Posts from “Summer 2013” experimental season. Online ranked games (reports, discussions).

07/22/2013. MuLLIyTa (Red, Castle, Valeska, Mulrich) def. Nitro43 (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti), 8mm6a, 226.
We chased the opponent around for a long time, trying to find a way to deal with his huge castle. He couldn't find any magic resistance. In the end, I killed his main hero with my army, giving a +5 speed bonus. The opponent wrote "GG".

Confirmed. Thanks for the game!

22.07.2013 kesa (Blue Swamp Tazar Tazar) def MertviyProrok (Red Castle Kaitlin Craig) 147 JC
On the respawn point there are 3 lizard dwellings, 1 bull dwelling, a bunch of gnolls, and two level 3 condor nests. It's a large, sprawling respawn area; on day 116 with 20 snipers, I take Pandora with 75 lizards. I didn’t find any ulriks on the first one, so in total, only 5 vivs. On the first turn, hydras and bulls appear at the Stronghold. There is also an external dwelling for Dragon Utopia. At the beginning of turn 2, I take 2 condor nests and a necklace +3 all stats for 20+ gold, exchanging them for efreets. It takes 2 days to reach GO; on day 124, I attack GO with 20 red dragons from a group stack, leaving angels and lizards behind; all the bulls were eaten. Moving into the center, I take 2 hives, burn down GO, and get Dragon Utopia given by KZ. Then my opponent comes out with a stack of archons. My opponent controls the center at the start of turn 3; on the respawn point, I find 2 hives – I take them, as well as Dragon Utopia. The opponent runs around the center, taking 2 Dragon Utopias and 1 hive; everything else is taken off-road. I capture the central castle, and Tazar goes to take the main castle. I foolishly expose the hero that the opponent uses to break through to the main castle, forcing me to retreat. In the center, using off-road movement, I take 2 hives, 2 Dragon Utopias, one level 1 condor nest, and 1 KВ. Almost ready, the angel alliance needs armor +1, which is located on the opponent's respawn point. From the central castle, I send a hero with meat troops to defend. The opponent takes the central castle. I gather an alliance + there’s a red sphere; on day 146, I retake the central castle, and on day 147, the opponent's main castle. The opponent attacks; he has 18 archons, 16 champions, 13 ducks, and some meat units. I have 7 archons, 47 gold ducks, and 100+ lizards. The opponent focuses on attacking the ducks - minus 20 of them; in response, poison is applied, and I attack with everything I have; the morale of the ducks drops. In the second round, I finish off what remains. GG.
Thanks for the game.

Satyr (blue, random, Conflux, Lacus, Grindan) def Vinceras (red, random, Barb, Gurni, Gurni) smka 127

Estonian rush on 127, but a beautiful one - through GO, Armageddon with 800+ damage and 250+ mana.
Thanks for the game.

Ran around nicely so, scout heroes found gloves and boots in the carts, and Gurni killed 50 gr. ogres with no army for an empty Pandora's Box, took 2 Dragon Fly Hives with 12 ducks, then 90 gr. basilisks for artifacts, and then slaughtered all Wyverns on the Black Knights for an external dwelling of cyclops and an artifact, then took another external dwelling of cyclops, but then the opponent unexpectedly runs up with super stats and it's over, Conflux rules.
Thanks for the game!

22.07.13 Mar (blue, Rampart, Mafella) def Evil Romantic (red, Tower, Nella, Kirry) Jebus Cross, 132
Moved to the center on 125 already without mana (but with a red orb, which was reassuring). Freed Xi lvl 10. On 131 I planned to take the Dragon Utopia, but then Kirry arrived with 4 and 5 angels (he'd sped up) and just barely missed me. =) I bring in the growth, take the Dragon Utopia; of the useful things, they only give a sword +5, that's all. And I wondered: should I attack with the whole army? What's the point? He'll run away! ((( I supply Xi with 3 gold and all spellcasting artifacts + Armageddon (750 in total). I attack, wipe out 7 angels on the first turn, and freeze waiting for Implosion, or recovery, or something else…. ))) Opp pays off, and gg.
Opp had Implosion and Dimension Door, but no mana.
Thanks for the game.

22.07.13 Mar (blue, Rampart, Mafella) def zloy_romantik (red, Tower, Nella, Kirr) Jebus, 132
It had everything, but no mana... by the way, it's a pity that in dungeons you can get everything: experience, magic, money, troops, but you can't get mana... :D

