue, Fortress, Tazar) 2SM4d(3) 133

Rich resource area, 8 heroes, and birds on the first map. For the first week, I clear my home resource area and wait for the birds. On the second week, I break through towards the secondary Dungeon, but it was already captured by my opponent. I take it back, pass the bird spawn to Grisha, take +5 armor and magic power, and head to the treasure. Grisha, with 8 birds and 14 magic power, destroys everything. On day 133, I defeat 70 demons in the treasure, they were hindering my progress :) and receive the news of the surrender.

Thank you for the game.

Vigo (red, Conflux, Grindan) def Sir Volland (blue, Fortress, Tazar) 2SM4d(3) 133

It happened. You can't leave the Conflux undefended.
Thank you for the game.

Vigo (blue, Castle, Valeska) def Kamikaze (red, Rampart, Kirr) 2sm4d(3) 227
Thanks for the game, Vitaly. I just got a little confused about the rules...

I lost fairly, it was entirely my fault.
A couple of points:
- I got Conflux as my third town, and I thought I should check if it's allowed to build it - it seems like it is!
- I read the rules carefully and didn't find any prohibition on using upgraded creatures (after Vigo's question)!
- When Kirr appeared in the tavern again, I read everything again, and still no prohibitions!
Let's finalize the rules. Because next time, it might lead to a conflict.

And now, the main thing, or how Kamikaze messed up: the first day of the new week arrived, and I decided to attack Valeska while I still had the chance. And I attacked...
But I could have scouted, killed the weakest creature (the last link in the chain), and with that setup, even if I lost the battle on the second day, I could have bought an army (due to the red dragon blockade) and finished him off! But I just attacked impulsively, and as a result... a zero in the win column!

Thank you, Victor, for the very interesting game! I demand a rematch. ;)

vitalic (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Sir Decontaminator (red, Fortress, Monere) 2SM4D(3) 217

Confirmed. It was the first time I came across such a rich respawn. And despite the fact that the primary heroes had no lizardmen: between the two of us we had 25 gnolls and 5 basilisks; and there were no lizardmen in the dungeon garrison, by the first week I built hydras, 1000, the Stronghold, and bought almost all the troops. Monere ran around clearing the respawn of monsters, looting resource storages and crypts, while the rest gathered resources and brought troops as construction progressed, plus 2 gnoll hives and 1 lizardmen hutch. At the end of week 2, Monere was going to pick up a 3rd secondary hero and spotted Shakti. Intoxicated by my successes in previous battles on my native swamps, I attacked the miner on foreign territory — that was a fatal mistake((( . Moral of the story: overconfidence yet again played against me. Thanks for the game

I see things are lively here:)

SS-D (blue, Dungeon, Gunar, Gunar)-invisible (red, Inferno, Pir, Pir), 160, Large+dungeon, 2-3-2.

Holy cow! I don't understand poetry, but I liked it :)
It's called "pre-restart." When choosing between my favorite swamp and inferno, I took inferno because I hadn't played it in a long time and wanted to practice slicing demons. I got some practice :D The layout was horrific. Not only is the opponent in the sun, but I also spawned in the center. There are 4 exits from the respawn: above is ГО - many green dragons, to the left - many dragonflies and a horde of harpies, below many upgraded harpies and many water units. To the right, a horde of harpies. I went right. Bought everything I could + spearmen and troglodytes with other heroes. Turned out there were 5 stacks of 17 plus an upgraded one. Pyra without a ballista :mad: Broke through without losing any of my own (14 magogs pelted everyone). Everything seemed fine, but money was absolute zero, income 500, and spearmen numbering 95 stood in the way (guarding the same-bank). I thought if I break through, I'll play; if not, I'll surrender immediately. Didn't break through :) Morale was too low. I wrote to the opponent that I surrender, but he doesn't even want to hear it. Apparently, his layout is divine and he decided to torture me. Next turn, I sold everything, bought back Pyra, bought 4 gogs and took imps from 2 external dwellings - finished off the spearmen, took the confluence. Little money, but there are a couple of crypts and same-banks. In general, on the first [week] I built lords without a citadel, on the second ifrits in the castle, on the third psychos in the citadel + their own external dwelling. On the 5th week, I think I built birds in the castle. There was a Dragon Utopia on the grass respawn. From the inferno castle, I slaughtered everyone for demons (became 60) + 14 efreits + 10 psychos and went into the utopia with them. Minimum loot :( They gave me an earth book. Everything seemed to be improving - climbed into a treasury, took a shield +4 to all skills for many sultans, saw another Dragon Utopia - also minimum loot (chainmail +4/+4 atk/def). Then I look and my castle is already blue :) Looking for the passage where the opponent came from - it turns out he flew in, didn't walk. I moved everything out of the castle (a few lords left), so I'm not upset and run to the third Dragon Utopia, but the threat of taking my castle is a confluence, so I portal home, run to the well to replenish mana and attack. The battle was one-sided. When I saw the thickness of the opponent's manticore and cop stacks, hope rested only on parameters, but he turned out to have a lot of meat for me + magic power 15. Mana for two chains. And my explosion for 975 didn't help. There was also a golden bow, but not a single shooter)))
Thanks for the game.

