Posts from Reports on online games and their confirmations (Winter 2008 season).

vitalic (red, Castle, Valeska) def Sir vbn (blue, Barbarian, Dessa) 2SM4D(3) 132

On the first turn, I took a secondary town, costing 8 archers (a hundred fairies helped). Near the Guardian, I saw a path through rough terrain to a grass field, so I decided to outmaneuver my opponent. 30 earth elementals and I were on the grass. There, I gathered resources; I was short on wood, so I built a couple of markets and bears in the secondary town, and a Stronghold with swordsmen in the capital. On the second turn, I took a secondary town with psionic creatures and decided to expand, buy a book, and head towards my opponent. I built a tower in the secondary town, but then changed my mind and bought out the capital, wanting to speed things up. Luckily, my opponent was taking a confluence. After a couple of turns, Valeska joined the army, and the first battle began.
Valeska 8 6 1 5 with 36 archers, 27 air elementals, 2 bears, 2 psionic creatures, 10 swordsmen, 7 Rocs, 5 orcs
Dessa 7 2 3 2 with 7 orcs, 8 ogres, 2 bears, 5 Rocs, 113 hobgoblins, 13 raiders

Dessa bought out, then I took the confluence and miscalculated the direction to a snow secondary town. Then I caught up to Dessa near the capital, with 33 ogres and 4 vivas. My level 1 mage could reach Dessa, but I had archers and 30 storm elementals. Then he ran into the capital.
Thanks for the game.

Yes! That's exactly what happened! First, the archers shot down all my warriors (Valeska + expert leadership + morale), and then the air units finished off the rest. I only managed to buy off the ogres with dogs.

Everything listed above has been acknowledged. Except for vitalic (blue, Dungeon, Shafti) def Sir Decontaminator (red, Tower, Nella) 2SM4D(3) 216, there is no confirmation.

Dmitriy 766 (Conflux, Grindan) vs Kamikaze (Rampart, Kyrre) - 215. Winner Kyrre.
It was a fun game; we played on XL, probably without a dungeon. I only placed dragons on the third week. And I took the outer territory on the fourth. They didn't give me any attack or defense, but I managed to develop the earth skill to expert level. We met near the secondary town of Rampart; the opponent surrendered and fled. Kyrre followed him, captured his weakly defended capital, and finally caught up with the enemy halfway to the conservatory (although Grindan had no chance). A skill advantage of about 20 units in attack – that says it all. Once again, I am convinced that Conflux can be defeated!
Dmitriy, thank you for the game!

yes, I lost because I didn't have time to wait, I was in a hurry.

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

Confirmed. My starting area was small and scarce. Neighboring areas were guarded by up to 50 Gloom Lords, up to 20 Snipers, and up to 20 Queen Medusas. The mine was guarded by up to 50 Archers and up to 20 Ghosts. Thanks for the game.

Vigo (red, Fortress, Tazar) def SpiriTT (blue, Necropolis, Galthran) 2SM4d(3) 117

Good resp. Recouped some cash and sulfur. Hydras on week 1. Two passes to the grassy secondaries. Opponent decided not to continue.

Thanks for the game.

I confirm. Respawn 4 by 4 cells))) no money. well only if you kill 50 unicorns))) Surrendered on day 7.

