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#126
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Hermit (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Mizrael (red, Dungeon, Shakhthi, Moner) 2sm4d(3) 237

Uff!.. It was a long game, but it could have been even longer... Well, I'll tell you in order, as I remember...
We started playing, and the starting location seemed small, with only one road leading to the secondary town, and another to the main town. I was going to take the starting town on day 113, but then I saw a snake lair, and next to it, a pile of sulfur. I remembered the saying, "Sulfur on the swamp means hydras on the first day," and decided to continue. I cleared a path to the secondary town, but I couldn't take it because silver pegasi blocked the road... and then, a cartographer! The saying turned out to be true, and hydras appeared in the citadel. By the end of the day, only a few wooden and ore resources remained... And next to the snake lair was a passage underground, which turned out to be the path to the opponent's secondary town. Tazar cleared it, fearing to fight many ogres underground, but there were only 21 of them, albeit with a buffed stack... and Ciel unexpectedly quickly found the opponent's Necropolis, captured it, and started to establish order there... I revealed two utopias: one on my starting location, one on the opponent's secondary town, and then another one on my secondary town. On the second day, I defeated the utopia guard on my starting location, took the smallest Hive, which was guarded by exactly 100 gnomes. Then I rushed to the Inferno starting location, defeated the silver pegasi there, losing 11 lizards and a vivienne! I'm amazed by myself!.. Then, a minimal conservation, then another one, and after gathering a small army, Tazar went randomly through the underground treasury to the utopia on the opponent's secondary town... I was afraid that I would end up in Moner's hands, but he didn't come to that starting location, and that was a mistake! A big mistake!!! I brought the army to Tazar, who had already leveled up to level 15 in the treasury. I was afraid to go into the utopia, but I took it quite easily (special thanks to the cow, I'm glad I built a resource depot and upgraded them). Then I hired a normal army and took the utopia on my starting location, and then on my secondary town. I took all three utopias on the fourth week. Then I waited until I had enough sulfur to upgrade the hydras. Tazar, for the most part, wasted the first week of the second month (running around for upgrades). Finally, I upgraded them, built a Veil of Darkness over the Necropolis, sneaked in, and treacherously captured the red capital on day 217! But the red player didn't need it, and in vain Tazar built a capitol in it (made it his) and sat there waiting for Moner. The opponent, it turned out, was building two secondary towns at that time. Realizing that sitting calmly in the Dungeon would not lead to anything good (scouts at a great cost revealed that the opponent already had archangels), Tazar rushed to his native swamp and rushed to the treasury to grab hives and pandoras while it wasn't too late - it wasn't too late yet. He gathered some viviennes, learned all the fire spells. It was starting to become difficult to continue - we had been playing all day, and I suggested that the opponent have a Fight Battle, and he agreed. Tazar had 24 combat strength, 153 mana, explosion, resurrection, and earth expertise. And so the battle began. I looked, and Moner had only 1 mana point. I thought, "I'll win this without any losses." I wanted to immediately destroy 10 archangels with an explosion, but no, it turned out that Moner had a red spell... I got scared, I had to go forward, even though the opponent had an artifact +2 to speed. And so the hydras, basilisks, cows, and viviennes flew, and the archers followed, waiting for the attacks of Moner's castle army... But they approached successfully and pinned everyone in the corner. The basilisk and cow defended well against the archangel. The basilisk turned him to stone, and this allowed the hydra to fight the crusader first, and then the halberdier and champions through the narrow passage, and then the cow also did a good job, and in general, somehow, we managed to win the battle, in which it seemed there were no chances, especially after the archangel destroyed all the lizards in the first round.

Thank you for the game!

Всё не так плохо как Вы думаете. Всё намного хуже!
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Well, that was unexpected! Well done, my congratulations!
ну это вообще всем аргамездец!© Kash
без авто:smile20:
Человек - игрушка Бога. Этому - то и надо следовать. Надо жить играя.
Платон.
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Good job!

