Posts from "Rookie-2010. Summer"

Basyr is a very unpleasant opponent; I don't understand what happened to you. Why didn't you perform well in the game without restarts? Were you completely unable to cope?
Such games don't enhance the tournament; please replay according to the initial setup.

I, Albert, don't try to be pleasant to anyone. Let's see how you'll play if you don't get Elves or Ivory Tower. The battle is lost, but not the war; let's see what the final result will be, and I won't give you an auto-win in the tournament, at least not in this one.

GROUP C 05/19/2010 Zadira (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def Shadowless (red, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) 2sm4d(3), 135 Another confirmation that the rating system is not perfect. Moreover, a player who ranks 5th in the April ranking is playing in a novice tournament and losing, even though he is ahead of players like Smekhova, Stinger, and others... Although, what's the point in talking about it if, judging by the ranking, 35 people play better than Stinger, including me)))))

Please highlight report headers in bold

and enclose their confirmations in quote tags

Otherwise, they risk getting lost in the flood of spam :)

One more confirmation that the rating calculation system is imperfect — not only does the player occupying 5th place in the April rating play in the novice tournament and lose, despite being ahead of players like Smekhova, Stinger, and others... Though what’s there to say, if you judge by him, 35 other people play better than the same Stinger, including me))))))

Roma, you don’t live in a fairy tale, do you :)
Everyone has long known that no rating can reflect true skill. Let’s consider the official rating as just the tournament table of one strange tournament, where participants play a different number of games with different opponents. To hold the top spots in it, it’s enough to regularly play against opponents clearly weaker than you and try not to play with strong opponents.
During my time on HeroesWorld, I’ve formed my own personal rating in my head, which says that Stinger is stronger than ten’yu bezdomnoy, and Kash and zloi_romantik are somewhere at the same level :)

As for Basyr’s throw — what can I say..
I already know this trait of his. The guy simply realizes what he should ideally do for normal development in the first week, but can’t do it (blocks, weak starting army, skewed resource distribution). The desire to overcome all difficulties is certainly commendable.. But: you must understand that capturing a secondary town on week one, killing a camp, building cavalry in the castle, etc. — that’s not the goal of the game. The goal is to win, and for that, you first need to know how to survive. Sometimes it makes sense to scrounge around off-road until reinforcements arrive, gather resources, run through stat-boosting structures, and so on. If you can’t leave your spawn without huge losses — look for alternative development paths. Heroes is far from a straightforward game to play by the book. Say, you can’t build cavalry, but you have necromancy and potential skeletons — the simplest example. :) In one of my games, I couldn’t build cavalry either, but a dungeon was temptingly visible on the horizon, and in the neighboring treasure zone I spotted 2 external dragon dwellings from the lookout — the development plan was immediately clear, forget the cavalry :)
And finally, a quote said to me by someone, because I confess, I’m guilty myself :smile39:
"Don’t try too hard! Try in moderation!"

GROUP C

05/19/2010 Zadira (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def shadow of the homeless (red, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) 2sm4d(3), 135

Thanks for the game


Roma, :) please, write my nickname correctly

Kash, there are 3 players in the group who don't respond and don't allow authorization
Dutin, Vladimir Serov, Wolt

please keep this in mind when you make changes, and give us at least one
obviously "alive" player, preferably a more aggressive one

in short, we need more of them :)

Group D, knock, ready to play.

I agree with Shadow, no one even authorizes!

It’s not that I couldn’t play with a bad hand, dear friends, but that I tried and it didn’t work out. I think everyone has experienced this, and I didn’t ask for a rematch because it’s a tournament, that’s all.

Added 2 minutes later
In Group B, it’s also quiet; there are no opponents in Hamachi, and no one is responding to authorization requests on Ace, and I would like to play the group soon. No one knows what will happen in real life next!

Kash, in the group, 3 comrades are not responding, and they are not giving authorization
Dutin, Vladimir Serov, Wolt

please keep this in mind when you make changes, give us at least one
definitely "active" person, preferably a more aggressive one

in short, we need more of them in the first place :)

Yes, Vladimir Serov and Wolt will be replaced first; you were a little unlucky with them, but that happens. I will definitely replace them the day after tomorrow. Try to play with the others in the meantime. Dutin had internet problems, but he should be back online soon.

The other groups seem to be in a slightly better situation. What else can I advise? Keep constantly checking on your opponents, and you will be rewarded. Initiative is definitely welcome in this case :)

Group C,
Wolt is replaced by YoshiDo.
He wants to start playing from today.
I am acting on the fact that Wolt disappeared without leaving an ICQ for communication, but leaving you without an opponent. Good luck.

Ready to replace any newcomers who may have gotten lost.

Added 59 minutes later
[/U]Albert@s (red, Stronghold, Gurni, Gurni) def KEKS (blue, Swamp, Vestan, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 2-2-7

