Posts from Reports on online games and their confirmations (Summer 2010 season).

Loi (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def Sem_56 (red, Fortress, Vystan) 125

I can't seem to come up with a more acceptable matchup, I guess I've had enough battles...
Thanks for your time and good luck...

16.06.2010, Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Rampart, Kyrr, Kyrr) def AYMAN (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 127

That was a game.

Seems it wasn't a bad start, but unfortunately Red's horde was guarded by 20-49 cyclops who were also guarding a Pandora's Box, and the Griffin Conservatory was, as luck would have it, Trog (couldn't check it due to the wild crisis). As a result, I spent the whole week shuffling with three heroes, only allowing myself a fourth at the very end. At home, I barely managed to place 1-6 in the citadel, the secondary hero was Nerokian, with a market and 1000 gold there.

On the second week, I took two dwarf dwellings of 15 each and had no more money. I wanted to surrender, but the horde in the Griffin Conservatory and the Pandora's Box behind the minotaurs gave me a bit of hope. Just then, Slow appeared in the Necro secondary. But unfortunately, Pasha successfully attacked me, something I was clearly not prepared for. My last attempts to survive (since I had no chain from my home) involved escaping into the treasure zone, where I shook down three trees, got 13 Vivi in the end, and surrendered. Kyrr would have taken my capital the next day, and I had no idea how to defend it.

Thanks for the game, Pasha!!!!!

Thanks for the game, Ivanhoj

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16.06.10 Efan (Blue Dungeon Shakt, Shakt) def Ivanhoj (red Fortress Vistan, Tazar) 2sm4d (3) 221
In the second week, I captured a secondary base - I built a Castle and a Manticore there, and in the third week, I captured another one - an Inferno, and built dragons. I went on an offensive into the territory with artifacts. I leveled up to level 20, acquired the artifacts, a shield +3 defense, attack, a breastplate +10 -2, and a book of air magic. I upgraded the dragons. Having 7 of them, I attacked the enemy, broke through the bears, and killed the hero with his army. The opponent surrendered.

Thanks for the game, Ivanhoj

16.06.10 Efan (Blue Dungeon Shakti, Shakti) def Ivanhoj (red Fortress Wystan, Tazar) 2sm4d (3) 221

It happened. I got caught off guard. Tazar was standing at the starting zone with one dragonfly. Shakti came, but the scout hero had all the army.
Thanks for the game!

17.06.2010 OUTLAW(red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def mals(blue, Castle, Valeska, Luna), 8mm6(a), 1-2-7
On the first, I spammed a ton of meteors and teleports, but still never found my opponent..:mad: (a noticeable drawback of (a)). But I did find the path to a revealed treasure zone on rocks, where 2 Dragon Utopias were a sight for sore eyes. The 3rd Dragon Utopia was behind a guard tent :mad: . Revealed: 2 Griffin Conservatories, 2 beehives, a sword +6 and a shield +5. At home, 1-4,6 with a citadel. Tazar with Earth magic. On the second, a couple of Dwarf Cottages, a Griffin Conservatory(2), a Dungeon village. Towards the end of the week, an enemy scout appeared behind a beehive block. Taz at 127 halfway to the sword +6, further plans were to grab +1 all, 2 Griffin Conservatories, 2-3 beehives and a shield +5, and break into the revealed Dragon Utopias. But the opponent didn't let me carry out my plans, surrendering somewhere on the 2nd try......
Thank you for the game!!

18.06.2010, Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Castle, Valeska, Tamika) def AYMAN (Blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 145

On the first week - Tower external dwelling and Dungeon via off-road (the Guard didn't allow it on the road and Block for Art). Horses in Stronghold. Art +5 to Necromancy.

On the second week - broke through to 19 Champs for the Angel external dwelling; however, the Feathered ones weren't easy, as they lost morale in the 1st round and ruined 29 Archers; didn't use Bones, fearing Anti-morale on the Archers. Finished off with the remaining 5 Swordsmen and 5 Champs after the Champs. Took Naga-Bank for 3 Nagas, set up a Summoning Portal, scouted the Metro entrance from the home resp a bit, there is a lucky Teleport near the road at the Dungeon external dwelling. As luck would have it, no Slow in the 3 Castles. Never got around to the 2 Griffin Conservatory on the Tower external dwelling.

