Posts from CIS Club Championship 2012 in Yekaterinburg.
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I just removed the insults.
Everything was terrible :) I wasn't in a good mood either! There were problems with the car, the laptop broke, and my girlfriend wouldn't let me go :( But when I arrived, things seemed to go well until the evening. Then I felt a bit down. The best part was when we were making shashlik, both on the first and second day, although on the second day, almost no one came, even though we were calling them! Thanks to matrosof :) for organizing the donations :) Overall, it was okay, but based on reports about other Championships, I would vote for Yekaterinburg again!!! And not just because it's easier for me to get there, but because the organizers are great, Merlin the Singer :) and an excellent assistant for the organizers, Vik the runner and organizer of all the matches :) And one question: why FTS-cooler? :)
We bought tickets, stocked up on dry rations and other groceries, bought some salo as a gift, took 2 chicken breasts for shashlik that I was supposed to marinate on the train
and 6 bottles of vodka. I figured we'd have a shot each on the way and no more. So we got on the train, everything was fine, and then the first bottle was opened and it all went downhill.
After the first came the second, after the second the third, after the third the fourth. I needed to marinate the chicken. The only spice I had was tobacco. I ran out at some stop into a local restaurant, wanted to knock some pepper and salt off the shakers for the marinade, but the waiters wouldn't let me.
Anyway, the chicken ran away from me somewhere in the end and is probably still running around the train. Ah well. So we arrived.
I spotted Uncle Merlin right away. We went to the store, grabbed some beer to perk up, and headed to the PPD. Met up with the crew, got settled, received a gift from Matrosov), quality check), met Oxy, had endless talks about Stinger. Then I played a bit of volleyball
with some group, got acquainted with the security, and dropped by a wedding to congratulate the bride. But the groom in a metallic-colored suit was against my congratulations. Guess you can't wear shorts to a wedding)) Anyway, Matrosov and Oxy had a
political chat with me and I returned to the room with the laptops. Then, like Xzibit on Pimp My Ride, I witnessed a spoiler get blown off by the wind. The woman and her lover were almost ready to believe it, but Matrosov started talking as if he was in on it with them). Next, I remember trying to save a piece of the salo-meat that had been partying on the road. What I was bringing for Stinger
was initially frozen, but Rusya didn't freeze his piece. Anyway, Asmodeus and I made a campfire, skewered it, grilled it, but the mutt kicked the bucket, eating it would have been necromancy. So it just stayed there on the skewers in the campfire. Then DD and I sat in the hallway of the building for a long time, eating cold dry rations, washing it down with diluted cola and cognac, and chattering about something. And that's how day 1 flew by.
Then Sting and Bloodlike arrived, hangover cure in the canteen, then everything was kind of like in a daze. I only remember wanting to get into the pool somehow, but it wasn't meant to be. Then I guess I sobered up and watched Sting's game against Bayazet. Then we went to the city for a tour, where Alone and Zloy Romantik and I decided to have a shot. Walked around the city, drank a bit.
Then Oxy drove me to get tickets and to the hypermarket to stock up. We stocked up heavily, I remember. When we got back, Alone was already gone, it felt kind of sad, I wanted to talk with him more. Anyway, I started tying one on, then morning - hangover cure.
Time was drowning in a daze. On the 2nd, the sad moments started, people began to leave. How I hate goodbye moments. Then we grilled something in the gazebo and drank something.
By the evening of the 2nd, I was in a fighting state, because I practically don't remember anything. I vaguely remember playing poker and briefly
wrestling with DD without any anger, taking turns with Stinger. And I remember DD gave me some slippers, funny ones at that))
On the 3rd, I woke up, but I felt something was off with my face. Went to the mirror, no black eyes, eyes aren't shut, just a slightly split eyebrow. From the stories, I learned the unpleasantness of the previous day. I was nursing my hangover in a state of deep shock.
I don't remember saying goodbye to the Moscow guys, I only remember saying goodbye to Peter and Siberia))
Then there were 3 of us left, me, Rusya, and Zloy. We drank something, I think, because I brought 3 cans of some kind of porridge and a jar of pickled milk mushrooms from the store.
Then a cab and off to the station, then we got on the train. Almost the whole car was full of black people. Being drunk, I harassed the whole car, including the dining car and the conductors. 1 bottle went down fine, then I bought another at a stop. Complete fail. Drank 100 grams and threw it all up right there. Then I fell asleep. After Moscow, the car started turning white. The accountant said my balance was 0, and some Moscow fans and a paratrooper kept plying me with drinks, even the conductor gave me a can of stewed meat)
Arrived in Minsk. Going home is scary, but mom knows I'm coming, so no choice. Got home. While I was drunk, everything
was fine. But then the hardest part began. My head started spinning unrealistically, like a helicopter. The first night was spent in intense
delirium. Barely slept and felt terribly sick, the second was a bit easier but not by much. But that's a separate story and I won't
bore you with it now.
