Posts from Reports on online games and their confirmations (Winter 2009-10 season).

SEM_56 (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def temofey (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2smd4(3), 124
We took respawns and went. 1-6 at the Citadel, Ivor has Tactics and Earth, there is a Griffin Conservatory min. for 100 griffins, Golden Bow, Sword +6 on respawns one turn apart. On 121 I take the Golden Bow behind 35 trolls, head to the Inferno secondary hero through rough terrain and to the opponent's respawn, word comes of a forfeit, thanks for the time!!!

He snapped, couldn't handle the nerves, almost broke my mouse))
Everywhere I go there are archers and everyone gets morale'd 3 times min...

SEM_56 (red, Dungeon, Lorelei, Gunnar) draw Soroka (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Gurnisson) 2smd4(3), 131
We played with reversed starting positions; the opponent gave me Dungeon and Lorelei (Shakti didn't appear in any of the starting hands), and I gave him Castle and Caitlin. We took all the remaining heroes and started playing; the opponent lost on the first turn, declined the rematch, and we continued the game. I lost to a Nagash on turn 131 with 20 Nags (2 were left), and we ended in a draw))), thanks for the game!!

SEM_56 (red, Dungeon, Lorelei, Gunnar) drew Soroka (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Gurnisson) 2smd4(3), 131
We played with reversed colors; my opponent gave me Dungeon and Lorelei (Shakti didn't appear in any of the draws), and I gave him Castle and Caitlin. We took all the remaining heroes and started the game. My opponent lost on the first turn, declined the auto-offer, and we continued the game. I lost on 131 to a Nagah on 20 Nags (2 left alive), and we agreed on a draw.

Thanks for the game, it was interesting!

Wlk777 (red, Rampart, Kyrr, Kyrr) def numOne (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2smd4(3) 217
In the last game with Andrey, having every chance to win, I unbelievably stupidly threw the game; this time, my debt was repaid =). When the opponent had no more resurrections left, two (!) external dragon dwellings spawned, and Gunnar appeared in the tavern. Fast roads, stables in front of the castle. A passage to the grassy secondary zone behind the rags. I wanted to make Gunnar the main hero, but I messed up during the transfer and attacked with him and 1 centaur on the rags. It's shameful to ask for an auto with such a lucky draw, even though all plans went to hell. I scout another road, and there's another passage to a grassy respawn; I send Kirya there and take my native secondary. Few heroes and little gold; as a result, I didn't dare take either external dragon dwelling (the guards are a crowd of upgraded Basilisks and a horde of Magogs), and there wasn't time for that anyway. End of the week: in the capital — horses, in the citadel — secondary elves. On the second week, I take both external dwellings; Kirya already has armor and Earth magic, the GG issue is resolved =). No cans whatsoever, Mass Slow just won't come... I still build dragons in the capital and resource silos in both Ramparts, take a secondary Conflux and several money buildings. I didn't dare go for the Naga Bank on 3-4. The opponent moves very, very quickly, which suggests they are developing slowly — wrongly. On the third week, with 8 dragons and the rest of the crew, I go to war through the adjacent snowy secondary zone, but 39 Medusas + 3 Angels + nearly 50 Evil Eyes + Mass Slow and Mass Stone Skin from the opponent settle things; I flee without killing even half his army. I should surrender, but two external dragon dwellings plus higher income than the opponent leave hope. I go to farm, build a Capitol; the opponent doesn't come at me but shows terrifying stats in the tavern. I pray he comes as late as possible; I go to the nearest Barbarian dwelling myself, picking up Shield+5 and a Necklace of +3/3 to Attack/Defense and Knowledge, leveling Kirya on various Pit hordes; Pandora's Boxes give experience. The stats haven't equalized, but the gap is no longer that huge. I take the external wyvern dwelling, then break through to the capital. The opponent keeps running around somewhere, but money — despite the Capitol — accumulates much slower than I'd like; I dream of upgrading the dragons; I have resources, but gold-wise it's unrealistic. In the second month, I buy what I can afford, break the GO (up to 19 Titans), take the opponent's capital, stay there for about 3 days; income of 8350 is satisfying. On turn 216, Shakhtar appears with a huge army; I really hope he attacks me in the castle, which happens; a couple of Chain Lightnings cut my army in half, but then Shakhtar runs out of mana, and thanks to Meteor Shower for 375 (obtained from the rebuilt GM4 in the capital), I manage to fend him off with 2 dragons, 80+ centaurs, and 10 Grand Elves remaining. If not for the castle and the opponent’s mana shortage, I would have had no chance whatsoever, but I pulled it off. Thank you for the game.

