Posts from [REPORTS] Reports from the 7th online HOMM3 tournament '08.

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Javdet (Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Dubrovin Pavel (Citadel, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) 2sm4(d) 132

Pasha lost on Cherk... Well, and he chose all the rests, which greatly increased my chances (on the 2nd rest, I was going to get 2 angel nests and my own in the city).
I saw a lot of money, but I only decided to go for angels at the end of the 5th day - there was little mercury, and the camps were scary... but I still took the risk.
Well, the map turned out so that I saw the road to Pasha's snowy secondary town, and I managed to catch him at the beginning of the 3rd day...
In the final battle, 5 angels, 6 horses, 33 marksmen, and others with magic support were stronger than 5 of Pasha's bears, 15 birds, and 20 stone golems...

Thank you for the game.

Javdet (Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Dubrovin Pavel (Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) 2sm4(d) 132

Well, the map turned out in such a way that I could see the path to Pasha's snow secondary town, and I managed to catch him early in the 3rd turn...
In the final battle, 5 angels, 6 horses, 33 marksmen, and other units with magic support were stronger than Pasha's 5 bears, 15 birds, and 20 stone golems...

Thanks for the game.

Yes, I confirm, I didn't lose, I like the Stronghold. And I didn't think that the road to the snow secondary town would take 6 days to get there and 5 days to return.... I shouldn't have gone to the snow, although I could have gone to the Dungeon, where the road led... But it wasn't meant to be....

Thanks to Roman for the game!

vitalic (blue, Rampart, Kir, Kir) def Sir smoke_mk (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2SM4D(3) 123
It usually gave out nothing without elves, but this time the stable was nearby; by the second turn everything was visited and money was decent. I broke through to a Barbarian secondary dwelling by the end of the week, where I built up birds with the Stronghold, and unicorns at home with the Castle. At the beginning of the week, I reached the opponent's respawn, visited the overview, and saw the capital; the opponent hadn't scouted along the path and paid for it. On 122 the capital fell, on 123 Valeska is storming it with 33 marksmen, 30 archers, 50 spearmen, and some same-day units. Kir held out in the Stronghold with 24 high elves, 6 unicorns, 3 birds, and 50 kents. And yet it could have been different; the opponent had 2 Dragon Utopia, an external market, 4 cans, an external dwelling of horses and spearmen + their own secondary dwelling…

thanks for the game

vitalic (blue, Rampart, Kir, Kir) def Sir smoke_mk (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2SM4D(3) 123
confirmed

3rd group

scorp (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti/Gunnar) def numOne (red, Stronghold, Dessa, Dessa) 2sm4d(3) 136

I used all my restarts. Respawned in the underground and scouted it without the view spell almost in one turn (nothing tasty there). On turn 113 I took the Conflux secondary. On turn 114 I saw a Griffin Conservatory, but couldn't check it. Turn 117: week 1, day 6 without the Citadel on day 5. On turn 121 I took the Conservatory, it turned out to have 1 Angel. Turn 122 I broke into the Treasury and cleared the guard of a grave, got a shield +3/+3 att/def. and immediately left from there (my army was still too small to roam the Treasury). I cleared a Pandora's Box with 50-99 Grand Elves, thought about who to take it with — I had Shakti (lvl 9, 6341, with expert Tactics and basic Logistics) and Gunnar (lvl 1) — both without spell books. I took Gunnar, it turned out to be 5k XP — he immediately got expert Logistics and they gave me Offense. On turn 126 I push through the wasteland from my spawn as I thought towards the Treasury (there was a Hive, in the end it was just one) — it turned out to be a secondary town and the road led to my opponent. Turn 127: home castle without day 5. On turn 132, Shakti comes out of the underground metro and runs to the empty capital — he falls a couple of tiles short, steps off the road and lets Gunnar (who was behind Shakti) pass ahead — he took the army, garrisoned the castle, and still had moves left (I didn't miscalculate who to give the Pandora to). Next turn, Shakti took the Hive with 4 Wyverns (thanks for that) and returned the army to Gunnar. There were 2 roads, he chose the snowy secondary town because it had been recently captured, but didn't reach the castle.
They attacked me:

Gunnar lvl 6, 7735: 1 Angel, 8 Scorpiders, 33 Evil Eyes, 7 Medusas, 150+ upgraded Troglodytes and a Ballista.

