Posts from "Новичок SUMMER-2013"

Surprise.

We offer the best newcomers in this tournament to compete against our top players. We've never done anything like this before; if it works out, we’ll continue it in the future.
It will take the form of a team tournament – a team of newcomers – New Players (abbreviated as NP) versus the team Legends and Myths (abbreviated as LM).

In the team format, every result will be important, for both teams.
It is no secret that the level of newcomers has increased significantly now thanks to broadcasts and an abundance of information. Therefore, personally, I am not sure about the total superiority of our veterans and I won't venture to predict the overall outcome of the confrontation.

The main thing is that newcomers are given the opportunity to test their skills in a game with the pros, feel like part of a team, and... possibly improve their position in the group.

New Players. A newcomer who scores 2 points during the group stage automatically joins the team. So, there are already 3 players on this team: Iamsamstan, cuc9ctblu, The_. And the team will grow as the tournament progresses and will consist of approximately 20-25 players.

Legends and Myths. Here, the roster will be "flexible"; players who have the opportunity to play in July will participate in the team. Each player will submit a list of templates, any of which they are willing to play against NP.
Currently, the following players are joining the Legends and Myths team:
=Stinger= - multiple winner of everything...
numOne - Newcomer from 2009, winner and prize-winner of our tournaments, including FB...
GoD - Winner of the last Favorites tournament...
twaryna - Newcomer from 2012, winner of the Newcomer-Summer12 tournament, prize-winner of Favorites-5; many players came to us after watching his broadcasts...
The list will be updated.

1. Score 2 points during the group stage. After that, he automatically joins the New Players team.
2. Choose one player from the Legends and Myths list, contact this player, agree on a game, and play. If it is not possible to arrange a game, NP can choose another player from the LM list. But he can only play once!
3. Write a report on the forum and receive a bonus in case of victory.

NP chooses a template from the list offered by LM, on which he wants to play. NP chooses the color they want to play with. If NP chooses blue, then they start marking castles; if red, then LM starts marking castles.
Rules – standard for this tournament – new season rules, restarts total 3 days.

Players on the NP team will have double scoring. Personal result – in the group stage table; in case of victory over an LM player, 1.5 points will be added, in case of a draw – 1 point.
In the framework of the team tournament, 1 point is awarded to the team for winning a match, both teams get 0.5 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.

All current information about this sub-tournament will be at the beginning of the topic. There, NP players can also find a list of those LM players who are ready to play at that moment.

So, time has begun!

New Players vs Legends and Myths - 0 - 0.

Pit for LM

Surprise.

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Group "C" 30.06.2013 Rockmachine (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack) def U2Noob (Blue, Rampart, Ivor) 2sm4d(3) 126

When picking, nothing particularly great was left. Of what my opponent gave me, the most decent was the Citadel, so I took it. Naturally, I took Crag Hack. No other option here=) So, the start of the game:

112. I hire 5 heroes, Arlash and Xarfax go to assist Crag Hack. I scout the terrain. My scouts discover that the road branches in 4 directions. "Wonderful," I thought=) and conclude - I need to play! A few secondary skills certainly won't hurt me%) Initially I had wolves, and on the second day I add Orc Archers to them.

113. I reveal a secondary - Castle. "It'll do," I think. But the passage to it is guarded by up to 50 Swordsmen and a Magog. I make a strategic decision to break the Magog with Crag Hack. Not the best decision it was... In the battle with them, almost all the Goblins, of which there were under fifty, and more than half of the wolves, perished. As a result, the army consists of 6 Orcs, under the protection of 8 Wolves. Not much, to say the least) But the secondary is taken and the money is chocolatey - 9000. I understand - I need to make Behemoths!!! Throw all forces into this task. At any cost!

114. Money is 10000. Near the secondary, I notice a Dragon Utopia. This is Victory!!! I think=) The scout heroes on the native respawn take 2 external dwellings of Goblins. Not much, but still. But here's a big ambush - the wood runs out. I'm freaking out!!! What to do??? How to live??? I frantically start looking for wood and crystals for the Behemoths.

115. Hurray! I discover a Sawmill and wood. I immediately realize, I can live. Otherwise, without it, I could have surrendered=) At the same time, I see many piles of crystals in various places, so I clearly shouldn't worry about them.

