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The idea is great! What are you talking about? Everyone is on equal footing, but there's some room for strategy when choosing castles to counter your opponent. I'd gladly play with this setup.

I'm also ready to step in and replace anyone who's not happy.

good format, anyone who doesn't want to go as a replacement? :D

P.S.
the second one is a replacement for Stinger.

I would be the third in line to join such a group!

We'll play the first match against Peterius today around 5:30 PM Moscow time, so everyone who wants to join is welcome; I'll do a stream.

It seems I didn't explain the castle selection procedure clearly enough. Let me clarify.
1. All participants must tell me which castle they will play with and against which opponent.
2. After I receive information from everyone, I will post it for everyone to see in the form of a table, i.e., it will be clear who is playing with whom and with which castles.
3. After that, you can start playing. Based on the castles, start sketching out your strategies.

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We're playing the first match with Peterius today around 5:30 PM Moscow time, so anyone who wants to join is welcome; I'll do a broadcast.

Don't rush to start yet. Everyone needs to decide on their castles. You can, of course, start playing, but then the castles you played with will be known to your opponents, and you won't be able to use them in other games.

Don't rush to start. Everyone needs to decide on their castles first. You can, of course, start playing, but then the castles you used will be known to your opponents, and you won't be able to use them in other games.

It doesn't matter, it'll work anyway... you can just write everything here, what's the point of keeping it secret...

It doesn't really matter, it'll work anyway... you could just write everything here, what's the point of keeping it secret...

The secret is that if someone writes that they are playing with Gomunguls for Fortress, you will have additional information and the opportunity to choose a favorable Castle. This means everyone will hesitate and not reveal their choices. To avoid this, everyone sends me their choices via ICQ, and then I will post everything at once in a single table.

The trick is that if someone writes that they are playing with Gomunguls for the Tower, you will have additional information and the opportunity to choose a favorable castle. This means everyone will hesitate and not reveal their choices. To avoid this, everyone sends me their choices via ICQ, and then I will post everything at once in a single table.

For the Tower))))))))):D :D :D oh yeah))
By the way, I sent you a list of who I will be playing with and which castles they will use... just for your information.

I would be the third in line in such a company.

And I would skip the line, as always :p

24.06.2013 Gomunguls (Blue, Dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar/Dessa) def Piterius (Red, Conflux, random, Monere, Monere) 8mm6a, 2.2.2
We took rest and I got 4 Nerxes and Dessa, there's a Griffin Conservatory near the town and some gold, I scouted and saw my opponent, let's play!...then I ran around for a long and tedious time, then went to the area where I could meet the opponent and when I saw where he was, I decided to bail from there...in the end, all my heroes were clearing this map in different corners...somewhere around day 4 I finally found control, although I dug through piles of scrolls and the Mage Guild kept giving junk...I set up Gold and Archangels, and with the whole crowd went to the opponent's capital...from there I saw the red player probably in the last treasure site, I rushed there to intercept, Gunnar had 4600 MP and 2 Dimension Doors, I grabbed a Dragon Utopia on day 222 and it gave me a Helm +6 All Stats, basically the whole set, and 2 Dimension Doors towards the opponent, I spotted the main hero, equipped everything needed, and FB. The advantage in stats and army mass decided it, thanks for the interesting game!!!
P.S. On day 222 I mistakenly cast 3 Dimension Doors, the last one was next to a Griffin Conservatory mini near the opponent, but since it didn't affect the FB and Piterius forgave the tempo, thanks for that!
Passwords: Red - nika, Blue - 1307

23.06.2013 Amiloo (Blue, Inferno, Octavia, Fury) def Scorpiona (Red, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) 6lm10a, 123

Start in the underground, an external dwelling of demons visible, chain+4. On the way from the castle, entrance to a treasure site, where the Hat is immediately lying, covering the entire 5th; there's Fury and 2 Griffin Conservatories under the castle, I decide to play. Almost immediately, money problems start, despite capturing the green tower castle on day 113 and 2 town halls. Towards the end of the week, after pulling a chain on the main hero using Boots of Speed+4 and a Pendant of Velocity, I decided to recall 2 Efreeti and finish off the green player. Fafnir with 70+ Gremlins under Haste made his case, I bought myself out with 1 Efreet. As a result, building up to a Fort by day 1246; no meat whatsoever.
On day 122, with the weekly growth, I reached the pink Conflux, captured the castle, killed the green player. Fury took Air Magic, a Gnome was found, life seemed to be just beginning, but Scorpiona's leveled-up Clavius remained forever in the max-level area; triple Anti-Morale didn't even allow an escape. A forfeit follows. Thanks for the game.

