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Satyre (blue, Swamp, Bronh, Bronh) def StickyFingaz (red, Necro, Goshan, Goshan) Jebus Cross 125 BT

We sat down to play on middle roads. We chose all restarts, it generated a block of crosses on the road in ГО and generally a rather blocked respawn, took a Dwarf Cottage at 100, got a Log, broke it, bought a Hydra - took a Beehive at 6. At turn 115 I attack the Swords, almost 50, and also made a mistake in the fight - lost the Hydra and Wyvern :(. I took another Box at 10k behind Archmages - lost another Wyvern + Navigation, Earth. At turn 117 I broke into the secondary, colored a neutral stack of Hydras, a Box at 90 Gnolls, 1-7 in the Castle.

At turn 121, 2 Beehives at 6, turn 122 - Naga Bank and another neutral stack of Hydras with a scout hero, I fight in the secondary, where I built up all the needed land. Turn 123 - another 8 Wyverns, GG into the Swamp, sharpened the buildings towards ГО. Turn 124 - the army colors a neutral stack of Wyverns, takes the Max Griffin Conservatory, loses 2 Wyverns, runs to Bronhild, he kills the Nagas and Lazurik. In the treasure zone everything is scary, hordes of Cyclopes, 100+ Gorgons, etc., with my 30+ Wyverns, 6 Hydras, and 4 Angels without stats I'm not in a hurry to attack anything, I run along the path.
At turn 125 the opponent surrendered, auto, another surrender, capitulation.
Thank you for the game.

I have updated the standings.

As of the morning of September 22nd (a little more than one round out of four), 42 out of 80 matches have been played. If we finish the group stage early, we will start the playoff games sooner.

The winner of Group L has been determined. Mizrael, congratulations! In this group, 5th place has also been determined - Van, good luck in other tournaments. There are 2 matches left to play, and the fight for 2nd-4th place continues.

Gomunguls (3 points - guarantees advancement from the group), Wlk777, and Dubrovin Pavel (2 points each) have already played all their matches.
Piterius, Medium_HP, zloy_romantik, and GoD have not played a single game. Wake up, players!

According to the regulations, in groups where all matches have been played and no one has withdrawn, in case of a tie in points among several contenders for advancement, the placement will be decided by the judges based on: 1) Berger coefficient, 2) head-to-head result, 3) the time the player completed the group stage, 4) seasonal rating, 5) permanent rating. In groups with technical defeats and withdrawals, we will act on a case-by-case basis. The favorite Castle and preferred version will also influence the draw for the playoff games and the playoffs.

