Posts from Jebus Cross - 3

KobRa (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Redwhite (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) on JC at 143
Then we ran around for 2 weeks, or rather I was jumping, flying and portal-ing, while the opponent was just running :D, and formally we fought.

Thanks for the game!

This phrase essentially sums up the whole game:(
Built 2 lvl 5 mage guilds, scouted 2 respawns, took 2 Dragon Utopias, and in the end just ran.
Respawn gave crappy loot, almost 3 days to reach the GO at starting line with expert Logistics + speed artifacts :smile54:
From the good stuff on the first week I took an external dwelling of cats and traded 10k exp for 40 Troglodytes. On week 2 day 1 I immediately took a Dragon Fly Hive, Griffin Conservatory, and Shackles of War, and ran to the GO, while I was walking the noobs managed to clear 2 more hives. The miner reached the GO on week 2 day 4 and immediately broke it the same day, also cast [spell] and traded Hydras for a Titan's Sword and some wood already with 18 attack I smashed - gave exp.
Then Wizards stood across the road, fizzled for a Water book and sacrificed some cats on them. At the fork there was a choice: go down to the Castle because 0 mana, or hit 50+ Genies for a Pandora's [Box] and prison. The Genies didn't bode well so I went down. Then I ran around idly on the Castle respawn: a couple of Griffin Conservatories + an external dwelling + way in the distance near my own respawn a Dragon Utopia with a Chalice and Medal of Vulnerability. Another external dwelling of Angels near the Dungeon town and a mini Griffin Conservatory. On the fourth [week] out of desperation I took a home minimal Dragon Utopia with a Titan's Helm and realizing Tazar had already eaten everything possible, I come out for a symbolic finale :smile15: .
Thanks for the game! GL further!

kalababa (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Tag (red, Ramp, Kyrre, Kyrre) on JC at 141
Left without rests, as usual. The layout seemed questionable from the start, since 2 roads go to the corners of the map. Interesting external dwellings: cows, Wyvern, and 5 Dragon Fly Hives. Managed to take everything except one tree before leaving. Control was, as expected, located along a no-road path; well, more precisely, the road was 10 cells away from a village that had no connection. (The second road led to the opponent's respawn.) But I decided not to take the rest, since near the village I found a shield +4 all, a Griffin Conservatory, and a control of 3 Dragon Flies. According to the plan, I was supposed to emerge on day 123, but severe blunders begin: I lose about 10 wyverns in 1 turn (no oil, a couple to the shield guard - cerberi, a couple in the Griffing Conservatory tier 3, a couple to a Pandora's Box on a fire shield, and the most epic - for some reason I attacked 50-99 mages with a low-level hero for a prison, armor +1 all). On day 124 in the center with 20 wyverns, 3 angels, and other junk (now with oil), the opponent is not yet visible. By the end of the week, I took a teapot and КЗ. I see Dragon Fly Hives. The opponent is still not there. The next week, I take the sword +5 all and break the opponent's control, send in the low-level hero, immediately see 2 external dwellings of horses, Dragon Flies, 2 Sharpshooters, a captured Dragon Utopia - it gets scary, I turn back. I take more Dragon Fly Hives, about 5 Dragon Utopias, upgrade the wyverns (of all upgrades, only wings are useful, although I already had all control from Pandora's Boxes). In the end, with about a hundred wyverns, I stand before the opponent's respawn, with stats over 30+ (explosion ramped up to 4k), and the opponent capitulates. Tazar has offense, defense, logistics, air, earth, pathfinding, tactics, wisdom.
Magnificent Tazar!

kalababa (blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Tag (red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) on JC at 141
Awesome Tazar!

Yeah, that happened.

kalababa def Tag. What a great build!

Tell me more about it.

23.04.13 =Stinger=(red, Rampart, Kyrre) def ~no1_knows_me~(blue, Dungeon. Shakti) 125

On week 1, I built dragons with 2 secret stashes, didn't make it to the third. There are also 3 Dragon Fly Hives at the spawn and a Dragon Utopia, though far away; a Sentinel Shield behind a horde of Golems and a Sword +6 behind a horde of Beholders.
In a Pandora's Box at 116, they give 40 Elves. On the second week, I buy out, take the artifacts, collect the Dragon Fly Hives, and at 125 I come out sped up with a stable through a pack of gold creatures (which had Blue's scouts at 124). I lose Dwarves, Dendroids, 4 Unicorns, and 6 out of 22 Wyverns, and run to the opponent, since I have Oil, 64 Grands, and 9 Green Dragons with 16 Wyverns.
But unexpectedly, everything turned out to be easier. The Miner stood sped up on 2 dragons, next to a pile of 20+ Wyverns, plus a few Beholders.
First, I drive off the scout hero, then the Miner, and the surrender follows.
Thanks for the game.

