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Round 4, Jebus Cross

Ta_Kotoraya... vs Javdet

If there are any remaining deadlines for me, as well as the possibility to play with Tatiana, I will wait...

As far as I've read reports on this template, I gathered that external dwellings of level 6 are commonplace, probably as much as level 7 ones.
In total, there should probably be no less than 3 external dwellings of that level and a few more of levels 1-3.

Well, basically yes. A normal total of external dwellings starts somewhere around 20 (roughly 2-3 high-level ones and a ton of low-level ones).

And having your native secondary skill here is a mega-lucky break.

Debatable. You might not have enough tempo for building in the 1st week. And in the case of CoD, not enough money either. Essentially, having your native secondary skill gives a normal bonus to the following towns:
- Barb (actually enables fitting bears and birds into the tempo)
- Necr (only need to fit vampires, you can even get by without the Citadel)
- Dungeon (portal + Troglodytes)
For the rest, the native secondary skill is no more than a gold mine + 2 external dwellings. Good, but clearly not a mega-lucky break.

A mega-lucky break is having native Center... can't be countered :).

I apologize to Evgeny and Lebron. If I don't manage to play the round on time, consider it a forfeit. The end of the semester is always a hectic time.

I apologize for the inconvenience, but due to a relocation, I won't have internet access until the beginning of next month. As soon as I have the opportunity to play again, I'll be back online. In the meantime, please submit technical support requests. Thank you.

4th round Jebus Cross
Mizrael(red, Conflux, random, Lacus, Lacus) def Wlk777(Castle, Valeska, Ciele) 137

Took a restart, began: 2 clues, Griffon Conservatory and Dragon Utopia revealed on the first day — I'm playing, plus "Fish is mine" came in :). Broke the crypt, but only managed to spread out to 6 heroes (still, have to build magic right away if dad doesn't have a spell book).
112 - gold mine behind a horde of centaurs, licked my lips at the gloves, but the horde of dire wolves said — don't even think about it.
113 - 2 scouts ran down different roads to secondary towns, the army only made it to the upper one, but it hit a block of horde of harpies. As compensation for the setback, the lower secondary turned out to be empty :).
114 - Fish gets Ballistics as a bonus to the catapult from Torosar, cleared a Pandora's Box behind the wood (5k gold).
115 - maneuver to the only! external dwelling on my territory, fire elementals.
116 - broke the guard of the external dwelling (45 Lizardmen), dad heads to the stables.
117 - built birds, immediately bought and sped up Fish in front of the stables, got Earth magic.
121 - the night-time gameplay showed: goofed and didn't transfer the growth from the already built chain from the house, dad spends the night at a Naga Bank.
122 - Naga Bank - level 3, cleared LotS with a horde of Minotaurs for a Conservatory and a Dragon Utopia (the insects blew away the birds, was damn pissed). Griffon Conservatory - level 3, no mana — skip it for now.
123 - chugged the first clue for 6 Wis and sat dad down to regenerate mana.
125 - two more clues, Wis already 18.
126 - dropped almost a hundred harpies without issues, Boots of Resistance and a secondary town.
127 - Pandora's Box for 10k gold, dad splits back home, the moneybag goes to Bron, who breaks a max-level beehive (minus 2 Psychos, those flies don't like them).
131 - buyout everything, +3 Angels, mini Dragon Utopia drops with the loss of Water Elementals (didn't take Butterflies and Air Elementals) — Sword +5 to all stats.
132 - everyone marches together into the center zone.
133 - horde of grand Cyclopes fell pretty easily (Mass Slow + Tactics and everyone piled on together), on the fly 2 Pandora's Boxes (experience and trinkets) and a clue. Goofed again and instead of speeding up dad, gave all the moneybag to him, even though Torosar had long been hinting at Blue's Expert Air teleportation and there was no one close nearby.
134 - another beehive, external dwelling of Phoenixes, this time dad is sped up.
135 - Pandora's Box, external dwelling of Psychos, central castle (Conflux), dad with the moneybag sits and regenerates mana.
136 - Pandora's Box for 20k experience (the Angels got scared, and I didn't attack them, well, since there are Archangels), double ГО on the grass (Devils and Scorpicores). Killed Blue's snooper, dad with the moneybag ran to the lookout — no one around.
137 - I take the semi-empty capital and on my turn, Ciele attacks with 8 Angels and backup. Turns out she didn't have strong battle magic, plus the Boots of Resistance triggered a couple more times — even with the stat advantage (Ciele had all stats at 20, against my 18-15), a mage can't take down a warrior without battle magic. Thanks for the game.

