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09/28/2013 Sevan_80 (red, Stronghold, Crag, Crag), Ominous1 (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Arlak) def Mar (brown, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) Jebus 127

Vitalik, make a decision.

I wrote to everyone last week with a proposal to play last weekend. Sleyzer couldn't, suggested Monday-Tuesday, Uryuk didn't show up. We decided to play on weekdays - Uryuk was not available all week until this Saturday.
Hellight asked to set a mandatory time, you set it for this Saturday night.
I wrote to Hell that Pit gave us another 2 weeks:
09/27/2013 19:55 Pit wrote that we have another 2 weeks
Hell replied to me that Homunculus set a mandatory time and whoever doesn't come loses:
09/27/2013 20:17 whoever doesn't come - loses

Moreover, Hell didn't inform Uryuk about this. I invited him via PM. I barely convinced Oniz from Algeria to ask his provider to allow him to play.
We gathered, chatted. Immediately, Hell says that he wants to switch Castles with Sleyzer. - OK, I don't mind, I went along with it for the first time.
Then at 10:00 PM he says that he has important work for 1-1.5 hours.
And he started quoting Pit - I pointed out that he remembers what I told him yesterday about Pit? - He said yes, he agreed that he remembers.
Everyone is sitting waiting for Hell. 1 hour and 40 minutes passed - he says that he needs another 15-20 minutes. I left - I don't want to sit and wait for an optional player all night, who has already broken his word 2 times... I would forgive a girl for this, but not a guy.

He himself was the initiator of the scheduled time, he himself wrote that whoever cannot play loses. Therefore, he should withdraw himself. And if he can't, then you, Vitalik, help him.
Otherwise, like Uryuk, I will withdraw from your Tournaments.

Players can agree on a convenient time, but if they cannot reach an agreement, the critical time for the game is the night from Saturday to Sunday of the first week. If it is not possible to play in one go, then in the second week.

Pit for LM (brown, Rampart, Kyri, Kyri), Iamsamstan (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Shameonyou (green, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran), c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (red, Conflux, random Erdamon, Grindan), Jebus, 124.
Castle came up as the first pick. Necro, Conflux, Rampart — basically didn't matter, but I decided to take Rampart — it might be slightly easier to break into the center on the first round.
In the end, the layout turned out to be quite average — one Pandora, 2 hives, and a dragon cache on the respawn. Also a utopia, though it wasn't quite clear how to take it. GO — bone dragons with GS, quite unpleasant.
111 — a good spread for 8 heroes, revealed almost the entire respawn, as well as part of the center with wings, Pandoras, Utopias, the Sword of Justice... But that's all through the mountains via rough backcountry. 4 elves entered, and I pulled Melody from prison — another 4 elves + a decent stack of centaurs was gathered. Also quite lucky with stat artifacts — helmet +5, shield +4, armor +1 to all, and an attack-defense ring from the crypt. Took one gold mine.
112 — the mage with 4 gogs clears the swamp village, Kyri takes a couple of imp warehouses and a few upgrades. Found a dragon cache, which is where I'm heading. Meanwhile, Jeditt takes the second gold mine and moves toward the second village. And on the way, an angel is picked up at the refugee camp.
113 — the Tower village was taken, and on the way, a Pandora was defeated for 34 gr. by gargoyles. The army returns to Kyri — the dragon cache is ours.
114 — I think for a long time about what to do. According to the calculator, the Pandora had either 10k gold, level 4, or pegasi. I felt like it could be 10k experience... Nevertheless, I decided to trust the program. This is what saves me :). It turns out there is experience in the Pandora, and Jeditt gets expert earth and advanced intellect. Now taking the utopia on 121 becomes absolutely elementary. Accordingly, I decide to build up the dragons and not rush into the center on the first round.
115 — Kyri runs to the far hive, Jeditt goes through the upgrades.
116 — the hive turns out to have 8 vivs; thanks to expert armor and decent stats, it's taken without losses. Kyri heads home to replenish mana — the +5 helmet is already secured.
117 — Jeditt takes the second hive; with resurrection for the centaurs, he also takes it without losses — also 8. They give expert intellect — there will be 200 mana on 121, more than enough for the utopia. And Kyri stands on the angel at the GO.
121 — the utopia turns out to be level 3, spent about 120 mana there and two level 1s. The rewards are good — a book of earth and a sword +5 to all, as well as a sphere of water, which was also pleasing — Kyri's ice bolt now hits for 400+, explosion for 900+, but the second spell is very expensive in terms of mana — only 10 knowledge... Jeditt portals to the village to replenish mana, the army goes to Kyri, who breaks through 3*7 dragons and exits into the desert. Immediately found speed boots and a golden bow. Spent the rest of the turn aimlessly — took a hive, realized that rushing in there with 7 stacks of dragons and elves is a bad idea, and rushing 50+ mages for the titan cuirass is also kind of a bad idea, basically just ran back and forth.
122 — based on the opponents' moves, I realize I played wrong — I spotted a +6 to all helmet behind some ghosts near the cuirass. Fortunately, no one took it. Rion took the handcuffs, Tunar took the hive, which luckily turned out to be maxed; now with the correct army, I take the cuirass, reach the helmet, take it, and decide to portal home to replenish mana. And it wouldn't hurt to upgrade the dragons.
123 — Here, the green Galtran enters the center, followed by the blue Gurnisson. After a long and hard battle, the greens surrender. Well, I decided that since the blues beat the greens, they can proceed to the next round :). Ran to crush the reds. With 3500+ moves, this turned out not to be so difficult.
124 — Kyri takes one central city, Tunar on the dragon takes the second, the tower, from where everything is visible from the overview. Although Grindan is far, you can't run from Kyri. I attack with the handcuffs — the only serious thing there is 36 vivs, but 29 die immediately from the explosion. GG.
Thank you all for the game!

