Posts from "Новичок SUMMER-2013"

Tournaments as part of NP vs LM
14.7.2013: twaryna (red, Castle, Caitlin, Aislin) def Akella (blue, Conflux, Ciel, Ciel) 2SM4d(3) 131

Slow roads, ranged blocks - along the way - 50+ caps and immediately grands for the secondary. But plenty of money, 6 heroes on the first day and good heroes - Luna and 3 necros! In the 1st week I took the swamp secondaries and Rampart. Luna leveled up great. On the 2nd I took Pandora for 60 archers, 3 dwarf-mines, entered the swamp treasure. From the overview I spotted part of the opponent's respawn and a piece of his snow secondary. I saw that things weren't going very well there and decided to go on the attack. At 127 I take the main and at 131 I kill Ciel. Thanks for the game!

I confirm, all hope was that the respawn would be in my favor =) but as they say, the strongest wins and the respawn didn't give anything good =( I had to take all the rests since 3 cyclops-spots were visible immediately and it's unlikely anything good was left on the respawn from here; in the end, at the main Dragon Utopia there were 2 cyclops-spots and a lack of money =(

Thanks for the game.

Group "D" Glhf(Red,Castle,Valeska,Mullich) def Vatya(Blue,Rampart,Kyrre,Lacus) 2sm4d(3) 136
Opponent uses all three rests.
25 archers arrive, I see a path to a secondary mine behind triple guards (no shooters). I take it—exit to a green secondary mine. (I see a Dragon Fly Hive, 2 trees + level) I take the Castle-Conflux. I transfer troops via a very long chain—break through behind a group of vampires to another secondary mine—Rampart. I see a Griffin Conservatory and a Dragon Utopia. I build Elves in Rampart. Plenty of gold, on the second day Mullich arrives—I take him to the folder, immediately send him to a Naga Bank and a Dragon Fly Hive, I rebuy Mullich in Rampart—take a Pandora's Box behind a crowd of birds +10k gold, I rebuy and take a Griffin Conservatory—a unit. I reveal another Griffin Conservatory nearby. I send out a scout hero—level 4. I decide to take it on the 3rd week. The scout hero reveals two more Griffin Conservatories. On the third week I buy more troops, take a Griffin Conservatory—restore mana, I go to break through the GO (83 grade Wyverns). I only had advanced Earth, so they roughed me up decently. I said goodbye to 6 horses. But immediately got expert Earth, I see a bit further the opponent's Dragon Utopia. I take the main town. Restore mana, rebuy in the main town—to take 2 more Griffin Conservatories and clear the Dragon Utopia, but then comes GG.
Thanks for the game!

It was a matter of fact. Across all 4 deals, archers never came at the start, and Centaurs were always at minimum.
One secondary mine and that was snow, and behind 50 archers. From the crypts, only Pegasi.
Anyway, what's there to tell, if the folder hero turned out to be Lacus, not Kyrre.

Group "A" 07/14/2013 nitro43 (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Anry (red, Necropolis, Clavius, Charna) 2sm4d(3) 214.
A long game due to slow roads. Thanks for the game!

Group "G" 07/14/2013 Aiwe (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) lose The_ (red, Swamp, Wistan) 2sm4d(3) 135

Thank you for the game.

P.S. I played 2 games, remove me from the red list =)

I am forced to withdraw from the tournament – I don't even have time to sit down at the computer. I apologize for making you wait in the group games. I will be back no earlier than August...
Good luck to all participants!

Hello, is it still possible to sign up as a reserve player, or am I too late?

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Group "B"
15.07.2013 Nestor86 (red, Castle, Caitlin, Gunnar) def St_Klaus (blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius, ) 2sm4d(3) 126.
Gunnar 3400 MP level 13 with Expert Earth, Pathfinding, Tactics, Logistics, Offense, BOOTS OF SPEED and Luna level 5 provided a pleasant game
On day 1 I put cavalry in the Citadel
On day 127 Angels were built in the Castle
All passages were either snow or sand, so Pathfinding came in handy)
On day 126 news of surrender arrived
Thanks for the game!

