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

25.08.2010 TERI (blue, Conflux, random, Deys) def Dj Niki del Buddo (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar) jebuss cross 147

After the restarts, I got a decent roll: hero Brissa with fairies, air elementals, water elementals, and Tunar with the same troops, plus air elementals were already built. Then I uncovered Deys and decided to play him. On week 1, day 1-2, I scouted and saw 2 Dragon Utopias, so I decided not to take the last restart :). On week 1, day 2-6, I captured the funeral pyre. I couldn't do it earlier because I ran in the wrong direction :). On week 1, day 3-3, I took one Dragon Utopia, and on week 1, day 3-4, the second one. I attacked the creatures with 1 gargoyle to buy the main hero in the castle and to have him learn Town Portal. In one of the Dragon Utopias, I got Angel Wings. I returned to the creatures, killed them, and headed to the desert. Good thing I learned Pathfinding – I moved without a penalty. I captured the Cape of Speed. The Ring of Speed was given in the first Dragon Utopia, and the Necklace of Speed was in a chest. On week 1, day 4-1, I took another Dragon Utopia. On week 1, day 4-2, I captured the red orb and the castle. I built a guild there, stayed overnight – replenished my mana, used Town Portal to return to the main castle to pick up the growth, and then back to the secondary town. Thanks to the Wings, I took another Dragon Utopia – I got the book of Fire Magic and a chalice. Near the Dragon Utopia, behind some nagas, lay the book of Earth Magic and the Helm of Thunder. Again, I used Town Portal to go to the secondary town, equipped the Helm of Thunder, replenished my mana, and decided to go for the attack. Using Air and Earth scouting, I looked at where the castle was, how the roads led there, and where the heroes were clustered. I decided to risk attacking with Armageddon, and whatever wasn't killed would be finished off with birds (I had 21 of them). 70 Dread Knights on the way died easily under Armageddon, almost all of them. The rest were burned by the birds. I ran along the road to the castle. An enemy hero with 1 beholder ran out to meet me, probably to check my stats (Deys was at 20 35 27 17 and 195 mana). On week 1, day 4-7, I reached the castle and attacked Gunnar (12 10 5 4). Thanks to the speed boosters, the birds had a speed of 19. Armageddon dealt 1380 damage. The entire enemy army fell, leaving 8 Black Dragons and 5 Wyverns. I started pecking them with the birds. 3 birds died from retaliation. I wanted to resurrect them later, but the enemy surrendered.

Thanks for the game :)

It was... GG

08/25/2010 Tovariщ(Red, Tower, Ain, Tamika) def P.Alexei(Blue, Stronghold, Tiraxsor, Tiraxsor) 2sm4d(3) 117

Week 1: Got a Gremlin (merchant), a second Castle, a Magic Guild, a lot of money, and gathered 75 skeletons. On day 117, the opponent surrendered, and didn't respond to the auto-offer.

Thanks for the game!

The_mafia (Red, Inferno, Russia, Russia) def Vitaliyforko (Blue, Tower, Solmir, Solmir) 2sm4d(3) 117

Thank you for the game!

wowa (Tower, Piguedram, Miner) def teri (Necropolis, Gosha) 216@anarchy-mayhem, slow roads

on the eve of the final battles of Mayhem-2 on the Portal, I deliberately simulated a situation that could well arise when you choose all restarts ;) (in mayhem, you play with random towns and heroes)

conclusion is definitely 1: it's better not to let it get to the point where you're left without restarts :D I managed to pull out the reported game only due to more precise play at the end, and well, Gosha's mistake decided it, when he forgot to refill his mana at the well near my capital

