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headache(blue, Castle, Dessa, Dessa) def Quell(red, Inferno, Fiona, Fiona), 2SM4d(3), 217
Thank you for the game.

Thank you too.

SEM_56 (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Quell(Red, Inferno, Fiona, Fiona), 2SM4d(3), 131
Took a rest and got good rolls. Two ogre huts, no goblin huts, 1-5,7 in the Citadel on day 117, Gurnisson has earth magic..
Days 121-127 took a harpy hut and orc hut, Griffin Conservatory for Angel, opponent has Tactics..
On day 131 Max writes that he gave up and there's no prospects, thanks for the game..
P.S. Stop throwing away troops, check your buildings, be more careful...

SEN_56 (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Quell (red, Inferno, Fiona, Fiona), 2SM4d(3), 131

+1
we are only quoting the header Alex_R

Oelm (red, Inferno, Pyre, Pyre) def Wlk777 (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor), 2SM4d(3), 141

The rematch took place. The generation was lousy, slow roads, starting army without gogs because Fiona arrived, seven dogs, second hero Verdish with 11 gnolls. Immediately ran for magic stat boosts and built the Mage Guild, nothing else was in the cards. On day 113, I hoped the passage in the teleport would have light guards. But my opponent doesn't take a rest, I break through on day 114 with swords and there are medusas with an exit to Barbarian secondary, the other road leads medusas into the swamp, I replenish mana at the well, kill the royal medusas with losses. No development strategy whatsoever. By day 116, finally with 5 heroes, sold all resources for this at two markets. Day 117, found some Barbarian caches, since the +2 life artifact is showing, I decide to go for demonology. At home: 1-5 in the Citadel + Mage Guild. In the secondary town: Tavern. Day 122, life finally started, I take the Dwarf Cottage with Pyre (6-5-3-4), buy a 6th hero, build the Prefecture. Then Pyre bashes home, where I learn Light Bolt and Blind, increase spell power by 2, break through the medusas into the swamp. Pyre goes to take the tier-2 Griffin Conservatory at the respawn, demonology is forgotten :D . Days 125-127, I take the Griffin Conservatory using various trash (90 goblins, wolves, 14 gogs, etc.) and Bolt, lose half my army (morale still goes the griffins' way), but now with angels, Pyre with 2 angels replenishes mana and goes for the +3 life artifact, there are under 48 magi with the grail effect. The battle is on the edge, but morale wasn't going the clerics' way. On the third, Pyre bashes into the Barbarian secondary and plans to take another Griffin Conservatory on the tundra, meanwhile the noobs captured the +3 shield and took another Griffin Conservatory for 1 angel. But I miscalculated here — took a medusa bank with my main on quick-combat (forgot to turn it off), which drained all my mana (and Pyre had already become an expert in Earth magic) + money situation isn't great, so I didn't waste time on the Griffin Conservatory, went into the treasure zone, carve up demons, fight purely with meat, no magic. Day 133 — max Naga Bank with a grand stack, lost a few demons, but shopped big. Got 60+ of them, but didn't find any Dragon Utopias, took a minimal Dragon Fly Hive, a chest for 30 Wyverns and Monarchs (stupidly lost another angel). I collect the Golden Bow for 9 grand creatures, enter 2 Rings of Power and the University. Day 136, I bash home to replenish mana, stats 13-14-10-7, level 16. I make a mistake again, didn't manage to bring the Scholar hero with Slow. Day 137, a noob takes a tier-3 Griffin Conservatory. On the map, two entrances to treasure zones are scouted, besides the one I was already in, one in the swamp (I specifically leveled Pathfinding), the other in the mud. But something doesn't draw me there (as it turned out after the game, both were uncommonly stale). I gather the army and hit the GO near the teleport, there's a horde of magic elementals, I carve them up almost without losses. Dive into the teleport and there are Titans. :( Well, nothing to be done, I attack, where I lose all the pits, 2 angels, and just under 20 demons, then hide, fearing an attack. Days 137-141 — at the stable with a fire next to it, blue's heroes gather on pegasi, including Ivor, who seems to be the main one. Pyre with three angels and 3 birds attacks, wipes all the noobs, Ivor has a +2 speed artifact. She herself goes through the stables, and lo and behold, there's a mana well, which was almost all spent on the GO. Money is decent, 1000 in each of three castles, in the main one — a Marketplace + Mine, so I push forward. No attack. Day 142, I scout and see Ivor in the castle. The army is unimpressive, and the stats are downright weak. I think, gather the army, attack. No Slow, but there's Shield and Stone Skin, Light Bolt. Pyre level 17 (13-14-10-8), +1 speed, 10% resistance (didn't work once). Army: 3 angels, 52 demons, the rest small fry. My opponent's Ivor (13-14-4-4) roughly like that, 23 Unicorns, 38 Elves, 5 Dendroids, 6 Wyverns, + singles. Mass Slow hits me immediately. Magic is expensive for me, but I manage. Though late, I cast Shield, and then the demons tore the Unicorns apart. Thanks!