Lider1 (red, tower, Nella, Nella) def temofey (blue, fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 8MM6 147


On the first week, nagas in the Citadel and 4! external dwellings of gremlins.

The second week was wasted. I fought the brown computer (swamp). Shameful. Nella level 6. Found the 5th! external dwelling of gremlins.

At least on the third week I started leveling up, took 2 Griffin Conservatories (2+3) and a mini-hive. And an external dwelling of unicorns. Pulled Boots from the grave!!

On the fourth, I gathered 35 Wyverns, took Inferno from purple, during the assault with a scout hero who was pulling out the Boots I lost an angel and several Wyverns due to no morale. Then I took a Dragon Utopia, which gave me a Blue Hat, Necklace +2 all stats, Armor +4+4. On 147 the opponent appears on roadless terrain. I still have an untaken Dragon Utopia at home, and I think, with the Sphere of Earth and Implosion at 2360, can't I give it? That can't be! I attack, and there's a red orb!!! Well, what a surprise!!! And I, slow, didn't check with the scout hero, even though I could have.
Due to very favorable terrain, I blocked my Capes first with Genies, and then with Angels, and thus managed to defeat the Tankosaurus.

The opponent initially wanted to continue the game, but since I won't be able to finish tomorrow and New Year's is upon us, we decided to end it here.

Also, we agreed to use Dimension Door two times before the game =)

Thanks for the interesting game!


And Happy New Year holidays to everyone!:smile20:

Wlk777 (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def numOne (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2smd4(3) 217

That's how it was. :)
I spawned up top; at first glance it wasn't bad, but after running around I realized there were few prospects. On the first week, the only useful thing was an external dwelling of medusas; near the castle there's an external dwelling of cats, but it's guarded by almost 50 medusas, which also guard a Pandora's Box (no way to take it on the first week with my setup). No income buildings, one secondary (snow) behind the Greater Lizards — a real mess overall. My opponent had a native secondary and 2 external dwellings of dragons; if I'd known that, I'd probably have been completely upset, but as it was, my hand didn't tremble — I slowly developed.
On the second week, I got a log, earth magic, experted Tactics, break through the lizards, and captured the tower. The snow turned out to be quite rich: 2 max-level crypts, 2 medusa dens, a Level 3 Griffin Conservatory.
At the start of the third week, I bring upgraded eyes, medusas, take the Griffin Conservatory, dive into the underground, and there's a chest with 10000 XP — I had to take Leadership and Fire Magic :)
Then Kyrre came to visit me; I fend her off without trouble, but 8 dragons indicate that even after fleeing, Valentina has room to maneuver. I captured the external dwelling of cats, then found another one in the very corner, upgraded them. I take the Dragon Utopia; all the Troglodytes were sacrificed, but it yielded a Chalice and Gladius.
In short, by the time Kyrre settled in my capital, I had all level 4 spells, but almost no mana left. I rushed to take back the capital on turn 217 — attacked, and there I got hit with Slow and Meteor Shower — no shame whatsoever! Didn't even manage to flee, and it's pointless to run when the opponent has a growth of 6 dragons the next day. :smile05:

Thanks for the game! It was instructive.

