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I already messaged you through your friend that I can only play via GameRanger or TeamViewer. I can play today (I'll try to be online all day). It's currently 8:05 AM.

P.S. Again, if someone can help with installing and setting up Hamachi, I'm ready to try again (for the 10th time), maybe something needs to be changed in the router settings. In return, I'm ready to help with installing GameRanger or TeamViewer and setting up the connection for it.
P.P.S. I think I've solved the Hamachi problem, so when you're ready, message me on ICQ and we'll try it through that.

I dedicated two whole days to the game... you weren't there... today I didn't have the opportunity to play...
I'll try to be available tomorrow (01/09/2013) from 8:00 AM Moscow time. I won't have any more opportunities to play in the coming days...

I dedicated two whole days to the heroes... you weren't there... today I didn't have the opportunity to play...
I'll try to be available tomorrow (09.01.2013) from 8:00 AM Moscow time. I won't have any more opportunities to play in the coming days...

Sorry, I couldn't find how to hide the correspondence under a spoiler (there's nothing confidential in it).

Marmanov (02:15:41 6/01/2013)
Offline message (23:12:29 5/01/2013)
Hello.

Marmanov (02:15:41 6/01/2013)
Offline message (23:12:46 5/01/2013)
I hope I got it right.

Marmanov (02:15:41 6/01/2013)
Offline message (23:13:04 5/01/2013)
Outlow asked to contact him regarding the tournament.

samurai@sibmail.com (02:15:55 6/01/2013)
Hello

samurai@sibmail.com (02:16:52 6/01/2013)
I can play tomorrow.

Marmanov (02:18:50 6/01/2013)
I'll write to him now.

Marmanov (23:49:16 6/01/2013)
Offline message (17:33:05 6/01/2013)
OUTLAW_02, password 098.

Marmanov (23:49:16 6/01/2013)
Offline message (17:33:19 6/01/2013)
Contact him in this network.

Marmanov (23:49:16 6/01/2013)
Offline message (17:33:41 6/01/2013)
This is the Hamachi network.

samurai@sibmail.com (23:51:02 6/01/2013)
I don't have Hamachi.

samurai@sibmail.com (23:51:16 6/01/2013)
Only GR or TV.

samurai@sibmail.com (00:05:56 7/01/2013)
Tell him or tell me how I can contact him...

Marmanov (00:06:04 7/01/2013)
I wrote to him, he's not responding yet.

Marmanov (00:06:12 7/01/2013)
He doesn't have ICQ.

samurai@sibmail.com (00:06:16 7/01/2013)
What about Skype?

Marmanov (00:06:22 7/01/2013)
I'll ask.

Marmanov (00:06:30 7/01/2013)
Give me yours.

samurai@sibmail.com (00:06:37 7/01/2013)
hedgehogtsk

Marmanov (00:06:45 7/01/2013)
Okay.

samurai@sibmail.com (03:48:38 9/01/2013)
Hey, is Outlaw online?

Marmanov (03:49:05 9/01/2013)
Hello, no.

Basically, I don't know how to contact a person who doesn't have Skype or ICQ. Yesterday, I sat at the computer from 8 AM to 9 PM, including being online in Hamachi from 5 PM, because I finally managed to set it up correctly.
In general, the correspondence shows that he also logged in at 3 AM - he checked.
Outlaw wrote to me around 10 PM, stayed online for an hour, and left... before that, you weren't online in the Hamachi network.

Medium_HP (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Piterius (red, Castle, Valeska, Valeska), 135, SoD, 8mm6a

We got a big respawn with a long exit, 2 Griffin Conservatories and a Dragon Fly Hive, at the entrance to the computer there’s a block and 2 Dragon Fly Hives are visible, snipers in the center, built 1-4, 6 with Castle. On 121 checked the first Conservatory, 3-4, a full buyout with upgrades expected in 2 days, decided to start with the other Conservatory, on 123 took the triple, but it seriously battered me, decided to run for the Dragon Fly Hive before the second Conservatory, it’s deep in the swamp, wasted time, took the second Conservatory only on 127. Then it went a bit faster, on 132 Dragon Fly Hive and the computer’s castle, on 133 Conservatory 3 and another Dragon Fly Hive, Tazik in front of the snipers at the entrance to the center, angels went home to take the shield +3+3 for the mage horde. On 134 in the center a Dragon Fly Hive and a naga bank, 2 lifts are cleared, behind each, unbroken teleports are visible nearby, the edge of a third lift is also revealed and there’s another road into the darkness, apparently leading to a village. In short, a bunch of directions, I probably would have had to wander around some more to get my bearings, but while viewing the reds’ next turn, a flicker is visible on the edge of the darkness near the third lift, in the tavern the reds have a scout hero and minimal money, Tazik has expert logistics, a scout, and stables, decided to run there and catch the reds’ money bag. It worked out.