23.04.13 =Stinger=(red, Rampart, Kyrre) def ~no1_knows_me~(blue, Dungeon. Shakti) 125

On week 1, built dragons with 2 external dwellings, didn't make it to the third. There are also 3 Dragon Fly Hives at the respawn and a Dragon Utopia, though far away, a Sentinel's Shield behind a horde of golems and a +6 sword behind a horde of Beholders.
The Pandora's Box at 116 gives 40 elves. On week 2, I buy out, clear the artifacts, collect the Hives and at 125 I exit, boosted with a stable, through a pack of gold (which had blue's scout heroes at 124). I lose dwarves, wood elves, 4 unicorns, and 6 out of 22 Wyverns and run to the opponent, since I have oil, 64 Grand Elves, and 9 Green Dragons with 16 Wyverns.
But unexpectedly, everything turned out simpler. The Miner stands boosted on 2 dragons, next to him is a stack of 20+ Wyverns, plus some Eyes.
First, I chase away the scout hero, then the Miner, and then the opponent surrenders.
Thanks for the game.

The opponent chose all the rests, I also had 112, but the layout got messed up because of Bron with 7 Vas...
111 Dragon Fly Hive behind dwarves +6 Wyverns.
112 GO 20-49 Green Dragons, near them an external dwelling of dragons :smile54:
113 In short, there are 4 more hives, and well, that's all... no artifacts dropped at all, no second town, the road to the other is blocked by 50-99 Harpy Hags :(
114 Miner paints the dragon external dwelling, crashes into the GO and goes to collect Dragon Fly Hives. They hint that the GO decreased by -3 Green Dragons... I didn't know, is this generally legal to do??? - seems like some kind of bug, you can crash into the GO before clearing it and reduce the Green Dragon stack when present... the question is directed to AК.
115 Miner has Log Cabin, Earth magic - not bad, but nothing to level on.
116 Spotted an artifact +2\2 attack\def, at least something, I build a chain for clearing. The Miner positions himself on the approach to the GO.
117 Chain for clearing 2 Dragon Fly Hives.
121 Everything that was planned got collected, in the end I gathered 30 Swans.
122 Set a personal record for myself. I hit the GO. Parameters are mediocre 9-9, Earth magic not maxed out - in short, the Wyverns with Blessings bit everyone. -2 dragons and over-eating. I run along the path, no singles, no oil either, nothing much to hit yet.
123 I run to the central castle, but it's blocked by Faerie Dragons :(
124 I turn back. I boost before the break. But the Miner gets ambushed. In short, I stomped around for a couple of days in the center and then my walk was interrupted :smile15: at home I could have still run to the scouted Griffin Conservatory and Dragon Fly Hive, but the stack was halved, and there were 9 dragons, 60+ Grand Elves and oil, and the stats there were twice as high.
thanks for the game

114 Miner paints the drakes' nymph, crashes into the GO and goes to collect the Dragon Fly Hives. They hint that the GO has decreased by -3 tiers. fight... I didn't know, is this even legal to do??? - looks like some kind of bug, you can crash into the GO like this before a breakthrough and minus the tier of a stack when present... the question is addressed to AK.

The bug is old, one-time, you can't take more than once, so it's fine, it's all legal)
p.s. and for the future, AK is the highest authority, handles situations when a judge cannot cope or a complaint is addressed to them...

You can do this as many times as you want. Each time, the amount of Gold will decrease by the amount on the stack, but the effectiveness of the action will decrease. You CAN use this bug!

The following pairs have not played their first match:

KPD - zloy_romantik - on save.

Huanito - BorzoiD - please let us know how things are going. Below, we recall the rule regarding agreements on the game...

Dirty_Player - Captain - on save.

Ihtiandr - marader-kisa - we also don't know about you; please let us know. We are also reminding you of rule 2.4.1.

BlooDy)DriVeR - Keba - Keba, today is the last day; otherwise, persuade your opponent to play, or you will forfeit.

GUNAR - d-neez - d-neez, disappeared from the game without explanation, and hasn't responded to his opponent for 6 days. What do you think, when will you play? When will you start communicating?

darkello - Pyre - how are things going? We also recall the rules regarding agreements.

2.4.1 Players who cannot finish their games within the allotted time must report the reasons in the forum thread or to the tournament organizer in a private message, in as much detail as possible, 24 hours before the deadline. It is necessary to find any means of notification (including through other players).

The first round ends on 04/25.

If there is no information before the start of the 2nd round (before 04/26), I will flip a coin.

You can do it as many times as you want. Each time, the amount of Gold will decrease by the amount of the stack, but the effectiveness of the trick will decrease. You CAN use this bug!!

I remember organizing a tournament on reps.ru, on Anarchy. One of the players managed to break his Gold (devils with a stack) either on the 4th or 5th week. Then, I bet that I could break it on the 1st week - I spent 7 days collecting money and skeletons, and on the 117th day, I bought a bunch of heroes and defeated everyone with the Gold (1 day's worth of movement from the castle), and then finished off the rest with the army.

Hmm, sorry for the misinformation, but one of the forum moderators told me what I quoted :d

If there is no information before the start of the 2nd round (before 04/26), I will flip a coin.

