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

A Necromancer came to my city with 54 angels, cast Orb, and even applied Shackles, it seemed like he wanted to finish me off. But the Cursed Armor saved the day. Thanks for the game.

54 angels? How is that possible?

54 angels? How is that possible?

I have a guess that 54 angels is like 10, only 44 more.

07/31/2013 Mizrael (red, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def Mar (blue, Fortress, Alkin, Alkin) 8mm6a 225

A large, chaotic map. He started developing a Tyrannosaurus with 3 stacks, and in the first week, he had bears. In the second week, he dug into the treasure and almost got beaten; the guards were very tough. He found a hidden stash of Phoenixes, and in the third week, he found the second one. The Tyrannosaurus got nerfed at the level-up, and Crag Hack immediately took the lead after getting a log. He was the one being developed properly; he destroyed a Utopia, got wings, and things started moving. He deprived three computers of their resources, and in the process, he gave up his own castle because he didn't need it anymore. He acquired a Capitol, GM 4, and a dungeon with dragons + a hidden stash. He gathered enough money for an upgrade, and Crag Hack finally found a passage to his opponent through a one-way path. But he didn't have to move his army; he controlled the scouting, which Crag Hack took as his second-to-last acquisition. When he captured the blue player's home, he saw a glimpse of their scouting unit on their map using the spyglass. Immediately, Dessa with a good speed bonus and wings flies there and reveals this scouting unit. Below, on the snow, the blue player's hero is peacefully grazing with a speed bonus... Crag Hack with gloves and wings reaches him and eliminates all the angels, preventing him from reaching the Utopia. The opponent surrenders; thank you for the game.

Confirmed.
Thank you for the game.

Max1075 (Blue, Swamp, Westan, Westan) def Simon5760 (Red, Stronghold, Kreg Heg, Kreg Heg) 117 2sm4d(3)
Opponent surrendered
Thanks for the game!

Confirmed. It wasn't going well, so I decided not to play.

04.08.2013 aka.Ward3n(red,Stronghold,Crag,Tyrax) lose Sanin(blue,Inferno,Fiona,Gundula) 146 MiniNostalgia
I was so happy with the full control that I broke the rule and used 2 Dimension Door with expert air))). In terms of the game, I was winning without a chance, obviously; the drops were way too good! There was, of course, a moment in Dragon Utopia 3 where there were 18 anti-morals over 8 rounds, but as a reward: кз, квз and a teapot.
Thanks for the game.

04.08.2013 aka.Ward3n(red,Stronghold,Crag,Tyrax) lose Sanin(blue,Inferno,Fiona,Gundula) 146 MiniNostalgia
I was so happy with the full control that I broke the rule and used 2 Dimension Door with expert air))). In terms of the game, I was winning without a chance, obviously; the spawns were way too good! There was, of course, a moment in Dragon Utopia 3 where there were 18 anti-morals over 8 rounds, but as a reward: кз, квз and a teapot.
Thanks for the game.

Thanks for the game.

04.07.13. Pit for LM (blue, random Inferno, random Calid, Shakti) def Gomunguls (red, random Stronghold, random Shiva, Gretchen), balance, 124.
We played by M-200 rules.
I took a rest 112 on a drowned respawn (there were no exits from the snow except GO at all), got blue Inferno.
111 - lava all around, little gold. There's an external dwelling of efreets, and it's not really clear what to do with it. Grabbed a secondary hero.
112 - uncovered the fog of war. On the second town - a horde of blue, don't want to fight them now. See a prison behind golems, buy gogs, rush there.
113 - still 3 heroes, like on day one, and can't even put the 1000 anywhere...
114 - Shakti popped out of the prison. 104 troglodytes! Well, now we can fight... Put the 1000 in the capital.
115 - gremlins scatter, I take the necro town. Nearby a promising Pandora's Box (5k experience) behind centaurs. Build a Mage Guild.
116 - I take the Pandora, and there's an ambush - 60 gr. skeletons. What to do with them, I have no morale with trogs anyway, and there's still swamp meat left... Shakti runs to the efreet external dwelling. Build demons. The opponent pleases by already heading to the center...
117 - took the efreet external dwelling and barely placed them (in the fort). I run to GO, transfer the army to take the dwarf dwelling and medusa dwelling.
121 - I wasn't destined to take the dwarf dwelling... Last turn I didn't move onto it (although I could have, misclick), and now Gretchen came through the portal and took it... Minus 5k. Fine, I take the medusa dwelling on 6, build 3 marketplaces, donate all resources. Managed to buy back almost the entire army, give it to Shakti. GO - under 20 horned demons with Gargs, entered with difficulty (hero level 3, and because of the skeletons the efreets missed 3 key turns), but we got in. I approach the portal to the treasure zone.
122 - reinforce the army a bit, the horde of nomads enters fine, on the other side - ice elementals, rough battle. However, it wasn't that important - a whole cluster of hives at the entrance. Took two - +20 wyverns.
123 - Gretchen ran after Shakti, but can't reach yet. I take 4 more hives - total 44 wyverns. Also 8 efreets left. Well, Shakti leveled up well - expert Attack, Tactics, Defense, Logistics, basic Earth. Too bad without a spellbook. I split the wyverns into 2 stacks.
124 - Gretchen attacks. There - 150+ hobgoblins, 75+ gr. wolves, 7 birds, 4 cyclops, 6 air elementals, and two singles. In the second round, everyone piled onto one of the wyvern stacks, but only killed half. In response, almost all of them fell. Armor carries...
There are still tons of hives here, reaching the town won't be a problem, so Vitaly decides not to drag it out.
Thank you for the game!

