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

or maybe we can just organize a tournament: Lady vs. everyone:smile02:, I think many wouldn't refuse to play against a lady, given how rare such an event is:smile44:

:D And how would the winner of such a tournament be determined? ;) By the total number of my losses/wins?

or maybe we should just organize a tournament: Lady vs. everyone:smile02:, I think many wouldn't refuse to play against a lady, given how rare such an event is:smile44:

Here's where the mistake lies - I know at least 10 girls (through ICQ) who can play Heroes 3...
What makes this particular case special is the high probability of losing :rolleyes:
There's also a girl named Natasha, but I don't know her in any way:o, although I've heard a lot about her talent in this game, but we shouldn't underestimate our Tanya either ;)

in general, for those who want to "test their skills" against a female player – you should contact Diasander (I don't remember the exact nickname). He's a fairly well-known player; I haven't met him myself, but according to rumors, he's not much weaker than the top players in the online game.

There's also a girl named Natasha, but I don't know her personally, although I've heard a lot about her talents in this game.

As far as I remember, Natasha only plays offline (I envy her talents in this game, as well as nprf, prorock Pred, Paladin, and basically the entire "League of Tournament Fighters" clan). But I think it wouldn't be easy to play against her online either. And as for Tanya – hehe =), sometimes it's not just with her.

Dreamcatcher (Blue, Rampart, Ivor) def Gamer-Kirill (Red, Swamp, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 1-3-4

At the very start, I almost immediately took the external dwelling of horses. Respawn is good, there's money, two rich dwarf dwellings, a nag bank, and a conservatory were scouted. The horses were garrisoned with the castle. On the second day, I'm clearing out an underground secondary hero — turned out to be a Dungeon, where I immediately placed a portal of summoning for horses. By the end of the week, I took a tier-3 nag dwelling, horses and beasts. On the third day, I hit a tier-3 conservatory in the underground and resurface back home. Horses are gathering from everywhere, a second tier-3 conservatory is being broken. Ivor is an advanced logistician with gloves. A plan matures — to get positioned for a speed boost and on the next day, with devastating cavalry, break 20-49 green dragons by ГО. The plan, as revealed, was hopeless: the road leading to the opponent's castle was a tricky path twisted into a Möbius strip. And Tazarych was hanging around nearby with decent might. But alas, news of surrender arrived.

Decontaminator (red, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def AndreyALN (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 135
My opponent kindly allowed me to play as red. There was one restart, and it was necessary when Gosha reached level 5. We mutually violated the rules due to forgetfulness and inexperience:(. But we still came to an agreement:D. On turn 135, Gosha, with 6 angels, 800 skeletons, and 20 vampires, stormed the secondary Conflux, where Tazar was stationed with 3 elementals, 2 hydras, 3+1+1+1 butterflies, and 6 air elementals. My opponent surrendered.
Thank you for the game and the experience.

:D And how would the winner of such a tournament be determined? ;) By the total number of my losses/wins?

The main thing is not how the winner is determined! But what will be the prize for defeating the Lady...:rolleyes:

Dreamcatcher (Blue, Rampart, Ivor) def Gamer-Kirill (Red, Swamp, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 1-3-4
I confirm Dreamcatcher's victory.
I'll tell you how it went from my resp.))))
On the first week, I built hydras in the Stronghold (there were no gorgons), a secondary necromancer dwelling, but only 3 heroes. Money simply didn't allow me to hire a fourth. As a result, on the second week, there were constant money troubles, which were only resolved when I had more heroes and became able to move troops quickly. On the second week, I built a Castle and gorgons, and captured the external dwelling of gorgons. On the third, 2 cans (1 and 3 angels), then euphoria took over me; I gave 4 hydras and 4 angels to a noob who is throwing away a maximum can (40 griffins in a stack). That's it! The core of the army is shattered. I see no further prospects. I throw in the white flag.....
It turns out Dream was already planning to break the ГО.
Well, it will be a lesson to me that I need to test "standards" and not allow such regrettable throws.
By the way, our second game again ended with my throw, this time in the Dragon Utopia. But that's another story....
I suppose that is where a player's class lies, when they know exactly how to win battles with MINIMAL rather than INSUFFICIENT forces.
In any case, thanks for the experience.

