Posts from "Might vs. Magic"

bRitvo4kA (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Van (red, Tower, Solmir, Solmir), 2smd4(3), 114
Thanks for the game.

Hello, Heroes fans! I have some bad news: I'm withdrawing from the tournament :smile05:. I got a job (even on weekends) + I also have to study (full-time) - I'm completely overloaded - I hardly have any free time... I ask the organizers to forgive me and replace me with someone else...

Thanks for understanding.

Cash: It sucks, what can I say...

SpiritT: Ummm.... "star in shock" and what am I supposed to do now?

Cash: Hold on, we'll figure something out. I have a guy in mind... :) Or someone from the team can sub in as a last resort; by the way, I'm itching for a rematch..

SpiritT: Well then, shall we play with you? Just not a rematch, but by the rules :) I'll remove Kyrre :)

Cash: Too chicken to come on ICQ? :)

SpiritT: Not chicken

Hermit(red, Tower, Solmyr, Nela) def Kash(blue, castle, Charna, Charna) 2sm4d(3) 231

An interesting game it was. Describing everything would take a long time; I made mistakes, but I still managed to win. It was amusing when I entered the Griffin Conservatory — it turned out to be the max level :) :), I wanted to surrender, but somehow I managed to take it. Well, and in general, it was certainly worth describing it better, like how at first Charna caught Nela with an incomplete army and I bought myself out, but found out that she has a Death Mask and over 1000 skeletons already, so I went to take the Red Orb, since that was the situation. Then Charna went to my capital, but Solmyr, leveled up to 15, on Master Genies, though unable to strike anyone with Chain Lightning, heroically died from Armageddon, but also killed a lot of Charna's troops, and she did not attack my castle. Then Nela caught Charna with cavalry and griffins. In the end, luck came into my hands on its own, because Charna entered a Treasury and got a speed boost not far from my town, leaving her troops at a mine, and I reached her, first defeating what she got the boost from, and then without losses killed everyone at the mine. But it turned out by chance that with the Red Orb I could have killed even her with all her troops; without it — I don't know...     Thanks for the game.

Hermit(red, Tower, Solmyr, Nela) def Kash(blue, castle, Valeska, Charna) 2sm4d(3) 231

It was an interesting game. It would take too long to describe everything; I made mistakes, but still managed to win. It was funny when I broke into the Griffin Conservatory — it turned out to be a maxed one :) :) I wanted to surrender, but somehow I managed to take it. Well, and in general I should of course have described it better, how Charna first caught Nela with an incomplete army and I bought her off, but found out she had a mass haste and over 1000 skeletons, then I went to take the red ball, since that's how things were, and Nela caught Charna with cavalry and griffins. In the end, luck came into my hands by itself, because Charna entered a Refugee Camp and boosted not far from my town, leaving the troops at a mine, and I teleported to her and first destroyed what she was boosting on, and then without losses killed everyone at the mine. But it turned out by accident that with the red ball I would have killed her even with her entire army; without it, I don’t know... Thanks for the game.

Yeah, except I started with Valeska. I started leveling Charna from the second week. After 13 hours of playing, I guess I really blundered — I stopped on the mine with griffins, thinking that the dropped army would join me in case of anything...
I had no money for the whole game until Nela gave me about 30k, then I found the only Dragon Utopia. The first time I got caught on the boost — nagas resisted explosion for 2k, I could have already surrendered — I never found control, only Town Portal; in terms of stats and army, Nela was ahead.
Then I was heading to Nela, and on the way, Solmyr-the-kamikaze hit me pretty hard with Armageddon)) I struggled a bit more.. But there was no proper finale — Charna with her skeletons was seriously lagging behind in development

Thanks for the game

Gomunguls (Red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) def redwhait (Blue, Stronghold, Gretchin, Galtran) 2sm4d(3), 1.3.4

Start is normal, I immediately grab the external dwelling of genies and light the Griffin Conservatory... then I train a few Solmyrs and capture more external dwellings, on the first I built 1-6
and captured a secondary hero... at the start of the 2nd I break 2 Griffin Conservatories (both minis), take the Dragon Fly Hive (6) with scout heroes and run to the treasure zone... there are blockers at the entrance, I break about 70 Crusaders for boots and spend my last spell points on them, as they started to pressure)))... then I break a horde of Storm Elementals... at the start of the 3rd I only have 3 mana left, just enough for a horde of Vampire Lords (70+)... then I break another Dragon Fly Hive behind the horde of Crusaders and 70+ Earth Elementals for a Pandora's Box and into town... at 1.3.3 I approached ГО... at 1.3.4 I break ГО - Death Knights (50) and capture the capital... a scout hero opens the view and reveals Galtran on Angels and a scout hero with the full army... I reach and kill Galtran, losing all Gremlins and 1 Wyvern, and a couple more hexes were enough to reach the scout hero with the army....

