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vitalic (Blue, Rampart, Ivar) def Dubrovin Pavel (Red, Barbarian, Tiraxor) Jebus 135 WT
started with Ivar; Kir arrived and by 113 already had advanced pathfinding, home village. By 117, Kir was level 9 with advanced earth magic, Moner was level 11 with pathfinding and advanced defense. Shahti was level 10 (later his tactics helped hit the ГО-cyclopes). Ivar was only level 5, but also received pathfinding. At home were unicorns with a castle; in the secondary dwelling were elves; took three external dwellings of own and one of dwarves. In the second week, everything felt off somehow, chains didn't connect and there was no tempo. Took another external dwelling of own, built up the secondary dwelling to own with a castle, slotted in dragons, but still didn't make it to the center((. By 133 reached the center; the opponent had long been eating at the Dragon Utopia, but Moner was level 18, wearing boots, with 75 great elves, 40 great unicorns, 3 gold drags, 3 angels, 3 titans (from Pandora) with stats all in the twenties—also runs quite well—and avenged Kir, who had been killed without troops (was replenishing mana).
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vitalic (Blue, Castle, Valeska) def theShevanesian (Red, Rampart, Ivar) 2SM4D(3) 133 ВТ
on 113 Valeska sees her own secondary dwelling—we play. By the end of the week there is an external dwelling for horses; in the home town they are with the Castle, in the secondary dwelling swordsmen are with the Stronghold. Valeska is only level 6 (no growth from specialization). By the end of the second week Valeska is level 18 (expert logy, tactics, water, offense, basic air), she took a sword +5 to all from the magic dragons, stole a book of fire from 60 vives, and picked up a shield +12 behind the shamans. On 133 I break the Dragon Utopia, in autobattle without significant losses. They gave a necklace +3 to all, a tome of air, a titan's gladius, and handcuffs. The opponent conceded at max level, refused autobattle.
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vitalic (Blue, Castle, Valeska) def theShevanesian (Red, Rampart, Ivar) 2SM4D(3) 133 BT

Yes, that's how it happened. In the second turn, I took a consul-tier 3 unit, but all three tier 3 units were far away, and I only reached it on turn 131. I gathered 22 wyverns and went into the utopia - it turned out to be a maximum-level map, and Monya (15-11, expert attack, base defense) lost to an army of 3 angels, 22 wyverns, 8 unique units, and some minor units. Too bad. Then I replayed, and with the help of an expert luck and morale bonus, I won, and I still had 16 wyverns and 2 angels left. Thanks for the game!

For now, the table looks like this:

Let's hurry up with the games.

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vitalic (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def CJIOHuK (Red, Rampart, Kyrre) Jebus 131 WT
On the first day, I dug up Tazar; he got Logistics, then the Offense skill, but never switched to him. Shakti leveled up pretty well too, picked up Earth Magic, then Logistics. Built 1-6 with the castle and cleared one external dwelling of each of the 6 troop levels. Summoned Manticores through the portal. On day 124, broke through 41 Bears and rushed to the center. On day 127, plopped down Dragons at home (the Dragon Utopia gave a cash boost). Shakti in Boots and Gauntlets moved fine even through sand. On day 131, Kyrre knocked out my scout hero and vanished into the fog; I take a Dragon Utopia and catch up to him at a second Dragon Utopia with its guard already cleared, take it, and attack on the last second.
Shakti 26 30 20 20 with Advanced Defense, with almost no mana for either of us, looked better, and the Wyvern stack did its job.

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Wlk777 (red, Castle, Turis, Turis) def Captain (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 133 Panic
I wrote a long report, but then I pressed something and it got deleted. Anyway, in the second game, I got 26 ducks in the treasure, and about 100 air creatures, which I upgraded in the Conflux. As a result, my opponent didn't have enough: 31 Burattinos, 47 Grand Griffons, 3 Angels, and some minor units to win. Thanks for the game.

Wlk777 (red, Castle, Turis, Turis) def. Captain (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 133 Panic
I wrote a long report, but then I pressed something and it got deleted. Anyway, in the second game, I got 26 ducks in the treasure, and about 100 air creatures, which I upgraded in the Conflux. As a result, my opponent didn't have enough: 31 Burattinos, 47 Grand Griffons, 3 Angels, and some other units to win. Thanks for the game.

Confirmed. Grand Griffons took out 30+ Marks in one go, but the battle didn't continue – my 3 Angels didn't manage to block 81 Storms, which were also under a blessing.
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vitalic (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def CJIOHuK (Red, Rampart, Kyrre) Jebus 131 VT
On the first day he dug up Tazar, he got Logistics, then Offense skill, but never switched to him. Shakti leveled up pretty well too, got Earth Magic, then Logistics. Built 1-6 with a Castle and farmed one external dwelling of tier 6 creatures each. Summoned Manticores via the portal. On day 124 he broke through 41 Bears and rushed to the center. On day 127 he built Dragons at home (the Dragon Utopia gave a cash boost). Shakti moved well through the sands with Boots and Gauntlets. On day 131, Kyrre shot down my scout hero and vanished into the darkness; I took a Dragon Utopia and caught up with him at a second Dragon Utopia whose guard had been cleared. I took it and attacked at the last second.
Shakti 26 30 20 20 with Advanced Armorer looked better with almost no mana for either side, and the Wyvern stack did its job.

