Posts from Season: "Summer 2012". Online games for rating (reports, confirmations, discussions).

The game started at 1 PM, and it would have ended at 5 PM anyway, but it ended 2 hours earlier. Would you like to play for 4 hours and save the game until Monday?

19.08.2012 Oelm(castle, Valeska, Andra) def Helllight(fortress, Taz, Taz) 125 Jebus

One of the most interesting games on Sodojebus in all time occurred.
No one took rests. I had a block at the castle for a slag artifact, archers were standing, on 111 I set up a Mage Guild, Ion was in the tavern, so all chances to collect all spells by the end of the first week. I decided not to fight but to spread out better. In the tavern, Frog came - a candidate for main hero. I also bought Nimbus, there were four beehives near the castle, I saw a Griffin Conservatory, a dwelling of horses and angels, but the guards were nasty. I found and scholarly Slow, Haste, Bless. Nimbus, Frog, and Valya were hitting through the pillar. Valya was planning to clear the guard of the first beehive and run closer to the guard of the cavaliers. I saw Imp Cottages and wanted to level up Necro faster. I bought 7 heroes but didn't spread out much because I was collecting gold.

I beat back money with chains, +20 skeletons from the raging ones, killed trolls, there was little money in wasteland, I felt that the angels might not come up, so I decided to play for tempo. I saw a prison behind a horde of dwarves.

On the third day, I charged at the dwarves with an army of 25 Marksmen, 25 Pikemen, and Gremlins, there were 98 with Grand Elves, I only took out 6 with basic shooting, and quickly lost Gargoyles due to morale. A long battle but I got out with the loss of most of the Gremlins. There was Andra with Advanced Logistics and 175 mana. I seriously considered putting in Mage Guild 2, my army was in real trouble.

The next day, I spent a hero to check the guard of the cavaliers, there were 25 Ogre Magi, I took it with great difficulty losing a Swordsman with their reinforcement, despite 4 rounds of shooters under Bless, Nimbus with Expert Necro near the second raging area.
I checked another random hero's angel dwelling, there were 20 Minotaurs, oh well, I used her to return home to replenish mana.

Day five, I mostly beat back money, built stables. Nimbus was idling at the max Imp Cottage.

Day six, I finally found another horse dwelling, lit a mini Griffin Conservatory,
Set up a chain to take it on 117. Frogarkas with 12 attack.

On the last day of the week, I ran into Edric on a Griffin heading to a tower with Golems inside. Frog took the second horse dwelling, Andra picked up a shield 3-3 for 30 Evil Eyes. Valya charged at the Minotaurs, managed to split them, and with an army of 3 Monks, single Spearmen, and 25 Marksmen entered the angels' home. And yes, there was no morale in the first round, but the Marksmen had it - I got out losing a single Spearman and two Monks. Now with horses and an angel, I took the beehive on a pile, and moved the army to collect cash. Valya stayed overnight on the dwelling. Oops, but there were only 17 wood, and I was one square short of the pile I had my eye on. I could place horses through the market, but then it was unclear how I'd buy back. I took a risk, bought Vistan, who didn't reach the wood but took a chest and a campfire with his last square, there was wood! Horses in the fort.

121 - Ion took the second town. And yes, there was a native secondary without guards. Along the way, I saw a stable and two prisons nearby. That's a chain!
At home, Mage Guild 2, Andra at the Town Hall with Advanced Logistics and after stables. Valya with an angel was idling at the beehive on a pile, finally realizing that with two hits she wouldn't knock out 180 HP, she charged at the Wyverns with 1 angel. +6 Wyverns. Sat at home to replenish mana. I planned to hit the Unicorns through sand. Took a long time setting up chains to get everything done.

122 - I took a single unit with a weak hero, Frog with part of the army attacked 100 Griffins - with 5 angels, took a max beehive, moved the army to a town, there took a Dwarf Cottage, an Imp Cottage, bought everything up, through a stable before Champions, after the beehive an army of 28 Wyverns, 5 angels, 56 Marksmen, 65 Spearmen, 7 Monks, 12 Champions carried away the Unicorns. Andra ran out at full speed but found nothing easy. Valya stayed overnight at an angel with 3000 MP.

123 - Valya went in one direction towards the opponent, saw a beehive, I returned troops with Andra, further a crossroads, one road to the swamp right and left apparently to secondaries, I went down into the heart of the desert, and there was an exit to the Town Hall on mud. I spat, Valya without mana killed the Town Hall on grass, sat in the town, took the beehive and the Griffin Conservatory, found 10k gold in a Pandora's Box.