Thanks for the game.

01/02/13 KobRa_RR (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def. Mizrael (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Shakti) at JC on 124 SoD Didn't go very well, to put it mildly. When I saw Kyrre running around in the desert and taking the fifth-level artifact, I realized it was already a lost cause. Thanks for the game.

10.01.13 RozenKran (blue, flux, craghack) def OUTLAW (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 8mm6a, 135

We played for 3.5 weeks; Crag was maxed out and had a Utopia that provided a Teapot, Knowledge Orb, and Knowledge Scroll... but the opponent couldn't continue the game due to a lack of time, unfortunately. Thank you for the game and the time.

Medium_HP (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Piterius (red, castle, Valeska, Valeska), 135, SoD, 8мм6а

Confirmed. Thanks for the game.

01/10/13 RozenKran (blue, flux, craghack) def OUTLAW (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 8mm6a, 135

We played for 3.5 weeks. Crag was in his max utopia, where he could get a Teapot, CO, and CZ... but the opponent couldn't continue the game due to lack of time, unfortunately. Thank you for the game and the time.

Confirmed. In his max utopia, he had a blue cap, and at home, he placed a GM5 with an explosion. Kyrre had Pathfinder and, accordingly, a Log - the whole game was ahead, but real life once again didn't allow us to finish properly...
Thank you for the game! Good luck in the remaining games!

Excellent, we've closed the tournament.

Just a reminder for the pairs:

Maretti - GoD
Tiamath - bRitvo4kA
Captain - RozenKran
Pit for LM - twaryna
BlooDy)DriVeR - Medium_HP

Deadline - January 21st.

12.01.13 RozenKran (blue, flux, Shakti) def Captain (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) balance, 127

We started without restarts. Shakti came immediately with 3 stacks and Luna. The 2nd level is built. An external dwelling of Air elementals is glowing behind the archers.
For the entire first week, I saved money for birds in the Citadel and eventually bought them with my last coins.

On the 2nd [week], 3 marketplaces, full exchange, and Shakti with 5 birds first into the Naga bank, then towards the Inferno secondary hero - a Griffin Conservatory is glowing there. Around turn 125, I took the 2nd-tier Griffin Conservatory; Shakti is leveling well - got Earth magic and Logistics. We split and head home, then to the enemy's 40 Efreets with Gold Golems. Slow works - 4 fake losses. Then in the same manner, I beat a bunch of blocks in the pre-Treasure zone - Shakti gains about level 3 just from guards.
Meanwhile, the opponent is spotted on their adjacent zone taking a Griffin Conservatory. There were 2 options: replenish mana at the Necro center and go for the opponent's 40 Diamond Golems or go into an unexplored Treasure zone without mana and without Pathfinding. I decided to replenish mana.
On the opponent's turn, I see that he took the Conservatory and transferred everything to the noob who captured the central Castle.
127 Shakti catches the noob without a spell book with all [my] power - after Oil and several rounds, a surrender follows.

Thanks for the game.

12.01.13 RozenKran (blue, flux, Shakti) def Captain (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) balance, 127

We started without restarts. Shakti came immediately with 3 stacks and Luna. The 2nd level is built. An external dwelling of air elementals is visible beyond the archers.
All of the first week I was scraping together gold for birds at the Citadel and finally built them with the last money.

On the 2nd week, 3 marketplaces with full exchange, and Shakti with 5 birds first into a naga bank, then towards an Inferno secondary hero — a Griffin Conservatory is visible there. Around turn 125 I captured the 2nd Conservatory, Shakti levels up well — earth and logistics expert were given. We split up and return home, then hit 40 efreeti with GS on the enemy's GO. Slow carries the day — only 4 faerie losses. Then in the same manner I smash a bunch of blockers in the pre-Treasure — Shakti gains about level 3 just from the guards.
Meanwhile, the opponent is spotted in his adjacent zone taking a Conservatory. There were 2 options: refill mana at the Necromancer center and go for the opponent's GO (100 diamonds) or head into the unexplored Treasure zone without mana and without Pathfinding. I decided to refill mana.
On the opponent's turn I see he has taken the Conservatory and passed everything to the noob who captured the central Castle.
127 Shakti catches the noob without a spell book with all his might — after oil and several rounds comes the surrender.

