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

smoke_mk (red, Inferno, Kelh, Kelh) def Архимаг1 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 126
A very poor respawn was dealt.1
1-1-7 bahbns at the fort.
1-2-1 barbarian secondary
1-2-4 revealed a path to blue's respawn through 20-49 orcs
1-2-5 birds at the barbarians
1-2-6 bird upgrade
I break through the orcs without losses, with 3 birds and 2 efreets. I capture blue's empty capital, Shakti attacks with 60 Troglodytes, 3 Minotaurs, 14 Evil Eyes, 4 Medusas, 25 Harpies. Shakti does not recapture the capital, leaving Kelh with one efreet.
Thanks for the game.

Hardcore (red, Rampart, Kyrre) def Felix (blue, Necro, Galthran) 1-2-6 2sm4d(3)
My opponent took all the rests, I did without them, we started.
I was born on a poor central respawn, but had as many as 18 Elves from the start, though there is no wood for an upgrade anywhere. On d1w1v1 I send out scouts to gather free stuff, Kyrre speeds up before the guard of the grass. On d1w1v2, wood is still not found, I go traveling with plain Elves, break through 15 Treants for access to the grass. Next, a block of 20 Eyed Monsters was taken down with morale, losing almost all Centaurs and a couple of Elves. I enter the Stables and on d1w1v3 capture my native secondary town, where I stay for the night. By this time I had found some wood and upgraded the Elves the next turn, plus bought them with all the meager gold. Until the end of the week, Kyrre runs around the secondary respawn earning gold and also upgraded the Elves' external dwelling. With the 3rd slot I got Tactics. Kyrre stays the night in the secondary town, I managed to build Horses at the Citadel in the secondary town using wood from there. I ended the week with the starting 4 heroes ). On d2w1v1 I buy the secondary Elves and break through a Gnome hut for 100 next to the secondary town. After the Stables and a speed boost before the horde of Energy elementals for the Pandora's Box. At home, I buy Elves and a couple of Horses with a scout, and use them to clear pre-max crypts and a couple of chests to buy Gnomes and wood in the secondary town for breaking through to blue. I'm playing on 4-minute turns in a severe time crunch. On d2w1v2, at the cost of 25 Centaurs, I take the Pandora's Box for 60 Blue skill points giving 10k experience. Kyrre is level 13, Expert in Basic skills, Tactics, Luck was forced on me, and Basic Wisdom was also forced on me. I speed boost before the Griffin Conservatory. d2w1v3 - I enter the Conservatory 3-4, combine the home army with the secondary one and take Conservatory 3. Lost 5 Dendroid Soldiers, 1 Horse, all Gnomes, and 10 Centaurs, but gained +3 Angels. In total we have 50 Elves, 60 Centaurs, 9 Dendroid Soldiers, 4 Horses, and 3 Angels. It's getting late, I decide not to drag it out and boost speed before entering the underground to the Necromancers. On d2w1v4 at the opponent's respawn, at the cost of 40 Mages, I take a Shield +3 and position myself a few hexes from the Necropolis. The opponent doesn't want to give up and decided to torment me a bit, and comes out with Gosha from my lower Barbarian secondary town and aims for the main one. I capture the Necropolis but lose it the next turn, but after driving off Gosha, I attack the Necropolis again and kill Gosha in the castle.
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SEM_56 (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Denis_HoMM(red, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3), 232
Took all the rests and didn't regret it; Valka came with 3 stacks, upgraded, and onward...
111-117: took 2 external dwellings of spearmen, 4 crypts, 1 Dwarf Cottage, 2 Imp Cottages. Horses in the Citadel, no monks...
121-127: secondary Dungeon, 3 crypts, 2 Dwarf Cottages; Valka gets Earth Magic, Tactics, Wisdom...
131-137: three Griffin Conservatories +9 angels, Pandora's Box for 5000 experience, Attack artifact +4, Defense artifact +3...
141-147: buy up meat, go to Dragon Utopias; a tier-3 and a minimal one; Valya 18 18 12 12, Expert in everything except Resistance...

211-217: running around the treasure zone, don't find anything worthwhile, return to the castle, build Mage Guild 4, hit 15 ЗД ГО...
221-227: hit 66 Efreet Sultans and head to the opponent's capital, victory...
Thanks for the game!!!

SEM_56 (blue, Castle, Valerka, Valerka) def Denis_HoMM (red, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3), 232
Took all the rests and it paid off, Valerka came with 3 stacks, upgraded, and went forward...
Thanks for the game!!!

