Posts from [TYPE: TOURNAMENT] Shakti vs. Gunnar

Let me remind you how this topic started: the statistics for Gunnar's reports were appalling, so they decided to have a "peeing contest."

You decided to have a contest, but I just wanted to test Gunnar in combat conditions.

Javdet (red, Dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar) def Loi (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d3 131

First point in the piggy bank for my favorite hero)))
Took 111 and off we go. Well, not off we go, but it dragged on into a slow grind with no money on slow roads. 2 nix warehouses, 2 Griffin Conservatories, and 2 hives we don't take. Wasted 2 days waiting for growth so I wouldn't be left empty-handed after the nix minotaurs. Took the nix warehouses, 2 sour crypts, and also made a mistake by not reaching the secondary cell. Gunnar has nothing to do, waiting for the chain portals to reset and the army to return to the scene of action. Result - mines in the fort.
On the 2nd day it dawns on me that the underground passage isn't bugged after all, and I didn't break through it when I was there. Recon reported the opponent has Inferno, might pop out from there. I decide to take the Griffin Conservatory near him first. The Conservatory is tough - decided to buy more meat, sacrificing Gunnar's movement. I hold it in case of invasion, as a last resort a trade-off... Meat arrived - I go in max((( . Few shooters and 18 out of 24 minotaurs survived, was afraid of worse. Could have turned out better if the minotaurs had caught a lucky break.
That passage is broken through, I'm thinking how to split up so as not to be exposed. Decided on a long move to guard the Dungeon treasure zone, grabbing some scouting along the way. Well, after spotting I changed my mind about splitting up, better to beat the opponent to that treasure zone. 127 already has higher stats and level 15.
131 finally have a chance to fix finances, chain portals set up for delivery, but Shakti decided to hit a double ГО. Unsuccessfully...
A map with an abundance of cans, but completely without any dead bodies.

Thanks for the game.

Piterius, I'm writing about the first round match against PReDS, good luck. If anything is wrong, please contact me. For the second round, I can tentatively include: =Stinger= - Van
Javdet - Aldegir
DC - Loi (if they agree on a template, otherwise something needs to be changed)
Please write all pairing requests here or in ICQ.

I agree with Vikk that the game should be as close as possible to a normal game in terms of rules, and only the starting hero (Gunnar/Shakti) matters. Therefore, it is not reasonable to introduce any hero restrictions. Normal combat conditions. I also agree with the small clarification regarding color, and I will include it in the rules: The player using Gunnar chooses the color

Javdet (red, Dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar) def Loi (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d3 131

It happened. Early in the second game, I decided to play a kind of roulette – seeing Go from the Bone Dragons below, I bet that the top half would be weak. After breaking through the Bone Dragons, I saw red units above, and there were 30+ of them with an upgrade – I only killed 18...
Thanks for the game.

=Stinger= (blue, dungeon, Gunnar,Gunnar) def Aldegir (red, dungeon, Shakti,Shakti) 2sm4d3 212

1st native secondary skill... in the main 1,2,3,4,6 in the castle + 1,2,3 in the secondary..
picked up boots.... + earth
2nd took 2 hives + logistics and pathfinding.. I see 2 treasure zones.. underground and sand.. decided to go to the underground....
3rd collected 3 hives and a mini-utopia with the book of water.. and the end of the underground treasure zone.. saw the blue ones flashing in the sands.. but the university I saw was not taken.. so I decided to rush there..
4th in the sands I saw a plundered utopia and for some reason the opponent left that treasure zone and ran to another... (although the view of air showed an abundance of star dots in the treasure zone) .. found there 3 hives + 2 utopias + cap of 5th magic + shackles.. in the utopias further a sword +5 all and pendant +3 all + found the book of earth and was given the book of air... town portal to the castle.. doubled my mana and ran to the opponent... saw Gunnar and attacked.. and there 110+ demons + 26 wyverns + 26 thunderbirds + 8 efreet +3 angels and 37 mana.. from my strong side only 49 wyverns but I have 380 mana!!
.. I immediately implosion on the thunderbirds .. -20 ... in response implosion on the wyverns - 32 :eek: :smile04: :smile16: .. well I realized it was over :) .. then there was haste on his side.. we -3 angels and -16 wyverns .. -2 efreet.. and he surrenders..
town portal to the castle.. +6 to all from 3 universities .. + cloak +2+2 .. + breastplate +1 all ....+ 2nd growth and holed up in the castle.. since Gunnar with what he had is pushing towards us.. we have 420 mana.. decided to defend.... Gunnar attacks.. with 10 wyverns + 4 thunderbirds + 110+ demons + 4 efreet.. and armageddon... :smile35: :smile34: . only 21 Evil Eyes left for me.. he has efreet + 75+ demons .. I cast antimagic on the Evil Eye... he casts antimagic on the demons.. and here is the biggest mistake :smile15: .. decided to take down the catapult.. and didn't notice that the hole in the wall was already breached.. thought everything was intact.. and the shackles are equipped.. I have more mana and it would be GG for Gunnar...:smile52: .. but the demons as if nothing happened.. push through the hole towards the Evil Eyes.. I resurrect manticores - 8 pieces.. and antimagic on them... he resurrects thunderbirds.. I kill them and resurrect minotaurs -20 pieces.. with them I halve the demons - 38 remain... he casts implosion on the minotaurs... and resurrects wyverns .. the wyverns destroy 7 manticores.. 1 piece remains... I resurrect minotaurs.. but then implosion on them.. and the manticores finish them off :( GG .. if I hadn't attacked the catapult but had done resurrection instead.. maybe we could have fought.. or if the hole in the wall hadn't been breached right away.. but anyway, thanks for the game! :)

