Posts from Heroes World TOP-8: Reports and summaries.

I confirm Nickolas83's report. He made an unsuccessful rush, and didn't have enough time to buy himself out (he was short 3,000 gold) because the high-initiative elf units prevented him from doing so. He only managed to buy himself out with 1 drake. Then he attacked a Garrison on his side, defeating 274 battle griffons, but didn't manage to kill 77 warlords. After that, he surrendered... Thanks for the game!

Sonic, Carly + Inga defeated Detmers, Erin + Ira. The score was 6 or 7 to Маска.
I took Carlitos because of the building. My opponent was doing well, and I was doing worse – I didn't have a tent until level 17. It appeared together with the resurrection spell. Inga wasn't very good at learning runes; at level 13, she only knew 2 runes, but the resurrection rune was available in the castle.
I saw my opponent running around the center; I saw what he was taking and what he wasn't. I ran there, took my building, and a few higher-tier artifacts. 200 archers with throwers were doing great. I was very glad that my opponent didn't bother me there because I was planning to gather resources and attack the Black faction, but I wasn't afraid of them. In general, I felt pretty confident. Detmers had better stats, but I wasn't afraid. It seemed to me that he slightly reduced the number of beasts and witches, but he says no – I believe him. Who knows what would have happened if he hadn't forgotten to put on the Boots of the Earth in the last battle.

But I already suffered because of my overconfidence when the player surrendered, and I said, "Let's load; I don't accept surrenders." Although, when I'm leading, I sometimes do this; maybe I'll need it next time. But here, I not only agreed to play; I even persuaded him and gave him some information, which might have been useful to him. And then a disaster happened when I didn't take the attack spell for my Mage at level 18 and instead took the Artificer spell (by mistake), and he punished me with mass evasion, which was difficult but still effective. And I could have bought the Gauntlets; the hero was one square away from the shop, but he didn't reach it. If he had, I would have won that battle, and he wouldn't have escaped (I could have bought the hero, but I thought I could manage without him). The OS would have solved the evasion problem.
This is my report for the first confirmed game!
Thanks to the guys for the game!

I confirm – I rarely play as a Warlock, and that’s where all the problems stem from. I leveled him up well, with good Chaos and Light resistance, but I got Resurrection very late, around level 26. Before that, I had occasional losses. There was a significant lag on the map, but because I was playing poorly and I made the map myself, I lost, so I acknowledged the defeat.

Zak (red Dungeon Erin+Vlad) defeated Fil0sof (blue Inferno Deleb) start of week 5, summer.

A major factor in the victory was good scouting — starting from week 3, I had a rough idea of what Deleb was doing. I went through a mini-treasure zone where I was very lucky to find +50 boots and a -3 to defense ring, while I had Cold Death + Ice Bolt, which allowed me to take out the ballista in one hit. Then I broke into my opponent's adjacent zone (fortunately I found a well) — 135 mana was enough, it was day 2 of the week, Deleb couldn't make it back in time (again, thanks to scouting). The cockroach gave her the growth (I was one turn away from my town), but I attacked Deleb — it turned out she had negative defense, and my -3 penalty allowed me to win easily. Thanks for the game to Philosopher.

Raykkonen (Mages, Nyura) defeated Shamik (Elves) 1-4-1 smile
In the Armageddon guild. Chaos to Pyrokinesis, everything landed perfectly, jumped into the adjacent zone and within a turn was at the Elf's castle — his home was gone, and the surrender followed.
Thanks for the game
Raykkonen (League, Letos) defeated KillAndAction (Demons) 1-4-3 maze
Killa had something go wrong and he surrendered.
Thanks for the game

I confirm raykkonen's report.

I often lost, and they didn't give me defense or luck, so I decided to surrender to avoid torturing my opponent...

Thanks for the game!

I confirm the report by raykonnen.

fil0sof (Dungeon, Erinn) lost to kol'ka (Fortress, Ingvar), using the Mask template.

