Posts from Team Tournament Reports (Spring 2010)

Satyre (red, Castle, Valeska, Stracker) def Hermit (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) mini-nostalgia, 225

Took 113 and started. Roads are average, not far from the passage to the swamp, stable, Valya and Fiona run there, since there are no other candidates for the main hero, 2 more scouts run along the roads. Broke through to the swamp, on 113 I cleared a dungeon, only eyes are placed there, I run along the road to the village. On 114 I spot a Dragon Utopia, a neutral Minotaur stack, I forget about the main, we'll build a dungeon :).

115 - I take the neutral stack, neither Valya nor Fiona picked up anything interesting, so I buy out Stracker and take him as the main hero, because I see the pendant +5 and my opponent is a Necromancer. On 117 I play dumb and go with Stracker into a crypt with 10 skeletons and an Imp, barely managed to escape. In the dungeon, Minotaurs in a fort with a portal, at home Swordsmen in a fort. Traded almost all resources to buy back Stracker :(.

121 - a lot of free gold is found and I buy 16 Minotaurs. Scouted a part of the opponent's treasure zone, there are 2 Dragon Utopias compactly placed there.

But nothing to fight with, I picked up the pendant, Stracker learned Earth Magic, and transferred the army to Verdish, who broke through to the grass, at the fork I mixed up the direction and ran towards the treasure. Stracker is bought out at home and runs to the Necromancer. Verdish returns the army, meanwhile taking a max Dwarf Cottage, Stracker attacks the opponent's main hero, but again I mix up the direction, I approach the dungeon village :mad:. Then I continue stupid running back and forth, 2 tiles short of entering an empty Necropolis. I built Citadels at home and in the dungeon.

131 - the opponent's turn. The enemy broke a link in the chain and I can't return the army to take a Rampart, so I buy 6 Minotaurs, 13 Marksmen and 30+ Pikemen and attack the opponent in a fort with zero-level Edric, left 3 stumps :smile20:. At least the Necro set a reinforcement, good.

The opponent attacks the guard of a Dragon Utopia and a Pandora's Box for 15 experience, they gave Wisdom and Tactics, the Utopia is tier 3, nothing to take it with yet. Then messing around in that treasure zone, found another Dragon Utopia and another Dragon Utopia near the Necropolis, took a shield +3/+3, 2 Dragon Fly Hives with 12 Wyverns. On 136 I go into that tier 3 with 200 skeletons (where haven't they been trashed), 20 Minotaurs and 12 Wyverns + a modest growth. Came out with 50 skeletons and 13 Minotaurs, they gave a sword +6, wings and a 5th level hat, very good. By the end of the week I took another mini Dragon Fly Hive with Imps, a pendant against Lightning, I'm on guard near the second Dragon Utopia.

141 I take it, also tier 3, they trashed me decently, boots +2 and a Tome of Air Magic. I break into the Necropolis, visited the stable, in the artifact shop bought gloves, now I have at least some speed, before that I was crawling like a turtle. Took a little gold (tea kettle and shackles), stupidly colored a neutral Zombie stack. The army left is 150 skeletons, 23 Minotaurs, 20 Crusaders and 4 Wyverns on 143, trouble.

I fight in the dungeon, I don't touch any Dragon Utopias anymore, I run into the treasure zone. Here it should be noted that the roads, though average, are extremely long, from the dungeon to the village (also a dungeon by the way) it's 4 days of travel on a Grade Harpy + stables, and so in most directions. Along the way I picked up a decent number of skeletons, +5 Angels, a Dragon Fly Hive, in the shop I bought a Vampire's Cloak and collected another one, I bought out Tamika. I clear the treasure zone with 2 heroes, took another Dragon Utopia, many artifacts, all boxes for experience. And then the last one gives me the entire 4th level :smile23:

After that, it's just steamrolling for fun, I took the Dragon Utopia near the dungeon, next to it a Monk gave Verdish Town Portal (I could have gotten it on the second one too :smile29:, good thing she has Advanced Earth Magic :)), I took that damn Rampart. Around here Tazar captures my castle, but it's empty as a drum, I only put up 4th level stables, the Citadel remained :D . He sat there for a bit, realized I wasn't going to take it back and ran off to do his business. Near the Rampart, a Dragon Utopia with a flask +2 to HP and boots, in the Rampart's treasure zone (the village is also a dungeon) Tamika and Stracker kill 200-300 skeletons per turn, lots of Dragon Fly Hives, too lazy to pick up artifacts anymore. At 6 minutes per turn I'm clicking like a StarCraft player, but I still skip turns due to lack of time.

