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

01.08.2013 Chingis (red, Dungeon, Shakti) def Гриша=) (blue, Stronghold, Crag Hack) Jebus, 112.

Thanks for the game.

The opponent seemed to have blocks, but not the kind that require a mandatory restart.

I had 4 beehives, 2 Griffin Conservatories, 2 Pandora's Boxes, and maybe something else.

08/01/2013 Chingis (red, Dungeon, Shakti) def Grisha=) (blue, Stronghold, Kreg Hack) Jebus, 112.

Thanks for the game.

07/29/2013 Nestor86 (red, Inferno, Pir, Tazar) lose Dima Surmay (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) JC 132
2 Hives on the starting location and a hidden group of Gog, I went out with Tazar and 2 Archdevils and a stack of Magogs, leaving the Ducks on the Guardian of the Ogre.
There, I gathered some resources, didn't find a Castle, and was ambushed with a Castle and a Town Portal in it.
Thanks for the game!

07/29/2013 Nestor86 (red, Inferno, Octavia, Marius) lose Dima Surmay (blue, Rampart, Kir, Kir) JC 113
Lack of money, surrender.
Thanks for the game!

And thank you for the games and the reports.

08/01/2013 kesa (Blue, Tower of Aine Charna) def 0771 (Red, Rampart of Kir Kir) 2sm4d (3) 212.
Gathered 700+ skeletons, ducks, and titans. Broke through the Grand Order, opponent was in the treasure room without control - he surrendered.
Thanks for the game.

08/01/2013 kesa (Blue, Tower of Aine Charna) def 0771 (Red, Rampart of Kir Kir) 2sm4d (3) 212.
Gathered 700+ skeletons, ducks, and titans. Broke through the Grand Order, opponent was in the treasure room without control - he surrendered.
Thanks for the game.

01.08.2013 shameonyou (blue, dungeon, Shakti) def. Chingis (red, Citadel, Crag Hack) Jebus Cross 125

Opp didn't take ressurections, I took 1 on block. On 111 I reveal boots + an external dwelling of cats behind a horde of Master Gremlins, near the castle a Dragon Fly Hive behind Centaurs. I break through about 70 Hogs (block on the road) for a box - they give 45 Harpies - good. I play.

112. I find another Hive behind upgraded demons, Sword +6 behind a horde of Dragon Flies. Shakti breaks through blocks, he's already level 4, takes 1 Crypt. Gunnar arrives, but there's not much room to level anymore, I decide to keep leveling Shakti anyway, only if he doesn't get Earth, I would have switched to Gunnar.

113. Another Hive behind demons, I break through for boots and an external dwelling of cats, upgraded the Harpies - 60 of them.

114-115. I take down 47 Crossbowmen for a Pandora's Box with 10k experience almost without losses (60 upgraded Harpies did damage like Troglodytes), I got Earth, I take a Hive behind Centaurs with Shakti - he's at 6. A scout hero takes another found Hive behind Wood - he's at 4, then I transfer the army back to Shakti, I take a Hive at 8 behind upgraded demons, I give the army to Gunnar, he goes to the next Hive. Shakti runs to the Castle (very close) to refill mana and get Slow. The Dragon Utopia is free - Rust Dragons. I plan to go on 117.

116. Gunnar takes a Hive at 6, the scout finds a Slow scroll, I break it and pass the scroll to Shakti, I revealed right next to the Castle where Shakti is refilling mana a Griffin Conservatory behind Capes.

117. I take the Griffin Conservatory at 4 with Oil without issues. I wanted to split and attack the Dragon Utopia, but I find another Hive here, I decided to go for 121 with spare movement, because on 117 I would only break through and not get past further.

121. I attack the Dragon Utopia - it falls almost without losses, then a block of about 100 King Minotaurs - but I can go around, luckily I have Pathfinding, I didn't attack them, not much mana (30).

122. I get a decent Kaled from a prison, I take boots +2 all stats, a Hive. There's a Dragon Fly Hive and a box behind Arch Devils, but the box is clearly crap, because there's an artifact for +1 Mercury, I didn't attack.

123. I reveal another 8!!! :smile04: Hives, and 3 of them immediately behind one guard - Nagas, there's also an Implosion scroll :D . I clear all of this - already 51 ducks :cool: .

124. I collected Hives with scouts - 59 ducks :) . I reached the opponent's Dragon Utopia - there are Chaos Hydras + about 100 King Minotaurs. Visited the library. Sat down to regen mana in Inferno.

125. I see in the scanned area of the opponent's spawn (I visited the lookout tower on turn 1, as Crag Hack, or a scout hero, idk I only saw a piece of the hero, (apparently with the full army) he captures an external dwelling of birds and a Hive. I take a Dragon Utopia 2 with a scout - it gives super - armor +4 +4, Sword +5 all stats. Shakti with a running start on 3200 movement points - reaches this 'unknown'. It's Crag Hack himself in the flesh. More than double stat advantage and 60 ducks left no chance.