23.07.2013 The_ (red, dungeon, Shakti) def Pyre (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Kyrre) JC 134.

First week:
Strange start, a spread of three heroes, but a single Griffin Conservatory was taken. Gold ~2400 and no one else to collect it with, nothing visible except this conservatory. But for some reason I didn't take a restart.
On the second day, full spread, an external dwelling of dragons was found, a refugee camp (Pegasi) was cleared, on the third day I break the dwelling, find another external dwelling of dragons, see two Dragon Fly Hives (4+6). The next dragon dwelling is guarded by 50-99 Vampires; because I was thrown a sphere of fire and resources, I portal the dragon to take a mini Dragon Fly Hive and, with a loss of 30 Troglodytes, kill the Vampires. Meanwhile, along the wasteland, another external dwelling of dragons is found; since nothing else is visible, I break Shakti back home, chain-collect the hives, +4 chain, +3 sword; Shakti runs for two days to the dwelling. Along this same wasteland, a fourth external dwelling of dragons is found in the very corner of the map; I decide to pick it up too, since the respawn is scouted, there are no more hives. No conservatory either. In the fort: 1234+portal+Mage Guild+whirlpool. Shakti got Earth; next to the dwelling, I take the first Pandora's Box with 45 Harpies. There is absolutely nothing to do on the respawn, so I break into the castle, double the mana (doubling from 10 to 20!). Go giants, with Griffin Conservatory. On the way to the go, I pick up armor +1 all, a Pandora's Box for 20+ movement points for the entire first level (I was surprised for a long time; apparently all the value went into a quest artifact).

Second week: on day 121, I was reaching the go, but I decided to stand right next to it on the speed-up, pick up a warrior's tomb (gave a medal +3 mana per day, which I already had) and break some scout heroes in the Griffin Conservatory, since a stack of 10 Red Dragons, while imposing respect, there's simply no meat or gold to recruit that meat. Army: 1 Angel, 10 dragons, 10 ducks, 45 Harpies, about 70 Troglodytes. The giants eventually fell without issue (the Griffin Conservatory aggroed on the Harpies; I only lost 25). On full speed-up, I enter the treasure zone; immediately I see a Griffin Conservatory behind Unicorns (besides the conservatory, they guard the best artifacts: maps, bow +5%, boots of levitation, and some other junk); in the end, there are 79 Unicorns; I have to spend precious mana again; in the conservatory there was only one Angel... On day 123, I finally find three Hives close together, all three fat, with 26-28 ducks total. Then two more Hives (I deliberately run toward the opponent's go), I take those too; there, a Dragon Utopia + sword 5 all + another Dragon Utopia and a castle. Meanwhile, scout heroes scout the center; I clear another central castle, burn two Libraries nearby, the Book of Earth. The opponent is still not visible, and such a relaxation sets in that I enter a Dragon Utopia without even arranging the army, exposing the ducks to fire breath; result: -13 ducks - 2 dragons. After that, the fighting spirit was completely lost; from scouting the land I saw that the opponent had no other exits to the center except the one I controlled (but in the end I was too lazy to move a scout hero a couple of tiles closer to the go; I would have seen that the passage was very wide. In the end, the opponent escaped via the wasteland into the treasure zone at the start of week three, where a small piece remained—though a fat one, with two Dragon Utopias, stat artifact). After the wild fail with the Dragon Utopia, I broke into the central swamp, upgraded the ducks. I took the Libraries, the Book of Earth, ate a couple of Pandora's Boxes, took the bracers.

Third week: I no longer even run scout heroes (the whole treasure zone is revealed and consumed; Shakti has control); Shakti sits in the central castle and occasionally picks up what wasn't eaten (all Pandora's Boxes for experience, none for meat), waiting for the opponent (but as I already wrote, the opponent slipped through outside the zone of visibility).
Shakti, with her last skill, leveled Air, saw that the opponent was in the treasure zone, was surprised, went to catch him, couldn't reach Kyrre, who was standing in front of a Dragon Utopia, but cut off the weekly growth that was being brought for Kyrre. The opponent attacked the Dragon Utopia without the delivery, and ended up staying there; surrender follows. Army-wise: 17 dragons, 50 Monarchs, 2 Angels + native meat, stats 27-27-27-20, full control, all magic +2 speed.
As the saves showed, the opponent got a bugged respawn, from one edge of the map to the other (I've had this happen myself many times; my condolences); there were external dwellings of greens, but they were inconveniently located; there were about 5 Dragon Utopias, but also too far; in general, the layout was weaker.

Thanks for the game and your time.

23.07.2013 Tovariщ (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def RiMpel2 (Blue, Dungeon, Gunar, Gunar) 2sm4d (3) 131. Good starting position, on the first day I took Pandora for 5k and got Log and Earth. On the second day, I took a level 1 Consul, thanks to 20 Elves at the start. After that, everything went well; I captured two secondary towns and scouted two tertiary towns. In the second week, I went to one of them; there were: 4+6+12 Vivs, a Shield -3/+12, and a Book of Air, but I didn't reach it - I was saved. Today, I offered to finish the game, but my opponent refused (it was going badly for him). Thanks for the game!

07/23/2013 Tovariщ (Red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def RiMpel2 (Blue, Dungeon, Gunar, Gunar) 2sm4d(3) 131.

