Posts from Team Tournament: Spring-2009

As you already know, I am handing over the organization and judging of the upcoming team tournaments and clan wars of our respected Ta Kotoraya...

Thank you for your trust! In turn, I announce that I plan to start a CLAN tournament in mid-June. The game duration will be 2 weeks (presumably), as it's summer, and people have vacations, etc. All interested players are asked to keep this tournament in mind! Only teams from Hv CLANS can participate.

My only request is to consider rewarding the champion; I haven't been able to get the medals approved, maybe Tatiana will be able to make it happen.

I will try to ask Yura to arrange for the medals. (He is currently busy with his diploma, so it may not be possible to do everything quickly). I will definitely try to contact the administration to have them displayed in the winners' profiles. As soon as they win ;)

Good luck to all players!

Therefore, I ask the players Pit for LM, Scorp, LeBron, Mizrael (council members), and Dirty_Player (the person helping with tournament organization) to assist me in case of any issues. In case of a controversial situation in private matches, you will inform me of your decision, as there are 5 votes, so I will make a decision based on the majority of votes.

Fire extinguishers are ready:smile24:

Although I really hope that the final, no matter how intense it is, will be a fair fight, without arguments, as it doesn't befit strong players.

+1

I checked the save files. :D :D :D

Homo Homini vs Order of the Phoenix
Aldegir (blue Castle, Valeska, Turis) def Dubrovin Poll (red Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2SM4d(3) 132

In short.. Pasha took all the resists, I didn't take any

111- Archers not built and Valka has 2 slots = 24 archers with growth.. Turis arrived.. At the respawn there's a stable and plenty of gold + freed a hero from prison, resulting in 7 heroes on the first day...
112 - Broke through to the secondary - Rampart
113 - Captured Rampart and revealed the con - it turned out to be minimal... and reached the guard at the Red's home respawn (the Rampart respawn turned out to be adjacent)
114 - Broke through the guard with a scout hero at the second respawn.. it turned out to be the home one..
115 - Captured the home secondary...
116 - Leveling up Turis's catapult for a rush :)
117 - Result: 1-4,6 in the Castle + 1-4 in Rampart and archers in the home secondary + their external dwelling captured
121 - Gathering the meat
122 - Taking the con
123 - Running to rush
124 - Breaking through to the Swamp
125 - Almost reached the Castle where Tazar was holed up
126 - Took +1 Attack and +1 Spell Power and still didn't dare to attack... counting on growth and besides that 10000 gold, while the opponent apparently had money issues, meaning they could buy little
131 - Bought the growth, but because the Red killed my 2 scout heroes, the chain was broken, so we wait one more day
132.. we attack
Turis 6-6-4-(24 mana) - expert Leadership + basic Tactics + expert Catapult + advanced Offense 94 Archers + 110 Pikemen + 14 Crusaders + 56 Captain Centaurs + 15 Silver Pegasi + 8 Champions + 1 Angel
Tazar 6-8-1-1 74 Greater Lizardmen + 10 Wyverns + 6 Manticores + 75 Gnolls + 27 Serpent Flies + 3 Basilisks
From the first turn the Catapult destroyed the main tower :) and then it started with a shootout where the Lizardmen easily dealt with the Archers, but when the gate fell, my meat crushed the swamp ones..
Thanks for the game

Homo Homini vs Order of the Phoenix
Aldegir(blue Castle, Valeska, Turin) def Dubrovin Poll(red Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2SM4d(3) 132

Pasha took all the rests, I didn't

Thanks for the game

It happens that the Generator gives the right to one mistake, but here it didn't even allow for a mistake. There was no better generation than this.

On the first week — only 3 Heroes. No money either at the native respawn or at the Conflox one. Vivi and Dragonflies from Castle have arrived. Tazar is already Level 3.

On the second week — another Conflox secondary hero, at the native — an external dwelling of Hounds and Gnolls. ГО is not on the road, so a clash is possible, which is completely unfavorable for me. Turin appears. With 1.2.6. I just sit in Castle and wait for an attack. During the assault, the walls could not withstand the onslaught of the Expert Catapult.

No luck.

Thanks to Oleg for the game!

Of course, it's silly to blame the Generator, but there was nothing I could do...

The color was decided by a coin toss; "Homo Homini" plays red on maps 1 and 3.

I talked to vitalic on AIM – we couldn't find a time to play, and considering that one pair has already played, the schedule is as follows:
vbn (red) lose vitalic (blue) 0:1
Aldegir (blue) def Dubrovin Poll (red) 1:0
Alex_R (red) -- Vigo (blue)

Dear players, the deadline for the final matches was June 7th. Please inform us about the results of the matches:
vbn (red) -- vitalic (blue)
Alex_R (red) -- Vigo (blue).

the problem is that there are no results.
vitalic wrote that he couldn't play.
I wrote to Vigo, and he also couldn't play.
Let the judges and the organizer make a decision.

Of course, a team victory could be awarded based on a single played match. But it would be nice to see a proper final. Since the Organizer is currently unavailable, the judges consulted and decided (four out of five reached a unanimous decision, the fifth was unavailable):
to give 3 days for the players to agree in this thread about the matches (please have all 4 players post their plans for further participation in the tournament here before Thursday, June 11) and finally play the matches.

I have informed Mr. Qwerty, as the leader of the "Order of the Phoenix" clan, and Alex_R.

