Posts from Reports of online games and their confirmations (Spring 2012 season).

04/18/2012 Lider1 (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def BloodRak (dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 8mm6a 134

Notably, this happened on the Dimer map on the first level. On the second level, he took a castle from the AI, but didn't find anything useful along the way. On the third level, they met, and the first turn gave him the opportunity to win.

Thanks for the game.

confirmed.

18.04.2011 theShevanesian(blue, swamp, Tazar) def artbocha(red, castle, Tirys, Grindan) Jebus Cross 133
The generation was tough — half the respawn was cut off by a block of Vampire Lords' dwellings; on the accessible territory there were two Dragon Fly Hives behind strong guards, which also guarded artifacts, and running from the castle to the GO took two days on expert Log. I ran around the block through the swamps (-3-4 days), there were two Pandora's Boxes and an external dwelling of Wyverns. I leveled up expert Earth, on 122 I took a Breastplate +4/+4 in the swamps with a secondary hero. Tazar runs to the GO and by the end of 124 positions himself there. On 125 I break the Champion horde with 36 Scorpicores and expert Earth, immediately pick up the Shield of +4 All and the Book of Earth (which later saved me). I run upward — the center was empty. I reached the castle, finally saw a Dragon Fly Hive and a Pandora's Box behind a horde of upgraded Gorgons, then I ran into the sand because there was no other path — there the opponent had 8 Archangels, 7 Devils, 31 upgraded Wyverns, and 44 upgraded Monks... I block his exit, but he has Flight and Dimension Door; the opponent attacks, but I am saved by Implosion, Resurrection, and the fact that the opponent didn't take the Red Ball... Thanks for the game!

18.04.2011 theShevanesian(blue, Swamp, Tazar) def artbocha(red, Castle, Tyris, Grindan) Jebus Cross 133
Difficult generation - half the respawn was blocked by a stack of Vampire Lords, on the accessible territory there were two hives with strong guards, which also guarded artifacts, and it was two days' run to the GO on expert Log. I ran around the block through the swamps (-3-4 days), there were two Pandora's Boxes, an external dwelling of Wyverns. I leveled expert Earth, on day 122 I took a secondary hero to get the Breastplate +4/+4 in the swamps, Tazar runs to the GO and by the end of day 124 he stands next to it. On day 125 I break a horde of Champions with 36 Scorpicores and expert Earth, immediately take the Shield of +4 All Stats and the Tome of Earth (which later saved me). I run up - the center was empty. I reached the Castle, finally see a Dragon Fly Hive and a Pandora's Box behind a horde of upgraded Gorgons, then I run into the Sand because there was no other way - there the opponent has 8 Archangels, 7 Devils, 31 Efreet, and 44 upgraded Monks... I block his exit, but he has Flight and Dimension Door; the opponent attacks, but I am saved by Explosion, Resurrection, and the fact that the opponent didn't take the Orb of Inhibition... Thanks for the game!

I confirm.
At the start I built the Castle with Angels, played without any Archers at all, found 3 external dwellings of Horses on the respawn but decided not to waste time on them. At the beginning of the week I took a Pandora's Box with 30 Monks + a Pandora's Box with all Air magic + expert. My hero has Earth and Air, Slow and Haste are present, I easily pick up Max conservatory. 4-5 hives, I approach the GO and see Black Dragons there, I am terrified. I run back, clear the remaining Dwarf Cottages, upgrade 7 Angels by the end of the second week, hit the GO, then I pick up Devils and fly wherever I want.
Then the opponent blocks me and uses Hypnosis. In ICQ he writes: attack :D
I don't think long, I bring the Shackles of War with "spoons" and attack him. Two MP from us lies the Orb of Inhibition. Why I didn't take it I don't know, since the opponent outmatched me in Mana and Spell Power, and he's probably found the Tome of Earth somewhere (just before that he had taken a Dragon Utopia in front of me).
After the game I tested the battle myself several times with the Orb of Inhibition and easily won, even letting the computer auto-fight. After the game I couldn't sleep all night - how could I have been such a fool :(
Thanks for the game, it was interesting
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18.04.2012 NikoAlexis (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def SERbGA (blue, necro, random, Xsi, Septi) 2SM4d(3) 144

Very rich respawn. 3 external dwellings of Wyverns, 2 of Basilisks, 2 of Gnolls, external dwelling of Lizards. On the third week I upgraded all troops (Wyverns, Basilisks) and went through the dungeon's adjacent zone to the opponent. Along the way I took a trio of Griffin Conservatories and by 144 I reached the opponent's main. Without the week 4 growth, there were about 24 upgraded Wyverns, 32 upgraded Basilisks, 3 Angels, and 60 upgraded Lizards. There were 30 Vampires and 9 Knights. Thanks for the game.

