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

12/16/2010 SEM_56 (red, Tower, Aene, Enova) def R55Max (blue, Stronghold, Gundula, Gundula) jebus cross 142
It was a tough game; good quality. I got the land right away, reached level 13 on day 117, and also took the library...
On day 117, I attacked and lost to 15 Efreet. 1-4.6 in the castle + 5 Golems and 2 Gargoyles.
On day 2, I took a Naga, 2 Hives, and approached the Guardian.
On day 131, I only broke through the Guardian and caught Gundula on the move; she bought her way out, otherwise, there would have been a red rush!))
Then I defended against the Angel Wings and headed for the Treasure. My opponent couldn't catch me. Key and Prison...
I took a couple of Hives, 1 on my opponent's respawn point. I defended against the 90th-level creature, taking a level 5 helmet and a +3 amulet. I settled in the Treasure on day 2; my opponent took the capital...
I run there and on day 142, I defeat Gundula, chain attack, 2 explosions, and that's it. Thanks for the interesting game...

On day 1, I had 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 in the castle. But there wasn't a single creature higher than level 2, no Naga Temple, Rukh in the corner, and I couldn't find it. I was one tile short of victory after Romakha broke through our shared Guardian and retreated. I bought everyone, had an army and stat advantage, but... one tile wasn't enough, and he took the Impulse. Then I got the Key of Water, and he got the Key of Air. No control. The blue helmet turned out to be the right size for the red player, and magic decided the fight.
Thanks for the game

16.12.10 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (blue, rnd, necrop, xsi, thant) def Sevensan (red, rnd, castle, tyris, tyris) 2sm4d(3) 145

If only there were a tavern timer, it would be total déjà vu… :) It turned out to be a very difficult and at the same time interesting game. The start was completely meh, I thought I’d just take a restart right away. Then I walked around a bit, grabbed 2 knowledge upgrades with Tanto, and there was a well nearby. Decided to see what would happen next. On day 3, I break into the underground through 10+ dendroids, on the other side 20+ centaurs. Rocks are blocked… I build a market on day 4. With Tanto I take a secondary Inferno hero around the same time. In the castle, I buy liches, and with a Conflux hero with magic 3-3, I try to free a prison from a horde of zombies. Not enough mana, couldn’t run the lich around much… In short, total chaos. Things at the spawn went south. On the secondary Inferno, scout heroes reveal an Inferno external dwelling. I don’t have time to build them because of the tavern, the rocks, and the money… In short, the main hero barely made it, back home with trade running on empty, I placed liches in the citadel. On the second mini-conservatory, I crashed into a table, from there it was slightly more convenient to go to another conservatory in the subway. There I take a level 3 without losses; no slayer yet… I crash again, now into Inferno, take out 20+ greater basilisks from a Dragon Utopia + a Pandora’s box for 5k exp and head into the treasure zone. There, 20+ greater liches block the passage behind a Pandora’s box, looks like I messed up there, losing two angels, though I picked up skeletons (there were 49 of them)… Not sure if I could have avoided losses. In the Pandora’s box, 10k exp. Now just farming exp on the surface. In the treasure zone, a mace +5, an external dwelling of crystal dragons, scout heroes spot an external dwelling of black knights and vampires. For 20+ death knights, I take two Pandora’s boxes, all level 4 magic and 60+ skeletons. On week 3, day 6, I crash into Inferno, no mana for Town Portal. Day 7 – scout heroes bring the army, I spot a Dragon Utopia, max-level… I have to take it, desperately need money. I go in with 457 necromancer skeletons and singles, all stats below 10. That’s where I really screwed up when everything piled on the skeletons; half lost in the first round… Resurrection on day 8. Tanto pulled through after all, I get out without losses on the last mana. (Teapot, Gladius, Orb of Slight Intellect, Helm of the Seer) Before that, I swapped all resources, had to trade for stone and wood to finally build the knights… The whole game, money was a total nightmare… Meanwhile, the main hero also takes a cyclops dwelling on level 8, now I have enough for a castle in Inferno. On the new week, again no money. Further into the treasure zone, there’s another Dragon Utopia. I head there. On the way, I take out 10+ devils for a shield +2 and a tomb, turns out not in vain – there were boots. The Dragon Utopia is also max-level… But this one went smoothly with the upgraded hero. (Ring of the Seraphim, Sandals of the Saint, Breastplate, Colossus’ Headpiece) Town Portal, I gather all my forces, thankfully now I have money. I set up at a power-up zone near the Dragon Lord. Week 4, day 4, I break through the Dragon Lord with 10+ gold dragons, and sit down in an empty table. Day 5 leads to the surrender. Thanks for the game! Imbalanced layout, as you say ;)
P.S. 831 bone dragons on day 3. My record so far. :) On day 5, without a castle in the capital too.. :D

12/16/10 Heroes of Might and Magic III (blue, rnd, necrop, xsi, thant) def Sevensan (red, rnd, castle, tyris, tyris) 2sm4d(3) 145

I played as usual, covered half the map, and there was nothing. No cons, no utopias, no djinn, no nagabanks, and no gnome dens. It was completely empty... but my opponent had 3 utopias on 5 squares =). Thanks for the game.