We have completed 2 rounds – half of the group stage. Therefore, let's summarize some preliminary results. Let's start with the bad news. The most uncertain situation is in Group E. There is no contact with two players - AttilA and Karvet. This is the final warning, and the deadline for contacting the organizer is Wednesday. We will make a replacement. Group F. There are only 4 results here. Replacement: zloy_geka (647667863) replaces KOLONIZATOR. Slayzer and AlexRoss have saved games. Group G. GUNAR, you need to contact the organizer by Wednesday and submit a business plan. 3 of the 4 remaining games in the group are yours. Group H. There are only 4 results here as well. You need to speed things up. Lim4 and Frol off have saved games. However, in the other four groups, the situation is normal and even very good. Group D. There are 3 games left with Vatya, and everything else has been played. Vatya promised to play them quickly. Group B. There are 3 games left. Nestor86 qualifies for the NP team. Group A. First place has been determined - Iamsamstan. And there is one game left - Caution vs Anry. The winner qualifies for the NP team and gets the opportunity to receive a bonus. In Group C, there is one game left: RaiseTheDead vs artist_rapman for fourth place.

Group B. 3 games left.
Nestor86 makes it into the NP team.

I thought he was initially listed as the captain there o_O)

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group "G" 14.07.2013 Aiwe (blue, Dungeon, Shakti) lose The_ (red, Fortress, Wystan) 2sm4d(3) 135

I took all the restarts, my opponent still had one left.
First week:
Wystan arrived with two stacks. I got a decent spread of six heroes; could have had more, but I preferred to buy the Lizardmen from the external dwelling. I spotted GO Phoenixes – not an option. From the money, on the first day I collected everything that was at the respawn; from money objects, only the Dwarf Cottage (20 with Granite Skin, not an option), plus a wood mine under a quaternary!! Block, including Archers, in short, very sad, I'm hoping for a restart, but the opponent passes the turn, I have to play what I was dealt. One secondary has a block of 50-99 upgraded Lizardmen, another respawn has 50-99 Harpies; on the second day, with an upgrade on the Lizards, I beat the Harpies and capture Conflux. The respawn is striking in its scarcity: 1 Crypt, a few piles of gold, one chest; at least the wood isn't blocked – already a blessing. Apparently, all the respawn value went into a Necklace +3+3 to Spell Power and Knowledge; for 140 rags, I break them after a 20-minute battle: 32 Lizardmen, 2 Wyverns, 4 Basilisk, 4 Earth Elementals (there was an external dwelling) and single Serpent Flies. I managed to lose only the Serpent Flies, 4 Basilisks, and 2 Elementals; the Wyvern stays standing at 9 HP. The last days of the week I was messing around, almost scouting the respawn with Wystan; in the end, I took the Crypt (a level 5). I wanted to return home to split on 117, but I realized that either I place the Citadel and then there will be at least some meat (since I simply saw no way to get it otherwise), or I buy out Wystan. I decided to build the Citadel and run Wystan through +1 Attack and then split. In the castle: 12346.

Second week:
I just like a god waste my own hero (why I was in such a hurry to split Wystan, I still don't understand).
No money to buy out, I buy 3 Wyverns and with 5 Wyverns and singles attack the Lizards; again, the Wyverns stood with HP below 10. I recapture the castle; two Dragon Fly Hives are visible. Well, finally things are looking up. The first Hive has 6 Wyverns, and without waiting for meat delivery, I go to break the Dragon Fly Hive with 20 Pikemen, 2 Earth Elementals, and 5 Wyverns; auto-battle buries me. In the end, after replaying it myself, I somehow miraculously crawled out with 3 Wyverns. The next Hive is taken without problems, but the minimum damage... and nothing else is visible on the respawn again: a couple of Crypts and a Dwarf Dwelling. But Wystan was given Scouting, and I managed to spot a Pandora's Box behind upgraded Unicorns. Breaking the Pandora's Box, I got 40 upgraded Archers – the first and last pleasant surprise from the generator.
Wystan's skills are rather strange: they gave him Offense, but on the other hand, Scouting; he has Logistics, but absolutely no magic schools. The entrance to the treasure zone is on Inferno land, but what to beat the Dragon Fly guards with isn't very clear: a stack of Wyverns (15), no magic either to shoot down large stacks of Horses, Wyverns, etc. In the end, I make the only adequate decision: go to the opponent, especially since one of his secondary heroes is two days' travel from my main. I beat Wystan in Conflux (there's a Guardhouse 2 with Lightning Bolt), beat him back into Fortress, replenish mana, and on 131 I stand before the guard to the opponent's secondary.