What I want to say in the end. I'm ashamed of my behavior once again. I really intended to behave well before the trip, but I guess I burned out somewhere and crossed the Rubicon with the drinking. I'm like Zaytsev plus 1.
Huge thanks to Mee (brought the artifact, it's in my backpack for now). Asmodeus, Merlin for the excellent organization. Everything was chocolate.
Special big shout-out to Stinger, Bloodlike, and Preds. Without you guys, I wouldn't have ended up in this heroes' company, thanks guys.
Also a big shout-out to Oxxy - was really glad to meet a person like you. Well done.
iDD - in real life, it's much more pleasant to talk to you, Doctor Dima)
Dirty_Player - a very pleasant person, the brightest energy
Alone - the Yekaterinburg Russell Crowe) very glad to meet you, shame we didn't get to talk enough(
Matrosov - the patched-up look suits you) the Crystal Ball wouldn't have handled both of us))
Vic - the epitome of reasonableness, the brand of HoMM. Michael Buffer of the heroes world)
Zloy romantik - you were as mean as I was sober)
Fire to Sky - at first I thought you were some kind of dude) turns out you're a cool guy and a good person. Glad to meet you
Cobra - well, you know how I feel about you yourself. Good job
Bayazet - Lyokha, I'm ashamed that I once thought you were a weasel))
Valenok - ARTYOM, catch this))
Horn - you're our godfather)
RHOMM - I barely remember you but a big shout-out goes your way.
Katerina - and to you too, Thumbelina)
LSM - here goes)
Rusya - I'll pass it on in person)
If I forgot anyone, sorry. Writing from memory, and my head still isn't working quite right.
As I said, if the community decides, we'll hold the next championship in Minsk. I'm ready to organize
We decided to hang out with Alon and Evil Romantic. We walked around the city and had a few drinks.
Then Oxy took us to get tickets and to a hypermarket to stock up. I remember we bought a lot. When we got back, Alon was already gone, and I felt a little sad; I wanted to talk to him more.
We had a great time walking around the city. I even had a drink in the subway :o. By the way, that's where we agreed with Oxy that I would take you to the train station to get tickets and show you the shopping center on the way to the base. However, as soon as I relaxed a bit, Merlin (definitely a jerk :rolleyes:) confidently led you in a different direction. All I could do was watch your figures disappear. Since I had important things to do the next day, I couldn't go to the base with everyone, but I said goodbye to everyone except you. Still, I don't think this is the last time we'll meet, and we'll raise a toast to our meeting and chat again – hopefully next year in Minsk:)
Thank you to everyone who came! I was glad to see old friends and meet some new ones)))
I only remember saying goodbye to Peter and Siberia))
FireToSky (blue, Inferno, Marius, -1100) def PReDS (red, Conflux, Moner, +1100), 6lm10a, 134
Dima thought for a long time and decided not to play the mirror match against me. After several generations of pHOMM with a tavern, necro-necro and something else... a pair of Inferno-Conflux came up. Dima sold me Inferno for 2k, and bought a color for 900. A great start, I thought :)
111 - 5 heroes, building a Mage Guild, buying Maryke a spell book. The heroes are wonderful, all mages: Calid, Darkstorn, Kira, Torosar. 2 external Imp dwellings
112 - bought Loinis as well, took an external dog dwelling. Not much money yet, no one particularly to fight, so I'm building a Citadel!
113 - another Rizza, my main hero hits a crossroads zone, jumps into a 4-sided area, don't know where to go yet
114 - Maryke is offered a choice for the second skill: Archery or Mysticism. After thinking a bit, I take Mysticism, which was practically useless during the game, but still turned out more useful than Archery :) Along the way, I find a staff of HP behind gold golems and a ring of HP from a Dragon Utopia behind zealots. The layout promises to be not very fast-paced, but eventful
115 - another Brissa, at home I collect chests with Efreeti behind 1st level horde guards
116 - arrived at the respawn near the orange ramp, there's a Griffin Conservatory, external market, stables
117 - the passage to the computer was blocked by a lot of green snakes, and the computer itself has a double army plus Alagar. Forget it ))))))) I spend the night with 3 heroes at the stables and nearby. At home, 1-6 in the Citadel with a fort!
121 - bought 3 Pits, Efreeti, Gog and Imps at home, gathered Imps from external dwellings. The plan is to start cutting Gogs and dogs, and level up the Demons, start cutting heavily after getting the HP staff and ring:) Main hero takes an external Demon dwelling in some zone and a Dwarf cottage, levels up to Advanced Fire (towards Curse and Bloodlust) and gets Scouting!
