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

smoke_mk (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Kreg) def Prince (blue, Castle, Valeska, Pyra) 2sm4d(3) 234.

I confirm. It's simply impossible to play at work. At the most crucial moment, someone comes along, and that's it. This time, instead of sitting in Kreg's castle and taking up a defensive position with his garrison, I attacked someone to avoid losing my turn, and because of that, I lost momentum and the long-awaited victory. Thank you for the game.

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smoke_mk (blue, Rampart, Kir, Kir) def Prince (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 213.

I confirm. Some kind of losing streak. I guess I'm a serious noob. Losing the chain, I lost all hope of putting up any decent resistance. Haven units rule! Thank you for the game. I'll keep practicing.

Alex_R (red, Swamp of Tazar) def redwhait (blue, Inferno of Kalх) 1-2-2 2sm4d(3)

was.
thanks for the game

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Madox (Blue, Tower, Niela, Niela), 2sm4d(3), 1.4.2.

There is such a thing.

bRitvo4kA (blue, Castle, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def CelestialArchangell (red, Necropolis, Tant, Tant), 2SM4d(3), 217

Thank you for the game!

bRitvo4kA (blue, Castle, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def CelestialArchangell (red, Necropolis, Tant, Tant), 2SM4d(3), 217

Confirmed.

Wlk77 (blue, Barbarian, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def SashaDi (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 212

What can I say to the respected newcomer? To put up resistance even against players who are not as seriously strong as me, you need to improve your level of play... Building 2000 in the first week.. :confused: . But as for my situation, I had a cool lineup of course, native secondary skills and a bunch of Griffin Conservatories, I even lost count of how many, it got to the point where I started messing around, testing my luck, going into the Griffin Conservatory without scouting with 1 angel, 15 Rocs, and some chump food in the form of nearly 100 goblins. If it had been on max stats, I would have definitely lost, but luck was on my side, 2-aff, just what I needed ))). Anyway, I scrounged up 10 angels, pretty solid stats, and started looking for my opponent, and then he came to me himself, and I even caught Gurnisson on the run with 4 birds, ay-yay-yay, if only I had handcuffs :( . But I quickly bought him out and of course won in the final. Thanks for the game.

bRitvo4kA (blue, Castle, Valeska, Torrosar) def Oelm (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar), Balanse, 242
On week 1, cavalry in the Citadel, secondary town. On week 2, a level 2 creature. Valya (with experience-boosting armor, artifacts, and decent stats) with 1 angel went scouting. On day 126, unexpectedly, Gunnar burst out from under the ground, breaking through a horde of monks.
- an arrow attack for 40 and an angel attack for 190, and Valya leaves me :eek:, passing her artifacts to the enemy.
- then, a key mistake in the game, on day 127, instead of capturing the capital, the opponent attacks a town with all his troops. He defeats my archers and buys himself out with 3 angels, leaving me my castle and hope. I intensively develop Torrosar, repel the Necropolis's secondary town in the underground, and destroy a level 3 creature there, gaining a log. On week 4, we exchange castles; the opponent only has a Stronghold.
- on week 5, I return home, and Gunnar appears on the approaches to the capital. We both lost almost all our troops in the battle; Torrosar mainly used lightning, and the opponent used ice. I buy myself out because I ran out of mana.
- on week 6, I finally take back my capital and buy out the griffins that were not released, which will be very useful later for 1 turn. In the next turn, I am driven out.
- heroes at the end.
Thank you for the game!

bRitvo4kA (blue, Castle, Valeska, Torrosar) def Oelm (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar), Balance, 242

Well, I lost the game, but I'm hardly upset. There were many interesting moments, twists, struggles, and intrigue that lasted until the end. The main line was maneuvering Gunnar with gloves against Torrosar with the log and boots. The advantage swung from one side to the other, but due to a stupid mistake, I got caught by a speed-stacked Torrosar around five in the morning. +an incredibly frustrating oversight, the only truly unpleasant moment in the game. Now in order:

I drafted Dungeon. After all the restarts, the spawn was decent, but about 100 Troglodytes, + a 2nd necromancer hero. GO off-road. By the end of the week, I found an external dwelling of Troglodytes, at home I had eyes at the Citadel + mushrooms and a portal. I conducted battles poorly, and morale went to the monsters. So I took normal losses (especially on Grems in 3 stacks, where there was an upgraded one; I attacked with Gunnar, so there was no speed bonus), but on 121 I'm at the Griffin Conservatory. Damn, bad luck, Lorelei shows up, and I have only under 150 Troglodytes total. But Shaktir has Bless for 3 rounds. Of course, I retreat, leaving 20 Griffins alive, which I finish off the next round with skeletons. +3 Angels, then I break the far Griffin Conservatory, didn't have enough heroes for a chain right away, and cleared a crypt along the way. Gunnar runs underground with 4 Angels, hoping for a surprise for Vale, and indeed, on 126 I catch her on an Angel, where she gives me artifacts. This was the turning point. I don't see the Castle; by my estimation, either I'd reach it or not. I decide to attack Torrosar, knock out his archers, buy peace, and go to the treasure zone. I did reach the Castle; Andrey said he would have surrendered right then.