Thanks for the game!!!

Gomunguls(Red,Tower,Solmir,Solmir)def redwhait(Blue,Stronghold,Gretchin,Galtran)2sm4d(3),1.3.4

Thanks for the game!!!

It seemed to be going well, bears on the first secondary Rampart
At 121 I freed a Gosha level 5 with 90 skeletons, got tactics at 6th and he's a daddy, in a week gathered up to 300 bones took a Castle secondary there was a Griffin Conservatory trong candle 3-ka upgraded earth to expert at 127 took it and then broke through 6 ghost dragons for the angels external dwelling and Gretchin took her since Gosha had no moves left...
at 131 the loser goes behind the overview but finds a minimal Griffin Conservatory he took it, here the stupidest mistake happens after breaking Gosha I don't have enough time to build the guild in Castle:( eventually a day is lost at 133 I take a chest for 5000 experience for 50+ monks they gave log (checked ГО 49+10 gs black knights) and I stand before the treasure on angels, inside a couple of hives are spotted, a sword for 5 attack and Dragon Utopia though behind the blue pillar:(
here Solmir breaks through ГО takes Castle and reaches Gosha with 6 angels, no money to buy off, in battle I played as badly as possible but there was no way to resist that army, well that's basically it.
Thanks for the game
PS this is my first time on sm-ka at my barb respawn which was central, didn't find a mana doubling fountain :smile50: it simply wasn't there...
Yeah, that's how 1 minute decided the outcome of the match...

numOne (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Dirty_Player (red, Conflux, Luna, Luna), 2sm4d(3), 136

Spawned in the basement, roads are slow, on the first day found nothing interesting except a Hive, but a Minotaur external dwelling was shining beyond the mountains, so I decide to play. I revealed a Dragon Utopia on my native respawn, broke through and painted a Castle, the Minotaur external dwelling taken, at home 1-5 in a Citadel and a portal. From the grassy respawn there are two convenient exits into treasure zones. Shakti with Log and Earth.
On the second I take a mini Dwarf Cottage, a crypt, the Miner buys a book, I head into the dungeon treasure zone through a teleporter, beat ducks for a Pandora's Box - they give 20 Vampires, scout heroes reveal several Hives. At this point Kostya breaks the passage to his Necro secondary in the basement and heads toward my respawn. I decide not to rush but to gather some ducks, besides the road to my capital is long. I collected 20 ducks and Boots of Speed, and in another Pandora's Box they gave 50 gr. Zombies. The opponent's scout hero on day 131 attacks the capital with a Castle, where Ivor is holed up with 17 Evil Eyes, 10 Medusas, and several Harpies; after a bloody battle I do give up the town, but the opponent suffers heavy losses (only 3 Psychos and 10 Ice Elementals remain).
At the start of the third, Luna takes a Hive near the capital, gets crushed, while scout heroes meanwhile lead the remaining meat with new growth toward the Necro secondary, not knowing Shakti is nearby. On the next turn I attack and with Mass Slow wipe out all the troops of one scout hero clean, and the second buys his life on an Angel. I bring up Marksmen and Pikemen from the Castle, plan to recapture the capital and on day 141 break the home Dragon Utopia, but Kostya surrenders, unable to handle the Conservatory.

Thanks for the game!

numOne (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Dirty_Player (red, Conflux, Luna, Luna), 2sm4d(3), 136 Thanks for the game!