invisible (red, Stronghold, Dessa, Dessa) def vbn (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti)2sm4d(3)146
The opponent took both of their restarts, I took none. All three times I got a fantastic draw. As a result, a huge respawn was generated (about a third of the map), with a stable nearby, many gold piles, and the fastest roads. Only 5 heroes on the first week, but that was more than enough because of the fast roads. Everything except cyclopes was in the castle by the first week. On the second week, I only reached the adjacent secondary town (Conflux), where two conservatories with 3-4 angels each were revealed on the respawn (I saw two more on my side, but they were far away). The opponent told me they made a gross mistake (as it turned out later, they were building up two castles - theirs and the Conflux - and by the finale both castles were overflowing with troops, but there was no gold to buy them). In the second and third weeks, I cleared everything, maxed out Water and Earth, and on day 141 I took two conservatories - both turned out to have three angels. Scouting revealed Shakti's main castle, which happened to be on Dessa's path, who already had 6 angels. I took Shakti's castle without a fight - it had a ton of unrecruited troops. I ran along the path and came out onto the grass, where the Conflux was a couple of days away, with Shakti holed up inside.
Final battle: Dessa 8-10-9-60, expert Water and Earth, Bless, Cure, Forgetfulness, Shield, Slow, Ice Bolt for 230, 6 angels, 7 gray bears, 20 thunderbirds, 40 orcs, 23 ogre mages, and 1+1 butterflies. Shakti 9-9-4-70, expert Tactics, Offense, Defense, Earth Magic (no Slow) 5 birds, 6 hydras, 7 manticores, 17 minotaurs, 20 storm elementals, 20 magma elementals, and 22 harpies. I was afraid of expert Slow, but Shakti didn't have it. First Bless, then Slow, while the angels and birds attacked after waiting. As soon as a hole opened in the wall, the bears charged in and killed everyone.
Thank you for the game!

That's exactly what happened. I miscalculated with the gold. Oh well, I'll keep that in mind for the future! :smile31:

Vigo (blue, Rampart, Kyrre) def StickyFingaz (red, Castle, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 141

I spawned on a small central respawn, but Ivor with 5 elves and a clear path to grass pleased me, so I decided to play. Lost almost my entire army on the first day, but managed to buy cavalry in the castle; on the second day, I took Conflux as a secondary town. On the third day, I broke through to a snowy secondary town, but the opponent was already rushing there. Kyrre killed one scout hero and forced the main hero to flee. I set up a chain and by day 137 I was at the enemy's castle with a solid army and good stats. Surrender.

Thanks for the game.

invisible (blue, Conflux, Moner, Moner) def GRAMM (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 142
In the first week, I built a Castle and two secondary structures – a Castle and a Rampart, with an Elven Outpost that I captured and placed in the Castle as well, also in the first week. I had a good amount of money. In the second week, I defended against a lot of Crypts, Dungeons, etc. Moner picked up boots and was running around like crazy. I explored 2 Groves, and 12 Wyverns dropped. Moner maxed out his Earth skill and planned to attack the Guardian on the 4th week. On day 142, 50 Grand Elves, 41 Storms, 30 Waters, 12 Wyverns, 10 Birds, 12 Psychics, and 21 Centaurs killed 90+ Wyverns and 90+ Scorpions, losing 2 Birds (those Scorpions were annoying, they caused morale loss). Then, I ran into the Castle where Tazar was, and he had almost no troops. The opponent surrendered.
Thanks for the game.

I confirm the game with invisible.

Vigo (blue, Rampart, Kirrh) def StickyFingaz (red, Castle, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 141
I confirm Vigo's victory. Thank you for the game.

Kazak1992 (blue, Rampart, Mephala) vs. SpiriTT (red, Inferno, Peer) 331
A very large map! We searched for each other for a very long time.
In the first week, there were Ifrits, so we had to buy them because a Pit Fiend spawning ground was spotted.
It was captured in the first week, and by turn 121, we had 4 Ifrits and 6 Pit Fiends.
After that, everything was cleared without any major problems. Later, we acquired a large number of Pandoras and the Titan's Gladius (+12 to attack).
After a long (very long) search, the final battle.
Peer (28 12 11 11)
10 Archdevils, 31 Efreet Suls, 66 Wyverns, 73 Hellhounds, 47 Demon Rogues, 51 Magogs + Golden Bow
Mephala (5 17 6 8)
9 Gold Dragons, 29 Unicorns, 50 Silver Pegasi, 69 Treants, 106 Grand Elves, 174 Battle Gnomes, 204 Centaur Captains.
No chance.
Thank you for the game.