Posts from "Newcomer-2012. Summer"

Choosing a starting hero doesn't mean they'll remain your main hero. If possible, switch to a more promising hero; it's not too late to do so even in the second week. In my opinion, a combat-ready army in the early days is much more valuable than Marushka's armor.

Calh starts with: 4-7; 4-7; 4-7
Marius: 15-25; 4-7; 3-4 dogs, which are great for rushing without wasting a turn on building dogs. I built efreets on turn 114, I think...
So, it's all relative. What's better, 3-4 dogs and 20 imps, or 8-14 ogres and transferring them to a potential hero? I don't know.

Everyone is waiting for the Twaryna-HellLight final. How many betting slips will you ruin?:D :D

He won't be there. Don't wait.

There was a slight hitch with the save from the first game; because we started the second one immediately after the first victory, a series of small errors occurred that killed all desire to play. I conceded the second game in favor of my opponent with an agreement to play the third on Jebuss (essentially making it the second, so the rule about the third game being 2cm4d didn't apply), and I gave Svarog the right to choose his castle, starting as red again and overwriting the saves from the previous game. If by some miracle Svarog still has them, I hope he posts them himself. I'll write this from memory.

06.08.2012 HellLighT(Red, Flux, Brissa, Mephala/Vidomina) def SVAROG(Blue, Rampart, Ivor) panic 124

I think I forced 2 restarts, and then the opponent finally... a Necromancer arrives, albeit with only 1 skeleton. The respawn is large, but almost entirely off-road; there's an external dwelling of air units and a bunch of unpleasant guards for useless artifacts. I lose a fair amount of one-hit units during the breakthrough—the butterflies just scattered like fluff—but I carefully save the skeletons ;) I took out some same-type units for +5 to Necromancy. By turn 115, I broke through to the secondary; despite the small location, there were plenty of gold-rich treats and a real playground for a necromancer in the form of troglodytes/golems/goblins. By 117, birds settled in the fort; I immediately set my sights on the second confluence at the respawn, which arrived as Mephala at the very end. On turn 122, with 200+ skeletons and 4 birds, the confluence falls. I'm wondering what to do next; from the outskirts, an exit to the treasure zone for 5-9 devils is visible. I was just about to move there when the opponent runs out to a neighboring respawn with a secondary, intending to enter the confluence, leaving Ivor on acceleration. A chain of units standing by takes the nearby village where the opponent appeared; I cover Ivor and his artifacts before he even gets a turn. To reach the same-type units, I had to buy out heroes until one appeared with 6 speed. The army superiority was great—he mostly had grands, while I had 2 angels, 4 birds, and almost 300 skeletons + small fry. GG.

15.08.2012 HellLighT(Red, Flux, Cult, Galtran) def SVAROG(Blue, Castle, Valeska) Jebuss 134

As much as I wanted to play Moon, when Galtran and two other Necromancers arrived, I couldn't refuse such a setup. A gigantic respawn, a huge number of one-hit external dwellings for earth units, a couple for water and fire, but I failed quite a bit—on some day I forgot to save money and simply built nothing. Since the air external dwellings weren't there, the birds from the first turn vanished into oblivion. Everything is laid out very inconveniently; the road winds as much as possible, passing by the ГО on the way to the secondary. The secondary was blocked; I freed another level 5 Necromancer. For 19 gold of ogres, a Pandora with 10k experience. Galtran has expert earth and takes the tactics. There are almost no stat artifacts at the respawn, only behind strong guards. I spotted 2 troglodyte confluences (one in a terrible wilderness) and 2 Hives; since only Gosha could take the confluences, it took 4 turns to collect them—not without mishaps, as always. After one of the uliks, which I took on auto-battle to save time, I forgot to turn off auto-battle and the second confluence was taken exactly that way :D Fortunately, I barely lost any skeletons, but the meat stacks were thinned out considerably. Near the ГО, I took a Pandora for all air units without wisdom... disappointing. The ГО pleased me with 100 gold of liches; with tactics, they fell almost without losses. The treasure zone turned out to be small; the start there wasn't as productive as I would have liked. After the КВ for the same-type units, I launched a foolish attack without stats on 20-49 horses for uliks and a +1 mana artifact—the horses turned out to be 49!!!!!! I lost almost all my meat except for 30 magma rays, although the uliks were at max. One solace: scouts showed that the opponent wasn't even getting close. I spent a long time tinkering, took the +4 all shield behind the minos; the pre-minut Dragon Utopia turned out to be exceptionally lucky with +5 all, wings and crown +4 +4. After that, everything became much easier. I cleaned up the treasure zone; another scout showed a blue hero and a chain of units nearby. I broke through the ГО and caught Valu on 6 angels. I think a direct clash wouldn't have changed anything because there was a chain unit with 1600 and an air sphere, and parameters twice as high. Thanks for the game.

