Posts from "ALLRANDOM"

I can play today after 1 AM Moscow time. If anyone else is up, feel free to contact me.

Oelm (random, Tower, Solmyr, Tazar) def Samurai (random, Conflux, Jelar, Gundula), 121, 6lm10a (1200 color)

I played with some mistakes; on the first day, I moved my army too far away, which prevented me from freeing Nelu from prison immediately, but as compensation, I got the 8th Tazar. 112-9 heroes, I revealed 3 hidden caps. 115 - Hive with 8 Viv Tazar, then things went wrong (I hadn't slept for a day). I went off-road towards Trezh, so the box for 10K was only available on 121. Tazar, level 11, is preparing to take a Nagshnik and a level 2 consultant to learn a possible slow spell on level 123 and get another consultant with the Nagash. However, as it turned out, Samurai has 5 large conservatories - they are quite compactly located. But, apparently, he couldn't reach the maximum on 121. Thank you.

TERM (red, Necropolis, random, Shiva) def Ivor (blue, Castle, random, Bron), 8xm12a, 135

Paid 800 for the color, took one restart on the first day, and we started. The setup was more than playable, lots of money, and some promising heroes, besides Shiva, there was also Alkin and Charna. In general, we decided to play.
On the first day, I built a 1-5 structure in the Castle with an upgrade, so that on day 121 I would have vampires. I killed 3 AI opponents up to day 122, inclusive, plus another village. But in an unequal battle with the AI from the first week, only 1 Ifrit (from the stash) and about 15 grandmothers remained. But the fact that I have vampires, a lot of money, and I plan to have about 500 skeletons by day 131 is comforting. And that's what I do, on the way to this, we exchange favors by giving each other one auto-battle (thanks for that). Well, then I took a couple of drowned, got full control, and saw on the horizon how the blue player was being defeated, leaving an army. I checked the location of the opponent's castle just in case and jumped towards it, intending to ambush the army somewhere. I reveal the map, and there's Bron standing on a rock. Well, I took shackles this turn, so GG, no matter what speed he has or what tactics he uses (I had advanced tactics at that moment). I attack, I kill, and then there's a surrender.

Thanks for the game!

TERM (red, Necropolis, random, Shiva) def Ivor (red, Castle, random, Bron), 8xm12a, 135

Confirmed.

Thank you for the game!

03.01.2011 theShevanesian(red, Stronghold, Gunnar) def Dogbas(blue, Necropolis, Tamika) 322 8MM6A

The game turned out to be extremely interesting. I went into the center at the start of week two — it was almost empty. Then I cleared week two — and suddenly my opponent reveals giant stats and a serious army. Then he captures the Necropolis of the computer and gets double growth. But I get Fire Magic and Control. For the next month and a half, I scour the map trying to find Dragon Utopias and collecting Wyverns. I never found any super-artifacts, collected over 100 Wyverns, and found the Elixir of Life. Built Birds in Conflux, got 18 of them, but carelessly exposed a secondary hero to the opponent and lost them all :(
Somewhere at the end of month two, I see the opponent slowly heading my way with a huge army. Good thing he's coming — that means no Control. I convert all level 1-2 creatures into Skeletons — get nearly a thousand of them. The opponent takes my Necropolis and runs. I take back my Necropolis, then capture both of the computer's Necropolises. Finally, I catch up in Attack and Defense (still far behind in Magic), convert all Dragons and Hydras into Bone Dragons, upgrade them, gather all troops into one stack, and attack the opponent. Army roughly: I have 19 Behemoths, 24 Angels, 37 Ghost Dragons, 137 Wyverns, 143 Orc Chieftains, 73 Ogre Magi, and ~1800 Skeletons. The opponent has — 42 Ghost Dragons, 73 Death Knights (from Tamika!!!), over a hundred Vampires, 120 Liches, 300 Zombies, 200 Witches. But it turns out the opponent has no decent DPS or Resurrection! As soon as the Skeletons got close, everything became clear; the Wyverns were Blinded in the first round and never got a turn. Thanks for the game!

03.01.2011 theShevanesian(red, Stronghold, Gunnar) def Dogbas(blue, Necropolis, Tamika) 322 8MM6A

Yes, a great game! At the start I scouted heroes, looking for father, and lucky — the fifth one was Tamika! Nearby were 2 Griffin Conservatories and an external dwelling of Liches. On the second week I take 3 Griffin Conservatories, on the third a Dragon Utopia with a Helm of the All-Seeing, on the fourth another Dragon Utopia with a Sword of the All-Seeing, I hire a necro companion and he has a Dragon external dwelling at his respawn! Army and stats are excellent, but I make a critical mistake — I take Air on the second-to-last level instead of Wisdom, and I miss out; hope remains for spell books, but after a month of searching I couldn't find any.
Thanks for the game!

