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Gomunguls (Blue, Stronghold, Crag, Crag) def Mizrael (Red, Tower, Aine, Jabarkas) 2sm4d(3), 1.4.7

We took 113 from respawn and started playing...

Week 1 - Start was normal, Grechin came with a horde of goblins and in the process scouted an external dwelling of Beholders near the town behind a horde of gr. wolves... I stop at a crossroads, one road leads to who knows where, the second to the underground... I decide to go there... The blocks to the underground are strong... (a horde of gr. flies and a swarm of lizardmen). I break through the flies normally but the losses on the lizardmen were huge, because there were 80 of them with a gr. stack... Only 1 Roc and 70 goblins remained from the army. I see a secondary Dungeon and immediately thoughts of the Manna Vortex and Portal of Summoning come to mind... The goal of the week - to capture the external dwelling of Beholders and build the portal in the Dungeon... All heroes strained to the fullest (I don't want to call them weaklings because they all worked desperately...) and at the end of the week I build Beholders and capture the external dwelling of Beholders with minimal losses and immediately capture the Boots of Speed... I couldn't build the portal. Also at respawn I scout 2 Griffin Conservatories...

Week 2 - Right from the dwelling with Boots I run and break through the gnome hovel, then a horde of golems and break through into the Dungeon. On 1.2.2 Grag breaks through another gnome hovel, I build the portal and buy up (6 Beholders in the army)... By 1.2.3 I already have 8 heroes, Grechin helps and takes the Dragon Fly Hive (+8) and a Pandora's Box for 5000 gold... Crag breaks through 100+ gr. flies for the Dragon Fly Hive (+8) and Naga Bank (4)... money over 10000... Crag gets Expert Earth Magic, Attack, Defense, and Scholar... On 1.2.4 I capture the Cap of Knowledge +4 and run to the Conservatories which are nearby. And along the way heroes clear the respawn GO (a swarm of gr. Cyclopes). On 1.2.5 Crag breaks through the Conservatories (both minimal (()) and Grechin takes the Shield +3 and breaks through the Medusa hovel and opens a passage to the secondary Inferno. On 1.2.6 I break through into the Dungeon and run to the nearest treasure zone, there I get Basic Logistics :) and speed up on Angels. On 1.2.7 with Mass Slow I break through a stack of Monarch Wyrms and about 80 gr. Dendroid Soldiers for a Pandora's Box that gives all Air Magic :) then I pass the army and capture the external dwelling of Cyclopes (maybe in vain) in my own respawn area and also a Medusa hovel... The week was productive :)

Week 3 - I run from the Dungeon with the army to the second treasure zone, there I make a mistake and lose Beholders... then I see that there's nothing good there so I decide not to waste time and go to Red!!! 1.3.2 I visit the Arena and then the capital, there I buy Griffin birds, train a little near the town and speed up... On 1.3.3 I approach the GO (where there are already over 100 Cyclopes) and jump to Red via Dimension Door... I run along the road to the capital! On 1.3.4 I capture the capital (there were single units in the citadel)... I see the opponent has Mage Guild level 3... I build a lookout tower and see the opponent retreating with a bought-up army... I don't enter the town but chase him down via Dimension Door and kill him... On 1.3.5 I build Prefectures in the towns, capture a Bag of Gold behind a group of Skeletons and capture the Naga Bank near the opponent's capital... Grechin runs to capture Inferno! On 1.3.6 I see an enemy hero running towards Inferno... Having captured Inferno I build a Market there and by selling resources build level 4 in the opponent's Castle (it gave Portal and Mirth :) ) I replenish magic and the Main Hero flies to Inferno and speeds up on Angels there... Then Aine, seeing the Main Hero in Inferno, breaks against Eyes of the Beholder, I see a Rampart hero appearing as a Main Hero in the tavern and notice out of the corner of my eye that such a hero is standing not far from Inferno in the Den of Thieves... I jump via Dimension Door, kill a horde of Elves for a Pandora's Box and run, but it's not that one... I kill Ivor and nearby I see a Conservatory (+2)...