On 225 Tazar finally runs to those Dragon Utopias that I spotted long ago, takes 1 and stays overnight within striking range. I could have also taken 3-4 Dragon Fly Hives, a Dragon Utopia, several Imp Hives, colored 3 neutral Minotaur stacks, set up portals in all the villages, theoretically +40 Minotaurs next week, but I already have tons of troops, and time was running out. Town Portal to the dungeon, put on the Shackles and attack: I get a 3k+ Implosion, but I'd need about 5 of those just for the skeletons alone, so no chance.
Thanks for the game!

Satyr (red, Castle, Valeska, Straker) def Hermit (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) Jebus Cross in square, 235

I'll write a detailed description later, thanks for the game!

We played on Mini-Nostalgia. The map generated very rich. It would have been fine, Straker attacked, I killed almost 500 skeletons with an implosion, and if it weren't for the shackles, I'd have had a chance, but as it is, of course, almost 2500 skeletons with +3 speed and 61 wyverns — even an implosion with sorcery=43 didn't help...

Thanks for the game.

P. S. And why did I decide to take a Pandora's Box after the Dragon Utopia? I was going to sportal into the village and power up... :(

Regarding the case of Keba-Breetvotchka, the AK has made the following decision.

There is no evidence of cheating in Keba's actions.

Breaking vs Homini
Round 6 Kebazavr (Red, Tower, Nella, Kirr) def bRitvo4kA (Blue, Stronghold, Gurni, Gurni) 2sm4d(3) 145

It happened. Thanks for the game.

6th turn "Roasting" - "WITCHES"

scorp (red, Tawet, Aina, Solmir) def AYMAN (blue, Castle, Valeska, Mephala) 2cm4d(3), 137

114 - scouting from the native spawn revealed the plan for the game: a 5th-level town in the treasure and part of the blue spawn, with a previously captured barbarian secondary town.
116 - finally found a mana fountain for Solmir (0055).
117 - 1000 gold and 1-3 creatures in the fort, bears in the secondary town, and two reserves.
121 - fountain break-in in the reserve without ultimate units, 2-4, turned out to be 3 angels with the help of 2 chain lightning spells - 33 griffons from 150, buying back in the native town and for the 5th-level artifact)), along the way +5 spell for looting.
123 - the generator messed up, and I overused mana/only 17 left - 20 is needed for lightning, guarding the town, looting, ultimate liches, in the army: 3 bears and 9 ultimate birds, 90 ultimate gremlins, spell 12/ - therefore, 3 days on the road to get 20 mana! Along the way, I cleared a portal from both sides into another treasure.
126 - liches under 50 have to be spent on lightning, but it could have been spent on DD, break-in, and to the fountain.
127 - finishing off the 3rd reserve with an explosion, again a fountain.
131 - stable, scout repels +5 town, Solmir at the fountain.
132 - 300 mana, towns: 5th level and +5 knowledge to the scout - 100+ mana /for the 3-4 reserve with ultimate units/, and Solmir broke into the native town and flew to the opponent on an ultimate gargoyle.
133 - 3 more angels were taken, army and artifacts were transferred, Solmir 2 2 12 (300): 6 angels, 5 bears, 12 ultimate birds, and 30 ultimate goblins - the rest cannot be bought, I'm taking the red stoic.
135 - the last castle.
and 137 - FB at Mephala (10 11 3 5: 5 angels, 4 champions, 29 grand archers, 31 marksmen, 36 pikemen) no magic limit and no chance against magic.

Thank you for the game

Round 6 of the "Zharym" tournament - "WITCHES" scorp (red, Tawet, Aina, Solmir) def AYMAN (blue, Castle, Valeska, Mephala) 2cm4d(3), 137 Yes, that happened! During the first week, I struggled with money on 4 heroes. I set up a large trade route with horses in the Citadel, and I hoarded bows, swords, and pikes in Mephala's dwellings. In the second half of the week, I also played with 4 heroes, then I gradually improved my position, took a second Rampart, and hoarded elves. I bought a level 2 Consul at 125. I placed elves and wood in the Citadel, built dwellings for the Castle (later I realized it was a mistake)), and built two more Consuls for scouting. In the third week, I approached the Consuls, but Mikhail suddenly appeared like a bolt from the blue and took my capital, which had 4 horses and 40+ marks, 20+ swords, and so on. It was unpleasant. As a result, I tried to fight on, took two Consuls 2+1, and retreated to the Treasury. There, I got a +3 shield for attack and defense, and I managed to take two Pandoras, barely, as Solmir was already hot on my heels with a Death Dragon. In the end, I couldn't do anything in the Final Battle. Thanks, Mikhail, for the game!