On the third week - Griffin Conservatory for 3 at the Dungeon external dwelling, Art +10% to Necromancy, entered via Teleport from the external dwelling into a Grass Treasury; there I took a Griffin Conservatory for 3, Pandora's box with 60 Pikes, Champ external dwelling, +2 Speed, Speed Boots, Dragon Utopia-3 (Helmet for All, Breastplate +4+4, Red Ball), crashed into an external dwelling, sped up before ГО. Attacking ГО, I enter Ayman's Empty Castle; after checking the Air, I decide to catch him in the Underground Treasury. I give chase.

On the fourth week - I realize that I won't catch up, as Shields have already appeared above, meaning the entrance to the Treasury was still from the Surface external dwelling. I take a Horse there, crash into my own home town, then into Ayman's Main; with Luck I take Tazar's last Castle, decide to ambush Tazar in his Main and, if necessary, move the army via chain. Tazar flies out, DD and stands in the kill zone. Tamika with 14 Angels, 13 Champs, under 700+ Skeletons, 20+ Gr. Flies, 6 Gr. Bulls attacks Tazar with 6 Angels, 37 Vivas, 100+ Gr. Lizards, 19 Gr. Bulls, 11 Simple Bulls, 30 Simple Flies, 10+ Simple Lizards. MassHaste, +2 Speed and 2 strike squads decided it.

Thanks Ayman for an interesting game!!!

18.06.2010. OUTLAW(red,Necropolis,Galtran,Galtran) def Efan(blue,Dungeon,Shakti,Shakti), 2SM4d(3), 1-3-5
After 3 resets we play…. The spawn was indecently good!!!!! The roads are the slowest – just perfect for cheesing it up…. :D
On the first day, 7 heroes were already running. My home respawn occupied 1/4 of the surface area. The only secondary zone was in the snow. Painted the external vamp dwelling; found external horse and dragon dwellings at the edge of the respawn. At home, I built horses in the Citadel. Lots of money buildings, 4 nagabanks, 2 of which are next to the capital, 2 Griffin Conservatories and plenty of everything else. I even felt a bit ashamed to play on such a chocolate map :o
On the second day, a sequential cutting of bones through a bunch of objects. Twirled the chains a bit, painting Tower and several objects. Took the Griffin Conservatories (1+3), painted the external horse and dragon dwellings. On 127 Gohan (lvl 13), having amassed 500+ bones, prepares to break for home, where I built dragons with the Castle and constructed 3 GM’s hoping to raise the dead, but no such luck :mad: . On 131, breaking for home, I take 2 nagabanks (3+6) and boost in the capital, preparing to head to the opponent via the metro to his adjacent zone. Going through ГО was unpleasant – a stack of titans, and no mass magic at all…. On 133, I paint the adjacent Dungeon zone, but I was one step short of boosting in it. On 134, I double the mana there and stay overnight right next to the metro to the blue’s respawn. 135 – transporting the rest of the cheesey army and I emerge onto the opponent’s respawn, where I attack a Miner on 2 angels; he buys back on Tactics, I immediately attack a scout with some cheesey army, he also runs. On his turn, the Miner capitulates….
4 angels, 6 dragons, 14 griffin consorts, 32 vamps, 13 liches and 800+ bones with the Ballistics skill and support from level 1-3 magic commanded respect :smile08:
Thanks for the game!!

06/17/2010 OUTLAW (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def mals (blue, Castle, Waleska, Luna), 8m6(a), 1-2-7

Confirmed, I miscalculated my strength in the nagabank.

