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

Mizrael (Fortress, Bron, Mephala) def Loi (red, Castle, Valeska, Tiraksor) 212

No restarts. 5 heroes on day one; a witch hut was captured, and it contained Logistics. Mephala came in — I level her without any alternatives. End of week: 1-6 with Castle and 1000 gold, secondary town Inferno. Day 121: enough gold to buy everything starting from Basilisks, and Mephala heads into the treasure zone via the underground passage near the secondary town. All her power was enough for: gold and crystal mines, a warrior's tomb, and a cartographer (convenient guards, lots of XP — didn't enter the building itself, of course:)). End of week: Hydras at home, 2000 gold in both castles, Mephala at level 11. The third week brought a Pandora's Box with 10k XP, an external dwelling of Angels and Wyverns, a level-3 Griffin Conservatory, and a secondary Conflux. Day 137: Mephala spends the night in a Dragon Utopia (guarded by Angels, who were also holding the Boots of Speed). Day 141: again enough gold to buy everything and send it via the chain to the Utopia; level 3 brought a Helm +6, a Necklace of All +3, and Boots of Resistance. Next Utopia: a Club +5 and a Shield +12. In Inferno, built the mage tower; got Dimension Door (also equipped a spell scroll for Summon Fire Elementals). On day 147, using Mephala's high mobility, I take all of red's castles; in the former capital, I build and upgrade Angels. Then follows a series of small battles for secondary towns; Mephala holds the key castles and carries all the resources for upgrades (didn't even have time to haul them home — everything unupgraded). Left without castles and finding nothing radical in the Utopia, the opponent conceded due to a strong advantage in parameters and army power (16-6-5-5 for Tyr vs. 22-34-19-15 for Mephala). Thanks for the game.

Paladin@heroes.by (Red, Rampart of Kirr, Kirr) def Dubrovin Pavel (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2sm4d(3), 1.2.6.
Sod, started with +3 elves, who quickly died in clearing out other ramparts.
In the first group, kents and elves + horses on the citadel + 7 heroes + 2 secondary heroes.
121, I free up the pig growth for 28 turns with cows, they gave it, they gave it…
122 +1 angel.
123 another secondary hero, information arrives (via ICQ) that the blue player is destroying the max-griffon lair, so I expect them to arrive soon, I'm 80% sure where they're coming from…
124, Shakti arrived, 5-5-2-(20) level 8, 4 angels, 139 troglodytes +1+1+1+1+1 abominations + mass spells.
125, I found the golden boy and am ready for battle, but I'm worried about the advanced tactics and weak chain attacks.
126, the chain attacks held up, and to make sure the tactics don't fail, I build a 2nd level magic building, oh no, there's blindness there (((, Plan B - I had to catch the angels (no earth magic) and use 8+7 pigs to block the elves in the first turn + definitely attack first, but as I said, the chain attacks didn't hold up… + I also managed to free the treasury, and there was my own hero with 6 elves and 20 kents.
Well, Kirr is like this: 8-13-4(90) level 12, 1 angel, 80 kents, 15 groups of pigs, 5 groups of horses, 7 wood, and 22 elves.
The battle started with my small slow and his mass slow, but the 22 elves, despite the distance, dealt 170 damage each to the angels with each arrow, of course, there was some double luck here, after that the blue player faltered…
Thank you for the interesting game and for your courage.

Goodwin (red, Fortress, Tazar) def SEM_56 (blue, Castle, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 2-1-1

Thank you for the game.

I confirm, I strayed too far from the castle behind the console. The opponent suddenly appeared on my lands, I didn't have time to transfer troops and adequately repel the attack. Thank you for the game.