Gurni (18-20-13-11) - Tazar (15-22-13-18)
111 - 4 heroes, I break through the entrance to the secondary area (50+ Hive Toads), 113 - secondary Tower, respawn assessment (mediocre - 1 Griffin Conservatory and Medusa hovel), but chests are visible, I decide to play... 114 I discover the absence of a wood mine... I'm idle and at 115 with no buildings, 116 a ruble at the Citadel, 117 Zander upgrade... (1235 at the Citadel), tough... 121 - clearing and leveling Gurni, in slot 3 Tactics, in slot 4 Earth, then Logistics... 127 running without cyclops from a castle with a Capitol. 131 on a dare without scouting a Naga Bank (3 Behemoths and 13 Zanders), turned out to be 20, barely scraped by with 11 Zanders (the Nagas had extreme morale), left without Behemoths... well... 30+ Orcs and 11 Zanders crush everything, Earth magic on expert, Slow is present. I go as a scout hero to clear the respawn, at 137 I miraculously spot and take an external dwelling of Behemoths (in the excitement I forgot to place a portal in the dungeon). Things are looking up, having +5 Behemoths per week. No opponent in sight, the Tavern shows some nonsense (various heroes with funny stats), I can't figure out who I'm playing against, which is very unsettling, either the guy has been playing Heroes for only 2 weeks or... 211 - 11 Behemoths and 3 Angels - I take a Dragon Utopia (4), Sentinel Shield, Dragonbone Hat, a bit of clearing at the 3rd respawn and ramp-up before the ГО (28 gold), I break through and find the swamp castle, take it, some things haven't been bought, unclear... I take a scout, see the last blue castle, run there, main hero not in sight, I think, seems it all turned out easy, even regretted playing so long... I take the last castle, see blue movement, go to him in the Dungeon, and then Pan-Tazar appears, just as leveled as mine... For the ENTIRE GAME he never revealed him!!! I check every turn out of habit! I won't describe the final battle, 16 Behemoths - upgraded with mass Haste decided everything, but the battle was very interesting! Finally, I'll say that our group seems to have turned out very strong, KEKS will definitely be in the top three, thank you for the game and good luck!!!

Write nicknames correctly

Albert@s(red, Stronghold, Gurni, Gurni) def KEKS(blue, Swamp, Veyestan, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 2-2-7

Gurni(18-20-13-11)-Tazar(15-22-13-18)

confirmed, it happened
in the tavern Tazar showed up immediately, so I started leveling him
on the second day, with scouting I opened almost my entire respawn and saw slow roads, but for some reason I didn't take the rest
saw 3 roads, one led to GO(golden dragons), one to the grass but with strong guards (20-49 air elementals or 50-99 gargoyles)
and the 3rd road was unclear where it led
I ended up going to the 3rd one, a mistake (got to 50-99 harpies, attacked - what remained were 30 lizards and 2 wyverns, then further blocked by 10-19 monks, guarding something I don't remember)
end of week 123456+Stronghold but barely
on the second week decided to go for another secondary (Rampart) took it and built a prefecture there
around turn 125, Gurnisson appeared on Rampart territory with thunderbirds, orcs and small fry, I quickly buy up, transfer troops to Tazar, sit in Rampart and wait
but Gurni turns around and runs back, only now I think I should have chased him, though if he had sat in the castle I don't know if I could have killed him or not
end of 2nd week 1234567+citadel
on the 3rd week I decide to check the closed part of my respawn
took a conservatory for 2 angels
found lizard dwellings and an exit to the treasury
end of week 1234567+Castle
4th week I clear the treasure zone, plenty of hives about 4-5 but almost all level 8, none max
I see a shield +4 to everything behind 50-99 psyche elementals, but I don't dare take it without magic
also slowly deliver wyverns for upgrade to the castle
opponent writes that he knows who my main is =) well it's true, I keep putting Tazar on "speed boost"
at the beginning of the second month I finally take the shield +4, in the tavern I see that Gurni is ahead in stats, meaning he found something good while I haven't found a single Dragon Utopia
on turn 221, after breaking through golden dragons, Gurni appears but goes the wrong way, not toward my castle =) hopefully the chain will work, I send Tazar back to the home castle, make a mistake in the chain - result: troops don't reach the home castle(((
next turn Gurni realizes he's going the wrong way and changes direction
I decide to withdraw Tazar to Rampart and check the underground on the grass
moved out whatever troops I could buy
opponent takes the castle the next turn (16!! monsters is impressive)
I go into the underground and.. finally found a Dragon Utopia, took it, got a sword +5 to everything and a helmet +12 -2, and 30000 gold
took another hive, meanwhile Gurni took my Rampart and I have 6 days left))
I'm on speed boost
and then of course the opponent makes a mistake
checks the underground, comes back up and.. gives all troops to a loser while he's on an angel
I think to myself, lucky break
I rush there with my entire army but darn, I was 2 hexes short((annoying
next turn Gurni attacks, he has expert haste and slow, I only have advanced haste and slow (if it had been expert) I could have fought back, but as it is MY CONGRATULATIONS and LAURELS TO THE WINNER
THANKS FOR THE GAME=)

Albert@s (blue, Rampart, Kairi, Gunnar) def magamet (red, Castle, Turis, ???) 2sm4d(3) 1-3-5, red surrendered...
Gunnar (9-6-5-3) - Turis (???)
After a series of restarts, they started... 111-4 heroes, and Gunnar becomes the "dad," with a stable at the castle. 1 week of clearing, hiding elves, and 123456 in the castle. 122 hiding units, I realize that on turn 3 I will attack with GO (many core nagas). 132 cons-mini, Gunnar is invited to advertise the latest "Ferrari" model... 135, I stand before GO - 15 units, 56 grand units, 1 angel, and pegasus units. The opponent writes that he has given up and surrenders. I attack with GO and go straight to his castle. Thank you for the game, good luck in the remaining games...

Albert@s (blue, Rampart, Kayri, Gunnar) def magamet (red, Castle, Turis, ???) 2sm4d(3) 1-3-5, red surrendered...

That happened before.

Guys!
I was just complaining to Albert about the nicknames. Until you both fix them, I won't count the game! I understand that MAG and magamet are the same for you. But the program that calculates the rating will correctly register two different people.
I really don't want to manually edit each of your reports, please write them correctly from the start.

The nickname in the header of the report must exactly match the nickname on the forum. The easiest way is to copy the nickname from the first page of the thread; they are accurate there.

Later, I will briefly summarize the week and make a couple of changes; I'm not at home right now, so it's difficult.