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smoke_mk (red, Stronghold, Gunnisson, Gunnisson) def Djede (blue, Dungeon, Shakhti, Shakhti) 2sm4d(3) 136.
The respawn, as is typical for Barbarians, is scarce. On the swamp secondary, diamond golems; in the treasure zone, upgraded demons.
Result of the first week: 1-5 in the Castle.
No one to level up the ballista with.
On the second week, I break through the golems; the swamp respawn is lucrative, but I lack wood to build the flies, and for the entire second week, scouts crawl around the swamp.
I build Bears.
At the start of the third week, I break into the treasure zone, taking out 19 Dark Knights with a huge stack along the way.
On day 132, Gunnar attacks my capital with his army, but the towers take him down.
On day 134, I capture the empty blue capital.
On day 136, I storm Shakhti in the Rampart secondary.
Thanks for the game.

That was exactly how it happened. We were playing on two minutes, everything was going well; Shakhti was peacefully and calmly traveling through Dungeon territory. On the first week, she conquered the secondary, on day 131 she captured another castle and got distracted by it, and meanwhile Gunnar approached the castle, and I had an unrecruited army there. There were 9 seconds left until the end of the turn; I managed to only buy Manticores and quickly flee with my scout to the Rampart castle, where Shakhti was roaming. Gunnar captured my main castle, bought up the army, and headed towards Gunnar.
The element of surprise is a terrible force! :smile01:

Evil_romantic (Blue, Rampart, Random, Moner) def Kash (Red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) 2sm4d(3), 117
Poor map, 1 dungeon and that's it... on turn 114, I placed the entire defense and all the pixies, took the elementals' lair. I decided to push for the secondary objective, visiting a couple of arenas along the way, but on turn 117, the opponent surrendered at the knights' lair...
Thanks for the game... It's a shame it turned out this way... I haven't played Rampart in a long time, and then this quick defeat...

evil_romantic (Blue, Rampart, Random, Moner) def Kash (Red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) 2sm4d(3), 117
...on turn 117, the opponent lost due to being trapped with horses...

Indeed, I defeated the Rukh and then didn't quite finish off the horse in the trap, and he didn't have time to escape - morale and then the ability... Sorry...
Thank you for the game.

LeBron (blue, dungeon, Shakti) def Дубровин Павел (red, Fortress, Tazar) 131, 2sm4d(3)
Start with 3 stacks, in the tavern a Barbarian with wolves — very good
111 I take the +4 cap and a minimal Gnoll hut
112 Starts with me realizing I'm blocked by a group of Efreets, the only road leads into the dark — if there's a СК (Stronghold Key?/ Guarded Object?) there then GG because no resets — BUT THE DRAGON FLY HIVE IS REVEALED!!!
113 I take the Dragon Fly Hive for 30 Ogres without losses, see that the road is not to a СК :smile44: so we'll crush it
114 I break through to the grass — there's a chest, money 0
115 The Griffin Conservatory is revealed
116-117 I roam the grass looking for something... nothing there. At home: eyes in the fort + mushrooms so the Trogs get high and breed more actively :D
121 Delivery of Trogs and Drakes — got 4 Fire Drakes and 190 freaks — I go into the Conservatory without checking — turned out to be a double — got a bit upset about that and in frustration lost 10 Trogs — got Earth Magic XP, sat on the chest, built a Mage Guild there — Slow and 70 mana — not bad for 121 :cool:
122 Min Naga Bank — I go into the treasure zone
123 I fight 18 Hydras for Boots of Levitation :D
124 3 Dragon Fly Hives for 24 Wyverns — in the first hive I put Angels in 5th stack and Drakes in 4th — flies hit the Drakes, those retaliate against the Angels: -1 Angel, in the max hive they pecked an Angel :mad:
125 2 prisons and a Pandora's Box for 45 Genies, I felt like I should take the hero with Expert Wisdom and Literacy, but I took the one with only Advanced Wisdom :smile35: naturally I got all Earth Magic without Implosion.. but nothing, Town Portal is good too
126 I take another min Hive and 2 Pandora's with experience — total Shakti 19 LEVEL!!
127 I go to my snow secondary having Expert Pathfinding and find a passage to the Swamp
131 I take blue's capital — Pavel capitulates
Thank you for the game!

LeBron (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Dubrovin Pavel (red, Swamp, Tazik) 131, 2sm4d(3)

Thanks for the game!

I have no idea why I gave Dima the Dungeon...:mad:
Shakti reached level 18 on the second week with a Town Portal...
My setup wasn't great... the Lizard ambush and respawn points didn't have any advantages, so it was inevitable...
I'll be more careful in the future...

Thanks for the game!

FireToSky (blue, Castle, Turis, Turis) def numOne (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar), 2sm4d(3), 215
In the first week, I took a secondary Castle, a sword +2+2, speed gloves, and horses in the castle!
In the second week, I take a secondary Tower, a helmet +4
In the third week, I see Tazar with an army, I go to the Dungeon, in one day I have a couple of battles against an army of Basilisks and an army of Vampires, I get +5k and +10k experience, my Turis goes from level 5 to level 14, I think:) then Tazar enters the Dungeon, I have a small army, without a spellbook, I attack him, I realize that I attacked in vain, I surrendered...
In the 4th week, I watch as Tazar loots the Dungeon, due to the difficulty of breaking through Tazar, I look for an alternative, I study magic:)
At the end of the month, I go to a neutral secondary, along the way I take the Chains of War, the Scholar... OH MY GOD, EXPLOSION!!!
Then I capture a secondary Conflux, I see Tazar with half an army:)
145 - I attack, I cast Explosion, Tazar tries to run... GG!
Thank you for the game!
Honestly, I was running around for the last week looking for a miracle:) and I found it!

