Posts from Elimination Chamber

09/18/10. Pit for LM (red, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def. Basir777 (blue, Fortress, Kairin, Kairin), Jebus, 115. All rematches were chosen; the game generated normally for me, but the opponent died somewhere and refused the auto-rematch. Thank you for the game.

09/18/10. Pit for LM (red, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran) def. Basir777 (blue, Fortress, Kairie, Kairie), Jebus, 115. That's how it happened; the game was tough, but the only way to win was by hiding a unit of the same type, which is where I lost.

wowa (dungeon, Miner) def AYMAN (castle, Valya, Tamika) 213@mini-nostalgia, average roads

Opp gave me the Miner, which allowed me, after finding an external devil dwelling deep in the respawn of a fast-pushed Inferno AI, to recruit 4 of them by the start of week 2 :)
but because of the external dwelling, I slacked on building my town, tier 1-4 in the Citadel; by the end of the week, Crag Hack with a devil from the portal rushed the Rampart AI as well
at the start of week 2, the AI kills Arlach with medusas sitting in the Rampart Citadel, but then runs out of the castle; I take it on the last cell, and Gunnar bought there punishes the AI noob
but I'm not swapping to Crag Hack or Gunnar yet – the Miner got a Log :) he takes a naga bank and splits to go home, preparing to take the Griffin Conservatory on the way to the last neighbor – Conflux
any one could be taken with 4 devils and troglodytes, but it turned out to be the minimum :( on the Conflux respawn there's another one, also the minimum!
then Crag Hack with the power stack crushes Conflux, and the Miner takes the corner village with devils
meanwhile, Opp is fighting his neighbors (Necro, Swamp, Barbarian) and judging by the tavern, their capitals are changing hands
at home, I build nothing, but in Inferno I crank out devils with trade :)
at the start of week 3, with 10 devils, I take a minimum Dragon Utopia; out of 200+ troglodytes, only a little over a hundred survive! got the Blue Cap, but for knowledge only bone greaves for the feet :(
I buy some stuff, upgrade the pit fiends, and go straight to the center, killing a horde of battle unicorns and a stack of green dragons with upgraded ones
the center is poor, the army is small, the feast is barely converted into horned demons
nevertheless, we got something: the Miner, who had to take Wisdom, devoured a box with all the air spells :)
I reach the lift to Opp – there's a stack of phoenixes, let him fight them himself, the center is revealed! ;)
I split my army, not reaching another Pandora's box, but the chain wasn't needed: in the Pandora's box, a noob – Pigudrama – from the prison was given the entire Level 4! :)
no Dragon Utopias visible yet; I build a lookout tower in Inferno, since it's already the 2nd level – guessed it, on the 4th level I got Town Portal! much better now :) Pigudrama with the Blue Cap hopped to a corner Barbarian village and revealed a couple of Dragon Utopias – send the Miner there, but both are minimums: Book of Water and Red Orb – but at that moment I wasn't particularly thrilled by that fact :D
meanwhile, Tamika's stats start skyrocketing, a legion of skeletons is expected
we slowly spawn demons; near the Barbarian village lie 2 Necro shields and one Necro sword; we've had the skull for a long time – we need the ribs, but they're nowhere :( I build the Artifact Merchant; the Miner returns to the central treasure zone, where there's an external marketplace, visiting a couple of libraries along the way, and freeing from prison a noob who took 3 Griffin Conservatories
the main hero runs through either the center or Opp's treasure zone for the Necklace of All 3, and – oh miracle!!! – right under the library finds the missing component for the full shit
then Pigudrama collects the remaining components and the Ring of Speed from the Barbarian, trades at the Artifact Merchant for mercury and gold (in several trips, to avoid scrolling the bottom bar, otherwise...)))))) upgrades a stack of devils – and right through the phoenixes emerges Opp with Archangels, packed for victory!
the Miner takes the Cape of Speed; next turn I check Tamika...

...and attack

Tamika's resistance worked strangely (or rather, almost didn't work – I wonder why?) and most importantly, everyone was slowed
well, after that no chance, neither the fight nor any further resistance – in case of retreat, the castles would be taken without the slightest problem
GG, thanks to my opponent for an engaging and instructive game :)

wowa (dungeon, Miner) def AYMAN (castle, Valya, Tamika) 213@mini-nostalgia, medium roads.