Mizrael(Fortress, Bron, Mephala) def Loi(red, Castle, Valeska, Tiraksor) 212

It happened. I stopped trying to take it due to real life, although I intended to. I broke through the path to the conflict, but right before the castle there was a block; other roads were blocked by shooters. On the second try, I decided to test angels, seeing 4 more untaken crypts, but three of them were minimums. On the third, I go into the treasure zone—without mass slow and mass haste, as there is no Dragon Utopia there, although they did give me 25 swords. On the fourth, I buy everything out, selling down to zero—right under Mephala's nose. I have 11 champs, 20 vivs, 50 crusaders, 60 marks, 15 monks, 20 corgis—at full speed—into the snowy treasure zone, then in a wide arc toward the spotted one and a bunch of hives in the Dragon Utopia. And here, again due to external factors, after taking a small crypt with a scout on autobattle, I forget to switch back to manual combat and lose my main stacks to a crowd of flagellants, just one turn away from the Dragon Utopia—which was being taken, naturally—any Dragon Utopia. Having lost the last chances to gain control, I concede the well-deserved victory.
Thanks for the game.

Paladin@heroes.by (Red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def Dubrovin Pavel (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2sm4d(3), 1.2.6.
Thank you for the interesting game and for your courage.

I confirm!

After all the resets, I got a respawn point leading to the Guardian and a teleport, which was blocked by 10-19 Griffin Riders.

In the first week, I got the Eyes in the Castle, had no money for anything, tested a Cons-Maximal with a Griffin stack, and farmed about 100 Golems with the Griffin stack, thanks to the Blessing. I took the Troglodyte Nest.

In the second week, using the Blessing, which was only enough for 1 round, I took the Cons for 4 Angels, and that's where they offered me Earth Magic. I decided to go through the wilderness to the Guest, took the secondary resource of my opponent, and headed to the Main. But Dima (of course) was on guard. I was shocked when, under Fortune, 20+ Elves took 350+ Health from the Angels; there was no point in continuing...

Thank you for the interesting game!

OUTLAW (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def ВиТаЛиК (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre), 2SM4(d), 1-4-6
Start without built archers. By the end of the week — cavaliers in the citadel. An external dwelling of cavaliers found deep in the respawn. On the second day I break through to the secondary Stronghold to privatize it, simultaneously checking out the underground treasure zone. I break through the external dwelling of cavaliers, set up a castle with monks and griffins. I leveled Earth to Expert, a scout brought a Slow scroll. On the 3rd I started operating in the treasure zone, leveling up to 15 in 2 days, but then Kyrre appeared at the edge of the adjacent zone. I rush home. On my turn on 136 Kyrre takes my external dwelling of cavaliers, staying out of reach :mad: I spend the night at home on champions, hoping to catch Schumacher :D . But Kyrre runs away again... I go to the treasure zone again, and again, after a couple of days I have to return because Kyrre is speeding up before ГО. On 145 reds attack ГО, light up a scout camp on my respawn, see the main hero at home, and run away... I pray that Valya reaches Schumacher with 5 dragons, 4 cavaliers, and 40+ grand elves. I make it!!!! Kyrre lvl 11 (7-13-2-4) vs Valentina lvl 15 (13-13-6-9). And then, methodical slaughter of the forest folk with mass Slow. Kyrre escapes with 1 cavalier. Game Over.
p/s: turns out the opponent rushed the attack, not bringing Kyrre another 14 cavaliers with a screen — it could have been more interesting....
Thanks for the game. It's been a long time since my nerves have been so rattled by an elusive Schumacher :smile51:
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How Long Will They Mourn Me? Tupac Amaru Shakur

OUTLAW (blue, Castle, Valerius, Valerius) def ViTaLiK (red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr), 2SM4(d), 1-4-6
Thanks for the game. I haven't been this stressed by the elusive Schumacher in a long time :smile51:
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How Long Will They Mourn Me? Tupac Amaru Shakur

Yeah, that's right...
From the first week, he had horses with a Castle and a hidden Pegasus and Dryad...
From the second week, he had Draconians and a hidden horse... in the third, I left him without a hidden horse... he definitely had the advantage in troops, he just rushed a little...
Thanks for the game.