16.08.2012 m2d3(blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def artbocha(red, Alamar, Ivor, Brissa) Jebuss Cross 134
Huge respawn on a third of the map. On the left side: 3 Dragon Fly Hives, Minotaur nest, Griffin Conservatory, library, Pandora's Box for 10-20 bears, Cape of +2 Speed. On the right side: 2 external taverns (one deep in the respawn from which about 10 heroes emerged...). 3 Dragon Utopias, 3 Griffin Conservatories (two level 1s and one level 4), Minotaur nest, Manticore nest (spotted at the end of the game), library, Pandora's Boxes for 10k exp (2 pieces), Gloves of Speed. Shakti leveled perfectly and by day 115 had Expert Attack, Tactics, Logistics, and Earth Magic. But the problem was no Oil...neither in three guilds nor in 25 scrolls...As a result, when Shakti approached the level 4 Griffin Conservatory on day 123, Sandro (dug up) trained Rashka, who then [trained?/defeated?] Shakti. All this happened in that very tavern deep in the respawn... and immediately 20 Minotaurs under Bless cleared the max-level conservatory with a loss of 3 Harpies. Then a level 1 conservatory and a Dragon Utopia. Gave good loot: +4/+4 Breastplate, +6 Defense Shield, Red Orb. Then a second Dragon Utopia with a loss of 10 Minotaurs and 2 Angels... in it КВ, Wings, Helm +4/+4. After collecting the rest of the respawn, Shakti goes to the center only on day 3. Opponent was in the center from around the middle of day 2, but shows lower stats, and he has Magic. Shakti takes the Dragon Utopia in the center, undefended... apparently the opponent didn't take it. In it +6, +2 All. And runs to Brissa. A significant advantage in Attack/Defense parameters, Red Orb, Tactics, and +2 Speed decided the match.
1 -1.
Thanks for the game.

17.08.2012 twaryna (Red, Castle, Valeska, Orrin) def Egor Korobeynikov (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 8mm6a 214

The map generation was great: plenty of money on the respawn and home computer. The adjacent zone is native with 2 external dwellings of swordsmen. Due to a lack of better options, Orrin became the "father," but he leveled up magnificently: earth, attack, tactics, logistics, wisdom, and armor. By the end of the first week, I reached the computer and began slowly sacrificing archers to enemy heroes' shooters. At the computer's respawn, I found an external dwelling of angels behind some wooden guards. I decided to take a risk and try to fight them off and take an angel. In the end, I almost wiped on the wooden guards; a couple of key morale checks failed, and I barely escaped, leaving behind all spears and 6 swordsmen. I didn't enter the external dwelling after that. I took the computer's castle, which had already frayed my nerves beforehand. In both castles, horses were in the citadel. This was a mistake, as I felt a shortage of money throughout the second week. On 121, I fight a horde of wooden guards for Pandora and the obelisk. I fight poorly and almost wipe again, but I pull through. Pandora gave 10k experience. I failed to set up angels on the 2nd week. The 3rd week became easier; I moved into both centers and took the villages. In one of the centers, I took 2 cons (2+1) and a naga bank. I killed the computer-Tower with the capitol. On the snow, I took a level 4 con. From 141, skirmishes with the opponent began. I took 2 Dragon Utopia, which gave wings, a jacket +4 attack and defense, a hat +12, boots +2 all (there were also other boots, mace +4, shield+5, golden bow and +15 to shooting, shackles, and cloak of prohibition), and most importantly—money for archangels appeared. In the finale, there were 20 archangels, 22 horses, 150 archers, and nearly a hundred crusaders. The advantage in one-on-one meat and stats decided it.

