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Wicc

15 years ago

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FireToSky

FireToSky (red, Inferno, Marius, Marius\Brissa) def Wicc (blue, Inferno, Fiona), mirror match, 127, unlim

Yeah, it was.

Giving up Marik in a mirror match was certainly risky, since that's exactly where his advantage over Fiona is greatest — lots of gold and secondary skills, ease of farming, no comps, etc. But I decided to give it a try.

It turned out to be an interesting game — by week 1 I had noticeably outpaced Marik in tempo (unsurprisingly) — I picked up secondary skills earlier, and even managed to peek into the treasure zone and snag an external dwelling of crusaders and horses there, falling one tile short of the second external dwelling of horses.

By week 2 I quickly assembled as many as 5 cons (4+3+1+1+1 angels) and a Dragon Fly Hive (6 horses), mostly with low-tier units, barely having enough gold to recruit. Then 2 Dragon Utopias, also with low-tier units.

We were going neck and neck until day 125, both having taken exactly 2 Dragon Utopias.

But what decided it was that I had given the opponent the red color for a symbolic price — if red had been mine, the outcome would have been the opposite — on day 126 Marik would have been wiped out, while Brissa didn't yet have a critical mass of horses. And by the time she got it, both Inferno opponents would have already been devoured, compensating for the hit point deficit.

As it was, Fiona jumped to the opponent's Castle on day 126, who in 2 days had cheated 26 grand horses from the Dragon Fly Hives, and attacked on day 127 with a clearly superior army. The combat stat spread heavily favors Fiona, but the chai stats are 1200 to 800 in Brissa's favor, plus Mass Haste, after which her entire army moves first.

Thanks for the game!

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OUTLAW

15 years ago

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FireToSky

FireToSky (red, Inferno, Marius, Marius\Brissa) def Wicc (blue, Inferno, Fiona), mirror match, 127, unlimited
On week 1, I took all secondary skills, broke a gnome dwelling, don't remember which one, but about 20 each. 1 secondary skill is native, plus Castle and Tavern, in the second slot Maryka didn't hesitate 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: home 1-5 in the Castle with cages, in the secondary 1-4 with cages, in the Castle knights in a Fort with an external dwelling of their own, and 2 external dwellings of imps.
121 - bought the growth from the Inferno secondary town, Maryka fought in the snow, there's a prison guarded by a horde of mummies, from there Pirr comes out and runs along the path to the lava treasure zone, picking up a Cape of Speed for 30+ pegasuses along the way. Already 50+ demons.
122 - Pirr ran into the treasure zone, there you can see a Dragon Fly Hive, a Pandora's Box with griffins, standing on the road, forget it, turned the horse around, gave the herd to Maryka, she breaks the max Naga Bank that was scouted the day before near the capital, then through the chain everything to the Inferno secondary town, there the noobs are aiming for a Dragon Utopia. 86 demons.
123 - a level 2 Dragon Utopia, wouldn't have bothered breaking more. Had to take 6 pits with me, which finished off 22 dogs for demons, and with 100 demons I entered the Dragon Utopia: quick-lost 35 demons and pits, while I turned out to be Rambo and left as many as 46 there :smile04:. But they gave generously: all Sword and all Helmet. Through the chain everything to Brissa, she, without hesitation, breaks the Griffin Conservatory - level 1. Maryka gets the Angel, she runs to speed up in the treasure zone from the Castle, where another Dragon Utopia is visible. Papal move: I build Griffins in the Castle instead of Stables :smile12:. There it is, Redmi-mania for demons))) Pirr with meat to the external dwelling of future demons:)
124 - Brissa takes another Griffin Conservatory - level 3, buries 3 pits there (good thing Pirr gave 3 more). I enter the treasure zone, immediately a box with 60 archers (yeah, figured, + 18 of mine from home, total 780 HP = 22 demons :smile14: + leveling there too)
Maryka finally got something worthwhile: Logistics and Offense, a box for the whole land (well, for levels 1-2 I mean :D ) behind the Angels, and by the end of the turn on speed boost in front of the Dragon Utopia with 80 demons already and still 78 archers)))
125 - a level 3 Dragon Utopia, gave totally awesome stuff: Book of Water, Book of Air, Shield of the Sentinel. A-a-ah, ooh-ooh-hoo-hoo, so many plans at once, treasure zones are visible, Brissa will now fly, jump! I split Maryka in the Castle, now I'm building the Stables:) I jump her into the treasure zone, where a couple of trees and a jail are visible, I free Xarfax, he takes a Pandora's Box with 15 Storm Elementals, a Dragon Fly Hive with 6 horses. 102 demons, 20 archers.
126 - here it's just the rape of the timer, the brain, and everything else with 3 pits :smile21: Xarfax takes 2 more jails, there Clancy takes another Dragon Fly Hive, Clavius a Pandora's Box with level 4, Town Portal to the Castle, from there Maryka 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's Box with 15 experience, frees a noob - Melodia, she runs to Maryka, Maryka takes 2 Pandora's Boxes (to level up somehow, since she's only level 14, on par with Brissa), in both Pandora's Boxes they give Liches, total 90 Liches + Melodia stands with a huge HP stack! 113 demons of rank 7. On her turn Fiona jumps in with 10 Angels, 12 Horses, 60 Dogs, and all sorts of hats, with decent stats, and falls a couple of cells short of my Castle.
127 - finally finished raping the timer:) started destroying the 90 Liches, while taking 2 Dragon Fly Hives, the opponent's Tavern, his capital, and from there through the Inferno portal Town Portaled myself to my Castle, upgraded 26 Horses, and with 152 demons Brissa attacked Fiona. In the Fireball fight I was a bit slow at first, we exchanged chain lightnings, and then I went for the frontal assault, immediately a couple of Liches, morale, thanks to artifacts from the Black Market, Vic decided not to drag the cat out :)
Thanks for the game and patience!

