Posts from Team Tournament Reports (Spring 2010)

Round 2. "Fried Eaters" VS "Break"

Looser (blue, Rampart, Kirry, Kirry) def Keba (red, Castle, Valeska, Feona) Jebus 131
Didn't get any one-hit wonders; there was one unicorn not far from the road and I captured one elf, but as luck would have it, elves kept coming into the portal :( . Got lucky at the start with a Pandora's box containing 50 dwarves, and fought with them. On the first [day] I cleared two minimum trees and an artifact; I thought they were for unicorn growth, but they turned out to be for elves :( .
By the second [day] I already had expert earth magic, no one-hit wonders nearby, so I go and hit ГО with a hundred hellhounds, having mana for two spells. Cleared the library. Then the Sword of Justice, a couple of hives, and bam—wings for 19 green! After that we fly; an earth book is lying there for free, picked up a cap of 5 magic, and by crashing into the Dungeon finally replenished mana. Here the opponent moved to the center and headed for the Dragon Utopia, but didn't have enough money to buy troops. But the explosion that took out 7 archangels at once rules.
Thanks for the game

Round 2. "Fried Eaters" VS "Smash"

Looser (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def Keba (red, Castle, Valeska, Pheona) Jebus 131
No good spots were available; there was one unicorn not far from the road, and I captured one mine. Unfortunately, mines kept appearing near the portal. I got lucky at the beginning with a Pandora's Box containing 50 gnomes, and I fought with them. In the first game, I took two small resource nodes and an artifact, thinking I would get more unicorns, but it turned out to be mines.
In the second game, I became an Earth Expert, and there were no cans nearby. I went and attacked a Hero with 100 Hellhounds, and I had enough mana for two spells. I captured a library. Then I got the Sword of Justice, a couple of Hives, and suddenly I got Wings for 19 green gems! After that, I flew around, and the Book of Earth was lying around for free. I increased my Magic skill to 5 and, after crashing in a Dungeon, finally replenished my mana. At that point, my opponent came out to the center and prepared to attack. He didn't have enough money to buy troops. But the explosion, which destroyed 7 Archdevils at once, was decisive.
Thanks for the game.

It was an interesting game... My opponent got a free Hero, and I got a horde of Devils. He had a Hero that could reach the Hero's Guild in one day from his capital, while it took me three days – and that's considering that Pheona was a Logistics Expert. And it got even better: a tiny center with all the relics of level 5, and no need for Utopia in the zone. Everything was set up on the map, and there was nowhere for the blue player to go except to the center. Well played, considering that a winning scenario was realized. Thank you; it was a good game.

12 round Team of the clan "From Many One" - Team of the clan "Vampires"

Decontaminator (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Blackpoint (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 127
We took the rest at 111.
Roads are slow, Dwarf Cottages are not built, in the tavern there are Elshar and Rashka, there are 5 free elves.
111. Building elves, found a sawmill. Kyrre breaks through some blocks, gives the gold and runs to the upgrade +1 attack. 4 heroes.
112. Building Grand Elves. Kyrre breaks through something else and finds a metro behind the flies. Scout heroes gather freebies and haul elves for upgrade.
113. Building Silver Pegasi. Kyrre breaks through the metro on both sides, but underground there is almost immediately a fork with gr. Harpies and Buramins. Kyrre takes a stack of Centaurs, runs to the observatory. No goodies yet, but there are 12 Grand Elves — I don't take the rest.
114. Kyrre reveals the observatory — GO is not on the road! The road leads to up to 50 Evil Eyes on mud, there is a Griffin Conservatory behind the Gnolls and a Dwarf Cottage behind 100+ gr. Gremlins. Scout heroes found a Dwarf Cottage behind up to 50 Dwarves on their own respawn. Kyrre runs into the metro, breaks through Buramins onto the lava and visits the experience pillar. We build Dendroid Soldiers and haul them to take the Dwarf Cottages.
115. Kyrre goes back up, clears the Dwarves, but falls slightly short of their stockpile, runs to the defense upgrade. Scout heroes collect gold and resources. We build Unicorns.
116. Kyrre takes a minor Dwarf Cottage and runs to the little eyes on mud. We build a Citadel. Unicorns are recruited and go to Mom.
117. Kyrre breaks through the Evil Eyes, Gnolls, gr. Gremlins with the loss of 2 Grand Elves, the remains of Centaurs, a few Dwarves and Silver Pegasi, checks the Dwarf Cottage — max with gr. stack, runs further along the road, alas, not on haste. At home after long hesitation we build Dwarf growth.
121. Kyrre is still running along the road to the secondary, finds a Dwarf Cottage behind up to 100 Zombies and a Crypt. At home we build a market.
122. Finally Kyrre takes the Necro secondary, builds a mage guild there and stays for speed and mana regen. At home we finally buy the 5th hero, try to build a chain. Checking the Griffin Conservatory — 2 with gr. stack. Revelation showed that at this time Shakti could have broken into my respawn and it would have been GG, but the blue player breaks through to their own secondary in another direction.
123. Kyrre — Crypt for 5 rags, a minor Dwarf Cottage for 20 with an upgraded one, and runs to the sword +3 found by a scout hero. There's still no chain from home. At home we recruit Dwarves, in the secondary — a tavern.
124. Kyrre takes the sword and just barely doesn't reach the major Dwarf Cottage. At home we upgrade Centaurs. Scout heroes bring Unicorns, Captains, Dendroid Soldiers and Grand Elves and speed up Kyrre.
125. On the turn replay I see the blue player clearing gr. Harpies (they were a few steps from their capital) and running past the metro to the respawn, which was guarded by Dendroid Soldiers. Kyrre takes the major Dwarf Cottage almost without losses, with the loss of Dwarves and a few Dendroid Soldiers, Captains — the Griffin Conservatory. At home we upgrade Silver Pegasi. 6 heroes.
126. Exchange of scout heroes. Kyrre breaks the blue player's chain in the metro.
127. Kyrre is attacked by a kamikaze scout hero with a bunch of junk, kills 1 Grand Elf and 2 Captains. Kyrre takes the Inferno secondary from the blue player and levels up there. On their turn the blue player surrendered.
Thanks for the game and the experience.

