Posts from "Newcomer-2009. Winter"

XL' (red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) def Ban238 (blue, Stronghold, Dessa, Charna) 2smd4(3), 243

Week 1: I take a +2 cloak of spell power and knowledge from the Orcish horde, claim a secondary Castle, cast a level 1 blessing spell, build a swordsmen's guild, and go after the Vampire horde. Nearby, there's a well, and a group of Greater Minotaurs guards the treasure. I also take a hat that gives +3 to knowledge and some Cyclops stacks.
Week 2: I claim a secondary Necropolis and retrieve the items I scouted in week 1 from the Dungeon.
Week 3: I build 4 Gateways (portal), which makes me feel much better. I gather 23 swordsmen, 20 Greater Griffins, and 1 Angel, and then attack.
Week 4: I take another secondary Necropolis, and build 5 Gateways in the Tower (flight + a scroll with the "Door" spell). I repeatedly cast the "Utopia" spell, and gather 14 Vampires to add to my army. I prepare to attack the Utopia. Before attacking, I try to take a Water Elemental and a Serpent Swarm from a hundred Liches – I almost didn't make it, but I managed to escape, and I'm left with only 10 Vampires.
2 months: I start leveling up my hero (though I don't manage to finish it), continue casting "Utopia," and spend one week shaming. With the accumulated resources, I buy the Legion Boots and Head for 28000, and gather a Legionnaire Statue. I also build Angels and Giants. At this point, my opponent already has a Legion of Skeletons (it's scary, but the events described above calm me down), and I also manage to gather an Elixir of Life.
241: I restore mana in the Tower. The Giants haven't turned into Titans yet, and then Charna appears. Luckily, he doesn't attack, although I only have 130 mana left.
243: I gather everything I can and attack my opponent.
Fast Forward

Thank you for the interesting game

XL' (red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) def Ban238 (blue, Stronghold, Dessa, Charna) 2smd4(3), 243

Confirmed. Thanks for the game.
Good luck to everyone.

Thank you for the game, and good luck to everyone.

Thank you for the game.
Good luck to everyone.

Good luck to you! :)
Thank you for the games.
XL', please clarify with KillerVampire – maybe he'll decide to play?
If not, then you're in the semi-finals of the lower bracket.

Good luck to you!
Thanks for the games.
XL, please clarify with KillerVampire – maybe he’ll decide to play?
If not, then you’re in the semi-finals of the lower bracket.

Why the double standards? When my opponent clearly stated that he wouldn’t be able to play, a loss was recorded for BOTH of us. The same happened with Tolikandro’s opponents, already in the playoffs.

But now, when KillerVampire can’t play, XL gets a technical win and advances.

Ideally, the winner of the second quarter-final should automatically advance to the final, because he doesn’t have an opponent in the semi-finals – XL doesn’t advance to the semi-finals because there’s no game (which could have been – he has an opponent), just like in the case with Tolikandro’s opponents. And although one could argue that they really didn’t agree, and KillerVampire clearly stated that he wouldn’t be able to play. But there were cases when people clearly stated that they refused to play, but a technical win wasn’t awarded.

I call the final the last game in the lower bracket, although the second to last is the semi-final, also one game in the lower bracket. It’s just that one more player from the upper bracket should be added to the winner of this game.

I’m just always very honest :) If I’m wrong about something, I apologize.

Why the double standards? An opponent clearly stated that they wouldn't be able to play against me, and both of us were given a loss.

During the group stage, I didn't assign any technical results to anyone; I've explained the reasons for this several times. If they couldn't play, both players received a zero score. Understand that I couldn't give you several wins in the last few days, even though you were ready to play, while your opponents weren't. For example, they were ready to play in the first weeks, when you weren't available yet. There's no one to blame for this, so the result is as it is.

The same thing happened with Tolikandro's opponents, even in the playoffs.

In the playoffs, the situation is different – a winner is needed to advance. HOWEVER: maxlewis and Kaliostr played for two weeks instead of one and still couldn't finish or agree on a result. I was never warned that the match was being postponed. When I contacted them and asked, they replied, "Next Wednesday. So what?" When I suggested to maxlewis that we determine the winner based on the save files, he refused outright, and we couldn't wait any longer. Therefore, I decided not to award the victory to anyone, as there were no real contenders.

KillerVampire decided to withdraw from the tournament due to a lack of time.
It's logical to assume that his opponent automatically advances. Everything is fair.

Tolikandro and Valenok are playing, and I'm aware of it, so I won't complain too much. But guys, don't drag it out. We're all waiting for you

Why the double standards? An opponent clearly stated that they wouldn't be able to play against me, and a loss was counted for BOTH of us. The same thing happened with Tolikandro's opponents, already in the playoffs.

And now, KillerVampire can't play, and player XL gets a technical win and advances.

