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07, 11 November 2010

rebellious (red, Tower, Neela, Kyrre) def SEM_56 (blue, Fortress, Wystan, Tyris), 2SM4d(3), 217

The map was very twisted, roads to passages were long. There was one distant swamp secondary, a passage to the dungeon off-road, and an even longer one to the native snow area, not to mention behind the Arch Magi. Kyrre, freed from prison, turned out to be very handy — because there was a lot of running around in search of something interesting. Tyris, who entered the underground on the second week, could have been attacked, but I didn't take the risk. And on day 137 I went towards the opponent, since I hadn't identified alternatives for my development. In short, Kyrre didn't make it to the town, the opponent bought up the recruitment, but likewise couldn't get far. Tyris went into the sand treasure zone, Kyrre into the snow one, but after breaking through the entrance guards, a crowd of Efreet Sultans stood there, so the route changed toward a nearby entrance to the underground treasure zone. There, after shaking a few Dragon Fly Hives from the trees, I made my way into my own dungeon and after studying recovery in my native town, moved toward a long-scouted Utopia. The Speaker's Hat and the Hat of +4+4 along with the Library allowed me to catch up in parameters with the blue player. Tyris recaptured her native town and the elven secondary. But not for long. Finding themselves again without recruitment, the blue player most likely chose not to continue a trench war with the nimble Kyrre.
Thanks for the game!

07, November 11, 2010

rebellious (red, Tower, Neela, Kyrre) def SEM_56 (blue, Fortress, Wystan, Tyris), 2SM4d(3), 217

I wouldn't wish such a crooked draw and gameplay on my enemy!
Kyrre came out at the exact moment, which is called the time when there was no chain to the Castle....
Then, a successful raid by the red player on my treasure, as always, was successful...
Then, a bunch of all sorts of strange things and coincidences in favor of the opponent...
We don't need such heroes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:smile29:

FAVorite (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Gunnar) def Dubrovin Pavel (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2cm4d(3) 142
Gunnar arrived and decided to level up both logistics heroes... in the first one, he leveled up to 6 in the castle, taking 2 secondary skills... in the second one, he built swords in the citadel...
122 - I take a consultant for 2 angels
123 - I take a consultant for 1 angel, bring up a bunch of troops, take a consultant to the max, lose 1 angel and 4 unicorns...
125 - I enter the treasure with 6 angels...
Then I shook up the ducks, took the utopia to 134... they gave me the book of water... I prepared to go to another treasure, but then I saw Valeska preparing to visit on 141...
I lost, brought troops in a chain, bought more in the castle... and met her... thanks for the game.

FAVorite (blue, Rampart, Kyrr, Gunnar) def Dubrovin Pavel (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2cm4d(3) 142

It happened.

On the first week - Horses in Stronghold, external dwelling of Swords and Bows, Necromancer secondary; lost half of the Bows on guards.

On the second week - Stronghold secondary, 3 Hives for 22 Vivas, 2 Naga-Bank, 3 Medusa-nest, 2 Dwarf-nest, Angels in Castle.

On the third week - Mini-Consa, traveled 6 days to Dragon Utopia (Wings), on the way there only a Hive with 4 Vivas and a Pandora's box for 20.000 behind 20-49 Titans with Gr. Stekok, then I get crushed, place Archangels and really wanted to pop into 141 at the opponent's Capital without my own growth. Pity it didn't work out, the Castle turned out to be far away. From that side, 8 Angels, 41 Vivas, nearly 40 Pegasi, etc. with +2 Speed, were an insurmountable force for my Week 3 Army, without Mass Slow and without mana.

Thanks for the game!

scorp (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Mar (blue, Conflux, random, Lacus, Grindan) 2sm4d(3), 147