122 - Rizza captures a +2 speed cape, guarded by 30+ trolls, 10k experience from a group of unicorns with the main hero, she finishes leveling Fire, advances Offense, Scouting, and gets Logistics : DANCE : )))
123 - KILL about 20 minutes of the timer, but killed all 160+ Imps with artifacts, messed up a bit on the zealots, didn't pick up about 7 Demons. Otherwise, I think I didn't make mistakes, everything was cut easily and simply. Captured a Dungeon town, nearby there are 2 min Griffin Conservatories. Maxed out Offense and advanced Logistics, took a +6 sword. Aimed to take 2 Dragon Utopias not far from the town. 74 Demons
124 - Small Dragon Fly Hive, small Dragon Utopia: Book of Fire, +1k gold bag, +3 shield, left a few Demons there. Then headed to the 2nd Dragon Utopia, along the way scouting heroes check a Dragon Fly Hive for 8 Wyverns and a level 3 Griffin Conservatory
125 - The second Dragon Utopia gave just terrible loot: +4-4 crown, emerald ring, and a 750 gold bag))) This starts to alarm me, because Maryke has no Wisdom!!! And I haven't even started building the Mage Guild!!! The resources weren't exactly great, I thought I'd find control from the Dragon Utopias :) Oh well, there's still a super treasure zone, visible through the scouting view there's a box behind Hydra Chaos, Boots of Speed, and a Dragon Utopia! Main hero teleports home, buys a Lamborghini Diablo for speed))) Town Portals to the Dungeon, doubles mana, and goes there!
126 - A goof with useless Efreeti ran to capture another town. Main hero on the Lambo flies into the treasure zone. Meanwhile, Loinis and company clear the area, captures the Boots of Speed, and at level 6, between Air and Earth magic, takes Air Magic (this was absolutely decisive!!!!!). The horned guys, numbering 84, are already 5th rank
127 - Captures a prison with Brog behind a pack of Ghosts. Phew, a scout hero!!! Go scout the treasure zone))) Can't reach the coveted Dragon Utopia on foot, but there's another one nearby, and a Pandora's Box (of course for the scout hero) gives an entire level 5 spell. He only has 15 mana, just enough for 1 Flight with the precious Air Magic :yahoo: After the minimal Dragon Utopia with TITAN'S Cuirass, the number of Demons, strangely enough, increased even more - to 90 )))
131 - Sent the scout hero flying into a Dragon Utopia, it gave a Book of Air and something else. This is the treasure zone, give it to Maryke, she flies further and lights up everything around with a torch... and... what's on the horizon??? Another Dragon Utopia... THE MAXIMUM ONE!!! Boom-crash-bang, and the long-awaited ending of the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness"... BOOK OF WATER, CAPE OF +6 TO ALL. In the end, from these Dragon Utopias, I also grabbed a +3 TO ALL necklace and a Sentinel's Shield. Town Portal home, upgrade for 115 horned guys to 6th rank, stats 19-30-23... 215 mana with doubling at the end of the turn :)
132-133 - then it's just a matter of technique: surfaced near the purple computer's area, there's Dima's zero-level Ivor with most of his strength, I swoop in on Loinis with Haste. He doesn't even have money to surrender. Another Dragon Utopia near the computer with all sorts of weak troops. Diman didn't give up right away, but I purposefully used scouting views to move towards his capital - I had to get the main hero to learn WATER somewhere!!! And there was only one Conflux on the map :) So on turn 134, I fly into his base and he surrenders.
Thanks for the game!
Conditions:
1) There is a hero with a large number of moves (4052).
2) There is a town, but it doesn't make sense to build anything in it, as there is no money, no resources, and no bank (don't try to cheat and exchange resources in the town).
3) On the left, on the water, there are many gems; I'll warn you right away that you can't summon a ship, there is no magic, no boat, and there is no access to it at all (this is just decoration).
4) All actions must be performed within one day, 112 (you cannot pass the turn).
5) All piles of gems are the same and contain 1 gem!
6) You also cannot use cheat codes or trainers!
The task in the save file:
1) Collect as many gems as possible.
During the CIS-2012 competition, Yosemite won by collecting 19 gems, but it should be noted that at CIS everything was done on the first try and in 5 minutes; naturally, excitement and other things affected the result, but still, 19 is a good result. My personal record is currently 23 gems.
Who can collect more? GOOD LUCK!
You can download the save file here: http://heroeswt.net/forum//topic/207/
Redwhait
FireToSky
Samurai
Mee
I scored 19 on my first try. I was just short of 20 because of the moves I spent on the Horn of Plenty. What is it even for?
to distract) just like the mine and the ring)
Finally got around to writing a report on the second game)))
FireToSky (blue, Inferno, Marius, -1100) def PReDS (red, Flux, Moner, +1100), 6lm10a, 134
...Thanks for the game!
As the Ye-burg tournament showed in general, and especially the game with Vanya, visiting Kingisepp for New Year's is crucial for me to maintain my level of play.
Thanks for the lesson.
As the Yekaterinburg tournament showed in general, and especially the game with Vanya, visiting Kingisepp for the New Year is crucial for me to maintain my level of play.