Posts from International Match Tournament 2013 (Rus v s French)

Coordinators:
• French side: M8mat (e-mail: m8mat[dog]hotmail.com)
• Russian side CTPAHHuK (e-mail: beermanru[dog]mail.ru)

Game version — Heroes IV Equilibris 3.51.

International Match Tournament 2013 is a series of games between Russian and French players. The number of games depends on the number of registered players.

For example, 5 Russian and 5 French players form 5 pairs. Each pair plays 2 games (a match and a rematch). A win gives 1 point. A loss gives 0 points. The winning side is determined by the highest number of points. A draw is also possible.

Each game is given 14 days. The entire match tournament is given 28 days.

The first tournament (2013) takes place on the Neutral Glade: Bizarro blitzkrieg (advance, 8 min).
Even-numbered tournaments (2014, 2016, 2018…) take place on French maps: the French side chooses the map.
Odd-numbered tournaments (2015, 2017, 2019…) take place on Russian maps: our side chooses the map.

REGISTERED PLAYERS
Russian side: Zubr, Shnurov, Havr, STRANNiK.
French side: Duranix, Jel, Joseywales and M8mat.

TOURNAMENT RULES

France - Russia 5:2

First games (on 05/10/13):
1. Havr (Haven) def Duranix (Necropolis) - 145.
2. CTPAHHuK (Necropolis) lose M8mat (Asylum) - 144.
3. Shnurov (Haven) lose Jel (Asylum) - 141
4. CTPAHHuK (Asylum) lose Joseywales (Haven) - 141.

Second games (on 05/10/13):
1. Havr (Haven) def Duranix (Stronghold) - 142.
2. Havr vs M8mat.
3. Shnurov (Academy) lose Jel (Preserve) - 145
4. CTPAHHuK (Necropolis) lose Joseywales (Necropolis) - 144.

TOURNAMENT DATES 2013:
March, 28th: player recruitment and posting of information.
March, 29th: publication of the results of pairing players.
March, 30th: start of the tournament.
April, 29th: completion of the tournament.

The goal of the tournament is to strengthen the gaming potential of the "Heroes of Might and Magic 4" communities.

Cool, huh? ))))))

International Match Tournament 2013 is a series of games between Russian and French players. The number of games depends on the number of registered players.

Isn't this the first one? Weren't there matches with the French before? Or is this a different system?

We're stocking up on beer and popcorn and waiting for the broadcasts. Good luck, guys! :smile13:

Guys! The pairings have been made. Matthew spoke first. He immediately asked who among us could adapt to his most busy player. I volunteered and was paired with Josey. I had the same question for Matthew, asking him to find the most available player for a match with Havr – there's about a 5-hour difference. Dudu was paired with Havr. Matthew chose the third pair: Shnurov - Jel. The fourth pair, Zybr - M8mat, formed on its own.

We can start the first games tomorrow! Good luck to everyone!

All the players are well-known. But if you need contacts, write, and I will publish them :)

Just in case, Matthew created a Hamachi network: 2013leagues (password: 2013).

Please let me know who has the English version of the game. Players with English versions will be the hosts. In principle, you can also agree with your opponents yourselves.

The players are all known. But if you need contacts, write, and I will publish them :)

Just in case, Matthew created a network in Hamachi: 2013leagues (password: 2013).

Some people know them, and some don't :)
In general, I logged into the network; if the opponent also manages to get in there, that's good, but their contacts won't hurt me in any case.

The fourth Zybr - M8mat team was formed independently.

I didn't quite understand the thesis about equal skill levels.

I somehow ended up in a Jela group... ))))

Added after 2 hours and 45 minutes
By the way, it's true – it's a Hamachi group for 5 people. I'm already the fourth.

My cat chewed through the cable. A technician will come in 3 days. I'm trying to learn how to recrimp the cable. Maybe I can do it myself faster.

My cat chewed through the cable.

:smile45: :smile52: :smile52: :smile52: :smile52: :smile52: :smile52:

Isn't this the first one? They used to compete against the French as well. Or is this a different system?

Indeed. That tournament was between two resources: Archangelcastle and Heroes League. It was called HLAC. Now, the same community is on their side, and on our side, there are players from different resources. That's why it's called France vs Russia. This is the first tournament of this kind.

Some know, some don't :)
Anyway, I checked the bracket; if the opponent also manages to get there, that's good, but his contacts won't hurt me in any case.

