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Palach (red, Rampart Ivor, Thorgrim) vs The_Mafia (blue, Inferno, Marius, Marius) 6lm10a 127
I was dealt a tiny respawn with an abundance of roads and 4 inconvenient AI opponents nearby based on location; the opponent had a peaceful nook. In week 1, Ivor was tenth, though they gave me a lot of things that weren't particularly useful; I opened about 7 different teleports and nearly 1\3 of the entire map. 1-6 in the Castle and a swamp in the fort where the Dragon Utopia is, and nearby the blue's swamp fort. I managed to successfully block the blues at the exit of their respawn, but didn't see much further perspective; the AI became completely brazen, so I moved away from the opponent. As a result, he left himself vulnerable as a fool on 127, and I rushed with all my might using Thorgrim through a bunch of chains and breaks, reaching him on the penultimate move. Right before that, it turned out one table had turned grey. There were 98 gr demons there! and others +2 angels. I had 20 Vivs, 20 Vaseys, and forest militia. The demons paid off—more accurately, 24; Maruska was on an angel in the Castle, I didn't reach her, and it was already very late anyway. After talking, we agreed to a draw.
Thanks for the game.

On turn 115 I come to guard my treasure zone, I see a stack of 50-99 Pegasi guarding an external dwelling of Phoenixes and resources. Nothing to be done, I have to fight. With great difficulty I took the external dwelling, lost all my Troglodytes

How many Troglodytes were there? Only 60 from Pandora? I would have chickened out, though it's VT, who knows :d

24.12.2012 ariputra (blue, swamp, Vistan, Vistan) def Nestor86 (red, castle, Turis, Zubin) 8mm6a 127 SoD

I took all my restarts, Nestor didn't take his

on the first turn Vistan leveled up Defense and got Earth magic, beat the shield +3, and went into the metro along a long winding road into the unknown, at home everything except hydras in the Citadel, no external dwellings

by turn 127 killed a necro comp with 2k, took a Griffin Conservatory lvl 1 next to it, further leveled up Earth magic, at home have hydras in the Castle, and was getting ready to break through and take two scouted Dragon Fly Hives, when the surrender followed, the opponent misjudged his strength, refused auto

thx for the game

25.12.2012 Kilgor(red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def hunter98(blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 6lm10a 213

We restarted.

First week.
The central respawn gave a screenshot, there is 1 external dwelling of dwarves, 1 Griffin Conservatory, and stables (also an external dwelling of unicorns that was never taken until the end of the game). I run to the castle, there are 7 elves. The army is melting. On 115 I can't reach the enemy castle. 116 I attack the enemy in a fort, I have 22 Centaurs, 3 Dendroid Soldiers, 7 Dwarves, and 7 Elves, Kyrre level 3. And there are 4 Swordsmen, 13 Archers, 3 Griffins, and 49! Pikemen, plus the enemy has Haste. In short, I barely escape with 6 Elves. And I attacked 50-99 Gnolls. There are 75 of them, and 4 morale checks sealed the deal. Only 4 heroes, but there are horses in the Citadel + their external dwelling, but for 50 Vampire Lords. 3 Griffin Conservatories are revealed.

Second week.
Griffin Conservatory is a level 2, the rest are big. I entered the treasure zone, took the Boots, took an external dwelling of horses in another treasure zone, crashed, and was one tile short of claiming the round external dwelling :( .

Third week.
Griffin Conservatories +3+3. I take the enemy's flask with built-up Birds, I take Dragon Utopia 1. It gave +6 all. I built the mage tower in Conflux, it's empty. I built Angels. Resources ran out.

Fourth week. +2 Dragon Utopias gave КВ, Kyrre got Air Magic exp. +1 Dragon Utopia empty, +Griffin Conservatory 3. Dragon Fly Hives are small fry. I go to the opponent.

Fifth week
Luna on Birds with 300 mana with 12 spell power and КО clears the distant treasure zone. On 211 Kyrre reaches the opponent's castle, recruits there, kills the horses. Kyrre with 2 Dimension Doors and 4k MP crushes everything. On 213 I run into Tazar, dominate in stats and also in magic. ГГ.

Thanks for the game.

