Posts from Favorites into Battle - 2

Slavcheg, let me know when you'll be available to play.

Psyche_7(blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def ~no1_knows_me~(red, Stronghold, Crag Hack), 2sm4d(3), 217

Thanks for the game.

Exactly!

I should have cast Armageddon right from the start, and then again, and maybe a couple of my units would have remained, but Valeska had advanced resistance, and such a tactic might not have worked... anyway, I was given a sentence - "execution":smile45: :D

Thanks for the game.

P.S. and the right to the first move means so much...:smile08:

Currently, 57 matches have been played. Registered games:
Mizrael (red, Castle, Caitlin, Edric) def Kash (blue, Inferno, Pyre, Pyre) 8mm6 115
bRitvo4kA (red, Necropolis, Claudius, Claudius) def Kash (blue, Inferno, Pyre, Pyre), 2smd4(3), 115
scorp (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Blacpoint (blue, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) 2cm4d(3), 141
AliaSmehova (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def KostyaN (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2cm4d(3), 125.
Wlk777 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) Def Alone (red, Necropolis, Tamika, Tamika) 2Smd4(3) 115
Kebazavr (Blue, Conflux, Tunar, Tunar) def Aldezir (Red, Rampart, Kirq, Kirq) 2sm4d(3) 144
Psyche_7 (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def ~no1_knows_me~ (red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack), 2sm4d(3), 217

Statistics:

Castles:
Dungeon: +14-6=2
Rampart: +13-8
Conflux: +12-8=2
Stronghold: +3-4
Castle: +3-5
Swamp: +2-4
Necropolis: +3-7=2
Inferno: +3-7
Tower: +1-5

Templates: 2sm4d(3) - 45 games, 8mm6 - 5, Panic - 4, balance - 2, Jebus - 1.

Statistics for 35 participants. Games played (numbers in parentheses indicate points scored):
- all 4 group stage games - Hermit (1), Dubrovin Pavel (1), Keba (3), Tyazhely Sluchay (2), Kash (0), bRitvo4kA (3), Alessandro (1), scorp (3),
- 3 matches each - SEM_56 (2), Alone (0), AliaSmehova (3), Captain (0), PReDS (2.5), Aldegir (2), AYMAN (1), Mizrael (2), Piterius (3), numOne (1), Medium_HP (2), Kluka (2), Dekontaminator (1), Pysche_7 (1), ~no1_knows_me~ (2),
- 2 games each - Wlk777 (2), vbn (1), Pit for LM (2), KostyaN (1), Fluffy24 (0), Dirty_Player (1), Slav4eG (0),
- 1 game each - KobRa_RR (0.5), LeBron (1), Blacpoint (0) - that's not enough!

Still no results from Ta Kotoraya... (Tatyana, nobody can get in touch with you!) and Oelm (and what?). Six weeks have passed since the start of the tournament games. There are 3 weeks left until the end of the group stage. If nothing is played in 6 weeks, how will we play 4 matches in 3 weeks? Please enlighten me about the exact plans for the games and opponents.

Now, about the groups.

Two players who score the most points advance to the playoffs from each group. In case of a tie in points within a group among several contenders for advancing from the group, those with a higher seasonal rating based on the summer of 2009 advance; if the seasonal ratings are also equal, then the player with the higher permanent rating as of the date of completion of the group stage advances; if there is still equality, the participant who completed their group stage games faster advances (according to the report in this thread).

In Group F, only one game remains: Mizrael - Piterius, and its result determines who will advance to the playoffs and from which position. If Mizrael wins against Piterius, then according to the results of the summer rating, Britvochka advances from first place, and Mizrael from second. In case of a draw or a win by Piterius, Piterius advances from first place, and Britvochka from second.

In Group E, one game also remains: Aldegir - AYMAN. If Aldegir wins, he advances from first place, Keba from second. In case of a draw, it's reversed. If AYMAN wins, Keba advances from first place, AYMAN from second.

In Group G, LeBron has 3 games left. Dear NumOne, Medium_HP, and Kluka! Be active! Temporarily distract your friend from poker!

Group H also has 3 games with Blacpoint. But there was a replacement here last week. I assume that Blacpoint will complete the remaining matches on time.

Group C has 4 games left to play, with 2-3 games for everyone. I hope that even those who have lost their chances of advancing from the group will stand up for the honor of their favorite castle and finish the tournament.

