Posts from THIRD HOMM3 ONLINE TOURNAMENT

Rhox (blue, Swamp, Brongh, Brongh) def AZ (red, Inferno, Pyra, Pyra) 126, 2sm4d(3).

Thanks for the game!

Confirmed. GG!!

Javdet (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def StickyFingaz (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d 126

Good draft with 2 bow nics, 2 dwarf dwellings, no Finnkrisis and a convenient third. Out of stupidity lost a horse on 117 — instead of taking bows from the nic as a follow-up to the horses and hitting Troglodytes for gold, I stupidly went in with just units and, as often happens, irrelevant morale nearly wrecked the plans for taking other nics. Very fittingly, for about fifty grand, came the Golden Bow and a morale/luck pendant. Was about to go hit the ГО by the end of month 2, but a red flag flickering near Kyrre sped up the game. I rushed in that direction and caught Taz.

Thanks for the game.

Javdet (blue, Rampart, Kirrya, Kirrya) def StickyFingaz (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2d4m 126
He should have taken a restart =))) 2 elf dwellings and a golden bow - it's overpowered =)))

One day before the end of the second round, only 2 pairs have played.

If your opponent simply does not respond to proposals to play - message me privately, I will automatically count it as a loss for them. If neither player from an unplayed pair contacts me - both will receive a technical loss.

Reminder: a player who misses >30% of matches in a tournament (>2 matches for our tournament if they do not advance past the group stage) will be banned from participating in all subsequent HeroesWorld tournaments for a period of 6 months.

Napalm(red,Dangeon,Shakti,Shakti) def Psyche_7(blue,Castle,Valeska,Valeska),2sm4d(3),134

LeBron (blue, Rampart, Ivor) lost to Wic (red, Stronghold, Tirax) 111 8mm6
21 rest - couldn't handle it and gave up :)
Thanks for the rests :D

LeBron (blue, Rampart, Ivor) lost to Wic (red, Stronghold, Tirax) 111 8mm6
21 rest - couldn't handle it and gave up :)
thanks for the rests :D

Where to...? To grind, to fight!

I request a one-day extension. We've already spent two evenings with Lebron – one on 21 restarts, and the second actually playing the game. We're currently at 132, and we hope to finish it tomorrow.

My friend Cobra and I are in touch, and we will definitely play together in the coming days!

Wic (blue, Stronghold, Tyraxor) def LeBron (red, Rampart, Ivor) @ 8mm6, 142

Having spent 21 restarts, we began.

111 Weak spawn - no external dwellings visible, money situation is also poor. Right next to the castle there's a Stadium and Academy, I boost Attack and run along the path.

112 A scout hero breaks through to the neighboring respawn, sees an elevator behind a nomad dwelling - like a village, returns the army back, the main hero runs along another path.

113 I run into the comp's respawn (Necro), see an external dwelling of peasants - sehr gut. But the road is blocked by a dwelling of gremlin bulls guarding a Dragon Utopia :(.

114 I take a one-Griffin Conservatory by the road.

Somewhere around here I saw red cockroaches. I go on the attack, hoping for Expert Tactics with Offense and an Angel. The red chain goes off in the opposite direction, taking all the troops away.

Don't really feel like chasing it - who knows how far distance-wise. I found a bypass around a horde of Energy Elementals blocking one of the roads and came out to a one-way monolith. Ended up reaching the comp-Stronghold on day 121, getting its growth. At home, birds in the Citadel, the comp has them too, Tyraxor with Advanced Logistics. Life is looking up...

On the 2nd week, I ran around the road system, collecting gold and leveling up. Captured the comp's Necro (non-native), near it took a two-Griffin Conservatory.

A scout hero who came to explore the red's territory runs into his empty castle :). Bought Dwarves, Dendroids, and Centaurs and holed up in defense. A bunch of Angels and Wyverns with +1 speed came to storm it, 5 Wyverns remained under the castle walls.

I'm preparing to take that Dragon Utopia behind the bulls on day 131. Money problems, not much got added to the build queue, only found an external dwelling of wolves on the comp's respawn.

131 visited the Library, but didn't quite reach the Dragon Utopia.

132 I take the Dragon Utopia - Tome of Water, Wings, Titan's Cap, Dragon Scale Shield. Level-up gave Water. Everything's perfect. I take the native Necro comp's castle, beat the Stronghold.

133 I see from the lookout how Ivor runs from above over it and enters a teleporter. I think about jumping over the cliffs and attacking. The opponent scares me with a Golden Bow. I have Mass Haste, but I remember the Angels had +1 speed, meaning the opponent might be able to block the Elves.

I run through the cliffs towards the red's main base, capturing the red's village and killing a few scout heroes along the way.

134 I take Rampart, run further along the path. I arrive at his village zone. I'm a couple of tiles short of reaching it. I forget to take the Wolves out of the reserve stack :). Lucky.

135 I take the Conflux village, with a Dragon Utopia revealed by the screen to its left-upper side, which I had spotted back in week 1 from the other side. I jump there, take it - Tome of Fire, Cuirass, Dragon Scale Breastplate, and Boots of Speed. I build a Mage Guild in the village.

Somewhere around here, a scout hero reached the opponent's native comp's castle - Stronghold, and it's not that far from my main base. I mull over the option of taking it before the start of the week...

136 I portal back to the village, build the University, buy Fire. I run down to the Cape of Speed, also revealed through the fog back in week 1. I get 30 Water Elementals from a Pandora's Box - a nice feast.

