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Upper bracket. Quarterfinals: Hitch - Sevensan
Good luck to the guys, may the best player win, and... we're waiting for the broadcast :cool:
09.03.2011 Sevensan (Blue, Conflux, Random, Tuner, Isra / Tamika) def Hitch (Red, Barbarian, Crag, Crag) 8mm6a 127
It all started a week before the game. All week I tried to catch an opponent, but it just wasn't working out! And finally we scheduled it for March 9th after the holiday. The day before, I luckily sketched myself a Blue Conflux. Hitch said he'd spend the whole night thinking about which faction to play — Tower or Barbarian ))) In the morning we got in touch, and I was informed that Crag would be the beatstick today. The plan for the game was simple — mandatory start with a built level 2 dwelling, so that phoenixes would be built and the air elementals could be upgraded on the first week. Dig up a necromancer in the tavern, find Armageddon, and in the final battle, 6 phoenixes + 2000 skeletons with a first-turn cast of anti-magic, kill the opponent with Armageddon. The plan wasn't great, but it was all we had =)
111 Level 2 dwelling built, roads are fast, a stable near the castle. I summoned 6 heroes, opp summoned 7. I dug up a necromancer — Isra. Though, for obvious reasons, he won't get a power stack, + Ciele is in the tavern! We took a look at the respawn — excellent, looks like medium size. There are 2 external dwellings of fire elementals, one of earth elementals, and quite a few treasure chests. The nearest computer is necro! which is awesome. The opp has a dungeon. There's a ballista.
112 Upgraded the air elementals (11 of them). Tamika is the 8th hero! What a gift! This is considering that there are 2 necro computers on the map and they already took 4 heroes from the start. Lucky. We take her. Isra is already busy making skeletons, we broke through a portal to a zone adjacent to the computer.
113 A couple of shooter stacks, luckily there's Ciele with archery. We found a portal to the treasure zone behind the snipers and stood near the portal to the necro computer. I really hope he manages to build necromancy +10% =) to be safe, we're thinking of taking him on day 121... although if the map layout works out, we could kill him earlier. 8 heroes, money is good, decent respawn. Phoenixes are 80% built. Opp already burned two +350 gold heroes in the tavern )) he probably thinks gold is really good, that's why he played) So there's a chance his respawn isn't great.
114 Broke through the portal to the computer, immediately found an external dwelling of skeletons. Scouting revealed part of the map. There's a cape of +2 speed lying around behind unupgraded pits... we'll take it on the second week! Already have a couple — three of the hives. No external dwellings on the respawn can be taken, since the hero is far away and busy with other things, and they have guards.
115 We see the red player from scouting. He's in the "elemental" =) treasure zone. Very "luckily" the portal guard (50+ lizards) blocked his path along the road further visible towards the computer ))) Three shooter-guarded treasure zones that he can only break on the second week. Crag ran a bit, turned around, and ran back, which already indicates an advantage) His army has only 10+ shooters (Jabar came as the second hero from the start) and a few dogs with goblins. Meanwhile, we're heading to the green computer. Had to go back a bit with the power stack and pick up a pile of ore — not enough for the magi. Phoenixes will be 100% built.
116 Found the necromancer's castle.
117 Killed their main hero and settled in the empty capital of the green necro, set up the birds. The red player revealed Crag 7 0 2 1. Went back home to the stables, left to regenerate mana.
121 Sent Isra to collect skeletons around the necro computer. Starting to clear our native respawn. Dwarf dwelling on 20.
122 Dwarf dwelling on 20, dwarf dwelling on 15, ready for naga banks.
123 Took the small naga. Crag was revealed 9 1 2 1, and the red player has the most money! Two options here: either they are saving for behemoths, which didn't get built on the first week, or they also opened a couple of naga banks / dwarf dwellings. I don't think the option with a Utopia works )))
124 So Crag broke through the portal behind 50 lizards into the treasure zone. We see he already has behemoths. They were apparently built on the first week, not sure if in the castle or not, probably not. There's a group of upgraded rocs, and that's about it. Took the naga second, an emerald tower with 8 water elementals. Both castles have a magistrate built.
125 Acquired an external dwelling of earth elementals, medusa dwelling 4, clearing what we can with chaining.
126 Isra has already gathered 100+ skeletons. Chained to pick up the golden bow for 50 gold golems. Relaxing a bit, and the water elementals catch a stack, lose one... a setup ))) Plans include an external dwelling of air elementals for 10+ efreets, a mace of +4, and a prison for 10+ dendroids. Crag Stats 12 1 2 3 went to beat his computer. I'm level 9 — 5 4 3 7. Skills — necromancy, air, attack, defense. Pretty solid. Can't quite figure out where this bunch of portals and treasure zones leads. Hopefully we're going in the right direction =)
127 Hit the efreets, dendroids, chained everything to the power stack and hit the portal behind the snipers... And red is in the portal! Main hero is holed up in a village on speed-boost terrain) We reach him on the last turn, and losing 1 wyvern, kill Crag. After passing the turn on day 131, the red player surrendered. Isra never got to fight =) Thanks for the game! =)
There was a rebroadcast; everyone who wanted to watch did.
