Posts from "Newcomer-2011. Summer"

Damn, I forgot that I needed to confirm my participation during the last week. I waited and waited, and it was all for nothing. Please register me if it's still possible.

Is there anyone from group B who wants to play?

Sorry, I messed up. I will continue playing, following the rules of Heroes of Might and Magic. I need to get into the game anyway.

2.07.2011 gnoll (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def AlexAG (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Sorcha) 2SM4d(3), 136

Took a restart due to a road block. We played fast. Few resources spawned: 0 crypts, 0 gnoll huts, 0 conservatories. There were Dragon Fly Hives, but under heavy guard. First week – horses in the citadel, didn't take a second town. Second week took the neighboring Tower, ran around clearing chests and gained a bit of experience. There were essentially no roads at all, so everything moved very slowly on my side. On the third week, I noticed the opponent had 3 towns and decided not to spend weeks collecting a couple of artifacts scattered around the corners of the map, but instead go on the attack. In the end, I took Conflux on day 134 and within a day rode up to the opponent's main town. As it turned out, the opponent was in a bad spot, and with a pack of 45 Dendroids bravely charged at me in the open field, not expecting a defeat in the castle. The army power advantage gave the opponent no chance at all.
A good, fast game. Thanks.

2.07.2011 gnoll (Blue, Castle, Valerica, Valerica) def AlexAG (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Sorcha) 2SM4d(3), 136

It happened, thanks for the game.
The first week turned out to be relatively successful - right near the castle, I found a stash of wood. I found a side passage to my opponent and a free merge point near this passage. I didn't have time to build unicorns, so I had to settle for wood with increased growth. At the beginning of the second week, I lost Ivor to the dark knights guarding the quiver of arrows - there were as many of them as possible, and they almost always dealt double damage. I spent all 30 gold on elves to defeat them, leaving only one knight alive - I had to switch to developing Sorcha, who had been taken out of prison a couple of days earlier and already had level 5 - she took the third city.
I thought I could win the rest of the game with wood, but there was nothing profitable nearby, and I simply didn't have enough resources to buy and build more troops - in the third week, my opponent came and kicked me out

Damn, I forgot that I needed to confirm my participation in the last week. I waited and waited, and it was all for nothing.
Please register me if it's still possible.

Good luck to you in Group H;)

Sorry, I messed up. I will continue to play, following the rules of Hv. I need to get involved anyway.

No one is forcing you to play; there are people on the reserve list who want to, so if you're not interested, they will gladly replace you.

Romario! Everything new is interesting; you just need to get into it...
I just haven't played online according to your rules before. =)

your Group H, good luck!

OK, thank you.

Romario! Everything new is interesting; you just need to get into it...
I just haven't played online according to your rules before. =)

Yes, here, even a newbie can keep up because the games are fast-paced, not taking 20 minutes. And where do they play games that last only 1 minute? I personally enjoy these kinds of blitz games that last 1-2 minutes.

You install a program called Gameranger. There are tons of newbies there who start playing and quit after just one minute.

3.07.2011 Wladysha (Blue, Gunnar) def RTheWise (Red, Rampart, Ivor, ) 2SM4d(3)
restarted a couple of times at the start due to blocks, then started playing together with Gunnar; Shakti procced with 100 troglodytes, quickly conquered 2 castles (but the opponent's), got Boots of Speed, then 4 farmed hives with mass Wysernas + eyes

3.07.2011 gnoll (Blue, Gunnar) def RTheWise (Red, Rampart, Ivor, ) 2SM4d(3)
restarted a couple of times at the start due to blocks, then started playing together with Gunnar, Shakti procced with 100 Troglodytes, quickly captured the 2nd castle (but the opponent's), got Boots of Speed, then 4 farmed Hives, mass Wyverns + Evil Eyes

Yes, that's how it was, we fought for five hours. The start wasn't bad, an external dwelling of Unicorns near the castle, a Stable nearby, on the first week I took the secondary Conflux. There were no conservatories, just one Hive and a Crypt.
On the second month I met the enemy's main hero: he had 27 Wyverns, about 80 Evil Eyes, 10 Basilisks, Lizardmen and 100 Troglodytes. I had 99 Grand Elves, 26 Unicorns, 22 Dendroid Soldiers, 50 Centaurs. All hopes of winning that battle vanished after the opponent cast Mass Haste, and the Wyverns cut down 60 Elves. I could only watch.

Thanks for the game =)

3.07.2011 Scorpiona (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def mtDeus (blue, Tower, Solmir, Solmir) 2SM4d(3)145

The starting area turned out to be huge, covering a third of the map. There were a lot of crypts, gnome dens, and nagabanks; a couple of Pandora chests.
In the first week, I reached the secondary resource, but the path to the castle was blocked by nagas guarding the Pandora chest, so I went around them....
In the second week, Shakti slowly gained momentum, looting everything in his path:smile13:. Only medusas were interesting from the hidden resources. Cons 1. He ate Pandora chests for 10k experience and 5k gold.
At the beginning of day 3, he wandered around the treasure, eating a couple of Pandora chests for experience, gaining some viv, picking up wings, and visiting the library.
Shakti doubled his mana and went to visit Solmir:smile14:, who greeted him with a friendly chain spell and then retreated with the remnants of his army.
145, he reaches the castle and, after receiving another chain spell, Shakti wins.

