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

Myhtar (red, Jabarkas, Jabarkas) def Chester87 (Tower, Theodorus, Theodorus) 2sm4d3 2.2.2
We played according to the Hv rules, but for 2 minutes.
In the first week, he used monsters with a castle and an orc growth bonus.
In the 2nd week, he built secondary Confluxes, but didn't build them for an army, only for money.
In the 3rd week, he opened up Nagabanks and Cyclops.
In the 4th week, he opened up cans (2+2+3) and built Cyclops.
In the 5th week, he had a Utopia, and he got a Gladius from the standing one.
In the 6th week, he went to take it out...
GO 13 gold and 26 green.
He captured the main castle, and his hero was nearby. I decided to wait in the castle, and he attacked me. :)
Jabarkas 28-8-8-7, 10 gray bears, 6 angels, 151 orcs, 104 dogs, 10 cyclops, 9 nagas, 15 birds, Theodorus 3-3-9-10 252 gremlins, 40 gargoyles, 53 mages)))
Battle))) with an expert in mass haste tactics, and it all happened without losses, the opponent surrendered.
Thanks for the game.

Myhtar (red, Jabarkas, Jabarkas) def Chester87 (Tower, Theodorus, Theodorus) 2sm4d3 2.2.2
I confirm MYHTAR's VICTORY!
Well... the defense was simply terrible... To be fair, in the first week there were 2 nests of gargoyles and mages, in the second - a native secondary town, and only in the third (!!!!!) - giants with a castle. In general, the opponent's advantage in hero level was almost twice as much, and the number of 7th-level creatures did the trick... In general, there was no chance... The opponent's advantage in development was undeniable! Congratulations again!

Loi Castle:Orin vs Dudge elves:Kyrre (win)
on week 1 built citadel and dendroids with pegasi..stupidly got merged by Kyrre on beams((( still don't understand why he charged at them... result: screwed on money and Kyrre sits in the castle for 4 days waiting for any troops.
on week 2 quickly got expert earth and off it went... didn't have enough for the dragons though
on week 3 placed the dragons, around the same time clashed with Orin, was expelled..but generally was already preparing to split up, had to give only 2k extra to the opponent. Rushed down (yet again scanning the map, I notice the golden bow and a quest artifact) to gather loot.. the opponent headed for the castle. I split up and via the chain all into the castle. Turned in the artifact and bought all the dendroids... the opponent decided to go for a storm and was defeated. A couple of days later accepted surrender.

Loi Castle:Orrin vs Dudge elves:Kyrre (win)
on week 1 I built a citadel and dendroids with pegasi.. stupidly charged with Kyrre on beams((( still don't understand why I went for them... result: screwed on money and Kyrre sits in the castle for 4 days waiting for any troops.
on week 2 quickly got Expert Earth and off we went... though still didn't have enough for the dragons
on week 3 I placed dragons, around the same time clashed with Orrin, was routed.. but overall I was already planning to get beaten, had to give away only 2k extra to the opponent. Rushed down (while scanning the map again I notice the Golden Bow and a quest artifact) to collect loot.. the opponent headed to the castle. I get beaten and chain-summon back to the castle. Turned in the artifact and bought all dendroids... the opponent decided to go for the assault and was defeated. A couple of days later I accepted the surrender.

I confirm. Having roughly equal skills and troops (maybe slightly more on my side), going for the castle assault was a mistake, now obvious to me.
Thanks for the game.