Dessa 4478 (Lightning Bolt dealt 225 damage): 2 Angels, 8 Behemoths, 1 Thunderbird, 4 Birds and 1+1+15 Gargoyles

We fought until Dessa ran out of mana. I had 1 Scorpid, 13 Evil Eyes, 7 Medusas, and 110+ upgraded Troglodytes left — my opponent had 7 Behemoths and 15 Gargoyles — he surrendered.

I captured the castle and immediately left, I brought the remaining unredeemed army from my own castle and bought a few in his capital. A turn later (on turn 135), Dessa flew past towards the Mana Amplifier (which was empty) and attacked Gunnar, who hadn't reached the castle, but had transferred his army and artifacts to Shakti.
And on turn 136, the final fight against Dessa:

Shakti lvl 12, 10 7 7 3: 1 Scorpid (to remove the retaliation), 35 upgraded Wolves, 27 upgraded Harpies, 150+ upgraded Troglodytes, 12 Ogre Mages, 13 Evil Eyes, and 13 Medusas.

Dessa: 7 Behemoths, 50 Skeletons, 20 Zombies, and Gargoyles.

After my first three units, 4 Bears remained.

Thanks for the game!

P.S.: by the way, my opponent had an external Behemoth dwelling and a Dragon Utopia, so I arrived just in time.

Group 3

scorp (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti/Gunnar) def numOne (red, Stronghold, Dessa, Dessa) 2sm4d(3) 136

Confirmed.
Thanks for the game!

Dreamcatcher (Blue, Stronghold, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) def Javdet (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Das), 2sm4d(3), 212

Initially, a quick match seemed possible, but I really wanted to play. Since we were on adjacent maps, I didn't initiate contact; I wanted to wait until I captured the outposts, explored the resource nodes, and secured the water elementals. My opponent calmly dismissed my hints about a restart, and he had a reason: he had a starting base with Mentors, a secondary town, where Minotaurs and a portal were also built...
I only captured my Cyclops and Bird outposts in the third week, and I even noticed the Birds by chance. Three resource nodes with 6 Angels each. The Water Elementals were too far away, so after upgrading my Slow spell to Expert, I destroyed the Guard Tower and invaded my opponent's territory. His Hero (Das) was wandering around the desert treasure, which gave me the opportunity to capture all his cities. The countdown began; Das was returning, and I went to meet him in the field.
His levels were twice as high, he had raided several Water Elemental outposts, and he had all the Fire magic. He had a large army of over 50 Mentors. They attacked me with Berserk, then Armageddon. But when only one stack of Minotaurs remained, the combination of Blindness and Slow, followed by ranged attacks, decided the battle in my favor.

Thank you for the game! It was an adrenaline-pumping battle!

Dreamcatcher(Blue, Stronghold, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) def Javdet(Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Das), 2sm4d(3),212

At the start, a possible quick encounter was looming, but I really wanted to play. Therefore, being on a close adjacent respawn, I did not go for contact, wanting to survive until I could take the external dwellings, scouted Griffin Conservatories, and Dragon Utopias. My opponent calmly dismissed my snide hints about a restart, and for good reason: an external dwelling of Manticores, a native secondary town where Minotaurs and a portal were also built...
As for my own external dwellings of Cyclopes and Harpies, I only took them on the third week, and I even noticed the Harpies by chance. Three Griffin Conservatories for 6 Angels. The Dragon Utopias were very far away, so after leveling Slow to Expert, I broke the ГО and invaded my opponent. Pahan (Das) was wandering around a sandy Treasure, which gave me the opportunity to capture all the towns. The countdown of days began; Das returns, and I go to meet him in the field.
His levels were twice as high, several Dragon Utopias plundered, all Fire magic. A fat stack of >50 Manticores. Berserk was cast on me, then Armageddon. But when only one pack of Minotaurs remained, the combination of Blindness and Slow, with ranged attacks in between, decided the battle in my favor.