Thanks for the game !!!

08/01/2013 shameonyou(blue, dungeon, Shakti) def. Chingis(red, citadel, Kreg) Jebus Cross 125

Thanks for the game!!!

The game is confirmed.

But according to the game procedure on turn 121, it was like this.

I'm waiting for the turn to pass. I'm told that the turn hasn't passed. I tell him to load his save before the turn. The opponent loads some random save where it's already turn 122, and all my troops are standing with a full turn, but they can't move because it's the opponent's turn again. That is, a wasted day.

This happens twice. I got tired of waiting, and of course, I load MY auto-save for the opponent's repeat turn on 121.

It's strange. So, can I next time jump awkwardly onto a Guardian, then say that the turn didn't pass, and then brazenly take an auto-win?

I played my 4th game that day and 3 times I forgot to move my troops and also made several other mistakes.
But I didn't ask for an auto-win, although I could have also staged a circus with the turn passing.

Yes, and Kreg also had 24 ducks and 2 more units additionally with his second hero, a total of 9 units and 32 ducks. I took 3 Dweller dens in the first week.

Shakti's stats weren't much higher, but much less than double.

I didn't expect the opponent to come so quickly. I'll know that now.

08/01/13. Pit for LM (blue, random Stronghold, random Shiva, Mullich) def COBECTb (red, random Inferno, random Zydar, Ignatius), 2sm4d(3), 123. The opponent took two quick restarts. A barbarian appeared; on turn 111, I scouted a stable by the road, a convenient path to the grass, a monster den, and cyclops. There's some money, and Mullich is in the tavern. Let's play. On turn 112, I bought Mullich and placed him next to the mummies. I gained some gold and placed orcs. Turn 113 - I cleared a path to the grass and took a crypt worth 2500. Turn 114 - I took a Rampart; there are elves there. Turn 115 - I took a second Rampart, and Mullich moved towards the monster den. He's moving through rough terrain; I can see a path to the opponent. Contact soon... Turn 116 - I took the monster den. Turn 117 - Ignatius appeared near the guard of my Rampart. There's nothing to do; I pass everything to Christian, attack the griffons, and attack Ignatius. He has about fifty imps and a dozen ogres. I have 12 elf archers, a monster, 3 rocs, a dozen orcs, several goblins, and 4 ogres. I lost a few elf archers (there was a bottleneck), and I killed almost all the ogres and most of the imps; a tribute is being paid. Turn 121 - I activate a lookout, and I see a conservatory near the opponent's capital. I move Mullich closer. Turn 122 - I check the consulate and take 2 angels. Turn 123 - I attack the Stronghold with a mage and easily win. Thank you for the game.

01.08.13. Pit for LM (blue, random Stronghold, random Shiva, Müllich) def COBECTb (red, random Inferno, random Zydar, Ignatius), 2sm4d(3), 123.

Confirmed. Thanks for the game.

I took Rest at GO and block. Took a look at the layout; the respawn was definitely lacking. There was no sign of any Behemoths or Cyclopes. Nothing besides the Caldera. Conserve at 250g. That's it. Our GO turned out to be off-road and was untouched. Could have taken Rampart on day 2, but I felt sorry mangling 75 Imps against Griffins and decided to explore the other side of the map. I quickly developed everything possible on my side, and by the end of the week, Efreeti were ready. Ignat, with the remnants after everything, moved closer to the passage and was expecting reinforcements on day 121 — but that wasn't the case. Behemoths with Elves dropped by, and the pitiful handful of Imps and Gogos couldn't put up a fight. I had to surrender and hole up in the castle, without a Citadel, awaiting my inevitable demise :)

02.08.13 Sanin (Red, Castle, Valeska, Tazar) def Tovarishch (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Ciele) 8mm6a 137

It was a one-way block — Cerberi guarded a flask of +2 health, and a Griffin Conservatory was visible right behind them, which encouraged me to play. Also, Müllich appeared. There are two experience pillars; Müllich gets Wisdom, Valeska gets Defense. I broke through to the next zone, from there to a corner treasure zone, where I took a Dwarf Cottage and the town itself. There is also a Griffin Conservatory in an adjacent zone, which I checked with Tan — it's a double, and a Griffin Conservatory in the treasure zone of unknown value. Valeska got Tactics. At home: Griffins and Cavaliers in the Citadel.