Here you go :) Duranix94 France — MSN and email: duranix94[dog]hotmail.fr

P.S.: Shnurov is amused, but I, having bought pliers, saved 50 rubles on calling a technician and gained invaluable experience in crimping cables :D

I added information about the current games (first round) to the first post, using blue color.

1 game: CTPAHHuK (Asylum) lose Joseywales (Haven) - 141.
Couldn't handle the layout. In the dead end of the random castle there was a Sorceress dwelling. I didn't look for strategies without Sorceresses. I fled the dead end to the main castle, and the recruited Sorceress caught up with me later. The Haven-Seer wrote to me that you shouldn't go to the dead end. I, being clever, didn't listen to him. And I went to the dead end one more time. After wasting considerable turns on the ill-fated dead end, at the moment of opening the lower wall on 141, I found myself 2 steps away from it with under-leveled and unhasted stables. All I needed was to slip past that wall, and in the coming days I would have gotten many Hydras and a couple of Megs from the stables. But Josey gave me no chance by attacking me on the same day.

I have 4 Hydras, 4 Chaos Hydras, and 10 Nightmares, which ultimately played into Josey's hands — he raised them and terrorized my Runner-Teleporter with them. Besides the Runner, I had a Tactician, a Disintegrator, and a Master Mage with Oil and Teleport.

He has 13+12 Angels, about 50 Crosses, and about 30 Horses. 26 lvl Commander, Priest Mage Guild, Runner-Priest Master.

In the final battle, I pull off a small miracle — by placing Misfortune with my Tactician on his Mage Guild Priest, I immediately burn him with my Disintegrator. The Mage pours Oil, and it becomes clear that his Runner-Priest only has targeted Exorcism. Hope arises — my Teleporters scatter the army to the corners, the Wizard disperses a Cloud of Confusion. And then comes the decisive moment — I Teleport my Wizard into the enemy corner, from where he must burn either the Runner-Exorcist or the Tactician under Misfortune. Only the Runner is in the line of sight, I cast Disintegrate, but he's left with a dozen HP. In the end, I finish him off with Fireballs, but it's already near death — his meat tramples me. 0:1 in their favor.

Yesterday we decided to start the rematch. First, Josey takes a restart. Then I have Barbarian. We replay the third start for several days, and I give him a link to my stream so he can see — I am completely blocked, with no ability to buy paths. I have Life, he has Nature. It's been verified with Havr that Nature wins in any case. I confess to Jely about my unintended joy. Starting the fourth attempt today.

Game 1: Havr (Haven) defeated Duranix (Necropolis) - 145.
The distribution was quite good, although the path to the dungeon wasn't very smooth. I bought troops from the castle, including upgraded spearmen, two dwellings of crossbowmen, and another dwelling of spearmen. The result was quite impressive. The starting priest was turned into a runner, and a tactician was purchased. I took the secondary resource node, ran from it to the dwelling of crusaders, defeated it, and bought 6 of them, resulting in a pretty good army. I scouted both level 4 dwellings, and one of them turned out to be an angelic dwelling, and it was also quite close. I went there and easily defeated it. Then, I headed to the angelic dwelling to get the dungeon hero and level up. I can't say that I had much luck, but it was tolerable. Initially, I planned to have 2 stacks of angels, crusaders, and champions in the army for the 3 heroes, but I immediately scouted 3 neutral phoenix squads. I changed the champions in the future army to phoenixes. I slightly delayed the march to the opponent - the furthest option opened up, and I also needed to add the last squad of angels and learn magic. As a result, I approached the newly opened two-way portal, and the opponent came out from there and attacked.
He had:
14 devils, 10 death knights, 16 vampires, a tactician with a robe, a grandmaster of order (total theft, hypnosis), a grandmaster of death (death grip), a runner of death (death gaze).
I had:
7 phoenixes, 10+9 angels, 51 crusaders, a commander-25 (with a scroll of a regular dispel in his hands, no other dispels were available), 2 grandmasters of life. I also had a chalice and a medal. As a result, the troops had a morale of 10+, and the heroes had 7. Considering the opponent's undead army, I had a complete initiative advantage.

In principle, the battle turned out to be not difficult; in the second round, the opponent's mages were already defeated, and the tactician under the robe wasn't even touched. Moreover, under the protection of death, cast by one of the priests on everyone, my tactician calmly withstood the double attack of devils and death knights (the vampires were gone after the first attack of the crusaders).

Round 1 ends on April 15th. There's still one more pair of days to finish playing your saved games.

Zybr, Shnurov
How are you doing? Will you be able to finish on time?

Zybr, Shnurov
How are things going? Will you make it in time?

I'll try my best.