Posts from SoY-5: Online Tournaments "Seasons of year" - "Seasons" - Spring Season 2009 Auto-translated

KobRa_RR, wouldn't you like to become a consultant for the autumn SOY and its maps?

Spot on!

I just found the thread about this tournament – everyone keeps telling me that the navigation on the website is confusing, and I agreed, thinking that I had already saved everything in my bookmarks... turns out I missed a whole interesting tournament...

SpiriTT (blue, rampart, Ivor, Gunnar) draws Pit for LM (red, stronghold, Gretchin, Astral) 145 Onlystrong
For me, this was quite an achievement! I played the first part of the game without an editor, relying on my memory. In the first game, I explored, scouted the artifacts, and took a secondary Castle - a Tower with an attack/defense artifact, like almost all the others. I decided to focus on Gunnar. With some difficulty, I placed unicorns in the fort, which ultimately helped a lot. In the second game, I placed thousands of units and transported an artifact for 5,000 gold. I took some gnomish units, built a Castle. In the third game, I already had 12 snipers =), and 30 elves - I upgraded them (had a lot of trouble with wood). Then, my opponent broke through the guard - Nag and Astral with 11 and 12 in magical parameters, which was very intimidating, so I quickly took my artifact and, in the last turn, retreated to my Castle.
Siege:
Gunnar, level 10 (10 13 3 5 (50))
Expertise: Tactics, Logistics, Scouting: (Scholar sold it), Advance Earth and Basic Wisdom.
33 Grand Griffins, 8 Unique units, 20 Silver Pegasi, 58 Centaurs, 14 Dryads, 17 Lizards, 12 Snipers
Against:
Astral, level 11 (3 7 11 12 (240))
Expertise: Wisdom, Intelligence, Fire, and Tactics.
28 Orcs, 44 Goblins, 7 Pit Fiends, 9 Rukh, 4 Ifrit, 5 Wolves, and 10 Demons.
In the first turn, I made a mistake - either my hand trembled, or the mouse slipped - I'm not sure, but I clicked something unclear with the Silver Pegasi, although it was obvious that I should attack the Ifrits to get out of the Castle. But in the end, I was trapped by three Ifrits and took almost full Inferno damage, about 190 damage. Then, after a couple of rounds, a ballista made a hole in the wall, and the Unique units and Centaurs broke through. My opponent bought himself out with the remaining units.
I had 16 Grand Griffins, 2 Unique units, 30 Centaurs, and 13 Dryads left. I went to study the researched magic resistance from the witch, leveled up a bit, and Astral attacked again: 1 Pit Fiend, 25 Wolves, about 30 Goblins, 18 Hobgoblins, and some single units. This time, he took a beating and bought himself out again (I wasn't expecting an attack at all because I was on cursed land - I didn't understand this moment).
On the 4th turn, I bought growth, made an advance in resistance, and went to the forest to make an expert. Only at the end did I realize how I should have played. I should have made Golems in the Tower, Gnomes in my main Castle, and surrounded by Unique units, go on the offensive against my opponent. Defense of 17 and magic resistance could have allowed me to hope for something. But against 240 mana and a spell of 12.... it's hard to say what would have happened. I was offered a draw - of course, I agreed, I hope this won't prevent Pit from winning.
Thank you very much for your time, patience, communication, and experience!

SpiriTT (blue, rampart, Ivor, Gunnar) drew Pit for LM (red, stronghold, Gretchin, Astral) 145 Onlystrong

I played poorly. I started by losing to Astral's Grand Master on spearmen – there were almost 50 of them, and I attacked with a group of gremlins. :eek: Because of losing 2500, I only got 4 heroes, a Rukh in the Citadel, a secondary Inferno Castle, and 1000 income in each city.
In the second week, I took the Gnome Hall, and defended almost all artifacts and chests. I built Ifrits in the Citadel. GM2 was good – lightning and blindness.
At the beginning of the third week, I defended the last artifacts – a +3+3 necklace for magic and a +2+2 cloak for magic, and built GM4 – I got Inferno and Assassin:smile18: Luckily, I had maxed out fire magic. I went on the attack, and along the way, I gained enough experience to become an expert in fire magic. I attacked a Castle, and we had a fairly successful exchange. At this point, I should have built the 5th level (where, as it turns out, you can summon fire elementals), but I started to mess up. I miscalculated my strength and attacked on cursed ground, where I didn't kill almost anyone on day 141. But then I took a Naga bank with 3 3 Ifrits, found some money for buying, and wanted to fight Gunnar again, but he didn't want to. I got bored, wanted to sleep, and offered a draw.
Thank you for the game and the pleasant conversation.

