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

Kluka (red, Castle, Valenska, Valenska) def cyb (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr)

In terms of skills, the opponent was slightly better than me (15-14-3-7 vs. 14-9-4-6), and neither of us had any significant magic skills. Overall, it was a strange battle.
If I could look at the save without playing it, I would suggest replaying it.

it was

thanks for the game

SEM_56 (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Denis_HoMM (Red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3), 231
Good start, 3 stacks, external dwelling of Troglodytes near the castle, resulting in 167 Troglodytes...
111-117 I break through 76 Wolves, the Necromancer secondary hero is blocked by a crowd of archers. Rotation, on 114 the Pandora's Box is cleared from 35 Dendroids, giving 25 Evil Eyes. End of the week, 1-6 in the castle, without Minotaurs, Shakti gets Earth magic..
121-127 took my native secondary, revealed 2 Griffin Conservatories, 3 Hives. Result: 1-6 in the castle in the secondary..
131-137 secondary castle, Hive on 8 Griffins, Griffin Conservatory +2 Angels, mid-tier Naga Bank. In the snow, found a treasure zone and the Book of Air..
141-147 Book taken, another 3 Hives, Shield +5 defense....
211-217 I already have 50 Griffins, took a mid-tier Dragon Utopia, bought troops in two castles and am heading to the opponent's secondary...
The map generated such that the ГО was in the very a**, and I decided to go through the secondary, since the opponent had Conflux and I wanted to take out the Phoenixes, but it turned out to be his main castle (good thing I brought everything with me)!!!
Took the opponent's capital, upgraded Angels, took a nearby Dragon Utopia (strange that Denis didn't take it, he had 2 external dwellings of Swordsmen and Archers near his castle)!!
Heading to the secondary, I see Denis has Phoenixes....
221 took the opponent's empty secondary, Phoenixes are not built there!!!!!
Killed a scout with 2 Phoenixes and started chasing Valka, she turned out to be a stubborn broad, wouldn't agree to a date so easily....
But on 231 she realized there was nothing to gain and surrendered with all her guts!!!!

Oelm (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def. Hermit (blue, Rampart, Kirra, Kirra) 2sm4d(3), 2.1.5.

I confirm. I was caught off guard, and I also made a mistake and didn't have time to equip the artifacts I bought on the black market. With them, Kirra's stats would have been 10 28 8 7. I also asked my opponent for an auto-pause once because she had learned a spell from a mage. Towards the end of the game, there was a problem with crystals, and I couldn't exchange them for other resources on the market – I was too stingy... At the end of the fourth week, I captured the crystal cave, took Utopia, but I was given a captain's hat and a crystal cloak there. But it didn't help, and almost all the dragons were wasted, even though I built them in the third week and captured their dwelling in the same week... It was very bad that I couldn't learn either slow or haste anywhere during the entire game, and Kirra was an expert in both air and ground combat. There was really nothing in the treasure, and even in Utopia, as you can see, they gave me that... The only useful thing I got there was the Watchman's Shield, but it was guarded by a horde of Master Djinns, and I didn't have either slow or haste, and Kirra only had 20 mana points. I attacked them, and they started casting different spells on each other. I blinded two of them and lost only 28 centaurs. With the Watchman's Shield, taking Utopia went more or less smoothly. They killed all the centaurs and some of the pegasus. And when my opponent attacked, I only had four mana points... Thank you for the game.

SEM_56 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Denis_HoMM (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3), 231
Good start, 3 stacks, Troglodyte external dwelling near the castle, resulting in 167 Troglodytes...
But on 231 I realized there was nothing to be gained and surrendered completely!!!!