Will the tournament be paused due to the CIS region, and if so, for how long?

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darkello - Pyre - how are you doing? Also, let's remember the rules.

We have 136, but I think there's only about a week left of gameplay before we agree on how to finish, and then we'll have the results.

Will the tournament be paused due to the CIS tournament, and if so, for how long?

The game deadline will be extended by 1 week (the CIS tournament runs from April 30 to May 5). Some players may take more time, but the deadline for matches is from April 25 to May 16, so everyone will have time to arrive and play. The mandatory date for completing any remaining matches is May 18, so come and join the battle.

21.04.2013 darkello (red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def Pyre (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) JC 136
Took a couple of restarts and went for it.
From the start I see two native heroes, including Wystan, that's 29 lizardmen total, lizardmen are built, so I hire them immediately. In sight there's a Griffin Conservatory, Trog. Of course I'm not going to restart. The scout run is only 4-5 heroes. On the second day the scout run is 7 heroes, I see a Dragon Fly Hive up top with a road block, Tazar runs along the bottom, GO Nagas are hired 20-49, but with the Gnolls it's bad, I only found 3 gnolls, so I was building until day 115 and collecting everything, while Tazar was heading to the bottom Castle I saw 2 Dragon Utopias along the way, which turned out to be in the very corner, gaining experience along the way, which gave me Logistics, Tactics, Wisdom, on day 116 I turn around and break through to the top, I hire with Tazar, on day 117 I kill the Dragon Fly Hive, didn't get any good Gnolls, because Wyverns and Bulls were found in distant lands on rough terrain with strong guards like Nagas, on day 117 I start to scattershot with Tazar to kill the Dragon Fly Hive (I caught Earth magic, but didn't find Oil in 3 castles, eventually learned it from a Scholar), on day 121 123467 I'm in the castle, I run Tazar scattershot up top where it's unexplored on rough terrain and I find a Dragon Fly Hive and a Helm +5 behind the Eyes (just lucky), I quickly take it, scattershot, refill mana, and in the far castle because I decided to take the Dragon Utopias before heading out, on day 122 I pass troops, also taking the Griffin Conservatory, losing a bit of army, so I have 3 Angels, 3 Hydras, 18 Wyvern Monarchs, 55 Archers, 15 Battle Dwarves, Serpent Flies, Meat, and Gnolls, on day 123 I run to the Dragon Utopias, on day 124 I hit the first minimal one, -2 Wyverns - Meat left the Angel with 1 HP, didn't kill it, gives Golden Bow, Bowstring, and Fire Book - helped a lot %), the second one turns out to be a triple right nearby, and that gives Helm +6 All Chupik, Orb of Vulnerability, and Necromancer Boots, I scattershot and push from the main castle to GO, on day 125 (I have Boots of Speed), I hit the Nagas without losses with 14 Wyverns, 3 hired Hydras, Angels, and 50 Lizardmen, then immediately the Tower castle and the adjacent respawn of grass with 50-99 upgraded Unicorns, I kill them too without losses and arrive exactly in the Tower, refill mana, day 126 I build the Lookout Tower in the Tower, I see 2 Dragon Utopias on the adjacent respawn, a Dragon Utopia in the treasure zone behind Gold Dragons 10-19 and Bears guarding the Boots of Resist and a Pandora's Box, I decide to kill the closer Dragon Utopia on the adjacent zone and I don't regret it, they give Sword of Justice and Mermaid Shield, the army shows the opponent's strength (by the way, in the Dragon Utopia I berserked Green Dragons, there was almost no Meat!), I scattershot and again to refill mana. On day 127 I hit the Bears, Dragon Fly Hive, I also find another Artifact on the ground behind 20-49 Giants (I take it), and I already see the opponent's castle and his heroes, on day 131 the first battle immediately.
18 Wyvern Monarchs, 4 upgraded Hydras, 3 Angels, 73 Archers, singles of Serpent Flies, and 20 Griffins from the Pandora's Box against 21 upgraded Unicorns, 18 regular Wyverns, 3 Angels, 3 Dragons, 40 Elves, 25 Crusaders, and 6 Pegasi
Stats 16-16 against 14-38, I fight against Chupik, I have Offense, Tactics, Earth, Wisdom, Logistics, Air maxed out...
I pay off, killing all Elves, Dragons, Angels, Pegasi, 11 Unicorns, 3 Wyverns, losing 15 Archers, 1 Angel, 1 Hydra, 11 Wyverns.
And I start to pressure the opponent who has no mana (I have refilled, he clears a bit of treasure zone and runs to the respawn) by day 133, I find 2 more Dragon Fly Hives in the treasure zone, take them, and finally KV, I jump with it to the respawn adjacent zone of grass, take the second Dragon Utopia +3 All from useful stuff and max out the Luck skill, on day 136 I take another Dragon Utopia, nothing useful is given anymore and I aim for the next one, stats 21-42-many-many, surrender follows
thanks for the game