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

bRitvo4kA (blue, Conflux, random, Kirr) def Lider1 (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar), 2SM4d(3), 225
First week: birds in the fort. On the second week I lose a bird to griffins, secondary hero is Necro. On week 3, external dwelling of devils (1 step short of taking it on 127 :smile05:), secondary hero Inferno, complete loss to a max-level Conservatory. With renewed forces I take two level-3 Conservatories losing 2 birds and others, then finish off the max-level one and another level-3. Then I lost to 200 skeletons in a max Naga Bank. Scoured underground and surface treasures (2 minimal Dragon Utopias), built devils :smile51: in the secondary town.
- Cielka with birds and others breaks through ГО (a hundred cyclops) without losses (used Armageddon) and approached the capital (1 step short of capturing it :()
- and Kirr takes the opponent's secondary town (and again 1 step short of entering :D). The next day Tazar returns and attacks
- the battle takes place with me wearing a red orb, a small elixir, and the opponent having a cape :D
Thanks for the game! :smile02:

SpiriTT(red,Dungeon,Shakti,Shakti) def Kash (blue,Rampart,Kirya,Kirya)115 2sm4d(3)
the opponent took a rest on 113 and we started. I have 5 crypts, 2 experience stones; from the respawn 3 Dragon Utopia are visible, one of them right next to the capital.
but for the opponent it is many times harder. Forfeit and ГГ. he refused an auto-win.
Thanks for the game.

SpiriTT(red,Dungeon,Shakti,Shakti) def Kash (blue,Rampart,Kirya,Kirya)115 2sm4d(3)
the opponent took a rest on 113 and we started. I have 5 crypts, 2 experience stones; from the respawn 3 Dragon Utopia are visible, one of them right next to the capital.
but for the opponent it is many times harder. Throwing and ГГ. he refused auto-concede.
Thanks for the game.

I confirm. Roughly like that. Tiny respawn, no crystals, arrows at the exits. Tried to take the campfire from 17 medusas with seven elves - didn't really work out, I hadn't practiced enough. Thanks for the game, we'll settle up later

Javdet (blue, Castle, Turis) def Rhox (red, Castle, Valeska) 143 Jebus Cross

We decided to play Castle versus Castle. By the end of the first week I cleared all the external dwellings that were available (among them 3 cavalry ones). But I was able to exit late — on day 127, because there was a lot of loot on my side too. The game turned out interesting — Angels versus Cavalry, it's just a pity that the timelimit didn't allow me to carry out what I had planned. My opponent was ruined by the built lookout tower — a scout hero with a power stack was revealed, and on the last moves Turis catches up.

Thanks for the game. I really enjoyed it!!!

Javdet(blue, Castle, Turis) def Rhox (red, Castle, Valeska) 143 Jebus Cross

Confirmed. Thanks for the game!

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Rampart, Kirry, Kirry) def wt_744 (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2sm4d(3), 1.3.4.

On the first week - native secondary dwelling (there is a Dragon Utopia nearby). Home-Unified in the Castle, Elves in the secondary. Wood Elf external dwelling.

On the second week - Naga-Bank-Three. Wood Elves in the secondary.

On the third week - 2 Minimal Cons, through the secondary I took Sergey's empty Castle. Victory.

Thanks to Sergey for the game!

bRitvo4kA (blue, Conflux, random, Kyrre) def Lider1 (red, Dungeon, Tazar, Tazar), 2SM4d(3), 225

First hydras spawned at the Citadel. Home and the secondary town had inferno thousands. Broke the guard to the tower respawn, but didn't go there (hoped the Castle would be free, plus it was a pain to trudge through the snow). Took 4 external gnoll dwellings scattered across the respawn.

Happy that hydras spawned, I buy up and run to the treasure zone. (Dragon Utopia on my own respawn with a tree next to it – was inspiring))) 123 took a beehive with 9 dark knights against 8 Wyverns. Then, hoping for loot, I venture deeper. But what bitter disappointment I had when in that treasure zone, besides one tree, there was nothing. Then I also wanted to smash into a horde of gold golems, but forgot to give troops, made a fatal mistake during the fight: I exposed a dragonfly (6 squares instead of seven), and you always need to take a second dragonfly in case of morale (I figured this out later). In short, they rolled over the hydra and 8 Wyverns. Lost tempo and half the army, wanted to just forfeit, but decided to continue anyway. Breakthrough in Inferno on 127

