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

Outcast767 (Inferno, Pyre) Def Dreamcatcher (Castle, Valeska)
the game was very tense, poor resp as I later learned my opponent didn't have it easy either. On week 2 I notice the opponent with a BUNCH of archers (marksmen and elves) plus pegasi and griffins, I had to run the other way and gain experience, so they let me — on week 3 he came himself, I holed up in the castle while Valeska was coming to me, I managed to gather at least some army and upgrade the efreet. I was shocked by the number of archers, thankfully I had expert haste, they didn't block my gate which gave me a chance to win (though I was surprised why there were no cavaliers on week 3 even though the chain almost reached my castle) I won that fight losing all my efreet and chaff. But I didn't dare attack and taking a single Griffin Conservatory I attacked 20-49 cyclopes, took a Pandora's box with level 1 magic and a dwarf dwelling for 100 dwarves, gathered an army and went visiting — I was hesitating and scared all the way (there must be about 14 cavaliers) I took the opponent's secondary Rampart, didn't even put Pyre on speed. Then the opponent runs out with even more archers, I pass the whole army down the chain and into battle. Result: thanks to haste I barely suffered any losses, word came of surrender.

Izgoy767 (Inferno, Pir) Def Dreamcatcher (Fortress, Valeska)

My resource and neighboring resource nodes were tiny, barely providing enough income for proper development. But I'm learning not to take restarts and to make the most of what I have :D And there was something to work with: on secondary nodes, I found elf and pegasus nests, and two archer nests. I built all of this and in the cities. Unable to build, let alone buy, cavalry, I invested in archers and pegasi. The distance between the castles, even through secondary nodes, was several days' travel, so I bought a shooting army and went on the offensive. During the castle siege, I made a regrettable mistake - I forgot to reinforce the gates. I dealt with the efreets, but the knutars, under mass haste, came out and effectively ended this era.

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 go on the offensive earlier, on week 3. I went around through the exit to Aldegir's secondary town, didn't run to the secondary town itself, was afraid I wouldn't make it to the capital in time, but on day 7 I reached it and successfully took it by storm.

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.

I confirm... I'm not lucky in games where the opponent starts with 2 native towns...
Thanks for the quick game =0

Izgoy767 (Castle, Kaitlin) vs. Def Mizrael (Swamp, Bronze) 146
The game was long and very tense for me, especially when I saw that on turn 126, my opponent was hitting with 50-99 damage from Cyclops. I almost fell off my chair. He didn't break through, but it didn't make things easier for me. On my first turn, I had a native secondary town and horses in the castle, and I forgot to build on day 4. I had a hidden stash of Angels, a couple of archers, but I didn't manage to use them. I took the Consulate, built a chain from the secondary town and the castle, and went to war against the Cyclops. I stupidly lost almost all of my archers, but I took the castle without a fight and didn't want to leave it. But I had to catch up with Bronze in the secondary town, a Dungeon with a Citadel. He fought bravely there and stayed there. The army advantage was on my side.
Thanks for the game and the experience!

Decontaminator (red, Dungeon, Miner) def DubrovinPoll (blue, Castle, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 133
Opponent took 2 rests. Then we started playing.
On 111 132 trogs, 8 Evil Eyes, 5 elves, 5 heroes.
On week 1: 1-5, +1000 in Stronghold and +1000, mage guild in secondary Conf.
On week 2: +2000, mana vortex at home and 1-7 in Conf. Acquired 2 Griffin Conservatories 3 and 4. Scouted a couple of drowners, Air Book, Hat of 5 magic.
On week 133 Pavel surrendered at the maximum Griffin Conservatory.
Thanks for the game and experience.

Rhox (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Aldegir (red, Dungeon, Gunnar) 1-4-6, 2SM4d(3) Aldegir didn't expect such speed from Kyrre, who had just built a stable and was wearing speed boots, and surrendered the capital with an unredeemed army without a fight. Rhox (blue, Fortress, Bron, Tazar) def Aldegir (red, Dungeon, Gunnar) 1-4-5, 2SM4d(3) Very similar to the previous game; he also took the capital with an unredeemed army without a fight, but this time he rushed to it from an unexplored side. (During the game, the exit from the dungeon near the castle) probably prevented him from scouting the Storms guarding the tent at the start, and then he probably didn't have time. When I upgraded my earth magic and saw this loophole with the overview, I quickly gathered my forces and went there. At the beginning, it seemed that this game would be a long one.

Izgoy767 (Castle, Caitlin) Def Mizrael (Swamp, Bronze) 146

There was a time when such a powerful opponent hadn't appeared in a long time: Bronze was well-developed, on day 1, with a Castle, he bought everything, on day 124, he had a Conservation Hut level 2, on day 125, he had a Pandora's Box with 20 Basilisks and another Conservation Hut level 3. I'll give him a taste of my army :D I didn't really want to go around and the late time also affected me - I ran into a horde of Cyclops, of course, with maximum upgrades and 7 slots :rolleyes: I wasn't particularly upset, I gathered what was left and continued to develop, when the blue player came to finish off the Cyclops, I took everything out of the Castle and left. It was early in the morning, almost 4 am - I didn't want to drag it out and waste time, I doubled my mana and met Catherine in the secondary Castle. The double advantage in troops decided the battle in favor of Catherine, although there were still some troops left - not much, a well-developed Warrior can defeat a Mage easily, even without troops.

