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I'm on a business trip and will be back in mid-November...
If it's possible to extend the second round, I'll try to play all my games as soon as I arrive.

But you took 1st place in the group, so you automatically advance to the 1/8 finals, and

1/8 finals: November 22 - December 5.

So everything is fine.

Kebazavr (Blue, Dungeon, Mines, Mines) def Piterius (Red, Conflux, Random...) jebus 115

I took both rest stacks at 111, my opponent took 1, and the game generated my second hero on Harpies) I thought about surrendering right away and not dragging it out, but on 112 Speed Boots were lit up, 3 Dragon Fly Hives, a Dragon Utopia, 0 external dwellings. By 115, at least 2 Griffin Conservatories for 5 Angels each, 2 more Dragon Utopias, 2 external Dragon dwellings (which I wouldn't have taken on the first), everything clustered around a group of upgraded Liches and basic Efreets, while in the main army there were only just over 60 Troglodytes and 11 Medusas with 7 Eyes, plus 2 convenient boxes with a horde of Treants and Harpies. In short, everything was being destroyed on the second, except the Dragon Utopias, my mindset was for a drawn-out game, but they made the task easier for me and threw the game. Thank you.

I confirm.
Everything was good, except there was only a single Griffin Conservatory and long distances to secondary towns, but there were plenty of Dragon Fly Hives, tons of money, birds were being built at the Citadel, I took 2 external dwellings of Beholders and 1 of Psychic Ents, I also got greedy for an external dwelling of Birds, where a weak but overly emboldened Tazik got beaten. The mistake was that I foolishly spent all the food and left none for what was most needed, plus I went in without mana.

Thanks for the game.

Wic (red, Inferno, Fiona) def GoD (blue, Castle, Valeska, Tazar) @ Jebus, 115

The opponent got into a tough situation with 4 angel stacks, but with a lack of money and strong guards. An interesting game; in my opinion, they could have recovered and then 20 archangels on turn 2 would have destroyed everything.

Thanks for the game.

The 3rd round of the group stage is coming to an end, and there are just over 2 weeks left for all the remaining matches. 13 out of 24 participants in the playoffs have already been determined.

Participants in the Round of 16:
1. RomarioGrom (Conflux) SoD
2. Keba (Dungeon) SoD
3. Mizrael (Castle) SoD, WT
4. OUTLAW (Rampart) SoD
5. Satir (Fortress) SoD, WT
6. Kluka (Rampart) SoD
7.
8.

Participants in the transition games (in parentheses - place in the group):
1. Erdem (Fortress) SoD (2)
2. Dubrovin Pavel (Castle) SoD (3)
3. LeBron (Inferno) WT (2-3)
4. AYMAN (Rampart) SoD (2-3)
5. Wicc (Inferno) only WT (2)
6. Mar (Conflux) SoD
...
16.

Participants in the playoffs, but the place is not yet determined:
scorp (Dungeon) SoD
Gomunguls (Dungeon) SoD
Alone (Necropolis) SoD

Candidates for "lucky loser" spots:
Javdet (Rampart) only SoD - 2 points, 4th place
GoD (Castle) SoD/WT - 1.5 points, 4th place
theShevanesian (Fortress) SoD - 1 point, 4th place

I haven't calculated the Berger coefficient yet.

Remaining matches in the groups:

Group L
LeBron - AYMAN - match for 2nd-3rd place in the group.

Group N
numOne - zloy_romantik - a crucial match to determine the standings.

Group F
Kluka - FireToSky
Neverminder - bRitvo4kA
Both results are important for determining the standings.

Group K
Piterius - readme - postponed,
Piterius - Kash
Keba (Dungeon) with 4 points - undisputed 1st place in the group and advancement to the Round of 16, everything else is absolutely unclear, the games are crucial.

Group S
SEM_56 - Stinger, match postponed
Alone - Legionerdv
Still not much clarity.