In Group B, 4 games remain for TaKo and one game for Wlk777 - vbn.

And finally, Group D. There are still 6 games missing, including 4 by Oelm.

Overall, the most interesting part is coming up. And I look forward to comments from TaKo and Oelm.

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In short, the most interesting part is coming up. I'm looking forward to comments from TaKo and Oelm.

The last two attempts to play in tournaments showed that the level of play is currently very low. We agreed to finish the game this evening, but judging by the current state, I don't see much point, so I will concede in the postponed game with Oelm. In brief:
PReDS (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) lose to Oelm (red, Conflux, ????, Ciel), 8mm6, TE-light, 132(?).
I think I had a chance in the battle, if I had remembered in the second round that after communicating with Alamar, the Miner has Blind in his spellbook and cast it on the Wyvern. But as it was, I lost the hero with gloves and boots. I had plans to maneuver with Lacus and the Angel, and with 2 explored Confluxes not far from the captured company tavern, but I'm not ready, and we've already postponed it twice.

Thank you for the game.

vbn (red, Conflux, random, Grindan, Isra) lose Wlk777 (blue, Dunfgeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2SM4d(3) 1-2-7.

Spasibo za igru!

Attention Group B! To reduce the number of technical results, we have a substitution. Instead of the player Ta Kotoraya..., Ta Kotoraya...+RAPER will play. With Wlk777 and vbn, Tanya will play, but due to lack of time in the games against SEM_56 and Alone, she will be substituted by her brother Yura.
RAPER - ICQ 422962546.
If they make it to the playoffs, who will continue playing will be decided on a game-by-game basis depending on the circumstances.
Consent from all participants of Group B has been obtained.

Oelm has informed me of his plans and has already played one game at the moment.

At the request of Wlk777:

Wlk777(blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def vbn(red, Conflux, Random\Tunar, Isra) 2smd4(3) 127
After all the resets, what was spawned underground was dealt. 2 stacks of Troglodytes but 2 native heroes, totaling 150+ Troglodytes. Bonus artifact - Ring +1 to Luck and Morale (very helpful in the game). Harpies not built. Fast roads. When breaking through a block of 18 Grands, I lose about 20 Troglodytes. 3 roads to secondary towns (meaning no GO on the road; earlier I suggested the opponent agree to an automatic restart in such a situation, but he refused). We play. All 3 passes are guarded by ranged guards (2 from the metro, one on the road). From the pickups: Medusas and Troglodytes. From the metro to the surface: up to 19 Grand Medusas and up to 49 Ice Elementals. I break through the Ice Elementals with a loss of another 15 or so Troglodytes; there's a grass secondary behind a horde of Gog Magogs. Nothing to be done, I break through; the Troglodytes got lucky morale and losses were small. Next is a bust; the passage is guarded by 5-9 Ghost Dragons. From this secondary, I only managed to get about 3k gold =( . I break through another passage guard of 18 Mages with a Grand stack (even though the Troglodytes got morale, 80+ remain). There's another passage to the surface behind a guard of up to 19 Medusas (clearly towards the opponent's spawn). The week ends; in the capital, 1-5 in the Fort with a Portal.
On day 121, I break through under 20 Monks for a passage to an Inferno secondary (mainly for gold). Naturally, I plan a rush; there's no other option with a roadless GO. The Inferno secondary turned out to be very poor, but there I took a Pandora's Box for 10,000 experience guarded by 70 Steel Golems. Gave Air Expertise, Expert Accuracy. I take the Inferno secondary; there I build Mage Guild levels 1 and 2 - and got lucky, got Light Bolt (for 150), and have 40 mana points. I gather everything I can (25 Grand Medusas, 6 Minotaurs, 100+ Grand Troglodytes, 11 Evil Eyes, a few Harpies). Surprisingly, this was enough; I suddenly emerged at the opponent's spawn, killed a couple of Pikemen there, apparently broke the chain, and on day 127 got lucky - Isra was holed up in a secondary without mana, and doesn't even have a Citadel. Isra also has few troops - 2 Angels, 5 Psychos, 37 Storm Elementals (just enough for my 2 bolts =)), and a few Skeletons. I win without much trouble, not even thinking through the moves. Overall, neither of us was particularly lucky with the layout, but apparently Vitaliy's spawn was even worse than mine. Thank you for the game.