and run on the third week to another treasure zone. On the way, a medusa dwelling on 8.
134 I reach the nearest beehive with 4 wyverns, and right away stupidly lose 4 against Minotaur Kings.
135 Next to it another beehive with 8 wyverns. Was hitting a group of bone dragons, again stupidly took lizards into battle, lost 13 of them ((.
136 Forget about these chests and trees (in the first treasure zone there was only 1 tree total, and in this one probably only 2). Having scouted halfway, I break into the secondary town and run to the Griffin Conservatory.
137 Griffin Conservatory with 2 angels. Break back home.
141 Take the Griffin Conservatory on my own respawn – maximum! hurray.
142 Nearby another one – minimum ((if I had known the treasure zones would be such crap, I would have [damned them] along with those wyverns.)
143 Run to the Dragon Utopia on my own respawn.
144 Tree with 8 wyverns.
145 Dragon Utopia with two stacks. Boots of Levitation, necklace +3 to all, Ambassador’s Sash, and shield +4.
146 Set up a chain, capture the secondary Tower town, break into it with the main hero, scouts scouted 2 beehives and a Dragon Utopia.
147 Minimum and near-minimum beehives (Wanted to take the Dragon Utopia, but no such luck. Over the mountains. Had to run half the respawn through snow without Pathfinding.
211 Break and run on speed artifacts switching dragonflies for gargoyles.
212 Dragon Utopia with three stacks. Sea Captain’s Hat, Medal of Vulnerability, shield +4 old.
213 Run to the blue player’s treasure zone, the edge of a Dragon Utopia is scouted (wondering why they haven’t taken it yet???) Better not to have remembered. I see Kyrre in the treasure zone beating a helmet +12. Run towards him, thinking maybe I’ll meet him before he eats everything there.
214 Murphy’s Law: Ciele also shows up. And apparently for reconnaissance purposes starts surfing the snowy respawn. Just so happens to run into Tazar. And if not for tactics, I would have been buried in snow. In short, even though they didn’t kill me, after that there was no point in playing anymore. Kyrre is feasting in the treasure zone. I have no prospects. My treasure zones were crap. There were Dragon Utopias, but even those were on respawns (with nothing decent in them).
215-224 In short, I await my death, and to not waste time I run to the first treasure zone, take +2 speed (which I was somehow afraid to take in the second), and in the second, the Cloak of Abdication (which I couldn’t reach). I was afraid of his magic. I got it into my head that it would all be equipped on me at once. In short, there were no chances left, I should have surrendered to not drag out the game, but I had hope in Tazar’s specialty. But it didn’t help.
225 I see Kyrre capturing the Tower. Ciele is one square short of capturing the Dungeon. I have a chain home built to both castles. I didn’t really want to meet Ciele. So I decided to go for Kyrre immediately. Capture the Tower with a scout (there were no troops there :D) and Kyrre is right next to it in a square; I break in. And I equipped the Cloak instead of +2 speed. During the fight, it felt like it was actually Kyrre who had the defense specialty, not Tazar, though the stats weren’t much higher. Meat decided it.

For myself in the game with bRitvo4kA I understood these things:

1. To fool neutrals in a treasure zone you need a minimum of 2 dragonflies.
2. Before attacking the main hero, I should have bought a scout and checked for the Sphere (Cloak).
3. I shouldn’t have shown off and should have taken Pathfinding when it was offered. There were Shackles of War, and Kyrre was on speed (though far away); if I had broken through, I could have reached him through the snow. And if I had killed Kyrre, then dealing with Ciele would have been easier (the Cloak, or better yet, Kyrre’s Sphere :D).

In short, thanks for the game and the experience.

red Kash (dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def blue SEM_56 (swamp, Tazar, Tazar), 2SM4d(3), 216

On the first and second weeks I had absolutely no development, lost a small army a couple of times, almost no buildings, and everything was bad in general. But the secondary Rampart hero had an external dwelling of unicorns and elves. Dragon Utopia near the home base, no one to take it on the third week. On the third and fourth weeks I took a walk through the treasure zones, found a few chests, got Earth Magic, Fifth Level Magic, a couple of experience boosts, beat and distributed several chain mails and swords to scout heroes, Shakti took a sword +6, shield +3+3, hat +4+4, chain mails +1 on all stats and +4 attack for different situations).
At the start of the fifth week I retreat home, as usual, double the mana for the scout hero). I take a double Dragon Utopia with 7 troglodytes just for fun, got sandals, hit the GO in the same manner - 5 rust monsters, killed a ballista (forgot to give it to someone). Not enough mana - decided to give the opponent another day, run home, the next day I return with a more or less decent army and don't reach Tazar. Tazar retreats home, the blue scout jumps out of the treasure zone and kills several of my units standing on the centaurs, for which he was punished by Dessa with 10 Wyverns. Shakti approached a little, sees the top of the blue capital and dimension doors right to the doorstep.
Final battle. Shakti level 21 with 23-18-14-120 stats, army: 3 Green Dragons, 14 Minotaurs, 15 Unicorns, about 100 Harpy Hags, 20 Medusa Queens, 46 Evil Eyes, 67 Grand Elves. Tazar has lower stats, worse magic, 1 Angel, 7 Hydras, 40 Wyverns, a number of Basiliks and Bees. Many unrecruited troops, unlucky on gold. Well, nothing much to say here. Lost 63 Grand Elves and 22 Harpies in battle. Thanks for the game

Pavel Dubrovin (Red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def wt_744 (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2sm4d(3), 1.3.4.