Games recorded:
09/12/2010 Wicc (red, Inferno, Fiona) def StickyFingaz (blue, Necro, Galthran) Balance, 111 +++
09/13/2010 theShevanesian(blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Van(red, Stronghold, Crag Hack) 2sm4d(3), 134 +++
09/13/2010 Gomunguls(Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def =Stinger=(Blue, Tower, Aine, Yog) 2sm4d(3), 1.3.2 +++
09/13/2010 RiMpel2 (Red, Flax, Lacus, Celka) def numOne (Blue, Barbarian, Crag, Crag) cmka 232 +++
09/13/2010 readme (Blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Kash (red, Castle, Valeska, Alkin) jebus cross 123 +++
09/14/2010 scorp (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Dirty_Player (red, Conflux, Luna, Luna) 2sm4d(3), 127 +++
09/14/2010 scorp (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Gunnar) def SpiriTT (red, Tower, Nila, Nila) 2sm4d(3), 133 +++
09/14/2010 RomarioGrom (blue, Flax, random, Grinya, Grinya) def Javdet (red, Rampart, Kirre, Kirre) 2sm4d(3) 221 +++
09/14/2010 Mizrael(red, Castle, Caitlin, Crag Hack) def AYMAN(blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) balance 127 +++
09/14/2010 Gomunguls(Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def SEM_56(Red, Swamp, Vistan, Vistan) Jebus cross, 1.4.1 +++
09/14/2010 Wlk777(red, Swamp, Alkin, Alkin) def bRitvo4kA(blue, Barbarian, Gurni, Gurni) 2smd4(3) 221 +++
09/15/2010 Wlk777(red, Swamp, Vistan, Vistan) def Neverminder(blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2smd4(3) 133 +++
09/16/2010 Keba (Blue, Dungeon, Shakhti, Shakhti) def FAVorite (Red, Rampart, Kirre, Kirre) 2sm4d(3) 123 +++
09/16/2010 Keba (Blue, Dungeon, Shakhti, Shakhti) def Kash (Red, Castle, Valya, Crag) mininostalgia 127 +++
09/17/2010 scorp (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def P.Alexei (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) Mini-Nostalgia, 143 +++
09/17/2010 Keba (Red, Dungeon, Shakhti, Shakhti) def readme (blue, Swamp, Bron, Bron) 2sm4d(3) 115 +++
09/18/2010 Mar (blue, Conflux, Moner, Moner) def StickyFingaz (red, Necropolis, Galthran, Galthran) Jebus, 212 +++
09/19/2010 Erdem (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Dubrovin Pavel (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 2sm4d(3), 114 +++
09/19/2010 OUTLAW(red, Rampart, Kirre, Kirre) def rebellious(blue, Tower, Nila, Nila), 8mm6, 1-4-3 +++
09/19/2010 FAVorite (blue, Rampart, Kirre) def readme (red, Fortress, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 117 +++
09/20/2010 Alone (Blue Necr, Vedomina, Sandro) def Gomunguls (Red, Dungeon, Shakhti) 2sm4d(3) 114 +++
09/18/2010 Kash (red, Castle, Valeska, Crag) def FAVorite (blue, Rampart, Kirre, Kirre) jebus 135 +++
09/21/2010 SpiriTT (blue, Tower, Nila, Brogh) def P.Alexei (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) jebus cross 136 +++
09/21/2010 LeBron (red, Inferno, Oktavia, Pyrre) def theShevanesian (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 8mm6a, 136 +++
09/21/2010 Mizrael(blue, Castle, Caitlin, Korbac) def theShevanesian(red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 8mm6a 135 +++

Unconfirmed:
09/13/2010 =Stinger=(red Tower, Aine, Gunnar) def Legioner(blue Castle, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 132
09/13/2010 Alone (Red Necr, Galthran, Galthran) def =Stinger=(Blue, Tower, Aine, Yog) 2sm4d(3), 113
09/21/2010 Satir (blue, Swamp, Bronh, Bronh) def StickyFingaz (red, Necro, Goshan, Goshan) jebus 125

22.09.2010 Neverminder (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def FireToSky (Blue, Inferno, Marius, Marius) Mini-nostalgia 123
The restarts ended, and the game gave very slow paths. I killed the first opponent only on the 4th day, and the others even survived until the end of the game. On the respawn, I found two nice artifacts: a dragon necklace and a dragon shield. I had plans to find a slow spell, to expertize earth magic, and go to the Treasury. When I went to kill the Swamp on the second week, I received the news of a surrender. Thanks for the game!

09/22/2010 Neverminder (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def FireToSky (Blue, Inferno, Marius, Marius) Mini-nostalgia 123
The restarts ended, and the game gave very slow paths. I killed the first opponent only on the 4th day, and the others survived until the end of the game. On the respawn, I found two nice artifacts: a dragon necklace and a dragon shield. I had plans to find a slow spell, expertize Earth magic, and go to the Treasury. When I went to kill the Swamp on the second week, I received the news of a surrender. Thank you for the game!

received an additional humanitarian rest, thank you :) It was very difficult at the start in almost all games; on 122, I took a Consul 1, planned to make demons, and went the wrong way on the Angel, and lost, thank you for the game!

Favorite units in battle - 3
09/23/2010 Kluka (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def Neverminder (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) Mini-nostalgia 114

The opponent chose all restarts and surrendered.
Thank you for the game.