11.04 Team of the clan "From many, one" - Team of the clan "Homo Homini" Decontaminator (blue, Rampart, Kir, Kir) lose Wlk777 (red, Fortress, Vystan, Vystan) 2sm4d(3) 137 Thank you for the game!

"KNIGHTS OF THE APOCALYPSE" vs "3 BEARS" Gomunguls (Blue, Tower, Ain, Orin) def Van (Red, Inferno, Pyra, Pyra) Mini-Nostalgia, 2.1.3 The distribution went well; I lost a lot of gremlins on the first map... in 3-4 weeks, I destroyed 6 Utopias... towards the end, I capture the opponent's capital and start building up there... Pyra attacks... I wanted to cast Teapot of the Titans on the crowd, but there was a cloak... the stats were very high, so I cast Mass Bless and shot them all down... Pyra buys himself out... then I fly to my capital... I buy an army there and destroy another Utopia... the opponent surrenders... Thank you for the game!!!

Gomunguls (Blue, Tower, Ain, Orin) def Van (Red, Inferno, Pyra, Pyra) Mini-Nostalgia, 2.1.3
This is what's called a generator issue; with the same level of clearing, the ratio of Undead was 8/3, and 4 of them are standing on the same screen, as if placed by a map generator. Angels were 9/2. I'm not complaining, but it's a fact.
Thank you for the game.

Gomunguls (Blue, Tower, Ain, Orin) def. Haven (Red, Inferno, Pyra, Pyra) Mini-Nostalgia, 2.1.3
This is what happens when the map generator is unbalanced; with the same level of clearing, the ratio of Undead was 8/3, and four of them are on the same screen, as if placed by a map generator, while the Angels were 9/2. I'm not complaining, but it's a fact.
Thank you for the game.

I told you that this is an imbalanced template.

I told you, this is a completely unbalanced template.

Hmm... balanced templates don't exist in principle. :cool:
Smoka is actually no worse than your favorite Heroes of Might and Magic VI, IMHO.

=Stinger=(blue, Tower, Aine, Malekit)_def_XL(red, Stronghold, Dessa)_127_смка

No nymphs, but found a minimal Griffin Conservatory and took it on 113 with Malekit, who had previously visited 2 experience pillars. Lost 20 caps and chow from Troglodytes + golems. The path to the first secondary is blocked by a horde of monks, to the second by several Naga Queens guarding wood. There is 1 more Conservatory on the respawn, but not close, and I only see 3 wood total. Malekit got Armor and Air, there is an Air Orb behind a horde of Minotaurs. Built mages in the citadel. On 121 built level 2 and got Light. Killed several Champions, checked the wood - a horde... nothing to take it with. Broke through to the Queens - a horde of hives. Took the Necromancer secondary, bought Skeletons and Zombies there, and took the minimal wood. The second wood turned out to be on 8 Wyverns, dealt with it using Light. After that, took the last visible hive behind a horde of Beholders. Having taken 3 wood, went and broke through the path to the second secondary, where at the entrance there was another hive of 8 Wyverns, then turned back for the orb. On 127 visited the well, built level 4 with Chain Lightning and Resurrection, but didn't learn it, as I was about to break through ГО. Malekit 5 5 10 7 Light on 573
2 Angels, 27 Wyverns, 100+ caps, 2 Mages, 1+1+1 Gargoyles. Killed a horde of Hydras and besieged the enemy's castle. Surrender followed. Thanks for the game!

