Posts from "Новичок-2012. Winter"

Group A
18.02.2012 iSeeDeadPpl (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Browser (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2SM4d(3) 121

Started without restarts. The spawn gave a large respawn with tons of gold, a stable right under the castle along the fast road, an external Knight dwelling, a couple of crypts, and zombies guarding the passage to a grassy secondary. Even though the second level is not built up, I decide to play.

On the second day, I upgrade the archers, break through to the secondary, and find an external Angel dwelling. Gold is everywhere in abundance. On the third day, I take the secondary — it's a double. I clear chests, mills, small crypts, buy 8 heroes, and spread out across the respawn.

Towards the end of the week, with a scout hero, I clear 2 maximum crypts in a row. In the first one, I lose 17 pixies as fodder. In the second, I use 4 Knights as fodder. It's a shame, of course, but Angels are more valuable. As a result, by day seven — Angels in the fort and a castle in the secondary. Plans for the second week — the external Angel dwelling (couldn't afford the fodder to take it on the first week; guards are a stack of Zealots and a stack of Trolls), Dwarf Cottages, Medusa Huts, a Pandora's Box with upgraded Medusas, a Chain +4. But a surrender message arrives from the opponent.

Group B
19.02.2012 gnoll (Blue Dungeon Shakti Shakti) def SolncevKoT (Red Necropolis Vidomina Septina) 2SM4d(3) 131

We used all the resets, there was also a technical one due to an early encounter.
The final giveaway was underground, with a miner with a hundred Troglodytes and 3 slow roads. Right under the castle was a Dwarf Treasury 15, which was opened on turn 111.
113 Reached the Inferno secondary hero.
117 Took the gold mine as well. The miner is leveling up — it's a breeze: swamps, earth. After clearing the nearby goodies near Inferno, I head to the capital with a plan to start the week in another direction through the portal, simultaneously clearing the Dwarf Treasury, which allowed me to buy up the army (Cita, Scorpicores, and 1-4).
124 Shakti is now with expert earth magic and decent stats. Emerged into the swamp and captured a town there. Noticed a Griffin Conservatory.
126 Turned out to be a level 1. Shakti splits again and plans to go to the surface, heading there. The noobs pull the army and repel the Centaur's Axe :)
127 Emerged onto the lava, prepared a chain for delivery.

It turned out that the nearby opponent secondary was there. Seeing the army, he decided to surrender. His game didn't go well. GG.

Thanks for the game!

Group B
19.02.2012 gnoll (Blue Dungeon Shakti Shakti) def SolncevKoT (Red Necropolis Vidomina Septina) 2SM4d(3) 131

We used all the resets, there was also a technical one due to an early encounter.
Final spawn underground, a miner with a hundred troglodytes and 3 slow roads. Right under the castle a level 15 dwarf mine, which was opened on 111.
113 Rushed to the Inferno secondary.
117 Took the gold mine as well. The miner is grinding - a song: logs, earth. After clearing the nearby goodies near Inferno, I make a break for the capital with a plan to start the week in another direction via the portal, while clearing the dwarf mine, which allowed me to buy out the army (Cita, scorpicores and 1-4).
124 Shakti already with expert earth, decent stats. Came out into the swamp and took a town there. Noticed a conservatory.
126 It turned out to be a level 1 one. Shakti breaks through again and plans to go topside, heading there. The noobs pull the army and retrieve the centaur's axe :)
127 Came out onto the lava, prepared the chain for delivery.

It turned out that the enemy secondary was nearby. He, seeing the army, decided to surrender. His game wasn't going well. GG.

Thanks for the game!

Confirming... What can you do, cards don't always go well!

Added after 18 minutes
19.02.2012 SolncevKoT (Victory. without castles and heroes) def Sergey Syachin (defeat. Without castles and heroes) 2SM4d(3)
Got in touch with Sergey Syachin

19.02.2012 Tomash (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) draw iSeeDeadPpl (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2SM4d(3) 142

We restarted a lot, in the end 28 archers, a stable next to the castle along the road, a Knight external dwelling with a Pandora's box for 50 Pikemen, a 50-99 Magma block on the road cutting off a tasty piece of respawn with a Griffin Conservatory (1) and an external dwelling of horses... nothing to do, I go through the grass to a secondary hero, kill 50 Zombies, the road is clear, but I decided "might as well, so they don't get in the way, and also for the experience" to kill 50 Crusaders, 2 luck procs and I barely escaped with 18 archers, the rest died. A couple of crypts, I got some unit stacks in the secondary Conflux, bought a spell book, split forces in main, I run off-road to a crypt and another 1 Griffin Conservatory. Horses are in the citadel.