Favorite heroes in battle - 3
09/23/2010 Kluka (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def. Neverminder (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) Mini-nostalgia 114

The opponent chose all restarts and surrendered.
Thank you for the game.

Out of three generations, two were with Laura (I would have killed her...). In the last generation, a dragon stack appeared, but it was defeated by 47 pegasus units. The pegasus units died, and there was nothing left to fight the dragons with. Thank you for the game.

In the last generation, the dragon lair was taken, but at the cost of 47 pegasuses. The pegasuses died, and there was nothing left to fight the dragons with. Thanks for the game.

Are there no saves left? I want to try taking that lair.

I'd like to play today, I'll be waiting in-game.

24.09.2010 Javdet (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Erdem (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d3 136

An interesting game turned out, not without a bit of luck, of course, in the form of Boots of Speed.
I jotted down the balance and minimap, had to chase the scout hero.
The start was unclear, seemed not bad, but money was tight and I also blundered by running Kyrre in the opposite direction from the stable to scout for a rest spot. I ran all the way to the Necromancy secondary skill)) The presence of 3 Dragon Fly Hives convinced me to continue. With huge problems, I get the cavalry in the Citadel and the upgrade of Pegasi with their external dwelling; arrows blocked me from the other two secondary skills, there were no cavalry at that point. Kyrre, remembering the game with Pasha when they offered nothing but water, takes it as the 1st level-up, then also air and earth.
On the 2nd level, I take Griffin Conservatory at 2, Dragon Fly Hives, all small ones, and one near the road I couldn't get due to tempo. Scout heroes got busy with the Boots of Speed, all that was missing were the gloves :). Without tactics, Grand Elves died in vain. I thought I'd be camping at stables again on day 127, but another Griffin Conservatory is found, totaling 4 Angels and I'm standing at the entrance to a treasure zone with a Dragon Utopia at the top and almost no mana. Air scouting reports that at the other end of the treasure zone there are blue flags, taverns announce the superiority of my meat. Dunno what to do — I can't handle the Dragon Utopia, not a single power stack (4 Angels, 16 Grand Elves, and 8 Cavalry), although it later turned out that the minimap maybe I could have pulled it off, and Tazar revealed decent parameters. As an option, go to other treasure zones, but they are unscouted, and I don't want to give up the Dragon Utopia. I decided to split Kyrre to the stables, the well, and return to the starting position.
On day 132, the tavern already shows the superiority of blues, but the troops aren't with the daddy.:smile23: I buy and run hoping to catch them. Movement points were enough with a surplus, the battle is won with the loss of 11 Grand Elves, one Angel (it could have been avoided by taking 1 Pegasus instead of the useless Dwarves) and 7 Dendroid Guards. The boss hanging around nearby fled. A recent game with Maretti taught me a thing or two, and without wasting time, I run straight to the Fortress lair through the Dungeon. But no mana:( I didn't risk staying in the village, ran to the well. And during the opponent's entire turn, I'm fearing that they'll now catch me off guard with some heavy-hitting battle spell. Got lucky. I build gm4 for the Prayer scroll, and then Town Portal. I played it safe and bought more meat from my home secondary town. Then the Dungeon taken by the Fortress player was reclaimed from a scout hero with Eovac's artifacts.

Thanks for the adrenaline-filled battle.

24.09.2010 Javdet (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Erdem (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d3 136

Thanks for the adrenaline-packed battle.