17.12.2010 Albert@s(red, Castle, Valeska, Islaynn) def marajan(blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 126
Not a bad start, Islaynn arrives, who is immediately given a Log, Good, she is made the primary, and we hide the birth certificate, 112 I break through 70 Centaur-Captains to the secondary swamp, but I don't take it, since the opponent has 112 in reserve...112 goes through successfully, we reveal the map — a Necromancer and a secondary swamp, I immediately grab the Gorgon's Niche, there's a convenient Dragon Utopia near the town, awesome...1246 and a market in the Citadel. I run back and forth, see the Niche of horses, prepare to take it, but I see the opponent coming towards me from an unknown direction, I retreat to the town, build Mage Guild 1 and with stats 5-8 Attack-Knowledge with a Lightning Bolt dealing 60, I give him the last battle in my former secondary, GG, thanks for the game...

17.12.2010 Neverminder (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) lose SEM_56 (Red, Tower, Eine, Isra) jebus cross 132
I surrendered properly: three external dwellings of unicorns, a couple of hives, two more dragon dwellings, but gold was extremely tight, so I decided to go without them. I took the unicorn external dwellings and one hive first. On turn 116, I had 13 Grand Elves, 8 Unicorns, and 6 Pegasi. I decided to hit the GO (20-49 Devils) at the start of week 2. On turn 122, I killed the GO, but I only had two Knowledge, my mana ran out on the Devils, and their retribution hit me hard. The treasure zone only had Pandora's Boxes, and behind unpleasant guards. I returned to the respawn for the rest of the week. The tempo was lost irreversibly, so when I took the Utopia on turn 131, Isra's stats were already higher, plus there was a dungeon with a Vortex in the treasure zone (well, I think with the Vortex, at least I would have built the Mage Guild + Vortex). On turn 132, Isra was making a beeline for the Speaker's Helmet, and I couldn't reach it at all; she had 17 Spell Power. I surrendered. What can you do, I lost. Apparently, I should have taken the Utopia first (КЗ and the Lion's Shield) and then gone for the GO. Thank you, Roman, for the game!

17.12.2010 theShevanesian (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def SunshineX (blue, Conflux, Ignissa, Grindan) 2sm4d(3) 214
Average financial distribution, but not a single Griffin Conservatory. An external dwelling of Dendroid Guards. On the way to one secondary hero – a Mage's lottery, in the middle of the second week I took another secondary hero. No Conservatories on the secondary hero either. Kyrre leveled well, but few troops. Too far to the treasure zones too; at the start of the third week I finally entered the first one – solid ranged guards there, lost all my Centaurs and Pegasi, found no stat artifacts, a few cubes for experience plus a library. I enter the second treasure zone – there I finally see two Dragon Utopias. I take several beehives, and with 35 Dendroids, 20 Wyverns, 11 Unicorns, and a Ring of the Mage I enter the first one. Max gauge. Gave me Wings, an Orb of Inhibition, not a single stat artifact. Then I reclaim the Cape of the Conjurer and take the second Utopia. There – a Tome of Earth Magic. Barely assembled a chain to that distant treasure zone and recalled home (had no mana). Then, using the Wings, I start flitting around, take two Utopias, a couple of beehives. The opponent knocks down the GO and rushes to me – attack-defense slightly below mine, but complete superiority in magic. But I have the Orb :))) In the end, I decide to give him my Castle, taking his in exchange. Then I portal to a secondary city, where he runs. In the final battle, the Orb and Kyrre's higher combat stats (coupled with Expert Attack and Armorer) decided it. Thanks for the game!