124 - The opponent finally appeared, went into the heart of the desert, beat back that Pandora's Box there, and happily stayed overnight at Necro Horses. The next day, Andra with the Town Hall attacked with an angel brought from home, along the way collecting all the level 5 units, and wiped out Taz's army.

Thanks for the game.

18.08.2012 Kluka (blue, allrandom, Inferno, Xyron, Serena/Shakti) def Dima Surmay (red, allrandom, Tower, Fafner, Grindan) Elka 143

The spawn gave swamp, barbarian and inferno.
In the swamp, with the army from the 2 starting heroes, I tried to do something, but lost it on 112. So I didn't build anything there.
The main town was Inferno; in the barbarian town, on week 1 I only built hounds, and on week 2 – bears in the town.

On 111 I find a passage from my Inferno to the opponent's swamp town, on 114 with efreeti I break through the Master Gremlins, but further on there is a block of 15 hounds behind a beehive. I broke through it on 121 with the growth. At the same time, from the barbarian town side, a scout with 3 birds tries to break through, but hits a block of 20+ elves behind an obelisk.
The presence of 1 bought fly in the swamp told me that the opponent was hiding in the fog with one hero, so I had to never leave a hero on a single unit or the town empty. Finally, on 124 this hero ran past the town, took resources from the mill and resigned, after which I felt freer :)
While I returned the army back to break through the passage on the other side, while going back, I only transferred the army to the barbarian town on 125. From there, 2 roads. On one of them, on 127 I took a village, near which there were 2 Griffin Conservatories (though it wasn't clear if there was a passage to them). While transferring the army home to take the Conservatory-3, I freed Shakti level 10, who split the army and took the Conservatory without losses on 131. Shakti would have been an excellent hero if he had any mass magic. But, alas, there was nowhere left to level up.
I was about to break through to the opponent's territory, but then on 132 Grindan showed up. He spends 1 day destroying the scout, then takes the barbarian town, then (on 135) the village (on the way to his swamp). At home I get GM4, but it gives Inferno and Water Walk.
Beyond the mountain from home, a Dragon Utopia near a neutral village has long been visible, but the passage to it is only from the swamp town. Hoping for control, on 135 I get GM5 – it gives Implosion! Almost right from under the opponent's nose, I snatch the earth-boost.
On 136 Grindan splits his army and goes home, and I take the village and the town back from the opponent.
I want to build a chain to take the 2 Conservatories, but on 137 Grindan uses Dimension Door and takes the first one, and the next turn – the second one.
While Grindan is far away, Serena learns Implosion in the guild, visits the stables and splits the army into the barbarian town; Shakti destroys the opponent's chain and runs to where Grindan came from. Grindan manages to teleport over the mountains and split his army.
On 142 Shakti takes the village from the opponent, and the scout reveals the opponent's main town, in front of which stands an external dragon dwelling. Nothing to be done, I split the army with Serena and move forward.
The next turn Shakti attacks.
Shakti 5-7-12-(260), 3 angels, 16 red dragons, 16 cats, 14 minotaurs, 27 medusas, 65 beholder eyes, 37 harpy hags. Magic – Slayer, Mass Haste, Lightning Bolt for 350, Meteor Shower for 400.
Serena 4-7-12-(118), 3 angels, 3 behemoths, 8 greater + 6 normal efreeti, 6 wyverns, 10 greater pits, 127 demons, earth and water boosts. Magic – Mass Haste, Implosion for 1500, Ice Bolt for 375.
Round 1. My turn first, I implode 8 dragons out of 16. I get Slayer'd. I regroup so that the dragons can't reach me. The opponent flies forward with dragons, angels and harpies.
Round 2. I finish off the dragons and move back so that the hasted minotaurs don't reach the demons. I get hit by Meteor Shower for 400 (on angels, wyverns and demons). The angels finish off my 6 wyverns.
Round 3. The opponent casts Meteor Shower on 2 stacks of efreeti and behemoths, flies away with angels, and finishes off the greater efreeti with ranged units. I cast Mass Haste, pile on the harpies with my weak stacks (to avoid a strong retaliation), hit the angels with demons (leaving 1 with 1 hp), and finish him off with my angel.
Round 4. I finish off the harpies, Lightning Bolt takes out half the medusas, demons take out half the eyes.
The opponent finishes off my angel, casts Mass Haste, attacks with all pits, and the eyes flee to the opposite end of the map.
In round 5, the opponent surrenders.

The autopsy showed that red had 2 fully built Dungeons (one of them from the village), which give a growth of 9 dragons per week. So, having gained control and spent another week searching for something, my demons would simply have been overwhelmed by raw numbers.