Group W
GoD and StickyFingaz have played all their matches, there are 3 games left in the group.
Satir - Wicc,
Wicc - Mar, here, if Mar does not decide to play on WT, he will be awarded a technical victory.

Group M
No positive changes have occurred in the last 2 weeks:
Out of the 4 remaining games, three involve Dirty_Player and
Medium_HP - SpiriTT
They need to play.

Please update the status of the matches on the forum.

Wic (blue, Inferno, Fiona) draw Satyr (red, Fortress, Broghild) @ Mini-Nostalgia, 117

We played for a week, after which the game crashed. Rolling back to earlier saves didn't help; it seems the issue started at the beginning of the week. Asm also couldn't fix the save. We didn't want to replay the difficult first week, so we agreed to a draw.

We couldn't connect with Mark on the first try; hopefully, it will work out later.

FireToSky (blue, Inferno, Marius) loses to Kluka (red, Rampart, Ivor), 8mm6a, 144 SOD. For the first 2 weeks, even though I killed my own teammate, I developed on the edge due to a lack of resources. I went to the center too late, took a Utopia, and I don't remember much after that. There was a big advantage in terms of power, but there was no control and nothing for speed. As a result, late at night, I miscalculated; I should have killed Kirr on the rush, but she survived, and her stats are higher, and it's hard to catch her. The game lasted a very long time; I don't like running around that much, especially when the game without control turned into a game of "tag," where poor Marya ran around with a decent stack of demons. After Kirr miraculously survived, I completely lost the desire to continue... Thank you for the game! If, by some miracle, I make it further, I refuse to play SOD, following Vik's example.

if, by some miracle, I make it to the next round, I refuse to play on SoD, following Vik's example.

And what will be interesting is if your opponent refuses to play on SoD? :)

Don't you think, FireToSky, that playing, for example, Inferno against Rampart in a Tournament Edition match for a player using Elves is, to put it mildly, not advantageous? It's not even about a preference for SOD (Stronghold, Order, Dungeon), but rather that your likely opponent might simply play to win.

It was just a total disaster in this game; morale made life a living hell... I wanted to surrender all through the second week, then I started to gain momentum, but a small mistake that affected the outcome of a game lasting about 15 hours just infuriated me! And SoD on 8mm6a doesn't really spark much interest because the pace there is always higher by several days, or even weeks. And I don't like tedious games of endurance.
Quote: And would it be interesting if your opponent refuses to play WT?
Technical loss and that's it

The blockquote contains a game record. "синий" (blue), "красный" (red) are player colors. "Рамп" is likely a nickname/location, but here it looks like part of the one-liner summary. "8мм6а" and "144 СОД" are specific identifiers/stats.FireToSky (blue, Inferno, Marius) lose Kluka (red, Ramp, Kirry), 8mm6a, 144 SoD

I confirm, I just played as Kirry.

On the first [map/turn] after the battle with the native AI (Barbarian), I was left with 3 wood-elves. On 122, using a scout with Barbarian growth (+ starting army of a barbarian hero, I think), I push into the dwarf town in groups of 15; the dwarves have insane morale, and I came out with a dozen goblins.
On 125 Kirry kills the purple player and takes the second Barbarian secondary town, on 126 - the pink player's Inferno. In both Barbarian castles, the big units are in the citadel. But on 127, the pink player kills a hired behemoth (he turned out to have 4 efreets :eek: I didn't think the AI could build them on the first [map/turn]) and takes back one Barbarian castle. I only took it back on 132; of course, the AI bought back the behemoth+ruks.
As a result, the army is nonexistent; I gathered everything available (red dragon from an external dwelling, behemoth+ruks, several uniques). BD -2, and due to terrible anti-morale on the crowd of wood-elves, I lose the behemoth and 3 ruks.

On 136 I see the opponent moving behind a horde of flies; the tavern shows that the army is with the scout. I rush over and attack Yoga with my entire army near the Dragon Utopia. But the amount of meat is too uneven, and anti-morale keeps triggering... after losing a dozen wyverns, I pay to retreat.