Thanks for the game!

07.03.2011 Scorpiona (red, Castle, Shakti, Shakti) def mtDeus (blue, Tower, Solmyr, Solmyr ) 2SM4d(3)145

My starting area turned out to be huge, covering almost a third of the map. There were a lot of crypts, gnome dens, and nagabanks; a couple of pandoras.
In the first week, I reached the secondary resource, but the road to the castle was blocked by nagas guarding the pandora. I went around them...
In the second week, Shakti slowly gained momentum, looting everything in his path:smile13:. Among the treasures, only medusas caught my eye. Cons 1. I ate pandoras for 10k experience and 5k gold.
At the beginning of the 3rd day, I wandered around the treasure, eating a couple of pandoras for experience, gaining some lives, picking up wings, and visited the library.
Shakti doubled his mana and went to visit Solmyr:smile14:, who greeted him with a friendly chain lightning spell, and then retreated with the remnants of his army.
145. I reach the castle, and after another chain lightning, Shakti wins.

Thank you for the game!

It happened, thank you for the game :-)

nik312(red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) loses to krutilo(blue, Castle, Valeska, Monere) 2Sm4d(3) 144

-Tell me, uncle, how do pros differ from noobs?
-Noobs fold and surrender on the toughest respawn. Pros squeeze even the dumbest respawn for a 5+.

And the second epigraph.

If a person is dead, that's for a long time; if a person is a fool, that's forever.

Start. Having spent almost all restarts, I finally rolled myself a MEGA-respawn. Briefly, what I can recall: 2nd level built, a pandora's box with 5k gold near the castle, an external dwelling of Wyverns and hydras on the respawn, native secondary town, external dwelling of Wyverns on the secondary, 4 crypts, 2 Dwarf Cottages, a medusa dwelling.

115 - took the external Wyvern dwelling, clearly not enough for hydras in the Castle, we just build the Castle and prepare to buy everything on the second week. GO - horde of Pit Lords: I'm preparing to take it on 131 (the respawn should allow it).

116 - I realize I won't make it to take the native secondary town at this pace. A scout hero hastily stands next to the secondary town guard, some quick chain is set up from the main hero.

117 Yes! The scout hero manages to take the secondary town on the last move! *Rejoicing*
I build a Tavern in the secondary (why couldn't I have thought to convert it into Wyverns?). In the native: 1-4, 6 in the Castle, external Wyvern dwelling, basilisks, 3 (!) external Gnoll dwellings

121 Bought everything except flies, decided to take the external hydra dwelling with a lot of dendroids. The army split into two fronts.
1st - Tazar level 5 and roughly half the entire army. 2nd - Dragon level 4 - and roughly the second half (slightly smaller).

123(??) Bravo!! A lot of dendroids... 49 with a huge stack! Tazar (7 Wyverns, 18 lizards, 13 basilisks, 12 gnolls, 2 flies) fled with one lizard. Only the second front remained from the army... (4 Wyverns, 20 lizards, a handful of gnolls, 5 basilisks). I hope to pull through thanks to the wild number of external dwellings and the native secondary town.

131 Hydras never got built, ashamed to poke into the treasure zone after the main hero got wiped, prospects are slowly fading. I took all the money-making spots on the respawn all week to buy back the army (couldn't afford flies again). It turned out not bad in principle, but it's a pity for all that was missed. The only thing that really upsets me is that Tazar never got Earth... He got Water, Offense, Tactics, and only toward the end I took Logistics.

137 Couldn't fit in the hydras again, decided it's better to build the Citadel for Wyverns in the secondary and buy all the goodies from the external dwellings. The game dragged on, I went into the treasure zone, only found an artifact for +5 ATK and a two-week Preservation. The opponent scared me with movement near the GO, I had to give up on the treasure zone and hole up with the main hero in the castle. (besides, Dragon Utopias were nowhere in sight anyway)

143 - half the army not bought, but I decide to try and break through to the opponent's secondary and hopefully reach something tasty. (like a castle)

But after passing the turn, I see Monere in the tavern with all stats at least 10 higher than mine. He found a Dragon Utopia after all... I considered resisting a bit more. (what if he got half-wiped on the Dragon Utopia)

The opponent, brazenly ignoring my deliberation, reached from his castle to mine on angel wings in one turn... GG...
8 Archangels, 8 Firebirds, 60+ archers, 10 Monks, 30+ Wyverns...

With my 22 gr. Wyverns, 60+ gr. Lizardmen, 30+ gr. Serpent Flies, 2 Angels, and 2 Hydras, I decided not to embarrass myself and surrendered...

Thanks for the game.

Added after 16 minutes
Looking forward to the opponent's report... I still haven't figured out how he managed to build 1-4, 6 in the Castle in the native town and 1-7 in the Citadel in the secondary within the second week... (And then also buy all that and go clear treasure zones...).