Note.
Everything mentioned above has been taken into account.

Round 8, Knights of the Apocalypse - Fried Food Eaters, 1-0 SEM_56 (red, Stronghold, Kreg, Kreg) def. Palach (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) jebuss cross 131 Took all the rests, the distribution seemed good. There are birds and monsters on the first map, 1-7 in the castle without cyclops, Kreg level 10 with earth magic and tactics. On the second map, some small maneuvers. On turn 126, I deal 90 damage to wizards for the library and gladius, on turn 127, I take the secondary town, on turn 131, I deal 44 damage to a unicorn, in the Pandora map, I get 15 core minotaurs, I take the hive and settle in the secondary town to replenish mana and then take Utopia and go to the opponent. But he attacks himself and dies a brave death, thanks for the game!!!

Round 8, Knights of the Apocalypse vs. Fried Food Eaters, 1-0
SEM_56 (red, Stronghold, Kreg, Kreg) def. Palach (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) on Jebuss cross map, 131
There were no traps at all; I just managed to get 90 cats into the center, and then my opponent... dealt a bad hand...
Confirmed! Thanks for the game.

DOUBLEKILL!!!
"3 медведя" vs "Nebuchadnezzar"
FireToSky (blue, Jungle, Tazar) def XL' (red, Castle, Valeska, Neela), Jebus Cross, 136, SoD, slow roads
111 - 5 heroes, among them Mr. Vistan and Kyrre. 32 lizards, they are also built, so hydras should be placed in the castle. Tazar has a true artifact - shield +2. I get a morale/luck ring.
112 - Vistan takes the Dwarf Cottage at 15, Taz gets a log and camps at the arena, next to it another one - w00t!
114 - I take 3 skeleton piles, with 2 of them being max, sacrificing Gorgons and some lizards with throwaways. Taz is already 2-12 + picked up Earth. 17k gold
115 - Vistan takes an external dwelling of hydras, they are also being built in the capital.
116 - I break through Tarzan towards another direction to the Dragon Fly Hive and the Griffin Conservatory
117 - Dragon Fly Hive is mini, Griffin Conservatory is mini. Hydras in the castle
121 - Kyrre with week 1 power runs to the village, Taz with some meat and 2 hydras on a speed build camps at the Dragon Fly Hive, connecting Vistan to another Dragon Fly Hive through 6 heroes
122 - Taz on a speed build is almost level 9 in front of a Naga Bank and a Library
123 - Taz is 6-16-6-8 with expert Logistics, Armorer, Earth, and basic Archery camps at home. Kyrre grabs a Pandora's Box for 5k experience and on a speed build is a couple tiles from the village
125 - I get Slow from Aina, hit a Guarded Treasure of 28 Giants and 7 Titans. 69 lizards, 25 Wyverns, 1 Angel, 6 hydras and Gnolls. They took down 6 Wyverns, I lost a hydra and some Gnolls
126-127 - two dwellings of Devils
Spent the entire next week clearing the center, only found the Dragon Utopia at the end of the week. 21-27-17-20 on Taz, 59 Wyverns, 6 Devils, 9 hydras, 77 lizards with Golden Bow... 4 external dwellings of Devils
At 137, the enemy Neela arrives with stats half the size of mine (only just broke into the center) and, without attacking, writes gg!
Thanks for the game!