But I forget that Torrosar has Tactics. So I have to Haste the Angels, and I buy peace with the loss of one Angel. Then came running and maneuvering; Andrey played strongly here. But the following weeks went successfully for me up until the middle of the second month. I made a favorable trade for myself, killing his Castle army in exchange for mine. I captured his 2 Castles. In terms of stats, I had the advantage, but he had a Bolt at 270 and (!) first turn, thanks to a speed artifact. Then he tries to get tricky, and I try to bait his Lightning onto my Halberdiers and Skeletons. And then the worst mistake. I reveal the obelisks and see the Grail location. And instead of digging it up in a couple of days — and it was lying exactly in the center of the obelisk map, not far from the Castle — for some reason I dig at the top, and after 5 days I don't find it. :( :( :(

Then I make a big mistake in maneuvering — it was already the fifth hour of the night — and I get caught by a speed-stack with part of my army. Then he wiped out a good chunk of me + took my growth, including where I had a bunch of Harpies. Well, in short, I surrendered after the finishing mistake, when I attacked 63 Bears with a big stack, and they hit me a couple of times. I had Resurrection built, so I wasn't worried. Only at the very end, when I went to resurrect, I saw that Wisdom was basic. So theoretically, I could have gone into the treasure zone and shaken out about 30 Wyverns, but that wouldn't have solved anything — I lost the game earlier.

Thanks for the game!

Alex_R (red Necromancer Galtran) def CTALIN (blue Rampart Kirya) 1-4-1 2sm4d(3)
In the first game, 4 skeleton stacks were taken, and a necromancer stack was revealed.
1-6 (without 3) in the castle with skeleton upgrade.
117, a secondary tower was taken.
121-127, a secondary rampart, a few nagabanks, a 3-level conscript, a cyclops, and a necromancer dragon stack were taken.
131-137, another secondary rampart, a few nagabanks, a 3-level conscript, a cyclops, and a necromancer dragon stack.
141, I attack both main heroes with 24 ancient behemoths and 90 psychics.
Gosha, level 16, 9-11-8-6, Expert in defense, attack, air, wisdom, and luck.
900 upgraded skeletons, 18 upgraded horses, 7 dragons, 3 angels, 18 liches, 25 vampires, 2 rings of life.
Thank you for the game!

bRitvo4kA (blue, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def CelestialArchangell (red, Necropolis, Tant, Tant), 2SM4d(3), 144
After the draft, I got Necropolis, and my opponent pleaded, saying he also wanted to play Necropolis, and I agreed, with the condition that I would choose the hero first. The map had fast roads, a skeleton lair, and a stable nearby. I took a secondary Swamp as my second town, along with a couple of crypts. The result was that in the first week, I had a town in the castle and vampires in the fortress. In the second week, I captured another Swamp, took a Seer's Hut, and looted an artifact +1 to health from the 6 Ghost Dragons. On day 126, Tant emerged from the metro and, right under my nose, stole the artifact +1 to speed. :smile27: I immediately attacked. :smile13:
- I practically destroyed everyone due to better attack stats and skeletons.
In the third week, I went through the Swamp, visiting a crypt upgrade, a Naga Temple in the treasure, where I took several hives and an artifact +6 to defense. My opponent raided my main town. I retreated to the Swamp castle and, with the new reinforcements, retook my empty main town, then another hive in my town, and moved towards the enemy's Dungeon. On day 144, he emerged from the Dungeon with a legion (1234 units) of upgraded skeletons and a decent army (31 Death Knights, 7 Dragons, and others). I was very surprised to see so many troops :smile07: When I asked where they came from, he replied that it was his secondary town. And so the battle began...
- No words, I used mass-heal, cast resurrection on my units, and other spells. I was even surprised at how easily I defeated such an army :smile19: After the battle, my opponent surrendered :smile15:
- Our heroes
Post-game analysis revealed that this individual, CelestialArchangell, is a CHEATER!!!!!!
Let me explain. I decided to check where so many skeletons came from, and it turned out that on day 143, he had 346 skeletons, and on day 144, he already had 2000! (pay attention to the last screenshot, and this is with basic spellcasting) from which he dismissed some to 1234 for the sake of appearances and attacked. I also found that on day 117, he gained about 15,000 gold, which he used to build Dragons in his first town and then his secondary town.
I ask the administration to deal with him:smile29: . He denies cheating, writing some nonsense about encapsulation protocols and that he is a programmer. I wouldn't write this on the forum if he had the courage to honestly admit it and repent :smile18:
All game saves are available for those who want to take a look:

I'm even curious about how this is possible, he created the game, and there were no disconnections at all.
Thank you for the game!

bRitvo4kA (blue, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def CelestialArchangell (red, Necropolis, Tant, Tant), 2SM4d(3), 144

Confirmed.

DioNIX (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Argonavt (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 2sm4d(3) 231
More details later...

Confirmed.

Post-game analysis revealed that this individual, CelestialArchangell, is a CHEATER!!!!!!
I'm even curious about how he managed to do that; he created the game, and there were no disconnections at all.
Thanks for the game!

I looked at the screenshots this morning and immediately thought something was off... First, there are exactly 2000 skeletons, and second, it's very strange that with 2000 skeletons, the Necromancer has such weak stats and primary attributes...
You should also check the resources; maybe something was altered there too...
And it's easy to do this using a program like ArtMoney.

P.S.: Respect for managing to remove the cheater with 2000 skeletons :smile54:

And the funniest part is that he cheated and still lost:smile33:
The programmer is shocked:smile47:

bRitvo4kA (blue, Castle, Orrin, Valeska) def Kluka (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2SM4d(3), 221

Yes, that was a long time ago, 14.12.2008.
But the game did happen – I confirm.
The original report is here: http://www.wfg.ru/forum//topic/39/.
The opponent also asked to set number 61.

There was another game:

Kluka (red, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def bRitvo4ka (blue, Tower, Nila, Kreg Hack), 316
10.12.2008

My shame, although I won... I lost on week 4 against a group of Efreet, on week 7 I found the Grail, then I met the opponent (taking only part of the army by mistake). But antimoral dropped for him so often that he lost the battle. Then I chased the opponent for a long time, and in the end, I defeated him in my castle with the Grail :)
Yes, I had three Necropolises in the Dungeon there...