Posts from [2x2 Tournament] Resurrection

There are some very interesting ideas for the next tournament, haha. 2 wariator, Saturday is perfect, I think it will suit everyone. P.S. When you play 250k hands a month, the word "poker" alone starts to give you a headache.

Thank you for the games; it turned out to be quite exciting... the format is exceptionally successful and spectacular, and this has already been noted by many players. I'm looking forward to interesting finals; I bought a large plasma screen and will be watching :D
P.S. It's especially interesting when there's a live stream from all 4 players!

Since so many players have noted how successful it was, I hope many of them will participate. A very interesting format has been devised for the next tournament. What is it? It's a secret for now.

Comrades, today is the day when it is highly desirable to play the 1/4 finals, so that if it is not possible to finish everything in one go, you can continue on the next weekend without forcing yourselves into a real-time schedule!

Kostya will be working until this evening! We should be ready to play in the evening; I think we can finish it in one go!

Friends, today is the day when it is highly desirable to play the quarter-finals, so that if it is not possible to finish in one go, you can continue on the next weekend without forcing yourself into a real-time schedule!

We have a game preliminarily scheduled for next week.

it might be necessary to extend the round limits due to the inability of two (or more) players to complete their games within the allotted time. After all, forcing players to rush their tech choices in the playoffs is not ideal.

Let's get together this evening and finish the game!

07.04.13
Redwhait HP (Griffin Conservatory, Luna) + StickyFingaz (Dungeon, Shakti) def Rebellious(Rampart, Kyrre) + CJIOHuK (Tavern, Iona) Jebus 121

It took a very long time to find a suitable time, but we finally did, and a rather interesting game ensued.
We immediately got a chocolate drop in the form of a Tome of Fire behind the Black Knights + a bunch of various goodies for Luna and a couple of external dwellings from the reds near the miner.
Next round, I took +4 spell power and boots on 111, a Griffin Conservatory and a couple of Pandora's Boxes are visible, and that's it — even the Grail is unknown. Sticky has an empty box and 2 external dwellings from the reds, but that's all. It was a 50/50 situation, and we decided to take the rest anyway.
The decisive setup. I immediately found a large Griffin Conservatory 3/4 and a Tome for 50-99 gr. Dwarves :D. With Luna, I took out thieves for a Dragon Fly Hive and Gargoyles, around 56 for a Pandora's Box with 30 Water Elementals and a 3rd level shrine, that's all, and only 4 heroes.
On 111, Sticky found an external dwelling of Dragons, 3 Dragon Fly Hives, and a couple of Pandora's Boxes. The first one was empty again.

112 I, having given away all 12 Air Elementals, take a Dragon Fly Hive with 6 Wyverns and after that, I take out 63 Lizardmen for a Sword +6, they merged into one stack and it cost me a few fairies. Grail 20-49 Death Knights.
Sticky took the external Dragon dwelling, scouted the area, revealing 3 Pandora's Boxes + 2 Speeds and a Dragon Fly Hive for Dwarves and a Griffin Conservatory. Scout heroes in another direction discovered a Pandora's Box and a Dwarf dwelling for Medusae and a Griffin Conservatory.

113 Grading Water Elementals and easily take out gr. Dwarves for a Tome:smile54: . That basically ended the day.
Sticky cast a Portal of Summoning and, with a couple of Dragons, was clearing everything on the quick. The Pandora's Box had 10k gold, and I even got a little cut. The Griffin Conservatory was also 3/4 with Attack.

114 In the prison, I pulled out a level 10 Wraith with advanced scouting and took an Earth booster.
Luna was defeated in the Dwarf dwelling and went to the Well with the Tome.
Sticky took a couple of Dragon Fly Hives (8+4), giving away all Troglodytes, and a Pandora's Box with 30 gr. Harpies. He checked the Griffin Conservatory — it's maxed.

115 I replenish my mana and get defeated. I head towards the Griffin Conservatory, a scout hero checked it — it's maxed. I have Blind, but without Curse it's tough. Kyrre pops into a level 1 shrine not far from the external Psychic dwelling and finds Curse there :smile54: . There's a backup hero who will pass it next turn.
Sticky took out the Dwarves for a Cloak and a Dragon Fly Hive, but didn't reach it.

116 I take the external Psychic dwelling with Kyrre and build and recruit in their town. I bring everything up and enter the Griffin Conservatory with 37 Frost Elementals, 6 Dwarves, 4 Psychics, Lizardmen, and Lizardman from the prison hero + a village of 5 Fire Elementals.
Mass Curse with the Tome takes out the Griffin Conservatory easily; I lost a couple of Psychics and some shooter dwellers. I gave away the Dwarves, Psychics, and Frost Elementals to the backup hero, and 4 Angels with the help of 2 Walls take out the Grail. I position myself next to 20+ Cyclopes with Attack to be able to get defeated into Sticky's village next turn; meanwhile, he brought 22 Dwarves to his Griffin Conservatory and some shooter dwellers. The scout hero moved forward to scout.

117 I move the army along the road; near Sticky's Grail there's also a Dungeon town.
Luna was defeated into the village and has an army of 22 Dwarves, 1+1 Evil Eyes, 1+1 gr. Harpies, 1 Harpy. I take a Griffin Conservatory, giving away a Dwarf and all the single units; I pass the army back to the scout hero standing nearby, and I get defeated into the Dungeon, where they promised to build a Mana Vortex :D.
Sticky on his turn takes out the Griffin Conservatory, and it's also maxed :smile54: .
After that, it's just quick clearing of the Grail, first from Archmagi and second from Trolls. I took the Dungeon, built the Guild there, and the miner finally bought himself a Tome :D. Then he took out Liches for a Pandora's Box with 30 gr. Serpents, took my army, and sat back in the town. In total, I ended up with 12 Angels, 25-30 Dwarves, 30+ Frost Elementals, 29 gr. Serpents. And the stats were quite impressive. Most importantly, I have Mass Dispel, and we're not afraid of anything anymore:D.
On 121, Kyrre breaks through their own Grail and attacks the miner in the town.
There are 27 Unicorns, a couple of Angels, a few Dwarves, and something else. When asked about Red Rush, they answer YES :D. The opponents refused auto-combat, and even with Red Rush, there was no chance in the battle, because the miner's stats were twice as strong, plus 12 Angels would give anyone a beating there.
Thanks everyone for the game!

07.04.13
Redwhait HP (conf, Luna) + StickyFingaz (dungeon, Shakti) def Rebellious (rampart, Kyrre) + CJIOHuK (tavern, Iona) Jebus 121

My Pandora's Boxes for experience turned out to be very far from the starting town, and 4 Dragon Fly Hives, a pair of cans (one double was taken, and the second in the corner of the map) and external horse dwellings (though 5 of them) are evenly scattered across a fairly large respawn, try gathering them all at once. The alternative to the Teapot - Titan's Helm - was captured but ended up lying on the ground :rolleyes: Forcing a push to 117 in the center would have given nothing (at ГО there's a horde of Efreeti or a horde of Thunderbirds), since the opponents have a direct mainline connection for quick unification, and Blue also has a town near the GO (while for me it's a day's march from the nearest town). CJIOHuK's situation was very grim overall, and geographically he was stuck in some kind of Antarctica :). The only decent thing was the Centaur in the refugee camp. Thanks for the game

KostyaN and wariator, shouldn't we finish our little game?

We could do it today, but there seems to be no variator available... How about tomorrow, in the afternoon or evening, if it becomes available?

I'm ready to continue playing!

So, has anyone made any progress? When are we going to finish the tournament?

I don't know about other matches, but we might be playing the first half of our match this Sunday.