Posts from 2010

Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Stronghold, random, Tyraxor) def Deriel_Linch (Blue, Fortress, random, Das), 2sm4d(3), 2.2.7.

Confirmed. Thanks for the game.
Initially, I thought I would write a short story, but since the semester has started, my thoughts have become quite practical, and in the end, nothing good came of this idea.

Looser (red, Dungeon, Lorelei, Crag Hack) def wariator (blue, Stronghold, Oris, Gundulla) 2sm4d(3) 143

After a few false starts, we began.
I spawned at the top, and in the folder I chose Crag, who picked up secondary skills Swamp and Confusion in the first week. In the swamp, Wivs, in the confusion, the citadel with Air Elementals. At home, cats in the citadel.
In the second week, I push through to the grass and take Castle. At the respawn, there is an external dwelling of Angels and two Griffin Conservatories. In the third week, having bought troops, I head to the first Griffin Conservatory. Grade 3. I break through and see Gundulla through an adjacent passage, standing in a stable with Angels. Crag, expert Logistics, reaches her from the last tile! The enemy, having lost 3 Angels, flees. A day later, Crag, having doubled his mana at the enemy's castle, attacks. The advantage in meat did its job.
Thanks for the game.

Probably the first time we got caught on the rush!:) thx for the game!

Van (Blue, Stronghold, Oris, Orin) def Lider1 (Red, Tower, Pikendram, Crag Hack) 112, 2sm4d(3)
It feels awkward to post, but since the opponent insists. A reverse ambush scribble — I only understood the point after we had already scribbled, good thing I got to pick first, otherwise I could have ended up in a really bad spot. I took all the rest stats; the starting hand seemed like complete garbage at first, but I scouted a little and voila — on the first week +2 to attack, speed upgrades, stables, a goblin external dwelling, a Dwarf Cottage under the stronghold, a ton of gold, and all of it concentrated in one area — I was one cell short of uncovering the full view; in short, I had a very productive turn :D. On the second week, news of the wipe arrives — I offer an auto-out of pure respect for the opponent, but he insists, saying he consciously took the risk and paid the price for it.
Thank you for the game.

Van (Blue, Castle, Oris, Orin) def Lider1 (Red, Tower, Pikendram, Kreg Hek) 112, 2sm4d(3)

Initially, there was excellent resource generation, 105 gremlins, Lakus had earth and armor, but the respawn rate was low, so he retreated.

This location is viable, with 2 native creatures (80 gremlins), Kreg Hek, a lot of gold, and untouched chests. I decided to break through to the grass area, but after 2 morale losses to the priests, we won the first battle.

I didn't use auto-combat because it was a tournament game, and I wanted to avoid disconnects or simply play quickly.

Thanks for the short game.

Logisti k (red, Rampart, Ufretin, Mephala) def RomarioGrom (blue, Dungeon, Lorelei, Das) 145 2sm4d(3)
on day 3 I scouted 2 Dragon Utopia of the fours, but was afraid to take them; took both on 142 and one more a day later, result: 3 primers and 3 arts +all;
having expertise in earth, air, and intellect, I lost no one in FB.

Thanks for the game!

Logisti k (red, Rampart, Ufretin, Mephala) def RomarioGrom (blue, Dungeon, Lorelei, Das) 145 2sm4d(3)

It was a good game.

I took a Utopia max, but it didn't give me control and my army took some damage...

Thanks for the game!

Captain (blue, Barbarian, Oris, Jabarkas) def scorp (red, Dungeon, Jaeghar, Alkin) 211 2sm4d(3) The opponent positioned himself in a cell adjacent to my capital with his entire army... I equipped handcuffs and attacked. It turned out the opponent had two artifacts - Amulet of Renown and Amulet of the Necromancer. But a hidden Phoenix and more Phoenixes in a rebuilt secondary town allowed me to gather 17 Phoenixes. The final victory was mine. Thanks for the game.

