Posts from Balance-2009

Just in case, I'm extending the tournament until February 14th.
Let's be patient... :)

bRitvo4kA (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def numOne (blue, Castle, Valeska, Aislin), Balance, 147

Week 1: 2 elf outposts, 1234 in the Castle, took a secondary town.
Week 2: 2 nagabanks, 5,6 built, secondary town connected.
Week 3: 3 necropolis outposts, 2 pandora castles with 60 skeletons each, bought some artifacts at the black market, consolation 3. Opponent retreated to a treasure.
Week 4: consolation 2, pandora castle 5k gold, break through the gate, disrupt the chain, take the capital with built angels, secondary town swamp, elf outpost, artifact +1 all, opponent fails to connect troops - GG



2-1 :smile03: Thanks for the interesting games! :smile20:

bRitvo4kA (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def numOne (blue, Castle, Valeska, Aislin), Balance, 147

One mistake cost me the game: I couldn’t reach the enemy village with my scout hero (although I expected it to be on par—1 movement point short on the road) and buy out Aislin, who was wandering around the treasure zone at the time. Aislin got defeated, and the scout hero moving diagonally on sand couldn’t make it there :smile05:. An idiot, what else can I say.

Thanks for the games and good luck in the finals!

Both finalists have been determined: Wicc and bRitvo4kA. The most interesting and tense part remains. The final round will last until February 28 (best of 2 games). PS I understand that both finalists are tired at the end of the tournament, but I hope that any conflicts will only be between the units in the game. :) Good luck to everyone, may the best win! A difficult decision had to be made. Wicc refused to continue playing on SoD, explaining that he hasn't played on it for 6 years. bRitvo4kA refused to play on TE-lite, as he has never played on it. As a result, bRitvo4kA and wowa (Yama-Dharma) will compete for the victory. Let's hope that the final will still take place. 2nd PS It's truly APOPHIGEOUS.

It was a difficult decision to make.
.....
2nd PS is truly AMAZING.

well, I hope I've used up all my bad luck in the matches with Vik :D
or I'll pick up his banner of good luck.... it really doesn't matter what I play anymore))))

I'm waiting for opponents in the evenings, I suggest alternating local rules with Chinese rules (to gain the necessary experience)))) -- at least we'll play both ways ;)

bRitvo4kA (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def wowa (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), Balance, 124

On week 1, the external dwelling of monks is flagged, along with the native and swamp secondary mines. 12346 in the citadel. On 117, Shakti arrives on 2 angels, takes the secondary mine and flees. I take back the secondary mine by killing Celk, losing 15 archers in the process, but the opp. unfortunately loses a scout hero with artifacts and surrenders.


bRitvo4kA (blue, Stronghold, Gunnisson, Gunnisson) def wowa (red, Tower, Aine, Torosar), Balance, 137

Week 1: Poor on money respawn, by the end built 12345 in the fort. Initially chose the direction poorly; the stable was located not far from the castle, together with the dwarf dwelling on 20.
Week 2: Wandered off-road for a long time to another native secondary mine, picked up a sword, a cloak, a naga bank along the way, and found boots in a cart. Upgraded the castle and cyclopes, didn't have enough for behemoths, break to the stable.
Week 3: Valya takes the dwarf dwelling, I break, smash the naga bank with heavy losses, break again to another secondary mine, another naga bank. Buy everyone out, eat the max Griffin Conservatory, another naga bank, and a tier-3 Griffin Conservatory. But then the opponent appeared, breaking through the bone dragons, takes the secondary mine and heads for the capital. I return and catch the attacker.
mass haste for both, managed to remove the return fire from the angels. Very lucky that fortune smiled on my little angels who attacked first, and in another round morale triggered and I reached the gremlins.


2-0 Thanks for the interesting games!

bRitvo4kA (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def wowa (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), Balance, 124

bRitvo4kA (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def wowa (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), Balance, 137[/B]

that was a thing!)))))

in the 1st game at the start of week 2 I already broke through on a pair of angels to the opponent’s respawn!... :eek: but was one hex short of killing Tamika on the rush — waiting for an attack, but got away with it
didn’t want to push further — decided to clear zones adjacent to the respawn (revealed Pandora’s boxes and conservatories))) and scout the opponent, leveling up earth magic to Expert along the way!.... and that’s how it turned out — he came to me himself and holed up in a Conflux taken from Ciele with all his might
on my turn I ran through battle options: I already had Oil, +1 Speed — in the open it would’ve been a clean sweep, but behind walls?... and what options and prospects for further running if we end up at a stalemate?
well, and along the way I didn’t pay attention to movement technique: after passing the turn, the noob who was supposed to collect chests for delivering reinforcements from home attacked without an army — so without artifacts the whole planned battle went to hell... decided not to continue, though maybe it would’ve been worth running ;)

in the 2nd game, on the other hand, I misjudged the ГО: ate up the entire center while the opponent was farming his own respawn and the adjacent barbarian zone, had about 8 towns, including a couple of Confluxes with forts :eek: had the option to go into the treasure zone — it yielded 68 geese
but on day 137 I was sure I’d sit in blue’s starting Castle — but the ГО there turned out not to be a lot of cats with ghost dragons behind them, but a horde of wolves near another teleport :( so I ran to the village — and was one hex short of seeing the noob standing nearby, otherwise I’d have smashed him.... but as it was, that noob happened to be the exact end of the chain starting from Gurn :smile45:
I could have just sat in the village as the main stack — the chain would’ve ended there, but I stupidly turned toward the treasure zone, and then of course I was attacked with freshly hired angels :smile14:

in the FF too we could have ended at a stalemate, then generated power from 2 Confluxes and the Air Elemental external dwelling — but first morale on the wolf horde against the angels, then luck for blue’s angels against them too, then more angel luck against the nagas, and finally morale — when the capes were already without cover — left no chance :smile45: and so that one time I exposed myself unluckily — and it’s ГГ! :)

thanks to the opponent for the games and congratulations on his tournament victory! :smile49:

"Balance-2009" Tournament successfully completed!
The winner is bRitvo4kA! The prize will be sent to the ancient city of Lviv.
Thank you to all participants for the interesting matches and uncompromising gameplay.
Special thanks to Loi and numOne for their support during the tournament, and to Yama-Dharma for his inexhaustible optimism and love for experimentation on the battlefield :D

The organizer has more reports; don't forget to submit them to the seasonal ranking.
bRitvo4kA - I'm waiting for your mailing address.

Good luck to everyone, stay positive, and may you have many bright victories!

:D The prize has reached the winner, so the thread can be closed :D