Yes, that was a thing. As Vova noted, the game really turned out to be great and instructive.

I don't remember the beginning much. I only recall that the computers trolled us a little. At the end of the week, Tamika got a log and expert Necromancy. At home, horses at the Citadel.

On the second day, we brawled with the computers again, Tamika took a Griffin Conservatory two-piece and Boots of Speed. We finish off the computers with the low-tier units, while Tamika heads to the first treasure zone.

On 131, we take a Griffin Conservatory three-piece, an Inferno village, and nothing else there except two external Efreet dwellings. We take the swamp from the computer, I break through there with Tamika and head to the second treasure zone. That one turned out to be very decent. On 137, I took a Dragon Utopia two-piece there (КЗ and Water Key). At home, I build Angels in the castle.

On the fourth day, I decide to eat this juicy treasure zone (the center was given to Vova, so to speak). In this treasure zone, with the help of control, I shovel about 7 Pit Fiends, two more Dragon Utopias (Lion Shield, КО, Black Medal, Sword of Justice), I take a couple of Dragon Fly Hives and the Ears of the Sun from uniques. And I took two quest artifacts there. At the end of the week, Town Portal to the barbarian, there I take the max Dragon Fly Hive and an external Manticore dwelling. I visit the Whirlpool, mana becomes 690. I check with low-tier units what the quests give (one gives 8 upgraded Nagas, the other gives 12 upgraded Efreets). At the barbarians, I build Manticores in the castle.

Then many Town Portals to all castles and villages. As a result, I gather 1500 Skeletons, upgrade them, and also upgrade 52 Wyverns in the swamp. Having gathered the army, I go to the center to Vova. At that moment, there was indeed hope for a feat (in the form of victory). After running through the center, I didn't reach Vova's capital. The next day, I am attacked, and all my expectations are shattered in an instant.

Armor of the Damned + Orb - that's just horror ))). Fear was impossible because of that, of course. And what a shame, since the blast was 3600+, and there was plenty of good magic too))). In the end, Vova slowly chopped my troops to pieces; when only bones remained, I decided to surrender, because it's painful to watch how the strongest stack (damage 3k - 9k) dies like a toy.

Thank you, Vova, for a great battle and good luck to you in the final !!!!!!!!!

P/s Thank you, Kostya, for the tournament, it was interesting. I wish all participants good luck, and the finalists interesting and hard-fought battles.

26.09.2010, Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Stronghold, Gurni, Gurni) def Keba (Blue, Rampart, Kirry, Kirry) Jebus cross 136

On the first week - I head to the main village with Loshek, however, at the entrance, 50-99 Gr. Harpies (Shield +6) force me to go to another village; I leave Inferno for later. Loshek spots 2 Pandoras on the way to the village that I will take: one behind 10 Gr. Pits and one before 100 Gr. Wolves. Behind the Pits, I take 50 simple Wolves, my home village, then 91 Gr. Wolves give 10,000 experience; as for external dwellings, there is only 1 Goblin, which I take. Among the good things are 4-5 Hives that I prepared to take, and meanwhile, I stopped at the Cloak of Renunciation, which is also located near 2 Hives. Bears are in Castle, and in the village, I placed Forts and Birds. Also, as a bonus, 3 Dragon Utopia on respawn.

On the second week - gathered 30+ Vives, upgraded Bears, took the Inferno village, broke through 90+ same-faction Fire Genies; I left about 70 Gr. Wolves there, then the road is blocked by 10+ Greens for a 1000 Gold Pouch, so I have to bypass them off-road, and around 125 I enter my Home Castle. Then I take Red Ball, Dragon Utopia-Three (Sword for All, Boots of Levitation, KEarth), then before 20 Red Dragons with Gr. Shield for all, and the Monster external dwelling. Here, at 127, I make a regrettable mistake (Loshek didn't hand over the Army and ran away with it to the external dwelling, where besides the whole Army, I left the Shield for All and KEarth). Then, by Murphy's law, Kirry hits up to 100 Fanatics for KOhorse and moves along the path toward me, attacking Gurni with 3 simple Birds standing on the castle doorstep; Loshek, sitting in the Castle, had to be lost, and he was good (Exp. Earth and Air). As luck would have it, Gurni still wasn't given Earth or Air. Tactics allow for a buyout; I was lucky that Kostya only had Advanced.