Dreamcatcher (Blue, Swamp, Tazar) def Invisible (Red, Stronghold, Craig, Hack) 2-1-3, 2sm4d(3)

Start with built lizards, which means for the first day - vivers, buying them up, money to zero and off we go. Entered a max crypt and positioned troops incorrectly. 10 vamps and co shredded the gnolls and lizards. Central and small respawn. But I found the entrance to my own secondary :smile44: Breaking through guards of 50-99 wolves - good thing there were no upgraded ones. Exit the battle with 1 viver and a few lizards. By the end of the week, I capture the second swamp and try to scrape some money together. At home, somehow a castle with cows and vivers.
Second week - the second respawn is just as meager. In the secondary, I only put vivers - there's absolutely nothing to develop everyone else. A couple of minimal medusa tents fell. Tazar surprisingly quickly pushed earth magic to expert, and the loser found a slow scroll :cool:
Third week - I take a min-can, another can is deep in the mire, heading there without an angel. Taking it without scouting - it's a double. Recovered boots of speed. Return to the road and not far along is the entrance to the lava treasury. As soon as I poked my head in, I realized that without mana there's nothing to do; guards are either beefy or fast, slow won't be enough for everyone. No Tankosaur could be made out of Tazar, very modest 2-9-2-2 on the third week... Such a tiny Tancheg, a little Tankosaur, crawled out of the nest with a naive look "hello world :smile03: " And Craig had already been scaring me since the second week with levels like 8-6-6-4. Return Tazik home to take the third can behind the home castle, and there's also a tree for 10-19 nags. Built hydras.
Fourth week - a three-can and a max tree are taken. From the overview, all movements of the opponent's heroes are visible, constant running of losers back and forth, chains working full blast, meaning Craig is leveling up. Tazik - rushing to the treasury again, with mana and expert slow it's much easier. Vivers arrive from the secondary, another tree falls (minimal), vivers reach nearly 30. Attack club +5 for 5-9 archons, shield of courage +4 to all for 50-99 whip-users (good thing not hellish ones), Pandora for 15 kilobytes of experience for a crowd of nags, and a book of fire for 3 magic dragons. Tazar finally grew in stats; at 1-4-7 he's merged/bought back home.
I decide to devote the fifth week to searching for another treasury, because there is still nothing ownable. Just as I moved out to another neighboring unexplored respawn - and immediately ran into the Dragon Utopia :smile04:
1-2-2 - red is moving, and from the overview it's visible how Craig prepared to hit ГО... The same Dragon Utopia falls - turned out to be a max one, evil dragons killed all the cows... They give a book of earth and a red ball. I think - should I equip it or not, checked Craig's stats in the tavern - 30-11-17-14 and realized: equip it! Town Portal home, bought everyone up and thanks to the lollipop Tazik 15-15-7-18 withstood the siege.

Thanks for the game!

Everything listed above has been taken into account
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Dreamcatcher (Blue, Swamp, Tazar) def Invisible (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack) 2-1-3, 2sm4d(3)

It happened! And it started so well :o On the first week, I found a bear in a Castle with orcs, got a Shield +3, and Crag Hack got perfect stats: immediately Defense, then Air Magic, and then Logistics. On the first week, I took a minimal Griffin Conservatory, then decided to grind on 34 Ogre Magi on Barbarian land with the first week's army. Barely made it out with one Angel that had 10 HP left. I even lost the bear :mad:. But that's okay, because the next turn I broke through to the surface and had decent gold. There I spotted a Dragon Utopia and felt warm inside. On the third week, I started building a secondary Conflux. The town gave 10000 gold, so the birds in the Conflux were built without any strain. I defeated a Helm +6 to all stats with a horde of Manticores :smile23: . I should note that I never found Haste for my Expert Air Magic until the end of the game. On day 142, I took a Tier 2 Dragon Utopia: lost 3 birds, but got Wings and a Titan's Gladius. I wanted to attack my opponent at the beginning of the second month, but got distracted by a couple of goodies, and that decided it, since Tazar took a Dragon Utopia with a red lollipop one turn before my attack :smile35:
On day 213, I was a kilometer away from the Griffin Conservatory to avoid being spotted, but it turned out Tazar could see almost all my movements on half of my spawn area and was laughing as I tried to hide. On day 214, I flew over the Griffin Conservatory and attacked. When I saw the red orb on my opponent, I was already playing it out, because assaulting a Swamp castle without Magic and Ballistics is death. Let's ban the red orb :smile35: It's a real cheat.
Thanks for the game!

