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

Decontaminator (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Miner) def Sir Deemer (Blue, Tower, Nela, Nela) 1-4-1, 2sm4d(3)

Thanks for the game, but I think it's unethical to have to fight against a map with a shifted guard.

Decontaminator (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Sir SS-D (blue, Dungeon, Gunnar) 2SM4D(3) 226
On turn 2-2-5, Gunnar captured the main castle, but didn't have enough movement points to enter it. Valeska retook the castle. And on turn 2-2-6, Gunnar attacked again, despite Valeska having a slight advantage in stats and a large advantage in troops. He killed 11 Archangels and 10 champions with explosions. 20 Scorpions inexplicably flew over the wall and were killed after being slowed down:confused:. Valeska's morale dropped several times. Gunnar died.
Thank you for the game and the experience.

Decontaminator (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Sir SS-D (blue, Dungeon, Gunnar) 2SM4D(3) 226
On 2-2-5, Gunnar. Gunnar died.
Thanks for the game and the experience.

The respawn point was decent, or so it seemed at first. But in the end, it turned out there was no one to fight, no decent artifacts, or chests. As a result, the opponent took a Utopia and leveled up nicely, and I missed my chance.
The opponent played well. Thanks for the game.:smile44:

SpiriTT (red, Stronghold, Gundulla) def. KAZAK1992 (blue, Dungeon, Ajit) 2SM4D (3) 242
In the first game, bears in the castle, birdhouse. In the beginning of the second month, upgrade the bears and attack.
Thank you for the game.

Yakudza (Castle, blue, Valeska) def Alone (Rampart, red, Kyrre) 1-4-3

After taking all restarts, we started. The respawn wasn't very good — one road led into Red Dragons, another into a pack of Arch Mages. Eventually, I broke through into the underground and captured the Necropolis castle there. I discovered a horse spawner behind a pack of undead Necropolis horses (Dark Knights) at my respawn — took it at the start of Week 2, then a couple of Dwarf Cottages (one was max), and a Wyvern tree. Then I galloped into the snows — there was a level-1 conservatory there; after that, I took a conservatory near the castle which had 3 Angels. Then on the third week, I galloped into the artifact zone near the Necropolis castle underground — there I took the Pendant of Mastery from a horde of Magi, a Dwelling of Devils and Efreeti, and at the end of the third week — a max Dragon Utopia (5 Black Dragons) — gave junk (a red orb, a helm giving knowledge +12 and -3, and similar shield and wings). After that, I galloped and hopped to the surface (too bad there was no Air Magic — jumping was expensive), positioned myself in front of the Red Dragons at my home castle, where I had built Angels the previous day; I immediately took 4 Angels from Valeska and upgraded them there, then flew and hopped to the opponent. I attacked — and was stunned by the size of the army — almost 100 Grand Elves (and this was only the 4th week), 6 Green Dragons, and other meat (turns out the opponent had as many as 3 Elf spawners and one Dragon spawner!!!). Meanwhile, I had only 70 Marksmen total (some were killed when I took the horse spawner — the horses immediately got morale and on the first charge killed over 20 Marksmen). I started casting Implosion, though it wasn't very effective — low spell power, but I had a lot of mana. I resurrected my Archers; the opponent cast Mass Slow on me. For a couple of rounds, I did nothing — shot at the Elves and cast Implosion (afraid to charge them under direct arrow fire). But then, when the Elves were down to 20 and the Dragons to 2, I moved everything forward. Eventually, I killed them off, losing all my Marksmen, a couple of Archangels, I think 2 horses, and several Griffins.

Thanks for the game.

SpiriTT (red, Stronghold, Gundula) def KAZAK1992 (blue, Dungeon, Ajit) 2SM4D(3) 242
In the first game, bears in the Castle, bird hut. At the beginning of the second month, upgrade the bears and attack.
Thank you for the game.

Alex_R (Caitlin/Sorcha) def GRAMM (Shakti)
Played a random map (some 2v4 map)
I took a restart on 1-1-3
Started playing on the second try:
In the first week, 1-5 monsters in the castle...
In the second week, the same monsters in the castle and the town hall ((
In the third week, outside angels, the same monsters in the castle )))
In the 4th week, 2 stacks of 3 angels + 4 growth, totaling 12 angels, took 17 fanatics, 35 marksmen, 24 crusaders (Sorcha), 43 royal griffins, and broke through with 84 manticores (without losses due to mass slow). I reached the opponent's castle and his main hero - but didn't attack (offered to defend in the capital).
The opponent had 2 scorpius and a decent number of 1-4 monsters, but no minotaurs or dragons... Victory!

Everything listed above has been acknowledged.
:smile43: :smile08: :smile01:

MYT@R' (blue Inferno, Pir) def SpiriTT (Tower, Nela) 2SM4d(3)
We started playing after a restart. The starting location was in a basement, small and with almost no resources, but seeing the potential for Ifrits, I decided to play. In the first week, I built Ifrits, but without a Stronghold, deciding to save money for the economy. In the second week, I got 4 Ifrits, ~80 Imps, ~35 Gogs, and started crushing everything that wasn't too dangerous :D
I captured the Tower and bought Gremlins there, and then Nela showed up. I hid in the basement and waited. The Castle was, of course, recaptured, but they didn't build a Stronghold; there was a hero there. I came out of the basement and cornered him in the Castle, but the opponent was persistent and didn't give up, starting to level up a new hero.
In the third week, I captured the Ifrit growth location, and things started to improve.
The map turned out to be uninteresting... Swamp, snow... and we were next to each other for two turns.
In the end, I caught him when he left his Castle, and then there was an unexpected arrival from the teleport.