SEM_56 (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Ahivog (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 226
Took all the rests and the spawn wasn't very good, small respawn and no nooks, but upgraded archers, their upgrade, and on 111 I take the max crypt for 10 vamps with losses of 4 archers and some misc...
113 I break through 16 diamond golems and reach the vast lands of the Barbarians. I reveal a large territory and see 6 Griffin Conservatories, a plan is formed..
On 117 I take the Barbarian secondary, in the castle there are horses in the castle..
121-127 Valeska gets Tactics, Wisdom, and Earth. Neither castle has Slow, I find a scroll and learn Earth, but they just won't give Expert..
131-137 I gather money, clear 2 Dwarf Cottages with 50 dwarves each..
141-147 I pick up the cavalry and archers and head to the Griffin Conservatories, still no Expert Earth. I take 3 Griffin Conservatories +7 angels, an artifact for +4 to Sorcery, and scrape together a bit of money...
211-217 I already have 13 angels, I see the opponent's secondary and prepare to attack (sort of). On 214 I buy out all troops, take another +2 angels, and run back. I kill ГО 144 thunderbirds and 86 nagas and capture the opponent's capital..
221-226 I take the native secondary, pick up another +3 angels, and on 225 I catch Shakti on the angels, the opponent buys himself out and surrenders, fleeing with his entire population into the treasure zone, where he loses a large chunk of troops. The opponent decided not to continue. Thanks for the game!!

SEM_56 (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Ahivog (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 226

Confirmed! Thanks for the game.

Vigo (blue, Conflux, random, Monier, Monier) def Sir Slavcheg(red, Stronghold, Gundula, Gundula) 137, 2smd4(3)

The opponent at the draw allowed me to play as Conflux. So I gave it a try; after all the General rests, the generation seemed fine for me—I got Monier, had money, and had units to reclaim resources; on the first turn, I took my native secondary. I placed birds on the first turn just barely. On the second, I took another Castle secondary, and in the tavern, Galtran and Valk :) I spent the third turn taking everyone's same money and scouting—found two Dragon Utopias and two conservatories. On the fourth, I think I'll move toward the first Dragon Utopia...

Thanks for the game.
Confirmed!

Mizrael (red, Fortress, Bron, Kalt) def. Kreg Xek (Castle, Caithlin, ?) 2sm4d(3) 143

The ambush with basilisks and gnolls, plus the native secondary skill, allowed for a quick leveling up of the hero (Kalt). With logistics and boots, he quickly cleared the treasure on week 3 and on day 142, he broke through the Guardian Order of 40 giants (10 titans). Since the opponent had nothing to defend with, he surrendered. Thanks for the game.

Vigo (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Sir loi (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2SM4D(3), 125

After all my restarts, it generated me in the underground, but with three stacks, two native heroes in the tavern, one of them Gunnar. So off went Shakti and Gunnar to travel...

On the first [week]: secondary Bog, secondary Stronghold, external dwelling of bears, at home cats in the Citadel, in Bog - Wyverns, at the Barbarians - birds.
On the second [week]: Dwarf Cottage 75, Naga Bank 10, cats and bears in the castle, Wyverns in the Citadel and within reach three Griffin Conservatories.

Thanks for the game.

Vigo (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Sir Loiloi (blue, Fortress, Valeska, Valeska) 2SM4D(3), 125

Thank you for the game.

Yes. A typical secondary game, with 6-7 Necropolises and a similar number of Hydras waiting for their fate on the second map. But I couldn't continue due to real-life commitments, and my opponent didn't want to postpone the game, so I conceded the victory, agreeing to start a new game later.
Thank you for the game.

vbn (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def scorp (red, Castle, Valeska, Dessa) 2SM4d(3) 2-1-7.

