Posts from Balance-2009

bRitvo4kA (blue, swamp, Wistan, Wistan) def Avern (red, tower, Torosar, Torosar), Balance, 124

In the second week, news arrives about a loss in a minimal game. The opponent persistently refuses the offered auto-rematch. It's our job to offer it ;)
Thank you for the game!

bRitvo4kA (blue, Fortress, Wystan, Wystan) def Avern (red, Tower, Torosar, Torosar), Balance, 124

Started poorly, built the first Naga in the fort, but took 3 villages.
At the Barb-respawn there were two Griffin Conservatories, bought everything out, and to avoid losing tempo I decided to take one conservatory with a scout hero. But I mixed up the stack size, thought the conservatory was a minimum, but it turned out to be a double. And the scout hero had everything: bless, slow, haste. Simply didn't have enough backup.
Thanks for the auto and the game.

Wic (blue, Castle, Valesca, Lacus) def Alessandro (red, Inferno, Octavia) @ Balance, 133

We started without restarts. Immediately saw 3 roads, so there's a path to life. Worse when there are only 2 - a village and a GO. Immediately dug up Lacus - a useful guy for playing with morale.

113 ran into the native village, grabbed an archers' external dwelling along the way. Chain turned the other way.

116 took the Rampart village on the lava, managing to paint 2 more archers' external dwellings on the outskirts of my spawn with the chain.

117 end of the week - at home, horses with griffins in the Citadel, on the lava 2 Griffin Conservatories are scouted, one is a Dwarf Cottage, the second is behind a rock and it's unclear which way to flank.

121 papa starts from the Dwarf Cottage of the Dwarf near the castle, also takes a Naga Bank, where 3 morale in the 2nd round take away the horse and most of the pokemons. Canned food is canceled for today.

Breakdown to home, 2nd guild (Blind is available), mana replenishment in the Colosseum and go-go further along the lava.

I take an artifact for Crusader growth, Castle-Conflux, open the lookout - I see that the road goes to an adjacent zone, where there is a Barbarian village and stables. First thought to upgrade the horses, but then I figured there'd be nowhere to upgrade growth, and abandoned that idea. Especially since on the other side a Naga Bank lit up, a couple of chests, and a +4 mace.

Took all this good stuff, on 127 broke into a Rampart village to replenish mana. Lacus already has expert Archery and Logistics, heading for the Griffin Conservatory. At home, a Stronghold and a couple of upgrades were added, didn't build a Castle, not so great on gold.

131 the Griffin Conservatory falls (level 2), papa breaks home to take down the GO.

132 the first GO falls (Griffins & Bulls), and then the second one on the teleport (Trolls). I enter the teleport - on the other side are Angels. A red cockroach is visible. Few moves, even if I break through I won't have time to do anything. Plus Crusaders haven't been brought up yet. I spend the night on the reverse side of the teleport, hoping that the hero's flickering in the teleport will go unnoticed. Papa already has expert Armorer.

133 I bring up Crusaders, break through the Angels and take the castle. The opponent surrenders.

Thanks for the game!

Wic (blue, Castle, Valesca, Lacus) def Alessandro (red, Inferno, Octavia) @ Balance, 133

I immediately saw 3 paths, therefore there is a way to victory. It's worse when there are only 2 - a village and a Castle.

Thank you for the game!

This should immediately always result in a restart! Just like on a map with only one path to the Castle. (They already implemented a restart on Jebus maps with only one path to the Castle.)

Hello, fellow Heroes players! I have some bad news: I'm withdrawing from the tournament :smile05:. I got a job (even on weekends) + I also have daytime classes – I'm completely overloaded, and I have almost no free time... I ask the organizers to forgive me and put someone else in my place...

Thanks for understanding.

If possible, I'd like to sign up for the tournament.
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If there are two roads: to the Castle and to the village, that's not bad. But if there's only one road to the Castle, then the rest...

