Posts from "Newcomer-2011. Summer"

Juristis (Red, Conflux, Tunar, Isra) def Dimast (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 144 2sm4d(3)

I played Flax for the first time, was very nervous.
There were 4 restarts, my first one I took in vain, as it turned out later. The draw was, to put it mildly, not very good, only 3 air elementals from two heroes, not built in town. Isra comes as the 4th hero, I start leveling. The respawn is small and poor, ranged blockers, but there are 3 external dwellings, fire, air, and earth. On the neighboring zone, I spot a water external dwelling, I realize the secondary skill is native, and I need to take it on the first week. Until the end of the week I ran around with 4 heroes, had no gold at all, built 1-4 in the citadel, but on 117 I took the native secondary skill, only 32 skeletons.
On the second week, things went better, 2 native heroes arrived, and I gathered a strike stack of 45 air elementals, the neighboring respawn turned out to be rich, lots of water mills and gold. I built birds in the castle and put a citadel in the secondary town, took 2 dwarf cottages and a medusa dwelling, brought skeletons up to 200+. The opponent's stats shine higher, but an idea matures — not far from the castle is the Golden Bow, I grab it, but I don't upgrade the air elementals yet.
On the third week, with the birds I take another secondary town, adjacent to the opponent, there's a Pandora's Box for liches, I take it, and it's empty) And I wanted to take Wisdom at level 6, but I didn't. Realizing I need to catch up to the opponent in stats, I go into the treasure zone, where I lost a lot, including 1 bird and a bunch of skeletons, due to lack of experience fighting with large armies, especially Flax ones. Found 2 Pandora's Boxes for 5k and 15k XP and one for 10k gold, a crown for 4-4, experted Logistics, which came as the last skill, slightly raised my stats. I forgot due to nerves to build buildings in the secondary town, and only got 1-4 in the citadel. The skirmishes with the opponent's trash troops begin.
On 141, I break through home, upgrade air and water, but am afraid to go to the GO without mass magic, so I go to the adjacent zone. The opponent hits the GO and breaks my chain. The army is unimpressive, but the stats are superior, and they likely have Mass Slow. I have Expert Air and Water. The trash hero picks up a scroll of Implosion, and I realize this is my chance, I start building the guild, but on 144 the opponent attacks, and I still haven't experted any magic. In the final, the advantage in meat and the Golden Bow showed, although Storm Elementals were blocked in the first round, but the opponent didn't have enough strength, and when they dealt Bless with -53 to the elf, it was gg.
Thanks for the game.

Juristis (Red, Conflux, Tunar, Isra) def Dimast (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 144 2sm4d(3)

I have never seen a poorer respawn. On the first turn I scouted Isra and understood it was done intentionally hoping for a restart. I saw 2 pixies of elves from my scouting hero, so I didn't restart. I only had enough gold to recruit the elves from the pixies and the castle. Somehow I built 1-4 in the Citadel and only 3 heroes(( No stable, no tempo. Kyrre was getting various goodies, tactics, earth, etc., so the log didn't progress. At the start of week 2, I broke the guard at the grass respawn and sent a scout hero there, but he couldn't find the castle — blocks everywhere. I took a second secondary hero, then went into the treasure zone. I was 2 tiles short of catching Isra with unupgraded archers and 5 birds (they would have all fallen). I lost on army size. In terms of stats, I was ahead by a head: 6-16-3-3, while Isra was showing 3-3-4-4.
Thanks for the game!

RiMpel2, here's a question: if there are more than two contenders for advancing from the group, how will it be decided who advances and who stays? For example, what if two players have the same number of wins and losses?

Stryfe, log into ICQ; we need to figure out when we'll finish the game, because I might have time later this evening, but I don't know about after that. I really want to finish the game and not just post a win.

let's say two players have the same number of wins and losses?

The result of their head-to-head match.

Group G, sorry for the absence, I can play starting today, but not constantly yet.

Deus (Blue, Tower, Fafner, Torosar) def eLPuegO (Red, Dungeon, Deis, Deis) 222 2sm4d(3)
Thank you for the game!

Deus (Blue, Tower, Fafnir, Torosar) def eLPuegO (Red, Dungeon, Deis, Deis) 222 2sm4d(3)
Thank you for the game!

I confirm.
The lack of a spellbook decided the outcome against me.
Thank you for the game.