On week 2, Valeska breaks through the Cerberi, Müllich takes a minor Griffin Conservatory, then a portal, from there into the underground, and Valeska emerges onto the snow near the enemy. I capture a Tower, set up lookout, take a Naga Bank. Next to the Tower is a Griffin Conservatory, 2-4, I didn't go for it, moved my stuff back. I realize I won't hold the Castle — Picadril is there with Mages and 20+ Gargoyles. I go back into the underground, take a Dragon Fly Hive of 6 Wyverns. Then Isra and Shakti appear in view under blue flags, but they don't reach Müllich and Valeska. Isra stays on a Harpy; Valya cuts her down on an Angel, Müllich takes the army back to the respawn. He's leveling up terribly, by the way: after leveling Leadership and Wisdom, I had to take Water anyway. One turn earlier, a scout hero took one step to see what the Gremlins near the portal were guarding — it turned out to be a Griffin Conservatory. I clear it with Müllich; it's 2-4, I didn't go for it. The opponent makes a wrong decision, and Ciele heads to the snow. Meanwhile, Tazar showed up at the tavern; on the experience stones he immediately got Logistics, and I dragged him toward the double Griffin Conservatory on the adjacent zone. Troops reach him; I take the double, losses are significant — 2 Cavaliers. Nearby lies a shield +6 guarded by 70 Storm Elementals; I don't dare fight, I drag the troops to Müllich, who takes a minor Dragon Fly Hive. The scout hero breaks into the Griffin Conservatory — it's a double. Next turn, I take it with Müllich, totaling five Angels. Valeska is killed by Ciele, and I forget to resurrect her.

After clearing my snow zone and never checking the Griffin Conservatory next to the Tower for the rest of the game, the opponent turns toward my respawn. I buy back everyone except the Spearmen, march them to Tazar; he takes the shield and runs to the treasure zone. Tazar leveled up Wisdom; he gets Resistance (and he didn't live up to expectations, yeah...). I take a Griffin Conservatory — it's a max; I have to give up all the Archers. Ciele captures the main town. Then I decide to take a Dragon Utopia, stats 3-13; I have nine Angels. I didn't take Cavaliers or Swordsmen into the Utopia, but I bought 24 Gargoyles from the village. It was a double Utopia taken without a spell book; everything died except one Angel. I got the KP, a necklace +3 all, a club +5, and armor +1 all. Seeing the stats the next turn, Ciele turned around, broke apart... In short, she didn't go to finish off poor Tazar. I replenish mana, use Fly to take one Dragon Fly Hive, a Pandora's Box of 15 Grand Djinns, then sit in the village again to replenish mana and grow my army.
I emerge at 137 onto my respawn, planning to take the main town by 141 and deny the opponent the growth. The prospects are excellent; Tazar got Tactics and Earth. But this time, Ciele doesn't run; she attacks instead and quickly capitulates. Thanks for the game!

08/02/13 Sanin (Red, Castle, Valeska, Tazar) def. Tovarish (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Ciel) 8mm6a 137

It was a good game, thanks for playing!

02.08.13 The_ (red, Conflux, random, Lacus, Green Dragon, Labetha) def wariator (blue, Citadel, Crag Hack) JC 141.

We started playing without restarts.
The respawn turned out to be rather scarce, a few low-level pickups (Air, Water, Fire). 4 Dragon Fly Hives and that's it. But we got excellent Pandora's Boxes: one for 15 Storm Elementals, 20 Magma Elementals, 20k gold and all of level 4 + Blue Hat for 80 Vampires, one for 117 Green Dragons with full control and 150 mana.
I top off mana and run to the center, on the way I break a Dragon Utopia (single) and because of a small amount of meat, I have to seriously drain my mana, but they give me a Sword +5 All.
Double GO: Efreetis and Wyverns, both need to be killed. I break them on day 123, but I have no mana left. Immediately after, a block of 18 Red Dragons guarding a prison, almost no chaff, but I somehow break through them too; in the prison they give Labetha at level 30, with experience: all magic, Pathfinding, Catapult, Estates, First Aid, but with full mana. I decide to switch to her. Next, another block of 17 upgraded Cyclopes (Pandora's Box with 8 Nagas), who get a morale boost on the first turn and crash into the Storm Elementals; I somehow manage again, using explosion. Then it gets more fun: a block of 16 Angels with Grand Strike (Pandora's Box with 20k gold), I lose absolutely everything possible and impossible. What remains is 3 birds, 24 Wyverns (the stack managed to survive, not a single wyvern lost during the whole time), and a bit of chaff. I capture the central castle and sit down to replenish mana. 4 heroes with all of level 4, thanks to experience from Literacy.
While I'm replenishing mana with Labetha, scout heroes find Dragon Fly Hives in the wasteland, about 7 of them on one screen. I take all the hives and run to the opponent.
Then begins a week of running around; in the end I scouted almost the entire opponent's respawn, captured castles, but he managed to run away from me through a passage and capture my main; there Labetha caught him, despite the Cloak of Undeath, Fireball without a chance; a stack of 70+ wyverns has nothing to counter.
The opponent was very unlucky with GO, quadruple and all had to be killed + treasure zone in the wasteland.