Round 4 Jebus Cross
Mizrael (red, Conflux, random, Lacus, Lacus) def Wlk777 (Castle, Valeska, Ciele) 137

Yeah, my opponent and I scouted roughly the same territory, but I had few Dragon Fly Hives, and they had few Wyverns in them, while my opponent's Dragon Fly Hives turned out to be richer — a total of 50 ducks vs 15 with everything else roughly equal :( . And of course I was unlucky with utopias (only managed to take 2), they didn't give any good magic, a Book of Earth, Air, or a fifth-level hat would have definitely tipped the scales in my favor. A kettle +6 is useless when the best I have is Ice Bolt 390 and nothing more; even from 3 Mage Guilds of the second level they didn't give me Lightning Bolt :( . Also got unlucky with color — had my opponent not taken my capital on day 137, I would have had not 8 Angels in the final army, but 8 or 10 Archangels (depending on the fight date). I played the template for the first time, so I can't judge whether this is a template feature or just bad luck, but the respawns are very stretched out, which makes it inconvenient to play, although money and resources are nearly unlimited, which I also consider not quite right. Thanks for the game.

Zhenya! I've made a table for the 4th round, please add it to the first post when you have a chance :)

fourth round (jebus cross)
red	*	blue	*
vitalic	win(t)	Pit for LM	lose(t)
Alex_R	win	Эрдэм	lose
Ta_Kotoraya...	*	Javdet	*
Vigo	win	Kash	lose
Captain	*	Дубровин Павел	*
Psyche_7	lose	SpiriTT	win
Mizrael	win	Wlk777	lose
bRitvo4ka	*	numOne	*
LeBron	*	Тяжелый_Случай	*
Hermit	*	Revan(Maggot)	*
КостяN	*	Злой_Романтик	*
Ahivog	*	*AZ	*
RAPER	*	Smoke_mk	*
Argonavt	*	A.S.	*

Added after 42 minutes
Well, it's time to announce the 5th round, after all, the 4th ended on 05/19.
And in general, when there is a schedule in advance, it is easier for players to plan their game time and play the games, even if not in the order of the round.
P.S. At least announce what the next schedule will be: confused:

3rd round, balance.
Vigo = Erdeme

We started the game a long time ago, I don't remember when exactly; it was saved on turn 124 due to connection issues. And today we finally decided to finish it. I was unhappy with my situation, had completely forgotten what the game was about and the specifics of the map, and made several stupid moves. On week 4, I built the 5th level, and was given the portal. I made a diversion, killed the opponent's scout hero with meat, met Galtran somewhere in a dark corner near the teleport closer to the end of the month, I bought myself back with efreeti and some demons, then Galtran with Flight stormed me in the castle with a horde of skeletons, destroyed the catapult with a meteor in round 3, and after futile attempts to catch the efreeti, the opponent bought himself back. We decided not to torture each other on such a terrible template. Draw. Thanks to Victor for the game!

Someone might find this interesting.

numOne, enter the battle.

numOne, challenge accepted.

05/22/2009 01:58

I apologize for the inconvenience, but due to a move, I won't have internet access until the beginning of next month. As soon as I have the opportunity to play, I'll be back online. In the meantime, please set technical defeats. Thank you.

Round 3, balance.
Vigo = Erdem

We started the game a long time ago, I don't remember when, and saved on day 124 due to communication issues. And today we finally decided to finish it. I was unhappy with my situation, had completely forgotten what the game was about and the specifics of the map, and made several stupid moves. On week 4 I built level 5, was given a gate. I made a diversion, killed the opponent's scout hero with troops, and met Galtran somewhere in a dark alley near a teleporter closer to the end of the month. I bought back with Efreeti and some demons, then Galtran with Flight stormed me in the castle with a pack of skeletons; in round 3 he destroyed the catapult with a meteor. After futile attempts to catch the Efreeti, the opponent bought back. We decided not to torture each other on such a terrible template. Draw. Thanks to Victor for the game!

That's right. Honestly, I really disliked the template. Strictly for pros. Poverty and devastation everywhere, and crawling through all those alleys is very inconvenient, neither with chains nor with a folder. In short, I had no desire to finish the game.
Thanks for the game.

We started the 4th round with Captain, but for some reason, we can't seem to finish it.

argonavt, join the battle! My ICQ number is in my profile.

I reviewed the available results. The following matches were not played:

Round 2 (the deadline was a long time ago)
Злой романтик * RAPER

Round 3 (the deadline was April 18)
LeBron * vitalic
Maggot * numOne *
RAPER NP * AZ NP

Round 4 (the deadline was May 19)
Ta_Kotoraya... * Javdet *
Captain * Дубровин Павел *
bRitvo4ka * numOne *
LeBron * Тяжелый_Случай *
Hermit * Revan(Maggot) *
КостяN * Злой_Романтик *
Ahivog * *AZ *
RAPER * Smoke_mk *
Argonavt * A.S. *

The deadline for completing the matches is June 7.
By June 7, all these players need to
either submit a report of victory / confirmation of defeat in this thread,
or a message about their readiness to play (those who have already written do not need to repeat), or a message about the impossibility of playing and about their further plans to participate in the tournament.

Due to the temporary absence of the Organizer, ewgeniy, Dirty_Player will perform the roles of Host, Judge, and conduct the draw.
On June 8, he will summarize the results of rounds 1-4 and post the draw for round 5, and Pit for LM will announce on which map this round will be played, with comments and a link.