Posts from "Newcomer-2011. Winter"

06.01.2011 Neverminder (Blue, Swamp, Wystan, Wystan) def nik312 (Red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 133
Here's how it went. On the blacklist, Shakti got scratched for me, so I had to go with Rampart or Swamp. Rampart got scratched too, so it was down to Swamp, Castle, and Tower. I took Swamp, opponent took Castle. I didn't dare to pick Tazar, opting for a more cautious and reliable choice with Wystan. Well, from the other side, everything expected — Valeska. Let's go.
111 - The spawn was decent. Roads are average. The second level is built, 12 basilisks for Wystan, 5 for Wyv, third hero is Diemer. Fourth was a choice between Aine or Pyre. I took Aine, of course, since money is more important than ballista early on. Scouted an external dwelling for Wyverns and two Gnoll huts. Saw GO - 20-49 Champions. And two more roads. The game is more than playable, no restart. Build: Harpies. Want to get Hydras with a Citadel )) But for now, it's not clear how to do that.
112 - It turned out one road is blocked by GO (a stack of red Dragons), and something glitched in my head, making me think the road didn't continue, and the third road leads to snow. This I like much less, but a second external Wyvern dwelling was found on the respawn. Playing on for now. Build: Wyverns.
113 - Via wasteland I see Harpies on the opponent's secondary, so if things get really bad, a rematch on meeting can always be arranged. Freed Yog from prison, who galloped to the Tower, visiting the lookout along the way. I saw a ton of money lying around on the Tower's respawn, two hives (one convenient, one average), two Conservatories. Two external Wyvern dwellings that need to be taken on week one, plus two hives — a decent strike stack should form. Playing on. Built a City. Wystan got Tactics.
114 - Finally 7 heroes, scouts are busy collecting money on the Tower's respawn, Wystan is heading toward the external Wyvern dwelling. Slowly scouting my own territory too. Plopped down a Capitol. I already understand that Hydras will be built in week one. And they are needed so I don't have to deal with the hives. Whether in a Citadel or Castle — I'm not sure.
115 - Wystan takes the first external Wyvern dwelling, heads toward the second, continues gathering money and resources (mostly money), built a Citadel. The road that the reds blocked led me to the Inferno secondary. Don't need that at all. And there's plenty to do on the snow zone. Built a Citadel.
116 - Wystan didn't reach the dwelling, neither did the army; we keep digging around on the Tower's respawn. Built Hydras. Naturally, I'm no longer thinking about a rematch on meeting, but I'm wary of an early arrival. Valeska is developing nicely over there, either leveling, grabbing artifacts, or running around stat boosters. Either way, her stats are way higher than mine.
117 - Wystan, albeit clumsily, took the second external Wyvern dwelling. Didn't build a Castle to save money for buying units; instead, I built Dragon Flies. Wystan sat in the Castle with one Dragon Fly on the main hero. Almost no battles, so only level 3 and stats that are nothing compared to Valeska's. But the objective was achieved. Dwellings taken, units bought, scouts on dwellings and water mills, money to buy more Wyverns in week two is there, built units 1-7 with a Citadel. Overall, not bad.
121 - Good heavens! Opponent built a Castle in week one. 6 upgraded Cavaliers and 40-50 Archers (what if there's also an external dwelling) could rush me through those same infamous Harpies. Alarming. I take the Dwarves, scouted mid-week on my own respawn, but they turn out to be the minimum. Suddenly started running out of money, but I do have 12 Dragons, which doesn't happen every game at the very start of week two. The goal for week two is obvious: take the hives and possibly the Conservatories. Wystan got Earth magic, and a Slow scroll couldn't have come at a better time.
122 - Decided to visit an arena, gotta get some stats after all, took +2 Defense. Setting up a chain, as I'm preparing to split into Tower.
123 - Split into Tower, but miss reaching the hive by one hex; I stop next to it, Yog with the army sits around here.
124 - Kill the hive guard of 53 Orcs, the hive itself is minimum. Run to the second one. Traipsing through snow is a thankless task, of course.
125 - Kill 27 Demons for the second hive, got luckier here — 8 Dragons. Formed a strike stack of 24 Dragons. Can go for the Conservatories now.
126 - Wystan heads for the Conservatories; it turns out both are strong versions. However, I figure 24 Dragons, 2 Hydras, fodder, and 33 Basilisks can handle even max. Wystan — shameful! — only level 6, stats 2-8. Not showing him in the tavern even once, so the opponent doesn't die laughing or get a stomachache.
127 - Take the Conservatories, both level 3. The first one went fine, the second one worse since fodder ran out and I only have basic Ranged. Wystan instantly jumped to level 10, mastered Tactics and Earth magic, advanced Ranged (what an event). Well, I have Slow, 6 Angels, lots of Dragons — can hit GO now.
131 - Visit +1 Attack, split back home to refill mana, drop all the army into the garrison, sit on the main hero with 6 Angels, show Wystan in the tavern for the first time this whole game. Money is tight. Not a single artifact at all! Just a Slow scroll ))
132 - 6 Angels, 30 Dragons, 41 Gnolls as fodder, 42 upgraded Basilisks, and three Dragon Flies (financial crisis didn't allow for a bigger army) with Mass Slow and Mass Shield completely demolish the Champions, losing only the Gnolls and two Dragon Flies.
133 - Not my turn. Valeska arrives, gets army reinforcements, and attacks — which caught me off guard: I thought I'd be storming the Castle.
FB. Valeska. 9-7-3-5. 42 upgraded Archers, 6 Champions, 20 Crusaders, 4 Dragons, 74 Halberdiers, 1+6 upgraded Griffins. Wystan. 4-10-3-4. 30 Dragons, 42 upgraded Basilisk Warlords, 6 Angels, 1 Dragon Fly. Even though Valeska had the Sphere of Water, and Lightning Bolt hit hard, otherwise, of course, no chance: she only had basic Fire magic, while I had expert Earth, expert Armor, and, of course, a stronger army. Thanks for the game! Good luck in the tournament!

