Posts from Reports on online games and their confirmations (Winter 2009 season).

blue Kash (Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def red Wlk777 (Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2sm4d(3), 117
He seemed to be developing well, even without archers from the start after all the resets. On turn 117, the opponent reported that he was defeated.

blue Kash (Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def red Wlk777 (Dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar), 2sm4d(3), 126
First week - 2 secondary resources, a Conflux, and a Castle. There didn't seem to be much else to do on all three resource locations, so I went to attack the opponent. On turn 124, I attacked the guard from the adjacent resource location but didn't quite reach the scouting range. On turn 125, from the scouting range, I saw that, darn it, the capital was nearby, and a little further away was Shakti. I decided to attack Shakti. I killed him. On turn 126, the weak units wandered around - as a result, Kirr found Gunnar with 6 Thunderbirds and 4 Manticores on a secondary resource location. Kirr, level 9, with 20 upgraded bows and upgraded Pegasus + mass slow, left no chance.
Thanks for the game.

It happened both times. I'm too lazy to explain the details.
P.S. This week was somehow unlucky :mad:

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def OUTLAW (Blue, Conflux, Random, Moner), 2sm4d(3), 2.2.6.

Born in the Underworld with 2 Stacks.
On the first week - 2 Native Heroes, Manticores without Minotaurs in the Castle, Inferno external dwelling. ГО blocked the passage to another Inferno external dwelling.

On the second week - the Harpy Special finally played out against me, Capital, Naga-Bank with 4 Nagas, 2 Nagas, fought off the Rider's Gloves for almost 50 Storms. In the Treasury, I spotted a Magic Dragon external dwelling for 50-99 Liches, Black Ball for 10-19 Red Dragons, Oracle's Hat for 20-49 Cavaliers from where it was possible to DD further to the Book of Fire for 20-49 Gr. Psychos and the Dragon Utopia.

On the third week - I take the Consu-Two on the external dwelling, Two Red Dragon external dwellings for almost 50 Wizards and 40+ Snipers, I take the external dwelling and buy out a Magic Dragon, completely ruining my morale finally (-1 was). And I sacrifice building Dragons to save up for 2 Magics on the fourth week. I take a hive with 4 Vivas.

On the fourth week - I buy the second Magic, take a hive with 8 Vivas, fight off the Oracle's Hat, fly to the Minimal Dragon Utopia (Angel Wings), take the Book of Fire, Gold Mine, fight off the Black Ball, break back home in hopes that Mana would be refilled twofold since I didn't visit the Main on the fourth week, however it wasn't refilled (for some reason mana is constantly not refilling, although they should refill once a week upon entering the Main). Build Reds, hit ГО with almost 50 Cor. Nagas; above stands ГО in the form of 100-249 Gr. Thunderbirds, which I flew over, and on 2.1.1. took Igor's empty Castle.

On the fifth week - the thought occurred that when emerging to the surface through ГО there was an untouched Treasury in the Sands, so I headed there, thanks to having upgraded Pathfinding. I positioned myself as a "shnyr" (sneak) such that it was possible to transfer troops from the Underworld upwards without breaking the Surface Main Guard, using Angel Wings, flew to the Treasury, and thus took the Dragon Utopia-Two (Necklace for All and Hat +4 Strength and Mana Amount), saw the Prison below, decided to free the "shnyr", but didn't quite reach it. Then Moner flies in with 30+ Attack, just short of reaching me; I am in no hurry to attack since I still haven't freed the "shnyr"; in the Prison they gave Ciel, who went down where Moner came from and saw an untouched Dragon Utopia, which could be flown to, which is what I do. It turned out to be a Three (Teapot for All, Book of Air, and Red Ball); here I decide to go after Moner myself, having 3 Magics, 9 Reds, 4 Fens, and some odds and ends (14 Scorpions, 20+ regular Minotaurs). I move to close in, Moner attacks on his turn, and having +3 Speed pours an Explosion onto the Reds, taking out about 3 Reds, then with 15 Fens wipes out 10 Scorpions and all Gr. Medusas, however the Scorpions cement it with a counter-attack. On my turn I wipe out about 50 Crossbowmen with a Chain attack, some 5 Vivas, but another 30 Vivas with 10 Speed rush forward. In general, I buy myself off with 1 Firebird that had 88 Health left, finally hitting the Vivas with a Chain attack (which could have killed my Fen, luckily it took everything itself and my remaining stack of 9 Minos), leaving Igor with 7 Firebirds, 10+ Vivas, about 30 Storms, but most importantly .... with 10+ Mana, which prevented Moner from flying back to his own external dwelling and taking reinforcements from the Conflux external dwelling and the Castle external dwelling.

