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I loved the Swamp map the most before the online version. And Bron was my favorite hero. Ironically, I couldn't stand the Conflux back then, but now it's my favorite in the online version.

In the first battle, Twaryna would have won if he hadn't rushed in headfirst. Instead, he should have waited, killed the tent with an arrow, and then attacked the elves with angels. But it turned out pretty well anyway, because he ran into the muddy terrain where he got EVERYTHING... and then he just took care of the rest on his own.

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Well done. First, you spoiled the game's outcome, and then you write, "if anyone is interested, watch for 14 hours."

Thanks for the stream, it was a pleasure listening to comments from people with good diction.

There were a few questions during the stream about why things were done one way and not another.
1 The Griffin Conservatory under the Castle wasn't checked specifically because of the lack of mass slow. And without slow, breaking new Griffin Conservatories with 2nd-week armies is a risky business. Spending a day just to check them is an unaffordable luxury. I could have tried to max out Mephale's slow, but she was planned for the exit into the treasure zone (the one with Dragon Utopias) on 122-123 via another Griffin Conservatory. Who knew that treasure zone would be blocked by 50+ medusas. Perhaps it was worth risking a fight with them, but nearby there was another exit to 2 treasure zones, the contents of which you saw.

2 Vamps. An enticing idea, but very costly. And they are only relevant on the 2nd week, and even then there's a risk of getting wiped by some nags in a teleport.
If you noticed - there were extremely few crystals on the map, and I didn't want to sacrifice 10 when control was being actively built in the Castle.

And it's a bit disappointing that for the second time already on a mirror map I suffered because I revealed Dragon Utopias on the 1st week, while the opponent didn't reveal them and consequently didn't head towards them)
Although it's unknown which direction he would have headed without knowing about them.

But overall, well done for spending so much time and commenting until the very end.

I also have a request for those who know their stuff and wouldn't mind doing it: create a table based on the results, similar to a ranking showing where each player finished. It would be very interesting to see the statistics. Yes, I think players would also be interested in seeing "here I participated in the tournament and got this place."
It’s almost embarrassing to ask PITA, and the seasonal rating is more than enough…

The formula for calculating the rating:
(LOG10(N/m))*33,
where N is the number of participants in the tournament, m is the participant's placement.
In cases where the position was not determined, the best possible result is taken.
The player's rating for a series of tournaments is calculated as the sum of their ratings for all the tournaments they participated in.

Nagan 4 (c, Dungeon, Sepirothors, Orrin) def Sticky Fingas (k, Castle, Adelaide).
This game showed me how stupid I am.
Throughout the game, I felt like a homeless person because all the chests on my meager respawn had useless artifacts. It was hard to get the first coned and griffin without a stronghold, and the second castle without angels and a town hall. That's why I was so happy when I defeated the opponent's army. I was so happy that I turned off my brain until the end of the game... "What, he doesn't give up???" I was terribly confused, "Hmm, what is he counting on?" All the remaining time... When I came to my senses, it was too late. In short, this was my most shameful defeat... Thank you to my opponent for the game and the lessons - 1) don't relax even if you are confident in victory, 2) stop playing Heroes; this game is not for you...

Dirty_Player(Inferno, Octavia, Luna) vs AndreyALN(Fortress, Drakon, Drakon) 1_4_5 DRAW
I was born above ground, so I didn’t restart.
I freed Luna from prison. The opponent allowed me to level her up, thank you for that.
By week 3, I had 66 demons and went into Utopia.
I lost half of the demons but took the minimum.
They gave me Titan armor and junk.
The money somehow ran out quickly, so instead of Devils, I decided to build a 4th guild.
I scraped together resources and built one, hoping for Armageddon.
Of course, they didn't give me Armageddon there, but they gave me Sorrow and Chain Lightning.
I was furious and went into the Cyclops lair to build a 5th guild.
I lost a lot, but I built the guild.
They gave me an elemental of fire.
I climbed into the metro, captured the alchemist's laboratory, and set up camp there.
Suddenly, a Dragon descends and attacks without hesitation... He has 22 Wyverns, 5 Hydras, and other trash against my 5 Sultans.
I understand that there is no chance here; I want to buy him off, but... shackles of war did their job!
I thought it was all over... I look at his stats, and they are surprisingly lower than mine (apparently, there was nowhere to level up).
I summon elementals with all my mana (52 each time). The wyverns rush at the Efreet and kill them all. But the entire swamp squad lies under the relentless onslaught of fiery elements! Both heroes died, and we decided to agree on a draw because it was too lazy to start again...
Thank you to my opponent for the game! It was very nice to chat!

...and Pit appeared, and we decided to jointly hold the second tournament in this series with the motto: "Your favorite faction is being removed, but you still want to play it? Then come here!"

Choose a Castle. You need to choose a Castle to prove that your Castle is stronger; by choosing a Castle, you play with that Castle throughout the tournament.

...many strong players came to the forum, players from heroesportal actively joined, where many new faces also appeared, and heroes.by with its real community and unwillingness to play sm...

But this wasn't enough for a full-fledged tournament, so we introduced a true innovation for that time – THE BAN ON TEMPLATES.

Templates: 2sm4d(3) - 52 games, 8mm6 - 8, Panic - 4, balance - 2, Jebus - 1.