=Stinger=(blue, Tower, Aine, Malekit)_def_XL(red,Stronghold, Dessa)_127_смка Thanks for the game!

Indeed. The setup was decent, with 2 secondary swamps and a hidden location for the bulls. The lack of funds was a drawback, though...
Thank you for the game!

Round 4
Team of the "E Pluribus Unum" clan - Team of the "Homo Homini" clan
Dekontaminator (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) lose Wlk777 (red, Fortress, Vystan, Vystan) 2sm4d(3) 137
Thanks for the game!

On 125 Kyrre rushes in on an angel, scout hero Ivor runs with power to the unbroken Barb-Vort with up to 100 Magogs. On 126 Vystan jumps out from there, beats up Ivor, who buys back with 4 unicorns, 4 dendroids, and 2 grand elves, and manages to capture an almost empty capital! Could have surrendered, but — fight to the end! Despite the desperate resistance of the blues :smile13: the reds played solidly:smile17: .
Thanks for the game and the experience.

Team of the clan "E Pluribus Unum" - "3 Bears"

Javdet(Red, Inferno, Pyre, Gunnar) def Van(Blue, Castle, Valya, Turis) 146 8mm6a

The greater experience on mm6 compared to the opponent made itself felt. And of course, I was lucky that Flight was given from the 1st attempt in the Mage Guild. The map is scarce on Dragon Utopias - the 1st scout hero finds one only by the middle of the 4th week. I was planning to take the Dragon Utopia and merge Gunnar's and Lashpek's troops - it would have come out to about 140 demons, 12 angels (+Griffin Conservatory nearby), 38 geese, and miscellaneous. I had Berserker in the town to Expert Fire Magic. Also, movement would have been sped up by several Infernos on the map. But Ivan lost interest and surrendered.

Thanks for the game.

Javdet (Red, Inferno, Pyra, Gunnar) def. Van (Blue, Castle, Valya, Turis) 146 8mm6a
He burned down 10+ angels, 100+ demons, while I had only 4 angels and weak units from the city, plus there were no treasures within reach for at least 4 days, and the turns took 20-25 minutes each. I didn't really feel like continuing, and I'm not sure what the advantage in experience is, if he got so many cons and hives in an unrealistic ratio.
Thank you for the game.

I took the time to check:
There are 3 confluences at home: one was never taken, the second 'three-cluster' was taken not far from the town, the third is in the middle of nowhere - only took it with flight. The 4th confluence is at the 3rd respawn from the starting one.
Hives: one at home behind the enchanters, not taken so as not to lose momentum. Another one (mini), again at that respawn where the 4th confluence is (These 4 dwellings were successfully wasted by a noob.). The army was gathered at respawns that are not adjacent to the home area at all.
In short, the main point - it wasn't the angels that decided it, but established control, scouting the territory, clearing by noobs, and slicing up demons, which took a lot of time.

And generally, I'm more and more convinced that playing MM6 in SoD is a perversion.

5 round
"3 Bears" - "E Pluribus Unum"
FireToSky (blue, Necro, Gosh) def Dec (red, Conf, Tun, Tun), 2sm4d(3), 133
Gosh gets a Log at level 2
On 113 took a mini Griffin Conservatory and an external dwelling of Bone Dragons. By the end of the week broke through to the secondary Citadel, took a Fiery Furnace for 30 there.
117 took the secondary Citadel, 1,2,5 in the Citadel
on 121 visited the stables. The noob found boots in a wagon too:) Then took another Fiery Furnace for 30, found a sword +2\2 in a skeleton. Then broke through to the snow, took a Pandora's Box for 10k XP for 48 gremlins. Then another 2-level Griffin Conservatory, a hive for 8, skeletons already about 400
126 - breaking through to another secondary - again a Citadel.
127 - The noob reveals a Dwarf Cottage and a passage to the opponent, finds a Scroll of Vision. I take the max Dwarf Cottage. I build a Castle in the capital - 1-7 in the Castle without upgrades
131 - I take another Naga Bank for 3 and stand on grass.
132 - run to the capital
133 - kill in the castle with a bolt for 250 and Mass
Thanks for the game!