Posts from "Newcomer-2009. Winter"

to magnetik: I still hope that you will calm down, think things over, and resolve the situation peacefully. There is no reason to withdraw from the tournament. I wouldn't want to let you go. Please reconsider. to Soroka: I couldn't say that it wasn't a block; don't mislead people. I don't want to post the logs, but I can. Since both agree to a loss, let it be a draw. The topic is closed; please do not bring it up again. Off-topic posts will be deleted in the future.

Group C TРОR (red Castle, Kreg Hack, ?) ? Pradromalo (host, blue Rampart, Kairi, ?), ?, ?

I fixed it myself this time, but in the future, please write in the same format.

XL' (red, Castle, Kaitlin, Kaitlin) def Deriel_Linch (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Luna) 2cm4d(3) 145, one restart - two restarts. Confirmed. Thank you for the game.

satur (red, Citadel, Gurney, Gurney) def Ban238 (blue, Dungeon, Miner, Miner) 2sm4d(3) 217

Here's the breakdown: double build with no Bears. :cool:
Week 1: 6 heroes, 1-5 in Citadel, 1-3.5 in Citadel in secondary, peasants, markets, poverty.
Week 2: took the mini Dragon Fly Hive (knew I shouldn't have gone), break into the treasure zone, next turn Shaktiti breaks into the same treasure zone, I run to him, but he spots me and retreats. I want to fight, but I lag and instead of attacking with Gurney, I noob-attack with my whole army :mad: , thanks to the opponent for giving auto. On day 126, Wizards screw me over for a draw with the Bears (those bastards killed all the ogres and orcs). With great difficulty I place Bears in Citadel, secondary unchanged.
Start of week 3, Barbarian rabble bursts onto the grass shouting "Gold!" I take the first (!!) money building (crypt), secondary is locked. I break 2 medusa huts, the crypt, break into another treasure zone. Bears in both castles in both castles %)
There on days 142-143 I eat a minimal Dragon Utopia, they gave KZ, but ate all the growth. Another one nearby, I don't dare without money. On day 145 I eat the home Dragon Utopia. I don't want to attack the GO (the dark ones, damn them!). Then I run for a looong time to the treasure zone, where the opponent was spotted, go down to the metro, assault the dungeon. There 13 booze halls told everyone what was what :D (5 I couldn't upgrade and 3 I didn't buy).
Thanks for the game!

satur (red, Castle, Gurney, Gurney) def Ban238 (blue, Dungeon, Miner, Miner) 2cm4d(3) 217
Thank you for the game!

was. Thank you for the game.

Group C
TROR (red, Stronghold, Kreg Hack, Kreg Hack) def Pradromalo (blue, Rampart, Kairie, Kairie), 2sm4d(3), 136

Although I don't like playing as Barbarians, I had to because the opponent chose first...
The map was rich in crystals, so I built bears early and managed to attack relentlessly.
I took two Ulai on max and pre-max, and on day 3, I took a secondary town.
On week 2, I took Inferno in the metro.
In principle, nothing special happened in 2 weeks; I scouted everything about the opponent... then he came to me and fell into a trap – a merciless victory for Hack.

I confirm!

One single road to the Grand Order is a terrible layout.
Secondary towns on the swamp and on the snow (via off-road) – a terrible layout.
A secondary town on the swamp, adjacent and taken by the opponent – terrible...
...you can continue listing such noobish things for a long time...

In general, around day 114, I broke through the guard on the swamp and then turned around and started clearing my own resource point – I should have pushed through the swamp towards the opponent, not digging around in my own territory!!!! Maybe even take a resource point in a head-on clash.

Wow, another girl would also like to participate... :smile43:

Wow, another girl would also like to participate... :smile43:

Damn, Neira, you're always on time :)
Wait a couple of days, maybe I'll come up with something.