Thanks for the game and your time!

02.08.13 The_ (red, Conflux, random, Lacus, grindan, Labetha) def wariator (blue, Citadel, Kreg) JC 141.

We played without restarts.
The respawn turned out to be rather scarce, a few low-level pickups (air, water, fires). 4 Hives, that was it. But excellent Pandora's Boxes were found: 15 Storm Elementals, 20 Magma Elementals, 20 for gold and the entire 4th level + blue hat for 80 Vampires, 117 grindan with full control and 150 mana.
I fill my mana and run to the center, along the way I break a Dragon Utopia early and due to a small amount of meat, I have to seriously drain my mana, but they give me a Sword +5 All.
GO double Efreet and Wyverns, I have to hit both. I break them on 123, but have no mana left. Immediately after, a block of 18 Red Dragons for a prison, almost no chow, but I somehow break through them too, in the prison they give Labetha level 30, expert all magic, pathfinding, catapult, estates, first aid, but with full mana. I decide to switch to her, then again a block of 17 upgraded freaks (Pandora 8 Nagas), who get morale in the very first round crashing into the Storm Elementals, I somehow get out again thanks to explosion. Then more fun: a block of 16 Angels with Blessing (Pandora 20k), I lose absolutely everything possible and impossible. The net result: 3 birds, 24 Wyverns (I managed to keep the stack, not a single duck lost throughout the whole game), and a bit of chow. I take the central castle and sit down to refill mana. 4 heroes with all 4th level, thanks to expert scholarship.
While I'm refilling mana with Labetha, scout heroes find Dragon Fly Hives off-road in quantities of 7, on one screen. I take all the hives and run to the opponent.
Then a week of running around begins, as a result I scouted the opponent's respawn almost completely, captured castles, but he managed to run to me through the passage and capture my main, where Labetha caught him, despite the Cloak of Disavowal, fireball had no chance, the stack of 70+ ducks had nothing to counter.
The opponent was very unlucky with GO, quadruple and all had to be hit + treasure zone off-road.

Thanks for the game and time!

Overall, for the exit I had to kill Unicorns, Naga Queens, Titans and Wizards for dessert! I broke through everything, but the opponent managed to set up a duck farm, which decided the game.
:D thanks for the game!

2.07.13. Pit for LM (blue, random Swamp, random Merista, Mullich) def Tovariщ (red, random Inferno, random Fiona, Malekith), 2sm2c, 124.
We chose all restarts. No chances for red, the generator repaid its debts from the previous game :).
111 - 5 heroes, among them Mullich. Took secondary Conflux via the fast road, there - a stable, gloves, greaves +1+1 to magic and armor +3. Opponent has only one road to the ГО.
112 - captured a prison. Ended up with 28 wolves :).
113 - captured all 3 artifacts + another grave, where the next day a crown +4 will be given. Mullich got Tactics.
114 - kind of stupidly ran Mullich to the lookout, revealed my treasure zone, where a block of Archmages appeared almost immediately. Had to run back for the spellbook.
115 - bought the spellbook, replenishing mana, stats already 3-3-5-6.
116 - running back to the treasure zone entrance, there's a Pandora's Box with dwarf guards, can be taken.
117 - with troop reinforcements, I hit the dwarves, losing a Basilisk. They give 60 Archers, okay, I stand before the Archmages. Built 1-6 without Bulls in the Citadel.
121 - full clearance, the Archmages fall easily, then a hundred Orcs behind a Dragon Fly Hive, a hundred Dwarves, then a Dragon Fly Hive with 8 Wyverns. I was in a hurry, I wasted not too much, but clearly more than needed.
122 - two Pandora's Boxes with 5k experience each. Preparing to hit the ГО and take the opponent's capital.
123 - max annoyance, upgrade of 13 Wyverns, splitting in Conflux, I break through the ГО, occupy Inferno without a fight. No one nearby, so I run back to my own capital.
124 - I break through the ГО on the opponent's secondary hero, there's snow and a very convenient hut with Pathfinding :). Kill a couple of heroes, scout the lookout. Everything is explored, everything is clear.
125 - Malekith turns out to be within reach in his own treasure zone, I attack, no chance there, all killed in 2 rounds almost without losses.
Thank you for the game!

07/02/13. Pit for LM (blue, random Swamp, random Merista, Mullich) def Tovariщ (red, random Inferno, random Fiona, Malekith), 2sm2c, 124. There’s nothing more to add:

All rematches were chosen. Red had no chance, the generator paid back the debt from the previous game :).

Thank you for the game!