On the third week - Loshek, who was with the Army, takes a Bear from the external dwelling and portals wherever he lands (Inferno village). Gurni goes to reclaim the Central Stronghold; on the way, he took Dragon Utopia-Three (Titan Armor, +4+4 Breastplate, something else). I take the Center, tempted by Pandora before 100 Cyclops, where I get all Earth, which I already had. In the meantime, I lose the Center, and Kirry is already with 5 Gold ones and 50 Vives, DD and Flight. I start again from the Main, going to reclaim the Center; on the way, I took Dragon Utopia-Two (KAir, KEarth). Loshek takes the Center, Gurni portals and settles on the doorstep so that if Kirry attacks, the Ballista would help. Placed Red Ball. Losheks plan to take 2 Monster external dwellings. Kirry attacks, although Kostya could have at least made it a draw, because even though I had 1 Slot left, Earth and Air hadn't been given yet, and without them there were practically no chances to catch Kirry. Gurni: 30, 20.. (8 White Bears, 23 Birds, 36 Vives, 16 Ogres). Kirry: 14, 34.. (5 Gold ones, 40+ Vives, 10 Gr. Units. Bears burned..., +1 to Speed also helped a lot.

Thanks Kostya for an interesting game!!!

09/26/2010, Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Stronghold, Gurry, Gurry) def Keba (Blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) Jebus cross 136

It happened. I lost to Pasha from the very beginning in all the generations, as the game was being created in a rather chaotic way, after using my rests. Therefore, I had to play formally; I really wanted to play a full game during my free time from work. Regarding the game, I was completely relaxed, losing a little bit everywhere due to some strange guards, and then losing half my army on the GO against fairytale dragons. After the respawn, I had about 50 ducks from the Hive, the main stack, and 4 angels from 2 Confluxes; there were no Mermaids, 2 hidden Rogues, and 1 dragon (only the Rogues were used on the first attack; I lost the rest). Well, then I realized that without magic, I wouldn't win the battle no matter what, because the Grizzly Bears are the most evil cheaters with barbarian attack. Trying to play for a draw, when the above is described, is unacceptable, so Pasha deservedly and confidently moves on, both in the game and in life! Thank you.

We apologize for the delay. At first, I couldn't break away because of weddings almost every day, then Vitalic's internet went down. We finally played and finished it in one go =)

ZM (blue, ramp, cyclops, cyclops) def vitalic (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska)
127 (day)