Good starting position, on the first day I took Pandora with 5k and got Log and Earth. On the second day, I took a level 1 Consul, thanks to 20 Elves at the start. After that, everything went well; I captured two secondary towns and scouted two tertiary towns. In the second week, I went to one of them; there were: 4+6+12 Viv, Shield -3/+12, and a book of air, but I didn't reach it - I was saved. Today, I offered to finish the game, but the opponent refused (it was going badly).

Thanks for the game!

Thanks for the game.

07/22/2013 dom2(red,rampart,Ivor) def cuc9ctblu( blue,Dungeon,Shakti,Kreg) Jebus Cross 127
I haven't played much with Rampart, I played through the elf upgrade, ignoring the warriors (although their hideout was right in front of me). I took 2 knight units (I messed up with the third), they were in the castle, grabbed 25 grand units in the pandora. GO - dragons, spirits. In the treasure room, I snatched the Lion's Sword from under his nose, and then brazenly attacked with Ivor (if I had bracers or +1 to speed, it would have been a win). I grabbed a helmet +12 to knowledge and retreated home. Here, the opponent makes a royal gift - he can't take the fifth-level hat, the scout takes it, another attack on Kreg, while Ivor replenishes mana, the guys fly to the outpost for a console. Knowing that Kreg has no mana, I look for an encounter and find it. There are a lot of stats and parameters, but no mana - and the remaining stack of knights blinds, slows down, I knock out everything except the slow, blindness, and GG.
Thanks for the game, the opponent had everything great - he probably took advantage of the only chance to win.

confirmed

23.07.2013 Tovariщ (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) def. Iamsamstan (Red, Castle, Valya, Valya) panic 126. The Pegasus carried the game! Thanks for the game!

23.07.2013 Roger DAltavilla (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Kyrre) def Player_ (Red, Dungeon, Gunnar) 8mm6a 131.
Thanks for the game!
Nice layout, got Kyrre, 2 roads, 3 Griffin Conservatories for 4 angels, 2 Dwarf Cottages (both maxed). On the second week I broke into the General center, took an external dwelling of horses and a mini-hive. On 131 I capture the red capital, and on the same turn the brown bot finishes off the opponent.

23.07.2013 Roger DAltavilla(Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Kyrre) def Player_(Red, Dungeon, Gunnar) 8mm6a 131.
Thanks for the game!
Pleasant layout, got Kyrre, 2 roads, 3 Griffin Conservatories for 4 angels, 2 Dwarf Cottages (both maxed). On the second day I broke into the general center, took an external dwelling of horses and a mini-unicorn. On 131 I capture the red capital and on the same turn the brown bot finishes off the opponent.

Confirmed.
Right under my nose an external dwelling of Evil Eyes, scouting showed everything seemed fine, decided to play.
On day 2 I broke through a lot of zombies (70 I think), got to the center, there was something else standing guard there, they cut down 20 Troglodytes. Swamp zone, bad. Took a village, Gunnar got stat boosts 10 offense, leveling earth. Well I thought it was fine. On day 7 at home I lose 7 Evil Eyes and 8 Harpies to a hero with thieves — wanted another external dwelling of Evil Eyes, even though I knew I didn't have enough gold.
On week 2 I decided to go kill the computer, since there was no money at all, the center wasn't shining with free gold. Took his castle, in the zone near the computer I see an external dwelling of Bone Dragons, and not one but two. I take it, Gunnar expert earth 17 offense, need a spell book — I break into the computer's Fortress, there I learn Arrow, Slow, Shield, and Stone Skin — everything needed. I take 18 Lizardmen and go kill the last computer hero, there are 16 Lizardmen 19 Gnolls 2 Wyverns and a TENT. I pick off the Wyverns and Gnolls with arrows, 4 Lizardmen remain against 4 Lizardmen, but I have offense, and he has a TENT. Gunnar fell. Nothing to buy him back with, and if I wait a turn — Kyrre will catch up. I surrender.
Thanks for the game)

07/23/2013 dom2(red, Fortress, Tazar) def kesa(blue, Stronghold, Kreg) Jebus Cross 125
Gathered 30 wyverns in the first week, hid hydras, lizardmen, and 2 gnolls, and placed hydras in the castle. In the treasury on day 123, I took the Earth book and had to retreat home to replenish mana. On day 125, I visited the library near the opponent's Castle, monitoring the ground and air, and Kreg attacks the Castle. He has an advantage in troops and parameters. Thank you for the game.

07/23/2013 dom2(red, Fortress, Tazar) def kesa(blue, Stronghold, Kreg) Jebus Cross 125

Confirmed. Thank you for the game.

22.07.2013. kalababa (Red, Castle, Valeska, Clavius) def Player_ (Blue, Dungeon, Gunnar), 8mm6a, 117.
He dealt 170 damage with skeletons, discovered a bugged passage to the opponent's computer, and planned to take the castle on turn 121 (my home castle), but the opponent noticed all this and wanted to replay the game, and attacked me with a Moon spell. But with 117 and the middle paths, it didn't work. After that, he acknowledged his defeat. It turned out he didn't have much mana left.