Oelm (blue, Conflux, random, Ciele, Ciele) def PREDS(red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 8mm6 1-2-7.

We started after PREDS's restart on day 113. I immediately got a good hero (can break big Dragon Fly Hives on the first day), I spread out, air elementals are available, plus what came from the heroes - got 16. From the Mage Guild, useful things: Haste, Archery, Cure.
Roads are fast.

The next day I take a crypt, Ciele gets a Log, I flag an external dwelling of Fire Elementals, I see an external dwelling of Magogs - but there are also 2 campfires and Master Genies guarding it, I don't risk it. I stand on a Medusa dwelling on day 4. 5 heroes.

On day 113, 10 Fire Elementals, 14 Air Elementals, 40 Pixies, 16 Pikemen take the Medusa dwelling with losses of a few units, Ciele clears 2 passages from the respawn - 22 Marksmen and upgraded Imps. Behind the Marksmen, a scout hero reveals a tree and a Breastplate +2 to Attack. Ciele goes down to a well to refill mana.

The next day, I break through underground with her, there's an external dwelling of Earth Elementals - meaning a native town, but the goal is to find the green opponent, so I turn her around.

On the fifth day, I reclaim the Breastplate with her behind the wood, I get attacked! - the search for the main hero stops, the scout hero goes underground and runs into Arch Mages guarding a teleporter, apparently this is the passage to the opponent. At home, I build Magogs with buyback, transfer them to Adelaide, who collects gold and resources on native territory.

On day 6, a dilemma - build a Citadel or not, because by my estimates there's a chance there won't be enough gold for Birds. I decide not to risk it. Ciele runs in zigzags to the Swamp opponent, nearby there's a Pandora's Box guarded by a horde of White Centaurs.

Day 7 - In the Pandora's Box there are 5000 units! Ciele still doesn't quite reach the castle, oh well, the Swamp growth will be mine anyway. At home, I build Birds, buy back Clavius, who takes a crypt with two Birds.

Second week - I buy Birds and send them up deeper into the respawn, there I see two Dwarf Cottages. I lose a day with Ciele because I made a mistake choosing the direction.

On the second day, the scout hero without magic doesn't risk going into the max Dwarf Cottage on the grass, Adelaide stands on the other Dwarf Cottage - a throng. Ciele breaks into the main one, learns Blind and Lightning Bolt - runs to take the wood and a box guarded by a lot of Minotaurs.

Day 123 - Adelaide with 4 Birds, 2 Magogs, 20 Pixies enters the Dwarf Cottage on the grass - it's max. In the first round, I bring 2 stacks of Dwarves under scorch, which almost die after two hits, then I maneuver, but I still have to sacrifice the Magogs, because there was a chance of losing a Bird, and I already lost one due to morale. At home, I buy everything up, and then the stalling begins (playing out under beer influence). When Ciele hits the Minotaurs, I aim the shooter at a stack and accidentally click on the Birds. As a result, I have to cast Blind immediately, and I have no mana left (instead of casting Blessing), I retreat - 2 Birds, I take the Hive. In the box, experience.
Now I have to change the plan - since I likely won't take the box guarded by a horde of Crusaders without losses, I instead take the Boots from 50 Vampires, which I had planned to take with a scout hero.

Day 125 - I break through the Mages, send a scout hero with exploration on an upgraded Dragon Fly there. I take a Hive.

Days 126-127 - I take 2 more Hives with the main hero, 1 with a scout hero - I make another mistake breaking through the guard, there are 90 upgraded Demons, and I can't split them because the upper Demons blocked the passage and the lower ones went the wrong way (oh beer), I have to sacrifice Air Elementals, the Hive also finishes off Fire Elementals, Fiona gets Advanced Earth Magic and Tactics. Ciele stands on a Bird at the teleporter. At home, Mage Guild level 4.

Day 131, Shakti arrives with Gauntlets, Boots, a Stable. I hit with Lightning Bolt - -3 Wyverns, I buy back. Next, a huge mistake - after buying back the hero, for some reason I go up off-road, and I can't reach Shakti.