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Brutal!! I'll never let you play Inferno again now :smile53:

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SEM_56

15 years ago

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OUTLAW

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Seriously!! I'm never letting you play Inferno again :smile53:

That's a terrible Warlock, Igor; the SOD wouldn't tolerate such abuse!!!:)

Лось

15 years ago

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Actually, it's a DSLR, and the tempo is incredibly fast on it.

Gomunguls

15 years ago

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23.11.2010 Gomunguls(Red,Dungeon,Shakti,Shakti)def RomarioGrom(Blue,Conflux,Lacus,Ciele)2SM4d(3),1.3.3.
We took all the restarts, a luck-based deal... mine was decent, Gunnar arrived. 3 stacks at the GG.. I break the gnome dwelling right there on day 20 and everyone scatters... I broke through to the secondary Citadel.. Gunnar runs through the dungeon... on 114 the GG already has Expert Earth with the needed scrolls... Gunnar grabs the native secondary... on 1.1.5 I break 84 Grand Elves almost without losses)) from the Pandora's Box 5000 experience... on 116 already level 10 or 11... I grab the Necro secondary... there in the early days I take out 2 Naga Banks (4+4) and head to the stables... on 1.2.3 I destroyed a level 3 Griffin Conservatory and Cyclops dwelling(6)... on 1.2.4 into the Treasure Chamber... there 2 Dragon Utopias are visible from the overview... on 1.2.6 I approached one and grabbed the Golden Bow there... I don't want to waste a turn, so I run further... already level 15-16.. I get Log in time... on 1.2.7 I grabbed 2 Dragon Fly Hives(6+4)... on 1.3.1 I took down 7 Phoenixes for a Pandora's Box where I got very lucky and it gave all 5th level spells... then my secondary gets taken by the opponent :mad: ... plans change.. I wanted to break a couple of Dragon Utopias but only managed to destroy one and break through to the capital. The Dragon Utopia was level 3 and gave a red orb:) a helmet +12 to knowledge and a helmet +4 to spell power and knowledge... I equipped the orb, replenished mana in the well, and wait for the opponent.... on the next turn I planned to defeat all the blue troops in front of the town and calmly recapture the secondary through Dimension Door where the blue player hadn't bought anything... on 1.3.3 I attack Ciele and in a Fireball to the Troglodytes, morale played out, so the blue player couldn't retreat...
Thanks for the game!!!

