Posts from Nomination for "Player of the Year 2012"

mr fish, please enlighten us, who is DmitryAS?

Oh, another player.

Twaryna, definitely!
Let me explain why. Not just because he's the strongest player and performs wonders (although he plays very well), there's more to consider. Alexander has done much more for the game and its fans than Maretti and other champions. We need to consider the huge number of streams he's made, and not just playing silently, but commenting on everything. I was also impressed by his attitude towards newcomers; he genuinely helps beginners get acquainted with the game and offers advice. I especially remember when he won against a player with a low skill level, and when that player asked Twaryna to suggest how he could have played better, Sasha uploaded the save from the first turn and "live" replayed the situation for him. I'm sure few of you would do that. Huge respect to Alexander, you're great!

Twaryna, definitely!
I'll explain why. Not because he's the strongest player and performs miracles (although he plays very well), there's more to consider than that. Alexander has done much more for the game and its fans than Maretti and other champions. We need to consider the huge number of streams he's made, and not just playing silently, but commenting on everything. I was also impressed by his attitude towards newcomers; he really helps beginners get started and gives them advice. I especially remember the moment when he won against a player with a weak skill level, and when that player asked Twaryna to suggest how he could have played better, Sasha loaded the save from the first turn and "live" replayed the situation for him. I'm sure few of you would do that. Huge respect to Alexander, you're great!

and who are you?

Seriously, this is the first time I've seen you here!:smile35:

And you absolutely have to NOMINATE KOBRYCH! He's really good... he pulled off an incredible victory against me!

Twaryna, definitely!
Let me explain why. Not just because he's the strongest player and performs miracles (although he plays very well), but there's more to consider. Alexander has done much more for the game and its fans than Maretti and other champions. We need to consider the huge number of streams he's done, and not just playing silently, but commenting on everything. I was also impressed by his attitude towards newcomers; he genuinely helps beginners get acquainted with the game and offers advice. I especially remember when he won against a player with a weak skill level, and when that player asked Twaryna to suggest how he could have played better, Sasha loaded the save from the first turn and "live" replayed the game for him. I'm sure few of you would do that. Huge respect to Alexander, you're great!

But still, it's not really his style.

I remember about six months ago (actually, almost a year has passed)...
Preamble: How I ended up on Heroes & Might & Magic. My friend was watching Driver's streams. I decided to watch streams too (to keep up with my skills). While searching and learning, I really wanted to watch the game between Gomungulus-Marretti (as part of the tragic HeroesWorldCup 2012 tournament). So, I wrote to Vitaly, even though I didn't know him at all. I basically said that I really wanted to watch, and if it wasn't too much trouble, could he let me know when the game would be so I could tune in... I wrote to him several weeks in advance. Vitaly immediately said that he would let me know in advance (a few hours before the game) when he would be playing. They played while I had classes, so I watched the games in bits and pieces... But Vitaly warned me and gave me a link (I even re-streamed it, I remember).
Then, about two weeks after my first or second game, against someone I won't name, but it was a guy from Heroes & Might & Magic. I won, reached level 131, and attacked his opponent's stronghold at level 141 (he was planning to break into the stronghold at level 141...).
THE POINT! I told Vitaly that his opponent had a bad setup (a "jebuscross" - a difficult starting position) - half of the map was blocked by monks, and the angels were positioned awkwardly. I told him, "Vitaly, the setup was bad, he reached level 141, and you could have done it earlier." Vitaly sat down and quickly (maybe an hour or more) played that game, reached level 125. Then he gave me a link - showed me how to defeat the stronghold, showed what he did, where he went - explained everything. I barely knew him then, but he spent time on me! A top Heroes & Might & Magic player spent time on a person who had only played 1-2 games on the platform. And not just for an hour...