18.06.2010. OUTLAW (red, Necropolis, Galthran, Galthran) def Efan (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2SM4d(3), 1-3-5
After 3 restarts we play.... The deal was unbelievably good!!!!! The roads are the slowest - just perfect for cheesing....:D
By day 1, 7 heroes were already running. The native spawn took up 1/4 of the land surface. The only secondary was in the snow. Painted the vampire dwelling, found horse and dragon external dwellings at the edge of the spawn. At home, I built horses in the citadel. Plenty of money buildings, 4 nagabanks, 2 of which are next to the capital, 2 Griffin Conservatories and a ton of other stuff. I even felt a bit ashamed to play on such a chocolate setup :o
On day 2, sequential bone carving through a bunch of objects. Twisted some chains a bit, painting Tower and several objects. Took the Griffin Conservatories (1+3), painted the horse and dragon external dwellings. On 127, Gosh (level 13), having racked up 500+ bones, gets ready to break back home, where I built dragons with the castle and constructed 3GM hoping for Raise Dead, but no luck :mad:. On 131, breaking back home, I take 2 nagabanks (3+6) and boost up in the capital, preparing to head to the opponent via the subway to his adjacent zone. Going through the GO was unpleasant - a stack of titans, and no mass magic at all.... On 133, I paint the adjacent Dungeon zone, just one step short of boosting there. On 134, I double the mana there and spend the night right next to the subway to the blue spawn. 135 - delivering the remaining cheesing forces and I emerge onto the opponent's spawn, where I attack the Miner on 2 angels; he buys himself out using Tactics; I immediately attack a scout with some cheesing force; he also flees. On his turn, the Miner capitulates....
4 angels, 6 dragons, 14 Griffin Conservatory horses, 32 vampires, 13 liches, and 800+ bones with the Ballistics skill and support from level 1-3 magic commanded respect :smile08:
Thank you for the game!!

Everything is correct, that's exactly how it happened, I confirm.

06/18/10 ARED777 (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def. P.Alexei (red, Rampart, Kairie, Kairie) 2SM4d(3) 127

Thank you for the game!

Loi(red,confl,Tunara,Sandro) def Shamys(blue,necr,Galtran,Tant) 2sm5d(3)144
In the first game, Loi took an early lead by securing a Fortress, followed by a delicious and exciting chase after the Necromancer and treasure. In the second game, the blue side won.
Thanks for the game, and I had more skeletons left over :)

Loi(red,confl,Tunara,Sandro) def Shamys(blue,necr,Galtran,Tant) 2sm5d(3)144
In the first one, birds were in the fort, then some tasty resource eating and an exciting chase after the necro through treasure zones. In the second treasure zone, the blues gave up the victory.
Thanks for the game, and I ended up with more skeletons :)

Took all the rests, as a result, it started like this: 1 path led to a block, the other 2 into the snow off-road.... zero prospects! at the end I found 2 Dragon Utopia and a shield +4*4, but the lack of mana led to heavy losses and I decided not to waste time...

Thanks for the game!

18.06.10 ARED777 (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def P.Alexei (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 2SM4d(3) 127

Confirmed. During the entire respawn, there were no Dwarf Cottages, no Imp Cottages, nothing to get money from.
Thanks for the game.

Readme (Red, Inferno, Nimus, Nimus) def RiMpeL2 (Blue, Stronghold, Gurni, Gurni),2sm4d(3),133.

Average roads.

After long and exhausting resets with unreal spawns, the generator played a cruel joke on me one last time.
I spawned in the metro, zero gold, nowhere to be found, max-level Medusa spawns standing around, a few piles and chests scattered here and there that had to be cleared with chains. The ore pit is blocked by a horde of mages guarding a diplomacy flag. A nightmare, in short.