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RomarioGrom

15 years ago

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Gomunguls

23.11.2010 Gomunguls(Red,Dungeon,Shakti,Shakti)def RomarioGrom(Blue,Conflux,Lacus,Ciele)2SM4d(3),1.3.3.

that was the case... I myself scrapped my decent generations and got a path to ГО and to the port for mages (there was also a metro nearby, less than a turn from the capital). Had nothing to do, had to clear my native 2 crypts (max and pre-max). Spotted the pot by the end of the week behind the ridge and sent a scout hero there who managed to get there. The birds got stuck right next to it. 2nd trade bought 4 phoenixes and into the Dwarf Cottage (20). Not far away, 2 boxes (10k experience and 20 magma). The scout heroes also took 2 Medusa Dens (6+4) and added a chain +4. Decided to probe the metro where the scout hero had spotted the edge of the Dungeon (assuming it was a bugged passage, I decided to rush). Spotted the overview and saw that I could make it in time, and it would be a surprise since the passage was blocked by 10+ pixies behind a prison. Made it, but after running the turn realized it was a secondary hero :( 3rd scout hero with 2 birds went for the mages and successfully left 1 there. Managed to take the Dwarf Cottage (20) there. Decided to go for some trade-off and buy myself out, but morale didn't let that happen, and Ciele's death was a mere formality.
Thanks for the game!

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Erdem

15 years ago

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Game with Dirty Player, save stage. It's already week 4. Today we plan to finish it. Thanks for waiting. :)

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Alone

15 years ago

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Erdem

Playing against Dirty Player in the save game stage. It's already week 4. We plan to finish it today. Thank you for waiting. :)

The Lich hordes are ready!

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Erdem

15 years ago

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25.11.2010 Erdem (Red, Fortress, Bron, Wystan) def Dirty Player (Blue, Conflux, random, Erdamon, Labetha), 2sm4d(3), 221

Almost 6 AM, work tomorrow, so brief. Decided to start with Bron on the last generation; after all the restarts we played on slow curves and extremely long roads. Got luckier with the spawn — Wystan with Log, Boots, Stable; scouted 2 treasure zones, found only one Dragon Utopia (a level 2 one), full control. No Cons, only 4 Dragon Fly Hives in the entire game. Took the opponent's native secondary town via trackless terrain. Meat count even after the plague was indecently high: 20+ Chaos Hydras, close to 40 Greater Gorgons, 40+ Greater Basilisks, 40+ Wyvern Monarchs, 100+ Greater Lizards, Red Boots, Cloak of Reckoning, and Pendant of Negating Lightning. The Blue had Armageddon and Implosion, but it was already too late. Maybe Kostya will write in more detail. Thanks to Kostya for the game and the time! =)