Lider1 (red, tower, Nella, Nella) def temofey (blue, fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 8MM6 147


First week, nagas in Citadel and 4! external dwellings of gremlins.

The second week was wasted. Fought with the brown computer (swamp). Shame. Nella level 6. Found a 5th! external dwelling of gremlins.

At least on the third week I started leveling, took 2 Griffin Conservatories (2+3) and a mini-hive. And an external dwelling of unicorns. Pulled Boots from a grave!!

On the fourth week I gathered 35 Wyverns, captured Inferno from purple, during the assault a scout hero who was pulling out the Boots lost an angel and several Wyverns
due to no morale. Then I took a Dragon Utopia, it gave a blue hat, necklace +2 all stats, armor +4+4. On 147 the opponent shows up through trackless terrain. I still have an untaken Dragon Utopia at home, I think with Sphere of Earth and Implosion on 2360 I won't let him have it. This can't be! I attack and there's a red ball!!! Well, surprise, surprise!!! And I, the fool, didn't check with a scout hero even though I could have.
Due to a very favorable terrain, I blocked my tower creatures first with Genies, and then with Angels, and thus managed to defeat Tanksaurus.

The opponent initially wanted to continue the game, but since I won't be able to finish tomorrow and New Year is around the corner, we decided to stop there.

And we agreed to use Dimension Door twice before the game =)

Thanks for the interesting game!


And Happy New Year holidays to everyone!:smile20:

There was a case where I lost Faerie Dragons because of the terrain, where the gremlins stood behind a lake and there was only one approach to them, and on the other side only 1 hex, while the swamp's stacks, damn them, all fit on 2 hexes ((( Thanks for the game

Loi(red,dungeon,Shakti,Shakti)def Pradromalo(blue,rampart,Kyrre,Kyrre) 2sm4d(3) 133
Double build, sneaky manticores, but overall a weak strategy. In 2 weeks, I cleared the dwarf and naga maps – both mini-maps. I built up my economy, had a good resource base, and ensured a steady income. On day 131, with a score of 3, I decided to engage in a battle, and just as I was about to attack, Kyrre appeared in the metro – I attacked, used mass haste, and won.
Thanks for the game.

Loi(red,dung,Shakti,Shakti)def Pradromalo(blue,ramp,Kyrre,Kyrre) 2sm4d(3) 133
Double build, sneaky Mantikor – but overall, it's a weak strategy. In 2 weeks, I cleared the Dwarf and Naga maps – both were mini-maps. I built up my economy, had a good resource base, and ensured a steady income. On day 131, with a 3-unit advantage, I decided to engage, and right then, Kirya appeared in the metro – I attacked, used mass haste, and won.
Thanks for the game.

Yes!
Thanks for the game!

Dear vbn, please credit the Winter rating with the results of the matches played in the tournament: Balance-2009. 1 Wicc (blue, Castle, Valesca, Lacus) def Alessandro (red, Inferno, Octavia) @ Balance, 133 2 FAVorite (red, Castle, Valesca, Tazar) def Van (blue, Rampart, Kirr) Balance, 113 3 KostyaN (red, Stronghold, Gurny, Gurny) def Mizrael (blue, Tower, Aine, Gunnar), 126, Balance 4 Wicc (red, Dungeon, Shackty) def Alessandro (blue, Conflux, random, Labeta) @ Balance, 126 5 numOne (red, Castle, Valesca, Valesca) def Hermit (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar), balance, 227 6 Kash (blue, random, Dungeon, random, Shackty, Shackty) draw wowa (red, random, Tower, random, Theodorus, Tazar), balance, 221 7 Mizrael (red, Tower, Aine, Dessa) def KostyaN (Castle, Tyris, Tyris) 144 8 numOne (blue, Swamp, Vistan, Vistan) def Psyche_7 (red, Castle, Valesca, Valesca), balance, 141 9 bRitvo4kA (red, Swamp, Vistan, Vistan) draw FAVorite (blue, Conflux, random Tunar, Tazar), Balance, 145 10 bRitvo4kA (blue, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def FAVorite (red, Conflux, random Brissa, Gunnar), Balance, 126 11 numOne (red, Castle, Valesca, Clavius) def Psyche_7 (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor), balance, 134 All reports have been confirmed.