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it was, I think

theShevanesian (blue, Swamp, Broghild, Broghild) def CJiOHuK (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 122 8MM6A WT
The start was pretty good. On the first day, I captured a Dungeon town (Dungeon), 123456 at a Citadel. I discovered an external dwelling of Manticores near the enemy's Castle town. In the end, I took it on the first day, and built a Portal of Summoning in the Dungeon. So by Day 121, I had 8 Manticores. On Day 121, I took a Dragon Fly Hive with 6 upgraded Medusas from a lottery, losing 1 Wyvern. So by Day 122, I had 10 Wyverns and 8 Manticores with some chaff. Then I moved into the center. We decided to take a break, but a few days later the opponent decided not to continue. Thanks for the game!

When will the playoffs be?

When will the playoffs be?

There are 2 possible scenarios:
1. In group "B", the top 2 teams will be determined early, and the playoffs can start immediately.
2. According to the regulations:
"...Round 4 - by November 25
Round 5 - by December 9"
We'll wait until the matches in group B are played (there's still time), and December 10th is the deadline for announcing the playoffs.

Semifinal:
Wicc-Dubrovin Pavel
Vitalic-bRitvo4kA

Are we playing to one or two wins?

Do we play until one or two wins?

Until one win. The final is also until one win.

Wic (blue, Stronghold, Tyraxor) def DubrovinPoll (red, Fortress, Broghild) @ Jebus, 126

At first we skirmished normally, Pasha strategically lured me into a couple of Castle-Stronghold matchups, obviously hoping to freeload as Castle, taking advantage of my love for Stronghold.

But I'm a cunning parrot, I know that if Pasha has any Stronghold play technique, it's definitely not polished enough to blitz with it. So I took Castle. And of course I insisted we play strictly by the rules, without experience and classes, which are only needed here for Stronghold.

Pasha started suggesting other options, and in the end we settled on me playing Stronghold, and Pasha playing whoever he wanted except Castle. With experience, tax, classes, etc.

In chess, this is called a hidden trap — you really want to take the strongest faction on Jebus (with normal control), Fortress, so much that few can resist. And Pasha couldn't resist either.

But I've tested blitz on Jebus with almost all factions, and I've learned that Fortress is not only 100kg of fresh goose meat, but also death to the timer. There's a risk, of course, that Fortress might actually take off, but that requires very fast hands and strategies for Fortress ingrained in the spinal cord, which not everyone has.

111 found an external dwelling of wolves, harpies, and behemoths => we play.

113 took a mini Griffin Conservatory, which made life much easier, and immediately a Pandora's box with 35 wolf riders. Nice. Found a second external wolf dwelling.

116 a Stronghold Griffin Conservatory, too bad it's only a level 2, would have dropped any one.

117 bears in the castle, external dwellings — bears, 2 harpies, 2 wolves, 1 orcs, 2 goblins. Papa with Earth magic, Logistics, and Scouting. Also a Speed Ring, Boots of Speed, club +5, shield +4, gauntlets. Scouted many artifacts and a third Griffin Conservatory.

True, very tight on gold (which is strange for Jebus) and nowhere to build the lookout tower — I have a secondary hero, but from there it's a kilometer run to the nearest split, and the scout stubbornly refuses to become expert.

I decided not to force events, it's not that necessary in blitz, and to approach the center exit carefully — take 2 Naga Banks, all the hives and the Griffin Conservatory, get a Word spell for papa.

122 on the first attempt no Word of Light, only Blind among the interesting stuff. But this was accounted for in the plans, papa was set to farm near the GO.

123 the chain sweeps up the remaining needed stuff from the respawn, papa breaks the GO (Stronghold of Lv 2 Master Gremlins), runs into a Sultan horde for the Book of Air — annoying, Earth is not expert yet. Barely kill them, losing 6 birds, a few wolves, and all goblins-orcs. But wasted time, and the next fight with Crystalites for the Wings was the last for this day, with half a turn still remaining.

Along the way I missed the Inferno-Castle — couldn't take it due to the timer, otherwise I would have ended up much further from the goodies.

124 I take the Dragon Utopia (second Book of Air, shield +4 all), scatter noobs around the center.

125 second Dragon Utopia minimal — Black Orb (not such a bad thing — Brogh has nothing to counter mass Word of Light), shake down artifacts, take sword +5 all, Boots of Speed, run into another Inferno-Castle, build a guild.

126 behind the rock, the opponent appears... on his turn I spend a long time calculating the chain to transfer the army home through the Gates, upgrade bears and harpies and return back to papa. I think I calculated it, but it's very complex, I was afraid I wouldn't execute it in time due to the timer or mess up somewhere.

Especially since Brogh's stats and army are noticeably weaker than mine, so I decided to attack as is. Took 2 artifacts along the way (one taken but not collected by Brogh), Sandals +2 all, prepared for the attack, but Pasha already understood his fate and surrendered. Later I checked — after the first round of the assault, almost the entire swamp army was killed.

Thanks for the game!