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08/30/2011 Fidesxfx (Blue, Swamp, Westan) def. Dimast (Red, Tower, Torosar, Moner) Balance 115
He picked all his starting resources, I got two stacks of 111, we started playing, no archers built, the hero in the tavern only has gnolls, well, what can you do, let's play.
111. A road splits in two directions, one leads to a 20-49 harpy stack, the other to a 20-49 upgraded harpy stack and a dungeon. I decide there aren't that many of them and maybe there's a useful hero in the dungeon. With the barbarian hero's meat, I kill the upgraded harpies, Sandro level 1 is in the dungeon, not good. I run to the nearby passage to the secondary resource. There are 20-49 snakes or 10-19 minotaurs. I turn around.
112. I place flies. I defend against a couple of resource stacks, turn around, and decide to attack the harpies near my main town. I see a 100-249 upgraded wasp golem.
113. I upgrade the archers. I attack the harpies, as many as possible, but the archers handle it easily. I continue along the long road.
114. I defend against a bunch of resource stacks, I place the wasp golem (there's no wood for a dryad). I run to the town, there's a 20-49 orc stack. I take the wasp golem and attack. There are 24 of them + 6 upgraded. I kill them, losing a fly, 2 gnolls, and an archer. I take the secondary resource, realize there's no wood, and that dryads won't be built quickly. I pass the turn, and my opponent surrenders. On turn 114, he lost to the mummies; he initially decided to play, but then decided it wasn't worth it.
Thanks for the game. Good luck in the tournament.

30.08.2011 Fidesxfx (Blue, Swamp, Westan) def Dimast (red, Tower, Torosar, Moner) Balance 115

Didn't understand that mummies were guarding the exit to the native secondary mine. And didn't expect to see them there 49. Also attacked with a scout hero. Got wiped, killed them on day 5, but everything was so bleak that I decided not to continue.
Thanks for the game. Good luck further

31.08.2011 Sky Pioneer (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Tazar) def Stryfe (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) Jebus Cross 143

At the start, I bought 8 heroes and began clearing the respawn.
115 - I suicide Tazar into a tier-9 hive. Bad.
117 - Angels in the fort.
121 - I take the hives with 9 and 12 wyverns, head towards the only Griffin Conservatory.
122 - Minimal, just wasted time.
124 - Scout hero on main picks up the Hat behind the trolls.
125 - Upgrade archers, I switch to Tazar under GO.
126 - Unexpectedly, fat stacks of 18 cyclopes with moral effects wreaked havoc. When the sacrifice on the archers didn't work (I wonder why?), I seriously believed it was the end. Fortunately, I managed to resurrect the wyverns, but there was no hope.
127 - Finally, Tazar, who had leveled up Earth magic, takes another couple of hives, army is 1 archer and 38 wyverns.
131 - Opponent ran out from his side into the center with single wyverns and a couple of bears. On my turn, I hire, attack. And I get hit by explosions. Crag is not such a barbarian, 160 magic. What saved me, oddly enough, was Tazar's dumb skill tree. Resistance came as the 2nd skill, I had to level it, and in the fight the ducks resisted twice, which decided it.
I traded 14 wyverns and 3 archers for 4 bears and 6 wyverns. I also had to split and head home.
133-136 - The opponent's crusade with a small army across the entire main, but I had absolutely nothing to meet them with. In the end, I attack again, another heavy trade (wisely didn't take the ducks), we broke even.
137 - After visiting a couple of libraries, Tazar breaks a tier-3 Dragon Utopia with ducks. Gets Wings, KV and a +10 helmet. Whirlpool and off we go!
142 - Second Dragon Utopia on main, I jump into the center, and Crag is already aiming for the Dragon Utopia. I have to count tiles, but control rules, on the last steps I collect the Elixir and a no-chance final.

Thanks for the interesting game!