"3 медведя" vs "Homo Homini"
FireToSky (red, Flux, Moner, Tiraxor) def bRitvo4kA (blue, Jungle, Vistan, Vistan), 2sm4d(3), 131 - FULL WT
Banned Gurney and off we go :) We took the rest on SoD, as per usual, Andrey decided, to save time, to play on WT with SoD settings. I didn't let him abuse WT like that))) and we went at it properly with Moner, experience, and other stuff :)
111 - 6 heroes. Minus 3 skeleton piles, a Griffin Conservatory scouted 3-4
112 - external dwelling of Earth Elementals
113 - With the 8th hero I couldn't help but take Pyre with Ballista. Pasic picks up the Ballista, breaks through to the grass and runs further on 8 Earth Elementals with Ballista towards a Castle seen from the scout's view
114 - Pasic and Pyre are still running. Moner breaks through to the subway, there's a block of lots of Grand Elves, can only attack on the next turn
115 - With the Psychos I break through the Grand Elves, scout another Griffin Conservatory, a Dragon Utopia + 2 on my own respawn, take a secondary Inferno and camp there.
116 - Moner is messing around, fighting for experience, takes an external dwelling of Gog and looks for a way to get level 7. Pyre with expert Logistics takes the Castle, stable is right next to it.
117 - Moner barely got level 7. At home, birds in the Citadel, in Inferno 1-5. In the Castle 1000
121 - With a throwaway through the chain I hit a prison under 50 gold (Moner was blocked from the other side) - I sacrifice 3 Psychos, a bird, and 13 air elementals :stenka: But out of it comes Tiraxor level 10 with expert Tactics, Offense, Logistics, and basic Wisdom. He goes straight into folders and camps at the Griffin Conservatory 1.
122 - I hit a lot of Monks near the prison with Tiraxor, start slowly demonizing, into the prison goes Mr. Gunnar level 10, along with Tiraxor I send them through the Library on my respawn.
123 - The throwaway in the Refugee Camp gets a TITAN! Tirax on a speed build in front of the Griffin Conservatory, Gunnar on a speed build in front of the prison and a ring +1 health. Moner on air elementals sits at the Medusa dwelling and the passage to the secondary (Horde of Orcs), which he couldn't take on week 1.
124 - everything planned is done. Tiraxor with 3 Knowledge camps in the capital, recovers mana. Moner took the secondary Rampart, there he hired Neela, she took an external dwelling of Centaurs.
125 - Tiraxor on a speed build towards a Dragon Utopia in Inferno lands, because there's a passage to the treasure zone. Pyre broke through in the Castle, bought meat and ran to take a shield behind a lot of Archmagi. Moner took external dwellings of Dendroids and Pegasi. Fyur went to finish off Gogs and Rampart meat.
126 - Killed all the meat, got 72 demons. At the level 2 Dragon Utopia I sacrificed 12 water elementals and 1 demon, got Books of Air and Fire, went to the treasure zone, took a Pandora's Box with all air elementals
127 - Behind the Azure I took a sword +5 all at the cost of a ballista :) Dragon Fly Hive is mini, Library, a box for 15k gold. At home Castle, Artifact Merchants (various junk). In Inferno + Castle and a thousand. In the Castle swords, in Rampart Pegasi. Still 30k gold in reserve
131 - Another level 2 Dragon Utopia. Gave a Book of Air and junk, level 1 Griffin Conservatory. Town Portal without Fire to the castle, I camp there, meanwhile I buy up all the meat clean and in a turn or two I plan to break the Dragon Utopia on the respawn, demonize all the meat and break through a Guarded Treasure of a Horde of Grand Wyverns and GG, but on his turn the opponent decided not to drag it out and killed himself on a max Dragon Utopia.
Thanks for the game!
P.S. In single player I finished a couple more turns - only got 160 demons in total

"3 медведя" vs "Homo Homini"
FireToSky (red, Conflux, Moner, Tiraxor) def bRitvo4kA (blue, swamp, Vistan, Vistan), 2sm4d(3), 131, WT

A large respawn with scattered dwarf towns and one road to the secondary. I painted the barb-secondary, ate the hive, the mini-conflux, and headed off-road into the underground, but there the Inferno was already taken by the opponent. I fight my way through and scour the treasure zone. Among the valuables are a bag of gold, a prison with a level 5 hero, and a gold mine. I return to the surface and, without pathfinding, head toward the snowy treasure zone, where with new growth I take the sentinel's shield and enter the Dragon Utopia - it turned out to be a max-level one, ГГ.
Thanks for the game!

DOUBLE KILL!!!
"3 bears" vs "Nebuchadnezzar"
FireToSky (blue, Jungle, Tazar) def XL' (red, Castle, Valeska, Neela), Jebus Cross, 136, SoD, slow maps
Thanks for the game!

That was a good game. Thanks for playing.