But anything can happen... Misha, don't worry, everything will be alright!:smile01:
С истиной где-то рядом...





Лето 2010.
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#129
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Hermit (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Mizrael (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Monere) 2sm4d(3) 237

It was all as simple as 2x2, Shakti died on week 1 in a medusa dwelling with 8 per stack; minotaurs were already standing and purchased, good leveling, but on the way to a secondary town there was a medusa dwelling with 4-8... well, how could one not take the risk? 4-6 were blown to splinters, but the 1/3 probability worked against Shakti: 8 in a stack, and on top of that morale and petrification procced for the medusas, and 6 of them remained. End of week result: minotaurs in the castle, 3 external dwellings of troglodytes. The scout with a bow nevertheless took the secondary town; starting from week 2, it was a clean slate, it was good that Monere was there. End of week 2: external dwelling of green dragons in a treasure zone, cats at home. The grassy respawn had many money-generating buildings; Monere started bombing them on week 3 in order to build angels. And then again bad luck: in a max naga bank, the nagas broke loose, morale every round — crawled out of there with 4 minotaurs and 1 dragon, the main stack hopelessly ruined. Fed papa experience all week, even consumed all the chests. End of week result: angels were built, but without a castle.
142 cons-three, shook the hives on the grass all week and at the end of the week broke a level 2 Dragon Utopia: a bag of gold and Admiral's Hat. The treasure zone is not even half cleared, there is another one of roughly equal size, swooped in on another Castle secondary town. The Dragon Utopias dropped complete junk the whole way; stats weren't even close to Tazar's, then later in the contested treasure zone (where Tazar stuck his nose in only toward the end of the game, and even then took only 2 hives and pandora's boxes) a max Dragon Utopia brought 2 books at once and Gladius. There was a plan to catch him there with Shackles of War, arches, and a red orb (the entire treasure zone had already been scouted by me), but the opponent proposed a final battle at the end of the week... Honestly, I didn't feel like grinding for another month with 2 Castles (2 external dwellings of griffins, pokemons, and bows with GB), although my treasure zone wasn't fully devoured yet, and I agreed; I picked up a cape +2 speed for show, busted a Dragon Utopia one last time (armor +1 to all among the useful stuff), waited until Taz bought up all the resources (I still cut his economy pretty significantly :)) and we clashed. Taz is Taz, I clearly lacked meat, and the basiliks immediately started stoning the arches. That's how the clash turned out. Saves are attached (maybe someone will find it interesting).
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#130
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The qualifying tournament has ended. Of course, some matches have been postponed, such as Mizrael and Alex R, Dreamcatcher and Spirit, and possibly others.
But the May holidays are coming up, and some people will have a lot of free time, while others will go on vacation or to work on farms, so we need to decide now.

In group 1, everything is clear.
1st place - Order of the Phoenix.
2nd place - Armageddon.

In the second group, "Homo Homini" and "Zavry" both scored 5.5 points. Based on the results of their head-to-head match, "Homo Homini" takes 1st place.

Therefore, here are the semi-finals.
Pair 1: "Order of the Phoenix" (Dubrovin Pavel, vitalic, Vigo) - "Zavry" (Lesgor, Chydozavr, Volland, Kebazavr);
Pair 2: "Homo Homini" (vbn, Alex_R, ewgeniy, Aldegir) - "Armageddon" (LeBron, Wic, Pit for LM, Javdet, Dirty_Player).

Two teams consisting of clan members and two teams consisting mainly of non-clan players have reached the semi-finals, which indicates a roughly equal balance between clan and non-clan players on the forum.

Regarding the unfinished matches. I will definitely add their results to the first post, but they will no longer affect the final results of the top four teams.
At the end of the week, I will post all the game results in the "Online Game Reports" topic, including them in the ranking.