10.03.2011 Sevensan (Blue, Castle, Валя, Гуннар) Draw R55Max (Red, Stronghold, Тираксор) 8mm6a 145
Finally got around to writing a report, since we played all day yesterday and I was very tired =)
111 Opp took all the rests, I had 1 left. Stables under the castle, middle, external dwelling of champions, two native heroes, 27 archers, Gunnar as the 7th hero. Excellent.
114 took 4 small crypts, and rode to the computer... Why? Should have taken the external dwelling of champions and cleared the respawn, there was plenty to do. My mistake.
115 My computer is Inferno, on morale against GG I lose 7 archers.
116 First Epic fail! (Screenshot 1) 8 gogs in the Citadel destroy EVERYTHING. Nothing left to take the external dwelling of champions with, fortunately the Horses appeared in the castle.
121 with buyout and trade, the external dwelling of horses is taken.
122 8 horses +12 upgraded knights attack archmages for the pandora... there are 48 of them, damn. I lose 8 knights. They give 60 non-upgraded archers! A gift! Then, to not lose tempo, I sacrifice another horse and a knight for 60+ vampires and take the archers.
125 Dragon Fly Hive for 12 cyclopes on 4 wyverns. I build a chain to take the green's empty castle on 131.
131 I take the green Inferno with all the growth. Need money for buyout to get into the treasure zone, and a scout hero on the way to a Naga bank... 4 or 6. I risk it and enter... it's 6... I have no magic... IT WAS HOT! (Screenshot 2) Another fail, fortunately on the last morale of the archers I didn't lose them all...
132 entered my native snow-like treasure zone. There's also a Dragon Fly Hive on 4 and ready for the Griffin Conservatory. Gunnar has excellent skills and has oil.
133 Griffin Conservatory on 4, external dwellings of monks and griffins. There's a Dragon Utopia.
134 more external dwellings of marksmen and monks. The treasure zone turned out to be huge. Another one is visible but can't be reached.
136 for 120 elves took a Dragon Fly Hive on 6
137 planned to split hero back home, build angels, and with the angel speed up and replenish mana
but due to lack of money with trade almost at zero, at the last second I manage to cast a portal, but no longer can split. Didn't make half the moves.
141 had to split on this turn and wait for mana. In futile attempts to find money in the underground, I lose 1 angel with a scout hero on 46 pit fiends which stacked into 1 stack....
143 I stand on the Dragon Utopia, waiting for the secondary hero from the castle.
144 Dragon Utopia on 2 Black Dragons. Gave a helm + necklace +all and 30 executioners (Screenshot 3). Immediate buyout and I stand on the speed point near Town Portal to the opponent.
145 23 19 16 15 I jump into the portal, kill two scout heroes from the chain and am ready to take the capital. Glitches started, the game kept crashing from around 141. I was pretty tired and offered a draw, with a rematch on the same terms. Opp agreed, he wasn't having a great time either. Tense game, Thanks for the game!
12.03.2011 13v(blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def OskoloK(red, Inferno, Pyre, Pyre) Jebuss Cross 133
Jebus Cross pleased with the layout, haven't played on it in a while. Everything Castle needs for 100%, the 2nd external dwelling of Angels taken on the last step, the last day of the first week. Griffin Conservatory tier 2, and closer to the end of the second week a max Dragon Utopia, which gives the Book of Earth. On day 132 I entered the treasure zone with 16 Archangels. As it turned out, my opponent entered the treasure zone on the same day, where I saw him on day 133, flew home for the power stack and returned to the castle I had just captured in the treasure zone, attacked the opponent, who had about 34 Griffins, 14 Efreets and some miscellaneous units. I take an Armageddon from him, which wipes out my entire power stack and 3 Archangels, finish off the Efreets. It was clear that the opponent was unlucky with the layout.
Thanks for the game!
03/12/2011 13v (blue, Fortress, Valeska, Valeska) def OskoloK (red, Inferno, Peer, Peer) Jebuss Cross 133
This is just insane:eek: How can someone create something like this:confused:
Does the player from the lower bracket in the final need to win 2 games to win, while the player from the upper bracket only needs to win 1?