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OUTLAW

15 years ago

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24.11.2010 OUTLAW (red, Rampart, Kyrie) def Scorp (blue, Dungeon, Shakti), 8mm6a, 2-1-1
We chose all our restarts + a few re on slow roads. The generation was lucky here! On the first week, I painted the external dwellings of elves and pegasi, took my main hero - Conflux. At home, there is also a dragon dwelling and a Griffin Conservatory nearby. A bunch of medusa generator dwellings (around 6-7) and 2 nagabanks have been spotted. In the intermediate zone, there is a 2nd conservatory. In the capital, I built cavalry with a castle. The main hero has expert logistics and advanced pathfinding; we rest in the Conflux, a couple of moves away from the stables)). On the second - capture of several medusa dwellings, purchase, and I break the first conservatory(3); nearby a Dragon Utopia was found; in the underground, a scout revealed 2 more utopias, and on the Conflux's respawn - a 4th utopia. :eek: . Next - movement to prepare for building dragons. I took 2 max nagabanks; the chain ran to paint the dragon dwelling, take the remaining medusa dwellings, and check the conservatory. The dragon dwelling was painted; the conservatory turned out to be 3-4 with griffins, left for the main hero. On 127, Kyrie rests at the conservatory; in the capital, I built dragons. On 131, the conservatory(3) falls, and the main hero starts towards the rocks to the first utopia, where there is a hive nearby. Meanwhile, the chain ran for a sword +2/+2 and a 2nd hive(6). On 134, the hive(6) and the utopia(2) falls: blue cap, +5 all, hat +4, and vial of life. Next turn, I double mana at the fountain and DD to the basement, where I take the utopia(1): boots with 15% resistance and a breastplate +4. On 136, I take the third utopia, also mini: another sword +5 all :mad: and junk.... On 137, I crash into the Conflux and take the 4th utopia(2): cape of abdication and tome of water. On my turn, at the mountains separating the blue's secondary (also Rampart, built since the first week) and my capital, Deemer suspiciously stopped. On 141, full purchase of growth + external dwellings, and I move the main hero, who plans to double mana at the fountain and head for contact into the opponent's zone. On his turn, Deemer DDs to my capital and captures it, killing a scout on small fry from the Conflux; the bought-back scout crashes into neutrals, returning the artifact (either the hat or the Tome of Air) to the homeland; a second one lights up the view on my respawn.
Next turn, Kyrie punishes the insolent Deemer, returning the capital, and starts towards the borders. Next turn, I jump over the mountains and capture the opponent's Ramport, buying units there. I chased away a Miner boosted by a silver pegasus using a scout. After that, jumping around began, taking the opponent's towns, with the stupidity brought on by the gaming night (started around 22:00 and finished at 09:30 the next day) manifesting more and more :D . I could have chased away the opponent's scout, who on the next turn returned the Rampart, but didn't manage... I could have returned it later without losses, sent the main hero there, and saved a bunch of moves, but I sent a hero with Dungeon troops there, and he couldn't break through the walls (((. In the end, I did return the Rampart by the end of the week.. Anyway, Scorp decided to capitulate....
Thank you for the intense game!!

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Dirty_Player

15 years ago

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Erdem

25.11.2010 Erdem (Red, Swamp, Bron, Vistan) def Dirty Player (Blue, Conflux, random, Erdamon, Labeta), 2sm4d(3), 221

Confirmed. This is probably one of my unluckiest online games this year. The bad luck showed in everything. It started on the first week, when a scout hero grabbed a pile of mercury and that move wasn't enough to take a pile of gold. I decide to attack with one Beholder on a horde of zombies for a chest. I drove them around who knows how long, won the fight, and the chest was minimal. In the end, at the end of week 1, I had 9700 gold................ Had to grit my teeth and build Stronghold instead of birds.... There were tons of fights like: "Hit birds against angels, the angel had 3 HP left and the bird died from retaliation" or "a stack of 10 Efreets hit, one remained and nearby my Beholder with 1 HP stood, which died" etc. After I built GM4, it gave such junk that I immediately wanted to surrender from what I saw! By the time I got rolling it was too late. 2 external dwellings of Hydras and a Dragon Fly Hive made the power gap simply indecent. I found the Book of Fire and Implosion, but there was the Cloak of the Undead King. We decided not to continue.

Thanks for the game. Good luck in the tournament. As for me, I'm going on a long vacation :)

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scorp

15 years ago

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OUTLAW

24.11.2010 OUTLAW(red,Rampart,Kairi) def scorp(blue,Dungeon,Shakti), 8mm6a, 2-1-1

Basically, Scorp decided to surrender....
Thank you for an intense game!!
pure truth

when DD appeared - on the next turn I tried to pick off castles with scouts using DD through breaks, but when the opponent showed their DD on the following turn it became clear what I had gotten myself into...
then I felt the magic limitation + one-unit stacks exceeding mine, + map control by the logistician - I didn't continue after my internet cut out ...

thanks for the game!!!

Kluka

15 years ago

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Loved ones, into battle - 3 Round of 16
30.11.2010-01.12.2010 Kluka (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def злой_романтик (blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) Balance L-U, 130%

Average roads.

