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vitalic def Palach 213
Pit def Stinger 124

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Keba def Sticky 132

Pit def Stinger 124

Petya, you're awesome! And how many total rounds are there? 5?

Petya, you're awesome!!!!
And how many rounds were there in total? 5?

Only three rounds were played, the fourth one won't happen.
We'll finish the remaining games tomorrow.

Petya, I never doubted you!!!

Pit for LM (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def =Stinger= (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2sm4d(3), 125.
Once again, the scuffling was somewhat awkward, resulting in a rather unusual matchup. But blue Dungeon on sm-ka is always a dangerous town, and this time again the opponent was unlucky - a small respawn, one secondary - Tower, and from useful things - an external dwelling of medusas.
I didn't get a great deal either. Troops are average, lizards not built, respawn small, gold scarce, no external dwellings. The only noteworthy object - a hive beyond the storms. There are two money heroes. On 112 I break through a group of gargoyles onto the snow. The respawn there is also small, but there are a couple of chests and, most importantly, a prison. In the prison is Aislinn with 3 stacks - just what is needed to kill the centaurs on the grass. On 116 I take Castle. Gold there is also not abundant, but decent income + 3 markets + a little from each of the 3 respawns = wyverns + gorgons in the citadel + gold for full buying.
On 121 I take the Boots of Speed, level up a bit on the treasure guard, buy a spellbook, and run to the hive. On 122 I receive +6 wyverns and prepare to run to the last secondary. On 123 I open a lookout tower there - Shakti is nearby. I attack. I have the fully bought swamp growth (11 wyverns, 30 lizards, ~30 gnolls, 5+4 greater flies, 7 gorgons, 8 basilisks), Shakti has - 11+11 greater medusas, 30+ troglodytes and their singles. Having lost about 7 medusas and killed a couple of basilisks, Shakti buys peace. I chase him. On 125 I take the empty capital and secondary, kill almost all heroes. Shakti in a treasury tries to kill dendroids for Pandora's box, but lacks troops.
Thank you for the game.

P.S. I don't know how one could retrieve the saves from the club. The saves of my games (almost all days) are on the computer I played on. StickyFingaz, maybe it's possible to get them from the admin?

We pushed Eddie to 217: he saved at the end, I still have to – both with control, no sign of Kirri using her amulet yet, we're running around.

Regarding SAGA – I just don't believe that Necropolis is stronger than Dungeon on Jebus.

We played with Eddie until 217: he saved at the end, I still have to – both with control, no sign of Kirri using the Amulet of the Necromancer yet, we’re running around.

With SAGA – I just don’t believe that Necropolis is stronger than Dungeon on Jebus.

It’s stronger in TE.

In TE it's stronger.

A week ago, I played a Jebus game with Stiki. I played Necro and on day 1-1-1 I cracked 12 Thunderbirds (with the starting army, no upgrades, but with Expert Armor (the pillar) at 15% in BT). I attacked because they were blocking the road. Behind them there was a Pandora's Box with 15 Grvamps, right after that a Griffin Conservatory — level 3; I also managed to give the Angels to Loshka, and he went the other way to clear the road to a couple of treasure sites and an external dwelling of horses. Right within 300 movement points from the base — a Dragon Utopia. On day 1-1-2, I checked — not maxed out. I prepared to take it on day 1-1-3. But Stiki on his day 1-1-3 took a restart :smile06:. My point is: Necro on Jebus is strong only because of Pandora's Boxes like that, and if it also throws in Prisons, then it converts well. Without that — it's just an ordinary Castle.

I understand all of that, it’s just that besides Necromancer GO on level 115, it’s unlikely anyone else will break it without losses.

As I understand it, the following players have already finished their games: Stinger 2(3) Pit 3(3) Kebazavr 2(3) StickyFingaz 1(3) Palach 0(3) Pit is in 1st place, Vitalik is competing for 2nd place (he needs to win against Eddie), and Stinger, Kebazavr, and possibly Markov-Vova could be in 3rd or 4th place.