116. Amidst the general celebration of my people and kingdom - I place the Behemoths. This day is declared a State Holiday. But the money becomes zero)

117. Choice: either throw all forces into the Castle, and then I will have 3 Behemoths in the second week, which is very good=) or the Castle is lost, and then I am greeted by Ogres) I decide on the first option and throw the forces of all armies into searching for gold in the area of 3000 bucks. For which I paid... One of the scout heroes, for the sake of gold, attacks Rogues with 3 birds and 30 Goblins. This was an epic fail=( 85 Rogues killed all my birds and desecrated their corpses. Moreover, very regrettably, 1 bird and 2 Rogues remained, they get the first strike and I'm lost. I haven't remembered such a bitter battle in a long time. The army sank into the abyss, the entire kingdom is in mourning (or in horror) – the Castle is lost, extra Behemoths are lost, minus one army. I'm in shock! I realize that things have suddenly gotten much worse. I inform my opponent of this and decide to surrender, the future seems too grim to me. The opponent happily agrees, but at the last moment I still decide to finish the game (and as it turned out, I didn't make a mistake;) ).

121. I buy all (2) Behemoths, send them to Crag Hack, and he, in a victory march, breaks through the Diamond Golems and takes another secondary – Rampart. I think... it's not entirely good if the opponent recaptures it, he will have 2 native towns. Oh well)

122. I start scouting the Rampart respawn, to do everything cleanly in the second week and build everything in the town. And then unexpectedly, the enemy appears a bit. He breaks through up to 100 Dwarves on one of the roads. I estimate his army – acceptable. Has everything, but not very much. Not hordes.

123. At the council of generals, I decide not to send Crag Hack to the capital, better to send him to search for gold, and give the same order to the rest of the armies. I leave a scout hero in the capital, he will handle its defense. I gather all the gold I see, to buy everything available in the town (except the Behemoths) – the Behemoths are with Crag Hack, who is far from the capital.

124. Searching for gold.

125. Ivor approaches my capital. The opponent probably thought the game was won. Since he has a full buyout of his town, he also knows about my unfortunate battle with the Rogues. And he expected me to be trapped. And then the battle for the town begins... and for the victory in the game itself! In my town I have: 4 birds, 4 Ogres, 10 Orcs, 13 Wolves, 34 Hobgoblins. Not much, but worth defending. The opponent Ivor has: 17 Grand Elves, 5 Unicorns, 40 Centaurs, 7 Dendroid Guards, 12 Dwarves, and 2 Serpent Flies, one each. Stats 2-10-1-2. The defense is alarming. Clearly, a better army than mine. But not super. I abruptly go into hard defense with all my forces... and this plan worked! My towers shot down the archers, after that, as soon as holes were breached in the wall, my units immediately filled them. The opponent's 5 Unicorns caused particular concern. If they had broken into the town, I would have been done for. But I conducted the battle skillfully, and in the end, they just stood there the whole game. In the end – Victory! Unexpected for me and for the opponent. He ran away. And then I realize that I can play, I even need to!!!=)

126. A scout hero with fakes and someone else is hanging around my town. I make another mistake when merging the army into Crag Hack, I accidentally attack the scout not with Crag Hack, but with a scout hero that has only 4 Ogres. As a result, I lose this battle and flee, but Crag Hack, avenging his native army, kills the scout. In the end, the opponent, seeing my Behemoths, realizes things are bad and decides to surrender. Tudum!!! This day is declared the second State Holiday in the kingdom and the people are going wild with delight!)

I thank U2Noob for the game. A very unexpected outcome for me in the game, from complete failure to complete victory=) It was very pleasant to win like that.

group "C" 01.07.2013 RoninHW (red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def u2noob (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 2sm4d(3) 134.
Tough start with a small army. Immediately broke through to a Swamp secondary. Collected a few piles of gold there and returned to clear the native respawn. Revealed 2 Griffin Conservatories, one of which was deep in the respawn, I never took it. Built a Citadel + Behemoths. The treasure zones were far.
In the second week, I broke through to another Necropolis secondary. There was a goldmine with money-giving buildings. If I had enough crystals, I would have upgraded the Behemoths already in the second week. I gather money, took the grade-1 Griffin Conservatory and the Golden Bow.
In the third week, I took the home grade-3 Griffin Conservatory and broke into the Swamp secondary to pick up a Flail and crystals there, look into the University, and descend into the subway. But on 133, the opponent himself appears on this respawn through the subway. I bring up the main army and attack.
FB:
Crag Hack: 12 6 3 4 (40) 4 Angels, 5 Wyverns, 4 Behemoths, 13 Thunderbirds, 26+ Dire Wolves, 12 Orcs, 22 Lizardmen
Shakti: 6 4 6 4 (22) 2 Angels, 13 Wyverns, 175 Troglodytes, 1 Hydra and a few Harpies.
A couple of rounds and the Opponent surrenders.
Thanks for the game!

Group "C" 07/02/2013 RoninHW (blue, Dungeon, Shahkti, Shahkti) def artist_rapman (red, Necropolis, Tamika, Tamika) 2sm4d(3) 113.

I don't like this game! I disconnected and the game crashed twice.

A perfect person seeks everything within themselves, a mediocre one – in others. [Confucius]