I confirm. There is a lack of experience playing as Dungeon.

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Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Ahivog (Blue, Tower, Solmir, Solmir), 2sm4d(3), 1.4.6.

In the first week - Gorgon's Lair, near-maximum Dungeon. 1-6 in the Castle.

In the second week - a secondary Rampart, another Gorgon's Lair.

In the third week - minimum Preserve, Cyclops Friday, a secondary Castle. Upgraded Bulls.

In the fourth week - in the treasury, I gained 20,000 experience in two Pandoras, a Library, a Red Orb, and returned home. I buy a Retinue, break through the Guarded Object (5 Magic creatures and 75 Psychos with a Group Stack) and take the remaining unguarded Castle of the Opponent.

Thank you for the game!

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Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Ahivog (Blue, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr), 2sm4d(3), 1.4.6.
Confirmed!

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Felix (red Inferno, Russia, Russia) def Goodwin (blue Stronghold, Crag Hag, Crag Hen) 2SM4D(3), 1.2.1.

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Loi(blue,ramp,Kyrre,Kyrre) def Denis_HoMM(red,castle,Valeska,Valeska) 2sm4d(3),124
ГО on roadless terrain; on the first week, horses in the castle, in the secondary — Conflux 1000, market and Citadel, Pandora's box for 5000 gold, boots. At the start of the second week, Dwarf Cottage, clearing the respawn with horses, upgrade, and on month 1 week 2 day 3 with a running start, with 6 Grand Cavaliers, 15 Silver Pegasi, 25 Grand Elves, and 50+ Centaurs through the stable, I storm the red player's Citadel containing a scout stationed there. After I bought 5 horsemen, the red player left the game.
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Loi(blue,ramp,Kyrre,Kyrre)def Denis_HoMM(red,castle,Valeska,Valeska) 2sm4d(3),124
GO on no-road; first week horses in the castle, secondary week - Conflux 1000, marketplace and Citadel, Pandora's Box for 5000 gold, boots. At the start of the second week - Dwarf Cottage, clearing the respawn with ranged units, upgrade and rush at 123, with 6 Grand Elves, 15 Silver Pegasi, 25 Grand Elves and 50+ Centaurs through the stable I fly into the blue's Citadel with a scout. After I bought 5 Cavaliers, the blue player quit the game.
Thanks for the game.

Confirming.
The respawn was good, had to break through to the wooden one, took at 115. There were two creature dwellings: Knights (took on the first week), Griffins. There was a Griffin Conservatory.
117 - Horses in the Citadel;
123 - took secondary town Necropolis, nearby was a Griffin Conservatory.
Didn't expect that my opponent and I had adjacent territories.
It turned into a rush.

Thanks for the game.

StickyFingaz (Blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def DubrovinPoll (Red, Tower, Neela, Neela) 213, 2smd4(3)
As part of a tournament on HP.
We took all the rests.
111 Two heroes have no Wyverns and they aren't built in the castle, but both have Serpent Flies. I place Serpent Flies and off we go... The 4th one was a specialty money hero.
It turned out to be a mediocre respawn, though there were no money troubles. By the end of the week I want to build Hydras and Behemoths in the castle — in the end, I simply didn't have enough wood for anything. 1-4, 6 in the citadel.
Second week — I clear my respawn, break through to the Castle's respawn. I do something there too... Hero leveling in the meantime — expert armor, offense, and earth magic, but no word anywhere =( I gobble up wood for 8 ducks. Gauntlets of Speed. Built everything with the castle.
On the third week I enter the treasure zone, but everything there is so big and serious that it's downright scary. I postpone it until week 4.
Week 4 — I clear the treasure zone, they give me something useless. I leveled up expert logistics. And then — Angel Wings for 9 Titans. o_О I take them, thinking to myself — what do normal people do with these, it's my first time... In the end, I decided to gather everything that Pasha hasn't touched yet. I capture his secondary swamp town, + external dwellings of Behemoths and Wyverns. I buy from him, run from his Neela.
At the beginning of the second month, I get ready to buy an army and go to the second treasure zone — then the opponent dooms himself — he zips on a genie within my reach (i.e., half the map)
Thanks to my countryman for the game!

