Posts from [HoMM3 on-line Tournaments] "Favorites to Battle"

with the same level of skill as in the first round!

Only the most worthy players remained in the second round... and I don't think there will be any critical comments like "remove me from the tournament" =)). Everyone is quite well-known, and everyone wants to play... so I don't think there's any need to panic. =)))

Zhenya, let's extend it until the new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Remove me from the tournament!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm tired of watching all this madness and idiocy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are those your words? You call the tournament, which I am running, a madhouse, you make fun of my decisions, and you say that you don't have any personal issues with me? I find it very unpleasant to read this, and I'm not going to personally contact each of you via ICQ; it's up to them to do that, not me. I've already done everything that depends on me. If nothing changes by Sunday evening, I'll post 3 more matches, determine whether Loi or Decontaminator will reach the semi-finals, and we'll continue. As Yura said, only the worthy will make it to the semi-finals.

I’ve already done everything that depends on me. If nothing changes by Sunday evening, I’ll post 3 more texts, determine whether Loi or Decontaminator will make it to the semi-finals, and we’ll move on. As Yura said, only the worthy will make it to the semi-finals.

Good luck to all of you worthy ones, maybe I’ll become worthy someday too:smile17:

2. Outcast 767. Let's all support Zhenya in every way possible; that's the best thing we can do. Evgeny has demonstrated excellent qualities twice. First, when he led the tournament, and second, now. He could have said, "Let's get rid of these slackers; because of them, we can't play the championship..." and started a big feud. But Zhenya, with his decision, didn't offend anyone and fulfilled his judging task – those who play better and who really WANT TO PLAY made it to the second stage! In my humble opinion, all the Heroes communities would envy this tournament we're playing in now, maybe except for hirosbay. There are many players, and the level of play is quite high – I gave it my all in the very first match against Vitaly. By the way, I'll probably post a report about that match on Monday. Seriously, calm down. Think about it; don't deprive yourself of the tournament because of a couple of days. When else will something new happen? And you played well. Good luck; I hope we meet in the group stage.

***We saved it - decided to continue the next day.
On Monday, I waited for my opponent for 2 (!) hours. Having lost patience, I consulted with Evgeny. Sticky was given a technical loss....***
Hmm... I said several times that the next day we MIGHT be able to play.
That day we played for 5 hours. 2 hours on restarts, another 3 on the game itself. At TaCo's turn speed, we played a week and a half. At 11 PM she says she's tired. wtf...
Well, if nothing can be done about it - ok, tech loss...

Sticky - so when are we playing then? The day after that, I was finishing my game with Kirr. That was the last day. That's one thing. Second - you yourself spent the entire week that was allocated for our game playing with Nagan, then said "I'll take a week off" to recover from the defeat... And in the last week, I kept calling you to play - you said - I can't, I can't... Yes - studies, a sudden exam... And all that... I understand - I even wished you luck... Although MY plans kept changing because of these games (more precisely, because of your inability to play). And on the last day, you also can't - so what am I supposed to do???
And one last thing - your "scout hero" moved to the neighboring respawn without breaking through the guard ;) I recently checked the saves... Although, of course, it's excusable here - since both respawns are grassy, the guard is shifted, there's no road.... You might not notice... But in principle, if we're nitpicking, you broke the rules.... :smile38:
And by the way - I take 4 minutes per turn.... The game doesn't allow me more than that ;) Plus battles.... Have you even played against strong players? They take much longer than me.... So don't nitpick about my turn time.... And at 11 PM - yes, I was tired.... I play from 6 PM to around 11-11:30 PM. Because I have to get up early for work, you know... ;) For your information....

Yes, our free time for playing kept not matching up. Yes, my scout hero went through the respawn, but when I saw the Conflux, I realized it wasn't a continuation of my respawn, so I pulled my scout hero back to my territory. Here, without a doubt, I broke the rules. Good luck in your future games!

Great! I'm waiting for an opponent in the game... ;)

Thank you very much for the draw, :) and the forum is finally working. In the second and third groups, it would be logical to separate Fortress and Rampart, and then there would be no repetitions anywhere.

The game was played in advance, while waiting for the group tournaments to end.

Vitalic (s, Rampart, Kirry, Gunnar) def Nagan -4 (k, Dungeon, Shakti), 223.

