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

Uran vs Elves Kir Vigo syn Necro Galtran 215
On the first day 24 elves... Everything went to shit. On the first week, horses in the Castle, second Barbarian and native secondary with elves and wood. I see a Dragon Utopia.
On the second, I take Conflux, in the secondary horses in the Castle, everywhere 1000.
On the third, I take the Dragon Utopia - I lose 14 horses, 40 dwarves, and 20 dendroids there - shocked... - they gave me Book of Earth, Book of Fire, Necklace of Intellect+5.
I gather knowledge... I find an external dwelling of dragons and 3 more Dragon Utopias.
I quickly recruit dragons and take the Dragon Utopias.
I see the opponent beyond the mountains - jump and skip and I'm there attacking. Stats and army twice as big + awesome luck.
Uran won

That's how it was. The Necros, stuck on a poor respawn, couldn't develop properly, crawled into the treasury, perked up upon seeing two external dwellings of angels, but subsequent Pandora's Boxes gave nothing worthwhile (the best was experience and 60 pokemons ;) ) Holding onto hope for 3 angels per week - Galtran was collecting bones....
But the Elves already had everything from the very start....Native secondary (+ 2 more castles), richest respawns on sunlight, external dwellings, Dragon Utopias... In short, chocolate flowed like a river!

Thanks for the game.

Aldegir (Dungeon, Gunnar) vs. Izgoy767 (Stronghold, Gundula) 2sm4d(3) 1-1-6

I hadn't even had time to catch my breath when I was congratulated on my victory... It turns out I had an ally – the evil and fearsome neutral monsters...

Let's play a rematch...

Aldegir (Dungeon, Gunnar) vs. Izgoy767 (Stronghold, Gundula) 2sm4d(3) 1-1-6

I didn't even have time to react when I was congratulated on my victory... Apparently, I had an ally – the evil and fearsome neutral monsters...

Let's play a rematch...

and I lost that one too, so there won't be a rematch:smile35:

invisible (red, necro, Galtran, Galtran) def ewgeniy (blue, dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar) 217 2sm4d(3)
We took all the restarts, and in the end I'm in the underground, while Gunnar is up top enjoying life. There were only two roads — one leading to ГО, the other to my native secondary :smile23: . On the first week, only liches in the citadel, three entrances to the treasury were breached: one to snow, another to swamp, the third to sands :mad: But there was a little Dragon Utopia sitting pretty at the edge of the sands, so I ran off to gather more skeletons for the Dragon Utopia. On the second week, cavalry in the castle, liches with nothing in the secondary. On the third week, I set up cavalry in the secondary and spent the whole week screwing around, running back and forth, not knowing what to do. I thought about taking the Dragon Utopia on week 137, then thought, forget it... since I didn't even have enough gold to buy all the cavalry, let alone meat. The only gold-producing building I took all game was the dwarven cottage for 100 gold :( I took the Dragon Utopia on week 142 — it was tier 2, gave me a sword +5 attack and a hat +4 to spell power and knowledge. I saw three more Pandora's Boxes down below, but I didn't feel like running across the sands, so I beat it, refilled my mana, breached ГО, and went on the offensive. I had 20 ghosts (from a Pandora's Box), 27 liches, 14 cavalry, 450 skeletons, 80 zombies, 28 vampires. For combat magic, only ring of fire for 200 and frost wave for 135. I was glad I picked the right direction at the fork, took the opponent's castle, but Gunnar wasn't home. I ask Zhenya, where's the owner? And then Gunka attacks my main town with very few troops: 5 scorpicores, 30 medusas, 30 Evil Eyes, a few Troglodytes, and 1 angel. Well, I think, I'll go beat him now and retake my castle. I doubled my mana in the dungeon, but then I start thinking: how did Gunya get to me without me even noticing?? There was one unbreached pass leading to the ghosts, but they're intact :smile32: Then it starts dawning on me, and on the next turn I see Gunka flying all over the map with the Wings of the Night. Few troops, but Gunnar with wings against a necro without control, even without logistics — it's just a nightmare. My spirits sank. Zhenya killed all my horses, persistently controlling my secondary necro (I had already retaken the main). But then I pulled myself together a bit, released new horses in different directions to reclaim the secondaries: one headed for my native secondary on scorpicores, another went for the barbarian secondary with the ghosts, and the meat from the dungeon headed for Inferno. After thinking it over a bit, Zhenya surrendered. Though a Dragon Utopia and a Griffin Conservatory were scouted, there was nothing to take them with, and I couldn't recapture my growth in time.
Thanks for the interesting game!