Decontaminator (red, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def AndreyALN (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 135

Basically, there were no other options. When 150-200 skeletons rush you on the first day, only a huge amount of money can save you, but there's somehow never enough on a random map. So, I didn't go into a fight on the first week. On the second week, there weren't any problems setting up a clash with the opponent; they were only 10-20 pegasi away:D. Instead, I went searching for money, which led me to the Elves. I was happy, but the opponent wasn't idle and came there with 800 skeletons in 3 days. There wasn't enough money, so there was no point in continuing. The random map is too predictable, especially against a Necropolis:smile52:. That's how it ended. Thanks for the game!

With Natasha we even power-leveled on the same off, they along with nprf honestly made their mark with results in our league too :smile49:

And lastly - your "scout hero" moved to the adjacent respawn without breaking the guard ;) Although, of course, this is excusable here - since both respawns are grassy, the guard is shifted, there is no road.... You might not even notice...

I'll say this purely from the perspective of someone who had only played fixed before and encountered this situation myself - on fixed maps there is no shifted guard in most cases, but sometimes it is shifted on purpose because a quest is hidden in it, and without a road I, for example, cannot tell whether it's a respawn for you or something else, and I also wander through my own territory between guards, simply not thinking about whether this guard is shifted, whether it was placed there on purpose to guard something inconspicuous, and I'm not even sure that in the previous games of the first tour I didn't break this rule, and I wouldn't know now either if my last opponent hadn't told me about it - when there's a road or an artifact, everything is clear, but when there's no road :confused:

I'll say this from the perspective of someone who only played the fixed maps before and encountered this situation. In fixed maps, the guard posts are usually not moved, but sometimes they are intentionally moved because a quest is hidden there. Without a path, I can't tell if it's a respawn point or something else, and I wander around my territory, also among the guard posts, without even thinking about whether the guard post is moved or if it's intentionally placed there to guard something that's not visible. I'm not even sure if I violated this rule in previous games of the first round, and I wouldn't know now if my last opponent hadn't told me about it. When there's a path or an artifact, it's all clear, but when there isn't a path...

It's like that at first, but then you get used to it. The main thing is to follow the principle: nothing can be obtained for free :D. If there's a guard post, it's guarding something. Usually, there's a guard post from respawn point to respawn point: 10-19, level 5; 20-49, level 4; or 50-99, level 3.

Dudge Necropolis, go Ewgeniy Rampart, Kyrre 134
Appeared at the top... a ton of gold, skeletons were tearing everything apart. By the end of the week, Death Knights with a citadel were built. On day 3, I bought out all the creatures and wanted to scatter in all directions, but then Evgeniy appeared at the top teleport and decided not to wait, but to gather and go after him. I take a +3 can of preserve and stand in the teleport. After 4 days, I reached the opponent's main castle and assaulted it; Evgeniy surrendered. Thanks for the game.

Dudge undead, Gosha Ewgeniy elves, Kyrre 134
Appeared at the top.... tons of money, skeletons were tearing through everything. By the end of the week, bone dragons with citadels were built. On day 3, I bought out everything and wanted to scatter in all directions, but then Evgeny appeared in the teleport at the top and decided not to wait, but to gather and go after him. I took a +3 can and stood in the teleport. After 4 days, I reached the enemy's main castle and stormed it; Evgeny surrendered. Thanks for the game.

Kept hesitating, especially at the end of the first week, I took the Magician's Crown with Kyrre, Bone Greaves, and having 4\7 attack and knowledge, I stood in the castle, scouted a chapel with archers (wasn't in the castle), but in my haste I ran past it (forgot :smile11:) and attacked almost a hundred upgraded Centaurs... in short, lost momentum, and gradually began to lose ground. Unexpectedly :smile07: Gosha showed up, I had to leave 20 elves and hole up in the castle, which essentially didn't help much - Gosha tore me apart in the castle like a god does a turtle, without even using skeletons :mad:

Nagan-4 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Dekontaminator (red, Necropolis, Galtran).