On the sixth week - I go on the Attack again, having previously taken the Guardian's Shield and Consu-Three in that same Treasury, with 8-9 Reds, 2 Magics, 4 Angels, 4 Firebirds, I take Igor's Castle external dwelling with 2 unbought Angels. Igor capitulates.

Thanks to Igor for a great Battle!

Wlk777 (red, swamp, Tazar) Def Kash (blue, Rampart, Kirr) 116 2SM4D(3)
The generator is paying back my debts)).

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Wlk777 (red, Castle, Valeska) Def Kash (blue, Rampart, Kirr) 141 2SM4D(3)
I got a little lucky here too, nothing special, but at least I earned a little money.

Thank you for the game.

Wlk777 (red, swamp, Tazar) Def Kash (blue, Rampart, Kirr) 116 2SM4D(3)
The generator is paying back my debts.

Confirmed.
Indeed, after the restarts, something terrible happened. There was only one chance – to reach 116. Swallowing my pride, I crawled through the swamp, but I lost on a block from a crowd of lizards.

Wlk777 (red, Castle, Valeska) Def Kash (blue, Rampart, Kirr) 141 2SM4D(3)
Here, too, I got a little lucky, nothing special, but at least I had a little money.

Confirmed.
For the first week, I went along the illuminated, rich barbarian spawn, but it turned out to be a bug, there was no passage. I swore loudly and quickly returned. The result of the week: Kirr, level 3, I somehow scraped together some weak units for mounts in the Castle. I was given the third cell for land, but that didn't matter anymore. My opponent developed better than me and defeated me with a General creature. That's what happened to me, feel sorry for me.
Thank you, Valentin, for the games

smoke_mk (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def bRitvo4kA (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson), 2sm4d(3), 123

- Well, this is the final. With a decent setup, I didn't expect to see 7 angels on turn 2. Out of stupidity, I rush into the Naga Bank and lose half my troops. No chance for Gurnisson :smile15:

AZ (Castle - Valeska/Valeska - red) def evil romantic (Swamp - Bron/Bron - blue) 2sm4d(3) 1 2 1. Not a bad map... on turn 1, I take the second castle... I build a town hall... in castle 1, I build a citadel... The opponent surrenders...

AZ (Castle - Valeska/Valeska - red) def evil romantic (Swamp - Bron/Bron - blue) 1 2 1. Confirmed. The respawn point is a complete mess - there's only one road, and it leads to a GO. The second road is guarded by a horde of enraged lizards. There's no money, so I decided to attack the horde of Hellhounds on level 121 to get a Pandora's Box - I thought maybe they'd drop some money or experience, but... the Pandora's Box was empty. This was the last straw....)

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def OUTLAW (Blue, Conflux, Random, Moner), 2sm4d(3), 2.2.6.

I confirm. Pasha used all his rests, I only 111. In this generation—Moner is in the tavern, plenty of money buildings (in the form of dwarf dwellings, medusa dwellings, and naked banks), secondaries on the grass—I'm playing... On the first one, there wasn't enough cash for phoenixes; once I lost a mage while breaking through a horde of thieves for 2 chests and an experience stone, bought him back and immediately sent him to the well with a subsequent route to the crypt. The crypt was maxed, archers ran out and the undead could really deal some damage, but I overcame it—emerging with remnants of butterflies. Also, there's nothing left to break through the crypt for phoenixes, so I buy meat to break through the secondary. Result of the week—1-6 in the fort with a market. At the start of the second, Castle secondary, there is an external dwelling of archers and swordsmen, a Dragon Utopia was found and nearby +2 speed!!! I didn't find any fast paths to Pasha, decided not to rush and focused on buildings and finances. By the end of the 2nd—phoenixes with a castle, in the Castle—swordsmen with a citadel. On the 3rd, I clear the remaining money buildings, a scout with an army from the Castle breaks through to the second secondary, which turns out to be my own. In the Castle, I build angels with a castle. At the end of the week, I broke into the Castle and rushed toward the utopia on an angel. On 141, I take +2 speed, take the Dragon Utopia(3)—they gave a sword+12, hat5x, helmet+10. Immediately go to the metro nearby—there are several hives, pandoras, breastplate+4/4. Built up the second conflux with phoenixes in the citadel. Due to constant breaking through/gathering resources for building, I broke the chain to the capital and when Shakti appeared, I could no longer break back home, even though I significantly surpassed him in army :mad: Broke into a secondary, not reaching the handcuffs in the treasure zone—this most likely decided things later.... Shakti didn't linger in my capital and flew to the sandy treasure zone. Through exp air, I tracked him and decided to catch him in the treasure zone; jumped there. But because of the landscape, I simply fell short by a couple of cells :mad: , as a result, an excellent Dragon Utopia was taken from under my nose. The next day I caught up with Shakti already with solid parameters, but since I hadn't picked up the handcuffs earlier—Pasha bought his way out.... and then I just got stuck in the treasure zone—blowing the built-up Castle with angels, and Shakti, now with solid meat and superior parameters, looked better :D .... In short, I lost because of my own sloppiness despite an excellent layout :smile18:
Thanks to Pasha for an interesting game!!!
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How Long Will They Mourn Me? Tupac Amaru Shakur