137 Near the Cape there turned out to be a Dragon Utopia - a minor one for Titan's Shield. A level-up advances Fire, I portal back to the Stronghold where Ivor had been lurking. Scary, but since the opponent complains that he's not getting tomes, only stats, I didn't stress it. I trade resources and build Haste in both castles.

141 I buy everything in the castle, jump down to the stable, then Town Portal to the native castle, buy everything there too, run down to the Griffin Conservatory and the opponent's Stronghold.

On his turn, Ivor jumps over the cliffs and takes one of the Strongholds. Lots of Angels, but the rest is mediocre.

142 I take the Conservatory (a two-Griffin one), jump to his Stronghold, picking up the Speed Gloves along the way and leveling Water to Expert. There's unclaimed growth there, I have full control and a significant advantage in movement points. The opponent surrenders.

Thanks for the game!

That's exactly what happened! I lacked experience with XL templates, and the utopias were a complete failure :( It just didn't feel right for a TE (Town Escape) scenario:D There was a decent FF (Fast Fortress) build at the beginning of the third week – considering Maslow +2 speed, 50 elves, and 14 angels, the chances were actually good – but I held back and relied on the utopias.
Thank you!

Dreamcatcher (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Psyche7 (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 1-3-3, 8mm6

Straightforward respawn, one long road, on the other side of the monolith blocked by a group of Wizards. Wandered through the underground for a long time, only surfaced above ground around the turn of weeks 2-3, next to the brown computer. The army had 9 Scorpicores, 70 Evil Eyes (external dwelling), 50 Troglodytes (many lost), 1 angel from a prison. Went to take out the computer, when suddenly the opponent announced their surrender.

Thanks for the game.

Confirmed.

Napalm (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti.) def Rhox (blue, Swamp, Bronkh, Bronkh) 123. 8MM6

Congratulations to my opponent on the victory. Thank you for the game.

We played full random (random starting towns and heroes). Surrendered on day 3, getting Tower on a useless respawn with no money and blockers. But Sticky insisted on a humanitarian restart. Here's what came of it:

Wic (red, Stronghold, random, Gundula) def StickyFingaz (blue, Rampart, random, Wystan) @ 8mm6, 147

Start was average, no external dwellings in sight, but there's money and daddy — or rather mommy — Gundula. Upgrade wolves and go-go see what's where.

By end of week, killed my computer (Necro), and at home flagged wolf and ogre external dwellings. Building — everything except cyclops in the castle. Gundula picked up Air Magic.

At start of week 2, I plan to take the Griffin Conservatory in rough terrain, no one to check it with, so I run past it toward Earth magic scrolls — to expert Air. Got expert, bought everything with max credit, go into the Conservatory — a penny :vomiting smiley:.

A day lost, no more Conservatories/Hives/Dragon Utopias visible. Run to the center, take a Dungeon village. Computers are skulking around, chasing my chumps. Took 2 large Naga banks, improved financial situation.

126 take the computer-Stronghold's castle, nearby wolf external dwelling. We're alive...

Disturbing that the opponent's army strength in the tavern is higher, despite having only a unicorn as best monster. Means either he bought a bunch of external dwellings or he's wyvern-whoring. His native computer — Swamp.

Near Stronghold — a present: Hell Shield and Sword placed compactly. Take them.
Still no Conservatories/Hives/Dragon Utopias :(. And right under Stronghold there was a level-3 Conservatory, but neatly hidden by fog of war, only a small tower poking out, didn't notice it :(. Mom got Resist and Fire shoved on her :(. Total disaster...

Week 3 — take two more computers — Castle and Rampart, mom in frustration learns Warrior :), because stats for this stage are laughably low. Another computer-Rampart at this time assaults the former Stronghold computer's castle with all growth and a single angel. Really want to surrender, but opponent doesn't attack, so we play on for now.

Run to the corner Swamp village, take it, release chumps, and one of them finally discovers a Dragon Utopia, but behind a cliff — 4 days of travel. Didn't reach it by end of week 3.

Meanwhile, from Necropolis with 15 vamps, Fafner started exploring the surroundings of the native corner village. Took a Hive with 6 wyverns.

Computers crawled out of every crevice, started retaking castles, even grabbed the Swamp village.

142, mom finally takes the first Dragon Utopia — maximum roll on Hat +6all, Sword +5all, Sandals +2all, and Earth Book. Along the way, taking a level-1 Conservatory and 2 Hives with 16 wyverns.

At this time, Fafner with vamp growth supply takes a Pandora's Box — all Fire! Prospects appear.

Several days of butting heads with computers, eventually retook all castles. Fafner taught Gundula what he knew (Town Portal and Berserk mainly), mobility shot up. Near the computer-Castle, chumps looted Bracers, Gloves, and Cape of Speed. Mom ran off to finish the last computer.

147, Wystan popped out. His army strength in the tavern is higher, but stat-wise the advantage is mine, and Berserk + implosion on a thousand-and-a-half monsters is pleasing. I decide to attack, hoping if not to kill, then at least to trade favorably — I have more castles and stronger magic, so a trade is in my favor.

In the Final Fight, I was met by 5 angels, 49 wyverns, 21 unicorns, and assorted other growth. But I have first turn, so Berserk lands on all the strike stacks — angels are done. Followed by Mass Slow, which only the slowest troops resisted. Bears got roughed up a bit, but implosion on the unicorns crushed the opponent's hopes of turning the battle in his favor.

Thanks for the game!