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

Oelm (red, Inferno, Marius, Aislinn) def Hermit (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar), Balance, 211.

I confirm that I lost. But the generation is correct; I just had very bad luck with the map layout. As far as I understand, such generations happen even more often on this template than those where the path to the village goes along the road. I don't consider the template to be bad. I was in a hurry to the center, but with this layout, I should have found a path from my starting point (I didn't even think such a thing could be generated) to somewhere, and also find the village, which was more than half the map away, and I wanted to find it... Some kind of endless, empty swamp!... The only road led to many angels! There was a moment when, if the morale of even one stack had dropped, I could have killed Aislinn, who was attacking skeletons and single units of fairies, casting magic and running away. Oh, if I had mass haste, or wave of death, or at least mass slow!... But still, I had a chance to win; I just didn't believe at first that Aislinn was the opponent's main hero and didn't take her seriously. If I had realized right away that he was leveling her up, I would have played differently. I knew about expert resistance, but the resistance didn't trigger very often. :(     Thank you for the game. It was interesting...

OUTLAW (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def redwhait (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2SM4d(3),1-4-7
On the first week — everything usual, no adventures — 5 heroes, home — cavalry with castle, elf upgrade, secondary Dungeon. Roads are the slowest, but the stable right by the castle saved me. On the second week, the plan to get dragons is put into action — 3 Dwarf Cottages of 20 each and several piles of crystals favored this. I cleared the Cloak of the Undead King. I took secondary Tower — there was a teleport to the underground treasure zone. External dwelling of elves, portal of summoning in the Dungeon. Home — 1-7. Found 2 Griffin Conservatories and a Giant external dwelling nearby.
On the 3rd week — I break through the guard of the Giant dwelling, the dwelling itself and the Griffin Conservatory (1) and a shield +4, the chain breaks through the 2nd Griffin Conservatory (3), in the treasure zone behind the oranges I grab the Cauldron +6all, then shield +3/+3, 2 beehives (4+6). Nearby, behind green dragons, another Griffin Conservatory, a bank, and boots of resistance. A Dragon Utopia with 1-2 blacks scouted.
At the start of the 4th week, I break through the last Griffin Conservatory (1), beehive (8), Dragon Utopia gave 2 — gave a sword +5all, helmet +10 knowledge. 2 beehives (6+6), at the black market a scout buys 2 speed artifacts (+2 total). There was an opportunity to assemble the Vial of Blood — the last piece lay on the native respawn, but far away and the chain didn't suffice to run all the way, I gave up on it in the end... I break through to home, visit stables, then fight into the Dungeon — double mana, speed boost on silver pegasuses before the block on the opponent's respawn. On 146 I break the block, make a mistake with the direction, but break the red chain to the capital (on 147, after visiting the banner of general gathering, Kyrre with a solid supply would have reached the opponent's capital). On their turn, Valya attacks and loses — in favor of the forest brotherhood, expert tactics, superiority in parameters and troops decide, with equal speed bonuses (+2 for both) :smile20:
Thank you for the game!!!
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How Long Will They Mourn Me? Tupac Amaru Shakur
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SEM_56 (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Quell (blue, Castle, Turis, Turis) 2SM4d(3), 215
No minotaurs, good secondary, plus portals, and I can reach Turis before the castle with 70 king-minotaurs on 215. Masslou, the minotaurs take down 5 angels with 8 in one hit, and Max decides not to continue, thanks for the game!!

SEM_56 (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Quell (blue, Castle, Turis, Turis) 2SM4d(3), 215

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OUTLAW (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def redwhait (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2SM4d(3),1-4-7

The opponent had everything too good — both a hot seat and a Dragon Utopia with Sword +5 on top of a good respawn, and I couldn't do anything against that.
Thanks for the game.