Of course, we could award the team victory based on a single played match. But we would like to see a proper final. Since the Organizer is currently unavailable, the judges have conferred and decided (four out of five reached a unanimous decision, the fifth was unavailable):
to give the players 3 days to agree on the matches in this thread (please have all 4 players post their plans for further participation in the tournament here before Thursday, June 11) and finally play them.

I have informed Mr. Qwerty, as the leader of the "Order of the Phoenix" clan, and Alex_R.

I apologize, I was evicted and had to pack up in a hurry (I was given only three days' notice, and there were a lot of things accumulated over 12 years of renting). I have internet access and am ready to fight, just let me know when you need to play, please give me some time, I am ready to play every evening…

Of course, we could award the team victory based on a single played match. But we would like to see a proper final. Since the Organizer is currently unavailable, the judges consulted and decided (four out of five reached a unanimous decision, the fifth was unavailable):
to give the players 3 days to agree on the matches in this thread (please have all 4 players post their plans for further participation in the tournament here before Thursday, June 11) and finally play them.

I have informed Mr. Qwerty, as the leader of the "Order of the Phoenix" clan, and Alex_R.

Thank you. The idea of awarding based on a single victory did cross our minds, but it felt wrong. We wouldn't want to end the tournament like that, but with a proper competition.
I also support Pete's suggestions. Moreover, the prolonged team tournament is delaying the start of a new clan war.

I'm back from my business trip and ready to play. The timing for Alex's games is really inconvenient for me (only after 10 PM Moscow time), but I think I can find some time to play. We'll definitely play soon.
Alex, let's connect.

I probably won't be able to play today, and tomorrow is also questionable, but I promise to find time to play fully in the evening on Friday. Please allow me some time.

vitalic (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def vbn (red, Barbarian, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) 2SM4D(3) 215
It was a very tough final, and I barely managed to pull out a victory. At the beginning, I made a mistake by not restarting; I realized this towards the end of the week because there was only one road to the Guardian's Outpost, and the teleport led to a swamp and a desert treasure. I lost momentum. On the first day, I built horses in the Citadel and a Wyvern in the Citadel. Valeska is only level 5; she spent half the week as a collector. Then, mistakes started happening. I lost a Ballista to Earth Elementals (I didn't pay attention to their health). On day 124, I cast Phoenixes, placed 4 Ogres and 5 Wyverns next to them, and they were immediately defeated. The next turn, I cast Phoenixes again, and they took down one of the birds. On day 117, I reached the Wyvern lair. Valeska is an advanced logistics expert with gloves and boots; I build castles everywhere (in my main town, I added Griffins and Monks). On the third day, I took a resource node off-road, but it was a minimal one. There are no trees; there's one somewhere on the edge of the respawn area, and it's still far away, and the resource node is minimal. At the end of the third day, I bought the Pandora's Box for 70 gold. I shouldn't have given up on Wisdom earlier; I could have used it throughout the fifth day. I took a Utopia on day 142, a Utopia for 4 Gold Dragons, the Watchman's Shield, Titan Armor, and some junk, and set up near the Guardian's Outpost. The next turn, I took the capital and found 6 unbought Cyclops and Bears. I tried to take his secondary towns, captured the Dungeon, but couldn't take the Necropolis after three attempts with weaker heroes. There was a mage with 200 skeletons, 30 zombies, etc., stationed there, and I couldn't take it. Then, I transferred the entire army and, with the loss of two birds, managed to conquer it. On day 145, I could have caught up to my opponent and prevented him from taking the Utopia, but I missed with my Air Expertise and went to take a secondary town. After that, the game was in my opponent's hands. He easily took two Utopias, and his stats were already higher, becoming 2-3 times greater. The only thing that made me happy was that I had an army advantage in the tavern. On day 213, my opponent took his capital, teleporting from the swamp, and started to push. On day 214, he stood near my capital. I quickly retreated, although I should have attacked. After his turn, I sat and wondered if I would lose my swamp secondary town with unbought troops and the possibility of upgrading Wyverns, or not. I was ready to give up. On day 215, the final battle:
Valeska 19 13 19 4 (106 mana, Air Expertise, Armor Expertise, Tactics Expertise, Elixir of Life, Amulet of Courage) 21 Fanatics, 116 Halberdiers, 22 Wyverns, 34 Crusaders, 43 Royal Griffins, 16 Champions, 17 Firebirds

Gurnisson 42 18 18 15 (290 mana, Tactics Expertise, Earth Expertise, Advanced Magic Resistance, +3 Speed, and Golden Bow, all Fire magic) 1+36 Hobgoblins, 5 Gray Bears, 35 Wyverns (he lost a dozen Wyverns in previous battles), 34 Ogre Mages, and 6 Orcish Leaders

I was afraid that Gurnisson had Air Expertise, so I decided to speed up and attack first. The terrain didn't allow the Crusaders to attack in the first round. Then, I was slowed down, and they started to attack. The Ballista dealt 700 damage in two rounds. At the end, they even used Armageddon. MIRACULOUSLY, I MANAGED TO WIN
Thank you for the game

vitalic (blue, Castle, Valiska, Valiska) def vbn (red, Barbarian, Gurnison, Gurnison) 2SM4D(3) 215
Thank you for the game.

Thank you for the game, Vitalik!