Posts from Michurinsk selector

So, I've added the rest of the story to the previous post; here, I'll post some photos. :) I apologize in advance – some of the photos are a bit blurry because they were taken in a hurry. Mikhail-Mizrael playing against Cannabis. From left to right: Tema, Flash, Leha, Cannabis (I think). Erik-Nagan-4 playing against Leha (I think, if my memory serves me right). Mystic and Dmitry. Stinger, Vik, and Yama-Dharma. Stinger in action... Scorp :) Lexa. MatrosOFF, Mystic, Dmitry. Preds in battle... Me, deep in thought... Mystic and Dmitry. Scorp and Yama-Dharma teaching Taco how to play =)) Vik giving Matrosov some advice during a game with Stinger. Matrosov explaining something to Dmitry. At Leha's place. At Preds' place. I decided to compress the images to 1024 x 768 to make them easier to view online. FB. Summing up the results. Awarding Leha. Awarding Preds. Let's get Matrosov on the podium! xD My first small bribe to the judge for my victory in the tournament:smile08: :D :smile15: Preads says that everything is recorded, and I won't get away with anything. :D Yes, exactly like that. Pro. Taking a break during the opponent's turn. For outstanding contribution to the development and popularization of the "HM&M" esports discipline on online resources! :) The draw. The post is being edited... there are more photos, but I don't have time, sorry.

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I want to wish other qualifier participants the same success! ;) (less alcohol - more gameplay;))
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But-but, the main thing is to choose the right time.

But, the most important thing is to choose the right time.

I mean, during the game, alcohol is okay;) Your match with Matrosov proved it)))… :smile01: :smile08:

After that, it's allowed, even necessary ;)...

Now I'm joining you guys! I want to share my thoughts. It was simply amazing, both in terms of gameplay and organization! Thanks to everyone for the new skills! And I wouldn't mind connecting with someone and playing together. Especially with Vova. But he's not writing anything, so I'll wait. Come visit us!
P.S. I'm Flash:smile52:

That's awesome! :smile54: I've discovered so many new players. It's a shame that no one plays online...

Let's get together in Kyiv in a week or two and have some battles!!!:smile19:
I'll personally greet everyone, no one will sneak past:smile04: :smile54:

So, I added the remaining parts of the story to the previous post, and here I'll post a photo=)

Let's get Matrosov on the podium!!!!!!!!!!!!! xD

Few will believe it, but in the glass - KVASS!!!