It happened. The start wasn't great. Roads are slow, flyers aren't built, but there's their external dwelling and two Dwarf Cottages. Among the heroes, Piquedram, Sandro, and Crag Hack come up... I didn't even buy the latter, that's how spoiled I've gotten :D Week's result — psychos in the Stronghold... Didn't set up birds :( But Luna took the mini-Griffin Conservatory with gargoyles. On the second day I got 125 skeletons, set up birds, and charged. I see blue's capital. No Castle, so I decide to head towards it, although the initial plan was to smack Shakti right there ;) On day 127, blue built a Castle, which I ignored and attacked with a scout hero... Lost a lot of meat, but took it... Then I started raising skeletons to regain tempo faster. I'm one tile short of the Naga Bank... When the turn passes, I get attacked... And I have no gold for ransom... All the meat died, and Piquedram too... Next fell Sandro on an angel, who also couldn't afford to ransom. I wanted to surrender, but decided to check the Griffin Conservatory with Luna. I attack it with 1 wyvern and 1 medusa... Mass Slow isn't upgraded, and the wyvern is too fat, can't hide it behind the wall, damn... One sprites would take the Conservatory, but a wyvern has no chance... I can't even ransom in time. GG. Frustrating, of course... Oh well, I'll take a rematch sometime ;)
Thanks for the game, Andrey, you leveled Shakti well ;)

Okay... Let's review the situation. :) The round ends tomorrow, and 6 (six) matches haven't been played yet. Round 3.

Aldegir - KostyaN
They still can't agree: either Aldegir's wife won't let him near the computer, or Kostya is at work. Guys, please let us know if you'll ever be able to play. If there's no response in a couple of days, I'll have to award default losses, no offense.

Round 4.

Erden - Mizrael
Both promised they would play. I hope so.

~no1_knows_me~ - SpiriTT
~no1_knows_me~ apologized and left. His place will be taken by misantrop (374-991-397). I hope they'll play this week.

Aldegir/RAPER - KobRa_RR
They still can't coordinate.
Lots of talk, but no action...
I don't want to give you default losses, maybe you'll play after all? :)

SEM_56 - KostyaN
I don't understand... What's the problem?
No excuses! I'm waiting for your game, don't delay.

Wlk777 - scorp
Wlk, like SEM, sometimes has internet problems. Maybe that's the reason? So why are we being silent? Either play, or don't, I'm sorry for being so direct.

That's the situation... Almost everyone is just giving me promises to try. :)

The "Sword" team has another backup player, just in case:
wr35 (589-830-546) (not a newbie)
So if any pair agrees, he can substitute. He's ready to play today, if needed - contact me and we'll discuss it.

I'm waiting for the results.

Added after 1 hour 39 minutes
Aldegir and KobRa agreed to play tonight.
That's good. :)

Hi Victor, here's the log:

KERIZZ (SEM_56) (23:28:27 21/11/2009)
Kostyan, we have a tournament, I'll be waiting for you tomorrow)))

KostyaN (11:40:03 22/11/2009)
Damn, Rom, sorry. No offense, but I already have a huge queue of tournaments, and you were just added... so it will be a priority to play with those I've been meaning to play with for a long time, but they're either busy or something else...

So I've been waiting for a slot to play for a week now!!!!

Awful...
I don't quite understand what's going on with Kostya: who is he eliminating?
Why not play a game here...
I don't understand.

I'll think about what to do with you. I'll definitely do the draw tomorrow. Those who played on time are not to blame.

I apologize for the delay in the draw; I didn't have time yesterday.
Here it is:

round five (11/30 - 12/14)
Sword	***	Magic	***
bRitvo4kA	4.0	Gomunguls	2.5
numOne	3.0	Mizrael	2.5
Эрдэм	2.5	Van	2.5
misantrop	2.0*	Dirty_Player	2.5
Wlk777	1.5	SpiriTT	2.5*
SEM_56	1.5*	Javdet	2.0
Aldegir	1.5*	Hermit	2.0
redwhait	1.0	КостяN	2.0*
Avern	0	KobRa_RR	2.0*
Kash	0	scorp	1.5

KobRa (red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) def Aldegir (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) @2sm4d(3) on 117
Played perfectly for 6 turns, messed up on the 7th. Instead of entering the city with built and unbought horses to end the game, he got distracted and ran into the arena. Aldegir bought them and attacked, but due to a poor connection, the battle couldn't be completed. The analysis showed that even if red loses this battle, their advance to 122-123 with 100 mana and a 437-damage teapot is inevitable, and there's nothing they can do to counter it.
Thanks for the game!

Damn, I somehow agreed with Redwait for the 3rd round: okay, I'm slow, but to have 2 matches at once?:eek: What's with all these rematches and redraws? I didn't understand anything, I thought SEM was joking...

I didn't have a computer for 3 days - it was being repaired, starting tomorrow evening, I'll start playing with everyone, whoever I find online...