Posts from Jebus Cross

okay, let's try this approach. If any technical issues arise, we'll revert to the previously described method. This week is the perfect time to play in the semi-final and the second match.

vitalic (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Vigo (blue, Rampart, Kir, Kir) 2SM4D(3) 133
First turn 6 heroes, archers were not built yet, Valeska gets the armor skill and speeds up on a fly, cleared two external dwellings of spearmen near the castle and that army of 20 archers, ballista and 60 spears. On the seventh day I take the horse external dwelling before 49 cows (mighty gorgons were present) and clear the angel external dwelling before 49 orcs, angels were built in the Stronghold, one thing is disappointing – there is no external market((. At 123 checked the Dragon Utopia, a crowd, too early for frail Valeska yet, got defeated and ran to the next one and at 124 Valeska with stats 3 11 5 2, without magic clears the minimum encounter, they gave a titan's gladius, ring of life and some junk. I spend money on archdevils. At 127 Valeska 17 10 2 4 goes through before 49 red dragons, then 4 rusty ones and after breaking through before 19 archdevils I enter the treasury. There at 131 in a Dragon Utopia with 4 gold they gave stats +6 to everything, 132 another Dragon Utopia, beat the dragons and crafted dragon scale armor, a crown of dragon teeth, second gladius. At 133 Valeska forgets to put on the helmet + 6 to everything, does not receive reinforcements, it stays home clearing external dwellings and as a pattern she is attacked
Valeska 30 21 20 20 (expert armor, tactics, advanced air) 8 archdevils, 59 shooters, 2+1+1 swordsman, 15 Rukh birds, 28 same-day///vivs
Kir 4 23 4 4 (expert attack, armor, earth, tactics, +2 speed) 74 high elves, 27 combat unicorns, 15 same-day///vivs, 5 angels, 50+1 silver pegasi, 60 combat dwarves

Very unlucky that air was not fully upgraded, one small fight and with expert air the battle would have been won easily, but instead I was slowed down and then a grueling slaughter, but stats and the power of archdevils prevailed.

vitalic (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Vigo (blue, Rampart, Kir, Kir) 2SM4D(3) 133

Damn! How can I defeat him?! :smile32:
I confirm...:(

Wic (red, Inferno, Ignat, Tyraxor) def Javdet (blue, Tower, Neela, CragHack) @ Jebus, 127

Started without restarts it seems. Dunno why, the respawn is super tight, money/external dwellings are normal, but they didn't place any conservatories/hives at all. Plus everything is scattered all over, had to run a lot through wasteland - wild chains everywhere, head spinning from counting moves, good thing we played without time control, it would have been really sad with it.

Unlike the opponent's respawn with 3 external dwellings of Gremlins, 2 of Giants, and lots of conservatories, all along the roads.

On day 1 built 6 dwellings in the Citadel, got from external dwellings - 1 Imps, 2 Dogs, 1 Demons, 1 Pits, 1 Efreeti. Tyras with armor and Logistics. Hell Shield and Hell Sword obtained. 2 Dragon Utopias scouted.

Day 2 week 1 painted another external Efreeti dwelling, upgraded them and went to take the Dragon Utopia.

Day 2 week 3 on level-up before it offers Air, but declined, preferring Expert Armor. Immediately regretted it - minimum roll on the Dragon's Plate. Didn't really kill anyone properly either - only the Imps, which I converted.

Day 2 week 4 Saved here, after continuing thought for a long time, but still messed up big time - built a chain from all heroes to take the Devil external dwelling and Cape of Speed, but it didn't work out, in the end troops are a day's ride from Tyras who was headed for the second Dragon Utopia.

Day 2 week 5 placed Devils. Gave up on the Dragon Utopia, decided to run to the center. Got Navigation.

Day 2 week 6 break through ГО (horde of griffin-barbarian birds), cut down remaining meat, run out to the center, on the way a Pandora's Box for Archangels, open it - gives 3 Arch Devils (!). Native center, nice (that's why I insisted on modified Jebus Cross - to avoid such setups).

Run further, see a Dragon Utopia, conservatory, external Devil dwelling, pendant +3 all, Angel Wings. Take the Dragon Utopia - two skills for Books of Fire and Air. But what's the use, only 7 mana.