So here is my report on the trip. On Friday morning, Scorp and I teamed up and headed to the station. The taxi driver was a seasoned one: he kept calling people in nearby cars "road hogs" and promised to "bend them over" left and right :D. Charged with positivity, we caught a ride to Michurinsk, but there everything was more mundane — the driver was giving a ride to an acquaintance, and they chatted the whole way over chanson music, so I had to put on headphones to avoid listening to it. Upon arriving at Legion, PReDs immediately greeted us with a direct question — who here is Mizrael? We introduced ourselves, started drafting, I chose Castle against Stronghold, and off we went. Restarted Edric with an external dwelling of griffins, then the rolls were good — Jabarkas from the start, a +2 att/def sword dropped, everything was fine, but in the commotion of welcoming the newcomers TaKo, Raper, and Matrosov, I rushed a couple of fights and lost a bit more than planned, so I restarted that generation as well. Naturally, I ended up in a proper bind :D: two roads — one to the GO and one to the lizard horde, the entire respawn cut off by a horde of gold golems, couldn't even take a single mine! Somehow I got to the swordsmen and griffins in the stronghold, the heroes were all garbage — I ended up leveling Rion since he got Earth magic. On week 2, I barely broke through the golems, leveled Earth to expert, and went to hit the Griffin Conservatory — 2 angels gave me a little optimism. But when I saw Craig's stats in the tavern, I realized things were bad — I didn't drag the cat by the... and went to visit myself, where I was duly received :). After the first round, we went for a bite, where I had some cognac with Preds to calm my nerves (while nicknaming him the second Stranger in the process). Returning to the club, I found out my opponent wasn't there and I got a tech win — all my fighting spirit evaporated, but I didn't have to be bored, because walking around the club and watching other people's games is no less interesting, you can discuss setups and the game in general. In the evening, everyone scattered to their lodgings — Scorp, Vova, Matrosov, and I stayed at Erik's. At night, Erik and Dima went to pick up Stinger, telling us a thriller about how they pulled him off the train :) Then came attempt number one to watch Transformers on Matrosov's laptop — I don't remember further because I fell asleep.
In the morning, everyone got up briskly, and after tea-drinking and packing, we headed to the club. Before the battle, we needed to refuel, so we all headed off together. I didn't feel like eating at the pizzeria, and it turned out Matrosov also wasn't keen on the local dishes (he really wanted some borscht), so I suggested going to the Tavern, which we did, leaving the others at the pizzeria. Here my memory let me down a bit and I turned the wrong way (since everything in Michurinsk is close by, getting lost there is almost impossible :)), so we ended up wandering through the clothing market — at one turn, Matrosov stopped dead in his tracks upon seeing a shirt with the words "Alcoholics against Drugs." This marvel of the textile industry ended up on him after a short negotiation, and after asking for directions, we finally arrived at the Tavern. The borscht was on point :) We grabbed some grub, took a seat at the table, and decided to take some doping (fortunately, they serve vodka there without issue). We drank, had breakfast, and went to the club, picking up the others from the pizzeria on the way :).
That day, I was paired with Cannabis, an old opponent of mine — we drafted my Fortress against his Dungeon. A solid start, a couple of external dwellings of gnolls, I took Sorcha for the main hero — she got Logistics right away. On week two, I broke through along the road to the metro — I thought there'd be a secondary area adjacent to Michel's respawn. Nope — the road went through a treasure zone, and only after that was the passage to the secondary. In the treasure zone, there were hives... I broke one immediately — a pack of pits was guarding it — then I sensed the strength and broke through the guard of the second — a horde of gold golems (almost max horde, they whittled me down considerably) and pulled out another Wyvern from there, but considering the losses, there were only 13 of them. Here I made a big mistake — I went to hit a horde of Earth Elementals for experience (they were guarding a Cartographer) and barely limped out — max horde with upgrade. No power, the hero only pleased me with leveling, overall grim. I built Behemoths, and with 3 Behemoths and 1 Wyvern, I broke through to the grassy secondary, abandoning the underground. After that, things got easier: on week 3, I cleared 3! Minotaur dwellings in that treasure zone, and at the start of the fourth, after busting through several hives, I took down the Dragon Utopia. The loot was garbage though: Boots of Resistance and Levitation. The Pandora's Box gave all the Water magic, and I took Water as the last skill to go with it. I decided to go visiting, since there was almost nothing left to eat (though I still had one treasure zone in reserve). I broke through the GO of cavalry and saw something unpleasant: an external dwelling of dragons and a double build, but I chose the right time for the march (Aina with Air magic was revealing Michel's hero movements for me), and he had no chain home. I took the capital, and there was a ton of unbought creatures — I bought Eyes and, adding 8 Crusaders, marched to his secondary. A level 1 Tyraxor with 14 Minotaurs and 10 Manticores tried to take the castle back, but 40+ Eyes and the Crusaders' stone skin prevented that. After taking all the castles, I systematically started cutting down heroes — luckily Aina showed them regularly — and eventually found Shakti in a treasure zone. After Mass Haste, Wyvern Monarchs slammed into the dragons, and the Behemoths into the Wyverns, after which Michel surrendered. The game was a long one — we went on principle and flatly refused a draw — in the end, I was left without lunch (good thing Scorp didn't forget about me and brought pizza, otherwise I'd have been done for). Next, I was supposed to play Matrosov, but it was already late, plus bowling was on the schedule, so we drafted and sat down to watch Doberman's game in the poker tournament. The club walls regularly echoed with shouts of "Bring in the cabbage!" The crowd caught our enthusiasm, and soon quite a few people were watching the game. Doberman finished right on time — just when we had to leave for bowling (the lanes were booked in advance), his AK got run over by A10. The funniest part was that the first run-over was by the same opponent, and it was the opposite there — A10 lost to AK (predictably). Matrosov immediately called Doberman, put him on speaker, and gave him a piece of his mind about that game :).
We got to the bowling alley, "registered" at the entrance, and off we went — whoever wanted to play, played; whoever wanted to drink, drank — and one didn't interfere with the other. Remembering that I'd barely eaten all day, I had to skip the vodka — but I drank plenty of beer and threw balls to my heart's content. When we got back to Erik's apartment, we found out that veteran Vova had been replaced by the duo Preds-Raper, and the fun wasn't over yet! Matrosov and Erik brought some vodka, which we proceeded to consume with gherkins. I again remembered that I hadn't eaten properly, plus the beer was sloshing around in my stomach, so I only participated in the first 2 bottles to avoid being a vegetable in the morning :o. Nobody felt like sleeping at all — someone suggested a game of poker, and it turned out Vic had a new deck with him... And off we went: bet, check, raise, all-in. Instead of chips, we used matchsticks — there were countless of them. First we played a DON, but those who were eliminated quickly got bored just watching, so we decided to play some cash game. A couple of times I got pretty lucky, and in the end, all the matchsticks moved to me, after which we scattered to our beds to crash, while Matrosov made attempt number two at watching Transformers :). The end of the report later, when inspiration strikes me again :D.

Has anyone made any save files? If so, please upload them to the first post. I don't have much time to search through all the pages...

Has anyone made any save files? If so, please upload them to the first post. I don't have much time to search through all the pages...

I have a disc with save files from the Michurinsky tournament; I think there are some very interesting games on it. I can bring it to Moscow for the qualifiers. Or maybe I can meet with Mizrael at the end of this week and give him the disc, and he can figure out how to upload it to the forum.
With my dial-up connection, uploading save files is completely impractical.