XL' (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def. Ayvengo (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2smd4(3), please don't write about restarts here! 133

111 I'm building wyverns, entering the area of vision, the respawn is good. There are paths and passages to 2 lands, maybe even worse, so I decided not to restart.
112 I was tempted by a clearing with a Rampart, after defeating a group of mages, I lost my wyverns, almost all the gnolls, and a couple of archers.
113 I took the Rampart with almost no losses.
114 I bought centaurs and gnolls and went to the Necropolis, where I successfully lost, because I ran into 10 vampires, and Tazar managed to escape.
115 I bought Tazar for the last coins, what else can I do?
111-117 Citadel, wyverns, gorgons, elves with a Citadel in the Elven lands.
121-127 I cleared a path to the Citadel, took back Pandora from a crowd of basilisks with 5k experience, and returned home.
121-127 Castle, basilisks, grand elves.
133 message from the opponent, the hero and army were defeated when opening the treasure chest.

Thank you for the game!

RiMpel2 (red, Rampart, Ivor, Brissa) def SergeyY (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Caitlin), 2sm4d3, 137

We started 5 days ago, so I don't remember the development well. About 6 heroes on the first 1-6 in the Citadel, secondary is joined there at the Citadel, I break through Boots of Speed and some other artifact. On the second I take 20 Storm Elementals and 20 Grand Elves, as well as 5 Unicorns and go on. I take 2 Griffin Conservatories in general for 3 Angels and on day 126 I see the opponent's Castle (oh, where did I wander!). On day 127 I hit 66 Air Elementals with a group of Troglodytes and take the external dwelling of Angels near the opponent's Castle :) on day 131 I already have 5 Angels. I take the capital, the opponent withdraws the army. Then I go to his secondary, taking the Sword +6 along the way, and he attacks. I have 5 Angels, he has 4 Champions and 4 Angels + a few Troglodytes and 8 Harpies. Then in battle, Blindness, Slow, and Lightning strike me. However, Brissa has 15 Attack and therefore I win the battle, 2 Angels remain.

Thank you for the game!

By the way, that's it, the last match :)

Don't make me edit your reports, do you think there's little work? =)

XL' (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) vs Айвенго (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2smd4(3), 133

I took the risk deliberately, since I saw that the opponent had 1 more town, hence more resources, and I didn't have enough money to buy the weekly growth and there was nowhere to get it at my home resp. (After the game, it turned out that the main trump cards were in the underground.) Stat-wise, Tazar and Valya were roughly equal, so I rushed to take the 5x40 conservatory; I should have, of course, built at least GM2 and taken the edges from the knights, but as it was, I only had Blessing for 4 turns. However, I was hoping that level 10 +4 to Attack, 2 Angels, 8 Cavaliers, 60 Pokemon, and 45 Archers would be enough. Perhaps it would be enough for someone.
And what's there, I could have done it myself! I already checked. It's taken easily with the loss of all Pokemon and 5 Cavaliers. Quite acceptable for 4 Angels. 6 Angels is already a decent striking stack.
I just didn't fly the Angels far enough on the first turn. I knew that theoretically such a conservatory is taken. But I forgot about the grass and +1 speed for Griffins. Annoying, frustrating, but oh well.:)
Thanks for the game!

Don't make me edit your reports, do you think there's so little work? =)

He knowingly took the risk because he saw that his opponent had one more town, which means more resources.

In my opinion, the number of towns is not an indicator of an opponent's development. After all, there are situations when someone takes a secondary town even with 111 units, but that's no reason to panic, right? :)

RiMpel2 (red, Rampart, Ivor, Brissa) def SergeyY (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Caitlin), 2sm4d3, 137

We started 5 days ago, so I don't remember the development well. Around 6 heroes on the first 1-6 in the Citadel, secondary hero there the Citadel, I break through Boots of Speed and some other artifact. On the second I take 20 Storm Elementals and 20 Archers, as well as 5 Unicorns and go further. I take 2 Griffin Conservatories in total for 3 Angels and on 126 I see the opponent's Castle (oh where did I wander!). On 127 I beat 66 Air Elementals with a big stack and take an external dwelling of Angels near the opponent's Castle on 131 already 5 Angels. I take the capital, the opponent moves the army away. Then I go to his secondary town taking the Sword +6 along the way and he attacks. I have 5 Angels, he has 4 Cavaliers and 4 Angels + a few Troglodytes and 8 Harpies. Then in battle Blindness, Slow and Lightning Bolt are cast on me. However, Brissa has 15 attack and so I win the battle, 2 Angels remain.