FireToSky (blue, Castle, Turis, Turis) def numOne (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar), 2sm4d(3), 215

Well, that's f***ed up, dear editorial staff.:smile07:
My draw was mediocre. The lizards aren't built up, not much money.
On the first week 1-6, without 5 in the citadel. Tazar with Earth and Expert Attack.
On the second week I take the Tower secondary, gathered some money, put cows in the castle. Tazar has Expert Earth, but I can't find a single useful spell.
On the third week I spot the opponent on a winter secondary, not far from my main. Turis goes down into the underground. I move after her. She manages to clear it out pretty well in 2 days (as it turned out, the treasure zone was very poor, and the opponent just managed to eat a couple of Pandora's Boxes near the entrance and grab a couple of artifacts), attacks me after a brief exchange of pleasantries - buys me off. All that's left for me is a Pandora's Box with 50 bandits and a Dragon Fly Hive with 6 Wyverns, all the rest of the small stuff is behind wardens! :smile32: I can't find artifacts at all, so I spent the whole game running around with a +2 hat and a +2 shield.
Next I take his winter secondary, defend it the following turn.
I accumulate troops and get ready to move to the Conflux general secondary.
I pass through without losses, beat the Firebird generator and spot Turis who, sensing something wrong, sits down in the Conflux fort. I stop two moves away from the castle and prepare to bring up the rest of the army the next turn, although I could have taken it with these troops as well, if not for one "but" - Implosion, which, as the saves showed, was given to the opponent by a peacefully standing, unguarded Scholar!!! :smile18: And instead of sitting in the castle and awaiting his fate, Ivan himself attacks and, with doubled spell power, starts pounding me with Implosion, plus, as it turned out, didn't forget to put on the Shackles... Yeah... we played.
As the post-mortem showed, Ivan's draw was more than good - right next to the castle a stable, a Sword 2/2 behind skeletons, and the Shackles behind demons, + gloves... But everything would be fine, but A SCHOLAR WITH IMPLOSION that didn't even have a guard - that's absurd. I think the rule point about the Scholar should be reconsidered and equated to a found scroll, because it's a shame to lose because of such nonsense.

In any case, thanks for the game.

Vigo (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def Kash (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3), 123

My random map generator has stopped messing with me!

Vityusha let me play as Elves. After a few restarts, I got 21 Elves, a horse stable, two hero dwellings, a lot of resources, and a lot of money!
In the first game, I took a secondary Necropolis and Septimus started roaming around (and there were two hero dwellings with liches, one with vampires, and two with skeletons!).
In short, this wasn't just good, it was AMAZING! :)

Thanks for the game, Vitya! I got lucky in this game!

Vigo (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def Kash (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3), 123

Confirmed.
Thank you, my friend!

THIRD ON-LINE TOURNAMENT HOMM3 TE
Javdet(blue, rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def StickyFingaz (red, fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d 126

Good roll with 2 stacks of archers and 2 dwarves, no financial crisis and convenient treant. Lost the horse to stupidity on 117 — instead of taking archers from the stack as backup for the horsemen and hitting Troglodytes for cash, I mindlessly charged in with just the unicorns, and as often happens, untimely morale nearly wrecked the plans for taking other stacks. The golden bow and the morale/luck pendant came in very handy when I was around fifty grands. Was about to hit ГО at the end of the 2nd, but a red flag flickering near Kyrre sped up the game. Rushed over there and caught Taz.

Thanks for the game.

numOne (red, Castle, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Loi (blue, Castle, Valeska, Kirr) 135, 2sm4d(3) The game started on slow roads, no dogs were built, but the territory was good - there was enough money, a stable was nearby, and I found a Spirit of Despair in a cart. From the stash - 2 goblins, 1 dog. In general, on the first turn, I built big creatures in the castle, 2 secondary creatures (1 native), Gurnisson with earth, defense, and ranged attack. After that, everything went smoothly, I took an easy Pandora on 10000 experience :smile03:, placed birds and orcs in the secondary, a minimal conscript, 2 medusas, and 2 nagas. True, at the end of the second turn, Kirr appeared on rocks near my barbarian secondary, but I decided to retreat. At the beginning of the 3rd turn, I buy everything I can and move through the grassy terrain towards the opponent. I find Kirr sitting behind the castle walls - battle! In terms of attack/defense, we were roughly equal, but my ranged creature with 110 and 120 mana (compared to Kirr's 2) did the trick - 3 angels fell, and then 22 griffins finished the job. Thanks for the game!

numOne (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Loi (blue, Castle, Valeska, Kyrre) 135, 2sm4d(3)

It happened. I saw that my native was on the road to the opponent, but no — Kyrre in the tavern clouded my eyes. In short, a double build came in, and there were no arguments left.
Thanks for the game

red Kash (Barbarian, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) def blue zloy_romantik (Inferno, Pyrrh, Pyrrh), 2sm4d(3), 126
Well, let's say he won playing Barbarians... Roman doesn't seem to like Inferno.
The Barbarians got a small advantage, and the Ogre ambush was blocked. He managed to break through to the Inferno's secondary base with difficulty, did some damage, and then went to the snow base. The opponent surrendered, saying that Pyrrh is too weak and he's "not interested."
Thanks for the game!

red Kash (Barbarian, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) def blue zloy_romantik (Inferno, Pyrrh, Pyrrh), 2sm4d(3), 126
Confirmed.

smoke_mk (red, Dungeon, Shafts, Shafts) def evil_romantic (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3)116
In the first round, he uses his home secondary skill and rolls 1-6 in the Citadel.
The opponent loses in the Necropolis.
Thank you for the game.