Izgoy767 (Castle, Kaitlin) Def loi (Castle, Valeska)
No development, but on the first turn, I had knights in the Castle and 3 monks :D. I wandered around the map with a weak army:smile13:. On the second turn, I cleared out 20-50 Ogres, gaining 10k experience, and immediately became an Earth expert. I went to the Dungeon, took some secondary units, and emerged on the other side, right into the opponent's territory:smile21:. I thought, "Oh no, I'm in trouble," and ran back (with my army of 5-6 knights and a few archers). I went to a town, took a level 3 building, upgraded my knights (to 15), bought everything I could, and went back to the Dungeon. But I didn't have any secondary units left:mad:. I killed 20-50 Manticores and found Speed Gloves, but I couldn't take my turn because it ended:mad:. Then, the opponent attacked me with a powerful army. I had a mage, and he had a warrior. He almost wiped out all my units except the knights, and then he ran away. Soon after, the opponent surrendered.

loi took revenge:
loi (Castle, Valeska) Def Izgoy767 (Castle, Kaitlin)
Basically, I relaxed and wandered around the map as if everything was peaceful!
On the second week, the opponent showed up, but he was broke and had weak archers, so he got completely crushed in the Castle:smile34:.
Final score: 1-1
Thanks for the game

Izgoi767 (Castle, Caitlin) Def loi (Castle, Valeska)
no development to speak of, but on the first week there were cavaliers in the castle, on the third week monks :D , wandered around the respawn with a tiny fist :smile13: , on the second week I clear 20-50 ogres for 10k experience, right there I get expert Earth Magic, went into the underground and took a secondary Dungeon, come out the other side and there's the opponent's respawn :smile21: I think, well I'm done for, and rush back (with my army of 5-6 cavaliers and a few archers) went and took the 3rd Griffin Conservatory, upgraded the cavaliers (15), bought everything available, and went into the underground, where I no longer had the secondary [town] :mad: I kill 20-50 manticores and get Gloves of Speed, can't take the turn, time ran out :mad: and then the opponent attacked me with his main hero, me a mage and him a warrior, he mowed down almost all my troops except the cavaliers and fled, soon after the opponent capitulated.

loi took revenge:
loi (Castle, Valeska) Def Izgoi767 (Castle, Caitlin)
basically I got careless, walking around the respawn as if there were peace in the country and the world!
kept at it until the 2nd week, the opponent showed up — had no money, the shooters weren't upgraded, in short I got completely destroyed in the castle :smile34:
Result 1-1
thanks for the game

I confirm both games. In the first game, I once again tried to pass troops to several heroes in a relay fashion, so each could fight — supposedly to optimally clear the respawn. As in several previous games, at some point I either lost or took unacceptable losses with my scout hero, or simply couldn't make a move within 4 minutes, although my hands trembled less :). After 4 weeks — not a wink, as they say, I was terribly unhappy with the development — went for a forced push, paid the price. In the second game I got lucky with the respawn, had a lightbulb moment and saw that the path to the adjacent secondary [town] was strewn with crypts and dwarf dwellings — accordingly, loads of money, took the secondary Rampart and bought everything out, came to visit on [week] 124 — the troop advantage, especially in archers, decided it.
Thanks for the games.

invisible (red, swamp, BTR, BTR) def Dubrovin Pavel (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 147
After a series of restarts, I got a respawn without a single external dwelling, while Pavel had an angel external dwelling, which I was incredibly happy about. But I quickly took the Inferno secondary, immediately put in a thousand, and it turned out that I had two adjacent spawns - both swamp :smile03: But the entrance to one of the same secondary Castles is blocked, though I took the other. In the first week, I built everything except hydras in the Castle; wyverns were built in the secondary. Three hives were scouted. Tazik was given logistics immediately, then earth, but none of the three Castles had slow :( . On the third week, I took all the hives and scouted the Dragon Utopia, which I took on 135 - it turned out to be a minimum, but they gave me a breastplate +4/4 attack/defense and a shield +3/3 attack/defense. On the third, I fully developed the secondary except for hydras and took Pandora's box for the entire fourth level. I pushed wisdom on the guard of that very Pandora's box :) . Also on the third, I took the fourth blocked Castle and built the guild there - no slow :mad: I gave up on it and on 145 broke through ГО (angels with archangels) and took Valeska's main Castle. On the next turn, I took the angel dwelling and teleported home so that on 211, with growth, I could mountain-portal back into the enemy's Castle. But Pavel, seeing this situation, surrendered. By the way, same as me, Pavel didn't have slow in his Castle; it's just insane - it wasn't in five Castles :eek:
Thanks for the game! You just have no luck with the layout when playing against me :D