Thanks for the game! An adrenaline-fueled battle!

Yes, thanks to you too, I really enjoyed it... I was a bit unlucky with the respawn - it was very sparse - only 3 heroes in 2 weeks...
Das with the Manticore external dwelling is a really cool guy, but in such poor conditions, development was severely slowed down - and there were units to break Dwarf Cottages, Medusa Shrines, etc., but there simply weren't any, and the treasure chests were scarce. And if Dream had visited my base 2 days later, the outcome would have been completely different..

vitalic (red, Tower, Nella, Nella) def El Magnifico Sonic (blue, Swamp, Bron, Gunnar) 2SM4D(3), 147

Looks like we have one winner in our group...
The game didn't start well, and in the end, I was defeated without even getting a chance to escape.

Thanks to my opponent for the game!

vitalic (red, Tower, Nella, Nella) def El Magnifico Sonic`(blue, swamp, Bron, Gunnar) 2SM4D(3), 147

Looks like there's one winner in our group...
The game didn't work out from the start, in the end I was wiped out without even being able to flee

Thanks to my opponent for the game!

vitalic (red, tower, Nella, Nella) def Sir El Magnifico Sonic(blue, swamp, Bron, Gunnar) 2SM4D(3) 211
Gargoyles not built, but the mage external dwelling was taken and money is fine, I'm playing. Opponent started with a crocodile external dwelling, on day two a dungeon and portal. A good striking stack...
I took a long time to get to secondary, but hometown and + external market. On the second 1+3+3 angels. On the third a Dragon Utopia, gave a shield and Golden Bow + learned all level 4 magic, then all of level 5 too. Nelka is mobile, roamed the underground, took another Dragon Utopia, nothing useful there and decided to go kill. Here I see Gunnar surface near the Dragon Utopia area, which I spotted long ago from scouting, Town Portal there and chase him away, he buys himself out using tactics. Next turn he returns again, I attack again, and he's out of gold, accepts the fight, in one round Nella killed Gunnar

Nella level 21 25 15 28 14 (expert offense, air, earth, air boost, Golden Bow, +2 speed) 54 Arch Mages, 30 Master Genies, 24 Master Genies, 80 Obsidian Gargoyles, 7 Angels, 19 Naga Queens, 400 Master Gremlins

thanks for the game

El Magnifico Sonic (blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) def smoke_mk (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) 2SM4D(3) 145

After the restarts, I wasn't in the Dungeon, I had a lot of money, and I developed quickly...
On turn 145, I entered an empty enemy Castle, where 5 Behemoths and 8 Thunderbirds hadn't been bought yet, after which the opponent surrendered!!!

Thank you for the game!!!

El Magnifico Sonic (blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) def smoke_mk (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) 2SM4D(3) 145
Damn, something's not right with the game...

nazio, blue, Rampart, Kir/Kir def Kirill – the conqueror, red, Castle, Valeska/Valeska 1-2-4.
In the tavern, 2 natives – one with 5 elves… nearby is a stable and +1000 experience… on day 2, Kir was already flying… on day 4, the secondary Castle was taken… on 1-1-7, natives, horses in the main castle, and in the secondary castle, a Citadel… on 1-2-1, the passage to the enemy territory was scouted… decided to gather strength – to buy a couple of provisions… but then, Valka appeared within striking distance… sold everything I could on the markets, bought supplies, and passed the reinforcements to Kir in a chain… he attacked and killed Valka, and the next day, the enemy Citadel was also taken. Thank you for the game!

nazio, blue, Rampart, Kiry\Kiry def Kirill – conqueror, red, Castle, Valeska\ Valeska 1-2-4

I confirm! :smile54: