Posts from "Newcomer-2013. Winter"

22.12.2012 Nestor86 (Blue, Castle, Tirys, Tirys) def Lim4(Red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3),134
We started playing without restarts
I built archers and saw their external dwelling and Griffins
On day 1 I built cavalry and griffins in the citadel. Took a Barbarian secondary hero and Sacrificed my hero with two cavalry on gogs))
On day 121 I upgrade the griffins
I take 2 wyvern nests on the respawn 4+6 and go to the underground
There is a long passage to the Necropolis castle. I see another wyvern nest. As it turned out, maximum
On day 133 I take it +12 wyverns and exit to the opponent's respawn. I barely miss reaching the castle
Tazar couldn't hole up in the castle
On day 134 I take the castle and attack Tazar. After the Lizardmen were blocked by cavalry, the battle was essentially over
Thanks for the game!
PS Tirys is better than Valeska!

141 I gather my troops and position them near the opponent's castle, but for some reason, he leaves it empty and runs off to replenish his mana.

22.12.2012 Anry (red, Rampart, Kyrre) def Iamsamstan (blue, Castle, Valeska, Turris) 2SM4d(3), 142

Took 1 resource, opponent managed without them. Unfortunately, heroes without elves, but I spot an external dwelling of unicorns and decide to play.
113-115 Griffin Conservatory exposed and another unicorn external dwelling - more fun already =).
116 I break through a zombie horde and pick up a secondary on 117 - Tower. Result: 1-6 in the citadel.
121-127 Stat boosts, I take 2 unicorn external dwellings, 3 medusa dens, and 1 dwarf cottage and waste the Conservatory 1-u.
Kyrre gets the spellbook and heads to the underground.
133 Necropolis taken, I see a treasure zone and decide to go into it. But then the opponent appears, enters the snow (two days from my Tower). I think about splitting forces and ferrying troops via chain, but the opponent, after taking the dwarf cottage, goes back to his treasure zone.
135 I take max-uley and decide to go after the opponent while he's far away.
136 I enter an empty secondary (another Castle).
137 Scouting spots Turris and Kyrre attacks. But after a few turns, a surrender follows.
141 I bring up troops and stand near the opponent's Castle, but he, for some reason, leaves it empty and runs to replenish mana.
142 I catch up and there's a field battle in which I have the troop advantage.

Thanks for the game.

For future reference for Iamsamstan: the advantage of the blue color is that if you pass the turn (for example, sleeping in a Castle with a built Mage Guild), even if you get attacked, your mana will be fully restored!!! There's a certain "charm" to the blue color in this :)

Why is no one uploading saves? :confused: I'd be interested, for example, in watching how other players play, learning what they're capable of, and what can be expected from them :)

Just so you know, if I make it to the playoffs, you're going to get rekt:D

Everything has been redesigned, and it's acceptable: my familiar second Castle.

Week 1. I took the second Castle and placed birds in the Citadel. Bears in the Citadel at home.

Week 2. I broke through to the Necropolis, but there was an opponent. I attacked his second Castle with my third army, killed 4 of his horses, but didn't capture the Castle.

Week 3. Valeska is coming towards me, and I attack because I have a larger army. As a result, she flees with 7 monks, and I have 3 bears and a few birds left.

Week 4. I started to suspect that the game was dragging on, and since I can't stand long, drawn-out games, I started to feel nauseous.

Week 5. What happened this week can be accurately described with a line from a famous song by the Leningrad band: "I have no thoughts and no money, only my temper is working." (The key word has been replaced due to censorship on this resource).

Week 6. I decided to go to the Treasury because I had a lot of troops. But the Treasury was on sand, and 1 (one!) cow killed 1 of my bears with its gaze, and that was a low blow. At that point, I realized that the game was starting to go in a direction I didn't want it to. In the end, I found the game so repulsive that I vomited right on the keyboard. After barely cleaning the remnants of my half-digested lunch off the "Tab" and "G" keys, I typed "gg" and left.

Thanks for the game!