Felix (red Inferno, Russia, Russia) def Goodwin (blue Stronghold, Crag Hag, Crag Han) 2SM4D(3), 1.2.1

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StickyFingaz (Blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def DubrovinPoll (Red, Tower, Neela, Neela) 213, 2smd4(3)
As part of a Tournament on HP.
Took all the rests.
At the beginning of the second month, I plan to buy up the army and go to the second treasure zone - here the opponent signs his own death warrant - he boosts on a genie within my reach (i.e., half the map)
Thanks to my fellow countryman for the game!

I confirm!

On the first week - Nagas in Stronghold, secondary Fortress.

On the second week - ...

On the third week - ... only Conflux-Dwarka and secondary Necropolis.

On the fourth week - ...

On the fifth week - Dragon Utopia (Shield of the Damned, Titan's Plate Armor).

In general, Slava outplayed me on this generation.

Thanks to my fellow countryman for the game!

Dreamcatcher (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def Бабэк (red, Castle, Valeska, Turis) 2sm4d(3) 1-2-7

Throughout the game I stayed at the respawn; there was plenty to do: crypts, dwarf dwellings. Dragons were easily upgraded on the second. The generator did a great job. There was an external dwelling of horses and a sword +5 behind a horde of pegasi, an external dwelling of dragons behind a crowd of emerald golems, and two Dragon Utopias. The opponent's stats were quite terrifying, but he unexpectedly surrendered.

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The game was played as part of the ongoing "From Many, One" clan championship.

Neoandy (red, Tower, Nella, Nella) def Nagan-4 (blue, Fortress, Bron, Alkin),

An incorrect assessment of the position at the start led to an inevitable collapse at the end. Started from the bottom-left corner, the respawn was more than average, with no dwellings. I thought about taking a restart on 113, but then I saw that my respawn was surrounded by barbarian lands and there was a passage there. A tempting idea appeared — to gather a large secondary town respawn, then combine an army of Gorgons, Wyverns, Birds, and Bears, fortunately the units of both castles are cheap. I break through the guard, take the Stronghold, and discover a generator bug — I ended up in a bag; mines, resources — it's all there, but there's no passage there, only Fly is needed to fly over the cliffs. I have to split my army and transfer it back to the capital, a week is lost. Wyverns and Gorgons are in the citadel.
On week 2, I go into the teleport, and it's great there — a huge respawn of Tower secondary towns, from top to bottom, almost a third of the map. All heroes run there, money is no longer a problem. I discover a Dragon Utopia and a passage to the treasure zone. True, the snow penalty is quite heavy for a swamp army.
Week 3, I go into the treasure zone, the hives are taken fairly easily, I gather 40 Wyverns and 4 Angels. I see a Dragon Utopia and… a book of Air lying alone in the treasure zone behind a group of Angels. But at the end of the week, Nella bursts onto the snow, taking advantage of the fact that this land is native for her troops, and makes a breakthrough to the Dragon Utopia.

On 141, she takes it, gets the maximum loot (Sword +12 to Attack, Shield +4 to everything, Book of Fire), splits her army, and drags it away along a chain. I take my Dragon Utopia — on the contrary, the minimum loot is useless (only a Cloak +2 to SP and Mana), then I take the Book of Air from behind the Angels. At this time, red takes another good Dragon Utopia already on his own respawn, getting Wings and a Hat +6 to all stats, after which the gap in stats between the heroes became simply indecent.
Unfortunately, Alkin had mana problems, so he couldn't effectively use Dimension Door, as a result of which he was intercepted by Nella on 146.
Nella (31, 14, 16, — 154 mana) — 2 Angels, 5 Giants, 35 Wyverns, 24 Steel Golems, 44 Stone Gargoyles, 24 Mages, and 280 Gremlins.
Alkin (9, 16, 10, — no mana) — 4 Angels, 38 Wyverns, 14 Gorgons, 17 Basilisks, a few Serpents. The large difference in stats and Alkin's lack of mana would have turned the fight into a slaughter. I surrender.

I buy back in Fortress, take the red capital at the start of week 5. I want to also take the neutral Stronghold, but Nella recovered Boots of Speed, and with Expert Logistics and Wings, she controlled the map. Around 215, she caught Alkin: he surrendered without a fight, no mana, and too big a difference in stats.
If I hadn't lost the week in the bag, maybe I could have put up a fight, but as it was — it turned out to be hopeless.
Thanks for the game.

Hardcore (red, Rampart, Kirr) def Felix (blue, Necropolis, Garltran) 1-2-6 2sm4d(3)
The opponent took all the rests, I managed without them, we started.
Thank you for the game.

It was! Thank you for the game!