Posts from "Новичок SUMMER-2013"

03.08.2013 The_ (red, Conflux, random, Tunar, Mephala) def Lem (blue, Fortress, Tazar) JC 131. game number 1 (The_ 1:0 Lem)

We chose all restarts (I was very dull to pick 112, hoping it would generate better), in the end full garbage came in, in reality: 4 Dragon Fly Hives on 22 Wyverns (absolutely all of them on such impassable terrain that it's just a disaster), Griffin Conservatory single, external dwelling of water elementals... In the Citadel, phoenixes. Mephala level 5 hits GO on 124, without oil, without anything at all basically, logistics, offense, leadership, no items for stats either. I dragged the GO through using blind somehow. After that I ran through the entire treasure zone from start to finish (excluding the truly impassable parts), result: 1 Dragon Fly Hive, shield +4 all, and two Dragon Fly Hives revealed next to the opponent's GO. Lucky that his spawn was no better than mine, and the GO was heavily bitten, surrender follows.

Thanks for the game.

Tournament NP vs LM.
03.08.13. numOne (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Lim4 (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre), panic, 137

Thanks for the game! And good luck in the playoffs.

That's how it was. I think I played the map well, which I can't say about the fights with the opponent. Well, numOne is numOne:cool: An interesting and difficult game.
On the first week, Rampart in the Citadel. The respawn wasn't very convenient. I freed Calh with 15 Gogs from the prison, and there were also 6 on Octavia - a decent stack right away)) I reached the Necromancer's Forge on the second week, since it was guarded by 50+ Lizard Warriors. I took two level 1 Griffin Conservatories. Kyrre has good progression: Attack, Tactics, Earth Magic. On the third week, my scout ran into Tazar, who had blocked the portal from the other side.
With the Ring of Cold, I killed two level 1 Dragonflies, one was left, and I attack with Kyrre. Stats: Kyrre 6 8 6 7 (70), Tazar 15 10 5 4 (40)

We fight, I had Oil and Lightning Bolt. He also had Oil. I buy myself out with 5 Dendroids, 4 Rocs, and 2 Gogs, leaving 5 Wyverns and 80 Gnolls there. And, just like in the first game with numOne in the past m200, I forget to cast Arrow at the end! That would have been -2 Wyverns:rolleyes:
Then we saved, and it turned out that if I lose, I end up in the playoffs against Sam:eek: The game stopped being fun!
After that, the plan was to overwhelm Tazar with magic, which I replenished at a conveniently located Well, but each time he had more and more troops:D , and the opponent also got Anti-Magic! There was also an unpleasant fail with sending the Pegasi into the second Fireball, when I forgot about the hasted and anti-magicked Gnolls and flew in. Perhaps even without the two Fire Birds from the camp, I wouldn't have been able to win, but with them, all questions vanished. However, I attacked myself. I thought it would take exactly two Lightning Bolts, I positioned for a long, long time, the battle started, I get fatally hit by Death Wave:) I scroll to 141 hoping that Kyrre will be for sale, but the miracle didn't happen.
Thanks for the game, numOne!
Also thank you Sam for the support!:)

Announcement

Today at 8:00 PM Moscow time, there will be a video stream with the distribution of places in group "F" using the High Method!
Stratte - red
Slayzer - blue
AlexRoss - orange
zloy_geka - green
Akella - yellow
Each player's color corresponds to the color of the flag in the game
http://www.twitch.tv/dima_surmay

HIGH SYSTEM DRAW

I propose an alternative to the standard coin toss (if players, for some reason, cannot play or finish the game, a coin is tossed to determine the winner. My option is much more interesting (if anything can be interesting in determining a winner without playing).

Players perform a standard draft in choosing Castles. One, for example, chooses a Dungeon, the other - a Rampart. Then, the judge creates a network game. Players connect to it. Game settings: any map, 8 Castles, all random. A map is created. Players see whose Castle is higher in the list; that player wins. If one is missing, then the player with the available Castle wins. If neither is present, then the map creation should be repeated.

Details and variations can still be discussed and improved. Players, among themselves, if they trust each other, can conduct such a draw.

P.S. In this option, the players participate in the lottery themselves. They see the result themselves and immediately. And if it catches on... I would like the name "High" to sound good... For example, call it HIGH SYSTEM DRAW :D

Following the lottery based on the High method, the places in group "F" were distributed as follows:
1st place - Slayzer
2nd place - Stratte
3rd place - AlexRoss
4th place - zloy_geka
5th place - Akella
http://www.twitch.tv/dima_surmay/b/440215382

P.S. It could have been based on the seasonal ranking, for example...

I think this distribution is a foolish decision because the "Novice" tournament involves relatively unknown players, and it's possible that the strongest participants ended up in the same group. And to eliminate someone just because they were unlucky in the draw?! Are we here to haggle over shawarma at a market?:confused:

P.S. It would have been better to use the seasonal rating, for example...

Only one winner.

There will only be one winner. So everyone in the group had a chance to take first place, but if everyone lost twice, it's just a matter of luck. Wouldn't it be better to play the group games again for two weeks? And this is just the group stage. In the previous novice final, the deciding game was decided by chance. justobserver was unlucky. If there is a solution to this problem, please share it.

P.S. You contradict yourself. If they are novices, how can you determine the strongest based on the seasonal ranking? One might play 15 games and win 2-3, while the other only played one game to report and won. Who would be ranked higher?