Posts from 2nd inter-portal tournament of HMM3-OFF: "Water Magic"

basically, the final version.

We don't have any gas... :o

Vital, our eyes told each other where they're sending us.
How much???

Just 115. I already have an idea how you did it...

Gunnar takes a box, attacks gnolls, gnomes, gnomish creatures, centaurs, harpies, and removes Anain from the outer tavern, along with the garrison. This is enough for the mummies.
Kir takes a box of fairy creatures, with about 120 fairies, 9 dirty geese, a storm, and a wizard.
What about you?

Finished! Congratulations! :smile20:

Well, our tournament has come to an end. The results will be available very soon; I just need to check the save files and wait for Sub-Zero. Currently, I have 52 save files, which is great! Here are the players whose save files I have: APOSTOLs archerpit Atmor AVS Hunter Canty Chemist CrazyTold DeathLust DetectivE DIOS DmitriyAS Elcidire Ergon aka Thundax Ermelloth Fallen Angel Flyrella GarikOFF Gnooom GrafDrakula Grumbler hIRAes KIP service Kluka Kolizey Kozak Vitalik Kraftt langust LeverPunch aka Vanechka Lolita Lord of Death mentor newal Paraburum Patlin PAV-ALEX Redwhite ROLpogo Sculptor ski55555 Slonx10 SoulMan SVAN Talarasha Tolyas valery vbn Xeniya Sobchak Айвенго Архонт If you are not on this list, please contact me by email: nmr@bk.ru Thank you all so much for participating! You were all great!

Walkthrough of the second joint Tournament "Knight's March" by DmitriyAS.

Day 1.

Ciele two chests 24-19, 27-19 (second chest diagonally) into gold, waits at 26-18.
We hire Mirlanda (Gunnar), at 25-18. Ciele takes all troops from Mirlanda, leaving her with 1 butterfly. Ciele takes gold 28-17, to the dwelling for butterflies, fort, upgrades everyone, at 26-18, gives 1 fairy to Mirlanda, taking her butterfly.
Mirlanda takes two piles of gold 28-26, 29-25, gold 28-22, gold 33-23.
We hire Gunnar (Dragon), Gunnar eats a box (expert tactics, logistics, water, basic wisdom), from point 25-20 takes troops from Ciele, water body 26-20, 27-20 (break Gnolls), 28-20 (break Dwarves), chest 30-22 into gold, Dwarf Cottage, water body 29-20, pigeon 31-18, stables, chest 28-13 into gold, knowledge stone, ore, breaks Harpies (expert wisdom), hires in tavern Aenain (Dessa).
Aenain step left, Gunnar gives everything to Aenain, and stays with 3 serpents at point 33-15.
Aenain joins wolves, chest 26-9 into gold, hires Dragon (Luna).
Dragon step diagonally, takes everything from Aenain, leaving him with fairies and a mage for Luna, knowledge stone (pathfinding), stables, step down.
Aenain hires Luna (Moner).
Luna takes everything from Aenain, knowledge stone (advanced wisdom), stables, kills butterflies 26-11, breaks monsters with fire wall, picks up sword +6 attack, market (trade all resources for gold), takes everything from Dragon, waits.
Aenain hires Dessa (Brissa) at the external tavern, Dessa goes to knowledge stone (advanced Wisdom), stables, Luna gives everything to Dessa, step left.
Dessa goes to fort (upgrades wolves, air elementals and butterflies that were from Aenain), to point 26-18.
At the Conflux we hire Brissa (Adrienne), Brissa to point 25-20.
Dessa gives everything to Brissa.
Brissa water body 26-20, kills skeletons, 26-20, chest 25-25 into gold, destroys garrison 24-27, leaves wolves, gnolls, lizardmen in the garrison, kills dendroids, visits fountain of youth, picks up boots (defense passed without losses), fountain, picks up gloves (defense passed without losses), fountain, takes two piles of gold 22-22, 22-21, retrieves units from garrison, waits. Brissa with expert wisdom.
At the Conflux we hire Adrienne (Rylund), Adrienne to water body 26-20, to the crypt, without attacking yet.
Brissa gives everything to Adrienne.
Adrienne breaks the crypt, water body 26-20, breaks garrison 25-15 (expert navigation), at the Universal Hall trades more than a dozen fairies, 3 Storm Elementals, all gnolls, lizardmen, wolves for gold, gives Storm Elemental, mage and fairies to Dessa, to point 22-18, waits for construction of shipyard and boat in Conflux. Adrienne does not spend mana.
Dessa gives everything to Gunnar, Gunnar breaks garrison, to point 35-15, waits for Rylund.
Aenain hires Rylund (Kyrre) at the external tavern.
Rylund runs to Gunnar, Gunnar gives everything to Rylund, keeping 1 serpent for himself, Rylund joins 9 wyverns, runs back.
Dragon takes everything from Rylund, leaving him with 1 serpent, runs back.
Aenain hires Kyrre.
Kyrre to stone (advanced Archery), stables, return to stone, waits for Gelu.
Aenain hires Gelu, resigns.
Gelu takes everything from Dragon, wyverns are upgraded at the fort, stables.
Kyrre runs to point 32-9.
Gelu knowledge stone (advanced Leadership), gives everything to Kyrre, waits.
Kyrre (mage, Storm Elemental, fairies) breaks Ash, chest 22-4 into experience, gold 19-4, breaks box (expert Archery, Logistics, Intelligence, Learning, Pathfinding, advanced Wisdom).
Gelu hires Moner (Kira), Moner takes everything from Kyrre (Kyrre resigns), picks up sulfur 19-5, visits lookout tower 22-6, stops at 26-6.
Gelu hires Kira (Astra).
Kira takes sharpshooter and serpent from Gelu (Gelu resigns), step diagonally, hires Astra (Inteus), visits knowledge stone (advanced Diplomacy), stables, to the Conflux, waits.
Astra step left, hires Inteus (Labetha).
Inteus runs into stone (advanced Fire), stables, takes everything from Moner (Moner resigns), takes mercury 27-5, to point 30-8.
Astra hires Labetha (Yenova).
Labetha to knowledge stone (advanced Wisdom), picks up sword and ring of the mage, stands on market, waits for Yenova.
Astra hires Yenova (Erdamon), knowledge stone (expert Wisdom), stables, takes crystals 23-11, two piles of gold nearby, resigns.
Yenova takes mercury 33-5, knowledge stone (expert Archery), stables, takes artifacts from Labetha, resigns.
We trade 20 sulfur for 10 wood, remaining resources – for gold, build shipyard, boat. Adrienne gets on the boat.
Kira leaves gremlin and sharpshooter in garrison, step down.

