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raykkonen(Orcs, Arghat)def NEREWAR(Magic, Ora) template smile, the best of the best 1-4-2

I confirm.

After getting the Orc, I decided to level it up in empathy (I was counting on a fairly long game). Unfortunately (for me), the calculation did not pay off. In the middle of the third week, after defeating 4x6 Banshees (or Messengers, it doesn't really matter), I encountered Arghat. Since I had little mana (21), I decided to retreat to the well, sending Nur, level 1, forward. As you can see from the post above, nothing good happened to me. Arghat got both Nur and the Orc. Maybe I should have bought out in the first battle right away, without losses in manpower. But I think that could only have delayed the inevitable.
I didn't have high-level dark and summoning spells yet, and you can't fight much with just Fire Warriors.

Ora: education (scholar), leadership (diplomacy), dark (mind control), summoning (fire warriors, charm), magic (secret knowledge).

Thank you for the game. It taught me a few things)

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament:

Igrok_v_geroev (dwarves, Sylvania) won against A1coho1!c (warlock, Erathia) – the template was "Smile 2" or "Smile 3," I don't remember exactly which month.

What can I say? I developed to level 27, while the opponent was at level 20. I put on shackles to prevent him from harassing, and he lost half his army, but I killed his hero. Thanks for the game.

During the entire game, I only made two mistakes: first, I didn't go to clear out the treasure chamber because I wanted to find the opponent faster, which is why my level is much lower. And second, I didn't bring an army with me. If I had brought an army, I would have won because "Deep Freeze" was devastating: 33 priests, 11 salamanders, 18 warlords, 70+ bears, in short, one cast – one dead squad, it's a real shame!!!:mad:
Erathia, level 20
All racial units
Expertise: Luck - Luck of the Sorcerer
Expertise: Enlightenment - Magic Attraction
Expertise: Chaos - Deadly Cold - Fire
Developed logistics.

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament: Vasja. (Humans, Ellaina) def. Eruina (Humans, Laslo) - "Smile" template, large map without metro, 6-4-1. The opponent surrendered due to an obvious... :smile14:

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament:

Vasja. (Humans, Ellaina) def. Eruina (Humans, Laslo) - "Smile" template, large map without metro, 6-4-1.

The opponent surrendered due to the obvious...

:smile14:

Yeah, that's how it was! There was no point in playing and fighting, considering that only Vasja's Armorer was "average" for me :D. I got stuck on the starting location and didn't have time to develop.

Vector1 (Orcs, Hagesh) defeated Dobryjdwarf (Dwarves, Sylvania). Smile, 1-4-7
Tournament "Best of the Best"

I encountered Hagesh. They only gave me Logu up to level 15 – maybe I shouldn't have taken it. I captured the opponent's castle with their Grand Guardian. After that, he surrendered.

Thank you for the game.

Confirmed.

As part of the "Everyone Gets What They Deserve" tournament, the semi-final:

Primus (Dungeon, Letos) def raykkonen (Barbarian, Garuna) - Lake of the Dead, 2-3-2

I prayed to Letos, and the god heard me! I developed well, but quickly filled all the slots and left no free space for education. Throughout the game, my opponent was 1-2 turns ahead. Either he broke through to the center earlier and took the utopia, or he destroyed the vampires and grabbed a good artifact. I had to rely only on hit-and-run tactics. Once, it worked. I took 18 warlords and 50-60 centaurs. After that, my opponent avoided meeting me in every way. I chased him, and he ran away from me. It was a fun game. On the fifth week, I drove the opponent out of the center; I really needed the fort, as I was completely out of gold, and there was no point in building an upgrade in the castle. On the sixth week, I ran to clear the top and grab two gold mines. I couldn't do it earlier because I couldn't reach level 20 and get the portal to the castle. And I also had to hold back my opponent. He couldn't defeat me in the castle. I got tired of running around, and I decided to fight in the open field. The plague only affected two stacks. Dark and chaos spells + artifacts that reduce damage from cold and earth allowed my opponent to hold out longer. But +6 luck did its job. My opponent's daughters of earth were very strong. If I hadn't stopped them in time, there could have been big problems. Thanks for the game! The replay is here.