111. Elves didn't show up. Got stuck at ГО - 50+ gr. Basilisks (teleport).
112. -3 elves on morale of halberdiers, upgrading them became pointless.
113. Stable.
Secondary hero blocked by 10+ elves or 10+ Storm Elementals to choose from, I ignore it.
Broke through the Dendroid Soldiers at the cost of 12 Centaurs (I thought they were on swamp, but they turned out to be on grass).
114. Captured a Barbarian town. Observatory there, I see the opponent's Sawmill and an observatory nearby, from which he sees me.
At my native respawn found a teleport guarded by 20+ gr. Medusae a day's travel from the capital.
115. Kyrre learned Earth Magic and took Air Magic from a hut.
116. Kyrre learned Tactics.
117. Captured my native town. Horses at home in the Castle, in the Barbarian town 1000. Kyrre level 5.

121. Went for the max Gnoll pack, thought long about whether to take it or not, eventually still went and lost: -30 Centaurs -3 Dendroids -1 Unicorn. And that's despite the Gnolls never getting morale. Maybe I should have waited a day and taken it with reduced growth (at least 9 Dendroids instead of 3).
Clavius with a horde of Skeletons spotted in zone 9 (swamp), taking an external dwelling of Cows. There's also a passage to the center there through wasteland.
122. Pandora's Box with Wolves for 5K experience (now have Mass Slow, but Power=1).
123. Broke through Medusae and Storm Elementals in the teleport through wasteland. Didn't take Centaurs and Elves, -1 Horse.
124. Captured a secondary - Conflux town. From there a passage to the center guarded by 50+ Fire Elementals on grass, or 20+ Evil Eyes on snow. Replenishing mana (will have 6 casts of Mass Slow for 1 round each).
125. Broke through 3*8 Gorgons without losses, captured the central Necropolis. Maxi-pain. Lots of gold, could even have built Dragons, but I traded ore at the market long ago :(
126. Went into zone 5, there defeated 2 Hives (didn't take them, as there was no one to give the grand [units] to). Teleport to my native respawn guarded by 5-9 Titans, forget it.
127. +6 Wyverns.

131. +4 Wyverns.
132. Pandora's Box +60 gr. Skeletons. Captured the second central Necropolis. I see Clavius is ramping up before ГО.
133. Sword +2+2, Shield +4. Replenishing mana in Necropolis in zone 8, built Grail there.
Clavius attacks ГО.
134. All creatures of levels 1-2 into the Converter, resulting in 250+ (opponent has 100-249). Kyrre runs up, attacks, victory.

Thanks for the game!

злой_романтик

15 years ago

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Favorites in battle - 3 of 8 quarterfinals
11/30/2010-12/01/2010 Kluka (red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def zloy_romantik (blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) Balance L-U, 130%
I confirm that the random map generator and lack of knowledge of the template did their dirty work).

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Mizrael

15 years ago

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1/8 finals

01.12.2010 Mizrael(red, Castle, Caitlin, Tyris) def FAVorite(blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 127

We used 3 restarts out of 4, I still had my 111, but the red color, a ton of money, and a good hero pushed me to play. There were absolutely no caches on the respawn, one road to ГО, the other to a pack of ice crystals and a wood mine without stacks... Bleak, but by day 3 I realized it wasn't all that bad — the hut gives air magic. After breaking through the ice crystals, I realized it was even worse — the passage to the snowy secondary is guarded by snipers... Too late for a restart, I squeeze what I can from the respawn, finally found some wood and with 2 horses (thanks to the external stables) Tyris took down the snipers at the cost of half the archers. In the Tower, I stocked her up with a spell book and built the lookout, total chaos — it would take at least a couple of days of trudging through snow to reach the metro to the treasure zone, the alternative was a path through rough terrain to the swamp, so I sent scouts there, and left the main hero at the Dwarf Cottage in the snow. A Gnoll hut and a lookout in the swamp helped clear the secondary pretty quickly, the main hero maxed out air magic at the grand Dwarf Cottage and another hut gave Pathfinding... I gave up on the treasure zone and rushed towards the opponent's respawn, with Tactics and Mass Haste being strong in the open field, maybe I'll catch something, or even reach the castle by day 127. On my turn 126, Ivor breaks through the guard right towards the swamp and runs away, I don't spare mana for a View Air and see that right under my nose there's a group of blue units, lucky! Tyris reaches Ivor and with Tactics and Mass Haste engages in melee, the opponent surrenders. Thanks for the game.

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