08/18/12 Sanin (Red, random, Dungeon, Shafts, Galtran) def Sevan_80 (Blue, random, Dungeon, Alamar, Alamar) 2sm4d(3) 233
Thank you for the interesting game.

19.08.2012 Kluka (blue, Conflux, random, Gelare, Ignissa) def Sanin (red, Tower, Torosar, Arlach) Balance(L-U, 130%) 131

We did without rests.

111. Roads are slow, air elementals are standing, there is a stable. I pick up a treasure chest, find ore and see a sawmill.
113. Mullich broke 40+ Centaur guards without losses for an external dwelling of air elementals, but gargoyle guards for an external dwelling of fire elementals killed 19 pixies. I found a GO - what the hell are rust dragons doing here? That's a 22.5K guard! Another exit from the grass to the central sand - faerie dragons, but this is apparently a treasure zone, since a gold mine is visible. To the opponent from the center - a teleport behind a horde of vampire lords.
To pass through the second road you need to break 10+ master genies or 9 cyclopes. There are also ogres, but breaking them will not help at all to clear the passage. The search for another exit from the respawn continues.
And in general, where is my village?!
114. Took the Spirit of Despair. Found the 3rd exit from the respawn - arch magi or greater basilisks.
115. Ignissa got Logistics on the first level up.
116. Broke the basilisks.
117. Finally found and took the village on my native respawn. Bird dwellings in the fort.

On 122, took the native village on the adjacent respawn. Nothing particularly interesting after that, 2 external dwellings of medusas, 2 Dwarf Cottages, a Pandora's Box for level 2 magic. Collected all the air elementals from 3 towns and the external dwelling, power-leveled, went to the opponent who was on the adjacent respawn.
On 131, 8 birds and about 70 storm elementals pecked and shot down the opponent's army despite a lack of mana (10).

Thanks for the game!

17.08.2012 High (Blue, Castle, Tyris, Tyris) def George (Red, Necropolis, Galthran, Galthran) Jebus Cross 213

We started playing after 2 restarts.

111 8 heroes, 2 Griffin Conservatories discovered. Playable. Couldn't have asked for a better hero than Tyris.
112-114 Heroes run around, scout, collect. Tyris runs around the upgrade structures. Portal of Glory revealed, somewhat far from the castle, but Tyris should be able to reach it by the end of the week.
115 Tyris is halfway to the Angel Portal. First disappointment: the passage to the portal is guarded by 20-49 Master Genies. The question arose: take the risk and break through them on the first week or not? After all, you'd still need to take out 3 Angels afterward.
116 Took the risk (could have lost it all). Lucky I had recruited 82 Pikemen. So, 13 Archers, 4 Monks, 1 Angel vs 31 Master Genies. The risk paid off. Came out with 60 Pikemen and 1 Angel. Went for the portal. This day, as it would later turn out, was decisive for me. From there, things developed very well and I never lost momentum.
117 Portal taken, behind it a wonderland. Within a short distance, 5 Hives.
121-124 5 Angels, 34 Lizardmen. 2-3 Pandora's Boxes taken. Tyris, level 11, stats 6-9-4-9, pondered... go to the treasure zone or head a bit in the other direction. Take the 2nd Griffin Conservatory and a Pandora's Box. Decided not to rush. Everything is going very well anyway.
125 This can't keep going so smoothly. Tyris took the Angels and against the Ogre Magi raised Wisdom to level 3; in the Pandora's Box — all level 5 magic.
126-127 Preparation for entering the treasure zone. Tyris boosts stats. A tavern near the exit.
131 Tyris visits the stables in the castle. Gets killed near the castle and revives at the tavern near the treasure zone. A chain ferries troops, and here is the treasure zone.
132-133 Clearing the treasure zone. A scout reached the opponent's exit; he hadn't come out yet. So I have the advantage.
134 There he is, Galthran. He came out. According to the tavern, his stats are half mine, and my army is larger. Tyris rushed towards him.
135 Could have ended it there. But Galthran ran off not into the treasure zone but into an adjacent area to raise skeletons.
136-212 Searching for Galthran, boosting stats. Even captured the opponent's main town.
213 Finally found Galthran. The finale.
Tyris 34-35-31-24 17 Archangels 106 Wyverns, Monks, and various fodder...
Galthran 18-15-15-15 12 Archangels 52 Wyverns 1000 Skeletons 35 Death Knights 14 Ghost Dragons. Stats and magic ruled the day.

Thanks for the game.