SEM_56 (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Quell (blue, Stronghold, Kreg Hack, Kreg Hack) 2SM4d(3), 147
I took all the remaining resources, but the distribution wasn't great; there were a lot of ranged units...
For the first three weeks, everything was calm, and no one attacked anyone.
At the beginning of the 4th week, Tazar had already been scouting the treasure for a while, gathering resources to take 2 Hive castles behind a hundred of shooters, basically....
Then, out of nowhere, Kreg appeared with 7 Thunderbirds and reached an empty swamp (and there were a lot of troops there), considering the 1-6 on 117 in the castle and Hydras on 124...
I take 2 Hive castles, transfer all the troops to Dessa, and she heads towards the capital, where Max had bought almost everything. Dessa is standing one turn away from the capital, waiting for Tazar, and everything has already been bought out in the castle, and a hero with magic is sitting there!!!

I thought, "Oh no," and then I had the idea to destroy a hundred of Vivs and take the opponent's capital. On turn 144, I did just that. I attack 108 Vivs with an upgraded stack, consisting of 50 Lizards, 20 Vivs, 29 Basilisks, 98 Gnolls, and a few shooters. With great difficulty, and losing all the Gnolls, I defeat the Vivs and fall short by 3 squares to reach the opponent's capital.

On the next turn, I take the capital, and there are enough unbought troops there. I take 52 Orcs, 28 Ogres, 6 Birds, and 68 Goblins and attack Kreg in front of the castle with 7 Horrors, 2 Angels, 97 Wolves, and some smaller units. I didn't quite manage to finish off the opponent; he escapes and starts to reclaim his territory. But Masslow and Rostrel, with all their forces, didn't give him a chance to even fight back. Thanks for the exciting game!!!

SpiriTT (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def OUTLAW (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 132 2sm4d(3)
Great game)))
On the first day, I cleared a crypt, found an external market, and branched out into secondary skills.
I had 11 Elves total, the secondary guarded by 70+ Swine. I sacrificed 2 Elves on them — bummer((( I went into the swamp — there was a block of upgraded Gargoyles — papa went up top, because a scout hero revealed an external dwelling of Pegasi and Horses under Ruhes. Using the market, I built Horses — bought them, Dendroids, Pegasi, and hit 17 Ruhes with a gr stack. Then an external dwelling of Pegasi and an external dwelling of Horses.
The Horses are locked in the Citadel. On day two, I bought more Elves, broke through the grass — sent a hero there and the red player was already there — the hero was killed by a Ring of Frost. Ivor, armed with Horses and Elves supported by Centaurs, took a Naga Bank with 3 Nagas and a gr stack, then a max Gnome Abode and a Crypt, plus the secondary. He leveled up before the Griffin Conservatory in the swamp. On day 126 — took it, only tier one, broke into the Castle and went into the grass — there was movement near a Pandora's Box guarded by Liches. And indeed, on day 127 the Pandora was taken — I had no one to level up Mass Haste. I thought and hoped that my opponent couldn't see me, and went along the "edge" to the Medusa dwelling, then killed Orcs and got Mass Haste. Then I stepped into the sand — just in case... and in the end, my opponent lacked one move on the sand to kill Ivor — instead, he went to take Naga Banks to buy the growth. And he made a very rough mistake — didn't have enough moves to leave Val with the army, and the army stayed in the secondary (home, by the way), under the command of Corbac. Meanwhile, Ivor with his Expert Logistics just barely reached the Castle. I attacked — Mass Haste, opponent surrendered. On that same turn, Val and a bunch of scout heroes would have died. So I pulled out a game I was already losing — because Valeska with 82 Archers and a Golden Bow — probably even 17 Horses wouldn't have helped...
Thanks for the battle!

