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If Borzoid wins, we advance based on the results of the two games, and that's why we're waiting. What's the point of starting a third game if everything can be decided based on the results of the first two?

Time is money, as they say.

If the Barbarian wins, we advance based on the results of two games, which is why we're waiting. What's the point of starting a third game if everything can be decided after two?

Of course, it's your decision, but the position is one-sided. And what if the Barbarian loses (are we going to guess with a daisy?), and the deadline is already expiring? You could have played two games in advance and possibly decided the outcome regardless of their performance, thus relieving them of the burden of having to play the remaining game.

Borzoid still won, so our point of view prevailed.

We are waiting for a report from Borzoid. Tomorrow, I will announce the dates for the semifinals, but everyone can play right now.

Don't be rude, Darkello. 4 days is a short time by heroic standards; some need a week to figure out which tournament they're playing in.

I messaged this person on ICQ for 4-5 days straight... I didn't even get an offline response. I repeat! I won't contact him again; now it's your problem! If you want to connect, I'm available.

P.S.
If anyone wants to arrange a game with Kap from my team (Valenko), all questions should be sent to me in a private message; he's on vacation without internet access until the 25th!

Three from the Chest - Sugar
Second game
16.12.2012 BorzoiD (red, random, Dungeon, Arlash) def Hermit (blue, random, Rampart, Mephala) 212 6lm10 SOD

On the first week, I took the Minotaur dwelling, killed the neutral swamp. Money was tight, I had to build a Stronghold in the swamp so they wouldn't take it back, and because of that I didn't build Minotaurs at home. At the start of the second week, troops were scarce; I took the Angel dwelling and began searching for my opponent's Castle to try and build Angels. Then unexpectedly Mephala shows up with a very serious army at that point and spreads terror in the ranks of my army. I hide in the back alleys; Mephala, fortunately, didn't chase me down and kill me, and ran off somewhere, while she was one and a half moves away from my main. Taking advantage of the break, I start shaking down the hives and preserves, of which there were plenty on two respawns. Having gathered a decent sum, I set off to find the opponent and, encountering no resistance, reach his main. We ran around for a few more days; the good finds included a Pandora's Box with Earth, and I never saw a Dragon Utopia until the end of the game. Meanwhile, Mephala stumbled upon the treasure zone, where she was given Control and stats, and as a result, she flies in and takes the town back.
At the end of the month, the first serious battle: I have a bigger sum, but there's the impenetrable Mephala with twice the stats and Implosion. I escape with one troglodyte; the opponent has about 200 skeletons and a few wooden ones left. Having bought the growth, we had a few more small skirmishes with scout heroes; it's all pointing to my doom, but then Hermit just gives up the match, making two fatal mistakes: he exposes the Necromancer with the Cloak of the Undead King to be killed, and the next day, the scout hero with all of mom's artifacts. Having seized all this loot, I attack him in the castle, and without starting the battle, the opponent leaves the game.
GG, thanks for the game!

Three from the chest - Sugar
Second game
16.12.2012 BorzoiD (red,random,Dungeon,Arlash) def Hermit (blue,random,Rampart,Mephala) 212 6lm10 SOD

On the first week I took the Minotaur dwelling, killed the comp's swamp. Money was tight, had to build a Citadel in the swamp so it wouldn't be taken back, and because of that I didn't build Minotaurs at home. At the start of the second week, troops are scarce; I took an Angel dwelling and started looking for my comp's Castle to try and build Angels. Then unexpectedly Mephalka shows up with a very serious army for that point and wreaks havoc in the ranks of my army. I lose myself in the alleys; Mephala, fortunately, didn't bother chasing and killing me and ran off somewhere, and she was one and a half moves away from my main:). Taking advantage of the breather, I start shaking down Hives and Griffin Conservatories, of which there were a fair number on two spawns:). Having gathered a decent treasury, I head off to find the opponent and, meeting no resistance, reach his main. We ran around for a few more days; the good stuff included finding a Pandora's Box with Earth, didn't see a Dragon Utopia until the end of the game. Meanwhile, Mephala stumbled upon a treasure zone, where she was given control and stats, and as a result she flies in and takes the dwelling back.
At the end of the month, the first serious battle: I have a bigger treasury, but there's the impenetrable Mephala, stats twice as high, and an Implosion. I escape with one Troglodyte:), the opponent is left with about 200 Skeletons and a few Dendroid Soldiers. Having bought the growth, we had a few more minor scuffles with Dendroids; everything points to me being done for, but then Hermit simply throws the game, making two fatal mistakes, putting a Necromancer with the Cloak of the Undead King in a position to be killed, and the next day a Dendroid with all the mama artifacts. Having seized all this loot, I attack him in the castle and, without starting the battle, the opponent leaves the game.
GG, thanks for the game!