Decontaminator (red, Dungeon, Шахтер) def DubrovinPoll (blue, Castle, Валеска) 2sm4d(3) 133
In week 133, Pavel lost in the maximum conserve.
Thank you for the game and the experience.

It happens!

I didn't develop well; on the first day, I only had Knights without a Castle.
The exits from the spawn were guarded by 50-99 Lizards and 10-19 Archmages; I didn't try to break through them on the first day because I only had 19 Heavy Crossbowmen.

On the second day, I took the secondary Castle and built Angels with the Castle on the second day.

On the third day, I took the secondary Dungeon, bought 2 Angels, and lost in the maximum conserve.

With 10 Angels, which the opponent already had, it was impossible to win in any case.

Thank you to my opponent for the game!

Oracle (blue, Dungeon, Miner) def DubrovinPoll (red, Elves, Ivor) 2sm4d(3), 143
In the first game, everything went according to plan - 1-5, no downsides or secondary objectives - I built an Elven castle, found an Elven stash, and decided to use a portal to transport them. Long story short, the opponent, who already had several angels, captures two of my castles that I was saving for later... As a result, he descends to my dungeon on day 143, while I'm still using up my Naga and remaining crypts.
I broke the chain.
In the final game, I had more troops.

Oracle (blue, Dungeon, Miner) def DubrovinPoll (red, Elves, Ivor) 2sm4d(3), 143
Final: I had more meat.

I confirm!

In the first round, I had Pegasi with Dryads in the Castle (Rep. turned out to be short on money). After scouting, I saw that my secondary castle should be (hidden) behind the mountains. I went around.
Suddenly, I saw an opponent invading this territory. I turned back.

In the second round, I didn't build anything, bought troops, and took a minimal defense.

In the third round, I didn't build anything, bought all the troops, and took 2 more defenses at the opponent's secondary castle (2 and 4). I took the opponent's secondary castle (Rampart) and went to the Main Castle.

I attacked the opponent's father in the Castle. But the opponent had 5 Cr. Dragons, 14 Gr. Manticores, 15 Gr. Minotaurs, 47 Eyes, several Trolls, and a Light Bolt of 220. My 7 Angels, 19 Med. Pegasi, 33 Elves, 9 Dryads, 86 Centaurs couldn't handle this opponent's army.
I surrendered.

Thank you for the game!

Dreamcatcher (Rampart, Ivor) def Max395 (Castle, Christian, Kirr) 2-1-6, 2sm4d(3)

Steady development, quickly explored the land and found a scroll of slowing. Consumed several resource boxes for experience and reached level 4 magic, and with Town Portal and Resurrection, came for a visit. Thanks for the game!

I acknowledge my defeat against Dreamcatcher (Rampart, Ivor).
It was all predictable.
Thank you for the game.

Rhox (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Aldegir (red, Dungeon, Gunnar) 1-4-6, 2SM4d(3)

Aldegir didn't expect such speed from Kyrre, who was after the stable and with boots, and surrendered the capital with an unredeemed army without a fight.

Rhox (blue, Fortress, Bron, Tazar) def Aldegir (red, Dungeon, Gunnar) 1-4-5, 2SM4d(3)

Very similar to the previous game, also took the capital with an unredeemed army without a fight, but this time he rushed to it from a side that the opponent hadn't scouted. (During the game, the exit from the dungeon from the castle) at the start probably prevented scouting the lot of Storms guarding the tent, and then there probably wasn't time. When I maxed out the earth and saw this loophole with a scan, I quickly gathered my forces and went there. And at the beginning, it seemed that this time the game would be long.

Confirmed.

Uran, High Elf, Kir - Dubrovin Pavel, Castle Dungeon, Shacti 222, 2sm4d(3)
We used all the restarts...
The start wasn't great. I had to clear out packs of simple and greater air elementals on the first day.
But then it got easier. I got a first-level castle and a secondary Necropolis with 1000 gold.
On the second day, I got a Swamp castle and started building up my horses and dwarves.
On the third day, I saw my opponent break through a teleport near my Necropolis and run away... I saw that we were evenly matched in terms of stats, but I was buying back my entire upgraded army. So, on day 141, I went to attack my opponent.
My opponent locked himself in his castle... I couldn't storm it, but I took two of his secondary castles and started gathering stats and resources. I built a Swamp castle and upgraded my magic. I took my opponent's creature dwellings. Kir with boots runs like crazy, so I went to the Fortress, but it was empty. I built Draconians and upgraded my magic - I got the Chain Lightning spell.
I went to attack (I was going to attack with my Elven army, and if I didn't finish him off, he would surrender, and then I would attack with my Swamp army + Draconians - it would be a guaranteed win) with a superior army and stats, but my opponent came out, and Kir, of course, ran up, and in the open field, there was no chance.
Uran won

Uran, Elf of Kir; Dubrovin Pavel, Knight of Dungeon, Shacti 222, 2sm4d(3)
Uran won

Confirmed!

On the first map, there were Manticoras in the Castle, without Minotaurs, and a hidden Troglodyte.
On the second map, there was a secondary Necropolis, and a hidden Manticore.
On the third map, there was a secondary Conflux, and a hidden Medusa.
On the fourth map, I planned to take 2 Confluxes, but I only took 1 (the minimum), then Kir appeared, and I had to barricade myself in the Castle.
Kir doesn't attack or leave, he just takes everything.
Then he disappeared somewhere. I seized the moment and tried to break through to the Treasury, where I spotted the Sandals. But Kir was too fast, he wouldn't let me pass, he attacked and won.

Thanks for the game!