That was indeed something. The spawn was pretty good: Tazar with 10 Gnolls, unbuilt Lizardmen, but a scholar on the road immediately gave Earth, and as it turned out, there were external dwellings of levels 2 and 6, and by day 113 the army became quite combat-ready (4 Wyverns, 24 Lizardmen, a stack of Gnolls). Then in a Dungeon portal they give a Wyvern; after a trade, the Wyverns were in the Citadel without Basilisks; from artifacts: +1 to speed, +3 to spell duration, a Dragon Ring for morale and luck. On the second day: a mini-Griffin Conservatory, a mini-Medusa Hive, a couple of Imps; in the information treasure zone, a Shield +4; in the metro treasure zone, Vistanych takes 2 Dragon Fly Hives on day 8. By day 131, Tazar hits well over 50+ Greater Cyclops for the Sword of Justice and levels up at a Dragon Utopia; stats are 9-18-6-7. The meat (35 Wyverns, 7 Behemoths, 50 Greater Lizardmen, 1 Angel, a few Dragon Flies and a fat stack) is with Vistanych. A chain is ready for upgrading Behemoths through a Naga Bank, plus a delivery of 4 more Wyverns. But on the next turn, from the darkness of the treasure zones, Kyrre emerges 13-8-5-3 and covers both. There was no money for buying back; a mass-slowed Vistan fought as best he could, but died. :( I buy back Tazar in the Dungeon, double the mana, and with the remnants of the army I run to the Naga Bank, take it (tier 4), then hole up in the Castle. Kyrre takes the secondary Dungeon but doesn't assault, instead portaling home. Through the chain, Bron takes back the secondary Dungeon (Citadel already there), but Tazar doesn't have enough money even with trade to break through, so Bron is on defense. The next turn, Eena storms and takes the same secondary, and from there Kyrre emerges, attacking Tazar with a Dragon Fly. The scout hero's meat consists of 12 Basil and 6 Gorgons, but I decide to surrender, since I wouldn't have made it anyway. :( Thanks to Roma for the game! =)

24.09.2010

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Hermit (blue, Inferno, Pyrra, Marius) def Erdem (red, Swamp, Wistan, Wistan) 8mm6a 227

Both players received secondary Necropolis creatures. This was bad and turned out to be even worse than I thought, because the opponent still had a huge number of hidden peasants, but everything ended well. In the first round, I killed a creature; in the second, I took a minimal Hive conservatory, hidden creatures; in the third and fourth rounds, I took 4 Utopias and went after Erdem. I captured the capital, a secondary Necropolis, wanted to paint the sawmill with a scout, but there were 650 skeleton warriors – in the next turn, without losses, they killed Pyrra. I doubled the mana in the purple dungeon; I have logistics with gloves and a hat; the tavern shows that the army is larger, and the parameters are more than twice as high; the opponent probably has almost no cities left; I'm trying to catch Wistan. And then... an offer for a draw; I refused. We postponed it. We didn't finish the game because the opponent, realizing that he had no chance, surrendered. Thank you for the game.

24.09.2010

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Hermit (blue, Inferno, Pyrrha, Marius) def Erdem (red, Fortress, Wystan, Wystan) 8mm6a 227

Thanks for the game.

All correct. I didn't bother respawning, seeing 2 Griffin Conservatories and a Dragon Fly Hive on the respawn, I took the necro-comp's Castle, home Wyverns without Basilisks in the Citadel. On week 2 I took the min Dragon Fly Hive and Conservatories (min and max). Went into the metro, there was nothing there except peasant huts. Went into the treasure zone, but there was only one Dragon Fly Hive, lost 3-4 days there (not a treasure zone, but a scam), just as red flags started flashing at the crossroads, no way back — Marius is advancing with twice the stats, crawled out of that lousy treasure zone through another exit, ran to another comp, need to urgently find at least one Dragon Utopia. Cleared the treasure zone (3 Dragon Fly Hives), killed the Tower comp, Korbac took a Dragon Fly Hive and a Conservatory, little Wystan took a mini-Conservatory, the army is nasty: 9 Angels, 60+ Wyverns, 30+ Basil, 110+ Greater Drakes, 19 Greater Gorgons, but without Dragon Utopias and stats it's just fodder. :( Only 2 castles left, I surrendered the capital. Turned peasants and all sorts of chaff into 600+ Skeletons, hid them in the lumber mill, but someone snitched, and that same lumber mill became their grave... :smile16: Out of spite, in 8mm6a I went to another comp to seek fortune and Dragon Utopias, went into a one-way portal, looked like a treasure zone or not (now I don't know if this term applies to this template), found only a Dragon Necklace there, but no Dragon Utopias, so the game was postponed. Then I saw that the opponent was demonstrating full control, an impla with 3 zeros and high mobility, and decided that time and health are more precious. Thanks to Vladimir for the game and time!