Uran, People, Kaitlin Kir - Decontaminator, Barbarian, Tiraxor, 2sm4d(3), 214
In the first week, I found a stash of angels and griffins, and also recruited monks, rays, and 3 pixies... Kir came as the 5th hero. Easy. I built up the monks in the castle. Then I went for money. I took a second castle (barbarians), then a third (necropolis). I didn't even see Zhira, just a +2/+2 sword and a +4 shield. I upgraded the archers and wanted to go for the Grail, but nearby I saw an amulet of luck/morale, for Kir with 1.5-day boots, I gathered it and went for the Grail. I cleared 35 hydras, and an opponent arrived at the castle, but I had little mana (I was accidentally clearing hydras on autobattle), so I decided to replenish and harass the opponent, as it's impossible to outrun Kir. The opponent ran after me, I turned around, and Kir attacked: 10-19-9-33 mana, experience, attack, earth, defense, wisdom (slow, resurrection) - Tiraxor 19-13-13-260 mana. Result: a huge advantage in troops (about 2.5 times), and everything was decided in two turns.
Uran won.

:eek: invisible (red, swamp, BTR, BTR) def Dubrovin Pavel (blue, castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 147
Thanks for the game! You just don't have luck with the starting conditions when playing against me :D

I confirm!

In the first game, he only had swordsmen in his castle, and Valeska only got 6 Archers, which she didn't want to use to break through the guard of the neighboring spawn.

In the second game, he took the Water Nymph from the 50-99 range for the Angels.

In the third game, he built the Angels and only then took the secondary unit of the Stronghold.

In the fourth game, with 7 Angels and 90+ Archers, 2 Champions (he found the Nymph on the 1st week), he went looking for a good life. The lack of funds didn't allow him to take the rest of the army. Seeing the Fortress army, he didn't resist.

What can I say, I just can't win against Invisible:smile15:

Thanks for the game!

Uran, Caitlyn Kir, Decontaminator, Barbarian, Tiraxor, 2sm4d(3), 214
Uran won.

Thank you for the game, experience, and patience!

Dreamcatcher (Red, Dungeon, Shakti) def Volland (Blue, Rampart, Kirr) 1-4-3, 2sm4d(3) We met near the coveted utopia. It was my turn, and between attacking the utopia and attacking Kirr, I chose to attack Kirr. According to the numbers, Kirr is ahead, but in terms of strength, Shakti is stronger. Expert tactics and slowing down decided the outcome in favor of Shakhtar. Thank you for the game!

Dreamcatcher (Red, Dungeon, Shakti) def Volland (Blue, Rampart, Kirr) 1-4-3, 2sm4d(3)

We met near the coveted utopia. It was my turn, and between attacking the utopia and attacking Kirr, I chose to attack Kirr. According to the numbers, Kirr was ahead, but in terms of strength, Shakti was stronger. Expert tactics and slowing down decided the outcome in favor of the Miners.

Thank you for the game!

That's what happened.
Throughout the game, I developed faster than my opponent, but I was greedy. Instead of calmly visiting my own treasures, I decided to rob my opponent's utopia. I rushed towards it so quickly that I didn't notice Shakti nearby, and when I defeated the orcs guarding the utopia, instead of using expert earth magic, I used a basic attack for the utopia. I didn't have enough turns to visit the utopia, and the next day, Shakti attacked.
Thank you for the game.