Alas, it's all true :(
On the first week, I couldn't build Pegasi and Unicorns :( But I captured an external dwelling of Dendroid Soldiers and 1-3, 5 in the castle with Vaults. Also Tant and Xyusha arrived; naturally, I decided to make Mephala the main hero, although the traitor Kiryushka came right on day 121. No towns or villages are visible at all. The opponent is ahead in number of towns and heroes :( I scouted two Griffin Conservatories in the medium-deep j, both turned out to be minimal and I took them at the start of the second week. Unsuccessfully trying to find comps and villages, I finally find one, but run into the opponent. There was only one Tavern, but without building Unicorns and Pegasi, it seemed my army was much weaker, though Tant and Xyusha had Expert Necromancy and had amassed a few Skeletons. Anyway, I captured an external Angel dwelling, scouted a bit of the road with Kiryushka, and then the opponent promptly sent her and the same Angel to the Tavern in the first round... to his own Tavern! But at least he didn't let me buy her back. It seemed I had no chance going against the opponent with Mephala without a spell book, so I went the other way, captured an Inferno village... Meanwhile, the opponent, with a huge army for me, went for my capital. I gave it up without a fight, of course, but the hidden Dendroids tried to fight his Dendroids and break the chain, and I must say, not without success. Things were very bad, but, strangely enough, the situation started to improve. Mephala and Xy entered a treasure zone; I tried to send Tant there too, with the Vampire's Cowl, but due to teleporting to different parts of the map, I couldn't do that. Then I finally plugged the unnecessary exit from the teleport, I think with the same Tant, and sent a couple more scouts into the Treasury. Tant, although he couldn't go amass Skeletons in the treasure zone together with Mephala and Xy, helped break the opponent's chain. The situation started to straighten out. We recaptured the Dead Man's Boots, and Xyusha amassed Skeletons nicely on small guards, while Mephala broke through serious ones. I found a Dragon Utopia and took it. Then a Pandora's Box with all of the fourth level. Tant finally joined the heroes operating in the Treasury and, with the Vampire's Cowl, also made Skeletons, though it was hard for him. I took Boots of Speed, a village, and another Dragon Utopia. That gave me a Hat. That gave me Red Boots, Gauntlets, the Cloak of the Undead King. Mephala teleported to Inferno and, although she didn't know Logistics, but boosted on Angels and Pegasi with one DD, managed to reach the capital in one turn, recapture it, and even sit there with her last movement point, naturally after boosting. The opponent apparently didn't expect this, nor did I, and so from all the growth he only bought Elves, probably to defend against any hidden scouts. I bought the growth. Then a very serious battle. The opponent had a much larger army, but I hit his troops with Implosion and resurrected my Dendroid Soldiers and Skeletons. Here I must say I made a very big first mistake, attacking Arlash in Boots of Speed without changing Mephala into the Red Boots. Although Resistance worked very conveniently once. It was the last round. I could have killed Arlash with Armageddon, but then I'd have been left with only a couple dozen Skeletons myself. If I'd been wearing the Red Boots, I'd definitely have used Armageddon! In general, I would have killed Arlash, but would have lost several times more troops than him in the last round. I tried both to kill him and not lose troops, using Chain Lightning, but it didn't go as planned and the opponent's Troglodyte survived, and he escaped with it :( :( :( In general, I should have used Armageddon and put on the Cloak at night. He wouldn't have killed that couple dozen Skeletons in the first round with level 1-2 magic... Mephala didn't reach the village; Xy was behind her. Arlash did hire some troops and, with a Ballista, sent Mephala with a few Skeletons and no magic to the Tavern, but right behind Mephala, with a full mana pool, came Xy. And here I made my second big mistake. For some reason, I split the army into two parts. Xyusha, with a full mana pool, on the way to the village, even with a small army, defeated Arlash and Damacon guarding the village, though the latter was a very close call. Resistance helped again; she occupied the empty village, and right then I realized I didn't have enough chain to transfer troops to Mephala in the village, got flustered, reached the Well with Mephala and her army, but didn't have enough movement points left to teleport into the village. But that's okay; Xyusha amassed a few Skeletons, she'll restore her mana (I'm blue) and, in general, can hold out. The turn timer was running out, and I overlooked that the Mage Guild hadn't been built in the village. :( That's not just stupidity, that's a disaster... I remembered that the opponent had stepped away for a smoke during my turn and, having missed part of the turn, asked to reload the file. I insistently asked to also be allowed to finish the turn and build the Guild. They didn't allow it :( :( :( They killed Xy :( took the Cloak; levels 4-5 magic became useless, as did restoring Skeletons. I tried to at least get the artifacts back by killing Kiryushka, who had one Gargoyle each, with stacks of Pegasi, but she, the dog, already knew the tactic and escaped from Ivor. I was so upset that I again failed to make a heavy, long, unexpected move, and eventually, having defeated Mephala in the village, I left all the artifacts on Ivor with a centaur. Asking to finish the turn was, of course, pointless.