Started on the very first try. Lucky to be born up top. In week 1, Shakti went out to wipe out everything within reach; as a result, a neutral Inferno was taken, the territory with the Dragon Utopia was spotted, and manticores were built with a Castle. Took a hive for 6 wyverns. Level 6 Shakti.
In the second week, Shakti looted boots of speed, a hat +4 to mana, gathered wyverns, and somewhere around 133 clashed with the enemy Gunnar near a contested Conflux.
Both had fairly strong armies, but not fully bought out. Besides native troops, Gunnar had an angel and 22 wyverns; Shakti had 20 wyverns. A long battle, much of what was accumulated through hard, grueling labor perished.
Gunnar retreated with 2 wyverns, 4 elves, and 11 lizardmen. Shakti was left with 4 manticores, 19 medusas, about a hundred red troglodytes, and a dozen harpies. I wanted to gather all forces and launch a counterattack, but two circumstances stopped me: first, the elves' dwarves and dendroids had not been in battle, so the "meat" was quite thick. The second circumstance was Gunnar's resist; a couple of lightnings were reflected in battle, making it difficult to pick off those same dwarves with magic. Spitting on the matter, Shakti left to level up in new territories.
The game entered the stage of "...who will be the first to get control of the map..."
Built the magic tower in the Dungeon to the max, only a kettle among useful things.
Over two weeks, gathered wyverns, broke two utopias; in the third one, found a hat +4 to mana and spell power, armor +4 to attack and defense, boots +15% magic resistance. In Dragon Utopia 1 – a helmet (+10 to mana, -2 to spell power). Pandoras gave junk, except for the last one, where I received all earth magic.
It would have been nothing, but Gunnar took a sword +5 to all stats and a hat with fifth-level magic from his single Dragon Utopia, meaning he got fly and dimension door. Then he cleared up the map and started taking red cities.
There was nothing that could be done about it. I thought about looking for something useful or running around, but it was pointless. In the middle of the week, Gunnar took the last red city, caught Shakti, and forced a final battle.
Level 21 Shakti (17-13-14-12). Expert logistics, attack, defense, tactics, air, earth, wisdom, advanced intelligence, 180 mana.
29 wyverns, 47 beholders, 27 medusas, 27 harpies, 3 manticores, 38 gogs, 149 red troglodytes.
Level 23 Gunnar (23-18-21-13). Almost the same as mine, only expert resistance and fire instead of air and intelligence. 34 wyverns, 21 silver pegasi, 31 dendroids, 11 combat unicorns, 80 white centaurs.
On the very first move, Gunnar used explosion on the wyverns for 1800 hits; Shakti's counter-explosion for 1300 (also on wyverns) was resisted. After a couple of rounds of battle, Shakti was killed. 7 hours of gameplay.

Many thanks for the game!

Hello, my favorites!
Will you accept one more?

I would gladly participate, but I disagree with many of the rules. In my opinion, some of them are incorrect and unfair.

Basically, we have one spot available... Especially for Vigo. If no one objects, you can replace Izgoy767 – he declined to participate.

I would gladly participate, but I don't agree with many of the rules. In my opinion, some are incorrect and unfair.

Unfortunately, your opinion didn't consider them (the rules) when they could still be changed.

Uran Necropolis Galtran - Outcast Dungeon Shakti 217
A stash of vampires and skeletons for the first day, with plenty of resources around - you need to play. But it turned into a complete lack of funds. I constantly had to exchange resources. On the first day, vampires and 1k gold... It only got easier on the second day. I took a secondary Dungeon and found some money. I did well with the vampires, leveled up - got a +6 sword, +4 shield, bow +2 and +1 speed, 20 wyverns, and a level 18 hero. I reached the 4th week and had an encounter. Mashast and his entire group (minimum score for skeletons is 14) arrived and killed two-thirds of the opponent's troops; he bought his way out. We played for another four turns, and the opponent surrendered.

Vigo's arrival will intensify the competition, and I'm all for it :) But I don't understand the Outcast's motives; he was the one who talked the most about discipline, and then in the next round, the most disciplined players gathered... I'd like to hear the situation from the players themselves.

An interesting observation – three Necropolises, three Ramparts, three Dungeons, and three Fortresses made it to the semi-finals. One could write a study about the strength of these factions. I agree with Dreamcatcher; if each group only contains one type of faction, it will better reflect the spirit of the tournament.