Week 4 - I'll describe it briefly, as the game was already aimed at finding and killing Jabarkas! I buy up in the town and in the Dungeon, from there I teleport via Dimension Door into the treasure zone... I grab an Air Orb and attack neutrals, but they cheese it and I lose another Beholder ((13 remain), I break through the Dragon Fly Hive and then grab Sword +2 (Attack Defense)... Heroes scout a Utopia in the Inferno respawn area... On 1.4.3 I double my mana in my own respawn area and run to the Stables... then I fly to Inferno and speed up on Angels there... On 1.4.4 I break through the Dragon Fly Hive and attack the Utopia (maximum one!!!) :) :smile13: :smile20: It gives a Red Ball, a KZ, Cap +4 Power and Knowledge and Armor +4 (Attack, Defense)..., from there to the capital and I upgrade Beholders and buy up... then I plan the final attack and the hero with the army runs to Red's last town (Swamp) while the Main Hero speeds up in the Tower... on 1.4.5 having full control I see the opponent's Main Hero who is running not far across the swamp and I try to catch him... at the end of the turn I activate the Red Ball :) (just in case :rolleyes: )... but the Main Hero has already disappeared... on 1.4.6 I capture the Swamp and forgetting to upgrade my 25 Wyrms there, I continue pursuing Jabarkas... the hero with the Tower army reaches the Swamp and fortifies there... then I buy another hero and he kills an enemy hero on a Fly... on 1.4.7 enemy heroes attack my heroes and we start killing each other... and Jabarkas runs out into my home respawn area... I go through the portal to the Dungeon and attack the opponent's Main Hero (even though I had an advantage in magic, I decided to use a Fireball without it since I had a huge numerical advantage) and activate the Red Ball!!!
After waiting, the Beholders and Angels began a brutal mowing down of the opponent's army...
Thanks for the game!!!

Gomunguls(Blue,Stronghold,Crag,Crag)def Mizrael(Red,Tower,Ain,Zhabarkas)2sm4d(3),1.4.7

Another game from the "cannot be told in a few words" series :). The map turned out quite decent; all strong castles were killed, and I even got a Tower. Starting artifact was a bow +5 shooting, which Zhabarkas really liked upon arrival:), there was also Ivor, but Jeb immediately got the armorer and the elf was sent to the same bench. The respawn turned out to be simply giant, with 3 cap external dwellings, a bunch of crypts, and other things. Result of the week: nagas in the stronghold, secondary town is swamp. Jeb also got earth and log, own fat. Under the secondary town there was a hydra external dwelling - I decided to screw the giants and go for the hydras with the same external dwelling, but I started this rather haphazardly: attacked the guards with a fluke, using Khalid, and even put an artifact on him +1 strength\knowledge(terribly useful for thick-headed barbarians, which I later deeply regretted), there were tons of vamps with grade and I even forgot to run away out of frustration... However, I wasn't upset for long: the caps with 3 external dwellings are enough as it is, nagas are here(I opened a second front on them and started leveling Ain), plus a wyvern external dwelling was found for good measure - we're living. By the end of the week, I built hydras in the stronghold, another wyvern external dwelling was found, but I didn same time to take it. There was no fast path to the opponent at all(the ГО is just terrible, and you'll be exhausted clicking around through the swamp) and I had to trudge into the treasure zone. However, that turned out to be a letdown - almost the entire treasure zone was cleared by a pack of gold dragons, leaving only a small nook at the bottom, where I grabbed a club +5. Meanwhile on 133 Crag flies over the ГО and pushes toward the castle... No chains, because I already moved the base into the swamp, and Ain with a couple of heroes were breaking through to the lava off-road, nowhere else to go so I buy growth without golems and carry them down the respawn, on the right there should be a passage to the swamp off-road judging by the land view, and papa is getting ready for the second treasure zone, back underground. Ain almost reached the inferno secondary town, which is still not blue, but the mine is painted, meaning scouts are nearby. Failed to take the secondary town, Crag portals there, had to crash into whatever was at hand just to save the schoolboy. By the way, I practically gifted Town Portal to the blues by building level 3 at the start of week 3; one step remained and they had enough resources for it:cool:. On 137 Jeb met me already in the treasure zone, an artifact +1 mana per day was very timely, he gave a shield every second day :) 141 - Dragon Utopia found, urgently need meat for it: a couple of days went to hives and speed pendant and on 144 Dragon Utopia falls, they gave books of water, air and some small things. Didn't think immediately about breaking for mana, and you can't really break against archangels without tactics, broke only the next day against zealots, wanted to pop into a well on the way to Tower and try to reach home from the jump, but Crag settled there exactly on that day, although he had been disappearing somewhere all the time... Mana is needed, Crag will probably reach the swamp and being red I won't see any mana, if I want to sit tight - just scream, but I need the well! Ran in, refilled, ran back up as if for a 1000 exp post, while actually Dimension Door-ing to the wyvern external dwelling(as I hoped from the darkness for the blues, so without being noticed). Crag took the bait, rushed at full speed into the swamp toward the post, but Jeb isn't there:D. However, the Town Portal problem remained, and I only have 30 mana... can't reach anywhere no matter how I turn it - decided to fly along the edge of visibility along the border with the barbarian and brought all the loot from home at the same time. I remember that our starting resps were specially made large with castles in the center equidistant from the edges, so a sudden Dimension Door from nowhere wouldn't happen:cool: and decided not to beat around the bush, but take a risk and just pop out onto the barbarian respawn from the swamp, so that by the next move via flight(it works like pathfinder with air) reach the castle with possible options. I made some fuss with heroes at the swamp castle, hoping to distract attention, but it didn't work - Crag immediately portals into barb and reaches Jeb with Dimension Door. Against a red ball, hydras are not an option for grey bears :).