Day 132 - FB. I have a Mass Prayer scroll, 31 Wyverns, 4 Birds, + small fry, I fight carelessly, first turn Expert Prayer. I leave 9 Wyverns for Shakti. Hitting with Birds at the eyes, but it should have been at the Troglodytes. But the main thing - don't make a mistake on the last move. PREDS missed the moment when Slow wore off my Wyverns, and I kill Shakti. 7 Wyverns remaining. On my turn, I take the Griffin Conservatory for 1 Angel. After that there would have been a scuffle, but clearly by the end of the week they would have given me their main castle and my opponent's castle. And in the Mage Guild level 5, they were just giving Summon Earth Elementals.
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Thanks for the game, first time playing on 8mm6. I enjoyed it!

Result:
Wlk777 (blue, Dunfgeon, Shakti, Shakti) def vbn (red, Conflux, random, Grindan, Isra) 2SM4d(3) 1-2-7.
Oelm (blue, Conflux, random, Ciele, Ciele) def PREDS (red, Dunfgeon, Shakti, Shakti) 8mm6, TE-light, 132.

59 out of 80 matches in the group stage have been played (almost 3/4), and things have stalled. There are two weeks left - 4 weekend days - for everything...

In Groups F and E, I don't see any problems: Mizrael - Piterius, Aldegir - AYMAN.
Group C is also progressing in the right direction.

In Groups G, H, and B, there is one clear favorite in each group due to the lack of played games: LeBron, Blacpoint, TaKo/RAPER. I want to get information from these players and their opponents about the progress of the tournament.

And it doesn't matter at all in Group D. Only PReDS has everything completed. Half of the matches have been played in 7 weeks. There are 5 games left in 2 weeks.

There have been requests to schedule game times. I will take the rules for scheduling times and setting up techs from Best. I will slightly adjust them to our situation and post them in this thread soon. I will not consider any logs. I will only consider the agreements that were made through me.

Yesterday, I spoke with four participants from Group D.
We agreed: Oelm vs Dirty_Player - Friday evening. Both players will inform me of the exact time on Thursday. And Oelm and Slav4eG are preliminarily planning to play next week. KobRa_RR also wants to play.

If anyone else cannot agree on a time on their own, contact me on ICQ.

We can’t play with Oleg Aldegyr yet due to technical issues, so sorry for the inconvenience, we’ll wait.

In Groups G, H, and B, there is one clear favorite in each group due to the lack of games played: LeBron, Blacpoint, TaKo/RAPER. I would like to get information from these players and their opponents about the progress of the tournament.

We played a match with LeBron on Friday evening, spent a long time replaying, and saved at around turn 117.

RAPER (blue, Kyrre) lose SEM-56 (red, Ivor), 2SM4d(3),115.
We played without restarts (since I only had 1 left on 111, after Tanya started..) medusa haven, stable in front of the castle, Pandora behind the ice rocks.. average roads.. Kiryuha came with elves... thought it over - decided to play.. turned out the road was blocked by mages guarding the entrance to the underground... decided to eat the Pandora first.. gave 5000 - was counting on units.. broke through the mages - with the loss of almost all Centaurs and 4 Elves.. below are griffins... =((( and further down the road an ambush.. Evil Eyes and Nomads follow.. decided not to continue.... thanks for the game=)

SEM_56 (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def RAPER (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) 2SM4d(3), 115
The opponent resigned; I had a native secondary hero and 2 knight units. We decided not to continue; thanks for the game...
P.S. I've played all my games; we'll wait for the overall results and wish everyone good luck!!!

Received a message from Pit on ICQ, so I have to respond. We started playing against LeBron, choosing all the rest periods and 3 matches each. After that, LeBron said that the current setup is a "stupid template" :), and that's where we stopped. I'm ready to finish the game almost any time except Saturday, as long as I'm notified in advance. I don't see any problems right now, but the judges probably have a better view.

Well, everything has already been said about me :)
I'm incredibly lucky when it comes to restarts (I'd ban them all!).
I'm ready to finish playing every evening.

Well, that’s it. One game in Group B practically decided everything. Regardless of the results of the remaining matches, first place here goes to Wlk777 (Dungeon), and second place goes to SEM_56 (Rampart). Congratulations!
It would be nice if Tanya and Yura could finish the tournament.

In Group H, it also seems likely that everything will be decided in one match.

Group G has checked in and seems to be playing along nicely. Thanks for the info!