Javdet (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def SpiriTT (red, Necropolis, Thant, Galtran) 146 Boomerang

After the restart, Kyrre gets boots on the very first day – a huge bonus that decided the outcome of the game.
He was building up resistance, which, combined with the artifact giving 10% resistance and the resistance amulet, only worked once against Pegasuses and against Greater Golems – LOL!
But his stats were twice as high, and the chain ability with the gate-locking spell decided the outcome of the castle assault...

Thanks for the game.

Javdet (blue,rampart,Kyrre,Kyrre) def SpiriTT (red,necr,Thant,Galtran) 146 Boomerang

After the restart, Kyrre gets boots on the very first day – a huge bonus that decided the outcome of the game.
He was building resistance, which, combined with the artifact giving 10% resistance and the resistance spell, only worked once against Pegasuses and against Greater Golems – LOL!
But his stats were twice as high, and the chain spell with the gate-locking ability decided the castle siege...

Thanks for the game.

Yes, it was. I don't even know if I could have done anything to counter it.
My opponent had speed boots, a bunch of artifacts for mana and magic power, plus the chain spell and implosion in the Grand Mage level. Against counterattack, fire shield, and sacrifice, I had nothing.
Also, at the beginning of the game, I took Thant to have Animate Dead, I wanted to make him my main hero, but for some reason, he had Wave of Death instead of Animate Dead, and his skills were advanced Necromancy right away. Why was that?
Thanks for the game, your patience, and the time you spent.

Javdet (blue, Inferno, Oktavia, Ayden) def Psyche7 (red, Tower, Ain, Solmir) 147 Seven Lakes

I saw a lot of easy-to-capture spots on the map, so I decided to focus on demons. With the red player approaching with Solmir, taking the purple castle became an unpleasant surprise. But after casting the lightning bolt spell on the swamp, things got easier...
In the final battle, 55 demons and a clever chain spell were a good argument, even though I was behind in other troops.

Thanks for the game.

Javdet (blue, Inferno, Oktavia, Ayden) def Psyche7 (red, Tower, Ain, Solmir) 147 Seven Lakes

Yeah... Solmir's arrival, whom I almost burned down on day 1, was a real surprise. Capturing the purple castle (Dungeon) cost me almost all my gremlins (80+), but it was worth it. End of week 1 - 1-6 in the castle (Dungeon, of course). Then I go to the center to capture castles, but I'm not leveling up very well... In general, frequent loss of momentum, deadly (as it turned out) art for Solmir, and then the 5th level of the guild of mages didn't please me either - all this led to defeat.
Thank you for the game!