6th Round "Zharym" - "WITCHES"

Piterius (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def RomarioGrom (red, Castle, Valeska, Gundula), WT without experience and tax, 2sm4d(3), 132

We took rest 111, I was dealt a double, money was scarce, but I decided to play. I ran to my native zone on 113, there was a guild there. On each respawn there was an external dwelling of lizardmen, I flagged both of them. There are two passes to the treasure zone - to the dirt and snow. I cleared both respawns fairly quickly, on 116 a medusa dwelling gave a foursome - at least some money, on 117 a scout hero took a Dragon Fly Hive for 6 Dragon Flies and the army went to break through to another swamp respawn off-road. At home 1-4, 6 in the citadel, I set up Wyverns and Dragon Flies in the secondary hero.
On the second day I beat a shield +6 for a pack of Air Elementals and went to the treasure zone on the dirt, meanwhile the scouts took the Fortress from red, there was an appetizing Pandora's Box behind a pack of Naga Queens, so having found nothing worthwhile in the treasure zone (only 1 tree for 8 Dragon Flies and fierce guards), I broke through and headed towards the opponent. In the Pandora's box there was 10k gold, very timely! I set up Wyverns in the third Fortress, I took a Cape of Speed +2 behind a pack of Ghosts at the swamp exit. On day 131 Tazar with buyback and trade of everything I could afford was already at red's respawn, where a Castle was built and a purse inside, I don't dare attack - I see 2 Griffin Conservatories, I suspect they haven't been taken. I send my main hero to one and a scout hero to the other. On the transition the army rides out, is passed to Gundula, she takes the trash and attacks.
Tazar 6-16-3-(30) 27 Dragon Flies, 15 Basilisks, 124 Lizardmen, 1+1+1+1 Dragon Flies
Gundula 11-5-5-(10) 3 Angels, 9 Champions, 15 Swordsmen, 60 Marksmen, 17+1+1 White Griffins.
In the battle I made a decent mistake, I thought I would win easily, I charged in with Dragon Flies on the attack, and red got so many morale procs that it got scary. But the Lizardmen under Bless decided the fight, Gundula fled, leaving me with 90 Lizardmen and 2 Basilisks and a Dragon Fly. The next day I kill Gundula in the castle.

Thanks for the game!

6 Round "Zharym" - "WITCHES"

Piterius (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def RomarioGrom (red, Castle, Valeska, Gundula), WT without experience and tax, 2sm4d(3), 132

that's how it was... didn't take a rest because of 2 cans seeing the respawn was poor and regretted it, took the Swamp and on 114 the market was working full steam, pegasuses blocked the road tried to go around them and ended up in a dead end:( the horses in the citadel barely became 2nd breaking through the pegasuses got a bit of momentum taking a crypt, secondary Inferno (where the medusa dwelling is) and a Naga(2) found external dwellings of marksmen and griffins, left the troglodyte cans for the 3rd since there was no money to buy them out, decided to break through with Gundula also onto the grass in search of cash when out of the dark a scout popped up took the Swamp and headed for the capital which is 2 turns from the Swamp:eek: , managed to bring Gundula back home by 127 131 trade and buyout, sent Gundula under the consul the mana farmer at home (Taz already under the walls but doesn't attack) 132 take the consul(3) couldn't return the mana farmer to the castle had to attack Taz...

Thanks for the game and the experience!!!

13th round
"Knights of the Apocalypse" - "Lomat"

28.05.2010 Markon (Blue, Stronghold, Jabarkas, Jabarkas) def Gomunguls (Red, Tower, Aen, Solmyr) 2sm4d(3),1.2.4

The first draw was bad, so I took a restart... there was one left, but I didn't take it, because a Tiraxer showed up and there was a Griffin Conservatory within a turn's march from town... the generator won, because I couldn't put up any opposition against an opponent who had 2 secondary heroes, one of which was native, an external dwelling of birds next to town, Boots of Speed, a Stable, and the Excaliber (which was given right away), Sword +4, 2 max Dragon Fly Hives, the opponent placed a Castle, Cloak of +2 to Attack and Knowledge, several Gremlin hovels, a Dragon Utopia, and other external dwellings and artifacts... on my respawn there were only a couple of Griffin Conservatories, an external dwelling of Giants, and a Vial of Life, +2 external dwellings of Gremlins... I was catastrophically short on gold and had nowhere to get it... I barely managed to buy troops to take the Griffin Conservatory near town, but as soon as I tried to get to another, more distant one, the opponent had already broken through, grabbed it, and ran back... there were 20+ Wyverns showing there... later it turned out the Griffin Conservatory was for 2 Angels, and the opponent had another 20+ Thunderbirds + the rest of the army... and that's where it ended!