22.12.2012 darkello (Red, Castle, valeska, valeska) def SeniorPomidor(Blue,Citadel, gurni, gurni) 2sm4d(3),225
The game dragged on, so don't ask... my opponent surrendered, and judging by how things were developing for me, it was the right decision.
Thanks for the game.

In group D, not a single game has been played. Gentlemen, you were all so eager to join the tournament, and what do I see now? If you don't want to play — I'm waiting for private messages on ICQ, I have plenty of people for replacements.

Not even a week has passed,

Moderated: OFFTOPIC in message

and there's already panic here, and you're not even following the progress. Hold your horses with such criticism.

Added after 4 hours 56 minutes
Group D 22.12.2012 JustObserver (red, Castle, Caitlin, Vistan) def gg.Snake (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti), 2sm4d(3), 217

Week 1

Vistan in the tavern with 3 stacks + a few archers from the castle, roads lead from the castle in all directions, one of them leads to a swamp secondary, I plan to mass a lizard stack. Further scouting reveals another swamp secondary (and in the end all three turned out to be swamp), so I decide not to build up the castle at all.

At the first swamp respawn from the watchtower I see 2 conservatories and both exits to the treasure zone, I put flies on speed-up, upgrade lizards and build wyverns in the citadel. The run to the second swamp is longer; in the end I build wyverns there, not many goodies.

Week 2

I check the nearest conservatory - a two, gather all troops - 8 wyverns, 50 lizards (never upgraded), 30 marksmen, 50 pikemen and go in. Naturally, I get beaten like a little girl there, only expert armor keeps a few marksmen, 20 lizards, and 40 pikemen alive. Frustrated, I go to hit the second conservatory, with upgraded lizards and the remnants of pikemen, I enter carelessly - turns out it's also a two, only 2 angels survive. Vistan with expert pathfinding goes to break the treasure zone on the rocks and immediately sacrifices one angel for breaking a gold sack.

Week 3

Vistan runs around the rocks with 3 angels and tries to freeload something until he runs into a couple of hives, picks up the growth, the hives are gathered, total wyverns 18, a gold mine is captured, construction of angels at home begins + a third swamp secondary is found (a couple of steps short to capture it). Vistan with expert logistics and attack starts leveling air magic.

Week 4

I enter the Inferno treasure zone, where I'm immediately greeted by 100+ storm elementals for a pandora's box (20 crusaders) and 50+ griffins for a +6 shield. A delivery arrives, and then - an angel external dwelling, a hive (6), pandora's boxes for experience guarded by gorgons and genies, 20 fanatics for cyclopes, a conservatory one, 4th level magic and a library for Rust Dragons, a sword of justice for titans, a couple more experience pandora's boxes with experience-guards and at the end a Dragon Utopia two with a red orb and a book of fire, a book of air for arch devils and an angel external dwelling in the very corner. Dwarves everywhere in the citadel, angels in the castle, income 5700, time to upgrade arch devils.

Week 5

By 214 I finish doing all of the above. Then, I gather all the forces in the castle (6 arch devils, 4 angels, 38 dwarves, and about 50 gnolls for meat, everything else sits in the castle and doesn't understand why it's needed in this game at all) and on fly I move into the treasure zone, where the opponent is roaming. I kill a scout weakling, take the hive, hit the maximum Dragon Utopia (helmet and necklace +9 to all stats) and go to finish upgrading the arch devils. The opponent sees all this and understands the hopelessness of his position, types gg and exits. Thanks for the game.

It hasn't even been a week, and there's already panic, and you're not even following the progress. Hold your horses with such criticism.

Firstly, exactly one week has passed, and secondly, there is a tournament thread where I follow the events and "progress," but I haven't seen any of that from you... just as I haven't seen it from other players in the group.

Moderated: OFF-TOPIC in message

Don't you think the aggression is coming from your message? For the future, I strongly advise you to think before you write, otherwise you might start complaining about biased treatment.

24.12.2012 Egor Korobeynikov(flax,luna,luna) def pofigu(ramp,ivor,ivor) 2sm4d(3) 147
Thanks for the game! Drop the saves on my email by the way!)