Third week:
Army: 19 Wyvern Monarchs, 80+ Lizardmen, 40 Archers, 30 Serpent Flies, 12 Basilisk.
I break through the guard and am one step short of closing the opponent's Teleporter for a potential reinforcement delivery (but in the end, the opponent was in another direction, so not critical). The next day, I enter the portal; immediately I see the opponent's castle, practically unguarded – either he decided not to defend the castle, or he didn't manage to return the army. I capture the main castle with the loss of 10 Archers. With a scout hero I take a lookout; with Wystan I dig in at the castle, waiting for the attack, although the army display says mine is better, his stats are a bit more interesting (though only slightly) + Necromancy was seen quite often + there are Angels.
Again, no aggression from the opponent. I dispatch a squad to recapture a secondary town (Fortress), hoping the opponent hadn't bought the meat there, but of course he didn't make that mistake and bought all 24 Lizardmen and Gnolls (though Gnolls were useless anyway). I take a Warrior's Tomb near the main town (why the opponent didn't take it is unclear); it gives a Shield +3, stats grew a little. Finally, I was given Earth Magic. I now have 5 towns versus 1 (in all 5 there was a thousand). The army display still shows an advantage; Shakti has disappeared from the horizon, stats not visible. I run Wystan to the last secondary – the Citadel. I capture the lookout; I see the opponent cleaning Hives in the treasure zone. I take the last town, while building a chain for delivery from the main town because it's already 134. Near the town there's an unguarded Pandora's Box with 10-19 Horses; I plan to go there next turn. But when less than 30 seconds remain, I realize the opponent is not going to recapture his towns but will come to me through my Conflux secondary (where the Guardhouse 2 is), through the treasure zone, and he's so far from me and the hero chain that it's simply a disaster. In a rush, firing and buying heroes, I build a chain from the main town to the secondary to fly Wystan on defense in one turn. There's only one hope: that Shakti doesn't reach the castle and doesn't learn Lightning Bolt. Time runs out; I look at Shakti's stats, and then I felt a bit queasy – something like 18-16-10-10 is displayed there. Versus my 6-13-6-7.
But at the last moment, luck turned its face to me; Shakti didn't make it to the castle by two or three tiles, and as a result, he has 0 mana.
And I managed a chain of 9 heroes! You should have seen the distance the army covered in one turn; however, I had to leave the Archers behind because moving with them through the swamp had a terrible penalty, and nothing would have worked out anyway. With scouts having cut down the singles, I attack powerfully; there's a good advantage in meat (even without Archers); (obviously the treasure zone bit him), although his stats carried him very strongly. But after 4 rounds, he concedes.
One of the strongest games I've ever played, where the plan was executed almost perfectly, considering the situation was, to put it mildly, "not great."

Thanks for the game.

I stepped away for a bit... A lot of unfortunate failures happened in the previous game, but it truly was a beautiful match.
Before going into the treasure zone, there was nothing, so I surrendered my native castles. In the treasure zone, I got a Sword +5 To All Stats and 2 Dragon Fly Hives; by the way, there was nothing else there. But I lost some of my native meat. If I had made it to the castle, I would have had 100+ MP, plus experience from the land — I probably would have pulled it off =(

G. GUNAR, please contact the host by Wednesday and submit your business plan. Out of the four remaining games in your group, three are yours.

We have a game going on a save file, and as far as I know, he is currently on vacation until the 20th-25th.

group "B"
15.07.2013 Nestor86 (red, Castle, Cuthbert, Gunnar) def St_Klaus (blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius, ) 2sm4d(3) 126.
Gunnar 3400 MP level 13 with expert earth pathfinding tactics logistics offense BOOTS And Luna level 5 Provided a pleasant game
On day 1 placed cavalry in the Citadel
On day 127 Angels arrived at the Castle
All paths are either snow or sand Hence pathfinding came in handy)
On day 126 news of surrender arrives
Thanks for the game!

