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A request to all players: please finish the remaining games and post reports of the games you have already played, and don't forget to indicate the group!

Marduk never got back to us; we arranged a couple of games, but he never showed up.

18.11.2012, group N
wowa (Valeska) draw Pyre (Ivor, Mephala) 223@2SM4d(3), slow roads

fun game with a hilariously wild ending
respawns were still left, but on turn 1 the scout was opened and directly under the town an external dwelling of crushers, a Griffin Conservatory, and a hive to the left behind a horde of basic wood were revealed
Valya breaks the block on the grass secondary and grabs a Log
on day 2, the loh takes Conflux, so I don't even think about a restart
as it turned out, in vain
the 2nd road goes in a loop, squeezed by a long desert canyon, with 4 and a half days of travel to my wood mine! At the end of the canyon, there are as many as 2 roads with GO – a horde of cyclopes (soon becoming a stronghold) and a horde of efreets as well
there's a catastrophic lack of wood, I'm already thinking how to live without horses – but the loh finds a sawmill at the Conflux respawn after all, and the horses are obtained, as expected in a Citadel
by the end of the week, having turned down from the forked GO, the lohs run into a block of a horde of lizards behind a snow respawn
there's a chain, but it's risky to go in with 2 horses, especially since a passage through rough terrain to a secondary Castle has been scouted – the road to it is blocked by the cyclopes! I turn Valya there, but the castle is just taken by blue(( I don't want to lose a couple of extra days just to be met, so I send mom back home, speed up there, and with the growth I run to the hive to then take the Conservatory with geese
but in the battle with the wood, the 1st fail: I forgot that a upgraded stack is visually indistinguishable from an unupgraded one(( and when I remembered, the singleton that was supposed to lead the crowd back was already standing 5 fateful tiles from the enemy, they piled on, I had to urgently sacrifice the other singletons, and then stall with horses – I shot them, but only 1 horse survived besides the marksmen! at home the crushers are still unupgraded, but the hive is a horde, nothing to attack it with
but there is a necro, I decide to farm some skeletons for now, and here comes an almost fatal fail – I gave the army to the necro, and he, having killed a few skeletons, attacked a horde of gr. pikemen, I never thought I wouldn't win
but that wasn't Valya, who even with skeletons has positive morale, and timely dysmorale led to a rout, and I didn't even bother to flee, the necro died with all the artifacts
but there's one last chance – the Conservatory, and all the crushers are still alive! I fight my way to the Conservatory for weeks with them and Conflux chaff, and break through the teleport into the treasure zone
at the start of the 3rd I dive into the Conservatory – maximum difficulty, everything dies except for the remnants of the crushers, who carve through the stacks of griffins
the angels finally take the accursed hive via chain with 12 geese, and then the fights in the treasure zone – an external dwelling of red dragons, Sword 5 to everything, several hives, money boxes, on which I built angels! behind a horde of king minotaurs lay a quest artifact – I turned it in with the loh and wasn't disappointed – they gave as many as 15 cats, cannon fodder)))
there I also break through a lift to the snow and send the loh with singletons and archers, planning to buy out Valya in a captured tavern and urgently run to the treasure zone on a Lava, which, as the scout showed, the opponent had only half-cleared
but in the town, besides a pack of gargoyles, there are also golems, can't beat them! while a couple of horses were being dragged there, Valya had already broken through to the barbarian treasure zone, took another couple of hives there, an Earth sphere of power, boots (guarded by a lot of giants along with a hive, as expected with the upgrade – they immediately started shooting at the angels – 2 out of 6 were lost)
and so the tavern is taken, I build a chain there from the barbarian treasure zone with 9 heroes through Conflux and home
but the treasure zone turned out to be huge and empty, apparently that's why blue didn't push further
I only took a couple of hives there, a tower is hastily being built in the tavern, Valya frantically tries to level up wisdom
for this I sent her home and took the maximum cyclops dwelling, the resources for the tower aren't wasted
in it, on the 4th there are Meteor Shower and Resurrection, on the 5th Air elementals, the library added Prayer and Town Portal
with this lot I head to the opponent, because the map is already eaten up, whatever will be, will be! first through the cyclopes to the castle, but Valya falls short by a couple of tiles on the approach, so everything is bought up there(( then on to his main, and at the same time Mephala emerges from the barbarian treasure zone towards Conflux, revealing Dimension Door and Fly as well)) and stops behind the mountains
I give up on Conflux, take the opponent's main, but for some reason I don't even try to build a chain home
turned out to be in vain – blue's mom ran out of mana, and she detours around the mountains, leaving part of her army with the loh, staying on a pack of greens and singletons of angels
with Summon and Resurrection and a mana reserve, I can try to raid with chaff from home and Conflux
the only question is – who to attack first? I decide on Mephala, the main thing is to chase her away! I chased her away, but she kills everything alive, only air elementals remain, so both heroes are in the tavern, I set up a screen of lohs towards Conflux
on blue's move to the retaken secondary castle, their mom is bought out, but she doesn't replenish mana, and moves to a well at their own respawn
Valya with the army stands on that well, Mephala turns towards my main
start of the next week: I send Valya to an external dwelling of green dragons, buy everything I can, and stand on the well next to home
at night we were attacked with the entire army, I managed to cast 2 Meteor Showers, but there was resistance and it didn't come to Summon, I had to flee, resulting in a trade of mains
after that I could have tried to raid, but only until the first setup
and although the opponent has control, the map is eaten up, and the red advantage hasn't been cancelled – I either take whatever growth I want, or the blue's combined castle and rampart army meets me in the castle with a battered force, I could even attack in the field)) but the opponent didn't want that and offered a draw
maybe I accepted it in vain, but after the rout on the 2nd, when I wanted to surrender, I consider it at least some result :)

thanks to the opponent for the game!