Alessandro (blue, Conflux, Erdamon) def. KostyaN (red, Necropolis, Stracker), 6lm10a, 112
He gave up the color after 1800, and they agreed that there would be a total of 2 restart days.
1st setup: Rampart-Dungeon, 8xm12a, I see Mephala in the tavern. The opponent took 111.
2nd setup: Dungeon-Castle, 6lm10a, Gunnar arrived, and 2 heroes are in the tavern: mercury and crystal, in the dungeon. The opponent took 111.
3rd setup: Conflux-Necropolis
111 - 5 heroes, including Grindan, Kreg Hack, and a lot of free money. Grindan approaches the subway in the dungeon along the way.
On 112, a message arrives about the surrender.
Thank you for the game.

Alessandro (blue, Conflux, Erdamon) def KostyaN (red, Necropolis, Straker), 6lm10a, 112

The first time, I entered the dungeon without Shakti, although there were 6 heroes on the first day. I almost effortlessly captured a crypt with 5 vampires and made it to some kind of spawn point, but didn't find anything promising. My opponent had an easy ramp-up – so I decided to skip it.

The second time, I had Katya as my starting hero and a Pokémon-themed party. I leveled up Luna to level 3, defeated 2 out of 3 guards at a nearby spawn point with minimal losses, but found neither money nor good heroes (only 3 heroes on the first day! :rolleyes:). Also, the path to the lizardmen's stronghold was blocked. So, I went to the computer-controlled underground area. In general, it seemed like a guaranteed reset, but it wasn't!

The third time was even worse – Straker wasn't on Sode (there was still a reason to play on Sode, raising skeletons). I upgraded 34 weak units with their truly weak damage, and they even gave Logu a "dad" unit, but again, the only two paths were blocked by ranged guards. With these slow Necropolis troops, there was no point in even thinking about attacking them. I made my way through the wilderness to the metro, losing all the skeletons along the way – about 40-50 of them. But I didn't find anything, including money for minimal development and buying heroes. That's it.

Thank you.

КостяN
Gumrest would ask for that. It's the same as having Shakti with 1 stack and Laura in the tavern. It's completely unplayable.

KostyaN
Gumrest would ask for that. It's like Shakti with 1 stack and Laura in the tavern. It's completely unplayable.

I don't pick Auto or Gumrest out of principle, even if they're offered, and I definitely don't ask for them. I don't see the point in playing with Auto and then posting a victory, and if the only possible outcome is a draw, all motivation disappears. Besides, the game had no tournament significance for either of us; we were just "measuring our strengths" within the tournament. After three bad draws, the mood vanished completely...

It's time to wrap up the group stage and move on to the next one. :smile01:
I ask everyone who has already played but hasn't posted their games yet to do so.

Currently, the situation is as follows:

WT-SOD

Group A - Redwhite and The_Mafia are the favorites to advance. Basir777 hasn't played a single game, even though I strongly advised him to hurry up. If the situation doesn't change by the end of the week, I will assign technical defeats to the remaining players and ban Basir from the next Tournaments.

Group B - The remaining game between OUTLAW and the Shevanesian no longer affects anything, because even if the Shevanesian wins, we will have 3 players with the same points and tiebreakers, but StickyFingaz and Mizrael have priority based on the time they played their games.

Group C - There are 2 contenders for advancement here - numOne and Goor. golden key says he has urgent matters in real life, so he probably won't be able to finish. If the situation doesn't change by the end of the week, I will assign technical results for the remaining games.

Group D - PReDS has consistently played his games and has essentially earned his spot and advancement from the group; congratulations! The second place is still unclear. ZM, who was so eager to play, has only played against Albert@s, even though he promised to finish within a week, hmm...
GoDу also needs to wake up!

FULL-WT

Since there are 8 spots for 3 groups, it's too early to name the favorites.
Group G - if there are already played games, post them.
The KobRa RR - Samurai match, despite the time difference, I hope you can play during the New Year holidays.
Los - wake up.
In general, finish your games, and if there are problems with arranging a match, contact me.

04.01.11 Piterius (blue, Necropolis, Sandro, Tamika) def Ivor (red, Stronghold, Jabarkas, Tyraxor), 8хм12a, 143

We started back on December 2nd, but only finished yesterday. I remember that bots were really annoying, which greatly slowed down development. I caught the red's scout hero on the second, cutting down nearly 30 wolves from his starting spawn most likely. Captured about six towns, managed the Dragon Utopia only on day 141, which gave me Wings. That's what decided it — when the red's scouts took away the Necromancer hero I had captured, my scouts on Wings returned him back, Tamika goes there and catches the Barbarian's stash in the corner, no money for ransom, and Tyraxor was standing not far away, but he didn't have enough time to unite and mount a full Force Field.

Thanks for the game.

01/04/11 Piterius (blue, Necropolis, Sandro, Tamika) def Ivor (red, Stronghold, Jabarkas, Tyraxor), 8mm6a, 143

Confirmed.

Only the map template was 8x12a.
The timer ran out, and I didn't have time to move my army.

Thanks for the game.

Oelm (red, Tower, who knows, Torgrim) draw Kobra (blue, Conflux, ...,...) 6лм10а 114. an interesting game could have been, but schedule conflicts decided it.

Colluded to not let Samurai advance further?

I posted the report in the wrong place, I'll fix it. And Samurai, in my opinion, couldn't be completed regardless of the outcome. P.S. The reason for the situation is more than just gameplay-related; it's a lack of time.