Posts from Reports of online games and their confirmations (Winter season 2010-11).

Yes, yes, you gave yourself away. You could have at least written, "my beloved second hero, and I probably have some hidden stashes too... I CAN'T wait!" :D

It's better to wean them off of Panic sooner rather than later.

Well, Panic is still more playable...

Are you Oleg? Saw your favorite game and decided to rush, and after the game, you're still complaining, what a noob!:smile51:

15.12.10 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (blue, rnd, necrop, vokial, tamika) def Sevensan (red, rnd, castle, cuthbert, tyris) 2sm4d (3) 137

Made me nervous :) On day 4 with 66 skeletons, vamps, 15 zombies and over 20 Troglodytes I go into a mini Griffin Conservatory with gremlins, having first run for Slow (which I ended up casting like a complete moron, the griffin moved before me :D) I barely get out with 24 skeletons, but after that on the angel everything gets cleared well and quickly without losses. My native secondary, from two markets the knight in the Citadel was recruited. By the second week I have around 200 bones, getting ready to go for the air treasure zone from the metro. And then out of nowhere, the opponent shows up near the town, kills 20+ minions for the hive and a scroll. He goes into the hive, and is still alive )) I have to rush back home at full speed, in the castle a buyback with trade.. The opponent guessed wrong on direction twice, and I even kept the town. Day 124 or 125 I pass the army and attack. Tyris 8-7-3-1 with 5 champions, 8 Wyverns, 50 pikemen. Tamika 4-3-4-2 with 217 skeletons, angel, 5 knights, 5 liches. Having the spell book, winning was no trouble. But the opponent buys back, willing to continue. And right then I overconfidently went to him, even though I should have pressed my advantage, which almost cost me the victory. ) I go to his town for a long and tedious week, losing almost all my heroes. On day 137 I see some movements and a transfer of the army to his town. I approach, I see 6 champions, 6 Wyverns, and the rest castle meat, and over the course of the day 1-4 angels appeared. Outside stands a scout hero on a pikeman, and I need 700 exp for a level. Nearby there is a tree. I already lost my plan for the game a long time ago. ) I attack the scout hero, and as it turns out he is holding the town, though I thought it was the main hero. :) There are as many as 4 angels. But the scout hero is a weakling, and in the end I kill everyone except 2 champions, 3 marksmen, and 1 Wyvern. Since I can't catch the remaining ones with 120 skeletons, I have to buy back. Basically, I still had enough meat at home, so the only question was how long the game would drag on. But a surrender followed, the opponent apparently didn't have enough to buy back his defeated hero.. :) Thanks for the game!

16.12.2010 Sevensan (Red, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr) def KiNB (Blue Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) smka 216

From the start, I got native secondary skills, ran around spawns for a long time collecting all sorts of junk... my op was doing the same, as I understood). around turn 141 I entered the underground, took Necropolis there... broke a portal to the treasure zone and a portal to the op... ran to the treasure zone, Pandora -- inside full earth magic, second Pandora -- lost 100+ gremlins, empty... op caught up, bought me off. turn 214 Dragon Utopia -- wings, sword +5 5 5 5, 40,000. turn 215 Griffin Conservatories +1+2, turn 216 flew to the op, battle -- explosion turned out to be 1900, and the opponent got junk in a Dragon Utopia. thanks for the game!

16.12.2010 Neverminder (Red, Dungeon, Shakti the Great and Terrible, a.k.a.) def VahTank (Blue, Necro, Tante, Tante) 2sm4d(3) 123
Started in the Underworld, three stacks and no Laura in the tavern — 156 Troglodytes from the start. On the first day, killed the thieves, visited the Knowledge Stone, then the Dwarf Cottage fell on day 1-5 with the loss of two Gobs, advanced Tactics. On the second day, killed zombies for experience and Dwarves for the Centaur's Axe, Mastered Tactics. On the third day, cleared out the Warlizards (secondary town guard), took the Mini-Dwarf Cottage on the grass. On the fourth day, took the pre-Max Crypt, the Rampart secondary town, scouted my own secondary town. By the end of the week, killed its guard (Fire Elementals), sacrificing two Harpies to them, advanced across rough terrain against 90 corpses (thought it was the treasure zone, turned out to be the path to the opponent), killed Steel Golems on that side, took my own secondary town with a loser, giving him the army. Ended the week at level 9, Expert Armorer, stats 8-3-4-1. Buildings: 1-4,6 at the Citadel + mushrooms. On day 1-21, bought all available Troglodytes, upgraded them, got 207, built the Mage Guild in the secondary town, bought Shakti a spell book (has Haste, only enough for one cast, but for a long duration). On day 1-23, came to the opponent and started storming the castle. I have 5 Manticores, 205 Troglodytes + single units, he has 87 Skeletons, 6 Liches, 16 Vampires, Zombies, and single Zombie units. With Tactics, I deploy as far forward as possible, but surrounding the main stack, Manticores opposite the Liches. Battle begins, Manticores immediately hit the Liches, take out five, in return a Fireball hits me — all the cover for the main stack dies, the Troglodytes fall back. The Manticores fly back — one Lich is harmless, the Vampires fly out beyond the castle walls to try to outwait the Troglodytes. In the third round, they predictably wait, aiming to strike and fly out of the Troglodytes' reach, but then, completely unexpectedly for the opponent, Haste is cast on the main stack, 198 enraged Troglodytes take out all the Vampires at once, after which the opponent capitulates. Thanks for the game!