On day 121, I take a pre-max crypt, bought all the horses, upgraded them at the stable, check the Griffin Conservatory - a Dragon Utopia without a Chaos Hydra, but there's nothing else to do, and I was running to it as a last hope for decent tempo... I check with a scout bug - hallelujah, Tier 2 :smile41:, on day 122 I upgrade the Griffins, give everything to the Conservatory except the archers, 4 horses and 6 Pikemen, but get +2 Angels. I kill with Pikemen, the Pandora's box has 10k gold, totally useless, from the external dwelling 4 Knights that just barely secured the win when breaking through the Magma, 12 HP left on the Angel, 1 HP on the Knight who prevented a hit on the archers, I did lose 1 horse. But +15k experience, Expert Air, Logistics. The secondary hero takes a Tier 1 Griffin Conservatory, the horse external dwelling, upgrades them, Valeska moves on to the secondary Dungeon, sees a Griffin Conservatory on the way, a big one with a Chaos Hydra, decided to take it on day 131, while I kill money buildings, I build a Guild and a Wellspring in the Dungeon. At home, horses in the Castle, literally 2-3k gold short for the Angels :smile32:

On day 131, I take the Griffin Conservatory (4) and through a convenient stable I gallop into the underground treasure zone, there at the entrance is immediately a quest artifact, +15k gold, Dragon Utopia 3-4, Offense not expert, Defense none at all, decided to leave it for later... 3 Dragon Fly Hives = 22 Wyverns, Shackles, another quest artifact hut on my respawn.

On days 134-135, the opponent broke through to the secondary Flux, I panicked a bit, started building ridiculous chains to transfer everything and split for defense, in the end it didn't work out, I had to buy back heroes in main, and I didn't manage to defend, nor did I manage to catch Ivor on the move, overall, as I understand now, I should have killed the 2 Dragon Utopias and not rushed anywhere. But for the quest artifact on my respawn, I got 5 RED DRAGONS :smile07:

My main stack is huge, 7 Angels, 5 Dragons, 22 Wyverns, 11 horses, 60 archers, I defeat GO, take main on day 141. The opponent is clearly falling behind, fewer Angels, has Devils from an external dwelling, but also few, worse stats, taking advantage of the fact that I was distracted by taking his main, he runs into the treasure zone.

Then the opponent's internet cut out, and I was thrown out with a critical error. But both of us have autosave, we decided, seems like we saved, we'll finish playing.

When we reconnected to finish, desync started, in a scouting bug battle the turn wouldn't pass, i.e., on my screen the opponent is moving, and I'm waiting for him, but on his screen I'm moving, and he's waiting for me... and then we started getting kicked out constantly, sometimes him, sometimes me. We loaded a save from the previous turn, it didn't help, we struggled, poked around, nothing worked, and we agreed to a draw.

My plan was to run away to split Valeska in the Dungeon, double mana, meanwhile the main stack goes to take Dragon Utopias, there were 2 level 10 heroes from prisons for that, one with Expert Attack, the other with Defense... I think they would have collected artifacts for me, or some magic, and again the Angels would definitely have been 100% built, and the game would most likely have ended in my favor.

However, as it turned out, if I made even a small mistake, the opponent could have won, it turns out he took a Dragon Utopia in the treasure zone during that time, got the whole Titan's Set = great stats + free damage spell, but lost a lot of the meat, which he already had little of + my main is his...

i.e., although I had a good position, if he had gotten junk from the Dragon Utopias, while also eating my meat, then the opponent's position would have been better.

And of course you have to remember the situation in the group, a draw suited me, so that's what we decided on.

Thanks for a good game, even though it didn't finish normally, there was still plenty of adrenaline, both when barely taking the first Griffin Conservatory, and when breaking through the Magma for the Pandora's box... in short, there were places to lose, but I got through by the skin of my teeth :D

3 days!!!:smile14:
Guys, those of you who have games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, please try to play them earlier.
Game results will be accepted until 12:00 (Moscow time) on 02/20/12.
On 02/20/12, we will close the tables and finalize the results of all played games.
And closer to 18:00, I hope to have time to draw the playoff games.

There's an unfinished game with Memphis - they played up to turn 146, please consider this result later, as it won't affect the playoff qualification. We'll play it just for fun, and we'll probably finish it tomorrow.

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to finish all the games, so I apologize to the organizers.
With Colorado, our save is 146. Since the result won't affect the standings in the group, and we both want to finish the game properly, we decided to complete the match later, after the 20th (if we don't manage to finish it by noon on the 20th).
I couldn't establish a connection with Fellshut in the game. We tried connecting, but it didn't work, no matter what we did.
vanobsb didn't respond (ICQ, PM). The reason is unknown to me. Although I'm also to blame; I only started actively messaging after February 12th.

Attention: technical results will be assigned for all games not played within the deadline.

4. For each game played, participants must submit a detailed report and confirmation (also detailed) in this thread. Only in this case will the game be counted.