Juristis (Blue, Rampart, Mephala, Mephala) def Wladysha (Red, Stronghold, Terek, Terek) 132 2sm4d(3)
We started without restarts, fast roads, starting zone mediocre, not much gold, but there’s a pentad of gold-producing buildings. 2 gold heroes, playing. Centaur external dwelling, stable. On the first turn I broke through a passage to two secondary zones, one on the road and one off-road. Went along the road, took a Necropolis secondary, knocked back some gold, Mephala sent home, beats the Dwarf Cottage and stays overnight at the stable, the scout hero grabs a flail with +4 attack. Also spotted a shield 3-3, but it’s guarded by 10-19 berzerkers, decided not to touch it on the first turn. Built 1-6 in the Citadel to buy units immediately.
On the second turn I break through to a swamp secondary, along the way I take an Imp dwelling, a pendant +1 speed, a helmet +3. Right under the town, a block of 20-49 griffin pegasuses guarding a shield +6. I figure a flail +4 was guarded by only 15 basilisks, and I’m about to fight the pegasuses with just unicorns and dwarves. And there are 49 of them!!! My silver pegasi killed 2 unicorns and a ballista. Sad... I scout the overview, and decide to delay. In the swamp there are 2 Pandora’s Boxes, 2 Naga Banks, a Dwarf Cottage, a Crypt. Earth magic is expert, I learn Mass Slow in the swamp, but spell power is only 1. Pandora’s Boxes with 15 griffin serpents and 5k gold, Naga Bank with 20 Nagas with guardian spirits. The scout hero sneaks into the Dwarf Cottage, and I’m too lazy to check it, and it turns out to be max-level with guardian spirits. But Yeunova turned out to be no slouch, and takes it effortlessly, losing 1 basilisk due to morale. Mephala breaks up and heads to the stable, plenty of gold, I build dragons in the Castle and Wyverns in the Citadel. Opp breaks through to a Necropolis neighbor and steals the shield I never picked up, catching up to me in combat stats.
131 - I take a Dragon Fly Hive with 8 Wyverns, finally getting +1 to spell power, I start ramping up. Opp approaches my Necropolis.
132 - I upgrade dendroids, and try to decide which part of the army will have to miss the upcoming battle. I decide to leave behind the basilisks and dwarves. I’m 2 tiles short of reaching the opp, but I take a closer look and see a block on the road of a horde of griffin lizardmen; I let them be, position myself, and attack the opp. Mass Slow, advantage in meat and secondary skills decided it.
Thank you for the game!

Message from scooter72
Let's say if 2 players have the same number of wins and losses?

The result of their head-to-head match.

I thought I still had a chance to compete for second place ((...

Juristis (Blue, Rampart, Mephala, Mephala) def Wladysha (Red, Stronghold, Terek, Terek) 132 2sm4d(3)
confirmed

Fidesxfx (Red, Stronghold, Kreg) def Stryfe (Blue, Inferno, Marius) 216 2sm4d(3)

Fidesxfx (Red, Stronghold, Kreg) def Stryfe (Blue, Inferno, Marius) 216 2sm4d(3)

Yes, it was.:smile01:

Tomash (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Tazar) def heavyskyl (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) 125, 2sm4d(3)

all res are over, I got a wild respawn, in the center, size exactly 1 screen, a castle, a mine without wood, 1 pile of gold, a Griffin Conservatory behind a strong block, that's it. 2 arrow breakthroughs, but the road exit to the stone neighbor tile - basilisks. Ivor brought 8 elves, in the tavern Tazar and Jenova, I hit the basilisks with Jenova, but the passage was generated crookedly, and I had to immediately hit the second guard too, energy elementals, of which there were 35, but there's nowhere to retreat, there's nothing to do on the respawn, the other guards are even worse, dwarves and centaurs shielded the elves with their chests, but only by a miracle did the long-ears avoid getting hit, however I lost about 15 cents, and all the dwarves. But the tempo turned out decent, on 113 I took the Barbarian neighbor tile, which turned out to be quite large and rich, but without any hidden caches or goodies, I scattered scouts on wolves, broke through several useful chests and resources, set up a thousand and upgraded birds, in the home 1-4 in the citadel, still a bit short on gold, found a dwarf dwelling, but very far away across the stone. On 121 I checked the Griffin Conservatory - 3-4 with an upgraded stack, nothing to take it with, I broke through orcs with birds and pegasi and went to the neighbor tile of the conflux, on 123 I took it, I see a lot of resources, crypts, good guards of treaders, Tazar 1-7-5-1 with logistics, archery, and earth magic, I thought about building wyrms or dragons, on 125 the opponent says in the game: write report gg and leaves :confused:

judging by the tavern, he has Valeska 3-3-1-3, only took the neighbor tile on the second week, maybe he died somewhere... in ICQ he offered to take auto-surrender, doesn't reply, I don't know what to think, waited an hour, and then wrote this report...

I thought I still had a chance to compete for second place ((...

But isn't there? ;)

____________________________________________
So, what do we have on the eleventh day of the tournament?

Group A. Well done, you started quite briskly, but there is no clear leader yet. It's all in your hands, guys. ImpCashe, will you be playing?

Group B. But there's nothing to brag about here :) Only one match has been played. Be more active, guys, be more active!

Group C. And here too, only 2 matches, as in Group D.
Groups E and H, let's play, let's play! :)

In Group F, there are two leaders so far - Scorpiona and Ingersol. But who knows how things will change when sys and Ihtiandr join the game :rolleyes:

In Group G, everything is going according to plan :) Dimast has played almost all the matches and is currently in the lead, but the last match could seriously affect the outcome of the stage :smile42:

Let me know if you haven't been able to reach anyone since the start of the tournament. There are a couple of people who want to play, and it would be better to give them a place than to just fill in the tables with tech choices ;)

Thank you for your attention ;)