Letos, level 22, 11 9 17 12 1 6
Expert in Undead Magic - Wave of Arcana - Sense of the Elements
Expert in Dark Magic - Master of Minds
Expert in Logistics
Expert in Enchantment - Secret Knowledge
Expert in Chaos Magic - Master of Cold
Permanent Luck

As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament:
denden (blue, Orc, Tilshek) def. A.Matrix (blue, Inferno, Deleb). 2-3-3.

Generated a large map without an underground. By agreement, they played with random races. 6 minutes.
Seeing Deleb on day 1, on day 2, he found a suitable counter in the tavern. He was still somewhat wary of rushing on this map. The neighboring zone was sand. The city zone he went to was also sand. He tried not to stray too far from the roads, but he couldn't resist some of the creatures and the Orcish sword. After exploring his own area, he cleared the next city – an Inferno city, but Deleb was nowhere to be seen.
He considered whether to attack (it was only day 5), but then he suddenly saw Deleb rapidly advancing in the tavern, ahead by 5 parameters. Treasure guessed it was Tilshek.
In the magic castle, he built +2000 and an artifact shop, where he couldn't resist buying an Orcish shield to add to his collection.
He then headed to the treasure, clearing a resource along the way (there was no one there either). He crawled for a week. He was very afraid of a massive clearing of the treasure.
When he entered, he soon saw a Utopia and didn't even think it might not have been cleared. But... there were plenty of artifacts scattered around.
He obtained: a dwarven helmet and chainmail, a ring of dragon and initiative 20, a pendant, and boots of speed. He had also previously obtained a ring of morale -2 (he sold the dragon ring), a ring of morale +2 and luck +2, and boots of speed. He also obtained a staff of Sar-Isri and a skull of Markel for sale.
There was one funny loss – the last black knight – 1! He reached it, drained 100 health, and died on the return. It was 4*10.
He quickly rose from 18th to 23rd.
On day 7, Deleb appeared in the distance. He broke down the artifacts for sale, bought everything, and went into battle.
The battle was clearly in his favor, so I won't even post it.
He developed his machinery to the fullest (plate armor-machine gun, and even though he saw an Overseer without a mod, it was still impressive), his racial units to the fullest, attack up to Overseer with tactics, defense 2 (resistance-evasion), and anti-magic 3 with weakening, which he didn't end up using. The Imps were somehow not as good as they should have been. And he never saw the Darkness he was afraid of (Deleb had no mana in the battle).

Thanks for the game, it was nerve-wracking on day 5. IMO, Matrix didn't capitalize on his excellent early clearing of the treasure. And even the Utopia, which apparently hadn't been visited, didn't help. Good luck in future battles.

I confirm Primus' report.

I confirm Denden's report. Thank you for the game, but next time it won't be that easy.

Primus (Necromancer, Zoltan) def Igrok_v_geroev (Mage, Narkhiz) - Labyrinth, 2-1-6, hero difficulty

Leveled up normally. Had ore issues for about 10 days, then it went smoothly. In the middle of the fourth week, I took a Dragon Utopia with an army of 180 archers, 15 ghosts, and a few single specters. There were over 20 dragons; at the end I messed up and couldn't raise the archers (was one mana short). Then I broke into the castle and went to clear the GO. After a few turns, I scouted the entire area, leveled up a bit, and portaled into the castle. At the start of the fifth week, the opponent also broke through to their GO. By then, I had gathered my entire army and moved toward the mentor. I forgot logistics, took offense, and marched on the opponent's castle. Two turns later, the final fight happened. I encountered no resistance. The battle was one-sided. Thanks for the game!