Thanks for the game.

Confirmed. I had 7 angels on the 2nd week, didn't think the opponent on balance would get birds on the 1st week. I had only one crypt and that's it — I was looking for gold every day.
Thanks for the game.

14.01.13 numOne (blue, Inferno, Calh, Shakti) lose RozenKran (red, Conflux, Erdamon, Monere), 2SM4d(3), 141

Although I lost due to total SM bias, I did enjoy playing.
After 1 restart, I spawned in the basement; gogs were not built as always, but an external dwelling of devils was revealed, an easy guard 2/2 and 3 roads, Shakti arrived. I thought for a long time about whether to take a restart or not, and in the end decided to play, even though I realized it would be a survival game, because the passages are narrow and money is scarce. I visited the +1000 stone and camped before the guard (20+ flies). In general, as practice shows, Inferno on SM spawns in the basement roughly 7 times out of 10, and the layouts are often completely unplayable, so it's better to take something rather than end up with nothing.
I scouted around — there is a Dwarf Cottage, a Dragon Fly Hive, a Griffin Conservatory (level 2). Shakti is right near the passage to the secondary dungeon in the basement (devils + portal — some plans are already starting to form in my head :)). The second road is guarded by 50+ orcs, leading to the upper exit — overall not bad. I took all this by the middle of the second week (including a secondary Castle town). Shakti with Loga and Earth magic, and after the vortex with 80 mana, he heads to the treasure zone. The roads were slow, so the pace wasn't very high. On 127, Shakti bursts into the treasure zone, full of hope, but... starting the next day and until the end of the week, my chances of victory begin to melt away with every second.
On 131, the opponent reveals Monere (before that, Necropolis heroes with low stats were in the tavern; I thought he was leveling them) with stats around 15-20 :smile11: , meaning the Dragon Utopia has already fallen, meaning there is meat and expect visitors until the end of the week. I cleared my own sizable treasure zone, laid out in a Z shape, but among the worthwhile finds I only got 4 boxes (2 experience and 2 magic — levels 3 and 5), the Book of Air, and an external dwelling of red dragons. There was also a Gladius and a Sphere of Earth behind the Crystal creatures, but I was afraid to go in without a proper stack. There wasn't a single Dragon Fly Hive, and all the Dragon Utopias ended up on the opponent's side (4 pieces on the lava treasure zone). Monere with wings, 32 ducks, 8 birds, 6 angels, full-growth psychos (+external dwelling) plus chaff, takes my capital and runs off to another treasure zone.
I break into a Castle, and from there, through the stable, I head to the treasure zone on the rocks (I have Expert Pathfinding), but on the same turn I am caught by Monere, now with 50+ ducks and other accumulated growth.
The autopsy showed it was simply no chance — there were hives and Dragon Utopias all clustered together in one treasure zone, the Helm + Shield of the All, a level 5 Helm, Boots, and much more. The opponent played strongly, I must note, and he claims to be relatively a beginner. :smile42:

Thanks for the game! GL further.

14.01.13 RozenKran (red, flux, moner) def numOne (blue, inferno, Kalh, Shakti), 2sm4d(3), 141

I don't remember what happened with the restarts, I think no one took them.