The scout picks up a "misfortune" scroll - someone is clearly mocking me, but I decide to continue. On 137, for some reason, I take +8 wyverns and smash myself into a Barbarian castle.

On 141 I take the max-consul. On 142 the mini-utopia (+5 strength). For some reason, I tried to smash the army from the second Barbarian castle against Marusya (I should have used the scout, of course), growth was lost...
143. Utopia 3. Fought carelessly; all 3 monsters and 1 angel were eaten. They gave me КЗ, an orator's hat, +5 all. Meanwhile, the opponent is flashing a red orb :(
144. I left the army with the scout, entered the minimum utopia with ones, summoned a stack of elementals, left 1 dragon, and ran away. The scout took the central village from the opp; Kirry is bought back there, hired 1 red dragon from an external dwelling. I stood behind the mountain hoping Marius wouldn't reach me. The point of the maneuver was to take the second set of speed boots (so Marusya wouldn't get them).

The calculation failed after all; Marius pays to retreat from my scout, is bought back in Inferno, attacks with 4 angels and 3 storm-units, but doesn't finish off 1 centaur. I summon a stack of elementals, and both heroes are sent to the tavern.

On 145 I take that utopia with the scout; they give me a teapot.

The opponent's scout with demons got stuck in the middle of the field. I thought about transferring artifacts to the scout, smashing the army against AI (bugged passage to the tea-pot), passing the army along the chain and reaching those demons with another scout... I probably would have done that, and probably would have received a retreat payment from the opponent with demons, Marusya's buyback in my starting castle, and the destruction of my scout with the entire army and artifacts.
But the opponent interrupts my long reflections (we played on unlime) and leaves the game.

Thanks for the game!

Added after 17 minutes
I looked at the layout - Kirry could have reached the scout with demons (albeit with 8 mana remaining). Ivan had slightly more than 5K gold, meaning he wouldn't have paid to retreat with more than 40 demons. Plus a 50% chance to wipe Marusya in the tavern (she wasn't bought back either due to lack of money).

In Group W.
1st place with 3.5 points and advancement to the 1/8 finals - Satyr (Fortress), congratulations!!!
2nd place is held by Wicc (Inferno) regardless of the outcome of the remaining match.
Wicc - Mar, the outcome of which determines the fate of 3rd place!!! Try to play!!!
/in case of Wicc's victory, he will have 3.5 points, the same Berger coefficient, and a draw in the head-to-head match. Therefore, the criterion for determining the place is the time of playing the group, where Satyr has the advantage/
5th place - StickyFingaz.

In Group F.
1st place with 4 points and advancement to the 1/8 finals - Kluka (Rampart), congratulations!!!
The match between Neverminder and bRitvo4kA remains, and its result will determine the Berger coefficient => the distribution of 2nd-5th places => entry into the playoffs and the reserve list.

Regarding WT.
Before the playoff draw, we will conduct another poll among the remaining players. We will look for ways to reconcile the versions. Currently, out of 13 identified playoff participants, 9 have SoD. But something may have changed in 2 months. Since technical issues in elimination matches are highly undesirable, if pairs for Wicc and FireToSky cannot be found, the vacant places will be given to lucky losers.

if, by some miracle, I make it further, I refuse to play on SoD, following Vik's example.

Overall, it's a cool idea to take Inferno and refuse to play on SoD :D

Honestly, it's a great idea to take Inferno and give up on Castle of the Damned. :D

Yep, and I even warned them specifically.
I just don't understand why they gave up. Using Inferno in Castle of the Damned – that's where the real power lies! :)

the problem isn't with Inferno in the SoD, but with the 15 hours of pointless gameplay, even though I was doing pretty well there...
Andrey didn't let me change races, so I'm doing this, if anything, I apologize :smile05:

Due to the lack of tournament motivation (regardless of the outcome, I will be in 2nd place), I request that a technical defeat be recorded for me in the match against Mar.