06.01.2011 Neverminder (Blue, Swamp, Vistan, Vistan) def nik312 (Red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 133

Confirmed.

Yeah... Comrades... You can't throw away respawns like that, you can't...

We played with barely any restarts. The spawn was a miracle! Next to the castle there's a water mill, another one behind the castle + a leprechaun. An angel external dwelling nearby (guarded by a few royal cyclops though... can't take it on day 1... (well... unless you build the angels yourself)). In general, only a complete idiot or a maphacker would take a restart.
111 Vale came with 19 Archers (!!) + 4 Archers from the secondary hero + built in the castle. Total on the first day: nearly 40 Pikemen and 31 Crossbowmen. I'm incredibly happy with life.
113 Vale takes a passage to a grassy secondary, I'm hoping for a native...
but on 115, after messing up the troop transfer to the scout hero, I still take a conflux secondary to break through to the sawmill. A crazy idea flashes to upgrade the built Air Elementals.
because of that, on 116 I build a Mage Guild in the secondary (Vale finally gets a spellbook) — neither Haste nor Slow. (The idea of upgrading the Air Elementals naturally fell through due to the lack of their external dwelling and the desire to build a Castle in the secondary :))
117 1-4 in the Castle (2 upgraded), Mage Guild and Market in the secondary. The angel external dwelling hasn't been taken, the base is poorly developed, but a bunch of great artifacts on the secondary — I hope for the best...

121 On the secondary I notice a Sword +6, but since I couldn't take it right away (a pack of Unicorns and lots of Harpies), and it's a long run, plus I have a Sword +3 on me, I don't go for it...
125 I give the entire army to the scout hero to take the nearest Dragon Fly Hive... I successfully lose 20 Archers to 4 Wyverns! (:mad: why the hell did I go into the Dragon Fly Hive with Archers??)
127 Everything except the angels is in the castle. 2-4 are upgraded. THE ANGEL EXTERNAL DWELLING STILL HASN'T BEEN TAKEN!! (Since Vale is running around stat boosters and banks on the secondary, and with 20 Archers lost, there's no point even thinking about taking it with the scout hero)
131 Still playing on the hope that the opponent will throw somewhere or that the respawn will pull through
on 13X the hopes vanished like smoke... the opponent broke through the GO... Lots of Wyverns, Several Angels, and lots of Greater Basilisks... THE ANGEL EXTERNAL DWELLING HASN'T BEEN TAKEN!! (:mad: :mad: )
Fire Blast wouldn't have saved the day anymore, but still:
Vale lvl 9 9 7 3 5, skills: Basic Fire (just wouldn't come...) Cloak of Velocity +2
70+ Halberdiers
43 Crossbowmen
6 Champions
7 Royal Griffins
20 Crusaders
4 Wyverns

Vistan lvl 10 4 10 3 4, Mass Slow, Stone Skin, Shield.
43 Greater Basilisks
6 Angels
30 Wyverns (!!)
1 Dragon Fly :)

Well, what can I say... Thanks for the game! :)

Added after 6 minutes
Quite a nice little break with reports after the last 2 pages :)

The tournament has started promisingly and is quite interesting...