111 max dwarf mine, one road to the snows (and through them to the opponent via a path, since ГО is off-road), second road cut off by a lot of monks for 15% resist
114 discovered a free vision point and life became easier: 2 cat external dwellings, painted one of them on 117/
117 houses 1-6 in the citadel without portal/money 0/, but Shakti has the primer and mass low (4526 +2 to magic round duration)
123 first preserve found +2 angels
124 first secondary ))
125 pandora for a pack of champions +20 simple vampires, is Dragon Utopia needed?!
127 broke from treasure zone to the capital (for 200 mana), behind the witches' hut (LOGISTIAN) and some small art +1 speed (for a pack of horses), only the summoning portal with cats and money upgrades were added to the buildings
133 entering second treasure zone
134 took cloak of renunciation for vampires. Red ball for ul phoenixes, but since Shakti surpassed Grindan in magic parameters, there was no need for the ball; took +6 all there instead, found Dragon Utopia (but only 18 cats, 2 angels, 100+ troglodytes and nearly 50 harpies on hand, ducks 0* - didn't take a single hive during the game, and with the cloak against a mage I didn't want to waste armies; in Dragon Utopia I was looking at losing half my forces for just money :smile38: , control wasn't really needed)
136 Shakti breaking home + 1 day to external dwelling finally painted the second cat external dwelling for 100+ Grindans
137 Grindan appeared on respawn with 5-9 phoenixes, 5-9 psychics and a horde of storms
141 Shakti-stable and break with haste in Castle/Grindan opens vision and breaks home/
143 via the snowy road the miner is already at the blue respawn
144 make a mistake at the fork and fail to capture opponent's capital
145 Grindan is in the capital, oh well, continuing along the road, into the metro - there's a pandora for several Gold Dragons/didn't give armies, oh well ))/
146 Grindan is still sitting in the capital - I don't mind, meanwhile taking another secondary, but can't get scout out of Castle
147 see a chain and attempt to capture my own capital via scouts - kill Luna near my castle, others won't make it; come out with Miner from metro and kill a couple more scouts from the chain (can't reach Grindan and no point without first speed and handcuffs)
147 army returned to Grindan and FB on grass:

Shakti 14 15 12 19(352, magic up to level 3 in battle): 2 angels, 28 ul cats, 88 ul harpies and 145 ul troglodytes

Grindan 5 11 10 12(180, had adv. berserker): 13 phoenixes, 13 psychics, 70+ storms, 14 energists, 20+ ice (maybe slightly more)

first round: mass low from both sides, after the death of phoenixes, Conflux had nothing left to fight with

Thanks for the game.

PS: image died, noticed when report was already written:(

Returned home)))
Ready to play.

scorp (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Mar (blue, Conflux, random, Lacus, Grindan) 2sm4d(3), 147

111 max Dwarf Cottage, one road in the snow (and through it to the opponent via the path, since ГО off-road), the second road cut off by a lotso of monk huts with 15% resistance
114 discovered a free lookout and life became easier: 2 external dwellings of cats/one of them and painted it on 117/
117 home 1-6 in the Citadel without a portal/0 gold/, but Shakti with a spellbook and mass Slow (4526 +2 to duration of magic rounds)
123 found the first conservatory +2 angels
124 first secondary skill ))
125 Pandora's Box behind a pack of Champions +20 basic Vampires, need a Dragon Utopia?!
127 broke through from the treasure zone to the capitol (for 200 mana), behind the witch hut (LOGISTICS) and minor stuff art +1 to speed (behind a pack of horses), at home the only building added was a portal of summoning with cats and development on gold
133 I enter the second treasure zone
134 took the Cloak of the Undead King behind the Vampires. Red orb behind ultimate fey dragons, and since Shakti also surpassed Grindan in magical parameters, there was no need for the orb, there I also took +6 all, found a Dragon Utopia (but on hand only 18 cats, 2 angels, 100+ Troglodytes and under 50 Harpies, 0 ducks* - didn't take a single Hive for the entire game, and having the cloak against a mage, I didn't want to waste the army on something needed in the Dragon Utopia, I was looking at a loss of half the army and only gold for it :smile38: , control wasn't really needed)
136 Shakti broke through home + 1 day to the external dwelling finally painted the second external dwelling of cats for 100+ grand
137 on the respawn Grindan appeared with 5-9 fey dragons, 5-9 psychos and a horde of storm elementals
141 Shakti - stable and break through with Haste in the castle / Grindan opens a lookout and breaks through home/
143 through the snow road the miner is already on the blue spawn point
144 I make a mistake at the fork and do not capture the opponent's capitol
145 Grindan in the capitol, that's fine, we move on along the road, into the metro - there's a Pandora's Box for several Gold Dragons / the army didn't allow it, that's fine ))/
146 Grindan is still sitting in the capitol - I don't mind, meanwhile I take another secondary skill, but can't release a scout from the castle
147 I see a chain and a transfer for capturing my own capitol through scouts, - I kill Luna near my castle, the rest won't reach, I come out as the Miner from the metro and kill a couple more scouts from the chain (can't reach Grindan and no use without first strike speed and Manacles)
147 Grindan's army is returned and Fireball on grass:

Shakti 14 15 12 19 (352, magic up to level 3 in battle): 2 angels, 28 ultimate fey cats, 88 ultimate fey Harpies and 145 ultimate fey Troglodytes

Grindan 5 11 10 12 (180, had advanced Berserker): 13 fey dragons, 13 psychos, 70+ storm elementals, 14 energy elementals, 20+ ice elementals (maybe slightly more)

In the first round: mass Slow from both sides, after the fey dragons died, there was nothing to fight the Confusion with

Thanks for the game.

P.S.: the picture killed me, noticed it when I had already written the report:(

Confirmed. Thanks for the game.

18.11.2010 Gomunguls(Red,Dungeon,Shakti,Shakti)def Wlk777(Blue,Swamp,Wystan,Alkin)2sm4d(3),1.3.6
A difficult start, 4 heroes... a block of 19 snipers on a town, which turned out to be my native one... broke through a couple more exits... total of 4 towns by month 1. By month 2 I grabbed 2 Griffin Conservatories (3+2) and next to the Dragon Utopia, but there are 100+ Wizards there, so it's somehow not great to go in... so the noobs run for another Griffin Conservatory while the main hero heads to the Dragon Utopia that was scouted in the Treasure Cave... got a Shield of the Dwarven King and a +3 attack defense... there I also broke 100+ dwarves for a Helm of the Alabaster +5, replenish mana, and on 1.3.3 I break both Dragon Utopias without losses... captured the capital and then onto a secondary town.. and there is the main hero... attacked and thanks to strong magic I win...
Thanks for the game!!!

18.11.2010 Gomunguls(Красный,Данж,Шакти,Шакти)def Wlk777(Синий,Болото,Вистан,Алкин)2sm4d(3),1.3.6

Well, the opponent has a double build, an external dwelling for Minotaurs and a bunch of one-hit kills + КЗ in the very first Dragon Utopia—while I have only one minimal one-hit kill and a Hive external dwelling in the treasure zone which I also found with great difficulty... No idea how to fight this.. For 133, I took Dragon Utopia; they gave me more or less decent stats, but there's nothing to counter the blast—there is nothing useful in the Mage Guild up to level 4... Of course, I should have risked it and taken another max Dragon Utopia; scouting showed wings, an air book, and armor there, and it was taken more or less easily provided the cows' ability triggered... Thanks for the game

Our match with Dirty Player was postponed due to my fault. My last chance to play is around 3 PM Moscow time on November 21st. If we don't play, please grant me a technical defeat. I apologize for any inconvenience caused.

21.11.10 Piterius (red, Conflux, Moner, Moner) def LeBron (blue, Inferno, Fiona, Fiona), 2sm4d(3), WT, 125

Thank you for the game!

We started with Erdom. Please don't put a technical mark on it yet.

Added 3 hours and 1 minute ago
We postponed the Erdom submission. If possible, we ask for a slight extension, but if not, we are ready for the judges' decision. :)

11/21/10 Piterius (red, Conflux, Moner, Moner) def LeBron (blue, Inferno, Fiona, Fiona), 2sm4d(3), WT, 125

Thanks for the game!

That's how it was! 40 ducks and stats of 15+ didn't help :)