Ideally, the winner of the second quarterfinal should automatically advance to the final, because they don't have an opponent in the semifinal - XL doesn't advance to the semifinal because there's no game (which could have been - they have an opponent), just like in the case with Tolikandro's opponents. And although one could argue that they didn't actually agree, and KillerVampire clearly stated that he wouldn't be able to play. But there were cases where people clearly stated they would refuse to play, and a technical win wasn't awarded.

I call the final the last game in the lower bracket, although the second to last is the semifinal, also one game in the lower bracket. It's just that another player from the upper bracket should be added to the winner of this game.

I'm just always very honest :) If I'm wrong about something, I apologize.

Dear SergeyY, don't worry, KillerVampire said that we will play, we just need to decide on the time.

Great! :)

Regarding the schedule.
It seems like no one has time this week.
Valenok-Tolikandro will try to finish their game on Friday.
The upper bracket final is postponed to next week.
And my computer is almost dead, so I probably won't be around on the weekend.
That's the situation.
You know what to do. Good luck.

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I gave you the link to the tournament so you could check the first post of the thread; it contains useful links that will be helpful to you.

Try your hand at the seasonal league (i.e., just play with someone on Rampart).
Let's see what you can do :)

Sergey, Calioustre, I've moved your undoubtedly insightful discussion to the Tribune; I haven't even read it yet.

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Thanks, Captain!

I apologize, the thread has stalled, partly due to my fault... right now, the save with Tolikandro is at level 132, it seems. Today will be the third attempt, I hope we finally finish it, and then the process will speed up :) the time zone difference is a factor.... Thank you to Cash and Tolikandro for their patience, what else can I add....

There is no reason to panic yet, BUT: Valenok-Tolikandro, let's say this: the deadline is Friday, and please try to find Pradromalo as soon as possible so that there are no further delays. Guys, it would be better to finish the game; it's not very appealing to judge based on saves... XL'-KillerVampire, don't delay either. The final of the upper bracket will be on Saturday or Sunday; I can't say for sure. Good luck to everyone.

BA/IEHOK (blue, Castle, Valya, Valya) def Tolikandro (red, Swamp, Veston, Moner), 2SM4d(3), 141

Ughhhh…. Well, what can I say… Total crap, not a game… Basically a repeat of the first match, but exactly the opposite.
Stress, nerves, ruined liver, everything was there…

Here’s how it went: as tradition dictates, a crappy spawn. With all the consequences…
By the third or fourth day, it’s clear there won’t be any cav, because there’s zero wood (the sawmill at the starting spawn wasn’t taken until the end of the game), and the thousand is built. At the end of the week, in the last two days, wood piles are gathered at the Tower secondary’s territory and cav are built. No Citadel. But a giant external dwelling is taken. That’s it, complete disaster…. Meanwhile, the opponent, as it turned out, builds hydras in the Castle and colors the Wyvern external dwelling.

Second week. And, as tradition dictates, the Siberian-lady moves with love: Valya, level 7, no spell book, with 35 archers, 2 giants, 4 cav, and junk enters the treasure zone, where she takes out 63 griffins, 95 mummies, 53 trolls, 101 vampires with GS for the Pandora with minotaurs, 20-49 ogre mages, 10-19 gr Wyverns, near-max Dragon Fly Hive, 61 dendroid guards for the red orb, 62 vamps guards, max Dragon Fly Hive and Griffin Conservatory for 2. Only 1 cav remains, 3 out of 20 minotaurs were eaten, the rest of the troops are still standing.... A couple of times it was close: trolls are damn nasty! Vampires hit damn hard! Wyverns are damn fast!... Back home, just a Castle, the Tower secondary wasn’t built up.

Third week. Breaking through to the surface; another Dragon Fly Hive, naga bank, medusa hut, max Griffin Conservatory. Nothing to do on the surface, so back underground. There’s a level 5 hat for 100 gold golems, a Pandora with experience for efreet (left one angel there). I take the Dragon Fly Hive and fly to the recently revealed Dragon Utopia, but it’s unguarded :(, and nearby there’s a red scout hero, I beat him and see Moner with the moshna. Monya is standing between the library and the beehive; he killed the guards but didn’t have time to take it… I visit all that and attack… In the battle, we exchange shots and Moner buys his way out. With the cash earned, I build angels. Red surrenders. Morale was broken by the max Dragon Utopia with a bunch of junk, like the boots of levitation, in which, naturally, the army was severely mauled, and a guild of magic level 4 that also had all kinds of garbage….

In conclusion, thanks for a great and intense game, and of course for that restart due to meeting, which might not have happened… not everyone plays for the sake of playing…

BA/IEHOK (blue, Castle, Valya, Valya) def Tolikandro (red, Swamp, Vestan, Moner), 2SM4d(3), 141
Confirmed!
A dashing start with no visible prospects... the only thought was to rush on week 2-3, but the crooked underground didn't give me that chance...
And the maxed Dragon Utopia with its "treats" completely killed my desire to play... the prospect of crawling around searching for luck wasn't appealing at all...

Anyway, thanks for the game!! Good luck to everyone in future matches! I am glad that this tournament has ended for me, as have online heroes...