Also, a brief overview of the qualifying rounds in the groups. In the first group, 16 players were registered on the teams, and in the second group, 17. In total, 33 people, which would be enough for 11 teams, and these teams would be made up of very strong players. Just a year ago, it was difficult to gather even 20-25 players of any level. The reports show that the level of play has significantly increased.
Of course, I would like to thank the players of the teams "April Fools", "Forest Healers" (EPU), "Knights of the Apocalypse" and especially, "Hellish Troglodytes".
If even one or two teams with such players join us each year, our forum has a pretty good future ahead.

Running the tournament was quite easy; my duties as a referee were reduced to secretarial work, simply recording the results: the team captains easily agreed with each other about the games, and the players also showed gentlemanly behavior in the games; everything was polite.
In general, my successor in the position of referee for team tournaments will have an easy job in the future.

I am looking forward to the results of the semi-finals. The team that wins two matches is considered the winner in the semi-final.
For example, a situation may occur where one team wins 1-0 and stalls for time. In this case, the captain of the second team can contact the referee in this topic, and the referee will set a deadline for the games; failure to appear will result in a loss. Of course, this will not happen, but it is still better to agree in advance.

If the above is more of my speculation, then the second option is more likely. Let's say the teams exchange victories, and the third, decisive match ends in a draw. Then the team captains can decide for themselves how they want to proceed - replay the match or put one of their best players in an additional match, a kind of LeBron James vs. Kobe Bryant showdown.
If they cannot agree, then the referee's opinion prevails. I will state my choice right away - a showdown between the best players, one on one. This will also increase interest in the tournament and be practical: someone will definitely go on vacation for the May holidays, and there will be a shortage of players in one of the teams.

I think that's all I wanted to say.
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#131
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I talked to vbn, and we preliminarily decided on the following:
vbn - Pit for LM
Aldegir - Dirty_Player
Alex_R - Javdet

If needed, we can change things because we have a terrible crisis with the team composition!!! Everyone has left! :(

2Nagan-4: Did I understand correctly that those who go first play with the red color, or am I wrong? And also, I didn't see the deadlines for the semi-finals. Or are the deadlines open?
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#132
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Played 2 days ago, but I wasn't online, so I'm writing now. No need to change anything. Chydozavr (Red, Castle, Valerka, Valerka) def. Smoke (Blue, Tower, Nella, Nella) 2sm4d(3) 125 He said he broke through the Gate of Order for 125, and the blue team threw down their flag. Thank you.
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SpiriTT(blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Dreamcatcher (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 225 2sm4d(3)
on the first day built Manticores in the Stronghold, took my native secondary hero—there were Medusas in the Fort, took the Dwarf Cottage with 20 without an upgraded stack.
on the second day another native secondary hero—all had portals, since I found an external dwelling of Troglodytes. from buildings — Castle and Manticores. on the third day I find an external dwelling of Dragons!!!! but on 141 they give Troglodytes in all portals((( revealed 2 Dragon Utopias. On 211 I buy 4 Dragons from portals, all I could—and I could only get a few, because I had no money at all, I go into the Dragon Utopia—a 2-stack. they give Titan's Plate, Pendant of Swiftness, and Book of Air—good. the next day Valya emerges with a ton of troops 10+ Angels 18 Champions etc... I left, went to the bathroom :) my remnants of 170 Troglodytes, 6 Dragons, 10 Manticores, and 9 Wyverns inspire absolutely nothing good, but the Dragon Utopia, and above it another one is revealed. with the money from the Dragon Utopia I buy all the Medusas and Beholders, that's 36 and 65+ respectively—I hide them in the secondary town—I built a Guild there. the next day I took the Dragon Utopia—Boots giving +15 resistance (+to my Expert Resistance), Helm of Heavenly Thunder, a Club +5 Attack, and a Sword +2 Attack/Def
then I retreat to the secondary town with the Beholders and Medusas—there I build a Whirlpool—240 mana and Dimension Door. I skedaddle from there quickly to the treasure zone. I hid the scout hero in a nook—he wasn't noticed. Valya takes the secondary town, sits there for a day. I meanwhile check the Dragon Utopia—and it's max((( I'm afraid to go in, so I go into the Hive, another one below. I take a couple steps down—and oh miracle!!!! another Dragon Utopia. I go in—a 3-stack. to fix the situation—I first wanted to mass Wyverns and try to hold out. find another path to explosion.
I take the Dragon Utopia—a 3-stack—Speaker's Hat, Sphere of Vulnerability, some junk, and... Book of Earth!!!! Town Portal to the remaining town, double mana. Valya attacks and takes 1650 damage to the Angels, then to the Champions. The opponent retreats and congratulates me on the victory.
Post-mortem showed—that scary red ball was in the max-stack one.
Thanks for the game—haven't had such emotions in a long time!!!
ну это вообще всем аргамездец!© Kash
без авто:smile20:
Человек - игрушка Бога. Этому - то и надо следовать. Надо жить играя.
Платон.
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A good day for the Knights, good luck in future battles...
Ушел с героев, пока пряники)
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SpiriTT
SpiriTT(blue,dungeon,Shakti,Shakti) def Dreamcatcher (red,castle,Valeska,Valeska) 225 2sm4d(3)