invisible (red, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def ewgeniy (blue, Dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar) 217 2sm4d(3)

That happened... :)
I was severely lacking troops - all battles were fought using 36 groups of jellyfish. I could have continued flying for a while longer, but I accidentally missed a turn and wouldn't have been able to reach the Necropolis or my home base by day 7, so I surrendered. The game was interesting; it's generally difficult to beat Necropolis, and this time it was even harder:smile07:

Izgoi767 (necro, ISRA) def Aldegir (Tower, Nila)222
a rematch after all) I had the choice to play necro or Conflux, but I don't like playing either, so I agreed with my opponent that I would play full random and I got necro ISRA. On the first week I'm already losing; from buildings I only have liches without a citadel:smile07: , but I have 2 external dwellings of skeletons and 1 of vampires, I see a Speed +2 Cloak for 50-99 Evil Eyes, can't get past the KO to secondary skills, in short, total failure! On week 3 I went for the grass to a passage with 50-99 archers, I attack — turns out it's 45 regular archers and 45 upgraded ones:eek: in short, they mowed down my skeletons, but I pushed through and approach the lookout tower, and there's my opponent with an army three times larger than mine. Without hesitating, I fly to my town and he follows me; I didn't get away, I bought out the whole army, replenished my mana, and attacked myself. After the liches' shot, the opponent retreats, and I went to take secondary skills. I took a treasure vault in the underground — crazy 10k experience grabbed, and everything else was beyond my reach. I went from the other side into the underground; seeing this, the opponent follows me, I try to hide but there's nowhere to go — I had to accept the fight. The advantage in skills and almost 400 skeletons (on 222:D ) plus General Slow and Speed Cloak decided the outcome of the battle in Izgoi's favor;) the opponent capitulated.
Thanks for the game and the experience of playing as necro!!!

loi(red,castle,valeska,gunnar) def mizrael(blue,inferno,pyrre,nimus) 2sm2d(3) 144
Took one restart, opponent took both. Rich respawn, horses in castle on first turn - scouted 2 Griffin Conservatories - a two-slot and a max, external dwelling peak. On second turn - secondary Necro, Griffin Conservatory 2. After some fumbling, at the start of the third turn the max Griffin Conservatory is taken, a minimal run into the snow treasure zone - gloves, library. Mana refill, speed boost, half of the General's GO is fought - Lich's ground Hydra and Gunnar, same turn flies into the castle - part of the troops have been moved out from there. A couple of turns later the opponent's secondary - Conflux is taken. Intense searching for the opponent's main hero, at the start of the 4th turn another Conflux is taken along the way. Besides searching for the main hero, there is gathering for the Dragon Utopia, revealed in the treasure zone, when the news of the opponent's main hero's death arrives.
Thanks for the game - a rich respawn for me, a poor one for the opponent, 6 minutes per turn - that's why I managed to secure the victory predetermined by the layout, even though I made many mistakes. Special respect to the opponent for the educational analysis after the game!

Izgoi767 (Necro, Isra) def Aldegir (Tower, Nila)222
so, a rematch after all) I had a choice to play Necros or Conflux, but I don't like playing either, so I agreed with my opponent that I would play full random and got Necros with Isra. On the first week I'm already losing; from buildings I only have Liches without a Citadel, but 2 external dwellings of Skeletons and 1 of Vampires. I see a Cape of Velocity +2 for 50-99 Evil Eyes, can't get past the secondary hero, in short, crap! On week 3 I went for the grass at the passage of 50-99 Archers, I attack, turns out 45 regular Archers and 45 Grand [Archers], in short they mowed down my Skeletons, but I broke through and approached the lookout tower. Here my opponent has an army 3 times bigger than mine. Without thinking long, I fly to town, and he follows me. He didn't catch up; I bought the whole army, replenished mana, and attacked myself. After the Lich shot, my opponent retreats, and I went to take the secondary hero. I took a Treasury in the dungeon there, crazy 10k experience, grabbed it, and the rest was too tough. I went from the other side into the dungeon; seeing this, my opponent follows me. I try to hide, but there's nowhere to go. I had to accept the battle. The advantage in skills and almost 400 Skeletons (at 222) + Mass Slow and Cape of Speed decided the battle in Izgoi's favor. My opponent capitulated.
Thank you for the game and the experience of playing Necros!!!