After the turn passes to computer players, Khalid attacks Labetha, destroys her and runs through the stables to the seer's hut, destroying boars.

Day 2.

Adrienne removes the interfering empty chest 20-18, picks up wood and chest 19-22, 19-23, activates event 17-25 (now she has 120 mana), picks up breastplate +5 power, kneepads, breaks shipwreck 15-26 (5 arrow towers), breaks derelict ship 12-28 (two Infernos), waits.
We hire Erdamon (Luna) at the Conflux, Erdamon buys all butterflies, 3 psychos, at the fort upgrades butterflies and 2 psychos, water body 29-20, stands at point 31-21.
Mirlanda takes everything from Erdamon, breaks goblins, mill, three piles of ore, gives everything to Erdamon, resigns.
Erdamon opens guard of passage (- psycho), gives Gunnar 1 fairy, taking his boots, gloves and serpent, waits.
Gunnar runs the long road and torments a mummy to death with 1 fairy at 27-35, resigns.
Inteus captures Inferno, to point 33-15.
Erdamon gives everything to Inteus and resigns.
Inteus takes boots of levitation from the seer's hut, water body 29-20, 28-20, 27-20, 26-20.
We hire Luna.
Inteus gives everything to Luna and resigns.
Luna takes all fairies and 2 energy elementals with her (rest in garrison), runs to point 11-27, kills harpies with fire wall (scholar), eats box (expert Scholar, "Water Walk"), takes artifacts from Adrienne, leaving 1 surviving elemental, escapes from demons, revives at the Conflux.
Kira takes 3 wyverns from Luna, all artifacts, runs to the other shore, free joins 20 crossbowmen 12-17, we hire 9 more archers, attacks Edric, revives.
Luna step down.
We hire Kira (Pir), Kira to garrison.
We hire Pir (Yenova). Pir takes everything from Kira, Kira resigns.
We hire Yenova (Gelu).
Pir gives everything to Yenova, Yenova to garrison.
We hire Gelu (Dessa), Gelu upgrades sharpshooters (31 sharpshooters available).
Yenova with 31 sharpshooters, 4 wyvern monarchs, 2 serpents, mage visits flag of unity 8-8, breaks the can without losses (advanced Offense, basic Pathfinding), flag of unity, to point 16-11, waits for Dessa.
We hire Dessa (Tunar), Luna teaches Dessa "Water Walk", Dessa takes everything from Yenova. Yenova goes to market and trades all resources except wood for gold. Then Yenova stays at the market and, if necessary, trades periodically appearing resources for gold.
Dessa takes bonfire, enters mill, to point 22-18, gives everything to Gelu, resigns.
Gelu takes ore 10-21, chest 5-20 into gold, joins pikemen, kills Edric (+ sphere, ring).
We build tavern in Castle, hire Tunar, Tunar takes everything from Gelu, leaves units in garrison, escapes from griffins, we hire at Conflux (Ciele), give sphere to Pir.
Pir gives sphere to Rylund.
Rylund removes guard 35-32, joins cavalry, breaks hive (+4 wyverns), runs to Conflux.
Tunar takes cavalry, wyverns from Rylund, at the stables upgrades cavalry, runs to Conflux.
We hire at Conflux Ciele (Moner), Ciele takes everything from Tunar (Tunar resigned), runs to Castle, stops at 11-20, waits for Gem.
In Castle we hire Moner (Aenain), Moner takes units (angels, wyvern monarchs, mage, sharpshooters), kills archers 3-24, kills elementals 4-29, takes shield +6, kills trolls, takes necklace of teeth, returns to Castle.
We hire Aenain, Aenain takes chest 6-18 into gold, takes everything from Moner (Moner resigned), kills birds 3-21, picks up shield and gnoll flail, frees Gem from prison, gives everything to Gem (Aenain resigns).
Gem takes everything from Ciele (Ciele resigned), gives angels, wyverns, champions, all artifacts to Adrienne, takes crystals 10-26, waits for Jelaar.
Adrienne on auto-battle breaks Dragon Utopia, elementals 4-33, visits tent, takes chests and great basilisk's hauberk (3-35 and 3-33), escapes from shipwreck 3-32, is hired at Castle (Jelaar), further heroes are hired only at Castle.
We hire Jelaar (Nela – scholar), Jelaar takes everything from Gem, runs to point 8-17, waits for Nela.
We hire Nela (Kyrre), Nela takes all artifacts from Adrienne (Adrienne resigns), to point 8-16.
Jelaar gives everything to Nela (Jelaar resigns).