Zoltan level 24 ? ? 36 22 0 2
basic necromancy - spiritual bond
higher education - magic attraction, graduate, dark revelation
expert summoning magic - charm master, fire wars, elemental balance
expert dark magic
expert sorcery - arcane knowledge, arcane advantage, undead magic protection
expert offense

Cosmoplast (Mages, Razak) won the Twaryna (Mages, Ora) template :) 2-2-1 tournament, best of the best.
As a result, they played a mirror match. From the start, Razak and Jarlib were present. I decided to level up a mage-warrior from Razak. I got lucky with the logistics and received it around level 4, and the machines around level 3. I cleared the starting area, and by the second week, I was already clearing the Nazir. In the second week, I cleared the adjacent area and, after moving to the secondary area, I found the Staff of the Underworld and a ring that reduces spirit by -2. I leveled up until the third week and moved towards the treasure, buying the Cloak of Deadly Shadows and the Chaos Helmet for assembled artifacts in the castle shop. Around the fourth week, an opponent appeared, I caught up with him, losing 200 gems and some mages in the battle, and the opponent fled. At the beginning of the second month, I jumped from the adjacent zone to the opponent's starting zone, where the final battle took place. There was roughly the same amount of troops, but the opponent had no chance.
Razak, level 18, 9-6-13-12-2-3
Logistics - art - path - sudden attack
Defense - art - resilience
Summoning - art
Machines - art - ballista - tent
Education - average
Thank you for the game!

Primus (Necromancer, Zoltan) def Igrok_v_geroev (Mage, Narhiz) - Labyrinth, 2-1-6, Hero difficulty

Was leveling normally. Around day 10 there were problems with ore, then it went smoothly. In the middle of the fourth week I took a Dragon Utopia with an army of 180 archers, 15 ghosts, and a few spectres. There were over 20 dragons; at the end I messed up and couldn't raise the archers (was one mana short). After that I broke into the castle and went to clear the ГО. A few turns later I scouted the entire map, leveled up a bit, and town portaled back to my castle. At the start of the fifth week, my opponent also broke through to the ГО. By that time I had already gathered my entire army and moved toward the mentor. I forgot Logistics, took Offense, and moved toward the opponent's castle. Two turns later, the final battle happened. I encountered no resistance. The fight was one-sided. Thanks for the game!

Zoltan level 24 ? ? 36 22 0 2
Basic Necromancy - Soul Link
High Education - Mana Attraction, Graduate, Dark Revelation
Expert Summoning Magic - Master of Conjuration, Fire Warriors, Elemental Balance
Expert Dark Magic
Expert Enchantment - Arcane Knowledge, Arcane Advantage, Undead Magic Protection
Expert Offense

I confirm what resistance can there be I learned chaos magic developed perks and in the guild and all the treasuries I found nothing in the end I fought with one ice block

As part of the "Everyone Gets What They Deserve" tournament, semi-final

Vasja (Orcs, Krag) lose / Mister X (Humans, Myv) - Lake of the Dead

From the start, I deployed Rutger and Myv, as the map is small, and logistics aren't needed. By the end of week 3, I had cleared almost everything; it's a pity there weren't any good artifacts. By that time, the opponent's attack and defense parameters were twice as high as mine, and this remained the case until the final battle. Seeing that the opponent had defeated a hundred vampires for an artifact, I decided to take the center first. By that time, Rutger was preparing reserves for me, forging 20 crossbowmen at the end of the week and 20 at the beginning. Dugald arrived and added another 25 + growth. This immediately doubled their numbers. I figured that such an advantage in ranged units would compensate for the lower parameters and, if necessary, destroy a ballista in one hit. I attacked the center, took the Staff of Intelligence there, and the castle gave me only shackles. After a couple of turns, the opponent came out, and the final battle took place.
180 crossbowmen against 120 centaurs. The centaurs fell after the first shot, and at that point, everything became clear.

Myv 11, 10, 3, 6 (5, 3)
Krag 21, 19, 4, 5 (3, 1) - approximately, I don't remember exactly

Myv's upgrade: level 19
All racial skills except Warlord
Expert Morale, up to Empathy
Expert Defense, Resistance, Impregnable, Preparedness
Expert Attack, Tactics, Targeting, Battle Fury

Thank you to my opponent for the game.

Added 34 minutes ago
As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament
dwp1970 (Elves, Gilraen) lose / Mister X (Magic, Nuara). "Smile" template.
The opponent had eliminated almost all the elves, so the outcome was quick, around the end of week 4

>As part of the "Best of the Best" tournament:
>dwp1970 (elf, Gilraen) lose/ Mister X (mage, Nura). A smiling emoticon,
>the opponent somehow eliminated all the elves, so the outcome was quick, around the end of the 4th week.

I confirm that this is how it happened.
Unfortunately, there was no real competition.