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

Captain (blue, Swamp, Mephala, Mephala) def Sir Decontaminator (red, Necropolis, Galtran, Charna) 2SM4D(3) 213
Thanks for the game!

Confirmed. And some want to ban Necropolis. They are still very strong.)))
Thanks for the game and the experience.

Captain (blue, Stronghold, Bron) def. outlaw (red, Tower, Solmir) 216

Veni, vidi, vichi... although it took a while to get there and a while to find the passage.

Thanks for the game!

I think I already confirmed this report, but it seems my first attempt failed :rolleyes:
So, I confirm it again and thank you for the game :smile54:

Captain (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Volland (red, Swamp, Tazar) 225

Armageddon was performing wonders after visiting two towns... and, of course, a few of my creatures died. ;)

Thanks for the game!

Captain(blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Volland(red, swamp, Tazar) 225

It happened.
In 2 months I haven't seen a single Dragon Utopia.
Thanks for the game.

Arandor (blue, Stronghold, Tyraxor, Gurnisson) vs eXeCuToR (red, Conflux, Kalt, Lacus (quite a family)))

Arandor won

At the beginning, I got Tyraxor) I was happy because extra wolves are always useful. In the tavern, I bought Gurnisson and was also happy because he's one of my favorite heroes and the first one I played with in Heroes 3... There weren't any particular problems clearing the territories, and the terrain was good.... On the second week (I think), I captured a neutral Castle, which was also a Barbarian one... I built gold mines there and developed my main Castle.
When I reached the birds, I bought them all and set off on a journey)) while simultaneously raiding the neutrals)... By the way, Tyraxor was with me too))... In general, I almost reached the enemy Castle in this way... My main hero (Gurnisson) was moving below, and the second one (Tyraxor) was moving above... An enemy hero (the main one) appeared below, and I had to retreat because my army was smaller than the enemy's, and I hadn't bought anything in a while)) Luckily, he didn't catch up with me)) Scouting is key))... The second hero, meanwhile, moved along the top and revealed the Castle's territory (not all of it, but enough to observe)... During this time, I captured a Swamp Castle with my third hero and built gold mines there)

I came home, bought everyone (all level 7), and upgraded the old ones)) I went into the Dungeon... I thought it would be a quick way to the enemy))... But besides another Swamp Castle and a couple of artifacts, there was nothing) and a dead end, of course))) I got out of there, went into a town, bought some things (a week had passed after all))... and decided to take the quick route) which was guarded by a horde of Royal Cobras. It wasn't difficult for my army to defeat them... and after just one turn, I was at the gates of the enemy Castle... The battle wasn't particularly difficult because the opponent was throwing his army into the Abyss.
We finished playing on day 2, week 2, month 2... or maybe month 3) I don't remember)))

We played on a random map, Medium size, difficulty 160, with a Dungeon

vitalic (blue, Castle, Valeska) def Sir Dmitriy767 (red, Dungeon, Shakhti, Gunnar) 2SM4D(3) 135
Archers not built, but two native heroes and + external dwellings of levels 1-3. Broke through to Barbarian territory, took a long time there, but then it all paid off, artifacts in wagons, a couple of Dwarf Cottages. At the start of the third month I reached Inferno, many archers, looking for red. Managed to arrive via Inferno
Valeska 3 12 8 4 (Expert Air, without Haste, +1 Speed) 9 Cavaliers, 9 Monks, 18 Crusaders, 106 Pikemen, 31 Royal Griffins, 24 Gog, 102 Marksmen
Gunnar 7 5 2 1 with 15 Minotaur Kings, 8 cats, 50 Troglodytes, 35 Evil Eyes, 20 Medusa Queens

The terrain helped, the Hasted Minotaurs were blocked by Royal Griffins and then shot down by archers
Thanks for the game

vitalic (blue, Castle, Valeska) def Sir Dmitriy747 (red, Dungeon, Shachti, Gunar) 2SM4D(3) 135

It was! All the prerequisites for victory were there, but I didn't take advantage of them!
Thank you for the game.

KAZAK1992 vs mal11982) I won, he'll comment on it.

Ugh, I don't feel like commenting... basically, I give up. I was playing Necropolis, all exits are blocked, I have no money and no resources either. I can't get a second Castle, and my opponent already has two or more.

Everything listed above has been acknowledged.
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vitalic (blue, swamp, Tazar) def Sir Decontaminator (red, castle, Valeska) 2SM4D(3) 127
They didn't build any lizards, but I see a couple of dungeons and a +1000 experience stone. On the second level, they offer a choice between earth or logistics; I chose logistics, and then declined a couple of times during skirmishes. With 117 Tazar, I'm already in my secondary town. I have houses 1-6 with a castle, and I placed a viv in the secondary town. On turn 123, I'm already near the opponent, but instead of going to him, I entered a dungeon; I need to upgrade earth. In the dungeon, by turn 19, I have 19 battle unicorns and an earth sphere; I defeated them, doubled my mana, and went to the opponent. I didn't reach the castle, but I ended up right next to it and stopped. On turn 127, I took the capital, where 10 crusaders and 2 horses were stationed. Spearmen, and Tazar has a 105 damage archer + 6 viv; I quickly defeated them all. Without the capital, and with Tazar targeting the opponent's main town, Valeska surrendered.
Thanks for the game.

vitalic (blue, Swamp, Tazar) def Sir Decontaminator (red, Castle, Valeska) 2SM4D(3) 127

The respawn is very small and poor. On day 1, I took a crypt with 5 vampires, but the gold quickly ran out((. By week 1, only swordsmen with a citadel. With such a poorly played week, I could have surrendered right away. I played week 2 decently: the cavalry came online in the Castle, I took the secondary skill of Conf and an external dwelling of air elementals. On week 3, I planned to take 2 Griffin Conservatories on days 3-4, but it didn't happen - guests showed up)). Thanks for the game and the experience.

Arandor (blue, Stronghold, Tyraxor, Gurnisson) vs eXeCuToR (red, Conflux, Kalt, Lacus (what a family!))

Exactly. He developed very well at first, had a good territory, then an enemy hero came to me, and the fact that he ran away from me, heels flashing, made me puff up my cheeks and not chase after him (and who knows what he has?). Arandor, it's not because I couldn't catch you))) I also lost everyone in Utopia with my cheeks puffed up, and then I barely managed to gather an army, only to find out that he had three times more troops, and even sitting in a castle didn't save me. Thanks for the game.

Kamikaze (Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def SS-D (Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2SM4D- 122
We spawned on adjacent starting locations. The game started with 20-49 Death Knights. Kyrre immediately headed into the snow (she was feeling confident). Near the secondary resource, she acquired a scout...and saw that Trogolodites were guarding the border between the snow and the blue player's starting area! A plan was immediately formed - to buy everything and break through to the enemy (although there might not be anyone there, but it's unlikely that a group of Death Knights is blocking the secondary starting location). I made a slight mistake with the hero placement (Rylander with 250 movement points didn't make it by 121). But I got lucky later - Kyrre entered the Castle with fanfare and without a fight. SS-D surrendered!

Kamikaze (Necropolis, Galthran, Galthran) def SS-D (Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2SM4D- 124
This time, Galthran was given over 80 skeletons at the start, plus 27 at Tamika's tavern and 12 in the city. A dream came true... for someone.
There's one road, then it splits, and there wasn't much choice: either go through a horde of Bears or through the sands, facing hordes of Gnolls and various Fairies.
I captured a secondary town; Blue only has one city. He decided to rush again (I think that even if I hold him off, the reinforcements and army from his main city will arrive and change things).
But the enemy attacked himself, and with Shakti??? with 45 Marksmen!!! How is that possible, and on sand, too! But Blue's army was more than impressive (5 Cavaliers, 45 Marksmen, 83 Trolls, 30 Pikemen, 7 Swordsmen). I had 142 skeletons (in total, by the beginning of the second week!), 7 Liches, and 7 Vampires. But Galthran gave Shakti a hard time! And then, reinforcements arrived with 5 Black Knights, and we crushed the Stronghold with Valeska (but there were almost no Marksmen left).
Thanks for the game, 2-0 in favor of Kamikaze.