Neoandy (red, Castle, Valecka, Valecka) def bRitvo4kA (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) 2sm4d(3), 223

We played for more than 12 hours with a short break. First I went through all the restarts, and then my opponent did too, and we started. I had a bunch of shooter blocks, lizards, and something else that I had to kill just to have somewhere to go. Only one crypt on the respawn - but lucky it was max. On the barbarian secondary: 20-49 stacks of flies; on the other secondary, still on my own respawn, a horde of lizards blocked the road. First week at home and a scout in the basement. The horses in the castle were built. Gurni was already in the basement, looting Dwarf Cottages, and then grabbed a Pandora's Box behind the medusas. Valka kills the lizards and fights her way down the long road (luckily they were fast) to the Necro secondary. There's a Griffin Conservatory two-spot there, and +1 to speed; Valka has Expert Air but no spell book; there's a Necropolis nearby - I decided to buy a book (Haste wasn't there, of course), and the shooters had arrived from home. Next turn - +2 angels. The respawn is not convenient, so Valka splits back home and visits the stables. The scouts reveal a Dragon Utopia on the swamp from the watchtower. Valecka takes a minimal Conservatory at home behind a horde of gogs and a level 3 nagabank. A corner of another Conservatory appeared in a corner of the respawn - a chain started. Valka goes to the rocks, the scouts run to the Conservatory - they run into 10-19 champions for +2 to speed; I thought about it, attacked, and beat them. There's also an external stable and a nagabank there. I set up on the Conservatory - a throng - the scout climbed in - max... Well, had to take it; the remains of crusaders and griffins were finally written off the combat roster, but in exchange +4 combat guys. Pathfinding was offered to Valka, and I took it for future prospects, which later caused problems with Town Portal without Earth skill. I entered a treasure site from the rocks with Valka, aimed for a Pandora's Box, when Gurni appeared on the Necro secondary with a weak army (no angels or wyverns). I didn't want to give up the distant secondary because it would be problematic to retake later, and there was a Dragon Utopia there too. I split up, transferred troops across the entire map, and with Mass Haste wrote the barbarian a ticket home.

After that, the opponent's turns increased in length by two or even three times, although I didn't see anything serious on the saves each turn. This lasted until the end of the game. I was already about to offer a draw. I went through the basement treasure site from the swamp - there, in a level 3 Dragon Utopia, a Book of Earth, a Helm for mana. A Sword +5 All lying around behind some wyverns. A couple of turns earlier, I'm looking closely at the rocks - and I see the edge of Boots behind some simple golems!!! Oh, three weeks barefoot... Town Portal to Necropolis Town - its Dragon Utopia there - level 3, +3 All, Sentinel's Shield, and something else. Lots of money, but I forgot to buy back on day 147 and the plague took everyone. That guy who got the Boots on the rocks found another Dragon Utopia there - minimal. Then the opponent, crawling around for half an hour in one spot on the snow, angered me - or rather, his scout, who took back a couple of towns. Valka, standing a couple of tiles away from the opponent's last dungeon, doesn't take it because Town Portal won't work and the chain is broken. Town Portal and I recapture both castles in different parts of the map this turn and chase away the insolent scout with a powerful army. Anyway, I went with Valka to catch Gurni; he has Logistics, but against Valka's expert Logistics + stables + Boots + Gloves, he couldn't get far. I only found a Conservatory on my barbarian respawn via Teleport, and there he was, handcuffed and sentenced.

Thanks for the game. It was exhaustingly long.

Neoandy (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def bRitvo4kA (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson), 2sm4d(3), 223

Move 132 was the decisive one in the game – the opponent gets +2 to speed on his own respawn point, a nagabanks, a stable for upgrading 9 horses, a conserve for 4 angels, a ring of life, and a dwarven mine. :eek:
The next battle is in one turn –
7 angels, tactics, +3 speed, and Valeska's masochism force Gurnisson, with his low defense, to lose more than half of his troops in the first round. I sacrifice 2 angels and crusaders.
The last hope was to capture a utopia near my secondary Dungeon. It turned out to be a level 2 town. In 2 turns, I pour all my remaining troops into it, but I still take it. It gives a book of water and a health potion :smile12:
With the new population, I take another secondary Dungeon, a conserve 2, and several hives. In the next week of plague, I see the opponent with very good stats and already with archers. There's nowhere to go. Gurnisson gives pathfinding, and I bet on a snow fortress. There's a hidden stash of angels there, and a level 3 utopia (shield +4, titan armor). As it turned out, a few turns later, there was another utopia in the corner. But Gurnisson had already moved and made several moves in a different direction.