Dear vbn, please credit the Winter ranking with the results of the matches played in the tournament: Serzhantsky

Gomunguls (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def temofey (Blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3), 1.3.1
cyb (Red, Castle, Valeska, Charna) def Psyche_7 (Blue, Barbarian, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) 2sm4d(3), 1.2.1
Wlk777 (red, swamp, Wistan, Wistan) def Lanser (blue, castle, Katlin, Solmyr) 2smd4(3) 137
numOne (red, castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Psyche_7 (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Sandro), 2sm4d(3), 136
AYMAN (blue, swamp, Taz, Taz) def misantrop (red, Tower, Nelka, Nelka) 2sm4d(3), 214
Hermit (blue, tower, Solmyr, Orrin) def AYMAN (fortress, red, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 216
temofey (red, Valeska, Christian) def Hermit (blue, Solmyr, Solmyr) 2sm4d(3) 137
Mizrael (red, Tower, Aine, Tyraxor) def Psyche_7 (Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) 232
AYMAN (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def temofey (blue, castle, Valya, Kirr) 2sm4d3, 134
numOne (blue, Barbarian, Crag Hack, Kirr) def Javdet (red, Tower, Aine, Septienna), 2sm4d3, 133
Gomunguls (Blue, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def Kash (Red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) 2sm4d(3), 1.1.4

All reports have been confirmed.

Hermit(blue, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def Loi(red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 137

They didn't remove Necropolis, so I chose it. This was my second, quite confident, victory with this Castle. The battle took place underground. The respawn points were very poor, but Galtran immediately learned expert necromancy, and skeletons started appearing gradually. In the first battle, it was very difficult to defeat the Knights in the Citadel. Then I found a little more money and was even able to buy a few units. In the second battle, I captured secondary resources on the slow roads, and a few more skeletons arrived. I defended against lightning, took the Helm of Chaos, and visited the library. I see Valeska is coming. Just before she arrived, I broke the monolith, which turned out to be in the treasury, and took the Pandora artifact, which affected the entire map. I doubled my mana in the dungeon and attacked. The opponent had many Angels and Wyverns, but I defeated them with Chain Lightning. (If I had known that my troops wouldn't be affected by the lightning amulet, I would have used it more often). I had many skeletons, and in the end, I managed to kill Valeska.     Thank you for the game.

Hermit(blue, necropolice, Galtran, Galtran) def Loi(red, castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 137

It started well, and after 115 turns, Valya was level 8. Then it got worse; I spent the entire second week and the first half of the third week searching for a passage to the Necropolis, exploring all the dead ends. At some point, I couldn't restructure my plans... When I finally found it, it was already too late. The Necropolis had few troops left, but Goshan acquired all the air units and repeatedly hit Valya with a chain spell, which ultimately defeated her... She deserved it, the unlucky one :)
Thank you for the game.

I apologize, but I will post the reports from "Newbie" as soon as I recover from the New Year celebrations. There are quite a few of them accumulated. Happy New Year to all! *left*

temofey(blue, Rampart, Mephala, Mephala) def Wlk777(red, Fortress, Wystan, Wystan) 2sm4d(3) 133
Gold is average, but Mephala came with 3 elves and hid the elves, I clear all crypts and 1 Dwarf Cottage on turn 15, as a result, the economy is good, 1-6 in the Castle, on turn 2 secondary Tower and Citadel, the passage to the treasure zone is far, 2 Griffin Conservatories on turns 2 and 3, so I buy growth on turn 131 and run to the GO (a horde of bone dragons, checked without an upgrade I'll break them easily, they didn't give Earth magic), but the opponent resigned...