Confirmed. What can I say? A long absence from practice affects the quality of play. And it started out as...
Valeska came with two stacks and 2 native heroes in the tavern; total 33 crossbowmen from the start. And then a necromancer showed up as the 3rd hero (may he turn in his grave 33 times) and I decided to try leveling him up. What was I thinking... But the respawn is small and poor. The only assets are an external dwelling of crusaders, an external dwelling of griffins, and a refugee camp. All passages were blocked by crowds of monsters that were problematic to break through. Little gold and resources. No way to take the rest at 113, but I went anyway. As a result, morale couldn't be lower, and I lost troops where Valeska didn't even come close. On 114, breaking through to the barbarian respawn through 18 genies, I lost 26 archers, but on 116 I took a secondary hero. Tried to expand there and it seemed to start working out (recaptured resources, external dwellings of goblins and cyclopes)... but it was too late.
And as a result, Kyrre with decent meat breaks through to my respawn, and I couldn't oppose anything worthy against it.:smile35:
Thank you, Pavel, for the game.:D

red Kash (Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def blue SEM_56 (Swamp, Tazar, Tazar), 2SM4d(3), 216
I confirm, as often happens with me, I couldn't handle the vast territories!!!
As for the highlights, 1-6 in the Castle, plus I took 2 Gnoll Hounds, 1 Viv, and 3 squares weren't enough to take a Basilisk on turn 117!!
The poor 2 Treants and the loss of momentum towards the end of the 3rd week ultimately led to a loss, thanks for the game, I will definitely get my revenge!!!

Oelm (red, Inferno, Pirra, Pirra) def Sem-56 (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor), 2SM4d (3), 141

winter season

bRitvo4kA (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Javdet (red, Inferno, Pir, Pir), 2SM4d(3), 142
On the first [week?] secondary hero Castle, near it a Dragon Utopia behind monks and a stable :smile13: – I decide to develop this secondary hero. 117 horses in the fort, ruins in the citadel. on week 2: 2 dwarf dwellings, medusa dwelling, artifact +3 attack and defense, I go down to the metro there a secondary hero necro, sword +3 attack, +4 attack, cloak of dragon feathers, candle, boots in treasures, but it's a long walk to them.
– I chase away the scout :smile30: . On week 3, I break into my secondary Castle and invade enemy territory through it. On the way naga bank, dwarf dwelling, I revealed a Dragon Utopia. I take it, it turned out to be a minimal one, I lose a third of my army on it. It gave nothing to parameters. With the money earned Castle, Capitol, and Behemoths
– I approach the enemy's capital, deal with the horsemen. I didn't dare attack the Castle, thought I wouldn't be able to take it. Through the teleport near the capital I went into the grass, walking around stat boosters
– on 142 Pir buys out all and attacks Gurni himself and wins the battle actively using lightning on 225, remaining with 8 efreets, several pit fiends, and demons. Gurni naturally buys himself out (with 10 griffins) where at home a stable and new growth from 2 castles are already waiting, a spare ballista from Arlash
– after the battle, having assessed the economic situation, the opponent surrenders :smile15:
This is not a dream, but Gurnisson :smile17: Thanks to Roman for the game! :smile02:

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What's there to evaluate if he reached the Stone on day 121... demonology and a lot of other things went to hell...
Basically, a standard grind for Inferno...

Wlk777 (blue, Rampart, Kyrr) def Sticky Fingaz (red, Castle, Valeska) 2sm4d(3), 212

Well, what can I say—I got lucky with the layout. Native secondary skills (though respawns were poorest and construction went poorly), (the opponent also had some things—external dwellings with horses and bows and a very rich respawn), 3 cons conveniently located by quantity 1+2+4), a bunch of hives, Dragon Utopia with the air book and red orb... On 146 I captured the opponent's capital (having 42 gr. viva, 9 angels and various same-old stuff), sat there for 2 days, on the 3rd day news of surrender arrived. The autopsy showed that the position was indeed losing. Thanks for the game.
P.S. wisdom is not necessarily given at level 6. I can prove it with a save (intelligence and tent were offered).

Oelm (red, Inferno, Pyrra, Pyrra) def Sem-56 (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor), 2SM4d (3), 141
That was awesome!!!!!