Developed well, rich respawn, angels on the second week. At the start of the third week, I took a cons near ГО 20-49 hydras, and already having expert slow, beat the hydras and wanted to rush into the opponent's respawn, but from the other side, a metro of 5-9 magic dragons stopped me, so I didn't go in. I went around, broke into a treasure zone, which turned out to be useless. Meanwhile, the opponent was looting his own treasure zone, where he was rewarded much better. This is already the umpteenth game I've lost because I find nothing useful in treasure zones.

Thank you!
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I spoke with Vetal and arranged the following.

1. Lesgor - Vitalik
2. Vigo - Kebazavr
3. Dubrovin Pall - Chydozavr (Volland).
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I've added the results to the first post and listed the semifinal pairings. The deadline for the semifinal matches is May 10, 2009 (Sunday) inclusive. It seems the players agreed on the color scheme themselves.
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Homo Homini vs Armageddon
Aldegir (red Dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar) def Dirty_Player (blue Swamp, Bron, Bron) 2SM4d(3) 136

In brief

Gunnar arrived.. at the respawn there were 2 external dragon dwellings and a Griffin Conservatory on 2.. and nothing else worthwhile.. built 1-6 with a citadel.. on 126 with 2 dragons and 2 angels.. somehow foolishly attacked Bron holed up at home with 27 basilisks and 13 wyverns.. lost everything and on 131 bought 3 dragons (2 external dwellings + teleport)
and received guests at my own castle in the form of 27 basilisks + 7 wyverns + 67 lizardmen and so on... took everything down with shooters on 90 and dragons... surrender followed...

Thanks for a super cool game (it really hit the nerves) =)
Homo Homini :smile03:

Острые копья мы воткнём в небо
Полками затмим горизонты
Знает уже враг не откупиться
От казака ему золотом жёлтым.

Мы выступаем не за трофеев
Ведёт нас вперёд великая вера
Если погибнуть за землю родную
Не побоиться тут каждый быть первым.