The start was good; Erinn got a town and a special ability that reduces the hero hiring cost right from the beginning. In the second week, a plague fell, which was tough, but I managed to pull through, and from the third week onwards, things went really well, but during one of the turns, the game crashed again (those who played with me know what I mean). My opponent got angry and started aggressively and rudely hinting at my dishonesty and fabricated "crash." This tournament isn't important enough for me to waste my time and nerves playing with such questionable personalities, so I suggested he simply concede, especially since, de jure, he could demand a victory because the crash was on my side. As I expected, he quickly agreed. Apparently, I'll have to splurge on a licensed version to avoid similar incidents in the future.

fil0sof (League, Erinn) lost to kol'ka (Dwarves, Ingvar), using the Mask template

The start was good; Erinn got a city with a special ability that reduces the hiring cost of heroes right from the beginning. The second week was tough because of the plague, but I managed to pull through. From the third week onwards, things went really well, but during one of the turns, the game crashed again (those who played with me know what I'm talking about). My opponent got angry and started aggressively and rudely hinting at my dishonesty and the fabricated "crash." This tournament isn't important enough for me to waste my time and nerves playing with such questionable individuals, so I suggested he simply acknowledge the defeat, especially since, de jure, he could legitimately demand a victory because the crash was on my side. As I expected, he quickly agreed. Apparently, I'll have to spend money on a licensed copy to avoid similar incidents in the future.

I think the game should be finished so that there isn't a precedent!!!!
Otherwise, who will play against Kol'ka, and if the game crashes, will the defeat be counted? I believe the tournament judges should react to the situation.
What will the other tournament participants say?

I think we should finish the game so that there isn't a precedent!!!!
Otherwise, who will play with Kolya and what if the game crashes, and the loss is counted? I think the tournament judges should react to the situation.
What will the other tournament participants say?

To be honest, Rayk, I don't get any pleasure from playing with someone who starts swearing at me after the game crashes. In the end, it's not a competition for cows; you have to play for yourself, not just to tick a box.
Besides, he might be right in some ways; my game crashes too often. I didn't care about it before, but now that I've started playing online, it's time to buy a licensed version. Another question is that you can react in different ways; neither you, nor Kontr, nor Zak hinted at any unfairness to me. But that's his personal business))

Phil, tournament rules have point 9 which states:
9. In case of a connection interruption or game crash, the last autosave is loaded, and players are required to exactly repeat all their moves up to the point of the interruption or crash.
So you could have confidently responded in kind)).
If you hadn't fulfilled the second part of this point, the opponent could have demanded a victory.

There is no such rule – a loss for disconnections, unless it can be proven that it is done intentionally. But the evidence must be presented to the judge by sending him the save files and the map, pausing the game for a while, and not arguing among yourselves. In the future, please show respect to each other. In this specific case, if fil0sof wants to, the game should be finished; if he doesn't want to, it's his right, and I will register a loss for him.

If there had been a disconnect, meaning the internet connection dropped, I wouldn't even bother listening to it. In this case, the game crashed, and it happens quite often because I'm using a pirated version, and I'm always hesitant to buy the legitimate one. But, as you can see, not everyone believes in that. And, I repeat, I don't get any pleasure from playing with someone who isn't familiar with basic moral and ethical standards. I didn't want to argue with him at all; I simply preferred to concede, since winning was so important to him. So, mark it as a loss; I'm not claiming victory. Let it be on his conscience.

It's just a pirated copy. My licensed Gold Edition crashes regularly after patch 3.1; the game just closes, and my internet connection is also bad. I probably stopped playing because of this. They say it's because of Windows; Windows 7 helps fix it! I just haven't had the time to change it yet.

Heroes VII is garbage))) IMHO. It has problems with Hotmail, ask the guy from Moscow, and Windows in general is a pain. I'll buy a legitimate copy tomorrow, hopefully, everything will be fixed.