Back from an unexpectedly long business trip. Ready for battle:smile10:

25.09.2010 RomarioGrom (blue, Conflux, random, Fiur, Gunnar) def Hermit (red, Inferno, Pyre, Pyre) Balance 137
I noobed hardcore :( on 1st Krak and Gunnar crawled in, who leveled up all the way to 2nd level by the end of the week but stopped at the last one, the native hometown, for some reason bought 10 Fire Elementals which forced a trade of 2000+ on 117, 1-7 in the fort of the external dwelling of Fire Elementals (with buyout) and Air Elementals were colored 2nd scout hero takes the Griffin Conservatory(1) Gunja [takes] Naga(3) crooked a bit there and had unnecessary losses, broke through to the Dungeon via a bad road, broke through to Conflux and also took Necropolis, went to reclaim the goodies, the red ones flickered and a couple of days later popped up near Conflux, not having finished the goodies I break over there and attack (annoying that I was just 1000 exp short of the masthaunt:mad: ) they melted me, in short I played the battle terribly, Pyre still retreated, not only that but I didn't even build the castle, total fubar 3rd I drag what I can and rush to the Griffin Conservatory which Pyre hadn't taken yet, on the way I went for a noob and there were boots:D, took the Griffin Conservatory(2) captured all castles, Pyre popped up in an uncleared piece, the scout heroes cleared what they saw and returned everything to the Dungeon where Gunja was already waiting at the Whirlpool, Pyre went into Necropolis and ramped up there but Gunnar the beast even on a butterfly reached there with a margin, in the FB everything became clear quickly after the masthaunt from above with slow, I probably didn't throw the game only thanks to Gunnar...
Thank you for the game!!!

09/25/2010 RomarioGrom (blue, Flaks, random, Gunnar) def Hermit (red, Inferno, Pir, Pir) Balance 137
He played very poorly:( On day 1, Crag and Gunnar crawled out and leveled up to level 2 by the end of the week, but stopped at the last level. He bought 10 fire elementals for some reason, which forced him to trade for 2000+ on day 117, and he hid fire elementals in the fort (with a buyout) and painted air elementals. On day 2, the loser takes the Conservatory (1), Gunnar takes the Naga Temple (3), and there were unnecessary losses. He broke through to Flaks and also took Necropolis. He went to take back some resources, and the red player appeared a couple of days later near Flaks. He didn't finish taking the resources, so he attacked there (it's a pity that he was only 1000 experience points short of Mass Hysteria:mad:). He had a lot of trouble, in general, Pir retreated, and he didn't even build a Castle, what a disaster. On day 3, he pulled what he could and ran to the Conservatory that Pir hadn't taken yet. Along the way, he took the loser's town, and there were Boots:D. He took the Conservatory (2) and took all the Castles. Pir appeared in an unfinished area, the losers cleared out what they saw and returned everything to the Dungeon, where Gunnar was already waiting with Whirlwind. Pir went to Necropolis and started to develop there, but Gunnar was a beast, and he could even reach there with a Butterfly, with a reserve. In the final battle, it quickly became clear after Mass Hysteria from above, and the slow effect. He probably didn't lose the game only thanks to Gunnar...
Thank you for the game!!!

Yeah, you can't escape from Gunnar, when the scout saw the Boots, he understood that Gunnar would take them now... He lost the first battle because of the large stack of air elementals from his opponent, maybe he should have taken all three Conservatories and then gone there. The expert Earth with slow appeared in Pir's army in the middle of the second day, but the road to the center was blocked by a pack of golden dragons :( He rushed along the roads, taking only one Conservatory, but you can't overtake Gunnar :( He had to pay and try to break through to the center, but he couldn't.

Thank you for the game.

Can't leave the group :(