Oelm (red, Inferno, Pyrra, Pyrra) def Wlk777(blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor), 2SM4d(3), 141

Confirmed. What can I say – hiding with unique creatures is a good strategy, but they cost money (unlike the angels from the Conflux that the opponent had), and there weren't many of them anyway, hence the rather slow pace... I couldn't even place a 2nd-level Guardian... I searched for everything I could, planning to build up to 141, but the stables were right next to the Guardian and I got unlucky... So, the conclusions are: the opponent played well, but he was lucky that there was no path to him; he wouldn't have withstood a rush. Also, a couple of my minor mistakes and a not-so-great map... Thanks for the game.

blue Kash (Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def red Entomb (Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2SM4d(3), 121, purely by chance

111 4 elves spawned. 2 heroes go into the mines, one on scouting (spotting an external elven dwelling and a grass secondary), Kyrre with a tent and ballista runs to the secondary
112 broke through to the grass, got distracted by the stable. on the second road there are lizardmen
113 Kyrre takes the crypt-max, returns, claims the external dwelling, Gem takes the Conflux secondary
114 noobs hit the crypt-mini, Kyrre runs to level
115 got Earth, found a GO along the wasteland, noobs found a Dwarf Cottage — out of reach. no crystals, gathering and smelting stones, revealed a treasure zone on the stones — nothing visible
116 crypt with 5 vampires, we run to the swamp
117 leveled up Loga and Earth, in the swamp we hit a white teleport, suspecting reds are behind it. peek out and bail — Dungeon is nearby
121 honestly, I expected an attack, but the opponent didn't notice me, because they were chatting in ICQ, just as they didn't notice the cleared teleport guard. we pile on with elves and horses, take the Dungeon without Shakti but with unclaimed growth, opponent surrenders.

Enjoyed the decent leveling of Shakti and the presence of an Angel. All in all, I was lucky, and for the opponent, hopefully a lesson.
Thanks for the game and good luck!

blue Kash (Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def red Entomb (Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2SM4d(3), 121, purely by chance

Confirmed, thanks for the game!

Lider1 (red, conflux, random, Brissa) def ~no1_knows_me~ (blue, dang, Shakti, Shakti) 2SM4d(3) 145.

Decided to practice with Conflux. In general, I didn't even plan to build, but birds were in the fort. There was no ore, I had to build a thousand in the main town. External dwelling of air elementals. Secondary town Castle. External dwelling of archers. Spotted on two respawns 5 Griffin Conservatories.

On the second day I was afraid to go into the Throne rooms (I don't know how to take them), so I took an external dwelling of psychics. Home Castle, in the secondary town 2000.

On the third day Capitol and 3 Griffin Conservatories: 3+3+2. Also 2 external dwellings of ice elementals and one more external dwelling of archers.

On the fourth day another Griffin Conservatory for 3. Using the view of air spell, I went through the secondary town towards the enemy. (There was also a Dragon Utopia on my native respawn, but I didn't want to go back, I thought 11 angels, 12 birds, 17 psychics, etc., also a Bolt for 380 would be enough.) On day 144 the enemy died in the Dragon Utopia. Such a win without a fight...

Thanks for the game.

Lider1 (red, conflux, random, Brissa) def ~no1_knows_me~ (blue, dang, Shakti, Shakti) 2SM4d(3) 145

confirmed
Week 1 days 1-4 at the Citadel + external Medusa dwelling + Summoning Portal
Week 2, secondary Necropolis hero, picked up a +4 Attack Mace from mummies, visited a couple of Dwarf dwellings
Week 3, Shakti has Boots of Speed, Expert Earth Magic, cracked a 3-Naga Bank
towards the end of the week, I reach my native secondary hero
Week 4, I'm thinking about the Dragon Utopia, but a bunch of red heroes poured in from above on a Cholera hero, including Brissa, whose ranks are filled with crowds of Angels and Phoenixes. Nothing to be done, with my army a Fire Blast would be a laughing stock, so I reach the Dragon Utopia hoping for a minimum — but as luck would have it, it turned out to be a maximum!!! in short, Shakti got completely wrecked in the Dragon Utopia....
thx for the game!

Shakti 14-13-4-5
Brissa 6-10-12-12

Hermit(red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) def SEM 56(blue, Fortress, Vistan, Vistan) 2sm4d(3) 131

This was the most unusual game I've ever played. In the first game, I didn't capture the ore mine on my starting territory, and it wasn't anywhere else, so the result for the week was 1, 3 in the Stronghold... I wanted to give up, but Solmyr had the stats 0-0-6-6 and 120 mana, and there was a magic spring on the Stronghold territory. From the overview, I could see part of my opponent's territory and a path to the secondary territory. In a terrible, awful battle, I took the Conservatory with two chains of units; all the gremlins fell, and only a few golems remained. I saw that Vistan ran to the Inferno territory to capture the secondary territory, so I, with two angels, attacked with Solmyr in the capital, restored mana in the well, and on the next turn, cut off his path home. Then I captured his Castle and waited for him to attack. Lightning decided the outcome.     Thank you for the game.     P. S. I really don't like taking Conservatories.

