Posts from "Newcomer-2012. Summer"

07/01/2012 aka.Ward3n (red, Castle, Valeska, Erdamon) loses to .DiGGeR. (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 1.2.4
I played really, really badly!!!
On turn 111, I found Erdamon in the dungeon and recruited him. I'm gathering resources to summon angels on turn 117, but I fail. On turn 116, I scouted the opponent's territory. I decided to rush. On turn 123, the "final battle" began, where 7 monks, 14 elves, 38 archers, 30 kentaur, 30 pikemen, 10 swordsmen, and 4 air units were defeated by 1 devil, 6 griffin knights, 16 griffin archers, 9 dryads, and 11 pegasus. I lost the battle due to a not-so-successful deployment and low morale at a crucial moment.
Then I decided not to continue because I was too far behind in the economy.
P.S. The devil is a dangerous unit, and angels are expensive:(

Is there any point in playing the 3rd game in a group if 2 people from the group have each defeated the third player once?

Confirmed. We restarted until the very end. My opponent was left with 111. In the end, I got a little lucky with the distribution. (I didn't expect it myself.) 111 started with 6 gold, a stable, a refugee camp, and secured a resource for snipers + a medusa lair with a gnome lair – 6 heroes (my opponent also had a decent distribution, even a chocolate distribution). 112 dug in on all flanks with blocks that were impossible to take. 113 captured a camp, and there's a devil sitting there, laughing) He wants to serve me. Ivor is gathering resources, and Mephala is going to break through to the neighboring secondary resource. I scouted a secondary resource belonging to the Castle faction and a bunch of chests under guard + gloves. 114, at the cost of 8 elves, I raised 7500 gold under guard. Only 3 gnomes, 2 elves, and a horned creature with a scythe remain. There's no one to take into the folders. The Castle is being built on the horned creature in the Castle. 115 I'm just building chains and gathering resources. Mephala is standing still, waiting for an army to break through to the secondary resource – it's already the third day. 116 Ivor is preparing to take the gloves. I scout the secondary resource. And Mephala, frightened by 90 goblins, is hiding in the thickets. There's not enough time anymore))) – on the next turn, just for fun, I decided to bomb 90 goblins with one devil. They died like crazy))) I'm a noob, after all. Meanwhile, my opponent found his secondary resource (a Rampart resource, by the way). 117 deployment, rearrangement, etc., gathering money. In the end, the horned creatures are in the Castle. 121 I bought Mephala, and she finally killed those ogres. She waited for the army. Ivor took the crypt, took the lair on level 3. The plan is to tear and shred on all fronts:smile04: 122 My opponent caught Mephala on the way out while she was rushing:mad: Luckily, he didn't take the Castle)))) All the heroes started running around like crazy, looking for gold and resources. Ivor is running home with 16 elves and 1 devil. Mephala is sitting on the main resource, trembling with fear:eek: There's barely any army. In the garrison, there's only a shield and a leather armor with healing. No archers:( 123 My opponent didn't risk attacking the Castle. He caught a necromancer and ran to a distance where Ivor could strike. Having gathered all the money, bought and upgraded everything possible, he went on the attack. In the battle, my opponent cornered all the archers, right under my horned creatures. He cast stone skin on the horned creatures and was about to charge. My opponent shoots at the elves. That's good))) The melee began:) It wasn't possible to reach the archers in two rounds. I cast a shield on the horned creatures, breaking through the enemy's defenses. On the third round, I broke through to the 14 enemy archers and elves. The horned creatures were miraculously alive. And the enemy, due to low morale, had archers and elves fighting each other. Well, when the reinforcements arrived, I just fought to minimize losses. My opponent was unlucky, and he didn't take a spellbook into battle. 124 I'm going on the counterattack, and the elf hero, who miraculously survived, is leading the entire army))) I thought the enemy had cavalry coming, but remembering how many monks there were in the battle, I boldly rush into battle. Meanwhile, the leader of the humans decided to bury the war axe. Thanks for the game:smile20: ps/ This is my first victory on HotA. Good thing it was in a tournament. pps/ The devil scared the enemy, although he didn't really matter) just a bonus for the bad distributions at the beginning. ppps/ I'll be back in a week and will fight with Vladish. So, he shouldn't worry that I'm gone. I hope we can play on July 8th or 9th? PPPPS/// Thanks to Muziak http://promodj.com/bessah/podcasts/3425780/Neuropunk_pt_27_mixed_by_Bes

06/30/12 RozenKran (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def siva (blue, Tower, Nila, Nila) 2sm4d3 144

Player nicknames must be written exactly as the player is registered on the forum.

Tanya def Petya

Is there any point in playing a third game in a group if two people from the group have each defeated the third player once?

It makes sense to play for first place in the group.

I asked this question because the rules state that the top two players advance. Does first and second place have the same advantages when advancing to the next stage?

And regarding the nickname S1VA - it is displayed like that in the tournament table... or is it from the letter "I"?

02.07.2012 JustObserver (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def BlooDy)DriVeR (red, Conflux, Lacus, Lacus) 2sm4d(3) 147

In the tavern, 3 heroes with 3 stacks each - a great start. Next to the main, a Griffin Conservatory-4, taken on day 122, on the secondary, a Griffin Conservatory-3, taken two days later.
On the second week, in the treasure zone, I took several Dragon Fly Hives + 2 external dragon dwellings + they were also portaled into the Castle, unfortunately not built.
On the third week, expert fire Miner went to another treasure zone for a fire book and a couple of external angel dwellings, but by the end of the week, the opponent very aggressively burst into the native respawn, took the main, and it began...
Scout heroes fought, mains fought, black dragons and angels versus the devil and darkness of water elementals, explosion there, mass berserk here, for a whole week heroes with the most diverse armies raced across the entire map, many times everything hung by a thread, and in the end the final battle for the opponent was one where he tried to drive me away from my own just-captured main, but treacherous morale doomed him to defeat. An excellent game, full of suspense, thank you to the opponent for it!

group 3 2.07.2012. MaxGor (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Kairi) def JustObserver (red, Conflux, random Tunar, Turis) 2sm4d(3) 116
Took 1 respawn. Had to leave through the stables, but bypassing the block of evil eyes, and also didn't see the tree on the first turn, opp didn't take any rests. In the tavern, 2 native heroes, total of 17 elves, on the first turn I see 3 external pegasuses, external drakes and centaurs, and a Griffin Conservatory. On the second turn, I take 2 external pegasi, though I had to fight 2 ranged guards. On day 4, I take a secondary (Barbarian). I plan to go through the still-untaken external pegasi and centaurs, check the Griffin Conservatory and do a "victory lap," and then on turn 116 things went wrong for the opp, resigned from the save.
Thanks for the game