At the turn change Crag attacks - he has 8 Angels, 8 Giants and small fry. We fight, in the end the opponent flees without troops, I have 3 Arch Devils, 4 upgraded Efreeti, 8 Pits and 6 Hogs left.

Day 2 week 7 take the central Inferno, see a bunch of hives nearby, including right on the road. Surprised where the Wyverns went. Give troops to the scout hero, he checks 2 hives - not taken! Take them. Then take a 3rd hive with another scout hero, total 20 Wyverns, return troops to the castle, replenish mana.

If Crag had had these Wyverns (plus 2 more hives visible further in the opponent's direction), I'd have lost the final fight handily. As it is, the opponent can only surrender...

Thanks for the game!

Wic (red, Inferno, Ignat, Tyraxor) def Javdet (blue, Tower, Neela, CragHack) @ Jebus, 127

I messed up with these Warlocks in the endgame, even though I intended to dominate them – such mistakes are a sign of weak skill.

Thanks for the game and good luck in the future.

KobRa (red, Necropolis, Galthran) def Wic (blue, Stronghold, Tiraxor), JC @ 123

We played on a modified Jebus map, just like in the group stage. On turn 121, I came out with 36 Vampires, ate everything I could, but Wic didn't show up. That's how the revenge went...
Thanks for the game!

Here's how it looks: Final: Vitalik against Kobra Good luck!

KobRa (red, Necro, Galthran) def Wic (blue, Strong, Tiraxor), JC @ 123

We played by the same rules as in the group. The spawn was decent - 2 external dwellings of behemoths and a bunch of hives, but almost no gold placed. The distances were considerable, including off-road marches, but I had to make do with the starting 8 heroes. Which is exactly what decided the game - a 2-day lag behind the opponent is an unacceptable luxury for Jebus Cross.

In the end, through heroic efforts and millimeter-precise chains (good thing we played without a time control), I managed to gather all the good stuff - 2 external behemoth dwellings, 1 of hounds, 1 of dogs, 2 of gnolls, and also build up my main and secondary town to behemoths.

What's more, everything came together on the last moves - the papa entered a nagabank, where he got level 7 and gold for the second behemoth dwelling. That's where we saved.

I approached the continuation in a scattered state, which immediately affected the quality of play - first the chain failed (I took an auto), then dragons thinned out the wolves at the scout hero (I took an auto), but when I went to the center with 11 behemoths, 34 Wyverns, and 160 wolves, and there the GO handed me my head (even though it was supposed to be cleared with losses of only singles), it felt just too shameful to ask for a third auto.

However, the post-mortem revealed that the opponent had already gutted 4 Dragon Utopias, so the army advantage and having 2 mass spells still wouldn't have helped.

Thanks for the game!

Congratulations to both finalists, and please complete the match by May 31st. It would be great if you played until one player wins two games, if both agree.

Congratulations to both finalists, and please schedule the match before May 31st.
Ideally, it would be best of 3, if both players agree.

We don't mind, please grant us an extension. I've been waiting for Tema for a week, and we even tried to schedule a game (it seems his internet was acting up). Now I'm being evicted, I need to pack and move. Please give us some time.

We will definitely try to play during the week, during working hours... but it would be good to add another week. Life makes its own adjustments to our plans.

Dear judges, the prize is so tempting, and I really want to compete. Due to personal reasons (moving, internet setup, and today is my son's birthday), I can play any day next week. If you can't give me more time, then I sincerely congratulate Tema (he'll be walking around with two Zenit scarves and the legendary prize)...

The score is currently 1-0. We agreed to play until someone wins two games. In the second game, the save is at turn 117.

We'll have to schedule a time for the remaining game. I asked both finalists in the chat about a convenient time to play, but I didn't get a response from Vitalik. We'll play on Saturday, July 11th, at 1:00 PM Moscow time. In case of no-show, the game will be forfeited.

Due to issues on both sides, a proper final match couldn't be arranged.
After discussing with the finalists in the chat, I announce the winner of the tournament: it's KobRa :smile49: :smile49: :smile49:
I want to thank all the participants in the tournament and especially Kostya Dirty:) for his enormous help in organizing it.

P.S. We're waiting for a report on the final match and the save files :)