Hermit(red, ,tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) def SEM 56(blue, fortress, Vistan, Vistan) 2sm4d(3) 127

I forgot to mention that I asked for auto-play. Apparently, it failed the first time, but then it figured out how to take it (with magic, what else could it be?).
There were a lot of ranged units (I haven't seen that in a while), and Solmyr saw Vistan run to the secondary base through 18 fanatics and 17 ogres, and then he went for my capital. In short, it turned out to be an interesting game, thanks for the match.

bRitvo4kA (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Kash (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2SM4d(3), 132
At the beginning of the 3rd week, Vitia loses to a level 3 creature in the swamp and refuses the offered auto-battle, citing the hopelessness of his situation.

Thank you for the game!

bRitvo4kA (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Kash (red, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2SM4d(3), 132

Yes, that's correct.
Thanks to Andrei for the game. Well, what can you do? I'll practice a little more and then attack again.

Hermit(red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) def SEM 56(blue, Fortress, Wistan, Wistan) 2sm4d(3) 131

My most unusual game. In the first game, I didn't capture the ore mine on my starting territory, and it wasn't anywhere else, so the result for the week was 1, 3 in the castle... I wanted to give up, but Solmyr had 0-0-6-6 stats and 120 mana, so Lightning decided the game.

So, did they cancel 5.2? I understand that GM4 wasn't here:confused:

Oelm (red, Inferno, Pyrrha, Galtran) draw Wlk777 (Rampart, Ivor 10 lvl, Ivor) 133

The game started on restarts. At first, I took 111, then Valentin took 113. My spawn on the third attempt was on the surface; Gogs were not built, only 12, no ballista, slow roads. The choice was whether to take 113 or not. I scatter, 4th is Kirr in the tavern, already thinking about playing. And I reveal an external dwelling of Gogs here. No restart. I buy Nagash as the 5th hero, lead him to the pillar. Galtran is in the tavern, now it's interesting.
112 - I get tense, earn some more gold, buy out Galtran, Septienna is under him, I take the external dwelling of Gogs, Kirr finds a Griffin Conservatory, she checks it as level 3-4. Because there are 6 heroes in the Castle, I build a Market.
113 - I buy Septienna, Nagash scouts another Griffin Conservatory, level 2. In the Castle, I build Demons. Xyron reveals a Utopia, a Library, and another Griffin Conservatory. At some point, a chocolate appeared!

FAILURE! The opponent says he has Ivor at level 10. I suggest continuing the game, Valentin thinks it over and refuses. (As it turned out, he had a winning setup, but he hoped I would manage.) I open the map; Ivor has an external dwelling of Elves. He also looks at my setup. We decided to play after all, with an agreement to draw.

115 - I take a Behemoth cage at the dragon. There are 40 in the stack. I maneuver with Efreeti, but the Gogs have anti-morale; on Inferno ground, the Demons are strong, they take out 8 Gogs. But the army already has a decent number of Skeletons.

116 - Nagash is the last to max out Expert Necromancy; I took a Dwarf dwelling for 15.
117 - In the Castle, tiers 1-6 in the Citadel without Pits.
121 - Galtran, level 6, Expert Necromancy, Armor, with an army of 120 Skeletons and Inferno troops, takes a level 2 Griffin Conservatory without mana to not waste movement points needlessly.
122 - I use him to take the Shield +6 and Armor of Magic Power +3 behind the Royal Nagas, I split my forces towards a level 3-4 Griffin Conservatory. Kirr takes a Medusa dwelling for 8, with the loss of 4 Gogs.
123 - Septienna takes a Griffin Conservatory for 1 Angel; I don't risk taking the dragon Griffin Conservatory with Galtran, instead I stockpile Skeletons.
124 - 172 Skeletons, 3 Angels take a level 3 Griffin Conservatory. I lose another 3 Efreeti and 7 Gogs.
125 - I split my forces towards the Utopia.
126 - I kill the Master Genies, enter the Utopia, and it's the maximum version! Well, since we're playing for fun, I try to take it out of curiosity, but I lose. I take auto-combat; Galtran enters the Library.
127 - I stockpile more Skeletons.
131 - I upgrade 4 Efreeti, buy everything out, take the maximum version. 4 Angels and just under 200 Skeletons survive. There's an artifact for +2 to all stats, a Book of Earth, a Titan's Cuirass, Town Portal home, I replenish mana to 120.
132 - I raise more Skeletons, Galtran runs to the GO.
133 - I see Ivor at the GO. I gather the army myself: 8 Cerberi, 4 Angels, 27 Gogs, ~280 Skeletons. I position myself at the GO, I don't attack to avoid spending mana. Ivor himself hits the Hydras, then attacks me. I have 21 Spell Power, and I burn through all of Ivor's army with Meteor Shower.