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Not to mention that trying to make money by betting on someone's victory is a futile endeavor.
Apologies for the off-topic comment.

I would set the following odds: :smile26:

Wlk777 (Dungeon) - Medium_HP (Conflux) see odds 2.22-1.82
Pit for LM (Conflux) - Mizrael (Castle) warlock 1.67-2.5
Dirty_Player (Inferno) - AYMAN (Dungeon) see odds 1.72-2.38
~no1_knows_me~ (Stronghold) - Javdet (Rampart) see odds 2.08-1.92

Yeah, right! These are coefficients for passing, not for a single game. Although, I wouldn't agree with some of these coefficients (and I'd even bet on it).

Hmm, is it stated anywhere that you need to win several games to pass in 1/8? Didn't you confuse it with TC3? ;)

Pit for LM (blue, Conflux, random Moon, Ciel) def Mizrael (red, Castle, Kaitlin, Kairie), Panic, 126. Took one rest due to lack of troops and money and started with the blue color. In the tavern, Moner and Ciel, with Moon starting, gathered 18 air elementals and built them. But on 111, while trying to kill centaurs with 4 fairies and a wall, Moon dies. They stubbornly stood in defense and didn't go into the fire... And in the last round, they panicked and didn't even let me escape... Well, okay. Ciel finishes off 7 centaurs, then a group of lizards - there are 4 chests. 112 - captured a refugee camp with one pikeman. 113 - captured 3 stones with experience, a +1+1 ring for attack and defense. 115 - found wonder armor, a crypt. 117 - found a +4 crown, a +3 shield, broke through to the secondary town and took the maximum crypt there. Built mind elementals with a Stronghold and GM2. No money for birds. 121 - in the camp, I buy a devil. I take the secondary town - a necropolis. 123 - I take two stacks of medusas. 124 - I break through to the next town. I build GM4 - as always, complete nonsense - a berserker and frenzy, but no fire magic... 125 - I bring up the army (water, fire, and fifty Grechten goblins), I take Pandora for the entire second magic from the horde of evil eyes. I break through the guard in the treasury (although, I thought I was going to the next town) - 6 chaos hydras, I sit down in the town to replenish mana. 126 - that's when Kairie attacked me. I wonder why? The Castle's troops are badly battered in battles with neutrals. Almost any stack was taken out by one arrow or lightning... For some reason, with Mizrael, panic is always generated awkwardly... Thank you for the game.

~no1_knows_me~ (Blue, Barbarian, Kreg, Kreg) lose to Javdet (Red, Rampart, Kairi, Kairi) 2sm4d(3) 1-1-7 We restarted and continued:
The Wolves haven't been built yet, but there's a Celestial being. I hit 20+ Golems for +3 armor, and run along the path. I have a lot of money. A weak skeleton finds a +3 sword and gives it to Kreg. On turn 113, I reach the passage to the grass, and in the narrow passage, there are many hellhounds and many monks. I place a swordsman on the hellhounds, but somehow it switches to the monks... Kreg, level 3, 10-0-1-1, with 40+ gray goblins, 19 wolves, 3 Rocs, and a few air and fairy elementals => he comes out of the battle (25 monks with a Great Serpent) with 1 Roc and 9 wolves :( Naturally, there's no one left for the hellhounds, and then the Celestial being with an archer killed some enemies - but there are no crystals for bears anywhere, and the lumber mill is also blocked :( On turn 117, 1-2-5 in the castle, I wanted to take the lumber mill with another Aenarian for 20-49 halberdiers, but the Roc and wolves couldn't handle it :) I surrender...

Thanks for the game.

Javdet (Red, Ramp, Kyre, Kyre) def ~no1_knows_me~ (Blue, Barb, Crag, Crag) 2sm4d(3) 1-1-7

The generator paid back its debt - 25 Elves on the very first day. When there is nowhere left to run, I send a scout hero with Haste to clear the respawn guards on the Archmage grass. 5 Pikemen, 50 Centaurs, 25 Grands - thought it would be easy, but 3 out of 4 stacks got morale'd. -3 Elves, 4 Pikemen, and half the Centaurs, but I spot a Dwarf dwelling, which is very encouraging. But things didn't work out for my opponent.