We hire Kyrre (Dragon), buy spell book for Kyrre, step down.
We hire Dragon (Haart), Dragon to garrison.
We hire Haart (Astra), Haart teaches Nela "Slow", taking her artifacts, mage, sharpshooters and gremlin, gives everything to Kyrre.
Kyrre kills griffins, visits Marletto Tower, to point 5-16, where she stood before.
Haart takes everything from Kyrre, gives everything to Dragon, picks up gold 11-12, waits.
Dragon kills mummies, takes chest 9-11 for experience, visits flag of unity, takes mine (expert Wisdom, advanced Pathfinding), to point 10-8.
We hire Astra (Piguedram), Astra learns spells from Nela, incl. "Fire Wall", flag of unity, to point 9-8, waits for Piguedram.
We hire Piguedram (Sephinoroff), Piguedram takes sharpshooters, mages, artifacts from Dragon, gives everything to Astra.
Astra visits well (150 mana I think), breaks monsters with "Fire Wall" (mostly), advanced Air.
Piguedram visits flag of unity, takes mages, artifacts from Astra, to point 9-9, waits.
Astra takes one step forward.
We hire Sephinoroff, she learns "Lightning Bolt" and "Slow" from Nela, Nela gives magic elemental.
Sephinoroff visits flag of unity, to point 9-8.
Piguedram gives 1 mage, artifacts to Sephinoroff.
Sephinoroff visits well, attacks Sandro equipped with Cloak of the Undead King, killing all liches, vampires and a few ghosts with lightning bolt (Slow helps), ransoms from Sandro (mage burns in battle), hires (Labetha), to garrison.
We hire Labetha (Gretchin), Labetha step diagonally.
Sephinoroff gives 1 magic elemental and artifacts to Labetha.
Labetha learns "Lightning Bolt" and "Slow" from Nela, to point 8-11.
Piguedram gives Gargoyle to Labetha, taking elemental from her, to point 9-9.
Labetha flag of unity, well, to point 7-4.
We hire Gretchin (Ayden), Gretchin takes mage and elemental from Piguedram (Piguedram resigned), flag of unity, gives everything to Labetha, taking Gargoyle from her, enters the can.
Dead Haart takes chest 6-12 (gold), picks up piles of wood, resigns.
Labetha kills Sandro (chase skeletons with elemental), altar (exchanges artifact(s) for 3000 experience), takes Necropolis (expert Wisdom, Earth, Learning), enters city, learns Town Portal, portals to Castle, gives elemental, artifacts to Kyrre, also teaching Kyrre Town Portal, Labetha resigned.
Nela takes artifacts from Kyrre, through flag of unity gives centaurs, artifacts to Astra, resigns.
Astra runs into Necropolis, learns Dimension Door, DD to 11-34, DD to Phoenixes, kills phoenixes, stepping into alchemist's laboratory (losing a few sharpshooters), picks up Cornucopia, DD to 8-21.
We hire Ayden (Brissa), Ayden takes sharpshooters, artifacts from Astra, gives everything to Kyrre, resigns.
Kyrre visits seer's hut 12-12 (expert Earth), Portals to Conflux, at the university learns Air for 2000, Portals to Necropolis, altar, waits for Gretchin.
Dragon through flag of unity to Necropolis, DD to 11-34, chest 11-35 into gold, picks up two piles of gold 12-35, 13-35, takes sandals, waits for Brissa.
We hire Brissa (Marius), Brissa through flag of unity to Necropolis, DD to 14-25, picks up Statue of Legion.
Dragon gives sandals to Brissa.
Brissa DD to 21-35, waits for Gretchin.
Gretchin takes artifacts from Brissa (Brissa resigns), gives artifacts to Kyrre.
Kyrre trades all artifacts for experience (disassemble Statue and Cornucopia!), leaving Helm of Divine Enlightenment, Infernal Sword, Necklace of Dragon Teeth, Dragonbone Breastplate, Sandals, Shield of the Damned, Still Eye of the Dragon. Kyrre becomes expert Wisdom and Air.
Kyrre portals to Necropolis (learns Dimension Door), DD to 14-35, eats box (+33 golems), to point 11-35, killing mummies, Portals to Inferno (+1 power), DD to 31-12, eats scholar 31-11, DD to 25-20, water body, DD to 17-12, eats scholar 17-13, eats box. Stats – 120.
We hire Marius (Terek), Marius picks up mercury 7-26, nearby ore and gold near the shipyard.
We hire Terek, Terek runs into flag of unity, windmill, removes guard of passage 6-9, picks up book of Water.
VICTORY!
Result - 2/120