Week 1.
Nimus showed up with three stacks; Kalk is visible in the tavern with three stacks too. 33 Gogs are being gathered on 111. I have to scrounge for ore at a small underground respawn with immense effort and fight to get Imps, so I can break through to the surface with them. ГО on rough terrain at the gates from the metro, also two other exits, behind a horde of Air Elementals and a horde of Energy Elementals. I barely managed to gather some gold and ore, broke through the Air Elementals, and surfaced... there was snow, and on the other side of the gate stood a pack of Arch Mages. After estimating approximate losses, I decided not to attack. I went back to the other exit, past the horde of Energy Elementals. I also took an external dwelling of Imps and Gogs; the latter gathered to 41 units.
On 116 I decided to finally clear the external dwelling of Pit Lords behind the horde of Magogs, and broke through the Energy Elementals with minimal losses. Behind the dwelling I see 3 piles of gold and a campfire, guarded by a horde of upgraded Centaurs. The exit from the metro after the Energy Elementals was guarded by a horde of upgraded Fairies.
In the end, the first week turned out to be 12456 in the Stronghold, somehow... by the way, the surface after the Energy Elementals and Fairies was grassy, and I could see gold, gardens, and mills.

Week 2.
I go straight along the path, clear chests in the corners, see the first Crypt and external dwellings of Conflux... bad luck with secondary skills now. Still not enough gold, only 5 heroes. I upgrade the Pit Lords. Opened a minimal Crypt and scouted the Medusa spawn (4).
I see how to get to the opponent's respawn, past a horde of Wights and Gargoyles... my chain passes right nearby, and I fear that something might jump out...
The situation is dire, to put it mildly: Nimus stats 6-6-1-2, nothing anywhere, army: 5 Efreeti, 13 Pit Lords, and 38 Demons. Not a single Griffin Conservatory, no artifacts, absolutely nothing anywhere... well, I cleared an artifact for +morale (later, it helped a lot). The exit to the Treasury was past 5-9 Diamonds in my respawn, but I decided to go to the opponent anyway.
There was only 1 Dragon Fly Hive, in the back of the respawn, behind a pack of upgraded Cats... but I decided to hurry to the opponent.

Week 3.
I trade at the market, buy up, approach the block on his respawn.
And then Gurni runs by not far away and stops for the night on some bags of gold, and I happen to be right there. This is my lucky break!!!
I break through both blocks (wrote which ones above), kill the Imps and Gogs on the Goats, and I gather exactly 50 Demons, 21 Pit Lords, and 8 Efreeti, and I reach the unlucky Gurni... I engage in battle, his attack is already 15. Two bags of gold against mine, if you can call it that, my "treasury"... he retreats. On 133 I besiege Oleg's castle, Gurni was there, 2 bags of gold, and Goblins split into singles blocking access to the bags, the castle was also built, and Gurni had 50 mana, a spell dealing 100 damage, costing about 5-6 mana I think... and I don't even have a spell book!!! I didn't have enough time to buy one, and resources were a disaster, and money too... nightmare. I split the Efreeti into 4 stacks of 2, carefully destroyed the singles, morale kicked in, I used the Efreeti to pin the bags of gold and damaged them a bit, after which all the Efreeti died. Oleg methodically shot them with towers, and blasted the Pit Lords and Demons with the spell. Then, the catapult finally breached the wall, and I charged for an assault. The bags of gold were delayed, and morale kicked in for the remaining 37 Demons, and they turned the poor, dusty potato sacks into dust in one hit.
Many thanks to Oleg for an interesting and tense game!!!!
Thanks to Dirty_Player for help in mastering Inferno :)
And also thanks to the viewers - GoD, Imb, Valenok, for your attention!

It's a shame that Oleg also got a crappy respawn, no money at all and nowhere to get it... buying armies was practically impossible. In his (Castle) respawn's secondary, there were a couple of Dragon Fly Hives and a Throne Griffin Conservatory, but there was no way to take those when you can't even afford to buy troops... it happens.

Readme (Red,Inferno,Nymus,Nymus) def RiMpeL2 (Blue,Stronghold,Gurni,Gurni),2sm4d(3),133.

Confirmed!
On the first map I somehow placed the bears in the Citadel, and then I had no money at all :smile32: On the second week I entered the treasure zone and got wiped out by 100+ griffins. My opponent gave auto. I killed those chickens anyway and... an empty Pandora's Box :mad: I found a throne griffin conservatory, but the army only had 2 bears, and there was nowhere to get money. In the end, I was caught on the bears. I didn't have enough to surrender, so I had to run. I bought 2 more bears and holed up in the castle. Gg :)

Thanks for the game!