19.04.12 7z (blue, necro, clavius, clavius) def Lider1(red, dungeon, shakhti, shakhti) 8mm6a 117

Underground. A mediocre draft. Useful stuff at the respawn: a Griffin Conservatory unit, which was taken quite well with a loss of 10 skeletons (without Haste). On 117 I break through to the top and see the opponent near the lift on a speed boost. I have Slow, so I easily kill 110 Troglodytes on a loose creature, and the opponent surrenders. Thanks for the game, I didn't expect it to end so quickly on this template.

P.S. Replay - http://www.twitch.tv/alex7z/b/315476864

19.04.12 7z (blue, Necro, Clavius, Clavius) def Lider1(red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 8mm6a 117

Underground. So-so spawn. Useful stuff at respawn: Griffin Conservatory single, which I took quite well with the loss of 10 skeletons (without Haste). On 117 I break through to the surface and see the opponent next to the lift on a speed boost. There's Slow, so I easily kill 110 Troglodytes on a chaser and the opponent surrenders. Thanks for the game, didn't expect it could end so quickly on this template.

P.S. Recording - http://www.twitch.tv/alex7z/b/315476864

Confirming, it turned out funny. I boosted up, didn't expect such an encounter at all. By the way, the game wasn't working out for me, I only placed 1-3 in the fort. Just as well that we finished faster.

Thanks for the game :smile20:

18.04.2012 NikoAlexis (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def SERbGA (blue, necro, random, Xsi, Septi) 2SM4d(3) 144

Very rich respawn. 3 external dwellings of wyverns, 2 external dwellings of basilisks, 2 external dwellings of gnolls, an external dwelling of lizards. On the third week I upgraded all troops (wyverns, basilisks) and went through the dungeon's neighboring zone to the opponent. Along the way I took three Griffin Conservatories and by 144 I reached the opponent's main. Without the week 4 growth, it was roughly 24 greater wyverns, 32 greater basilisks, 3 angels, and 60 greater lizards. There were 30 vampires and 9 knights. Thanks for the game.

I confirm that's how it happened

04/20/12 7z (Blue, Fortress, Ivor, Ivor) def twaryna (Red, Castle, Valeska, Galtran) Balance 142

http://www.twitch.tv/alex7z/b/315503306
http://www.twitch.tv/alex7z/b/315520436

Left the match with 82 lives. Here's such a balance...

20.04.2012 Sevensan (Red, Necr, Galthran) Def artbocha (Blue, Barbarian, Crag Hack) W1 under SoD, Panic, 122

On the first week I took 2 Necro villages, built Vampires in the Citadel + Vampires in the Fort.
On 122 I took the max Dwarf Cottage, upgraded the Vampires, and with 18 Vampires broke through 5 guards and ran out toward Blue. There I was met by a noob with a lot of Machina, but the terrain was on my side and the Vampires carried it =) Thanks for the game =)

20.04.2012 Sevensan (Red, Necr, Galthran) Def artbocha (Blue, Barbarian, Crag Hack) Wt under SoD, Panic, 122

On the first I took 2 Necro villages, built vamps in the Citadel + vamps in the Fort.
122 I took max Dwarf Cottage, upgraded the vampires, and with 18 vamps broke through 5 guards and ran out to the blue. There I was met by a scout hero with a bunch of machina, but the terrain was on my side and the vamps pulled through =) Thanks for the game =)

Confirming
Respawn were all mountains and I had to zigzag to get to the first village,
Built behemoths in the Castle, on the second I saw an op with vampire lords (underestimated them) thought I’d easily kill them with a scout hero but ended up losing amusingly :)
Thanks for the game, it was a pleasure to play against such an opponent :)

04/20/12 7z (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def twaryna (red, Castle, Valeska, Galtran) Balance 142

http://www.twitch.tv/alex7z/b/315503306
http://www.twitch.tv/alex7z/b/315520436

Left the game with 82 units alive. Here's what the balance looked like...

Stream of the game:
http://twitch.tv/twaryna/b/315502223

Confirmed. It was all pretty good, but for some reasons, I entered the center later than my opponent, and as a result, I lost the game and couldn't put up any resistance against 80+ units. Thanks for the game!

20.04.12 HellLighT (Blue, Necro, Clavius, Galthran) def Lider1 (Red, Flax, Pasis, Dessa) 8mm6a 225

An insane, very long (crookedly generated) piece of crap that we hacked at non-stop for 12 hours, with an unpredictable ending )))
We did many restarts, started when both of us had one restart left, red changes the turn and iii Galthran with two stacks enters the fight!