SpiriTT (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def OUTLAW (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 132 2sm4d(3)

I confirm this painful loss)))) very painful))))
On the first week I broke through the block to the swamp secondary, then the block to the grass - there is the native secondary + an external dwelling of archers. Then, on day 116, I broke through to the Griffin Conservatory (1). At home - cavalry with a citadel, in the secondary - no upgrades. Valya does an excellent job riding the angel on speed roads. At the start of the second week - a Pandora's box with 10K experience, then a second one with 5K experience. The Hive (with 6 wyverns), then a shield +3/+3... I head to the treasure zone, where the Griffin Conservatory and the Golden Bow are revealed. By the end of the week, I take all this loot, buy 2 phoenixes at the mercenary camp, track the blues' movements through Expert Air Magic, whose capital is very close to their native secondary, the block to which Ivor broke through at the end of the first week. Valya, level 15 with Expert Tactics, is about to fight her way home and visit. Then Ivor himself appears nearby. Valya is one hex short of reaching him. I start chain-emptying banks (3+4) to ransom all the troops, but I simply lacked a few seconds to return the army to Valeska, who would have defeated Ivor even without the new reinforcements :smile35:
And that's how you throw away a 99% won game because of a 1% unpleasant coincidence ))))
Thank you for the game, I won't gift you any more such presents ))) Good luck :smile13:
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How Long Will They Mourn Me? Tupac Amaru Shakur
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Oelm (red, Inferno, Pyre, Pyre) def Avern (blue, Barbarian, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) 137 2sm4d(3)

I don't usually complain about generation, but I've never seen such a terrible roll. GO through wasteland, and out of habit I thought there would be a mutual restart, but my opponent wasn't aware of such tactics and started playing. The generation was very tough — you have to play such maps on the edge to keep up the tempo, but I played it safer, plus I misjudged the direction a couple of times. As a result, I spent the last 2 days looking for ore. Build order — 1-4 in the Citadel + creatures, in the secondary town Gremlins with an external dwelling. Roads, of course, were slow. The first two weeks I just split the army, collected resources and stacks, and converted them into gold. So, the first secondary town was Tower, the second one was, of course, Swamp. Zero prospects. On the third week, I got Naga guards, a Griffin Conservatory, a couple of artifacts; just then Tyras arrived, but the advantage in magic plus artillery decided the outcome, plus my opponent's inexperience.

To be fair, I'll say his respawn was no better either). There was an unpleasant incident with saves during the game, but we somehow got past that point. Thanks for the battle. From my side, it was an excellent example of how NOT to play!

Oelm (red, Inferno, Pyrra, Pyrra) def Avern (blue, Barbarian, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) 137 2sm4d(3)

Confirmed
In my opinion, the respawn is almost normal, only there are no crystals at all, but otherwise, I could have built bears on the first map. On the first day, two native heroes, Oris and Krelion, came to Tyraxor in the tavern. Accordingly, I started strong, freed Damacon from prison (and Overlords are like family to me ;) ), cleared the valley, and built levels 1, 2, 3, and 6 in the castle. In the second week, I broke through to the secondary map (Rampart) and captured it, building ogres and bears in the castle.
On the third day, I stocked up and went to the opponent. FB and GG)
And yes, my computer at work is having issues, and I'm seeing Heroes freeze for the first time. Thank you for the game.

Avern (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def IWAN (red, Castle, Christian) 2sm4d(3) 215
Thank you for the game.

Confirmed! Thank you for the game! :smile10:

Avern (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def IWAN (red, Castle, Christian) 2sm4d(3) 215
Thank you for the game.

Blacpoint (Red, Stronghold, Gurnison) def no1_knows_me (Blue, Tower, Neela) 2sm4d(3) 132

Confirmed! I didn't think it would end on turn 132, I hesitated a bit, thanks for the game =))

SEM_56 (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Quell (blue, stronghold, Kreg Hack, Kreg Hack) 2SM4d(3), 147

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SEM_56 (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Quell (blue, Castle, Sorcha, Sorcha) 2SM4d(3), 132
Took all the resources, and the distribution was great....
111-117, I'll explore the land, log, there's a bird nest, the result is 1-3, 5, 7 in the Castle...
121-127, native secondary resource, no goblins, bird nest taken, 1-3, 5 in the Castle in the secondary resource....
131-132, the opponent takes the secondary resource, with significant losses, sees that there are no prospects and gives me the victory, thanks for the game!!
P.S. it's a pity that Max didn't calculate his strength for a rematch...