The poll currently has two leaders; let's see how they handle this pressure!

06.01.2011 ariputra (red, Inferno, Kelh, Kelh) def nik312 (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 132

Fast roads spawned. Kelh came with two stacks of 7 Gogs each. The second level was built, totaling 24 Gogs with the second hero and recruitment. On the fifth hero came Aine +350.

111-112 - scouting began. Gold was in sufficient supply in principle, but not a single Crypt, Dwarf Cottage, or Medusa.
113 - the swamp and tower secondary towns were blocked by shooters. A grass secondary town was scouted off-road, which turned out to be Conflux, the passage guarded by 30 Mummies.
117 - 12456 in the castle. The gold collected from the secondary town helped, where 2 Griffin Conservatories were spotted, which turned out to be minimal. I did not dare to take them with 2 Efreeti, 24 Gogs, and the rest.

Second week - made my way to the snow secondary town, where there was a Dwarf Cottage with 75 Dwarves, a Pandora's Box with 10 exp guarded by 41 Greater Basilisks.
Soon the opponent appeared, scouted the Conflux secondary town, and headed towards the Griffin Conservatories. Fortunately, I managed to return via the fast roads.

At the start of the third week, I sold all resources, bought everything available, and went to the second unclaimed Griffin Conservatory. The opponent took a Griffin Conservatory and stopped near me, where the final battle took place.

Thanks for the game

06.01.2011 soulist80114522293 (blue dungeon of Shachti Shakti) lose begich (red castle of Valeska Valeska) 2sm4d(3) 125

damn, comical game, opponent comes to my respawn and I'm who knows where, crash into cyclopes, barely manage to connect, fb lost, fled
opponent had 7 Evil Eyes, 1 horse, 4 Knights left, I want to buy a miner, 30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rubles short
there was some small fry in the castle, well I thought he wouldn't go for it, but he did and that's it, GG
opponent was taking screenshots of how he'd post on HW (he has some account issues) there will be screenshots, you'll all get a laugh(

06.01.2011 ariputra (red, Inferno, Kelh, Kelh) def nik312 (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 132
thanks for the game

Confirmed.

Yeah.. There's something I need to tell here.

Starting position was average. Two paths, one ends with a lot of medusas, the other I didn't explore for the first 5 days, because I thought it was just GO, and there was stuff to do at the respawn.
My second hero was Vistan. I clear the respawn with the Tazar-Vistan pair. The respawn has a lot of gold and even one Griffin Conservatory, so I don't end up taking the rest.
By day 117, I have everything in the Citadel except for gorgons. Everything looks good. On day 117, I managed to take a water mill, which treacherously hid right next to GO :)
On the second week, I break through to the secondary area, where I see the opponent with an unimpressive army, which makes me let my guard down... and I shouldn't have...
I spend the entire second week clearing this secondary area. I lose two noobs (found one of them in a prison here as well :) ), and in the end I get 2 angels for 5 lizards and gnolls. So by the end of the second week, my army consisted of 5 Wyverns, 2 angels, 2 hydras, 7 basilisks, and 30 lizardmen. One thing mars the joy: the Castle is still not built, because I was ferrying troops all week. And then on day 7, I notice 2 major miscalculations:
1) After taking the opponent's secondary area with my main, I forgot to build a Mage Guild there and buy a spell book!
2) I have no chain back home to bring the army... Well, I do, but my main is far from it...
And the opponent, having bought troops on week 3, takes a narrow passage on the road and cuts my main off from reinforcements....
So in the final battle, it's 3 weeks of growth against 2, and without a Castle... The angels didn't make the difference... The final battle was lost...