FireToSky (red, Inferno, Marius, Marius\Brissa) def Wicc (blue, Inferno, Fiona), mirror match, 127, unlimited
on week 1 took all secondaries, broke a gnome dwelling don't remember which, but 20 each I think. 1 secondary native, plus Castle and Tavern, in the second slot Masha was not too proud to take Sorcery:) and finished the week at only level 6 with expert fire magic to boot. Didn't get the guaranteed 50 demons from Mr. Redmi: only 30:) But a great prospect: at home dwellings 1-5 with cells, in secondary 1-4 with cells, in Castle there are Knights in a fort with an external dwelling of them, and 2 external dwellings of imps.
121 - bought the growth from the Inferno secondary, Masha fought in the snows, there is a prison behind a horde of mummies, from there Pyrrhe emerges and runs along the path to the lava treasure zone, grabbing a Cape of Speed along the way for 30+ pegasuses. Already 50+ demons.
122 - Pyrrhe ran into the treasure zone, can see a Dragon Fly Hive, Pandora for Griffin uniques, blocking the road, forget it, turned the horse around, gave the army to Masha, she breaks the maximum neutral bank that was scouted the day before near the capital, then via chain everything to the Inferno secondary, there the noobs are aiming for a Dragon Utopia. Demons 86.
123 - Dragon Utopia level 2, wouldn't have broken more. Had to take 6 pits with me, who finished off 22 dogs for demon numbers, and with 100 demons entered the Dragon Utopia: quick lost 35 demons and pits, while I turned out to be Rambo and left a whole 46 there :smile04: . But the rewards were generous: All Sword and All Helm. Via chain everything to Brissa, she, not hesitating, breaks a Griffin Conservatory - level 1. Masha brings an angel, she rushes to speed boost in the treasure zone from the Castle, where another Dragon Utopia is visible. Papal move: build griffins in the Castle instead of stables :smile12: . There it is, Redminia for demons))) Pyrrhe with fresh meat to the external dwelling of future demons:)
124 - Brissa takes another Griffin Conservatory - level 3, buries 3 pits there (good thing, Pyrrhe gave 3 more). I enter the treasure zone, immediately a box of 60 archers (yeah, figured, plus my 18 from home, total 780 hp = 22 demons :smile14: + leveling there too)
Masha finally got something worthwhile: Logistics and Offense, a box of all Earth (well, levels 1-2 I mean :D ) behind angels, and by the end of the turn on speed boost in front of the Dragon Utopia with 80 demons already and 78 archers still)))
125 - Dragon Utopia level 3, gave totally awesome stuff: Book of Water, Air, Shield of the Sentinel. A-a-ah, oo-oo-wh-oo-wh, so many plans at once, treasure zones are visible, Brissa will now fly, jump! I fight Masha in the Castle, now I build stables:) I jump her into a treasure zone, where a couple of trees and a jail are visible, I free Xarfax, he takes a Pandora with 15 Storm Elementals, a Dragon Fly Hive with 6 horses. Demons 102, archers 20.
126 - here there is just violence on the timer, brain, and everything else with 3 pits :smile21: Xarfax takes 2 more prisons, there Clancy takes another Dragon Fly Hive, Clavius takes a Pandora with level 4, Town Portal to the Castle, from there Masha jumps into a 4-way intersection, ends up in a treasure zone near the Tavern, Brissa takes 2 more Dragon Fly Hives, flies to the swamps, there's a Pandora with 15 experience, frees a noob - Melodia, she runs to Masha, Masha takes 2 Pandoras (to level up somehow, only level 14, equal to Brissa), both Pandoras give Lizards, total 90 Lizards + Melodia stands near the HP tube! 113 demons of rank 7. On her turn Fiona jumps in with 10 angels, 12 horses, 60 dogs, and various hats, with good stats, and misses reaching my Castle by a couple of cells.
127 - finally finished abusing the timer:) set about destroying the 90 Lizards, meanwhile taking 2 Dragon Fly Hives, the opponent's Tavern, his capital, and from there via Inferno portal Town Portalled to my Castle, upgraded 26 horses and with 152 demons Brissa attacked Fiona. In the Fireball I hesitated at first, we exchanged chain lightning, and then I went into melee, immediately a couple of laceration stacks, morale, thanks to artifacts from the black market, Vic decided not to drag it out :)
Thanks for the game and patience!

Excellent. One pair didn't make it on time, the game has begun.

1/8 Finals Draw (November 22 - December 5):

N OUTLAW (Rampart) - M scorp (Dungeon)
L Mizrael (Castle) - K FAVorite (Rampart)
S Alone (Necropolis) - J Erdem (Fortress)/M Dirty_Player (Conflux)
K Keba (Dungeon) - N rebellious (Tower)
J RomarioGrom (Conflux) - S Gomunguls (Dungeon)
F Kluka (Rampart) - N злой_романтик (Necropolis)
W Сатир (Fortress) - K Piterius (Conflux)
M Medium_HP (Fortress) - F FireToSky (Inferno)

The first player in the pair chooses their color for the first generation before the game. This is a small bonus for those who took first place in their group. Then, colors are changed after each SUBJECTIVE (only 111 and 113) restart.

The bracket is in the second post of the tournament thread.

Good luck!