I confirm... the rematch succeeded..... it even turned out strangely, Isra without expert Necromancy....
Thanks for the game... There was suspense in the game until the very last moment

Rhox (blue, Fortress, Gretchin, Jabarkas) def Aldegir (red, Castle, Orrin, Orrin) 1-3-7, 2SM4d(3) Native secondary town on day 3, orcish hideout, golden bow – this gave reason to launch an attack earlier, on week 3. I went around through the exit to Aldegir's secondary town; I didn't run to the secondary town itself, fearing I wouldn't have time to reach the capital, but on day 7 I arrived and successfully stormed it. Jabarkas 14-4-3-1 archer, offense, earth – expert, logistics – beginner. 74 orcs – 24 birds – 14 ogres – 70 wolves (all upgraded). Orrin 4-5-3-2 expert archer, advanced leadership, wisdom and logistics – beginner. 6 knights – 41 marksmen – 74 pikemen – 18 swordsmen – 9 monks – 31 royal griffons – 12 earth elementals. In the first week, 1-5 with a castle in the starting town, 1, 2, 3, 5 in the secondary town without a citadel. In the second week, since I was planning to build behemoths, I didn't. As well as more than +1000 gold.

loi(red,castle,valeska,gunnar) def mizrael(blue,inferno,pyrre,nimus) 2sm2d(3) 144

I confirm, I chose all restarts, one was forced - exit only through GO :) By Murphy's law, Pyre arrives without a ballista, respawn in the underground and exit through GO again :rolleyes: But there's a small chance through a horde of harpies... I barely scraped together enough for efreeti without a citadel, clearing all the weak creatures Pyre didn't even gain a level.. Sad, but there have been worse times - on turn 121 I buy efreeti with trade, take 2 unicorns from the refuge and break a gnome hut for 15 creatures in Nimus's stack. I surfaced - secondary Conflux, seems we're barely surviving, but by this respawn everything adjacent is two snow multi-heads, the guards everywhere are tough - can't really run wild with 3 efreeti... Ignatius arrived, I bought him - upgraded the pit fiends and took them to daddy, all the meat :o In the snow I found an angel portal behind a horde of water elementals, on the third week with 5 efreeti and a hundred pit fiends I broke them, but after the fight I forgot to equip the artifact that nullifies morale and the angels immediately got a morale proc, resulting in zero pit fiends - at least the efreeti are intact (though I lost a couple earlier). I have absolutely no money, there were two imp dens, but I didn't even notice those crumbs :) A good multi-head, but no meat... From the refuge there was a delivery of 2 battle unicorns, but they didn't last long - after breaking the lot of manticores for a pandora's box with 10k experience, one died. Turn 141 no castles, daddy is in the snow with 1 angel, 5 efreeti and 1 unicorn, surrounded by sizable creatures... I don't even have enough money to buy an angel from the portal :D For 2 bonfires I fight a horde of 89 greater demons, goodbye unicorn and a couple of efreeti, but I still don't have enough money for an angel. Turn 145 I break the utopia guard - 45 greater basilisks and Nimus dies heroically in it with 1 angel in hand :smile19:. "Children, don't go walking in Africa, in Africa there are efreeti, in Africa there are gorillas - we haven't found a bigger ass..." :D