1-1-1. Archers are built, a Naga bank is revealed, Imps are present, the middle crypt is taken, 4 heroes. Blue has a hidden stash of Griffons and Angels (behind an Elven horde).
1-1-7. Hydras are in the castle, no Gorgons, a hidden stash of Basilisks and Gnolls. Another Naga bank is revealed, 2 reserves of 2+ Angels, a hidden stash of Gorgons, and a Hive. Red has a secondary Necropolis and Knights without a Citadel.
1-2-7. To build a Gorgon on 1-2-7, I had to (missed it earlier) exchange 5000 gold for 1 sulfur, resulting in 190 gold short for the Gorgons, while the hidden stash was already taken :(. I was upset... Red has 4 castles. Angels are in the castle.
1-3-7. After circling the swamp a couple of times, Tazar decides to try his luck in the Dungeon.
1-4-5. Tazar loses his capital.
1-4-7. Tazar takes a secondary Dungeon and is disappointed that he didn't find a treasure room, but the overview shows that there is one, a little further away. 12 Angels were gathered (but 1 was lost due to stupidity, in a hurry during a battle). Red has 5 castles.
2-1-1. Tazar loses all his castles! :( But the Pandora box gives him all the Air elementals! And he can try to resist the elusive Dessa with her boots. He jumps to Utopia. But all the artifacts are for Magic - and Dessa has a Red Ball and Shackles.
2-1-2. Tazar has only 4 heroes left. He tries to distract Dessa, making her run aimlessly in search of Tazar and waste her inexhaustible MP.
2-1-3. Only 3 heroes remain. A ring +1 to speed is taken. The 2nd Utopia is revealed, a couple of Hives are taken. But there is little time left. Plans are being made on how to save mana for the Dimension Door spell to capture at least some castle.
2-1-4. Only 2 heroes remain: Tazar and Tunar, hiding in the swamp with 9 units of Gorgons and not knowing how to give them to Tazar. The 2nd Utopia is taken. Angel Wings, and again artifacts for Magic. The 3rd Utopia is revealed. And there is almost no time left.
2-1-5. There is no time left, it's time to look for a new home. Tazar jumps out of the Dungeon. An overview of the Air elementals showed the nearest castle (Red's secondary), but a hero was standing in the gate, and I got confused, thinking that there was no castle after all, although I couldn't understand why. But it was too late... Tazar was ambushed... He fought with a Sphere of Inhibition.

Tazar 22nd level. 15-28-25-23 v.s. Dessa 14-12-13-13 oh my god! with Cursed Armor (.
In general, through wait, Dessa's Angels killed everyone except 59 Wyverns and 12 Basilisks. Dessa escapes with 3 Angels.

2-1-7. Tazar captures his capital on the last remaining day, killing Dessa in the castle.

Thank you for the game!

Paladin@heroes.by (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Дубровин Павел (Red, Rampart Kyrre, Kyrre), 2sm4d(3), 1.2.3.

We'll catch up and overtake, or give us a five-year plan in two years )
I saw the Griffin Conservatory, growth, and Monoliths, so I didn't take stacks, although they gave a decent number of Troglodytes, about 120+overflow
111 Monolith growth
112 portal and Troglodyte growth
113 15*5 Dwarf dwellings
114 Necromancer secondary skill
115 Dwarf dwellings 15*5, I break them, go home, buy the spell book, and on 116 I break another Necromancer secondary, the scout hero was waiting at the border to uncover the guard.
117 +4 Wyverns
121 Here's the long-awaited Griffin Conservatory, I gathered 199 Troglodytes with Bless ))) and there's a minimum, the previous game (where Shakti had the maximum wasn't repeated)
122 compensation, another Griffin Conservatory for 2 Angels and Mass Slow is already ready.
123 I buy more Monoliths and head out to the green area, and there Kyrre is licking his lips and waiting for his turn to grab +3 Angels and Cavalry growth, all in a pile. Well, I trampled all the raspberries with my 12 Monoliths, 4 Wyverns, 199 Troglodytes, 10 Beholders, and Angels, 3 of my own + 3 local ))) 5-7-6-6 level 13, against Kyrre 7-7-3-3, 3 Angels, 6 Cavaliers, half a hundred Elves and Centaurs...
Well, I arrived just in time, not only did he have 2 castles and Cavalry growth, but also Dragon growth and 10,000 gold in cash + several max Dwarves + a bunch of creatures and interesting artifacts + a stable; in short, live and be happy, if not for death :smile16:
Thank you for an exciting adventure.