as for the game itself, nothing mayhem-like was found on the map except diplomacy – no cartographers, no upgrade zones, no scrolls, only at the very end were 3 components of the Li Lich Vindicator found, but I couldn't mass-produce liches – red surrendered just on the following turn
and at the start, Grechkin came to Piguedram, so it became possible to do something at the respawn, I focused on all scrolls that were guarded
the arriving Miner goes with freshly built mages and Power of the Horde for a promising scroll behind a horde of upgraded dwarves, but something's buggy there :(
standard week's defense – Nagas in the Citadel, everything bought out, enough Peasants running around
at the beginning of the 2nd week, trouble: 2 stacks of 49 black dogs for the beehive, 2 morale procs and the golem shield is already gone, they gnaw at the hoods twice each :( nevertheless, I somehow got going, grabbed a bunch of forts, including a Dungeon with red's external dwelling nearby – but the portal is already polluted by a Pixie external dwelling, which a Peasant took to run to the Conflux fort, and I have nothing to beat them with :( but Miner finally gets diplomacy, and then logistics :) only there are no joiners yet – the army is too small :( meanwhile, at home, a lookout tower is being built for Miner's wisdom, but there's nothing in it for transport
on the 3rd week, I start slowly getting going, seems like something even joined – but only at the start of the 4th week do I take the tier-3 Dragon Utopia near the Conflux – got the Book of Earth :) with it, I run to the GO in the center, the road is long and winding, with expert logistics, stables, and boots it takes 1.5 days to run(( for red – judging by the shroud – the GO is from a Titan Pao next to their town, while my horde of unicorns from above and a lot of Arch Devils from below, which ate the joined horde of Medusa Queens along with Miner's mana, below are 2 Dragon Utopias compactly located, where half of the Throng of Black Wolves get wiped – the reward is the Helm and Plate Armor of the Titan, Shield all at 4 and the Red Orb
but the next turn didn't allow me to delve into the treasure zone – Gosha flickers alongside LaBett, they don't spot Miner, and Galtran escapes into the darkness at the start, the Power of the Horde, including skeletons, is with the elementalist! I don't chase red's boss, because there are no Shackles, no mana either, so he'll escape anyway, but I won't be able to catch the caravan later, so:
FF1 – Miner without mana with the Orb, 4 angels, 14 gremlins, weekly growth of Archmages and Naga Queens + 70 wolves + their units
on the other side, LaBett with zero stats, but the Power of the Horde is just horribly immeasurable – I kill everything except the skeletons and buyback on an angel
then we maneuvered a bit, didn't find another Dragon Utopia, Gosha galloped through the underground to my capital and holed up there without mana – from the Dungeon along the road I get:
FF2 – Miner 4 angels, nearly 90 Orc Chieftains, 37 Fanatics, 8 Cyclops, 15 each of Thundergazers and upgraded Shamans, and 70 Destroyers, mana nearly 300
Gosha has his usual mishmash: 70 Silver Pegasi, one and a half hundred regular Shamans, 40 Cyclops Kings, 70+ Medusas, 35 Golems and 800+ Skeletons, plus 4 little angels as a bonus, but only 5 mana points
basically, with such an advantage in magic, the battle was not difficult, although there were options: we got Oil immediately cast on us, but if we had saved mana for Mass Haste when the wall was breached (my angels died at the gate), then the skeletons would have hit... however, it wouldn't have affected the outcome of the battle itself..)) so many artifacts dropped from Gosha that they didn't even fit in the backpack :D :D
the next 2 days red spends all their time digging up the main skeleton-diplomat, but unsuccessfully, and on 216 surrender followed

huge thanks to the opponent for the game, I wish her further success in mastering this wonderful game :) and more heroic exp of course – and well, exp, as is known, is earned in battles ;)

wowa (Tower, Piguedram, Miner) def teri (Necro, Gosha) 216@анархия-беспредел, roads are slow

I really liked the game. It was interesting and exciting. We played for a long time:)
I ran around my respawn. At 131 I saw a piece of Dragon Utopia. At 133 a second one. Then two more and another one. As a result, at 141 I took 5 Dragon Utopias, 3 minimums and 2 with 2 dragons. I got all sorts of nonsense: books of fire, water, shield +12, black orb and various trash:). Though Pandora's box gave me all the air. After the 4th Dragon Utopia, I got diplomacy. At 147 I took another Dragon Utopia underground. Diplomacy became expert. They gave me a book of air, eh... earth would have been better:(. I freed a hero from prison and put Goltran on the move, and then Shakti appeared — attacked a sucker. There was plenty of meat, but since the troops were from different Castles, anti-morale didn't let me win. With 1 angel, Shakti retreated, almost 700 skeletons remained. I started using Goltran to attach new troops and go visit the blue player. I captured his starting Castle. And I sat in it to replenish mana, although there was a well nearby; I should have replenished first and then sat:(. That's when Shakti galloped up, closed the Castle gates with a corpse of angels :) and wiped out almost everyone with an explosion:( Magic decided it. Although my meat was more again:( Then for another two days I tried to dig Goltran out of the tavern, but nothing worked, money ran out, Goltran is gone... :smile05:

Thanks for the game :)

The_mafia (Red, Inferno, Russia, Russia) def Vitaliyforko (Blue, Tower, Solmir, Solmir) 2sm4d(3) 117

Thanks for the game!

Thank you for the game.

26.08.2010 TERI (blue, Conflux, random, Tazar) def The_mafia (red, Stronghold, Gundulla, Gundulla) 134 Jebus Cross

At 133 I only set up near the Dragon Utopia, and right then the opponent surrendered; he saw my Tazar in the tavern, even though he was very weak (4 12 7 10).

Thanks for the game. Too bad there was no final battle ))

26.08.2010 TERI (blue, confluence, random, Tazar) def The_mafia (red, Stronghold, Gundulla, Gundulla) 134 Jebus Cross

At 133 I only set up near the Dragon Utopia, and right then the opponent surrendered; he saw my Tazar in the tavern, even though he was very weak (4 12 7 10).

Thanks for the game. Pity there was no final battle ))

thx for the game.

08/25/2010 Tovariщ (Red, Tower, Ain, Tamika) def P.Alexei (Blue, Strong, Tiraxxor, Tiraxxor) 2sm4d (3) 117

Confirmed. Thank you for the game.

26.08.2010 TERI (red, swamp, random, Sir Muelich) def mushidzo (blue, Tower, random, Saira) 141 Jebus Cross, no rules

The map gave out Hive and Dragon Utopia well, a consulate was visible; Sir Muelich arrived, so I decided to play them. In the first week, I took a same-type external dwelling, in the second, another one plus gloves. The guards in the treasure zone had been shifted. On 131, the Dragon Utopia was minimal, but with the main artifact in a no-rules game)))) - Angel Wings. Started eating boxes - leveled up diplomacy. 3 rusts joined, then another 4. A hundred rags, cyclops and thunderbirds in the boxes. Stole a blue hat from the nags. 4 dimensional doors and I'm next to the opponent. The battle was very simple))))

Thanks for the game :)

26.08.2010 Wlk777(blue, Swamp, Wystan) def Tovariщ(red, Castle, Valeska) 2smd4(3) 122 SoD
On the first week, day 1-6 at the Citadel, external dwelling of hydras (for 58 earth elementals with Earth Magic), on 122 at the start after the stables I stand before the beehive and further in is the entrance to 2 treasure zones within 1 day's travel... My opponent surrenders and declines the auto. Thanks for the game.

Wlk777 (blue, Swamp, Wisent) def Tovariщ (red, Castle, Valiska) 2smd4(3) 122 SoD

He attacked with 15 Dread Knights without buying any mounts; they were defeated:smile36:

Thanks for the game!

26.08.2010 Vmn2009 (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def The_Mafia (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 8mm6a 125
Remembering how to play...
A person unknown to me... Agreed to play and got Kyrre...
115 - com died.
124 - killed the opponent's noob
125 - capitulation
Thanks for the game!

26.08.2010 Vmn2009 (Blue,Rampart,Kyrre,Kyrre) def The_mafia (Red,Fortress,Tazar,Tazar) 8mm6a 125
Remembering how to play...
A person I don't know.. Agreed to play and we got Kyrre...
115 - computer died.
124 - smoked the opponent's scrub
125 - surrender
Thanks for the game!

thanks for the game.

26.08.2010 Vmn2009 (Blue,Rampart,Kyrre,Kyrre) def The_mafia (Red,Fortress,Tazar,Tazar) 8mm6a 125
Remembering how to play...
An unknown person to me... Agreed to play and we were given Kyrre...
115 - comp died.
124 - wasted the opponent noob
125 - surrender
Thanks for the game!

so much pompous "opponent noob" )