04.07.13. Pit for LM (blue, random Inferno, random Kaelid, Shakti) def Gomunguls (red, random Stronghold, random Shiva, Gretchen), balance, 124.
Thank you for the game!

Confirmed!
It went well! I ran, got a lot of gold, 4 towns on the first bird in the Citadel were placed... The ГО was unpleasant - 10-19 bone dragons, popped up on turn 121 at the opponent's respawn, and when I caught up to the ГГ, there it was :smile07: ...:smile15: ))
Thanks for the game!

04.07.13. Pit for LM (red, Necropolis, Clavius, Galthran) def Akella (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Müllich), 2sm4d(3), 124.
I took my restarts, my opponent did too. As a result, it went smoothly, but if I had dragged it out, it's unknown how it would have ended.
111 - Aislinn, Galthran (without skeletons), Dimer, Bron with 6 basilisks arrive. Nothing to level up on, but I immediately take the prison behind the goblins - there's Lorelei and harpies. Respawn on the surface, average roads. There's an external market that I, being a noob, never used, although money was desperately needed at the start of week 2...
112 - scouting. One exit - swamp behind the mages, the other - dirt behind the harpies. Took a chest for 1k, advanced necromancy. Also have necromancy boots, armor +3.
113 - crypt with 5 vamps, liches joined. Broke through the flies to a secondary. Hometown, an external vampire dwelling is visible.
114 - another crypt with 5 vamps. Aislinn with liches broke through a couple of small gold blocks.
115 - another small crypt, on the way to the secondary I hit a block - elves. Need knights. Built them, but didn't have time to bring them up.
116 - shield +2 taken, hometown secondary captured, where a Mage Guild is being built. Also grabbed speed boots.
117 - at home, weeks 1-6 in the Citadel, in the secondary - just liches. Galthran got Earth magic. The plan is not clear yet.
121 - problems with gold and awkward chains. Bought knowledge, refilled mana. Decided to rush through the wasteland, there's a passage, and it's close.
122 - took armor +3, and meanwhile Galthran with liches from the secondary and basilisks took a crypt with 5 vamps.
123 - grabbed necromancy boots from a large horde of magogs, broke through to the opponent, intercepted a hero. Total: 3-6-9-30, expert Armorer and Earth, 290 skeletons, 6 basilisks, 5 knights, 9 liches. Have all the necessary magic.
124 - running further. There stands Müllich. 100+ spearmen, 3 champions, 35 archers and 17 griffins. Combat stats roughly equal to mine, but worse in magic. The fight was won very easily - Skeletons killed half the spearmen in one turn, while they killed only 8 in return.
Thank you for the game.

08/04/13 bubuch (red, Dungeon, Shafts, Shafts) loses to Sanin (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Mefala) 2cm4d3, 211. techport. Thank you for the game.

04.08.13 bubuch (red, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) lose Sanin (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Mephala) 2см4д3, 211.
tech defeat.
Thanks for the game.

Time after time Shakti saved himself by fleeing, and this last time he did it in the first round, after having cast Slow. That's why, indeed, it's a tech defeat. Thanks for the game.

04.08.2013 The_ (red, Swamp, Wistand) def Lim4 (blue, Conflux, random, Lacus) 2sm4d(3) 143.

Started playing without restarts.

An external dwelling of Wyverns was revealed immediately — for a Smuggler, that's a luxury, so despite having no money, I play. The roads are slow, scouting is going poorly, even with the Serpents; as it turned out by day 113, both roads (to the main and to the secondary) are blocked (the guard is nasty Grand Elves). Later, due to lack of money, I decided to use a scout hero to go with two Wyverns to collect treasure chests; 60 spearmen were fine, but 90+ red Imps killed both the scout and all the Wyverns (autocombat benevolently suggested losing only one Wyvern). Oh well, I didn't get upset, played on; took the Wyvern external dwelling, the Bull external dwelling, broke through the Grand Elves by the end of the first week; Wistand has great skills — Logistics, Archery, Earth Magic, Tactics.