111 Day 2 isn't built out, only 5 air elementals, but moner arrives, Tazar, and even a free ballista. I immediately hit 20-49 gr. dwarves (about 30 of them), who block part of the spawn. I decided to save and not give up the gnolls, as a result I lose half my fairies :(
I spread out to 6 heroes, scout the Griffin Conservatory, the external dwelling of psychics, and the chain +4. Tazar runs deep down one of the paths, moner is near the castle on +1sp.
112 Tazar runs further and runs into a GO guarded by 50-99 gr. Efreeti protecting the underground. Moner and a makeshift chain stretch out along the other path. We find a necklace of +1 speed and a Dragon Fly Hive. The guard of the adjacent zone is 20-49 gr. wolves. As for money, it's not clear yet; there seems to be a lot of free stuff lying around, but I've scouted few cash buildings.
113 We take the necklace behind the dwarves and the wolves. The meat made of gnolls and fairies got battered down to ones, oh well :p. I scouted another Griffin Conservatory on the spawn. I realize that the birds will fit perfectly money-wise, the free scouts have collected a whole 8k.
114 There's a lot of free stuff, but behind the tier 1 guards deeper in the spawn there's even more, I want a second front, but nothing to do it with yet, and no decent mages either.
Moner is still running along a veeeery long road towards the Rampart secondary, finds 2 experience pillars nearby - a small but pleasant thing :) , but nonetheless we should manage to bring everything to the external dwelling of psychics by 117.
115 We capture the Rampart secondary, buy a hero there and run to scout.
116 We turn the chain to take the external dwelling of psychics, moner is also returning on foot, I don't see the point of splitting yet.
117 Tazar with the birds breaks through the guard of the external dwelling of psychics and runs up to reclaim gold, and the noob automatically clicks to buy the psychics from the unreclaimed dwelling - he goofed :confused:, thank goodness Tazar managed to buy them, but now he'll have to return to the castle himself...
121 With trading at 2 marketplaces, we have just enough to buy up the birds and psychics. Moner reclaims the chain +4, the scout hero takes a crypt.
122 Tazar takes 3 psychics to reclaim some gold deeper in the spawn. The scout hero reclaims a Dimension Door scroll :eek: . Moner stays the night next to the Hive. A small chain is built to the treasure zone.
123 Tazar scouts fetters on the spawn. Moner takes a Hive for 8, splits up and runs towards the treasure zone, stays the night next to 20-49 gr. Dendroids guarding a Pandora's Box.
124 Taz scouts another Griffin Conservatory on the spawn, the 3rd already. Moner is still before the entrance to the treasure zone, ran to a nearby well to replenish mana.
125 In the treasure zone we take a Hive for 12 and reclaim a +5 shield.
We freed Isra level 10 from a prison.
126 We scout a Dragon Utopia and 2 Hives. We take one for 6 dragons. Finally they give Earth magic to moner. A very long chain is built back home for supply transport to take the Dragon Utopia on 131.
127 Another Hive for 6. We free Clavius level 10, with Logistics. The chain should come together. Moner leveled up Earth magic.
131 We brought growth and captured the Rampart meat. The +1 necklace gives the birds first move, immediately Mass Shield and the level 3 Dragon Utopia fell without problems. It gave divine items: a chalice, a +4 all stats shield, and the Helm of the Seer. We scouted another Dragon Fly Hive and a Dragon Utopia.
132 Moner takes the 2nd Dragon Utopia, a level 1 one, goofed on the last black dragon and put the air elementals in position to get burned, the 20 stack endured it from the birds :(. Mona splits up to go home on the last move, having first left wings for the noob to make sure everything would work out. As it turned out later, it was probably a mistaken split; I didn't expect the treasure zone would continue to surprise so much. The scout hero takes a mini Hive, a chain home is set up.
133 The meat arrived safely, moner with wings takes a level 3 Griffin Conservatory, the fetters, and stays the night next to another Griffin Conservatory.
134 I take the remaining Griffin Conservatories, 2+1. I'm being stupid.
135 Too afraid to break through the gr. Efreeti, but couldn't think of anything else.
But I learned a lot of new things about these vile creatures. Turns out they respond to the psychics with their Fire Shield, and both of them at the same time. And Anti-Magic doesn't help against Fire Shield, well, the experience, though bitter, will come in handy. The second GO with 20-49 Michaels I decided not to hit, maybe I should have... Dimensional Door and we stand next to the opponent's capital. By the way, the noob spots 2 more Dragon Utopias in that same treasure zone, well, nothing can be done about it.
136 We capture a castle from a couple of Gremlins and a trio of Efreeti, and finally get our first look into the opponent's Mage Guild. The view of the map with Earth magic also doesn't make it particularly clear where the miner is wandering, but I see the position of the treasure zone nearby. So Dimensional Door there. Scouts scatter along the paths from the opponent's capital.
137 I take a Pandora's Box for 25 Evil Eyes and experience I think, another Dragon Fly Hive, and Dimensional Door on the remaining movement points to the second one. And there it's crazy - a Book of Earth.
The opponent's scout hero Dimmer runs towards the opponent's secondary.
141 We take the Dragon Fly Hive and the Book of Earth guarded by 90 Cyclopes, they kill a bird and a dragon, but it was worth it; on the remaining movement points we scout the treasure zone as much as possible and fly to our capital to replenish mana.
142 On his turn, the opponent kills Dimmer, but he did his dirty deed (blinded an angel!) and scouted a decent chunk of the secondary. Accordingly, we spot the movements of Shakti, who rushes into the treasure zone. On my turn, moner with 3500 movement points (pepper from Dragon Utopia, boots from the market, and Expert Logistics) Town Portals first to the opponent's capital, then Dimensional Door and on wings we fly on the last movement points right to Shakti, on the attack.
Thanks for the game and it's pleasant that you rated my level of play so highly, very flattering =) I only play on HeroesWorld, except for a couple dozen games with not very strong opponents in fun games.