1-0. Thanks for the game!

17.08.2012 twaryna (Red, Castle, Valeska, Orrin) def Egor Korobeynikov (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 8mm6a 214
Well, the sword for 5-9, Manticore + external dwelling at 111, saw it and decided to play, and there were 3 stacks of Troglodytes, but the native hero without Troglodytes, so 120 on 111 Average. Thought I could run to the opponent on the 2nd... there was a moment where I was one move short of reaching the opponent. although everything was not bad there and he was ready to give battle... Thanks for the game. Tomorrow I'll write everything up

I'm going on vacation until August 30th. I request an extension for the game with Egor Korobeynikov, as the opponent didn't find time to play the games within the deadline. I also commit to playing all my games (with Egor and, if I win, with the next opponent) as quickly as possible. Thank you in advance. :)

Well, I set aside 25 hours for the game and gave my opponent a day's notice... we only managed to play one game. I think I dedicated enough time, it's just that everything was progressing slowly.

Well, I set aside 25 hours for the game and warned my opponent a day in advance... we only managed to play one game. I think I dedicated enough time, it's just that everything was moving slowly...

And I think you didn't allocate enough time for the game. Sorry, but how many times did I try to arrange a game with you, and you kept avoiding it? I can provide the judges with a log of our correspondence.

I think you didn't dedicate enough time to the game. Sorry, but how many times did I try to arrange a game with you, and you kept avoiding it? I can provide the judges with a log of our correspondence.

I think that during the week, one needs to study (work, exercise), and sometimes people simply don't have time during the week. And we agreed to play on the weekend, once I was late, arriving at 6 PM instead of 1 PM (I decided to rest and go out in the morning...). And during the week, I didn't have time (to play Heroes, you need at least 4 hours...). Therefore, all this chasing after me during the week is pointless. I think that if you had been more available, we could have played 2 games, but I don't think you're to blame for anything; it's just that 2 weeks isn't enough time for us to play.

I think that during the week, one should study (work, exercise), and sometimes people simply don't have any time during the week... And we agreed to play once on the weekend. I was at fault; I showed up at 6 PM when we agreed on 1 PM (I decided to rest and go out in the morning...). And I didn't have time during the week (you need at least 4 hours to play Heroes...). Therefore, all this chasing after me during the week is pointless. I think that if you had moved faster, we could have easily played 2 games, but I don't think you're to blame for anything; it's just that 2 weeks isn't enough time for us to play.

Yegor, I'm not arguing that all free time should be devoted to Heroes. But, if you know that you need to play a certain number of games within a certain timeframe, you should plan your time accordingly. Sometimes you can play during the week, and nothing terrible will happen. Or you can play more on the weekend. I was ready to play for both weeks. During that time, I managed to play 2 games with Amilu in just a few days, for example. You constantly had scheduling conflicts, and in the end, I just got tired of begging you to play. I won't even respond to the issue of long turns. You wrote that you would play with me in Warlords because of the long turns – go ahead, I'm ready.

ps. I probably won't be online until I leave. I'll be back online on August 30th.

if anything, today is the last day, so everyone should have already played.

just so you know, today is the last day, so everyone should have played by now.

You're right. Because I couldn't play during the week and on weekends, we didn't play much. I admit my fault (in the sense that we didn't play the game and missed the deadline). If any negative sanctions are to be taken, they should be directed at me. However, I'm confident that we'll be allowed to finish. Anything can happen.

That's my position.

Dear Mr. artbocha! I would like to inform you that tomorrow, August 20th, starting at 9 AM Moscow time, I will be waiting for you for our third game. I will also be waiting for you the day after tomorrow and the day after that, at the same time. However, on the 22nd, at 12 PM Moscow time, I will be leaving until the 27th. Therefore, I want to let you know that I will only have 60 hours available for the game. Please understand me correctly!
Thank you.