Week 1

A pretty good start, on turn 111 I spread out with 6 heroes, quite a few crypts and 2 dwarf cottages nearby, 100 skeletons from the start, I scouted but didn't make it to the Griffin Conservatory. The conservatory was a basic one without an upgraded stack - SUPER! I take it right away with a loss of 20 skeletons, Galthran gets Offense, and jumps into a portal that leads me to a tiny sandy path, the clearing goes at an excellent pace, near the main town a scout takes Observation and reveals Necromancer's Boots guarded by 10-19 cyclopes - target number one! On turn 116 I'm short 100 gold to build Cavaliers, so as a result I spend the money on buying Liches and Vampires to break through the cyclopes without heavy skeleton losses, and I immediately attack them, turned out 12 killed the Liches, it slightly battered the bone army. I sent 150 skeletons to fight on the second front near the main town, and I myself moved into the underground, where in a couple of turns I successfully chopped a new skeleton army with an Angel. By turn 117 the Cavaliers still weren't built, too many money problems.

Week 2

On turn 123 I kill the native computer, the total number of skeletons is 500+! The conservatory is a tier 3, taken on the fly, Galthran levels up excellently - Offense, Air, Logistics, and near the main town I find a school with Earth! I had to play it safe and spend 3 days to fight my way to it and learn it (it was quite far from the road) by turn 127, keeping a wild pace besides the 4 Angels, the army is 900 skeletons, in the main town Cavaliers in the castle, in the secondary Cavaliers in the citadel.

Week 3+

It's worth noting that I was given a Town Portal scroll as early as the second week (even 2 of them -_-) by turn 131 GM4 was built. The good news ends there, it's unclear how to get to the opponent, the Dragon Utopias are far away, I only got to the first one on turn 136 - a pre-minimal, a couple of turns later another 1 - a minimal, from the useful stuff they only gave a Necklace +3 all and that's it... dammit, it's annoying when you could be taking maximums. With a scout I reveal the Observation Tower on the wasteland of the sands and see a Necromancer's Cloak a step away from the road, which I could have taken back in week 2 - sad, well better late than never... to the right of the sands I see grass, I think - well, there's my dream opponent living here - Like hell! :smile51:, not only was I fed a desert on wasteland, but the grass also turned out to be a crooked wall of scale, the only thing that pleased me was the Cloak of Repentance and Shackles of War I got there (which later played a very cruel trick on me). In general, it could be said a week went down the drain, the opponent was separated from me by a rocky ridge, but I had nothing to jump there with... I found another Dragon Utopia and guess what! - A MINIMAL! :smile05: they gave me the Book of Fire and a Torso +5 Attack!!!! YEEHAW SOMEONE KILL ME! :smile35: Another unsuccessful week passed, the only consolation was farming skeletons all this time, which by turn 215 numbered 2200, why you ask did I mention this specific turn!? because the second GM5 GAVE ME THE FREAKING DOOR!!!! Who would have thought I'd be so happy about a DOOR grind! I upgrade the skeletons and on turn 217 I take the opponent's main town, but he himself isn't there (no Air View either... I start building the first GMs in all secondary towns and finally I get lucky! I chase him down only by turn 225, driving him out of the treasure zone, the opponent runs into a Rampart castle and sits waiting, I, having first missed due to lack of view by jumping onto Roaches (crushing them in frustration :smile25:), without a second thought, thinking victory is already mine, I cast portal and attack. FB Galthran - Expert Defense, Offense, Logistics, Earth, Air, Wisdom, Tactics, 22 20 20 16 (mana 89) (due to the lack of normal stat artifacts, the situation is not great, only 3 Arenas and 1 University slightly leveled things out) - 4 Angels, 3 stacks of upgraded skeletons of 800 each, 50 normal ones, 14 Bone Dragons, 35 Cavaliers of Death, against Dessa - Logistics, Earth, Air, Water, Scouting, Wisdom, Offense, Tactics, 21 15 30 18 (mana 160) 3 stacks of birds of 5 each, 29 Wiverns, 40 Fire Dwellers, 16 Psychics and 30 Water Dwellers. My victory celebration vanished when in the very first round after a couple of volleys from the birds my Ballista was destroyed by a lightning bolt dealing 800 damage, without even breaking the wall... I begin to realize the full shittyness of the situation and that I, like a complete degenerate, hadn't taken off the Shackles :eek: the Heat, the Cape also played a cruel trick, otherwise I could have at least broken the walls with Earthquake... and the opponent only had a Chain Mail. As it turned out, I lacked 12 mana to kill the entire enemy army with magic, that ill-fated portal that I could have not cast to the town... the opponent remains with 2 Wiverns and 10 Fire Dwellers, simply shooting me down with the towers and spending mana down to 0, I stood there for a long time pressing space with the skeletons :smile05: The opponent mockingly asks if I'm going to keep playing... the rage from missing a winning game just squeezed my head like a vice, I started buying out heroes for 50k, and on the last 5k in the tavern appears HIM - THE MAGNIFICENT WARRIOR OF THE DEAD! :smile47: Maximally leveled, with full mana, even with apparently artifacts that didn't fit in the opponent's backpack (a couple that were lying in the backpack) I buy him out in the village near the castle where the opponent is sitting (thanks to all the skeleton gods, there was a bunch of unbought meat in it - 80 Gremlins and 15 Gargoyles). I swoop down on the clueless, cornered Dessa with no mana and no army... and even then, from sheer joy, I almost lost this fight too by casting Death Wave, but still snatched the victory, then, with blood and knocked-out teeth :D :smile49: The opponent tried to repeat the trick on his turn, but even if it had worked - nothing would have come of it without artifacts in his only remaining village. As the post-mortem revealed, we were separated by a huge wasteland of sands through another couple of zones... may the gods forbid such a generation in a tournament game. Thank you for this harsh game, it taught me a lot ;)
p.s. Fight and bite until the very end, I have personally been convinced time and again that nothing is impossible)

