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

bRitvo4kA (blue, Castle, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Blackpoint (red, Tower, Ain, Edrik), 2SM4d(3), 147
Thanks for the game!

Confirmed.

Vigo (red, Rampart, Ciel) def SEM56 (blue, Rampart, Ivor) 2SM4d(3) 127

Rampart - cheater!

Thanks for the game! And I appreciate the opponent's courage!

Vigo (red, Rampart, Ciel) def SEM56 (blue, Rampart, Ivor) 2SM4d(3) 127

I confirm, the pace was slow, which is why I paid the price. Thanks for the lesson...

blue Kash (rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def red Wlk777 (castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2SM4d(3), 135

Week 1.
Roads are fast, no elves were encountered, and no money was placed. Instead, a secondary castle was placed along the way, along with 3 cons and 2 hives on two respawn points. By the end of the week, 5 grand griffons, 2 horses, 9 marksmen, and 3 centaurs survived. Towards the end, they took an elven outpost; the horses are in the citadel, the marksmen are in the fort, and there is no money.
121, no money for troops, running from the stables to the cons-minimum, spotted an inferno respawn point along the way.
122 +angel
123 +3 angels
124 +book with mass slow
125 +3 angels + 6 vivs
then some maneuvers, 127 castle is home, marksmen are in the citadel, no money
131-133, no money, gathered some more vivs 4+4+8, some artifacts, a library
134 Valya rides horses towards inferno, Kirr rides angels towards rampart, should reach inferno in one turn, but Valya seems to be heading towards it.
135, that's right, Valya is running towards the secondary castle. Disconnect, and the AI takes my rightful victory :) The opponent was unlucky with the hives and cons.
Thank you, Valentina, for the game.

blue Kash (Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def red Wlk777 (Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2SM4d(3), 135

Yeah, the opponent got a decent starting position and played it quite well. Thanks for the game.

Lanser (red, Castle, Valerica, Valerica) def OUTLAW (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2SM4d(3), 123
We met towards the end of week 1, and the castles were located nearby. The opponent sold all their resources and stayed in their castle, waiting for an attack. Seeing that I wasn't attacking, they offered a draw, and then surrendered the game.
Thank you for the game.

Lanser(cstl, Valeska, Valeska) def OUTLAW(red, Dngn, Shakti, Shakti)123

Confirmed. I chose Gunnar as the main hero, got a bunch of blocks with him, ate an empty box, there were few Troglodytes left, on week 2 day 1 Valya appeared in the secondary hero's town portal, I first attacked the block at the teleport (Medusas) with Gunnar, where I got properly beaten up, and since reinforcements from the capital didn't arrive and having forgotten that the speed would be 6, not 7 like with Shakti, I attacked with the remaining Troglodytes and was mercilessly shot down on approach, ran away... Next week I bought out all the troops, the opponent ran back to his respawn, said he could only play for 30-40 minutes, didn't agree to a draw... Anyway, it got boring and I conceded the game.
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Wlk777 (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Javdet (red, Inferno, Pyre, Crag Hack)
2SM4d(3) 125
To be honest, I liked the layout, the respawns were fairly compact, neither of us managed to grab the conservatory or Dragon Fly Hive, and in the final battle we fought with mostly our own native troops. On the first week, cavalry in the Citadel, secondary hero is a Barbarian, little gold, native secondary hero revealed via wasteland, through which a rush was planned for week 2. Basically, it worked out, although I messed up with the chains and therefore couldn't attack the very fast Crag myself; instead, he attacked me. However, despite the meat being roughly equal—perhaps even a bit more on Crag's side (3 Efreeti, 7 Pit Lords, 120+ Imps, 70+ Troglodytes, 10 Magogs, 58 Gog, 3 Hell Hounds vs my 5 Champions, 42 Marksmen, 60+ Pikemen, and 7 Griffins)—the Inferno troops classically got brutally shut down, managing to kill only 1 Griffin in exchange for 3 Efreeti and almost all the Imps and Magogs. The Gogs were blinded, the Marksmen with Bless and Haste were ready to shoot down everyone else, and I still had a bit of mana left (15). The opponent conceded defeat. Thanks for the game.
P.S. I'm getting a strong impression that Inferno on SM is very vulnerable to a rush on week 2.

Wlk777 (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def. Javdet (red, Inferno, Peer, Crag Hack) 2SM4d(3) 125

It was a silly loss; I lost 2 Imps, didn't upgrade them, and then had to fight with little mana.

Thanks for the game.

Wlk777 (Red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def. Kash (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2SM4d(3) 127 Another rush-type game. An ambush with wood and a portal in the secondary town, totaling 20 wood on turn 121. On turn 117, they met Valeska, who, after shooting down 16 grand creatures, retreated, but against 20 wood with haste in the final stage, there was nothing to counter. 3 angels and the rest of the army didn't even scratch much, although the castle helped a bit. Thanks for the game.

Wlk777 (Red, Rampart, Knight, Knight) def Kash (Blue, Castle, Sorceress, Sorceress) 2SM4d(3) 127

Yes, everything is correct. Thanks also to the buggy generation – I followed the path and ended up in the mountains, losing a lot of time. The search for wood led me to the opponent's secondary base, where I scratched him a little... Then Valentine came to me and threw wood at me.
Thank you for the wood

Captain (Red, Tower, Torosar, Gunnar) def Volland (Blue, Barbarian, Kreg Hack, Tazar) 2SM4d(3) 134 Both had only level 2 units of their primary type (very large distances and slow roads), I built a level 5 magic building - but they got an elf summon, but the chain and Inferno units ruled in the final battle. We met in an open field with fully purchased troops - the warrior-mage is better than a regular warrior. Thanks for the game!

Captain (Red, Tower, Torosar, Gunnar) def Volland (Blue, Barbarian, Kreg Heck, Tazar) 2SM4d(3) 134

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Thank you for the game.

Lanser (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Ferz 17 (blue, Dungeon, Gunar, Gunar), 2SM4d (3), 117
In the first week, I captured a hidden location with monks and a swamp castle, and on day 116, I built a wyvern lair there. Unexpectedly, the opponent forfeited the game, explaining that he had lost due to 15 monks.
Thank you for the game.

Lanser (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Ferz 17 (blue, Dungeon, Gunar, Gunar), 2SM4d (3), 117

Confirming the defeat.
1.1.7 Exiting the dungeon is blocked by Fanatics; I decided to try and break through 15 Fanatics – it didn't work. I decided to concede the game.
Thank you for the game.