Thanks for the game.

Mizrael, Bloody)Driver, I'm very sorry I couldn't win the second one either... sorry :(

It's been 6 days, and there's been absolutely no communication with me, neither from the opposing team's captain nor from the player on my team.

Updated the table, added game dates. Within 5 days, players must agree with their opponents on mutually acceptable game dates. **If there is no response from either player, I will award a technical defeat in the first game.**

Wrote to a player in Aська today, waiting for a response.

time is ticking. since I've been posting on the forum for 4 days already.

First game
Inteam - Лучшая шутка петросяна 1-0
16.12.2012 darkello (red, Citadel, Tiraxore, Tiraxore) def bubuch (blue, Bog, Miranda, Crag) 8mm6a 216

I think I could have finished earlier, but I won't describe all the saves. I played confidently, so the FB came in the form of attacking the opponent later in his Bog castle. My army was all melee.
Thanks for the game

First game
Inteam - Best Petrosyan joke 1-0
16.12.2012 darkello(red, Castle, Tiraxore, Tiraxore) def bubuch(blue, Fortress, Miranda, Crag) 8mm6a 216

I think I could have finished earlier, but I won't describe every save. I played confidently, so the FB was in the form of an attack on my opponent later in his Fortress town. My army was all melee.
Thanks for the game

confirmed.

So it turns out I'm bubuch now =))

Week 1: Fun, there's Crag, lots of crypts, hydras in the citadel. Not so fun when my opponent killed the brown player and took his Barbarian :smile11:
Week 2: Broke through to my treasure zone, got two Dragon Fly Hives there. My opponent breaks through on the other side - and there's a whole highway of Schticks, portals, and subways :smile45: took the green Tower.
Week 3: Scout reports practically nothing worthwhile anywhere, one Dragon Fly Hive in each treasure zone, and it'd take god knows how long to get there :smile18: a drawn-out war of low-tier units begins.
Week 4: Tava shows the reds' army strength, so I chickened out of attacking the enemy main, and for nothing, there was nobody there :smile35: the low-tier war continues, money is running out, and no Dragon Utopias in sight...
Week 5: And the RNG isn't giving, even on the last tiles :mad: the reds slowly start pushing. Then Tiraxore flies to my main, there are probably 20k worth of troops not recruited, half my cash is at home, but 4 Angels and a dozen Wyverns are with the low-tier hero. Crag manages to retreat home, but the low-tier hero got unlucky :smile34: The opponent turned around and galloped off to gather some more stuff, shake down some resources, recruit, and I just waited for him in my town. By some miracle I might have pulled it off in the town with the shackles, but morale procced on all my flyers almost every time, GG basically.

Thanks for the game.

I hope everyone has agreed with their opponents on the games? If there are any complaints on the 22nd, there will be technical investigations.

Also, if someone is going to voice a complaint, please send me your ICQ logs with the opponent for the last 5 days via private message.