I have: 13-12-10-4, Expert: Logistics, Wisdom, Ballistics, Tactics; Advanced Fire and Defense. Army: 6 Archdevils, 29 Sultan Ifrits, and 1+1+1, 55 Gogs, 45 Cerberuses. He has: 9-8-10-10, 3 Angels, 10 Giants, 82 upgraded Gremlins, 16 upgraded Djinns, 14 upgraded Nagas, 8 Mages, 22 upgraded Gargoyles.
I'm in the Castle, and... the Ifrits and Devils decided the battle in my favor.

Thanks for the game and the experience gained

МЫТ@РЬ (blue Inferno, Pir) def SpiriTT (Tower, Nela) 2SM4d(3)
thx for the game and the experience gained

Confirmed. And thanks to you too! I felt so sorry for Nelka...
checked the map—didn't find a single Dragon Utopia...

Yakudza (castle, blue, Valkyrie) def Alone (rampart, red, Kirya) 1-4-3

Thanks for the game.

That's how it happened. In the first game, I grabbed 2 elven outposts – I spent money on them, but I also took 2 crypts. In the end, I was exactly 40 gold short to build a castle, no matter how hard I tried to get it from somewhere, but I built stables. The respawn point was simply huge; in the second game, I discovered another elven outpost and dragons with a scout, but since I went to reinforce my secondary base, I couldn't grab them under any circumstances. I reinforced the dragons and placed them in the rampart only on the third day; the elves had already retreated, so I could start solving more serious tasks. I decided to check a small dungeon near the capital; the blue faction had already cleared it out. I killed a couple of scouts and grabbed a Necropolis. All of this took time; I needed to go through Conflux to the third Inferno base, and as it turned out, there was a Book of Earth behind a group of hydras. But I wasn't playing attentively because I was distracted. In the end, Valkyrie arrives, and in the final battle, the outcome is decided by an explosion and a lot of mana against the opponent, accumulated with the Thunder Helm. The much-praised aura against magic of the rampart warriors had no effect at all.

Decontaminator (blue, Tower, Nela, Nela) def Sir Captain (red, Swamp, Bron, Bron) 2SM4D(3) 225
First, I want to thank Sir Captain for his great patience and fairness :smile12:. My computer was glitching and restarting from time to time.
My opponent developed faster and better than me. On the 3rd week, he attacked my Castle, and Nela barely made it back. He had an advantage in terms of parameters and troops, but he had very little mana. Bron retreated for about 8000$ (I really needed it), when the outcome of the battle became clear. The following week, he attacked me again. This time, I bought all the troops and attacked him. When the outcome of the battle became clear, Bron fled. On the fifth week, both of us were leveling up intensively. I took 2 Cons (2 and 1) and 2 Drowns (min & max), and got a Titan's Armor, an amulet against lightning, a Sword of Justice, a Book of Air, and other items in them. On the 6th week, Bron attacked me again (God loves the trinity:D), but from a different direction. I took another Drown (min, the most valuable item is the Boots of Swiftness), a cloak of speed, and, after buying all the troops, I attacked. Bron's parameters were slightly better, but again :smile39: only 11 mana. Several times, his magic resistance triggered, but in the end, Nela blinded 2 squads and defeated the rest. When she restored all the squads that could be restored and started cloning them, my opponent surrendered.
Thank you for the game, the experience, and the patience.

Decontaminator (blue, Tower, Nela, Nela) def Sir Captain (red, Swamp, Bron, Bron) 2SM4D(3) 225

Confirmed. I didn't have the patience. I thought I'd quickly win and go to sleep :) Bron was 50% stronger in terms of stats and troops, but he attacked the castle without mana... I should have just cleared out the enemy's spawn points... it would have ended in a week :)

But... if ifs and buts were candies and nuts, we'd all have a merry Christmas :)
Thanks for the game!

Dreamcatcher (red, Rampart, Ivor) def Yakudza (blue, Castle, Valeska) 1-1-4, 2sm4d(3)

Spoiled a couple of good respawn spots for myself and the opponent with restarts; the opponent had bad luck on the last hand.

Thanks for the game!

vitalic (red, Castle, Valeska, Iona) def Sir Dmitriy767 (blue, Dungeon, Gunar) 2SM4D(3) 147
Weak start, only 4 archers and they aren't built, but there are two prisons nearby; freed two level 5 heroes (both mages). On the first one I leveled Valeska, as the path to the swamp secondary was blocked by 19 cows guarding the artifact. On the second one I switched to a mage who has logistics. On the third, I placed the first Dragon Utopia and angels; on the second, three more Dragon Utopias. It's hard to take them with a mage, all troops are wiped out, but I managed to gather plenty of wyverns
Iona level 21 18 18 15 22 (330 mana, expert air, tactics, armor etc., golden bow, +1 speed) strike stack of 32 monk wyverns and some odds and ends, a couple of archangels etc.
Thanks for the game