Well, I need to confirm... Alright, listen up guys. It was a beautiful morning on day 114, and the Necromancers were peacefully sleeping in their Crypt. My Katya decided to attack the Crypt, because it's hard to imagine not taking the Crypt with approximately 40 Pikemen, 20 upgraded Archers, a few Griffins, Harpies, and 15 Troglodytes. It turns out there were 10 Vampires and so on hanging out in the Crypt, in short — the maximum. But most likely, I would have taken this Crypt anyway, but then a mistake of monstrous proportions occurs. While looking at the spell book, somehow my finger accidentally pressed at the moment when the cursor was on the "Death Wave" spell, and all 7 of Katya's units take damage comparable to Magic Arrow. Similar to receiving 7 Magic Arrows. After such a failure, taking the Crypt was no longer possible, all that remained was to run away, losing all the troops of the 1st week, and buy back Katya at the Tavern anew. Naturally, there was no leveling in the 1st week, my first fights happened in the 2nd week when new troops appeared, and my 2nd week in terms of development was akin to the 1st week. Near the Castle there was an external dwelling of Angels, i.e. the so-called Portal of Glory. It was guarded by 50 to 100 Air Elementals. Air Elementals in strength are roughly equal to level 3 monsters, although they are actually level 2. Taking them is similar to taking a Griffin Conservatory for 2 Angels. I didn't risk taking them at the beginning of the 2nd week, especially since I had almost no magic — not even Magic Arrow, so I decided to first run with Katya to take the secondary town, level up the hero more, and get more cannon fodder from there. Now after the game, I see I did the right thing, I have saves, I tried loading that save from that time — I see I wouldn't have taken those Air Elementals back then. So you can't blame me for not breaking through those Air Elementals at the beginning of the 2nd week, maybe I would have broken through them at the end of the 2nd week, but then the opponent showed up on my respawn I noticed either on 124 or 125, who found the path to me and came through roundabout ways, without breaking through the ГО, and even with 5 Angels! Even experts often encounter each other only in the 3rd week, but here — in the 2nd... Yes, comrade RiMpel2, you need to play not in the novice tournament, but in the champions league! In my case, all hopes were that I would level up for at least a 3rd week, because I can consider the 1st week utterly lost! That is, meeting early is worse for me. I realized I would lose my Castle now, I ran to my secondary town, hoping that the meeting of our grinding heroes and a showdown wouldn't happen so quickly. I level up intensively, break through the Dragon Fly Hive, for 6 Wyverns, break through 2 Griffin Conservatories for 3+1 Angels, losing Wyverns and other troops in the process. I saved the Cavaliers, bought additional troops from the secondary Dungeon town, and the opponent's main hero is right there — the final battle, I had a chance to win, I had Blindness, but the opponent's 18 attack decided it. He won, remaining with 2 Angels.

Thanks for the game.

PS We didn't take any restarts at all, and at turn 114 I could no longer take a restart... :(

By the way, this is the last match :)

Good job. :)
I can't congratulate you yet, as you can see, things are a bit tense in your group. But who knows how it will all turn out...

P.S. Please write your reports properly, not too short, so I don't have to edit them.

Added 2 minutes later
Sergey, you did great too! :)
Just be more careful next time. And all is not lost yet - everything now depends on you in your group. Good luck!

Sorry for the late report, I'll make sure to do better next time. I was just distracted, but I managed to finish it somehow.

Sergei, you're great!
Just be more careful next time. And it's not all lost yet – everything now depends on you in your group. Good luck!

I'm a bit disappointed with the 2cm4d3 template, to be honest. I used to have a whole series of winning games, we played on XL maps, and they were so big that it wasn't easy to find an opponent. You could calmly level up for a month. Before level 147, we rarely found each other. It really made for a great game! But when an opponent can come on the 2nd week, and even with angels, then it really depends on the map generator! If you're unlucky, you'll lose, even if you're the best champion.

The 2cm4d3 template is not Heroes of Might and Magic, it's "Heroes of Angels and Wyverns." I play well, but I have no experience with this template at all; I've only played one game, and now I think that I'll probably lose, at least in the next few games.