Van (Red, Stronghold, Oris, Crag Hack) def AYMAN (Blue, Fortress, Tiva, Tazar) 122, 2sm4d(3)
The start was gorgeous — on the first day, 2 external dwellings of goblins, 3 Griffin Conservatories of the first level, a shitload of gold and resources — I fought them off, but due to a brain fart and a lack of 6 minutes :eek:, I didn't manage to build up, and the big ones were a bust, so I had to settle for birds in the castle, a secondary Inferno town, and the Boots. On day 121, I took two Medusa dwellings, another secondary Inferno, and broke through to the subway. The plan for the next turn was a Griffin Conservatory (I uncovered the second level), a Dragon Fly Hive, scouting, and through the adjacent subway to the opponent or into the treasure zone — whatever works :D — but the opponent refused to continue due to the hopelessness of the situation.
Thanks for the game.

Van (Red, Stronghold, Oris, Kreg Heck) def AYMAN (Blue, Swamp, Tiva, Tazar) 122, 2sm4d(3) The game didn't go well, despite my best efforts. There were 4 Gnoll nests, and the G... respawn was a problem. Tazar was out of position, so I didn't try to pull him, even though it was a tournament. Thanks, Ivan, for the quick game, and good luck in the future!

Erdam (Red, Dungeon, random, Alamar, Aenain) def Deriel_Linch (Blue, Castle, random, Ingham, Dessa), 2sm4d(3), 126

Start in the underground, roads are medium, the tavern only has mages: Alamar, Aenain, Malekith, Saurug, a well nearby.
111 3 roads (north, south, east) Malekith pushes north, picks up a chest and gold, the northern road leads to a teleport behind a hundred gremlins. Aenain goes along the southern road and camps at the lift guard (a pack of demons), Saurug goes east and hits a block of a zombie horde guarding an obelisk. :( Alamar sits in the castle.
112 Malekith finds a lookout a bit further, but doesn't visit it, because troops need to be transferred to the southern front. Transfer, I find a scroll of Archery, Aenain kills the demons, goes topside, but there's a pack of ogres on snow. :( He turns back, kills imps for a Skull Helmet, visits a pillar and becomes Expert Air with Archery on 70. Then Saurug kills the zombies and hits a guard protecting what might be our native secondary hero (a horde of archers), so the main base isn't on the road. :)
113 Malekith finds an external dwelling of Troglodytes. Aenain visits the well, Saurug captures a magic boost and waits for Aenain, only 70 Troglodytes.
114 Alamar brings 4+4 Harpies and 5 Evil Eyes, Aenain kills 90+ archers losing 8 Troglodytes, all Evil Eyes, Harpies, and fodder. Saurug scouts and reveals the native secondary. :)
115 Along the way, I take a Breastplate +3 from the Troglodytes, main hero is already 0 0 7 7, I approach the castle, on the road I reveal a beehive behind gargoyles.
115-117 Native secondary, a scout hero reveals a Griffin Conservatory nearby, a Naga Bank, another pillar, a knowledge boost, Saurug checks the Griffin Conservatory 2-4 (turned out to be level 2). At home, build order 1-4 with Citadel due to lack of money, Marketplace, Town Hall, in the secondary Evil Eyes, Mage Guild, Marketplace, Aenain restores mana there.
121 In the capital, I buy Dace, build a Chain. In the secondary Mage Guild 2 (Blind, Lightning Bolt for 225 damage), I camp at the Griffin Conservatory, take it on 122 with an army of 100 Troglodytes, 40+ Troglodytes survive (+2 Angels), I upgrade Mass Slow, spent a lot of mana on Griffins, camp in the secondary. With Expert Air and Earth scouting, I figure out the fastest way to reach the opponent.
123 Naga Bank level 3, beehive for 8.
124 I rush back to the capital, build Mana Vortex there, but accidentally double the mana on the scout hero who was in the garrison. So I would have had 220 mana on top of a Lightning Bolt with 275 damage. :(
125 I buy more Evil Eyes, single Harpies, go along the northern road, dive into the teleport, exit on snow, head south towards the blue player.
126 Aenain (level 9 0 1 9 11) goes south and, according to the scouting, reaches the blue capital the next day. Then a surrender follows, Dessa loses to the throne Griffin Conservatory. :(
Thanks for the game! I haven't played mages in over a year, it was interesting! :)

Erdem (Red, Dungeon, random, Alamar, Aenain) def Deriel_Linch (Blue, Castle, random, Inham, Dessa), 2sm4d(3), 126

Confirmed. Thank you for the game.