=Stinger= (blue, dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar) def Aldegir (red, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d3 212

Aha, another point for Gunnar)
Respawn in the underground, screen-sized, from good stuff 2 mines )))
three passages - one guarded by lots of basilisks, judging by the objects it's maximum, another into a teleport behind lots of huts and the third to the surface behind lots of ogres. No gold at all. Good thing there was a prison near the castle with Moner level 1, I use him to break through 70+ ogres with troglodytes. On the surface a horde of gargoyles.. what to do, gotta fight. 33 troglodytes remain, but the territory is secondary Inferno, there's another prison there )) Anyway, on week 1 I have 5 heroes, built up Inferno except devils in the citadel in the home first 3. In Inferno I found a Griffon Conservatory 3-4 and a natty naga bank and revealed a utopia in the sands at the exit from Inferno. On the second week I gathered demons, took a secondary barbarian. After the Griffon Conservatory and naga bank I ran to the utopia, got a shield +12. Didn't run into the sands further, since I had no scouts. Also decided to clear the home treasure zone, and from good stuff there was only a Pandora's with experience )
I ran to the third treasure zone and cleared it, got all the land, collected vivi and that's when I got caught without mana. I must say, I played the fight terribly, I could have after imp mass haste with cutting out all stacks except vivi, then blind, slow... well, according to the method in general, only 37 mana. But I decided to show off for some reason that my imp is 2 times better)))
In the end I had to pay my way out and run to the opponent's castle, and then he already told the rest. Thanks for the game.

mals (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def XL'(red, dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar) 8mm6 232
picked all respawns, roads are slow.
Week 1 - external dwelling of minors in the fort + portal spotted, 2 Dragon Utopias + 2 Troncon cons
Week 2 - con on 4, left 6 minors there.
Week 3 - 131 hive 6 vivs, con 3 angels, 132 Dragon Utopia - sword +12 defense, sword +6, 134 Dragon Utopia - diver's helmet, earth book.
Week 4 another Dragon Utopia - wings. 144 - took the dungeon from the computer.
223 - dug up the grail, chasing Gunnar.
ff: meat from 2 dungeons + Rampart (88 minors, 7 gold dragons, 17 angels) decided it. Thanks for the game.

mals (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def XL' (red, Dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar) 8mm6 232
Thanks for the game.

No problem.