We used all the resets and went for it.
111: 2 gold mines, Dess (Dessa) and Rion with a Tent, but no elves. Kiryusha gets Tactics and Earth Magic =)
112: 2 mini crypts, wood gathered indirectly. No upgrade for the elves. I fall into sadness and despair.
113: I have to fend off various scoundrels, losing units one after another. Thanks to scouting, I see a Griffin Conservatory on Vitalic's territory. I myself only found an external dwelling for unicorns, but it was guarded by a horde of ~ grand dendroids, who were also protecting a bug farm and a +1 Speed artifact. Obviously, can't go there on the first try. I march along the fast road to the second dungeon.
114: I capture the dungeon. The only ray of sunshine appears: patching up unicorns in the portal. I buy a spell book for Kiryusha there, but there's no Slow or Shield. Sadness =(
115: I have to march Dad (the main hero) through rough terrain to snatch dragons from a horde of ~ grand caps, thus losing game tempo, but there was no other way since the archangels weren't reaching. I grab them and run home to reclaim the external unicorn dwelling by the start of the second week.
116: A 30-second movement returning Dad to the dwelling and setting up chains.
117: Kiryusha on pegasi at the stable, 1-3-4-5-6 in the castle. A dirty little idea for a rush appears =)
121: Visit the stable and strike the dendroids. There turned out to be 6 stacks of 9 each. I lose one centaur. The external unicorn dwelling, with a loss of one goblin. Need gold urgently to buy everything out. I split the army into 3 equal parts and use archangels to capture treasure chests and mushrooms =)
122: I turn Kiryusha towards the subway (underground). Peasants generate gold. At the end of the turn, chains again for a strike on the triple (treant?), but it later turns out it wasn't needed at all =)
123: Transfer the army, free a prisoner guarded by 40 medusas. Turns out he's Ein with expert Estates. In the subway, I immediately grab the much-needed Naga's item for 8k and move on.
124: I scout the second dungeon, and that Ogre (or "ужО" as a play on "already"+"horror") becomes a formidable force. I go there with Kirill to capture it and replenish mana. Enter, build a Mage Guild. They give Slow and Shield. The Earth (elemental plane) is advanced enough for now. I spend the night in the dungeon.
125: Chains again from the dungeon and ramp. Buy everything available. In the second dungeon, build a Mana Vortex. Transfer 9 upgraded dendroids to Kiryusha across half the map, and then realize I accidentally left 20 pegasi behind =((( I turn back again, realizing the passage to the opponent should be nearby. Dad scouts the Griffin Conservatory.
126: Take the Griffin Conservatory (level 1). Build a portal in the second dungeon, total of 12 unicorns. Find the cherished path upward, strike a horde of dwarves from one side, and then a miracle happens: half a day before Fresh Breath (FB?), they give expert Earth Magic =). I think about taking the opponent's Griffin Conservatory while it's untouched, but I don't dare spend the night on angels, firstly because the enemy territory is nearby, and secondly I can see characters with what looks like the main army wandering around there. Lots of gold, nothing to buy =)
127: I see that one day before my arrival, Vitalic most impudently emptied the Griffin Conservatory, then disappeared into the shadows. I fear he'll attack me on this very day because I still haven't brought 2 more unicorns and 20 silver pegasi. But I'm glad I have 80 spell points and expert Earth Magic. In the end, Vitalic does attack... FB Valentine 12 7 10 2 with 3 angels, 6 upgraded Crossbowmen, 30 pikemen, 50 upgraded Archers, a few Earth Elementals, and 5 Champions with expert Air Magic against my Kiryusha 7 8 4 4 with double mana, 1 angel, 10 unicorns, 9 dendroids, 21 elves, and 50 centaurs with expert Tactics and Earth Magic.. I see that Vitalic has no mana at all =) Army setup, Mass Slow, angel and unicorn attack. Archers on the ground, 30 pikemen hit the angels. The rest simply don't reach. The Tent heals =))) Archers shoot the angels. Second round: retreat with unicorns and angel. Shoot the angels. Magic Arrow. Finishing off with centaurs. Vitalic realized he couldn't even reach me and surrendered. FB without a single loss =)

Thanks for the game!)

So, here's the final! Since I have everything reversed, let the group stage of this tournament come after the "Olympics": D



The rules are still the same. In case of a tie in points, the criteria for determining placement are as follows:
1. Berger coefficient
2. Head-to-head result
3. Arbitrary decision (I will definitely come up with something)

Good luck to all the finalists!!!

I think ZM will win his first cup :smile19:

28.09.2010, Dubrovin Pavel (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Terek) def wowa (Red, Rampart, Kirry, Kirry) Jebus 132

Vova and I played a rest game. I had 113 in reserve, Vova had 111.

On the first week - at 111 - I spot a Hive 4 cells away from the Town, another 2 Hives are 1 day's travel away; 1 day's travel along the road there are 2 Dragon Utopia, took 1 external dwelling of Marks and Swords, spotted the Conclave, gold is a bit low. At 112 - I spot an inconvenient Hive at the bottom, and a Black Market. Loshek takes the Stronghold Village, another sees the Stronghold Village too, but a block of up to 50 Archers blocks Loshek's path there. 113 - the road to ГО 1 move from the Town hits a block of up to 50 Drok behind Hives and a Scroll; I thought about it for a bit, but decided not to fight them since I could ruin a good Generation if they were nearly 50 because of the Scroll. The threshold at 113 is passed, I'm playing... I take 5000 experience behind Dragonflies, a Village, Crypts; no more external dwellings (there were 2 for Monks, but I didn't bet on them). In general, didn't do anything particularly good. Angels are in the Fortress. There were no Medusa-dwellings or Naga-Banks (at least not easily accessible ones), only a Mini-Gnome dwelling.