How is Vitalik doing? I'm rooting for him!:smile25:

Viewer's report.
vitalic (Castle, red, Valeska, Kirry) def Palach (swamp, blue, Tazar) (2sm4d(3), 213
Yes, the neutrals turned out to be quite bitey:)))
It all started on the first day in the first round of battle when basilisks suffered a morale failure 3 (!!!) times. Probability enthusiasts can look into this in their spare time.
So, Kirry arrived at the tavern; we'll play with both (him and Valya), and then we'll see. On the second day, I attack my own external dwelling. Kirry did it, and as a result, 5 archers didn't participate in the rest of the game.
Actually, that's how everything went from then on, most notably with a strike from morale-failed upgraded wolves against those same archers.
The logistics hut was a pleasant surprise, though.
I put cavalry in the first one and swords in the second.
To my surprise, I didn't notice any external dwellings other than griffins.
On the second day, I continued to clear my rather extensive territory. I took an Inferno external dwelling. And then, in the very corner of the map, I spotted an angel external dwelling.
On 127, a rather curious situation arose: the only hero who could reach the external dwelling was Sir Müllich. However, the guard for the same was 50-99 iron golems. Thus, after breaking the guard and taking the external dwelling, Sir Müllich would reach level 3, after which he'd have to be fired along with his entire army and the newly purchased angel. Therefore, the external dwelling on 127 remained unpainted.
Regarding construction, I built the first 6 levels in both castles ...
The ГО was not too strong - 20-49 upgraded nags. The blues often appeared near the ГО, but more to demoralize the opponent:)))
In the middle of the second week, it became completely clear that Kirry would be the main hero. Skills: logistics, archery, wisdom, air, earth, attack, defense, pathfinding. Due to the lack of tactics, losses were greater than they could have been ...
On the third day, I started power-leveling, took a minimum council and an angel from the external dwelling, bought a bunch of meat, and took the underground Dragon Utopia (entrance from the Inferno external dwelling respawn). The same turned out to be almost empty, but 20 000 allowed me to plug in angels on 137. Clashes between noobs occurred near the Inferno external dwelling; the result was 2-1 in our favor.
The opponent revealed Tazar - however, 27 defense ... There is also a Dragon Utopia there, but they were given wings ...
On the fourth day, after advancing wisdom, I took Pandora for the entire fourth level. Then another Dragon Utopia, then another Dragon Utopia, and on 147, angels in the second castle.
After getting expert wisdom, I take Pandora for the entire fifth level. The rest is simple: buying up an army and flying to the opponent. The army advantage was noticeable.

PS. If this is a repost - delete the post.

Wic.

Initially, 4 rounds were planned, but given the time constraints, only 3 rounds can be completed in this session, and even those not entirely. We hope to finish most of the postponed matches today.

After 3 rounds, a large number of players have 2 points, and ranking them using the Buchholz system would not be entirely fair, as the round pairings were quite spontaneous.

Therefore, it was decided to hold a 4th round, at least for the players vying for the top three positions, although it would be good if everyone played (for a better Buchholz score).

The time for the 4th round games is being discussed. Tentatively, it will be next weekend. However, this will be decided in consultation with the players; please share your preferences on this matter. As a last resort, individual games can be played (or finished) online.

Several games from the 4th round have already started.

Why did Vitalik play against a player with zero points in the 3rd round? If he has a match scheduled with Eddie, in such cases, he should have played against the player with one point (Vitalik has half a point + a hypothetical bonus point).

As Vic wrote: "the draw for the rounds was quite spontaneous." Probably they figured that Eddie would finish off Preds (who is running away from Kir without handcuffs :)) And there, the Executioner played two games in the second round... try to figure out where to record his games. Although, yes - it would be good to ask Sticky to take a break from the game and pay attention to the ORGANIZATION OF THE TOURNAMENT ;) - this is advice, not a reproach :)