17.12.2010 Neverminder (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) lose SEM_56 (Red, Tower, Eine, Izra) jebus cross 132

That's how it was; I lost on turn 115, but I could have won on turn 11. I lost because of liches, but then I was able to finish it off calmly...
1-7 in Fortress, Izra with good skills, took Giant's Hide...
On turn 2, 2 conscripts, +5 angels, 2 hives with scouts, and attack with 3 crystal dragons...
No attacks, they scratched me up a bit, even though there were 200 skeletons...
Took +5 and +6, all for 32 giants, it was a steal...
Then, second turn, Dungeon, doubled mana, a bunch of pandoras, the opponent surrendered...
But the game was actually his; I just didn't prioritize correctly, I guess I didn't have enough experience yet)).
Thanks for the interesting game...

16.12.10 Blackpoint (blue, Conflux, rengom, Jelar, Dessa) defeated Loi (red, Necropolis, Galtaran) 2sm4d(3) 117

After a series of rests, Jelar arrived, along with many strong heroes as reinforcements. There was a stable near the Castle, and all the heroes were scattered far away. The starting area was small and didn't offer much income. I captured an Elven secondary town, placed Elves there, and took them with me. Jelar and Moner are both targeting the same folder. I returned the money to Dessa so she could take the Barbarian Bastion. On turn 116, I was almost there when I saw my opponent's horse. A Hive was visible near the Castle. Since all my moves were done, I passed the turn. Loi easily took the Castle, and Goshon emerged from the darkness and attacked Dessa. His army consisted of 2 Liches, 1 Vampire, +100 Skeletons, 7 Orcs, 4 Wolves, 1 Goblin, and 11 Zombies. I had 12 Air Elementals, 2 Psions, 5 Elves, 3 Fish, and 3 Venomous Spiders. He attacked my Elves, killing a couple. I killed his Wolves and Liches. My plan for the battle was to either overwhelm the Skeletons with a Psion attack or, if the Psions died, kill his Orcs and use the Air Elementals to create a stalemate, as he had initiated the attack and would be forced to retreat. But then there was a disconnect, and my opponent conceded, giving me the victory.
Thank you for the game.

17.12.2010 Gomunguls (Blue, random, Adelaide, Stig) def Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (Red, random, Inferno, Kalid, Alamar) Panic, 1.4.4
Took the boots from the Castle player, then cleared 2 max and near-max Crypts... Gave Stig Earth and Armorer... kept leveling... overall a good power-up; grabbed 2 Griffin Conservatories (3+4) on week 3... met at the start of week 4... they cast Mass Slow in the final battle... I cast Mass Haste and off we went... the opponent had more meat, but I had better skills, and the enemy troops died quickly...
Thanks for the game!!!

17.12.2010 Vasutka (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def. Savensan (blue, Inferno, Nimussa, Nimussa), 211
The lineup turned out to be pretty good + I had a good secondary hero... + I collected a lot of Hives.
Thanks for the game!

12/17/2010 AYMAN (red, Tower, Nela, Orin) def Blackpoint (blue, Stronghold, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) 2sm4d(3), 223

We finished the postponed game; the connection was slow, and the game took a while.

Orin - 37-19-21-19 - 600 + caps, under 100 archmages, 31 nagas, 36 ducks, 2 angels, 2 bears, and about 80 gargoyles.

Tyrax has twice as few units, 12 angels, + a small force remained in the swamp. In the Fortress, Tyrax attacked, violated the rules, and refused to continue.

Thank you for the game!!!!!!

12/17/2010 AYMAN (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def bubuch (blue, Castle, Valeska, Kirr) 2sm4d(3), 141
Another postponed game; after turn 141, bubuch surrendered.

17.12.2010 ZM (blue, ramp, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Sevan 80 (red, castle, Vale, Valeska) smka,133