24.12.2012 Egor Korobeinikov(flax,luna,luna) def pofigu(ramp,ivor,ivor) 2sm4d(3) 147
OP took a couple-3 rests. I took 1 because the roads were slow, little army, little money, and also I bottled it.
111 bought heroes, built Mage Guild, gathered gold, fought with mobs. Luna came and the Griffin Conservatory was built. The respawn was chocolate, but something didn't feel right to me.
112 all the same. Interesting part: killed 10-19 gr flies with Meteor Shower, and with the army from the 3rd hero, for the dwelling of air elementals.
113 many heroes, lots of money, everything is vibrant — this was already at 111...
114 Broke the passage to the secondary with 80 marksmen + with Griffin Conservatory. They shot at the air elementals...
Though I took 10 gremlins, 2 stacks, and 10 sprites. Entered the secondary — there the treasure zone guard was 50-99 riders, decided not to mess with it. Out of 16 air elementals, 11 remained.
115 I notice there is no stone at 114, I even noticed it. And I decide to build a Citadel on 115, but build nothing on 116...)
Didn't go anywhere because the blocks were unpleasant, and the respawn was not bad.
121-2 With all this, Luna was leveling magnificently. Got Earth magic. At 121, Luna with stats 9 0 9 5 (by 122, the kill count was already 12). On the 1st, I burn 9 gr Black Knights, stand on the dwelling of monks.
124 I finish leveling Earth magic, and with the upgraded water elementals and gremlins from 121 and 122, I go into the Conservatory 3-4. The water elementals can't escape from the griffins. In short, I sat there having a laugh... Good thing nobody saw. By the way, the kill count was 12, and the wall dealt 17 damage to 2 = 340 and 340, 680. A little short to burn them with 1-stacks. Although I went into Conservatory 3-4 without knowing and charged with my whole army: 20 air elementals, 18 water elementals, and 4 monks. The griffins made the 1st upgraded stack look foolish)).
125-7 I go to the secondary where the wolves are and take the town + Conservatory (yay, a 1-stack, just what I needed, really rejoiced!!!)
127 I realize the army is nothing special. I have resources for Mage Guild level 4, but I decide to do a full trade and build birds. Left a little bit of sulfur and crystals.
131 In the treasure zone (well, where the wolves were)
131-134. I break 5 stacks of 18 gr liches, for a Pandora's Box. Guess what's inside?
I break 100+ eyes for a prison, lose the bird. I break 20-49 nagas (rushed it, lost the angel, and they were 3 again like musketeers). The nagas were 35-37 — 5 stacks of 7, a pair of 8 maybe, no, in the upgraded version there were 7. By the way, the nagas were guarding КО.
135 I break in, duplicate mana (Luna: Wisdom, Fire, Earth, Logistics, Water, Intelligence, all expert).
135 I'm standing at ГО
136 I break ГО with 7 fairy dragons and the 1st bird. I run in the wrong direction, i.e., not toward the capital, though I ran correctly.
137 I approach the main OP's town, take it.
141 I take the main OP's town. I go for his second castle.
My army: 3 angels, 1 rusty (from Pandora's Box), 1 bird + 4 brought in.
141-144 I took the OP's 2nd town. Scouted his respawn. Called him into the treasure zone, returned his town. By the way, Conflux with birds!!!!
145 OP flies in from the treasure zone and stands at my main town. I have a Chain, I have money, but I make a mistake and perform extra actions with the hero, have to buy another one, and I realize I can't break through with Luna and recapture the main town. And there, nothing is bought except birds and monks.
146 OP takes my main town and flies away.
147 I recapture it back with the birds and run after him.
Picture in oil: Luna stats
14 10 14 9 army: 1 bird, 1 bird, 1 bird, 1 bird, 1 bird.
Ivor 17 17 10 10 army: 9 fanatics, 3 angels, 9 water elementals, bird, 3 angels, 3 angels, and someone else.
FB I thought he either had Shackles or Cloak since he attacked. I feared Mass Haste and him cutting down all the birds except 1.
He waits with a bird. I cast Armageddon, everything dies except the bird.
Haven't played SM for a long time... plus the trick with the stone + I was rushing and playing. Next time on Tuesday I'll be able to play, I think.

Thanks for the game! Throw the saves to my email, by the way!)