On the second week - I take 3 Hives for 16 Vivs, then another 1 for 8 Vivs, a Double-Conclave; it's scary to enter the Dragon Utopia without Archangels, so I wait 1 move for cash. I hit a Dragon Utopia at 123 (Boots of Resistance), upgrade Swords, ignored the second Dragon Utopia since it wasn't on the way to ГО; in Pandora, for just 40+ Fanatics, you get 30 Monks for free. I hit the free ГО (40+ Royal Nagas). Still didn't get Slows in 3 Castles. I take a Fortress in Treasury at 124. Of the good stuff, I saw a Cloak +2 behind up to 100 Fanatics +3 to All near the Castle; a Dragon Utopia is sticking out behind the Rocks. At 125 Loshek spots a Dragon Utopia on the road and for up to 100 Wizards - a Helmet for All and Hives. Next move I take this loot, in the Triple-Dragon Utopia I get +2 to All, Titan's Armor and Air Key; was short 1 cell to return to the Fortress. At 126 I take +3 to All for 90+ Fanatics, Loshek takes a MiniHive, another scouts Kirry with a small Army; in Treasury at the Dungeon Castle, Terek has enough moves to attack. I attack, within a round under Haste I don't manage to kill her (Terek has Level 2 Tactics, Kirry has full) Kirry pays off. At 127 using Earth Sight I estimate that I won't have time to take Kirry's Town, mana is 10, so I run back to the Fortress to replenish mana.

On the third week - no money, I DD to a Dragon Utopia with 2 weeks of army (4 Archangels, 26 Vivs, 35 Monks, 17 Crosses, 40+ Marks, Gnolls and Dragonflies). It is guarded by up to 20 Archangels guarding the Earth Key and something else. There are nearly 20 of them; all Archangels, Monks and Vivs survive, in the Dragon Utopia they give +4 to All, I take +2 Speed and a Pandora for 6 Hydras for 90+ Gr. Units. Parameters are normal, have Expert Earth for the Earth Key, have Expert Air for the Air Key, Vova concedes victory.
Treasury was unusually poor in Dragon Utopias and small in size, and essentially everything was already eaten up.

Thanks Vova for the game!!!

Hey everyone, I have a question for you all. Do we need a second chamber? P.S.: Millennium! 3000 posts on the forum!!!!! :eek:

Hey everyone, I have a question for all of you. Do we need a second chamber? ...

Let's give the country more coal!!!

Of course, we need it!!!

champ, champ))) just a little bit less, please, there's already too much:smile42:

02.10.2010, Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Rampart, Kyrr, Kyrr) def Pit for LM (Blue, Fortress, Tazar, Caitlin) Jebus Cross 126

On the first week - took my home dwelling, only on 116 found one single external dwelling (but it was Units), took it, also took an Inferno dwelling. Units in Castle. Had enough money to build up the home Dwelling to Wood without Piebald.

On the second week - Griffin Conservatory-Three, Hive on 6, broke a symbolic ГО (60 Simple Units), those bastards aren't upgrading Earth. On 123 took Rampart in Treasury, Pandora with all Magic up to Floor 4 inclusive, finally upgraded Earth to Expert. Took Pandora with 60 Gr. Gnolls, Shnyr shows +6 to Everything. I take it, then take Dragon Utopia-Two in Treasury (Red Ball and KWaters), Pandora with 15 Gr. Gorgons, an Empty Pandora (looks like Floor 5 was) another 60 Gnolls, beat Petr's ГО (40 Hydras), chase the Loshka away from ГО, portal to Treasury Rampart, and, either go for the Main or take Home Dragon Utopia. On the next turn I see Caitlin with all her might (10+ Angels, 20+ Vivs, something else) in range, attack, Parameters and Magic force Caitlin to concede victory.

Thanks Petr for the game!!!

28.09.2010, Pavel Dubrovin (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Terek) def wowa (Red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) Jebus 132

There's not much to write about Jebus: Pasha's respawn won with a score of 5 hives + Griffin Conservatory against my 2 hives)))
when I broke through to the center, there was no heavy meat to fight serious guards, no artifacts of any kind either, and even less terrain spells (at level 8 I took water on the 2nd try, and before that I had to take it with wisdom))) so I fought with what I had -- but on my side there were various prisons and pandoras with crap(((
in the end, with the remnants of my meat, I was caught by the Castle's power and parameters stacked from that side's treasure zone -- although I then scurried a bit on the respawn (hoping for a tower) but, learning that Blue had full control, I surrendered

thanks to Pasha for the game :)