Interesting. I'll look into it tomorrow...

I felt that I could beat the "Fairy Tale" faction on the first day, but I couldn't... for some reason, I decided that I absolutely had to recruit Dwarves and hire one elemental for each, upgrade them, and apply magic resistance to my main attacking stack. Either that's why it didn't work, or I just didn't have the energy for a third playthrough...

P.S. At least I saved my hero from the air battle portion of the tournament :)

Here are the preliminary results:



I think the tournament was a success. Thank you all for participating.

P.S.: All participants who placed from 1st to 9th place inclusive should send organizers (to both addresses) a brief description of the battles and save files (before and after) with:
1. Sandro
2. Edrik
3. Pandora with magic dragons
4. Dragon Utopia

So, did Haven win against Inferno? Or was there no overall score? Was the inter-faction competition limited only to the participants?

Was inter-portal competition limited to the participants?

Exactly. But I think that Dmitry and Ivan can be confidently included in both HP and HW ;)

congratulations to the winners! huge thanks to the organizers, I'll be looking forward to the next one (to be honest, I thought I'd be last, it was my first time after all).

Kostik,
Thank you for the tournament!
It was a very enjoyable map.
I can't write a description. Here's a walkthrough:
http://slil.ru/27833603

The description is written like in a Nenets song - I write down what I see.
If anyone has any questions, I'll answer them.
Unfortunately, I lost the beginning of the second day: on the night before the end of the tournament, I made a mistake, urgently replayed, then re-recorded, and that's how it went...

Added 3 minutes ago

So, NR defeated HW?

Allow me to answer your question with a song:smile40:

Now I consider myself a city dweller,
Here is my work, here are my friends.
But at night I still dream of the village -
My homeland doesn't want to let me go...

:smile40: :smile40: :smile40:

So, did the "Army of Darkness" clan defeat both HW and HP?

I would say that the "Army of Darkness" clan defeated both portals - HW and HP. :D
By the way, three of them are from our village!!! Well, like "The Three from Prostokvashino!" :smile40:

http://www.heroesportal.net/clans.php?id=33

Or even four... oh, by the way, how does it add up...