=Stinger=(blue, Dungeon, Lorelei, Broghild)_def_Medium(red, Conflux, Monere) 8MM6a 142

I started playing this layout only because I got 2 heroes claiming the papacy and because of the Evil Eye external dwelling. On 111 I bought Broghild and Crag, who worked together until the end of the game and pulled it off.
On 112 I take the Evil Eye external dwelling, build a portal, discover that one of the roads is blocked by 10-19 champions. I don't take a restart for the reasons described above, although I regretted it later, because on top of everything else, Medium also had a double. On 113 I upgrade the Evil Eyes, Crag takes 60 gr. Troglodytes from Pandora's Box and Broghild runs along the second path, which is full of archers.
On 115 I reach the guard of my treasure zone, I see a block of 50-99 pegasi guarding a Phoenix external dwelling and resources. Nothing to do, I have to fight. With great difficulty I took the external dwelling, lost all the Troglodytes. 25 Evil Eyes and 26 Harpies remain. Broghild on a Phoenix runs up the path to capture a village, I prepare chains to pass everything back to Crag, who at that time was running around the stat boosters on the respawn, got Advanced Logistics, Earth Magic, and stood by the champions planning to fight them on 121.
Week results - 1-3 in the Citadel with a portal, all three levels upgraded.
On the respawn there's 1 Dragon Fly Hive and an Evil Eye external dwelling. Nothing in the treasure zone either. It's a whole week's run to the village. On 121 I buy troops, trade to the max, and fight the champions, breaking out into open space. There were 14 champions, I lost a few Troglodytes. Along the way: a stable, a +3 sword, a teleporter leading to another teleporter to the opponent, and most importantly - a Naga Bank, which is absolutely necessary.

122 I take the Naga Bank, max version I think, find shackles of war behind a Medusa pool, attack them with 3 phoenixes and 4 pixies, lose a phoenix to them, they kept freezing me. I run further along the path, decide not to touch the opponent yet, tempo is more important. I find a Griffin Conservatory - minimum. On 124 I run to the central village, capture it, smash Broghild into it, use him to jump into the teleporter at the village, a scout hero kills the red scout. Broghild stops at the hive in the adjacent zone, seems quiet. Army: 2 phoenixes, 1 angel, 35 harpies, 45 gr. Evil Eyes, 80 Troglodytes (Shakti came on 121)
They didn't attack. Next I take the tree, visit the library (which played a major role later), split my army. The scout heroes pass the army to Crag, and the boosted Crag runs along the second direction while Broghild stays overnight in the castle.
Crag first finds 1 Dragon Utopia, then a second one, also 2 Griffin Conservatories with 3 angels and 1 hive. Broghild rushes there too. Takes the first one - a bit of stats, at the start of the third week - the second one, with the Tome of Earth and Wings.
Both heroes are roughly equal in level and well-leveled up. All game I thought about who to make the main hero, since there aren't many hives on the map and Crag doesn't have Wisdom upgraded, unlike Broghild. On week 3 I start building level 5 every day. Meanwhile Crag runs around capturing villages/opponents, while Broghild, who learned Town Portal in the castle, flies around, hits Cyclops stockpiles, and collects resources for the level 5 building.
On the 5th try I build Dimension Door. At the same time I capture the opponent - a Swamp player. 141 I upgrade the Wyverns, which already number almost 70, and buy out. Watching the turn I see the red scout take a Conservatory on the respawn of the Swamp opponent I captured and jump to the teleporter that I revealed at the start of the second week while visiting the library. The tavern shows this same scout stayed with the power stack. Broghild has Town Portal, 2 DDs, a close passage to this teleporter, and the shackles. Well, in the end, if I can't reach him or make a mistake, I'll return home and Crag will continue moving with the power stack.
I jump into the teleporter, Expert Scouting immediately reveals the scout with a pack of angels and 20-49 gr. Psychic Elementals sitting in a village, and beneath him Monere was also sitting on an angel. GG.
Thanks for the game)

SoD group A

24.12.2012 Dima Surmay (red, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def MaxGor (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 8XM8a 134

Judging by the reports, HoMM 8 has managed to outdo his majesty Jebus Cross in terms of imbalance. One player is still farming week 3 while the opponent has been breaking Dragon Utopias in stacks since week 2..