Report from the organizers (loi & redwhait)
The First Regular "Sergeant" Tournament has concluded. The tournament lasted for 2 months and finished a week ahead of schedule. All stages were completed on time. Out of 52 games, only 2 resulted in technical draws, which indicates that the vast majority of participants took the tournament seriously, and it generated genuine interest.
The tournament was competitive. First place was taken by Gomunguls – he won 5 out of 5 games in the group stage and confidently secured a good position with the Barbarians in the final (the best player for Stronghold, what more do you want?...). He is a worthy winner! Second place went to our Mizrael, who also confidently (5 out of 5) passed the group stage, defeated the tenacious Wlk777, and had a tough semi-final match against NumOne. In the final, fortune showed him its... fickle side. I would also like to note NumOne, who took third place and once again proved his level as a top player.
After much deliberation with Pit (work on the award began immediately after the start of the tournament; Peter created several options...), we decided to award the winner with the Guard of the Heroic Army Badge (see Peter's post below...). The winner has the right to display this badge in their signature.
Thank you all for your responsible participation. We tried our best; if we made any mistakes, it was unintentional, in my opinion.
Further in this thread, we would like to see both congratulations and posts with wishes and comments – we will be grateful...

I join in on the congratulations. The first winner of the planned series of regular Tournaments is Gomunguls! I wish him good luck, success in the game, and further progress. Valera and I spent a long time thinking about how to reward the Winner. We decided to award the Badge of the Heroic Army Guard for his signature. If these tournaments become popular with us, I will ask the Creator for permission to award the Badge under the avatar after three victories.

My congratulations to the winner!!! :smile12: :smile12: :smile12:

My congratulations to the winner with a small gift for the newly appointed sergeant :D

Vitaly, congratulations on your success!

Gomunguls, congratulations on the victory! And a special thank you to the organizers! The tournament was excellently organized. :smile20:

I want to thank the organizers for the interesting tournament and for the work they did!!! I would also like to thank my friends for their support, who believed in my victory!!! From the very beginning of the tournament, there was an interesting and tense atmosphere! In the final match, I gave it my all + I was lucky with the setup, and I'm glad that I managed to realize all the advantages! I want to thank Mizrael, with whom we reached the final and fought until the very end!!!
I am very happy with this achievement!!!:smile49: New tournaments are starting, and I would like to wish all the players good luck and exciting battles!!!:)

Congratulations to our clanmate on the victory!

Ugh, I wanted to upload a picture of the medal that I'll give you later, but it's not working. I'll send it to you on ICQ, take a look, and if you like it, I'll give it to you when we meet in person.)))

My deepest congratulations, friend! I'm very, very happy for you, really!))))

Keep it up! Just try not to lose ground! I'll be offended and come up with something.)))

And congratulations to everyone: the organizers, the participants, and once again, to Vitaly!!!
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(Ah, it worked, it turns out, I saved it in the gifts folder.))))

And happy belated New Year to everyone!!!!