Thanks for the game.

Info on the 1/8 finals.

Confirmed results:
Kluka (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def SEM_56 (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 122
Javdet (Red, Rampart, Kairie, Kairie) def ~no1_knows_me~ (Blue, Barbarian, Kreg, Kreg) 2sm4d(3) 1-1-7

Not confirmed:
Pit for LM (blue, Conflux, random Moon, Ciel) def Mizrael (red, Castle, Kaitlin, Kairie), Panic, 126.

Regarding other matches:
Forrest (Rampart) - scorp (Dungeon) - the match is in progress
Wlk777 (Dungeon) - Medium_HP (Conflux) - in the coming days
Dirty_Player (Inferno) - AYMAN (Dungeon) - they agreed on a match
Keba (Conflux) - KobRa_RR (Necropolis) - the match is postponed
bRitvo4kA (Necropolis) - AliaSmehova (Dungeon) - in the coming days

The first 1/4 final has been determined:
Javdet (Rampart) - Kluka (Dungeon) - draw
If you wish, you can start playing. My sister drew lots for the colors - Javdet is red in the first generation. Then the colors change after each SUBJECTIVE (only 111 and 113) restart.

Javdet (Fortress, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Kluka (Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) smka3 122

They played right away.

Pavel chose rest, and if not for the boots behind the hill, he would have rested in the last round as well. But after that, it wasn't difficult - Kyrre doesn't refuse water, learns Blind, and with 50 mana, goes to the 3 cans through the nagabank. It's a pity that the opponent didn't have a good game. I played in single-player - 6 angels and 6 geese on 125, dragons... with good prospects.

Thanks for the game.

P.S. My heart tells me that the luck on Alike will end)))))

Javdet (Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Kluka (Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) smka3 122

It was a thing.
The first generation was the most playable – got a sword +2/2 and +3 to attack for free. But the dirt road went around the castle, and I was afraid of getting dirty :)
In the second generation, the only fast road was blocked by ГО, leaving me with only one exit from the spawn.
The third time, roads led in all directions, with one (toward my native secondary hero) blocked by ГО. I broke through to the rocks via a teleport on the road (griffin pegasuses and grand wolves), and also had to beat the teleport guard to the treasure zone (grand harpies). I built up movement in the castle.
Neither the Griffin Conservatory nor the Hive did I find. From secret spots – only one with goblins.

The onset of the Thunderbird week somewhat encouraged me, but not for long. Upon learning that my opponent had captured Inferno, I decided to attack Inferno... but it turned out to be the wrong Inferno :)

Meanwhile, the cat firmly settled on my table, moving the monitor and keyboard so that it was more comfortable for him :D And after losing 2 movement points due to 4-5 cases of bad morale each round following a visit to a Warrior's Tomb, I surrendered, leaving the cat to warm himself under the desk lamp.

Thanks for the game!

Fact. Besides this one, two more of my matches in this tournament ended on turn 122. That's some sort of generator number...

I acknowledge my defeat in advance, Medium_HP. I don't want to comment on anything (except that I have no complaints about my opponent, but many about myself and the map generator), and I want to forget about this tournament as soon as possible...

Medium_HP (red, конф, random, Moner) def Wlk777 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2cm4d(3), 116
Without any rests, the Miner headed towards the encounter, but didn't make it.
Thank you for the game.

Pit for LM (blue, Conflux, random Luna, Ciele) def Mizrael (red, Castle, Caitlin, Kyrie), Panic, 126.

