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Just got home, now I’ll share my thoughts on the past event. Calling it a Siberian qualifying round is certainly a stretch, given the low number of participants and the scrambled schedule, but the champion is truly legitimate, that’s a fact. Basically, that’s the only downside; everything else evoked purely positive emotions. Even when everyone left, I felt a bit sad, which I hadn’t noticed in myself before.
There’s already been a lot written about the journey, I’ll just say one thing: I was amazed by Vlad a.k.a. Logistik, a fearless guy, since he came from Chelyabinsk, which is no short distance. And a special thanks and respect to Lekha a.k.a. Dust; unlike me, he wasn’t afraid to drive a car in -38 weather.
When we arrived, the guys settled in, and the main process began—discussing organizational issues. We talked until morning, and the result was a dry mouth and a headache. :D
First game:
Van ( Stronghold Blue, Gunnison, Galthran) def Alessandro ( Inferno Red, Nimnussa, Nimnussa) panic 146
We chose all restarts; I got Galthran as the fifth hero in his folder. Even considering the respawn was crooked—secondary taken on week 1 day 2—I lost to zero in the first week. I wanted to play it properly, and I was literally 15-20 skeletons short of taking the Griffin Conservatory minimal; 6 griffins remained. But I decided I wouldn’t surrender without a fight, and after that everything was fine. On turn 146, the GG opponent appeared from the fog; by that time Galthran was already a megabison both in stats and army. After I resisted a mass slow in the final battle, Sanya threw in the white flag.
Second game:
Van ( Dungeon, Red, Shakhti, Shakhti) def Dust HL ( Castle, Blue, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 216
In this game, on the contrary, we started without restarts. Shakhti came with 160 troglodytes, an external dwelling of cats with them in the portal, an external dwelling of harpies, and two troglodyte dwellings—full luck basically. I’m even a bit ashamed in front of Lekha; he really wanted the main prize. Sorry if you can :D . On the second week, everything in the visible radius dropped; the third zone had three Dragon Utopias plus a treasure zone; on the fourth, another Dragon Utopia and treasure zone. As a result, Shakhter had stats close to 30 with full control. With a necklace, it would have been an alliance of angels, but I must give credit to the opponent: he stubbornly ran around and looted. He might have kept going, but under pressure from circumstances and my morale :D , we started a final battle. There was no chance, because morale cats and explosions killed all his main stacks.
Third game:
Van ( Castle, Red, Valeska, Valeska) lose Mike HP ( Conflux Blue, Random, Grindan) 2sm4d(3) 126
Here I messed up on the draw, but it was the end of the second day of non-stop battles and drinking, so it’s my own fault. You definitely couldn’t give Conflux to such a bison as Misha, but despite that, I resisted as much as I could. First, I took two secondary schools on the grass, but neither was native. One treasure zone was far away; in the second, after the guard, the passage was blocked by 20+ champions. I decided to go all-in, since I saw the opponent had placed phoenixes on the first week and was planning to take the capital on week 2 day 7. I decided to jump into his territory from the other side, but Misha had visibility over a very large part of the map and saw all my moves. Naturally, he was waiting. In short, it was an ambush. As a result, in the final battle, mass slow and the shooter plus a morale block on an artifact decided it.
Thanks everyone for the games and the experience.
About the entire event—I really liked it, I want more. I looked at the club where the Counter-Strike and DotA players were; I’ll say this: compared to them, we are the intelligentsia. After all, HEROES is a game that ennobles the mind and behavior. Huge thanks to everyone who came—all the guys are great, each unique in their own way. I was especially struck by Vlad a.k.a. Logistik’s healthy life indifference; Kostyan a.k.a. Dirty is basically a walking encyclopedia on Heroes—I learned a lot of new things about Heroes from him. Well, Lekha a.k.a. Dust is an irreplaceable conversation partner and drinking buddy; Misha a.k.a. Mike is just a megabison in the world of Heroes. In short, respect to everyone.
P.S. No online can replace live communication, so we need to meet more often.
There’s already been a lot written about the journey, I’ll just say one thing: I was amazed by Vlad a.k.a. Logistik, a fearless guy, since he came from Chelyabinsk, which is no short distance. And a special thanks and respect to Lekha a.k.a. Dust; unlike me, he wasn’t afraid to drive a car in -38 weather.
When we arrived, the guys settled in, and the main process began—discussing organizational issues. We talked until morning, and the result was a dry mouth and a headache. :D
First game:
Van ( Stronghold Blue, Gunnison, Galthran) def Alessandro ( Inferno Red, Nimnussa, Nimnussa) panic 146
We chose all restarts; I got Galthran as the fifth hero in his folder. Even considering the respawn was crooked—secondary taken on week 1 day 2—I lost to zero in the first week. I wanted to play it properly, and I was literally 15-20 skeletons short of taking the Griffin Conservatory minimal; 6 griffins remained. But I decided I wouldn’t surrender without a fight, and after that everything was fine. On turn 146, the GG opponent appeared from the fog; by that time Galthran was already a megabison both in stats and army. After I resisted a mass slow in the final battle, Sanya threw in the white flag.
Second game:
Van ( Dungeon, Red, Shakhti, Shakhti) def Dust HL ( Castle, Blue, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 216
In this game, on the contrary, we started without restarts. Shakhti came with 160 troglodytes, an external dwelling of cats with them in the portal, an external dwelling of harpies, and two troglodyte dwellings—full luck basically. I’m even a bit ashamed in front of Lekha; he really wanted the main prize. Sorry if you can :D . On the second week, everything in the visible radius dropped; the third zone had three Dragon Utopias plus a treasure zone; on the fourth, another Dragon Utopia and treasure zone. As a result, Shakhter had stats close to 30 with full control. With a necklace, it would have been an alliance of angels, but I must give credit to the opponent: he stubbornly ran around and looted. He might have kept going, but under pressure from circumstances and my morale :D , we started a final battle. There was no chance, because morale cats and explosions killed all his main stacks.
Third game:
Van ( Castle, Red, Valeska, Valeska) lose Mike HP ( Conflux Blue, Random, Grindan) 2sm4d(3) 126
Here I messed up on the draw, but it was the end of the second day of non-stop battles and drinking, so it’s my own fault. You definitely couldn’t give Conflux to such a bison as Misha, but despite that, I resisted as much as I could. First, I took two secondary schools on the grass, but neither was native. One treasure zone was far away; in the second, after the guard, the passage was blocked by 20+ champions. I decided to go all-in, since I saw the opponent had placed phoenixes on the first week and was planning to take the capital on week 2 day 7. I decided to jump into his territory from the other side, but Misha had visibility over a very large part of the map and saw all my moves. Naturally, he was waiting. In short, it was an ambush. As a result, in the final battle, mass slow and the shooter plus a morale block on an artifact decided it.
Thanks everyone for the games and the experience.
About the entire event—I really liked it, I want more. I looked at the club where the Counter-Strike and DotA players were; I’ll say this: compared to them, we are the intelligentsia. After all, HEROES is a game that ennobles the mind and behavior. Huge thanks to everyone who came—all the guys are great, each unique in their own way. I was especially struck by Vlad a.k.a. Logistik’s healthy life indifference; Kostyan a.k.a. Dirty is basically a walking encyclopedia on Heroes—I learned a lot of new things about Heroes from him. Well, Lekha a.k.a. Dust is an irreplaceable conversation partner and drinking buddy; Misha a.k.a. Mike is just a megabison in the world of Heroes. In short, respect to everyone.
P.S. No online can replace live communication, so we need to meet more often.