19.11.2012 d-neez (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) lose Scorpiona (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Crag) 8mm6a 226

I surrendered due to lack of chances, though I had more meat, but in combat parameters I was outmatched by 2 times, in magic parameters by about 4 times. I only found 2 poor Dragon Utopias, no artifacts, I have Air, but knowledge was as scarce as a cat's tears.

gg, thanks for the game.

That was just brutal. On the 3rd week, she took 2 Dragon Utopias, left half of the army there... as a result, no magic, no decent artifacts, no army :eek: On the 4th week, she also captured 2 computers on different branches, and then on the 211th week, the plague :( had to give one of the branches back to the computer... In native Treasure Vaults, completely empty, nothing at all :confused: ... cleaned out a couple of computer Treasure Vaults and finally found full Control, but there was still no army, 5-6 Cons and all turned out to be ones, very few Dragon Fly Hives too, 2 Liches with artifacts couldn't gather bones because there was no one to mow down :smile04:
Well, then when the parameters and strong magic appeared, it was already against the opponent. After which came the capitulation.

Thanks for the game!

5-6 consecutive cons, and they all turned out to be 1s.

You got lucky with the cons.

11/18/2012, group N
wowa (Valeska) draw Pyre (Ivor, Mephala) 223@2SM4d(3), slow roads

Confirming, Mephala had better attack and defense stats than the opponent, but she was severely lacking in spell points. If I had engaged immediately, I could have won the battle, but I was afraid of the opponent having an Impl, which ultimately wasn't the case. Tired of running around, I offered a draw. Thanks for the game.

it seems like TERM from group G will take first place, and the rest will share 2nd to 5th place.

Thanks to Tane for updating the standings!
There's very little time left. Approximately half of the playoff participants have been determined, in several groups, the results of the decisive matches are coming soon, and in some places, the situation is quite unclear.

Group A.
1. KobRa_RR Rampart
2. Amiloo Inferno

Group B.
The following players have qualified: Sevensan Necropolis and GoD Rampart.
2 games remain: GoD - Hermit and JustObserver - Hermit.

Group C.
1. RozenKran Conflux
And 2 games with Marduk. If he doesn't show up, he will be disqualified.

Group D.
What's going on with ded MazAi? Instead of games, there are 2 months of promises?

Group E.
crzq Necropolis is advancing.
And 2 decisive games for a spot: Piterius - rebellious and crzq - bubuch.

Group F.
1. numOne Inferno
2. Vinceras Castle

Group GG.
Dear players, what is this? Are you planning to advance with a zero score? We'd better flip a coin to determine a lucky loser from the other groups.

Group H.
1. Pit for LM Dungeon
There's a fight for second place here, various scenarios are possible, and the games need to be finished.

Won't you share the secret of what skill it is when opponents leave the balance in favor of the Dungeon? If my memory serves me right, this is already the second game.

Unfortunately, my memory is failing me; it's the third out of four. The first time, I was happy, the second time, I was surprised, and the third time, it was against a Polish player, which explains everything.

Group I.
3 games remain, and the situation is unclear.

Group J.
In the match between Alone and Belqzaniq, there was a rules violation, and Alone Castle receives a technical win, which allows him to advance to the playoffs.
2 games remain for Belqzaniq, which will determine the second participant in the playoffs.

Group K.
1. Dimast Rampart
2. Redwhait HP Dungeon

Group L.
1. Yostairs Conflux
To determine the second place, cheban needs to play the remaining two games.

Group M.
There are also 3 games remaining, and the situation is complex.

Group N.
HellLighT Dungeon
Who else? 3 players are contenders for the spot, and the answer lies in two matches involving Tiamath.

Group O.
PReDS Inferno
And 3 more games to determine the second participant in the playoffs.

Group P.
The situation is also not very clear; 3 more matches need to be played.

Congratulations to all who have advanced, and thank you for participating to those who have already finished their run in this tournament.

In total, the following have advanced to the playoffs:
3 Rampart
3 Dungeon
3 Inferno
2 Conflux
2 Castle
2 Necropolis

Please URGENTLY report on the forum and in private messages to the judges regarding any unplayed matches.

Group L

20.11.2012 Gomunguls(Blue,Rampart,Kairi,Clavius)def cheban(Red,Swamp,Tazar,Tazar)Mini-Nostalgia,1.4.2
Played reasonably well, there are a few necros... overall everything was fine until I went into the 1.2.6 max Dragon Utopia... where I poured in a lot but got trash... after that the mood to play vanished and I made a bunch of mistakes, but fortunately played out normally until the generator...
Thanks for the game!!!

GG Team.
Dear players, what is this? Are you planning to go out with a zero score? We'd be better off flipping a coin to decide on a lucky loser from other groups.

Me and Medium finished playing on Friday, and he won. Obviously, Term and Medium will advance from the group, as Digger has technical issues, either with his computer or with the game.

Thanks to Tane for updating the table!

Unfortunately, my memory fails me; this is the third out of four. The first time – I was happy, the second time – I was surprised, and the third time – it was against a Polish player, so it's clear.

We need to report any unplayed matches URGENTLY on the forum and in private messages to the judges.

Could you please explain why Dungeon has an advantage over other castles in terms of balance? What factors contribute to this advantage?

RozenKran, Vinceras, Dimast, HellighT – the newcomers are on fire!

Please report any unplayed matches on the forum and send a private message to the judges as soon as possible.

Only one game remains. With VanjaM. We agreed to start on Thursday.

Please advise. Why is Dungeon superior to other castles in terms of balance? What gives it this advantage?

It can reliably triple the value of any resource node in the first week. If there are no good resource nodes, then Dungeon doesn't offer anything special.

and what about the high pace with minimal costs, thanks to Shakti?)