31.08.2011 Sky Pioneer (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Tazar) def Stryfe (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) Jebus Cross 143
Yes, it happened. On day 111, wolves weren't built. Scouting revealed an external dwelling of bears behind 20+ master genies. On day 112, I took a Pandora's Box for 5k experience (gave Leadership and Earth Magic). Days 113-114 - I took the human secondary hero (there was no road to the second secondary dungeon, I trudged through wasteland and captured it only on day 121) and a Pandora's Box for 15 Ogre Magi behind Vampires (excellent, now I have something to take the external dwelling behind the Genies with). Days 115-117 - I built up buildings 123457 in the Castle, discovered an external market (which was very handy because there were no income-generating buildings on the respawn at all, except for 2 Imp Cottages), took the external dwelling of Behemoths (though the losses against the Genies were huge - all of them as one cast Berserk and Fire Shield and wiped out my Birds and Goblins). On the second week, I captured a Sword +5 to all stats, took a couple of Dragon Fly Hives for 18 Wyverns, doubled my mana in the secondary town, and set up to break through before the GO of Pit Lords. On day 131, I upgraded the Bears (but only bought 6, had no money left at all), broke through the GO without losses, and then there was a block of Red Dragons guarding the Tome of Earth Magic and a Pandora's Box for 20k experience... it wasn't easy there... there were 30 regular Dragons + 6 upgraded ones, and they got morale almost every turn... at the end of the fight, I had a couple of Bears and a few Wyverns left in the army... and after that, I saw the opponent in the treasure zone... on his turn, he attacked, and 2 resists on his ducks helped him greatly... I ran away but didn't surrender immediately - I decided to try my luck... And in the end, I could have won in the second final fight, but I made a terrible blunder.... And I still had no money all this time, so in a desperate attempt, I exchanged all my resources, bought whatever I could, and went to capture the Utopia, but I didn't make it in a couple of steps, and the opponent with full control caught up to me, and that was the end.:smile34:
Thank you for the game and good luck going forward!

So, guys, a few people asked for some extra time, so we'll play over the weekend and see what happens on Monday. I urge the lower bracket to hurry up because you have more rounds than the upper bracket. Let's not drag it out until November :)

The information has been updated; check the fourth post to see who still needs to play against whom.
Tomash, thanks for the games, and good luck in the game and in life ;)

MeFi (red, castle, Valya, Gosha) def gende (blue, fortress, Wystan, Wystan) 145 @ 2sm4d(3)
Used rests 111 and 112, both times there were difficulties with money and unpleasant blocks on secondary skills.
In the end: fast roads, 30 archers at the start, level 2 not built :smile05:
111 - the road makes a loop near the castle, the fork is long, ГО and the passage are not visible; 5 heroes total, the 6th hero to appear in the tavern was Galtran. Money is fine, I see an artifact for +2 speed guarded by 10-19 unicorns. On the road to a secondary school there are 4 (!!) experience-boosting stones.
112 - Galtran picks up Earth magic, finds Haste and Slow. But the layout isn't that great either, the guard of passages to secondary schools: 10-19 snipers, 10-19 elves + 50-99 sprites + 10-19 diamond golems behind them, it's unpleasant to fight, the meat is displeased, but there is still a way out; ГО - manticores.
No external dwellings on the respawn, no conflux, a Dragon Fly Hive guarded by 100-249 wolf raiders. No crypts, no dwarf cottages, 1 medusa pond, 2/3 of the respawn is in impassable terrain broken up by mountains..

somehow I've even lost the desire to describe everything in detail, sorry :o

In the end we both played poorly: both me and the opponent; but the opponent lost all his units on the second week when taking a naga bank (4) in treasure, while I lost to 20-49 medusas (49 with Guardian Spirit) due to terrain unevenness and lack of mana... -4 horses -20 arbs. I was hoping they would flee from 150+ skeletons, but that's how it turned out.. TT I eventually crawled out on Flax's air elementals (there was an external dwelling).
In the final battle Gosha was 2-3 times higher in stats (except defense), the opponent took my castle and there I caught up with him =) The Dragon Utopia gave good loot: blue hood, sword+shield of Tuoll and handcuffs... I lost the second necromancer, so I farmed skeletons slowly, in the final battle there were only about 450 of them.. 100 mana with 16 spell power and the opponent's lack of troops decided the game.
GG, gende, thank you very much for the game =) Good luck further in the tournament! Let's play a fun rematch sometime :)

MeFi (red, Castle, Valya, Gosha) def gende (blue, Fortress, Wystan, Wystan) 145 @ 2sm4d(3)

Confirmed. Everything can be seen in the water.

I haven't been in the mood to play lately, so I'll have to decline the last game. I apologize to my opponent.

I haven't been in the mood to play for the past few weeks, so I'll have to forfeit this last game. I apologize to my opponent.

What's up with that?! Come on, play! Don't give up!

What's with all the excuses? Just play, don't give up!

Unfortunately, I haven't felt like playing lately. And without the desire, there's not much point in playing.

I haven't felt like playing lately, unfortunately. And without the desire, there's not much point in playing.

Appetite comes with eating. You've completed one group, so it wouldn't be right to stop now. At least stay for the sake of principle. You might even win a tournament.

I haven't been in the mood to play for the past few weeks, so I'll have to withdraw from the last game. I apologize to my opponent.

It's a shame that the leaders are losing steam :( , Juristis, pull yourself together, be a man.

I’ll probably finish it. We’ll probably play with Ingersol tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.