I confirm.
The respawn was good.
117 - Horses in Stronghold, captured two Archer Dwellings, so at the start of the game I had about 40 Archers. Started exploring the territory. Took a Crypt for 2000 Gold. Found a Dragon Utopia, guarded by upgraded Dwarves, about 75 in number. Attacked those Dwarves, completely lost my army, had to evacuate. I redeem Valeska.
127 - Build Castle and +2000 Gold income. Buy troops, take a secondary town - Conflux. There I also discovered 2 Conservatories, a Dragon Utopia, and one Phoenix Dwelling. On the way to those Phoenixes, I try to level up Expert Earth, beat a horde of Vampires (guardians of the Dragon Utopia), a horde of 4th level from Inferno (guardians of that same Phoenix Dwelling) - Only got Advanced Earth. With an army of about 40 Archers, 2 Cavalry, about 50 Pikemen, I attack the Phoenix Dwelling, assuming there were 4 units guarding it, but there were 6. I lose all troops, the GG escapes from the Phoenixes, 1 bird remains. Equip a scout with troops, go to take two Knight Dwellings. Tight on money.
137 - Buy whatever troops I can: about 40 Archers, 4 Cavalry, about 50 Pikemen. Go searching for treasure piles. Build Angels.
217 - On Conflux territory, I take two Conservatories, +2 and +2 Angels. Take the Utopia, after first taking the Phoenix Dwelling. In the Utopia I got a book of Earth, the rest is small stuff. Portal to Conflux to replenish mana (40 units). And then the opponent captures the Capital.
I notice the opponent has a clear advantage in troops and decide to go to the underground. Though later I find out that the opponent has all Air magic, which further reduced the chance of continuing the game.
In the underground, I discovered a Dragon Utopia and 5 Hives, I managed to take 4 Hives. Took the Utopia, from artifacts I only got Boots of Speed +2 to all stats.
In the meantime, the opponent took my last castle back. Deciding to try my luck, I found a teleporter in the underground which led me to the opponent's secondary town - Dungeon. I took that castle, built the Mana Vortex, the Mage Guild was not built.
There was no point in continuing the game. I conceded victory to the opponent.
Thank you for the game.

Hermit (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def Xunter (red, Dungeon, Gunar, Gunar) 2sm4d(3), 146

Thanks for the game.

+1
I don't remember anymore... so I can't tell you anything more...
Thanks for the game...

Kreg Xek (blue, Castle, Valya, Orrin) def. Denis_HoMM (red, Tower, Nila, Nila) 2sm4d(3), 237
116 - secondary Tower
117 - monks in Fortress +1000/+1000
I see 2 cons (turned out to be 3 and 1)
127 - angels in Castle without horses
I have resources and money - archers and for Utopia - tier 3 - water book, air sphere, and miscellaneous items.
The second tier 3 turned out to be better - teapot, air book, and titan armor.
I took Denis's capital and saw a Naga outpost near the Castle; I thought the Nagas would be a nuisance, but the stats were comforting - 21 28 26 16 and a chain lightning spell for 1700.
I chased Denis for about a week, caught up - chain lightning, archer attack, and the army was reduced to - 6 angels, 5 Naga kings, and 4 Wyverns - he ran away and wanted to continue, but the next day I received a message about his surrender.
Thank you for the game.

Confirmed.
Throughout the game, I acquired one Dragon Utopia, 3 Griffin Conservatories, 1 Angel, 2 Angels, 3 Angels, and 24 Wyverns (there were many Hives built). I also obtained all the Air magic from the Pandora's Box.
Thank you for the game.

Kreg Xek (blue, Castle, Valya, Orrin) def Denis_HoMM (red, Tower, Nila, Nila) 2sm4d(3), 237
116 - secondary Tower
117 - Monks in the Fortress +1000/+1000
I see 2 Constructs (turned out to be 3 and 1)
127 - Angels in the Castle without horses
I have resources and money - Archons and for Utopian - tier 3 - Book of Water, Sphere of Air, and miscellaneous items.
The second tier 3 turned out to be better - Teapot, Book of Air, and Titan Armor.
I took Denis's capital and saw an outpost of Nagas near the Castle; I thought the Nagas would be a nuisance, but the stats were pleasing - 21 28 26 16 and a Chain Lightning spell for 1700.
I chased Denis for about a week, caught up - Chain Lightning, Archons' attack, and the army was reduced to - 6 Angels, 5 Naga Kings, and 4 Wyverns - he ran away and wanted to continue, but the next day I received news of his surrender.
Thank you for the game.