More than 6 weeks have passed since the draw. Here is the current information: Match for 7th place: Avern (red) - hero - no information available. Round 1: Pit for LM - Javdet 1-0 Alex_R - bRitvo4kA Psyche_7 - SpiriTT Round 2: Pit for LM - Alex_R bRitvo4kA - Psyche_7 1-0 Javdet - SpiriTT 1-0 Round 3: Psyche_7 - Pit for LM 0-1 Alex_R - Javdet SpiriTT - bRitvo4kA Round 4: Pit for LM - SpiriTT 0.5-0.5 Alex_R - Psyche_7 Javdet - bRitvo4kA Round 5: bRitvo4kA - Pit for LM SpiriTT - Alex_R Psyche_7 - Javdet 0-1 Four of the six finalists (SpiriTT, Javdet, Pit for LM, and Psyche_7) have practically played a round-robin tournament against each other. Only the match between Psyche_7 and SpiriTT remains, and Psyche_7 had internet connection problems. In this match, if there is no extension, Psyche_7 believes that a technical defeat would be fair to him. bRitvo4kA played one match on June 20th and has not been active on the forum since July 2nd. He has not provided any information about his intentions. Alex_R has not played any matches during this time, promised to, but it seems he couldn't. He left for vacation on July 10th for 2-3 weeks. Pit (06/19/2009 8:14): Hi! When will you play in Best of Seasons and Times of Year? It's about time... There are only three days left in Best of Seasons, and in Times of Year, you should have already played 2-3 games... Alex_R (06/22/2009 10:26): In any case, I might leave around July 10th, so I'll forfeit any games I don't finish playing. Alex_R (06/22/2009 10:27): I will definitely play one or more games in Best of Seasons in the next few days. As a highly interested party in this tournament, I am not authorized to take responsibility and assign technical results. Javdet is in a similar position. On the other hand, as a member of the Administration Committee (AK), advocating for strict adherence to tournament deadlines, I also cannot continue to extend the deadlines indefinitely. Therefore, I ask you, Evgeny, to return for 10 minutes and make a decision about the future of the tournament. Otherwise, we will have to seek assistance from the AK.

Therefore, I ask you, Evgeny, to come back for 10 minutes and make a decision about the further fate of the tournament. Otherwise, we will have to resort to the help of the Tournament Committee.

:smile43: :smile28:
I apologize for putting everything on other people's shoulders; that's just how it turned out. Regarding the deadlines, they were already very flexible – if someone doesn't want to play, we can wait another day and set the technical decisions. Unfortunately, my clanmates Alex and Britvochka seem to be the ones who will be chosen...

geroj and I will definitely play a game together, we just need to find a time that works for both of us. It will be a great match: he won the first game, then I won the rematch, and the third game will be the deciding one.

Here are the results:



After consulting with the administration, the following decision has been made. Britvochka and Alex R will receive technical defeats in all unplayed matches, and they will also receive a strict reprimand for disrupting the competition schedule. In case of repeated violations, punitive measures will follow!

Thus, we can congratulate the many-time champion – Pit for LM! Congratulations, Petya, you're keeping up the good work! ;) Roma, as always, is second, but I think you'll get lucky sometime too! Thank you to everyone who played until the end!

Yay! Congratulations to Petr!!! It's a pity that you didn't have a real fight, I was expecting a great battle for 1st place :) and I'm 3rd again :)

I was on vacation from July 2nd to 17th and went to rest; I wasn't at home. I informed vbv about my plans. I apologize for my long absence. I'm ready to play the games we haven't played yet. Knowing about my trip, I offered a game to all my opponents in the Tournaments, but either received a refusal or no response at all. to AlexR bRitvo4kA (16:42:34 20/06/2009) *HI* Hello, want to play a game? bRitvo4kA (10:18:09 24/06/2009) *HI* Hello, want to play a game? to SpiriTT bRitvo4kA (17:37:52 24/06/2009) *HI* Hello, want to play a game? bRitvo4kA (20:02:06 26/06/2009) *HI* Hello, want to play a game? SpiriTT (20:02:20 26/06/2009) No, I can't, sorry. bRitvo4kA (09:47:28 29/06/2009) *HI* Hello, want to play a Tournament game? SpiriTT (18:25:45 29/06/2009) 29/06/2009 (13:34 GMT +02:00) Hello, I won't be able to play until I pass my exam, which is approximately on July 2nd. to Javdet bRitvo4kA (17:35:55 24/06/2009) *HI* Hello, want to play a game? Javdet (17:38:10 24/06/2009) Hi, I'm playing. bRitvo4kA (17:38:27 24/06/2009) to Javdet Okay, good luck. bRitvo4kA (09:48:58 29/06/2009) to Javdet *HI* Hello, want to play a Tournament game? Javdet (09:57:53 29/06/2009) Hi, I'm playing with vlk. to Pit for LM bRitvo4kA (19:45:07 26/06/2009) *HI* Hello, want to play a game?

"I'm ready to play games that haven't been played yet. Knowing about my trip, I offered a game to all my tournament opponents, but either they refused or there was no response at all." "I would play against you... but I need more training first. I only joined the online community this year, and I haven't had any real opponents yet. Although..."