Second week, I head underground; there's a Necropolis secondary, and an absolutely empty respawn; I jump through the gate to my opponent's secondary; there's a million gold, two Dragon Fly Hives — everything is great. I think, "Now I'll live large," but I fall one hex short of reaching the Dragon Fly Hive. All this happens on day 127; I end my turn, and in flies Lacus with a Mosh Pit, there's more meatshield plus a Firebird. I have no money for a ransom, although the first two rounds the trade goes in my favor (a stack of 40 Lizardmen did its job), but then 3 Cows and 7 Ducks gradually gnawed through and reached the Lizardmen. Nothing to be done — I run away, without an army. Lim is left with 1 Firebird, 4 Elementals of the Mind, 12 Fire Elementals, and about 70 Sprites. I was sure she would come to finish me off, but she hesitated for some reason.

Third week: nowhere to run, barely any money, no troops except the growth; I decide, on the harshest no-road terrain, to run either to the treasure zone or to my own pathless secondary. In the end, it's the secondary — but it's no longer mine :). Through it, along the edge, I crawl out to the treasure zone; I break through Bone Dragons (12 of them with Skeleton Warriors) with an army of 5 Ducks, 6 Bulls, Serpents, and 20 Lizardmen; they also give me 30 upgraded Serpents. In the treasure zone, I found three Dragon Fly Hives (for 24 Wyverns); one Dragon Fly Hive was guarded by 110+ Medusas with Skeleton Warriors; I left several Ducks there, but in the end, I got 8.

Fourth week: I see Lim is running toward me; using a chain across the entire map, I return the army to the beaten-up Wistand; full trade, buyback, and I attack myself. Army-wise: 31 Lizardmen, 31 Ducks, 5 Bulls, 12 Basiliks, about 6 Serpents, 20 Gnolls; stats are roughly even — Lim has a little more. Her army: 8 Firebirds, 30 Air Elementals, 9 Elementals of the Mind, 9 Ducks, 150 Sprites. I immediately cast Mass Slow; it seems she couldn't find Oil, since Earth Magic was Expert. In the second round, Shield; Lim, in the second round, casts a single Haste on the Birds, but forgets that the Ducks have already activated; they crash into the Birds, killing 4, and then Morale kicks in, finishing off the stack — followed by surrender. I can't believe I managed to take the victory in this match.

Thank you for the interesting game and your time!
P.S. Thanks to everyone who watched the stream and supported me :)
The recording can be viewed here; the best part starts at 127 http://www.twitch.tv/the__the/b/440617480

Time after time, Shakti escaped, and the last time he did so was in the first round, after casting oil. Hence, the tech loss. Thanks for the game.

Tech loss after tech loss, first me, then Bubuch)

05.08.13 Diabler (blue, Conflux, Calth, Crag Hack) lose kalababa (red, Citadel, Crag Hack), 132.
We had our rematch. As usual, the worst possible layout was dealt at the end. Somehow found 4 Griffin Conservatories, but 3 of them were single-unit and the last one was double-unit. In another Conservatory of respawn I found an amulet +3 all behind the hydras. Crag Hack got Earth, decided to make her the main hero. On 116 I take 2 single-unit Conservatories, get ready to take the double-unit Conservatory with Crag Hack, the scout hero ran to reclaim the necklace. Crag Hack takes the double-unit Conservatory, fights diamond golems, gets a Pandora's Box of 10k gold. The scout heroes kill an angel on 4 upgraded behemoths for Yog level 20 (Ballistics, Estates, and other skills — all as needed). Crag Hack takes 2 universities, visits stables on the way to the GO, the scout heroes bring boots and gloves. Total Crag Hack has 3300 movement points. Thought for a long time whether to attack the upgraded bone dragons with 6 angels and 4 birds. Attacked, lost the single units and the ballista. Immediately take the КЗ behind the nagas. Next turn I take the Dragon Fly Hive, a hat +10, a single-unit Dragon Utopia, where nothing was given. Town Portal home, restore mana and enter the Dragon Utopia. Dragon Utopia is max. Again, practically nothing for stats. In the center I was lucky with many universities, so I more or less equalized stats with Crag Hack. On 132 Crag Hack attacks in the central castle where Crag Hack replenished mana and punishes together with 21 upgraded behemoths. Thanks for the game.

05.08.13 Diabler (blue, Conflux, Cait, Carna) lose kalababa (red, Citadel, Crag), 132.
2 external dwellings of bears on the first, another one on the second and upgraded bears in the town, no chance, thanks for the game