Thanks for the game

krutilo (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Mar (Blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) 2sm4d(3) 125

As it turns out, our group is a "death group")))).
The opponent took all the restarts; I had one left, but decided to play (a Dragon Utopia was standing near the castle).. Nothing interesting happened until 124, when I foolishly (without checking) attacked a maxed-out gnome nest with 5 vivs, 30 archers, and a couple of flies.. In the end (thanks to the morale of the evil old men), I successfully retreated.. (( After some brief panic, I still decided to keep playing (you never know) with flies and basilisks.. I pass the turn.. Two minutes later, the opp reports that he has conceded))... Off to a fun start..:smile13:

marajan (red Castle Valeska Kyrre) def. WishmasteR (blue Swamp Vestan Vestan) 2sm4d(3) 125

Kyrre showed up in the tavern and off we went
on the first [week] I took a secondary [hero] from Inferno, several crypts (got a lot of them)
horses in the [Citadel]
on the second [week] I headed for the Swamp and there was already the Opp[onent]
met Vestan and victory, though not an easy one
thanks for the game

krutilo (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Mar (red, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) 2sm4d(3) 125
As it turns out, our group is a "death group")))).
The opponent took all the restarts; I had one left, but decided to play (a Dragon Utopia was standing near the castle).. Until 124 nothing interesting happened, until I foolishly (without checking) attacked a max-//gnat-nest with 5 vivs, 30 archers and a couple of flies.. In the end (thanks to the morale of the evil old men), I successfully retreated.. (( After some short-term breakdowns, I still decide to keep playing (you never know) with flies and basilisks.. I pass the turn.. Two minutes later the opp reports that he conceded))... A fun start..:smile13:

We restarted. Tried to fish out a couple of external dwellings for myself, but something wasn't clicking =( As a result, it dealt without elves, and the 2nd hero is also trash. On the way there were ranged blocks: a horde of gremlins and a crowd of gogs. Consequently, only 3 elves and 10 centaurs remained. Wandered around the respawn, picked up whatever was lying around. Took another 2 crypts for 2000. In total 1,3-6 in the castle.
2nd week. Took another 3 crypts. Upgraded pegasi and elves and rushed at a horde of pegasi for the dragon external dwelling.. Sadly, the unicorns and dendroids didn't hold up. =(
P.S. Too bad, I failed the fan-run. Now I'll have to win the rest of the games. =))

marajan (red Castle, Valeska, Kyrre) def WishmasteR (blue Swamp, Vestan, Vestan) 2sm4d(3) 125

Confirmed. For the second time in a row, I don't take rest along one road in ГО — 2 native heroes arrived, one of whom is a Dragon with 3 stacks, and on turn 113 I see a passage to a native secondary town. Resources are average, home dwellings 1-6 in Citadel, but at the start of the second month I find an external dwelling of gorgons in the secondary area... In the final battle I was hoping for easy kills (I managed to buy almost everything, except the army from the secondary area, which the noob had), but Kyrre's stats, ballista, and tent decided the match.
Thanks for the game!

One day away from the forum and this happens..
No, you guys are funny, I definitely like you..
Especially those with female avs :smile04:
With your permission, I've moved the flood-thread here: Tribune

[offtop]Damn, please read the report formatting rules! Every other one needs to be corrected after you, what is going on..
1. If the loser writes the report, write lose instead of def.
2. Write nicknames correctly. Exactly as they are recorded in the table. Including your own nicknames![/offtop]

upd.
Reports up to this point have been confirmed and marked
And yes, I missed the confirmation from Cergo, my apologies

Will you take me? ICQ-200397070508 Added 6 minutes later Will it work on the Platinum Edition? I only have one disc, not three.

Will you take me???
ICQ-200397070508

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And will it work on the Platinum Edition?? I only have one disc, not three.

Basyr hasn't joined us yet, I'm waiting until the 10th, giving him a chance. Plus, another replacement is possible due to technical reasons. A lot of people are on the waiting list for a replacement, but only Prince promised to be constantly available. So there's still a small chance to sign up. If you're really keen, check out the links in the first post for now and study the rules. In the top link in the "attachments," you'll find instructions on how to set it up to play online. There are also links to the season - you can play in it, which is also a kind of tournament. If a replacement is needed, I'll contact you. Platinum will work, yes (if it's the "The Shadow of Death" disc). P.S. The ICQ number is strangely long.

07.01.2011г 13v(red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def c0nn3c71nkK.ppL(blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Galthran) 2sm4d(3) 145
On the first week I took a couple of mini Griffin Conservatories and money buildings, on the second week a secondary hero from Necropolis and the dungeon. Also a level 2 Griffin Conservatory on the third week with a scout hero, while my main was improving stats by running through stat boosters, I didn't want to go into the treasure zone, because it's not worth stalling with Galthran. I broke the double ГО on 142, losing about 80+ bears and wolves. I waited for my opponent in his castle, but he couldn't overcome the Dragon Utopia.
Thanks for the game!