23.06.2013 Ayauhteotl (Blue, Flax, random, Jhelar, Fury) def LeBron (Red, Tower, Aen, Gunnar) diamond, 125

Tough start. The castle exit is blocked by gr lizards near the obelisk, didn't expect there would be 30+ of them, quite a lot of losses. A bunch of annoying guards like gr centaurs, storms for +4 knowledge block one of the forks a bit further. In the first turns I managed to lose almost everything I had, took a village-dungeon. Decided to look for a niche and console myself with the thought that the opponent got Pikedram. Then I went the other way, a pleasant surprise - a stable + native village, got a few more troops. Discovered the Griffin Conservatory (2 with griffins) and 2 Dragon Fly Hives for 10+ gr nagas and 50 medusas. By the end of the week I took another secondary and captured the artifact behind the storms. Not much money, on 116 I abandoned the idea of birds, on 117 the idea of psychos. Week summary - 1-5 in the citadel.

At the start of the second week I barely managed to buy troops, ended up with a decent stack of air elementals. I decided to wait a day to take the Griffin Conservatory and Dragon Fly Hives, bought a spellbook for Fury, brought a Blessing scroll, ran everyone through the well with the cap passed around. On 122 the Griffin Conservatory fell fairly easily, the remaining troops were enough to take 2 Dragon Fly Hives relatively painlessly (13 wyverns total, lost one). I handed off the army, scouts chain-blazed several passages.
Then the reds showed up, Gunnar and a scout. The army was mediocre, Gunnar opened a portal right in front of me, dove in and disappeared in an unknown direction. I killed the scout, split Fury off to the nearest town and chased after Gunnar. I first wanted to send a scout, but due to the split I had to use them in the chain, and didn't have enough money for a new one. Fury jumped into the portal, and it turned out that from there it was quite close to the opponent's Tower. I ran there, and Gunnar was holed up there with a noticeably larger army. Decided I couldn't take it - I probably could in the field, but not like this. Ran back, blocked the portal.
Next turn the opponent rode out of the castle, presumably going for something tasty. I used scouts to take his secondaries, attacked Solmyr with a 1-stack, he fled. One of my secondaries had 2 Dragon Fly Hives, I decided to try to build a chain there and somehow take them, so I could bring the troops back the same turn. Meanwhile the main ran and captured the Tower - and epic fail, I wanted to put a Visions there and proceed based on what I saw, but didn't have enough money even with trading. Plus time was running out, panic, ran back, closed the portal.
As expected, the opponent reclaimed his castle with a scout. On my turn I took it back with my scout, and finally placed the Visions. I spotted Gunnar within Fury's reach, but now with angels. I hired a scout, killed the opponent's scout and checked Gunnar - 2 angels, 100+ gremlins, 5 nagas, and 1-stacks. Only 13 mana, have to attack. The chain to the Dragon Fly Hives worked 50% - took one, but was a couple tiles short of the other, wouldn't have made it back with the army in time. I pull back and attack. Gunnar's stats were a bit better, but 19 wyverns pulled through.

Thanks for the game!

23.06.2013 Amiloo(Blue,Inferno,Octavia,Fur) def Scorpiona (Red,Necropolis,Clavius,Clavius)6lm10a, 123

Start in the underground, an external demon dwelling is visible, chain+4. During the course from the castle, an entrance to a treasure area, where a hat for the entire 5th is immediately lying, there is a Fur and 2 Griffin Conservatories under the castle, I decide to play. Almost immediately, money problems start, despite having captured the green tower castle on 113 and 2 Town Halls. Towards the end of the week, having pulled a chain on the main for cannon+4 and a pendant of speed, I decided to recall 2 Efreeti and finish off the green player. Fafner with 70+ Gremlins under Haste justified himself, bought himself back with 1 Efreet. As a result, re-building 1246 in the Fort, no meat whatsoever.
On 122 with the growth, I reached the pink Conflux, captured the castle, killed the greenie. Fur took Air, a little Gnome was found, seems life is just beginning, but Scorpiona's leveled-up Clavius remained forever in the Maxiule, triple Anti-Morale didn't even let me flee. Surrender follows. Thanks for the game.

A chocolate setup went to my head:smile04: It seemed Clavius could handle anything:smile51: but on 121 I ran into the Maxiules, which didn't let me out... I should have saved and, calming down, carried on with such a chocolate setup, but emotions took their toll, without waiting for the buyout from the home town, I went with a zero-level Shackter to finish off the hive, but there wasn't enough meat and GG:smile05: and even then you could still play))) the undead castle's unbought army was at full strength (Necrocons in the Citadel), but my hand typed GG and clicked exit:smile21:

Thanks for the lesson)

So, the choice has been made, the die has been cast, etc. I apologize for the quality; I will improve it soon. If players choose the same Castle, heroes are selected by agreement; if an agreement cannot be reached, they are chosen randomly. I will add this to the rules later. Good luck to everyone! (in the Scholar's building, near the Castle :D)

What gentlemen they all are, playing against girls they only choose Inferno and Tavern maps :D