In the tournament, a substitution;
Instead of loi, RetroFMsss will play, continuing from the score of 1:0 in favor of RetroFMsss. His opponent, Kobra_PR, does not object, and co-organizer Avern is aware.
Any questions or clarifications are welcome in private messages.

A request from RetroFMsss and consent from Kobra_RR are required in this thread.

A request from RetroFMsss and Kobra_RR's consent are required in this thread.

I confirm my agreement to play as the honorable Loy in the tournament. :smile19:

Don't mind switching opponents.

Extending the first round until December 6th
Javdet and Psyche need one more match to determine the strongest.
Van decided not to advance to the next round without a fight, even though he technically already qualified. I support this competitive decision.
Van will play against FAVorite. FAVorite plays regularly on the Portal; I hope he won't let us down here either.
KobRa_RR has a new opponent again. RetroFMsss will play against KobRa_RR, with the score remaining 1:0 in favor of RetroFMsss.
If anyone has problems with Hamachi, please contact me – I'll send you the latest version; it seems to work without any issues. Or, as an alternative, use GameRanger.

Extending the first round until December 6th inclusive.
Javdet and Psyche need one more match to determine the strongest.

They've already been determined... the sky has never seen such a disgraceful loser as Javdet.

Psyche_7(blue,Castle,Ivor,Ivor) def Javdet(red,Castle,Kyrre,Kyrre), Balance, 136

Part 1. Randomizer
So, finally, a game with random castles. I really wanted to master this randomizer, which accepts bets (http://www.heroes-iii.com/bet.php), but all we could get out of it was to generate castles (Castle vs Castle). So, we couldn't do without the help of 3 people (namely StickyFingaz, and I thank him for that). In general, I gave a lot (as much as 2000 against 1510) and it started. During the restarts, the "transfer" of money back was also "remembered," and we periodically "changed" the starting hero, but in the end, when there were no more restarts, I returned to the initial choice.

Part 2. Game
The distribution was so-so (the result of the 1st week was 1, 3, 4, 6 in the castle), my opponent had a better distribution.
Understanding that I was falling behind, I ran as fast as possible to my opponent through secondary settlements, because I saw that my path to the desert was bugged (a horde of cyclops guards the passage to a dead end). All hope was on a larger mana reserve and magic power (expert in earth magic, there is slow, chain lightning for 300). Somewhere on the 3rd week, after meeting weaklings, FB1 happened.



My archers didn't fire (explosion), I took revenge - chain lightning.
I was lucky that my opponent (thanks to the pegasus) had only enough mana for one explosion. When both of us ran out of mana, the following picture was on the field.



As a result, my opponent runs away (I have about 15 dendroids and a large half of centaurs left), and I bring another ten pegasus and spend the night in a secondary settlement. The next day, I am unexpectedly attacked, and FB2 happens. Explosion is good, but chain lightning destroys more stacks, and the pegasus kill the units with 1 health. In the second round, I finish off a couple of dendroids, and that's it.

1:2. Thank you for the game.

Psyche_7(blue,Rampart,Ivor,Ivor) def Javdet(red,Rampart,Kyrre,Kyrre), Balance, 136

It was pure idiocy – after a decent exchange, he grabbed the flag, but instead of taking 3 units with full control, he decided to halve 19 Dryads... and ended up halving them so badly that he couldn't escape.
Thanks for the game.

I really wanted to master this randomizer that accepts bets (http://www.heroes-iii.com/bet.php), but all we could get out of it was generating castles (Ramp vs Ramp). So, we couldn't do without the help of 3 people (namely StickyFingaz, and I thank him for that). In general, I offered a lot (as much as 2000 against 1510) and it started.

Closed bidding is not in vogue now. Open bidding is in favor - players raise the stakes according to the auction principle until someone gives up.

First, they bid for the castle, then for the color. The stakes are summed up. That is, if one wins both bids with 1000 on the castle and 300 on the color, he pays 1300.

If he wins the castle for 1000 and loses the color for 300, he pays 700.