Hermit (red, Dungeon, Lorelei, Lorelei) draw Aldegir (blue, Castle, Rion, Aiden) balance 137

I had long wanted to play Dungeon with someone other than Shakti, with some other hero. Started off okay, though very low on gold. Result of the first week - Harpies in the Stronghold, though I lost one; two external dwellings of Evil Eyes were captured; couldn't build the portal. Lorelei learned Earth as her fourth skill. In the second week, I lost another two Harpies, about a dozen Evil Eyes, and a few more in the Medusa dwelling. Leveled Earth to Expert, gathered resources and gold, and in the third week entered the Treasury, breaking through 32 creatures with a gr stack and losing my last 5 Harpies on them. Took the max and min beehives from the Treasury, but then Aiden comes. Split into a village, doubled my mana, then split into the capital, and Olem was 2 tiles short of passing the army and 98 gold short of hiring a hero. Later I realized I could have taken the mercury with Olem from behind the Snipers and, with two marketplaces, exchanged it for 150 gold and hired a hero to deliver the army to Lorelei!... I had the nerve to ask for a save. :) Oleg assessed the situation as a draw. So here I am posting, but honestly, by conscience this is my deserved defeat, because the fact that I didn't figure it out does not excuse me in any way.     Thanks for the game.

mals(blue,Castle,Rion,Vokial) def KoстяN(red,swamp,Voy,Kristian) 142
After the Dragon Utopia Vokial became 23 17 20 16 exp log, land with 7 arches.
Opponent surrendered without dragging out the game.
Thx for the game.

Captain (blue, Castle, Rion, Paxis) def Stizko (red, Tower, Piguegram, Riza) 134 Balance

He took the consulate tier 3, broke through the crowd of wizards and the horde of archmages – he only lost one angel and reached the opponent's passage. He has a simpler guard in the center – just queen-nagas. He broke through them, and now everything is ready for me to consume the opponent's army :)
Tactics and mass haste won in the first round.
Thank you for the game!

Hermit (red, Dungeon, Lorelei, Lorelei) draw Aldegir (blue, Castle, Rion, Aiden) balance 137

I had long wanted to play Dungeon not with Shakti, but with some other hero. Started off okay, though very little money. Result of the first day — cats in the Stronghold, though I lost one, captured two external Evil Eye dwellings, couldn't build a portal. Lorelei learned Earth as her fourth skill. On the second day, I lost another two cats in the Medusa dwelling, about a dozen Evil Eyes, and some more. Leveled Earth to expert, gathered resources and money, and on the third day went into the treasure zone, defeating 32 creatures with a grand stack and losing my last 5 cats to them. Took the max and min hives in the treasure zone, but then Aiden came. Split into a village, doubled mana, then split into the capital, and Olemia was 2 tiles short of passing the army and 98 gold short of hiring a hero. Later I realized I could have used Olemia to take the mercury behind the snipers and exchange it for 150 gold with two markets, hire a hero, and drag the army to Lora!.. Got cheeky and asked for a save. :) Oleg assessed the situation as a draw. So this is my post, but honestly, by conscience this is my deserved defeat, because the fact that I didn't figure it out does not excuse me in any way.     Thanks for the game.

The respawn is terrible... Ranged units didn't come and weren't built... little money.. the path to the native secondary zone is blocked by 18 dendroids — teleport to the next secondary zone, and on the other side up to 49 dendroids.. GO — Golden Dragons :( I passed through the 3rd zone to the opponent who was already roaming the 5th zone... if he had managed to transfer troops to the Castle, I wouldn't have attacked but would have run into the treasure zone instead of him... but as it was, a mistake decided everything.. but in terms of the game, he probably played better, so I consider the game a draw....
Thanks for the game!