According to which parameters is the game deadline determined? From the moment the report is written or its confirmation? These are technical nuances, but essentially the results are being overturned...

In other words, it would have been possible not to play at all and on February 19th, write 7 reports about a victory. There was plenty of time, those who wanted to, played on time...

19.02.2012 Tomash (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) draw iSeeDeadPpl (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2SM4d(3) 142

That's all correct. We played in two sessions. After many restarts, I got a respawn with a Griffin Conservatory near the Throne of Might, two Naga Banks, and a couple of Crypts. I still had the 111, but I don't remember why I decided not to take it.

Anyway, 2 weeks of the usual routine: secondary hero, 2 Griffin Conservatories (1+3), an external dwelling of devils, Naga Banks. I moved to the adjacent zone (Conflux), occupied by the opponent, and took it. We met on week 3: the opponent's army turned out to be much more impressive than mine. Avoiding the final battle, in which I had no chances, I decided to try my luck underground. I escaped there with my main hero, and on the first day of week 4, I moved the growth from the main town, essentially giving it up without a fight.

In the Dungeon, I stumbled upon a Hat of +2 Spell Power/-10 Knowledge and a Chain Mail of +4 Defense. Then — a Necklace of +1 Speed and a Dragon Utopia. The Dragon Utopia — from the triple, but there was nothing else to do; that's why I came, so after feeding the elves to the secondary hero, I attacked. I lost all the Pegasi and one devil, but the reward was a real jackpot: the Sword, Breastplate, and Shield of the Titan. In short, I now had a chance.

I passed the turn, and during the opponent's turn, my internet dropped after a while.

Yesterday we loaded the saves and started to finish the game, but literally on the second turn, the game started freezing during a battle of secondary heroes over my Inferno. We tried several times — it kept freezing. We tried earlier saves, but with those, the game would close with a critical error. We struggled like that for a while and then just decided to compare the standings.

Group A
18.02.2012 iSeeDeadPpl (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Browser (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2SM4d(3) 121

We started without restarts. The spawn gave a big respawn with tons of gold, a stable right under the castle along the fast road, a Knight external dwelling, a couple of crypts, and zombies guarding the passage to the grassy secondary. Even though the second level is not built, I decide to play.

On the second day I upgrade the archers, break through to the secondary and find an Angel external dwelling. Gold everywhere, an insane amount. On the third day I take the secondary — it's double. I break open chests, mills, small crypts, buy 8 heroes, and scatter across the respawn.

Near the end of the week, my scout hero clears two max crypts in a row. In the first one I lose 17 pikemen as fodder. In the second one, 4 Knights already go as fodder. It's a pity, of course, but Angels are more valuable. As a result, by day seven — Angels in the fort and a castle in the secondary. Plans for the second week — Angel external dwelling (couldn't afford the fodder to take it on the first week, the guardians are a stack of Zealots and a stack of Trolls), Dwarf Cottage, Medusa huts, a Pandora's Box with upgraded Medusas, a Chain +4. But then a surrender message arrives from the opponent.

yeah thanks for the game — Angels in the fort on smk — a beginner )

Group A

1 iSeeDeadPpl
2 Tomash

Group B

1 gnoll
2 HellLighT

In this group, there were 3 players – twaryna, SolncevKoT, and HellLighT – who scored the same number of points.
a) Berger coefficient
b) Head-to-head result
c) Group playtime
d) Position in the seasonal ranking
Player HellLighT was the first to play all the games in the group, which led to his victory!
01/23/2012 HellLighT (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def. Sergey Syachin (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 214

Group C

1 SeniorPomidor
2 Dimast

Group D

1 AlexAG
2 PlayHeroes_HP

Group E

1 Snooppy
2 7z

Group F

1 ariputra
2 InOK

mhhf and InOK scored the same number of wins, but the head-to-head result decided the outcome in favor of InOK.

Group G

1 Tootsie Pie
2 Zzzloi

Group F

1 crzq
2 Necrotal

Many players were close to qualifying for the playoffs, and many newcomers showed good activity and didn't give up until the very end, playing all the games in the group:smile12:. I hope to see you in the next newcomers season;)

What are the deadlines for the playoff games?

What are the deadlines for the playoff games?

The fourth post contains the upper bracket of the playoffs.
The deadlines for each round are indicated above the table.

Dear Señor Tomato, please get in touch.

In the fourth post, the upper bracket of the playoffs.
The deadlines for each round are indicated above the table.

Yeah, thanks, I didn't notice it right away...
Something's wrong with 7z – I messaged him on Sunday, and he still hasn't responded...

Attention!

In the table for the "Upper Bracket", the game schedule for the 1/16 and 1/8 stages has been changed (to avoid extending the tournament into March) from two weeks to 1.5 weeks.

The deadline for the 1/16 Playoffs is from February 20th to March 1st.