World Championship in Heroes of Might and Magic III. Auto-translated

The game bracket has been updated - http://worldcup.legends-of-heroes.com/ladder/. For various reasons, there are empty slots - there is no information from adequate pairs where the games should have taken place, or players with late registration are not included in the list:
in the pair dread1 - demenich, a replacement is needed
XL def dread1
in the pair SEM_56 - expreszx, a replacement is needed
SEM_56 def Titi
in the pair Mizreal - Aleksik, a replacement is needed
Mizreal def Paxacap
in the pair KobRa - szakal17, a replacement is needed
KobRa def ssth
in the pair AlexTheGreat - Akano, a replacement is needed
AlexTheGreat def Cpboy
Information on these pairs will be added to the bracket soon. ICQ numbers of new players:
XL - 259105499
Titi - 558992430
ssth - 581913168
Cpboy - 602364335

The second round has begun, and the deadline for games is until May 16th, inclusive. I apologize for the slight delay in updating the bracket; there were technical issues on the site again. If your opponent is not responding, please let me know.

On the Polish website, there is no option to choose rounds 2-3 for writing reports, so I am writing here. We decided to play one game with two players.

Round 3:
Captain (red, tower, Enova) def. Danyt (blue, barbarian, Krag Hack) 144 Balance

The starting hero was taken with +350 gold, and Enova was in third place with 111, which is very good for balance (the template is poor – usually they put +1000 on it).
Right near the castle, there is a hidden stash of Djinns; I take it on level 111, then I defend all the resources – gold, on level 116, a minimal contingent, on level 122, another one, and I take the dungeon. There is a portal there, and there are an indecent number of Djinns. Then, a long run through the wilderness – I was looking for a passage to the opponent; by this time, he had 5 cities, against my three, and he took a level 3 consultant and built a bear in the citadel in his first city. I successfully broke through to him on level 131; we ran around a bit, I spent some time in the castles (Enova – archer and 200 gremlins and 18 mages), then we exchanged troops, and the opponent, in desperation, attacked. I have mass slow; he had no haste anywhere with his air expert :) – although I built magic in his village, and there was haste there.
Thank you for the game!

Stiky, you said that I was supposed to play against doctor_congo in the second round, but his ICQ number is not listed either during registration or in his profile – this was a condition for participating in the tournament. I haven't received any messages from him to my email address, which is listed in my profile. I'm not going to waste time searching for an opponent, especially after Kyiv. He should get an ICQ account and provide the number, as required by the tournament rules – if he does, I'll play; if not, you can decide who plays in the next round.

Opponent - Basir777
He kept messaging, calling, and asking to play.
He responded 3 times, but 2 of those times it wasn't him directly; they said they would pass on the message to him, and once they spoke with him directly. He said he was working during the holidays and that they would play later. But nothing came of it...
Thanks for the game.

12.05.2010 SEM_56 (red, Stronghold, Kreg, Kreg) def XL (blue, Castle, Valeska, Turis) jebus cross 136
Took all the rests, loot wasn't great, Dragon Utopia is a bit far, but there's a native second town))
There is a black market, no birds, 2 wolves and goblins. They spawned about 7 hives, but I only took 5 and not a single max...
At 134 I hit the 102 cyclops core, grab the hives, the opponent attacks and without mass magic and with lower stats suffers defeat...
Thx for the game, started a second one with the same towns, played for 2 weeks))

Deep Mike (red, Fortress, Tazar) def Pentacz (blue, Rampart, Ivor), 2sm4d(3), 1-3-2
Best of 1. Good on gold, 2 crypts on the respawn, one maxed. But all 3 secondary (mines) have strong shooter guards, 2 are fanatics actually. Went into the snow through upgraded Gogs. But there's a block of Ice Elementals, so just went into the snow to gather resources around it. On the day, transferred the army back to the scout hero in the Fortress to clear a corner where there was sulfur guarded by Evil Eyes. In the snow, took 2 more small crypts, scouted 2 Griffin Conservatories. Built Hydras without cows in the castle, which somehow shocked the opponent a lot later )). On the second, I planned to take the conservatories and the Club of +5 Attack with almost an army of upgraded Swordsmen. But then the opponent appeared above my respawn through the fanatics, but couldn't reach the castle in one day. So I didn't split up, took the minimal (lowest) conservatory by moving the army through chain. Ivor didn't come to me either, only sent a scout. So I calmly took the club by simply sacrificing the Hydra, then took conservatory 2 with an upgraded stack, losing 1 Wyvern. Then I split up to head home, went for the beehive on my own respawn. Forgot to buy the spell book despite having Expert Earth, had to return later. Got 8 Wyverns, a max Dwarf Cottage nearby. Leveled up Logistics, advanced Tactics. At the end of day 2, went to the opponent's native secondary (mine), or rather, he took it on the way. Sat in it without resistance on 1-3-1. On 1-3-2, brought reinforcements that I had enough gold for, Ivor nearby, he attacked me himself. But he had issues with building and no Angels or Wyverns. So with Tactics, blocking the shooters, easily won the final fight.

12.05.2010 SEM_56 (red, Stronghold, Kreg, Kreg) def XL (blue, Castle, Valeska, Turis) jebus cross 136
Took all the rests, loot wasn't great, Dragon Utopia is a bit far, but there's a native second-tier))
There is a black market, no birds, 2 wolves and goblins. Threw about 7 hives, but only took 5 and not a single max...
At 134 I hit the 102 cyclops core, grab the hives, the opponent attacks and without mass magic and with lower stats suffers defeat...
Thx for the game, started a second one with the same castles, played for 2 weeks))

That happened.

FireToSky def Radclif
We agreed with the opponent to play after May 4th. After that, I didn't see him online until today.
I received a message from him:
Hello,
I don't have time for a game.
You win.

05/18/2010 XL (Castle, Valiska, Bron) def SEM_56 (Stronghold, Kreg, Kreg) jebus cross 147
Thanks for the game....

05/18/2010 XL (Castle, Valiska, Bron) def SEM_56 (Stronghold, Kreg, Kreg) jebus cross 147
Thanks for the game....

Ultimate opponent power)))
Thanks for the game :smile40: :smile40:

21.05.2010 Demenich (XL) (Castle, Valeska, Bron) def SEM_56 (Stronghold, Kreg, Kreg) jebus cross 136
Thank you for the game.

05/21/2010 XL (Castle, Valiska, Bron) def SEM_56 (Stronghold, Kreg, Kreg) jebus cross 136
Thanks for the game.

GG! :smile10:

The third round has begun. Check the bracket, analyze your opponents, and play. The deadline is June 13th. The report system has been completed, so please submit your games there.

I'm so overwhelmed with emotions that I can't help but share that I just won against a black knight. In the final match, after the first round, the guy was already writing "gg" (good game). I'll post a report and video of the final later.

Black Knight is cool, it's really interesting.