I got lost on the rocks and ended up in a dead end, which is how he caught up. I had an idea to upgrade my angels in the opponent's capital (I had the money), but I think that with Valeska's movement points, there was no chance.
Thanks, Neoandy, for the game!

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def bRitvo4kA (Blue, Rampart, Kirry, Kirry), 2sm4d(3), 1.4.6.

On the first week - 1-6 in the Castle.

On the second week - native external dwelling.

On the third week - Necropolis and Conflux external dwellings, Consa on 3 and 2 Angels, Hydra external dwelling, Dragon Utopia-Three (at the external dwelling) and Dragon Utopia-Two (in Treasury) (Helmet for All, Oracle's Hat, Guardian's Shield). Hydras.

On the fourth week - in another Treasury - Dragon Utopia-Minimal (Red Ball), two Magic Dragon external dwellings, flew over to Andrey, took the Main, flew into his Treasury, took the Necklace for All there, thanks to which brought Defense up to 39. At 1.4.6. Andrey capitulates.

Thanks to Andrey for the battle!

Дубровин Павел (Красный, Крепость, Тазар, Тазар) def bRitvo4kA (Синий, Оплот, Киррь, Киррь), 2sm4d(3), 146

Very poor respawn, with one road to the secondary and a block of elves on the road. I was wrong to fall for the external dwellings of elves, pegasi, and trees. I should have used a restart.
found one Dragon Utopia, and in it from the loot only shield +4 and plate mail
Seeing Tazar's stats and realizing that it wouldn't be a fight but a slaughter, I decided not to continue :smile15:
Thanks for the game!

numOne (Red, Inferno, Feast, Feast) def El Magnifico Sonic (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2sm4d(3), 1.1.7

We played after a restart. On the third hand, the game began.
Everything was going well. Secondary Barbarians. In the main castle, 1-6 (without 3), in the castle. The Pirate expert used logic and gave air. The prospects were good... But on turn 117, Denis concedes, citing a series of bad luck...
Thank you for the game.

numOne (Red, Inferno, Pyre, Pyre) def El Magnifico Sonic (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2sm4d(3), 1.1.7
Thanks for the game.

That's exactly how it was!!! Poor respawn, built cavalry in the stronghold, and on turn 117 lost the main hero (and no gold)!!! Had no chance!!
Thanks to my opponent for the game!!!

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Cheban (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2sm4d(3), 2.3.6.

We played on 2 minutes (wasn't my idea).

On the first week - secondary Rampart, 1-6 without 5 in the Main, external dwelling of Gorgons, three external dwellings of Gnolls.

On the second week - external dwelling of Wyverns.

On the third week - Conflux-Max, secondary Castle, I stand in the Dragon Utopia, waiting for growth.

On the fourth week - Dragon Utopia Minimum (Boots of Levitation), on the secondary Rampart Valeska surfaced from the Underground and dove back into it. I break and go after her into the Underground, but I make a mistake in direction, and Valeska jumped to the surface and goes into the Treasury. On the last cell I catch up, we fought a lot, Valya bought herself off.

On the fifth week - in the Sandy Treasury I manage to take the Rider's Gloves, several Hives. Here again from her secondary Valya comes and positions for a rush with 10-19 Champions. Again on the last cell I reach her, Valya pays ransom. On the next turn she already appears with 100-249 Crossbowmen, several Angels, 10-19 Champions, 50-99 Gr. Knights. I realize I will lose the battle, I leave to my respawn. On the way I take 2 more Hives. Valya goes into the Sandy Treasury, where I previously revealed a Dragon Utopia with Scouting. I couldn't allow such a maneuver, I upgraded 40+ Wyverns, 40+ Bychkov and after her...

On the sixth week - in one move from the Dragon Utopia I finally caught up, but lost in the battle 30+ Wyverns, about 20+ Bychkov, Valya paid ransom, meanwhile I take Dragon Utopia Max (Hat of the Oracle, Titan's Helm, All-Helm, All-Sword), several Hives for 16 Wyverns, I Dimension Door to Ivan's Main Respawn, I take the Main, then my native secondary. Valya is wandering somewhere.

On the seventh week - I take a neutral secondary Rampart, I stand with Tazar to get Valya, who should appear to recapture the Castles, otherwise she will disappear. Ivan capitulates.

Thanks to Ivan for a dynamic game, I understand that 2 minutes is too little for me, I was rushing too much...!