DarkMind (blue, Stronghold, Kirr) def Blacpoint (red, Barbarian, Dessa), 144, 2sm4d3.
The respawn point was terrible; I regretted not restarting. It was long and winding, with no access to the sawmill. I played without it and found no hiding spots. I had to fight my way through a horde of Gogs to reach the neighboring respawn point, losing all my Centaurs and 5 Grand Griffons – only 8 remained. By the end of the first week, I had horses in my Stronghold. On day 121, I took a secondary Dungeon, and on day 126, I built a Capitol. Apart from the losses in the first week, everything went smoothly. On the third week, a red player came to my Dungeon respawn (there was only half a day's travel between our respawn points). He set up near the lamp and I prepared a chain to transfer troops and built a Stronghold in the Dungeon. I had 38 Grand Griffons, 9 War Unicorns, and about 40 Centaurs. The opponent had 4 Bears, 9 Rocs, and 12 Orcs. On the next turn, the opponent lit the lamp and ran to take the Dungeon, but for some reason, he didn't attack immediately, even though he seemed to have enough turns (correct me if I'm wrong). The next day, I built a Castle in the Dungeon, and Kirr ran to take the opponent's main and only Castle. I spent 500 gold on a defense book for the hero in the Dungeon, but it was a waste. If I had bought it, I could have killed more Rocs, but I only killed the Orcs. Kirr took the opponent's main Castle, losing half of his Grand Griffons because there was no ballistics (it could have been worse, though, if the Unicorn hadn't squeezed through the hole). There were 50 Wolves and 2 Goblins defending. Then it got boring – the opponent hung around the Dungeon, and I relaxed, allowing myself to lose Grand Griffons in the Naga Bank. I thought that if there were 3 Nagas, I would risk a maximum of 5 Grand Griffons, but I messed up the calculation – there were 4. On day 144, I finally gathered my forces to finish off the opponent, but I received a message that he had surrendered. Dessa, who had fled to the Dungeon, had killed herself somewhere :D.
Thanks for the game!

DarkMind (blue, Rampart, Kirr) def Blacpoint (red, Barbarian, Dessa), 144, 2sm4d3.
Thanks for the game!

It was, I confirm, it was very frustrating, I wanted to destroy the Castle.

Loi(blue, castle,Valeska,Crag) def DarkMind(red,dungeon,Gunnar)2sm4d(3) 124
The respawn is small, but there are archers; Crag is in the tavern - first horses in the Castle, 7 heroes. One road led to ГО, so I pushed through the wilderness and traveled for about 9 days until a secondary town - Stronghold appeared. Having brought 6 horses, I picked up a minimum naga along the way (didn't see any more money buildings), and a corner of the Dragon Utopia was revealed. Crag was around level 7-8, skills were perfectly matched, and then, one step away from the secondary town, news of surrender arrived.
Thanks for the game; it all ended just as it began.

vbn (Rampart, Kirr) def Dreamcatcher (Swamp, Tazar) 1-3-6, 2sm4d(3)

Confirmed. Kirr was luckier.
Thank you for the game.

Loi(blue, castle, Valeska, Crag) def DarkMind(red, dungeon, Gunnar) 2sm4d(3) 124
Small respawn, but there are archers, Crag in the tavern — on the first turn, cavalry in the castle, 7 heroes. One road led to a ГО, so I went off-road and wandered for about 9 days until a secondary town appeared — Stronghold. I brought 6 cavalry, picked up a naga minimal on the way (saw no other money buildings), and a corner of a Dragon Utopia was revealed. Crag was around level 7-8, skills were coming in perfectly, and then, just one step from the secondary town, news of surrender arrived.
Thanks for the game, it ended just as it was starting.

Confirmed.
I had already used restart 113. Spawned in Dungeon, near the castle a dragon cave — decided to play. By 113 it became clear that a worse spot would be hard to find. One exit to a ГО, two exits blocked by a stack of diamond golems each (one of them had a teleport), and an exit to the surface through a stack of greater dendroids. I gathered all 3 piles of gold (two of which were guarded by goblins), nothing else was placed, and I went through the gate to the golems, surfaced to find many orc chieftains on snow, attacked... lost 15 centaurs, half the Troglodytes, and a few Evil Eyes, leaving 30 Troglodytes and 8 Evil Eyes. Went for the secondary town, on the road many harpies and no other path, retreat was already pointless, so I attacked, only the Evil Eyes survived... All I got was a secondary Tower town, a couple of chests, and a couple of gold piles, but I still built a Manticore in the Stronghold with my last money, hoping for a miracle:) . Decided to try going through the teleport past the other golem stack, gathered 10 Medusas, 10 Evil Eyes, and Troglodytes for screening, attacked... lost about 2 Evil Eyes and Medusas each, on the surface a stack of greater basilisks:) . Scraped together enough for 2 Manticores, bought a few more shooters and Troglodytes for meat, and attacked. Lost mostly Evil Eyes, but ended up in a treasury on the other edge of the map — naturally, no freebies there, everything guarded by elite troops. For the full experience, I decided to attack the dendroids too, bought whoever I could, since there was nowhere to go anyway. Came out onto the snow again, there was a horde of Gargoyles, attacked them and got wiped:( .
If I had scouted the entire respawn on the first turn, I would have restarted immediately, even if there had been 10 dragon hoards.
Thanks to Loi for the game!