20.04.2012 BloodRak (red, Swamp, Wistan, Wistan) def MaxGor (blue, Stronghold, Gretchin, Gretchin) 2sm4d(3) 147

04/20/2012 BloodRak (red, Swamp, Vistan, Vistan) def MaxGor (blue, Stronghold, Gremlin, Gremlin) 2sm4d(3) 147

Confirmed, I gathered stats up to 20 attack and defense, but I couldn't counter his control and implementation.

20.04.12 HellLighT (Blue, Necropolis, Claudius, Galtran) def Lider1 (Red, Flax, Pasis, Dessa) 8mm6a 225

Surprisingly, on the first map, I was blocked from all sides.
First direction: a horde of orcs, about 50 griffins, and a large group of vipers.
Second direction: 100+ nomads
Third direction: a horde of medusas

There's no chance of capturing any resources. I hang out at my respawn point with 4 heroes.

On the second map, I took a minor artifact, broke through the vipers to reach a town, and by turn 125, I played remarkably well, defending against the Hive for Djinns. I didn't expose my Fairy and lost an Angel :smile35:. I'm frustrated. I had already imagined how I would place Moner on that Angel and practically won the battle in my mind :D, but it wasn't meant to be. One thing is good: Dessa ate several boxes and reached level 17 as an Earth and Air expert. There are 2 Dragon Utopias.

On the third map, I start building a Mage Guild slowly. I go through the nomads, see one-way monoliths, and thought maybe I could get to the opponent if I block one of them. On turn 135, I capture a secondary tavern. I head towards a fork leading to either Crimson or Pink; there's a Dragon Utopia and boots!!

On the fourth map, I take all these things. I start building a Mage Guild in Rampart, hoping for Dimension Door or at least some kind of control. Also, I acquired home Dragon Utopias.

By the fifth week, I don't know where to go anymore. I carefully collect absolutely all scrolls. NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Not even anything remotely resembling control. I went from the Crimson respawn point deeper into the unknown.

As it turned out later, there were no scrolls with any form of control available in my accessible territories. BUT there was Town Portal and Fly in the tavern. If I had known, I wouldn't have built a Mage Guild in my own or the computer's Rampart. If only I knew... Also, the only passage to the opponent was through Pink. The map turned out buggy. Also, the one-way monoliths led nowhere.

Meanwhile, the opponent emerged. He took the Castle. He killed my Gundula with three Angels. I planned to lure him by staying in the Castle. I think about how to do this. But they are coming towards me so quickly that it seems like I need to get into the Rampart. On turn 1, he almost got me; he didn't reach me with shackles just 3 squares away because he overlooked air vision. Fortunately, everything worked out.

I kill the ballista on Fortress. From that side, shackles start to appeal to me. This is what we were counting on :D. There's also a cloak. And we begin exchanging lightning bolts.

In the end, I kill dragons and angels. I pray that the opponent doesn't have enough mana. HUH. He ran out! I help myself to finish off these skeletons faster with lightning. The opponent says "I believe the towers will run out of arrows" :D Well, you perverse guy, I think, but okay, I drain his mana myself now, thinking that I won, damn it, I finally did it, I'll go buy something nice, eat, basically make plans. What was my surprise when on the same turn Galtran attacked me, even though he had fewer troops, but I don't either!!! During the battle, I cursed that I didn't buy unicorns for aura resistance, I cursed myself for wasting mana, and I also cursed that I hid in the Castle instead of revealing parameters; I should have bought more troops, although he might not have fallen for the ruse.

So, in the end, I am left with 1 viper who attacks gremlins with morale, and there are 6 gremlins, an archer, and a Mage Guild hero. I regretted equipping the luck enhancer; maybe morale would have helped, but this is just a theory...

In general, it was an epic fail. Nevertheless, this was my best game this year. Or rather, the game itself turned out badly. But its finale was very interesting and unpredictable. Respect to HellLighT for his determination to win and

Thank you for the game!