Лютая братия будет битва
Сложат былины мудрые деды
А коли останемся в поле навеки
Что-ж, жить нам после - в легендах.
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Aldegir
Homo Homini vs Armageddon
Aldegir (red Dungeon, Shaktar, Gunnar) def. Dirty_Player (blue Swamp, Bronze, Bronze) 2SM4d(3) 136
Confirmed! It happened. We restarted the game many times, then we had a mutual restart due to a super-buggy map generation. We started. On the first day, I took a Gnoll and Basilisk dwelling. In total, I had 3 heroes, and the map was very poor in terms of resources. By the end of the week, I built a Wyvern in the Citadel. From the dwellings, I got 1 Basilisk, 2 Gnolls, and 2 Lizards. In the secondary town, I managed to place a Summoning Portal and buy Basilisks, which also arrived at level 121. I bought what I could, took 2 Hives (both were minimal :mad:). I took a small Medusa lair and a small Naga Bank, and somehow managed to buy them. I set up in the castle to develop, and then Gunnar unexpectedly arrived and attacked. 2 Red Dragons, 2 Angels + some other units. 13 Wyverns, 27 Basilisks, and 50 Lizards confidently withstood the siege, and mass haste was also useful! On day 131, I bought what I could and moved through the portal, from where Gunnar came. I took the secondary town, went up to the main town, and saw that Gunnar was waiting for me in the castle. I saw 1-4 Red Dragons + various other units, and I attacked in the Citadel. To my surprise, there were 3 Dragons. (It turned out there were 2 dwellings. I thought that since he brought 2 Dragons to me, there was 1 dwelling + a portal on the second week...), plus, he also had a Marksman dealing 90 damage and a lot of mana! We crushed Bronze to smithereens, there was no money left, and there were no prospects, so I surrendered. I somehow developed the hero shamefully. Only level 9 on day 131, I'm ashamed... Although, there wasn't much to develop him with. Once again, I lost the game because I couldn't resist attacking a hero in the castle... Sigh, it's time to learn from my mistakes!
Thank you for the game! Sorry, team, for letting you down. I'm to blame! :smile32:
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Pit for LM (blue, Castle, Valeska, Charna) def vbn (red, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson), 2sm4d(3).
The report is lost, and I don't feel like restoring it, but I have to...
It's been a while since I had to play with such a terrible setup.
At first, the opponent took all the restarts, and there was an early encounter, but then I had to take them too. When they were all gone, I had to play.
The tavern was a pleasant surprise - Dessa, Orrin, and Charna. The army was decent: 23 archers + 3 barbarian stacks + spearmen. On day 111, Charna gains advanced necromancy in the stone, and Dessa gains logistics. On day 112, Charna kills 40 combat gnomes and prepares to take the crypt. On day 113, I take it (5 vampires), and they give me expert necromancy. Then I take a +3 shield from the golems. On day 114, I realize I'm in trouble - the only road leads to a Garrison, and I have no money. But there are 2 conservatories, a +5 mace, and Charna was given earth magic. For now, I decided not to give up. I'm going off-road through the grass, looking for anything. I gather 100 skeletons and enough money for riders in the Stronghold. But I should have built griffins - there was a stash of them, but I fell for the stable with a free upgrade...
On day 121, Charna heads home, and at the only market, I sell all my resources, buy 5 riders and a couple of archers, and raid a warehouse of medusas for 6, after which I free Nella with expert finances from the prison behind the horde of hellhounds. On day 122, I build a GM - there's no slow, as expected. I take the mace, the minimum conservatory (magic isn't needed there). Dessa goes to a couple of scrolls and the last unverified chapel (I started checking them back on day 1, hoping for the absence of the necessary spell in the GM). On day 123, I take a Hive for 8 wyverns, and Charna foolishly goes into the crypt - I feel bad for the ten skeletons, but after the second conservatory, there's no one to break with - a day would be lost replenishing mana. Dessa delivers the slow from the chapel through Nella. On day 124, I take 2 angels, and on day 127, I kill the Garrison of nagas and plan a visit to the barbarians. But Gurnisson overestimated his strength and bravely died, trying to take a necklace of dragon teeth from fifty medusas...
Thank you for the game.

P.S. Homo Homini vs Armageddon. The score is currently 1-1.
The "Armageddon" team has serious problems with the lineup. Javdet is on a business trip until May 24, and it wasn't possible to play with AlexR on May 1-2, Wicc doesn't play on SoD, and LeBron has computer problems.
The HH team graciously and kindly agreed to replace Javdet with a new player. We will try to find this replacement within a couple of days. We apologize to our opponents.