19.1.2013: twaryna (red, Hive, Tazar, Tazar) def Pit for LM (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Tamika) 126 Jebus Cross

We used all the rest points. It looked average at first glance: a monk block on one road, 5 heroes on day one, a poor spread of mines. But then it went smoothly. I took the gold mine, a Castle village, and started scouting. Tazar got Pathfinding. On 114, first Dragon Fly Hive with 6 Wyverns. On 115, Dragon Fly Hive with 8 Wyverns, shield +3+3, I break through the monks. On 116, I break through a prison — Zabarckas lvl 30 (probably an HD mod bug), Dragon Fly Hive with 4 Wyverns. 117 another Dragon Fly Hive. In total 32 Wyverns. External dwelling of Hydras. Hydras in the Castle. At the start of the second week, 3 more Dragon Fly Hives. Dragon Utopia at home on 123, gave great loot: Chalice, Gladius, Boots. Exit on 124. Immediately 2 Dragon Fly Hives, Dragon Utopia (gave Wings and Jacket +10) another Dragon Fly Hive. 125 I take the central Tower, another useless Dragon Utopia. On 125 I set up a lookout, I see the opponent, I see a red orb, Jacket +4+4, Shield +12. I take all that loot and run to the opponent. Taz 28, 36, 13, 13. Armorer, Pathfinding, Wisdom, Earth Magic, Tactics, Logistics, Sorcery. Army: 67 Wyvern Monarchs. The opponent breaks against me. On 126 I take the central Swamp and catch up to Tamika. GG. Thanks for the game!

I watched your game, well done guys, it's a good game, and there was a very interesting moment - Pit collected the cursed armor)).

Twaryna, excellent implementation of his respawn point.

It's a pity that Pit didn't have much luck on all the respawn points after the restarts yesterday; they clearly weren't Dungeon maps.

19.1.2013: twaryna (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Pit for LM (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Tamika) 126 Jebus Cross

Didn't work out.
First, I had bad luck with the map generation – I thought I was playing against Rampart and built a Jebus.
Then, out of 7 generations, 5 were completely uninteresting. The last two were decent, I got one, and in the second, my opponent had everything too good.
111 - 3 stacks at the start, Kreg with wolves and goblins. The castle has a stable, which is very convenient. 7 heroes. Found a hidden stash of Monticore, Pandora behind a group of gargoyles, and a Potion of Blood.
112 - found a hidden stash of Monticore and another Pandora.
113 - found boots, a second hidden stash of Monticore. Took the Inferno town. The generation was bad, the second one is somewhere off-road.
114 - Tamika ate Pandora, got 10k experience, a log, and wisdom. Found a second Hive.
115 - took a +3 sword. A +2 helmet was given at the start, a +2 armor is at the castle. Only need to find a shield.
116 - the shield was found, but very far away. Took a refugee camp, there are gnolls.
117 - Pandora has 30 harpies, the Hive has 4 wyverns.
121 - I go to the stable, build a chain, took two Medusa huts. In the refugee camp, I got phoenixes. Kreg takes a couple of crypts with them in a quick battle, including the max one.
122 - the boots were taken, the gnome is at 20, Pandora is at 10k. Tamika got Air for Haste and Tactics.
123 - Shakti takes the Ribs, in Pandora I get another 30 harpies, Tamika is defeated, doubles her mana, and runs to the Gate of Oblivion. The army is moving in a chain towards the shield, but doesn't make it, as Kreg buys it at the market. The armor is collected, I decide to get another hidden stash of Monticore, but I find a hidden stash of Monticore nearby – I decide that wyverns are more important.
124 - I finish the 2 hidden stashes of Monticore, total – 16 wyverns. I attack the Gate of Oblivion with a rush – giants with a group stack. I enter the desert, take Angel Wings, take a couple of Pandoras for experience. The path was generated poorly, it immediately goes to a grassy respawn. I look in the tavern and realize that the main hero is Tazar 27, 18, 19, 7, and I have no magic, no troops, no stats – even with the armor, the battles are very difficult.
125 - I desperately go to Utopia, lose a lot of troops, get mega-junk. Tazar becomes even stronger.
126 - I take Pandora with 3 titans, try to run to the grass, but Tazar decides not to drag it out and covers me with a horde of wyverns.
Thank you for the game.