Confirmed.
Throughout the game, I took one Dragon Utopia, 3 Griffin Conservatories, 1 Angel, 2 Angels, 3 Angels, 24 Wyverns (many Hives were built), and I got all the Air magic in the Pandora's Box.
Thank you for the game.

Game confirmation.

Vigo (red,Castle,Valeska,Valeska) def Kluka (blue,Necropolis,Galtran,Galtran) 2sm4d(3), 215

The respawn turned out to be large and confusing. On the first day, there was no time for secondary dwellings; I got horses with the castle, and there was an external dwelling of horses and monks on the respawn. On the second day, I fully scouted my territory, found the Dragon Utopia, a couple of Naga dwellings, and some minor dwarf dwellings and crypts, while also clearing out the external dwellings. On the third day, I only took the swamp secondary dwelling.
I moved onto the snow, where the opponent already was. We clashed slightly with one-hit units, and Valka decided to take her own Dragon Utopia; nothing useful except КВ and money. I planned to go into the treasure zone via the scouted teleport through the swamp, but Gasya appeared, so I had to attack.
I set up my tactics and a very interesting battle began!
Gasya is an expert in slow, Valka in haste, and that's how they clashed...
With nearly 700 skeletons, Galtrush with the +3 health artifact is very strong! But Valeska's 28 horses are also great :).

Thanks for the interesting game.

Vigo (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Kluka (blue, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) 2sm4d(3), 215.

Confirmed.

Born underground.
I would call my starting location the "Golden Stadium" - tons of money, a lair of demons (the demons have reached a new low - they started storing skeletons in lairs :)), and nothing else. By the end of the second week, I had captured all three secondary locations: Rampart, Conflux, and Tower, which immediately started supplying me with skeletons.
In the middle of the third week, with 550 skeletons, I went to the Treasury. They wanted to give me the whole land, but I lacked the wisdom. I took two Hives.
In the fourth week, I attacked the main location and tried to break through the Guardian of the Orb (creatures), but due to the morale of the Wyverns, they were almost completely destroyed. On the other side of the gate were Archmages, and I didn't attack them.
And I didn't upgrade the Knights, I don't know why.

What happened next is clear from the previous post.

Thank you for the game!

Hermit (Castle, Valeska) def Sem-56 (Rampart, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 246

Thank you for the game.

Hermit (Castle, Valeska) def Sem-56 (Rampart, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 246
I confirm, finally Vova started using his advantages, congratulations and thank you for the game!!!

Vigo (red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def Grishin Stanislav (blue, Dungeon, Alamar, Alamar) 2sm4d(3), 134 After all the restarts, I started in the center under close observation. I found a path through the wilderness to a secondary Dungeon, which led to the enemy via a teleport. On the third turn, the enemy appeared, and Kirr attacked. Thank you for the game.

Vigo (red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def Grishin Stanislav (blue, Dungeon, Alamar, Alamar) 2sm4d(3), 134

After all the initial moves, I started in the center under close observation. I found a path through the rough terrain to a secondary Dungeon, which led to the enemy's territory via a teleport. On the third turn, the enemy appeared, and Kirr attacked.

Thank you for the game.

Yes, I confirm!
Thank you for the game!

Kreg Xek (blue, Castle, Valya, Valya) def Nerevin (red, Barbarian, Zhabarkas, Zhabarkas) 2sm4d(3), 125
117 - horses in the Citadel, I see the Griffin Conservatory and an angel external dwelling.
121 - I reveal the second Griffin Conservatory, take a crypt with 5 vampires, get Earth, horses go for the upgrade.
122 - horses upgraded, lads harnessed, book bought.
123 - portal breached (it turned out to be on the opponent's respawn).
Valya (expert Leadership, expert Earth (without Slow), primary Ranged, stats 6 4 2 1(10), 46 upgraded archers, 5 Champions, 1+4+40+1+1 pikemen) goes for the capital.
125 - the capital is empty, nearby the opponent's GG, Valya attacks - Zhabarkas (5 0 1 1(10), 71 goblins, 20 orcs, 3 birds, 8 ogres and 11 dogs). In the battle one pikeman is lost, the opponent is annihilated, the capital is taken - 355 points, rank - monster.
Thanks for the game.