It happened. I took all the respawns, the opponent had one left. He didn't take it, and I realized it was good there. Mine was worse. Small respawn, zombie stash near the castle, two mini-crypts, one behind 20+ orcs, behind them a path to the secondary, on this block a couple dozen skeletons remain from the initial 50 (from two heroes). Behind the same number of orcs is a Griffin Conservatory and a pile of sulfur, behind 20+ elves more sulfur and a chest. Farewell, liches on the first week. Two roads remain. One to GO in front of the portal (10+ arch devils), the other to another secondary, blocked by 10+ demons (turned out to be 18), guarding the portal. After taking the second crypt I move towards the snowy secondary, the road leads to a double block of 20+ hell hounds and 20+ marquis. In the army there are 3 vampires (I managed to lose one already), about a dozen zombies, slightly more skeletons. No magic. Screw this, I turn around. Still 5 heroes. Also, there are a couple of nagabanks, nothing else to do at the respawn for now, on day 116 I make a desperate attempt to break the demon block, I sacrifice Klaventius with a magic ring and scrolls on them, five demons remain. On day 127 Dermit took them out with 6 vampires and single skeletons. On the other side of the portal are 20+ Minotaurs. No army left. No money. After the first week 1-2-3-4 in the Citadel (during the first week a wild misclick happened - built the Citadel instead of the Mage Guild, was shocked the next day). I scope around, see a path to a dungeon secondary, guarded by 50+ zombies. The dungeon respawn has something to gain, but the zombie block is still too much for me. I gather loose resources, build a thousand, the Necros nibble at small blocks. I miraculously got sulfur from a campfire, built liches, recruited Moandor from the tavern with 25 skeletons. On day 126 with 3 liches, 4 vampires, and two dozen skeletons I go for the zombie block. Epic defeat, there are 81 of them. Once again amazed by the viciousness of the SM random generation and decided not to continue.
Thanks to the opponent for the game and time.

Group H
15.07.2013 Lim4 (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Frol Off(red, Castle, Valeska, Mullich), 2sm4d(3), 126
We picked all-all resources. I took the last one because Mullich was visible there... naive.
The spawn was so good that even the loss of about three days of tempo didn't spoil anything except my nerves:) In the tavern, immediately Ivor with 6 Elves and Monere, there are Dwarves. And from artifacts I got boots)) Would have been better to take resources, as I was exactly three short for Pegasi and had to trade. At the respawn there are two Dragon Fly Hives by the road, some Crypts, a hideout of Centaurs, Gloves, a Pandora's Box with 5k gold, a Dragon Utopia for perspective. A secondary Dungeon behind the Great Warlocks. There's a third Dragon Fly Hive, an Arena behind Orcs (curse them:rolleyes: ), a Griffin Conservatory 2-4 above the Castle and also a Dragon Utopia (or did I imagine the second Dragon Utopia:confused: , I've forgotten a bit)). The secondary path over rough terrain — snow with a visible Griffin Conservatory. I built chains poorly, and sometimes even broke them, but I got away with it. Kyrre was leveling suspiciously. By the end of the game: Expert Offense, Logistics, Pathfinding, Water Magic, and Basic Attack.
On 117, Horde in the Castle, which allowed collecting Dragon Fly Hives (4+12+4), taking the Griffin Conservatory triple, on 126 beating a GO of 49 Hordes. Those on morale killed three Grands, two Hordes, and two Wyverns, but on the other hand, they could have gotten morale more often, so thanks for that at least. Then a Scout on a Pegasus imagined he would kill Frolloff's Scout on a Griffin with one hit and got an arrow to the head, dead. A second Scout went on two Pegasi to avenge his colleague and found Mullich. Kyrre is Kyrre, and she reaches him on her last moves... and still has some left)
The stats are slightly better for Mullich. Mana at 50, Kyrre at 20. For troops, Kyrre has: 28 Grands, 18 Wyverns, 4 Hordes, three Angels, two tier-1 groups of Pegasi and one tier-3 group of Pegasi. Mullich: an Angel, 30 Arbalesters, 35 Orc Warriors, 48 Pikes, 10 Griffin Crusaders, 4 Champions, 6 regular Archers, a Ballista. Mass Haste and Mullich — a sight not for the faint of heart, but there was simply nothing to hit the Wyverns with...
I was lucky that I arrived, as then Mullich would have taken a big Griffin Conservatory.
Thank you for the game and the time!