Everything listed above has been taken into account:smile14: :smile13: :smile49:

If you have any questions or misunderstandings, please let us know, and we will answer and correct them. Please check your wins and losses.

Vigo (red, Rampart, Kyrre) def Kamikaze (blue, Dungeon, Gunnar) 2sm4d(3) 127

On the first, horses in the castle. The respawn is rich in crypts, I counted about 9. On the second, fights were shaping up, but an opponent emerged from the underground. Kiryukha gave up on everything and rushed to sort things out...
Gunnar, partly due to being busy with work, and partly due to ignorance (Kiryukha was already an expert in Earth with Slow, an expert in Archery, and had a cool bow for shooting), was methodically shot down by elves and archers hiding behind the broad hindquarters of the horses.

Thanks for the game.

I pass... you can't play like that, I can't stop myself from playing at work. 4 minutes per turn, and my colleagues are already in shock, there's no concentration either here or there. So, I shouldn't have agreed to play today. Congratulations, Vigo!

def ewgeniy rampart-kyrre vs Dmitry766 Dungeon-Gunnar 1-1-5
Gunnar had 19 gr harpies on day 4, he lost the melody to one centaur. Gunnar went to the grass, and Kyrre went up, took the dungeon with the stronghold... When Gunnar approached rampart, there was a castle, 19 dwarves, 24 imps, and some centaurs and level 1 units.
The enemy immediately fled (without a fight) and surrendered.
Played random L no underground 160%

def ewgeniy Rampart-Kyrre vs Dmitry766 Dungeon-Gunnar 1-1-5
Gunnar had 19 harpies on day 4, he lost the melody with one centaur. Gunnar went onto the grass, and Kyrre went up, took the Dungeon with the Stronghold... When Gunnar approached Rampart, there was a castle, 19 dwarves, 24 imps, and some centaurs and level 1 creatures.
The enemy immediately fled (without a fight) and surrendered.
Played random L no basement 160%

That's how it was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

vitalic (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Sir Decontaminator (red, Tower, Nella) 2SM4D(3) 216

I spawned in the underground, one path to the GO (magic fights), the other to the teleporter, I broke through the teleporter and now I'm on the snow. Along the way, elves (up to 49) are guarding a prison and resources, I decided not to fight them. Scouting reported a stack of creeps below the castle, I go back two turns, having previously spent a turn on the snow to take a minimal Dwarf Cottage. The creep stack is unclear, up to a hundred griffins, I decide to fight, either I get lucky or I'll suffer quickly. Fate decided otherwise, I found an exit to the surface, broke through it and managed to loot a couple of chests there. On turn 117 I built cats with a citadel.
After that, a bit better, I took Conflux (it took me 3 turns to capture it, I guessed the wrong direction, could have done it in one, carelessness let me down, I didn't notice the tower peeking out of the fog). I decide it's time to tackle the creep stack, I go to fight, scouting reports finding a portal of glory in the treasury, I lose two turns, go back and take it. Behind 70 demons, I decided to clear a tree, I sacrificed 7 lizards to their attack. But they went for the scorpion and took three cats, the Troglodytes immediately avenged them!
And only on turn 135 I take the creep stack, it turned out to be a level 3 stack, I got Logistics, now I can play, the question is whether the opponent will give me time...
On turn 141 I break through that elf block, there were only 39, oh I should have fought them on the first turn and rushed to the Dragon Utopias, just to make it in time!!!! On turn 143 the first one fell, I got a bit of money, since I hadn't bought a single Minotaur yet. On turn 145 my scout with a small army captured the opponent's capital, I teleported there with a miner, but I don't have money to buy out. I go to take other secondary towns, I took a Dungeon, there are unsold 40 Harpies and 60 Troglodytes, a good boost. Then I went to the treasury and missed the opponent's capital. He was running across half the map.
I take a max Dragon Utopia and TP home, because Nella was already clearing my secondary town and approaching the capital.
I hid 190 Infernal Troglodytes in the mine, but she found and killed them, Shakti got offended and attacked her with handcuffs :smile48:

Shakti 31 12 19 9 (expert Earth and Fire + from the spell book of those elements,) 12 Angels, 63 Evil Eyes, 14 Scorpicores, 21 Minotaur Kings, 34 Medusa Queens, 35 Wyverns, 100 Harpy Hags

Nella 13 14 6 8 (Air, Intelligence, Earth) 130 Master Gremlins, 2 Giants, 26 Archmages, 10 Nagas, 50 Obsidian Gargoyles
Thanks for the game

ewgeniy Rampart-kyrre - dmitry 767 Elementon-grindarian 2-1-7
We played a random map again. Kyrre started with 160% luck and earned a lot of gold early on; he had 7 heroes. However, his development was slow; he took Wood and Stone on 1-4-4 and initially defended the passage with 89 Magogs, then an army of Ogres. Kyrre took a Utopia (with the Titan's Sword and Sphere of Inhibition) and, with skills of 19-5-8-6, rushed to take the Conflux. The main battle involved 63 Storms, 30 Water Elementals (Greater), 6 Phoenixes, and 50 Sprites on his side, while I had 3 Green Dragons, 9 Unicorns, 45 Grelphs, 70 Centaurs, 30 Dryads, and 99 Battle Gnomes....
The opponent surrendered; Grindarian had something like 6 0 10 10.

ewgeniy Rampart-kyrre - dmitry 767 Elementon-grindarian 2-1-7
We played another random game. Kyrre, with 160% luck, earned a lot of gold at the start and had 7 heroes. But development was slow - he took Wood and Stone on 1-4-4 and guarded the passage with 89 Magogs and then an Orcish horde. Kyrre took the Utopia (with the Titan Sword and Spell Ward) and with 19-5-8-6 skills, rushed to take the Conflux. The main battle: 63 Storms, 30 Water Elementals (GR), 6 Birds, and 50 Fairies on his side, and I had 3 Green Dragons, 9 Unicorns, 45 Gremlins, 70 Centaurs, 30 Dryads, and 99 Battle Gnomes....
The opponent surrendered - Grindarian had something like 6 0 10 10.

And again, I confirm the defeat.

vbn (blue, Kirr, Malcolm) def Freeman (red, Lord Haart, some barbarian), template 2SM4d(3), L.

Agreement on the rules: standard rules with the exception in point 3:
castles were chosen at will, without any exclusions.

It generated terribly, with a Dungeon, the castles were within one and a half moves of each other.
We didn't use restarts.
Both violated rule 11, as the Guardian was significantly shifted.
In general, I attacked with 1-1-5 on the red player's castle,
and in the end, I had to flee with 2 centaurs against 4 spearmen.
On 1-2-1, I attacked the red player's castle again.
For some reason, he didn't update the castle's guard during those days, and therefore he lost.

Thanks for the game, Freeman. And... good luck! ;)

P.S. The game probably shouldn't be counted, as both players violated the rules.
And in general, it was too quick and not very interesting.
P.P.S. Maybe I should just delete this message?
P.P.P.S. Look how glitchy it generated: :eek:

yes, I forgot...
ICQ 375-572-427
Heroes versions: SoD 3.1, 3.2; WoG 3.52, 3.58f; 4.0; TE1.03q

Added after 47 minutes
Yes, SS-D, if possible, put me in table 12 as number 12.