We didn't take the rest and went straight away

111 max crypt, 7 heroes, scouting, I look at the external dwellings on my home turf - none, but on the grassy secondary I see the tip of the Centaur external dwelling, I decide to continue
113 I hit a stack of Greater Crocodiles, grab the Centaur external dwelling
114 secondary is ramp, I build a tavern there
115 Shield +4 behind a horde of Dwarves, a couple of crypts, and a minimal Medusa den
Total by the end of the first week: 123456 in the native Citadel, 123 in the secondary's Citadel, 2 Centaur external dwellings, Kyrre with expert Archer, Logistics, Armorer, and they also gave Earth magic, Kyrre stands on the way into the treasure zone
121 205 Centaurs, 5 Grand Elves, 30-40 Dendroids and meat in the form of Pegasi) attack 45 Efreet with Gauntlets of Strength, without the Spellbook it was tough, in the end I lost 3 Grand Elves, all the meat and 150 Centaurs((( I grab a Pandora's Box, and it gives 15 Wizards!)
122 a horde of Griffin Guardians, a horde of Vampires spawn and I grab a tiny Dragon Fly Hive and a Refugee Camp, there I buy 1 Chaos Hydra)
By 125 I already have 35 Ducks and expert Earth magic, I thought I'd break them and go hit the GO and didn't care what was there, but the scout hero revealed another Dragon Fly Hive, with Boots of Speed guarded by 50-99 Greater Psychos and a horde of Greater Minotaurs with a Pandora's Box, I decided to hit them as well
126 I hit the Psychos, lose 7 Ducks!!!((, I grab a Hive for 6, then hit the Minotaurs without losses (the Wizards cast Slow!)) the Pandora gives 20k experience
127 I exit the treasure zone with Kyrre at level 18
131 I take the Naga relic at my home town, restock, the Spellbook (Misol, Shield) and head for the GO and only then I see the GO 20-49 Phoenixes or 50-99 Greater Elves
132 I hit the Elves without losses and stop at the respawn of the Ogre Magi
133 I go along the road, meet Valya, attack, Kyrre 14 16 4 5 casts Misol first, the Wizards Mass Haste, after the first volley and strike of 40 Ducks the army is halved, on the second round Valya's horse kicks the bucket)

Thanks for the game!

12/17/2010 AYMAN (red, Tower, Nela, Orin) def Blackpoint (blue, Stronghold, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) 2sm4d(3), 223
Thank you for the game !!!!!!

It wasn't me who refused to finish the game, it was you ;). I only broke the rules because I wasn't familiar with the new rules that came into effect on 12/01/10.

17.12.2010 ZM (blue,ramp,Kyrre,Kyrre) def Sevan 80 (red,Castle,Valeka,Valeska) cmk,133

We didn't take the rest and pushed immediately

111 max crypt,7 Hieros,scouting, I see no external dwelling on my home, but on the grassy secondary there's a tip of a Centaur external dwelling sticking out, decided to continue
113 I hit a stack of g. crocodiles, grab the Centaur external dwelling
114 secondary ramp, build a tavern there
115 shield +4 behind a horde of dwarves, a couple of crypts and a minimal medusa pen
total by the end of first week 123456 in home Citadel, 123 in secondary Citadel, 2 Centaur external dwellings, Kyrre with expert archer, logistics, armor, and also got Earth magic, Kyryukha stands farming in the treasure zone
121 205 stacks of Centaurs, 5 stacks of unicorns, 30-40 grand elves and meat in the form of pegasi) attack 45 Efreet with Haste, it was tough without the spellbook, in the end I lost 3 unicorns, all the meat and 150 Centaurs((( I grab a Pandora's box, and it gives 15 Wizards!)
122 horde of g. griffins, horde of vampires lie down and I grab a mini Dragon Fly Hive and a refugee camp, there I buy 1 chaos hydra)
By 125 I already had 35 ducks and expert Earth magic, thought about breaking through and going to hit the GO and no matter what was there, but a scout hero revealed another Dragon Fly Hive, with Speed Boots guarded by 50-99 g. berserkers and a horde of g. minotaurs with a Pandora's box, decided to hit them too
126 I hit the berserkers, lose 7 ducks!!!((, grab a 6-size Dragon Fly Hive, then hit the minotaurs without losses (Wizards cast slow!)) they give a Pandora for 20k experience
127 I exit the treasure zone with Kyryukha at level 18
131 I pick up the nagash at home, buy up, spellbook (Oil, Shield) and head for the GO and only then did I see the GO: 20-49 phoenixes or 50-99 g. unicorns
132 I hit the Unicorns without losses and stop at the op respawn
133 I go along the road, meet Valya, attack, Kyrre 14 16 4 5 casts Oil first, Wizards Mass Haste, after the first volley and strike of 40 ducks the army is halved, on the second turn Valya's horse kicks the bucket)

Thanks for the game!

I confirm, thanks for the game

16.12.10 Blackpoint (blue, Confluks, rengom, jelar, Dessa) def Loi (red, Nekropols, Galthran) 2sm4d(3) 117

It happened. I broke through a very close passage through the wasteland to the barb, spotted a Griffin Conservatory, a trong.. then another one... Blue's movements were not visible — I decided to steal as much as possible and return through the stables back through the Conservatory to the second, since there were no other fast passages to me. Then at the end of 116 Dessa appeared, falling just short of the barb. The chain was ready — I decided to force it, sold everything, bought back in and attacked, which turned out to be a mistake. No Haste, a huge moat in the middle of the battlefield, nothing to redeem with — then the opponent's internet dropped, I asked if watches are being set and congratulated him on the victory :)
Thanks for the game.