OUTLAW(blue,Dungeon,Shakti,Shakti) def Hermit(red,Dungeon,Gunnar,Gunnar), 8mm6, 2-2-5
Even on medium maps with exp log, pathfinding and stables+ fly and DD, I spent a very long time catching Gunya..... Well, let's take it in order...
Start at the top with built harpies, Miner with 3 stacks, Lora with 3 stacks and Claudius in the tavern. On day 111, a manticore nest was spotted behind a horde of gr.harpies((, a consulate and a block on the road consisting of 20-49 wood for +1 health and resources. Grade troglodytes, break through the guard for +1 defense. Day 112: grade harpies(24 pcs) and check the consulate(3-4). Meanwhile, the scout finds stables under the manticore nest. I break through the horde of gr.harpy and the manticore nest; on level up, I take pathfinding and earth magic. Day 113: visit the stables, spend the night before the wood. At home, I set up a summoning portal. Day 114: break through 38 wood, block to the swamp-zone, metro to the underground where there is another consulate, but I'm rushing back to the computer.
I saw Gunya break through via teleport behind the mountains.
Day 115: move toward the opponent's Stronghold. Day 116: take the Stronghold with 1.000 and built orcs, break through the consulate(1)
Day 117: found +2/+2 atk/def in a wagon, spend the night at the stables. Home is manticores with the Stronghold.
At the start of the second week, I buy up manticores and smash the consulate(3), then (1) in the basement and head toward the presumed contact zone with Gunya. In the end, I arrived at the very edge of the same Dungeon. The scout found the green computer's city, where from the overview I spotted a consulate and library. Green started plotting against me to break my chain(. Home: troglodyte growth and Castle. Miner with exp log, earth magic, and advanced pathfinding.
On the 3rd week, I hit a necro-village, took defense on level up; there I found a Dragon Utopia(1) - useful stuff +4 all, preparing a chain to green, where I plan to send the Miner to the library and consulate. On day 137, I take the green Inferno, where I set up a capitol; the Miner who broke in takes the consulate(2), spends the night before the city on angels.
At the start of the 4th week: library; searching for red, I arrived at a conf-village, where I spotted the towers of a Dragon Utopia, the entrance to which is from my swamp-zone, so I push through. Dragon Utopia(3) with a level 5 magic hat, КВ and red sphere - very good, from there DD to the library. I plan to break back home and on the new week jump via stables into the teleport behind the mountain, where the reds were appearing.
At the start of the 5th week, I see movement behind the mountains, where towers of a 3rd Dragon Utopia are visible; I push through there, hoping to catch Gunya. The Dragon Utopia is untouched,(1)- trash, from there I jump to the metro in the opponent's treasure zone, where I almost reached the Citadel with 1-4 angels. On my turn, they check me with a Dimer; fearing a meteor, I cast a chain spell and use morale to kill the arrogant fool.
Then I tried to jump on luck closer to Gunya, but didn't guess right, though I hit a consulate(2) on the way. I gave up searching for Gunya and move toward a Dragon Utopia spotted nearby. It turned out to be a 3rd one: wings and cuirass. I see the outline of a red flag, but definitely not enough moves, so I spend the night at the metro, through which Gunya could have left. On his turn, Gunya attacks; having first-move advantage, he immediately buys himself out. Via DD, fly, and stables, I manage on day 217 to take the red capital, where I plug in a summoning portal + 4ГМ was already built, where there was resurrection - very good!! Miner constantly spends the night with the red sphere - just in case)). Meanwhile, a second front is working to capture computer cities with Barbarian and Inferno armies. Took the orange capital with 1-7 in Castle and a couple more villages, but also lost 1.
Gunya is nowhere to be seen. At the start of the 6th week, I decide to take the last red city - Rampart. There 1-3 ГМ are built; I set up level 4 hoping for Town Portal, but they give berserk. Again Gunya jumps out of the bushes and again buys himself out via Miner to the capital, which his scout broke through with a powerful 5th week army. Bummer )), I rush back there. Gunnar decided to accept battle since by this point he had equalized stats with the Miner and apparently found serious magic, although in terms of power he was lagging far behind. On day 225 with red sphere, 9 angels, 50+ gr.manticores, 80+ gr.harpies, 90+ evil-eyes and 220+ troglodytes, I attack Gunya in the capital. Seeing the red sphere, Volodya surrendered.
Thank you for the intriguing battle!!!!

2:2
Shakhtyor pulled out 2 points. :)

Second roundpresumably looks like this so far:
=Stinger=-Van
Javdet-Aldegir
DC- Loi
XL'-Satyr
KillerVampire-Wlk777
wowa-OUTLAW
Hermit-mals
Piterius-scorp
KostyaN-Logisti k
Wicc-PReDS

If everyone is okay with it, let's leave it like this.


Added 8 minutes later

... 232 ...
... (88 minotaurs, 7 gold dragons, 17 angels) decided the game. Thanks for the game.

No words... I would probably die playing that much. I really don't have the strength to think until the sixth week. Today, I dragged the game against Shakti to the fifth week, chased him throughout the fifth week, and in the finale, I was completely messing up. I forgot to put on the fifth-level hat... instead of attacking the last remaining stack (the most important attack of the finale), the unicorns just approached it and stood next to it, deer... and in the end, blindness in the stack of vivs killed me, which the mindless ballista will now shoot at :smile52:
I feel ashamed in front of my opponent for such a finale.
No, I'm all for rushing! :smile43:

Nah, I'm all for rushing! :smile43:

I'm also in favor of rushing, but with expert logistics and furnaces, Shakt reached the castle in a week! 8mm6 is still a thing. A proper rush didn't really work out, and we probably would have been playing for a long time – until Gunnar ate all the good stuff on the map with flyers and DD, if I hadn't caught him on a teleport and with wings.

OUTLAW (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Hermit (red, Dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar), 8mm6, 2-2-5

I confirm. It was a tough match, with strong defenses. Impenetrable on the first level, and even on the second, only with huge losses, blocking access to other castles and controlling Shakti didn't allow for rapid development, and then it became impossible to escape from him. I hoped to sit it out in the castle, summoning elements and preventing him from buying his way out, but the red spell immediately shattered all hopes.

Thank you for the game.

I don't see any logistics or plans in the chat; it's been a few days.
When are we going to play?

I don't see any logistics or pre-sets in the game for several days now.
When are we going to play?

:smile32:
I can also write a Satyr strategy for you right away (round 3) or for Van'a.
I don't think I can help with anything else, keep pushing them.

I don't see any logistics or pre-game arrangements in the chat for several days now.
When are we going to play?

Soon. My computer was broken. I spent 2 weeks catching up on tournament debts, using a friend's hospitality. Now it's fixed and I've sorted out the internet – I'll be back in the game.

You guys started pretty quickly;)
: the tournament has no strict deadlines, but many have already played 2 rounds.