Lucky with the respawn – besides the dwellings of Troglodytes, Harpies, and Medusas, there was a Manticore dwelling.
The respawn wasn't the most lucrative, only Manticores with a Citadel, but by the beginning of the second week I had 8 Manticores in the army, captured a neutral Stronghold, and started setting up chains to transfer troops. On day 125 I could have lost the fight – Shakti was scouting ahead, the entire army was nearby with the scout hero, when a red hero jumped out of the fog, luckily not Galtran. Then Galtran also showed up, and I didn't want to tangle with a horde of skeletons. Shakti is defeated, the army is passed along the chain away from the dangerous spot. The Stronghold is lost. On the third week, a new path is cleared, a Fortress is taken, and a Dragon Utopia is revealed. Minimum-level one, taken on day 137. It gave a Tome of Earth Magic.
On day 141, I stumbled into a fantastic feast. A bunch of Hives and Pandora's Boxes, on Lava, so Shakti didn't slow down. By day 212, Shakti is level 20 (8,15,9,5), took Pandora's Boxes with Earth and Air magic, the army grew to 67 Wyverns and 4 Angels. Nothing can be free forever – taking advantage of Shakti's absence, in the middle of week 4, Galtran captured the blue capital; I didn't want to look at the number of his skeletons. I was left with one Fortress against 4 enemy towns.
Then the races began. Aside from 6 Angels and 67 Wyverns, Shakti had no other army. He tries on one hand to hold at least some town and find artifacts to boost stats. I was glad that Galtran didn't go for the second feast in the Dungeon, and I collected it myself. I couldn't find a Dragon Utopia anywhere; by the way, Galtran also only found one Utopia the entire game. The only useful thing it gave him was a shield +12 defense, -2 attack. Also, a scroll of Flight helped Galtran.
I always held at least one town. Couldn't find anything decent on the map, so I started fighting for towns. For almost a month, we engaged in battles between secondary heroes, fighting over castles. There were three Fortresses on the map; we mutually built them up, and I held at least two of them steadily. Only at the start of week 11 of the game, on day 3-3-3, I decided I had gathered enough army to fight the red boss. Shakti is sitting in Necropolis, Galtran is assaulting the town.

Shakti level 24 (24,25,21,17), 328 mana points. Expert Offense, Tactics, Logistics, Earth, Air, Wisdom, Fire, and Learning. The last skill was forced in. Army – 12 Angels, 137 Wyverns, 44 Basilisks, 108 upgraded Serpents, 76 Wolf Riders, 227 Gnolls, 123 Lizard Archers. Main arguments – Expert Implosion dealing 1875 damage, a medal +3 to morale and luck.

Galtran level 22 (24,30,11,14). 140 mana points. Expert Necromancy, Defense, Earth, Ballistics, Logistics, Pathfinding, Wisdom, and Tactics. 3 Angels, 51 Wyverns, 7 Bone Dragons, 23 Power Lich, 32 Dread Knights, 55 Vampires, somewhere around 2100 Skeletons. Expert Resurrection and Animate Dead, as well as Clone.
The fight took a long time. Expert Ballistics immediately put a hole in the town wall, although I still don't like destroying the catapult, because it's a bug. In the end, I used Implosion; nevertheless, about 1700 Skeletons broke into the town, and a Clone was very opportunely cast on them. Twice during the fight, my Wyverns got positive morale, and luck also played a part – mostly thanks to that, the Skeletons were neutralized. Still, the advantage in magic made the difference – I knocked out all the strong red stacks with Implosion, then raised 7 Angels. A hard-fought victory. We started playing around 2 PM and finished at 4 AM... the next day. 14 hours of play, a decent chunk of which was taken up by battles of secondary heroes over towns.

Thank you very much for the game!

Nagan-4 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Decontaminator (red, Necropolis, Galtran).
Thank you very much for the game!

The game was tough, but interesting. Big thanks and respect to my opponent.

I still haven't found anyone to play the next game with. If anyone is interested, please respond! I'm ready to play.