That was a game. Kyrre from the start, got Tactics — started breaking through everything. Easily broke through at the beginning of the second passage into the corridor toward the opponent, captured the first village. It seemed the second one should be ahead, and practically unguarded — but no, the guard of the treasure zone adjacent to this corridor was placed right on the road... Going into the other corridor would mean losing a lot of tempo, so I decided to push through and brought zombies with skeletons from 2 Necro villages. All the archers survived... but all the skeletons, zombies, and worst of all, many cavalry (there turned out to be 98 Silver Pegasi) fell; I march further down the road — here you go, the second guard of the same treasure zone is on the path to the village (5-9 Chaos Hydras)! While the scout hero captured the swamp with the fort, the hydras are successfully chopped down by blue... I sent in a scout, killing a Monk scout hero on the way; in the village sits a mage, without even checking that it was Ciele, and the color is blue, I attack — naturally, one archer there was more than enough for me, even with all the living cavalry I wouldn't have had enough meat against her. Sorry, there was a lot of work — that's why the report wasn't written immediately, thanks for the game.

The time allotted for the 1/8 finals has ended. What do we have? Not very good results...

We only have results for half of the matches. However, one semi-finalist is already known - Javdet! Congratulations! If everyone played like that, we would have already congratulated the winner...

Regarding the unplayed matches:
Forrest (Rampart) - scorp (Dungeon) - match postponed, technical issues
Dirty_Player (Inferno) - AYMAN (Dungeon) - match postponed
Keba (Conflux) - KobRa_RR (Necropolis) - match postponed
bRitvo4kA (Necropolis) - AliaSmehova (Dungeon) - match postponed

In two pairs, everything is more or less clear, and we could announce the winner right now. And two pairs are likely to request a mutual technical defeat. However, we want to see some games, and the 1/8 finals are not providing interesting matches, just a series of losses...
We won't declare technical defeats yet; we'll wait for the matches to be completed, so hurry up!

1/4 finals draw:
Winner (Forrest vs scorp) vs Medium_HP
Pit for LM vs Winner (Dirty_Player vs AYMAN) - the draw was made by Kash
Winner (bRitvo4kA vs AliaSmehova) vs Winner (Keba vs KobRa_RR)
Javdet (Rampart) def Kluka (Dungeon) - played
The first in the pair is red in the first generation. Then the colors change after each SUBJECTIVE (only 111 and 113) restart.

KobRa_RR (red, Necropolis, Thant, Thant) def Keba (blue, Conflux, random, Pasis, Galthran) @ 2sm4d(3) on 116
Born in the Dungeon in poverty, but with 3 roads(+ГО) behind decent guards. On the second turn, I broke through 9viv monarchs! and took the minimal same-type tree behind them. By the end of the week, Thant had stats 4 4 8 4 with earth and plague!! ,but the opponent didn't have a good start, and it wasn't meant to be that the new game was played to completion.

KobRa_RR (red, Necropolis, Thant, Galthran) def Keba (blue, Conflux, random, Brissa, Monere) @ 2sm4d(3) on 123 this particular match was not finished, but it was complete madness; by the end of the first week 250 skeletons, two bosses, 5cons, 11 horses; and a choice: either the opponent died by 127 or the Dragon Utopia was taken via quick
Thanks for the game!

KobRa_RR (red, Necropolis, Thant, Thant) def Keba (blue, Conflux, random, Pasis, Galthran) @ 2sm4d(3) on 116
Born in the Dungeon in poverty, but with 3 roads(+ГО) behind decent guards. On the second turn, I broke through 9viv monarchs! and took the minimal wood behind them. By the end of the week, Thant had stats 4 4 8 4 with earth and plague!! ,but the opponent didn't manage to pull it together, and the new game was not destined to be finished either.

KobRa_RR (red, Necropolis, Thant, Galthran) def Keba (blue, Conflux, random, Brissa, Monere) @ 2sm4d(3) on 123 this particular match is the one that wasn't finished, but it was complete madness: by the end of the first week, 250 skeletons, two bosses, 5cons, 11 horses; and a choice: either the opponent died by 127 or the Dragon Utopia was taken on quick
Thanks for the game!

I told him to write a report on the first game—he writes about the second one too. In the end, I took all the rests where the respawn occurred just like in these last 2 generations: tiny and penniless with 1 road into ГО, which is why the second unfinished game started, where for personal reasons I refused to play last night. There was one gorgeous layout where 111 was taken immediately. And after that, a double slaughter where it's a total landslide; I've had enough. Thank you.