Pit for LM (brown, Rampart, Kyri, Kyri), Iamsamstan (blue, Stronghold, Gurnisson, Gurnisson) def Shameonyou (green, Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran), c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (red, Conflux, random Erdamon, Grindan), Jebus, 124.
Castle fell to be picked first. Necro, flux, ramp - basically, didn't matter, but decided to take ramp - it might be slightly easier to break into the center on the first turn.
In the end, the layout turned out to be quite average - one Pandora, 2 hives, and a dragon cache on the respawn. Also a utopia, though it's not entirely clear how to get it. GO - bone dragons with GS, quite unpleasant.
111 - good spread with 8 heroes, revealed almost the entire respawn, as well as part of the center with wings, Pandoras, Utopias, Sword of Justice... But all of that was through mountains via dead-end wilderness. 4 elves entered, and I pulled Melody from the prison - another 4 elves + a decent stack of centaurs was gathered. Also quite lucky with parameter artifacts - helmet +5, shield +4, armor +1 for all and a ring for attack-defense from the crypt. Took one gold mine.
112 - mage with 4 gogs clears the swamp village, Kyri takes a couple of imp warehouses, a couple of boosters. Dragon cache found, which is where I'm heading. Meanwhile, Jeditt captures the second gold mine and moves toward the second village. On the way, an angel is visited at the refugee camp.
113 - Tower village taken, a Pandora was captured on the way for 34 gr. by gargoyles. Army returns to Kyri - the dragon cache is ours.
114 - thinking for a long time about what to do. According to the calculator, the Pandora had either 10k gold, or level 4, or pegasi. I felt like it could be 10k exp... Nevertheless, I decided to trust the program. This is what saves me :). The Pandora turns out to be experience, and Jeditt gets expert earth and advanced intelligence. Now taking the utopia on 121 becomes simply elementary. Accordingly, I decide to build up the dragons and not rush into the center on the first turn.
115 - Kyri runs to the far hive, Jeditt - along the boosters.
116 - the hive turns out to have 8 wivs; thanks to expert armor and decent parameters, enters without losses. Kyri splits home to refill mana - helmet +5 is already captured.
117 - Jeditt takes the second hive; with resurrection for centaurs, he also enters without losses - also 8. They give expert intelligence - on 121 there will be 200 mana, more than enough for the utopia. And Kyri stands on the angel at the GO.
121 - the utopia turns out to be level 3, gave about 120 mana and two level 1s there. They give a good deal - earth book and sword +5 for all, as well as a water sphere, which also pleased me - Kyri's ice bolt started hitting for 400+, explosion - for 900+, but the second spell is very expensive in mana - only 10 knowledge after all... Jeditt portals to the village to refill mana, the army goes to Kyri, who breaks through 3*7 dragons and comes out into the desert. There are immediately speed boots and a golden bow. The turn was spent aimlessly - cleared a hive, realized that entering there with 7 stacks of dragons and elves is bad, and entering with 50+ mages for the titan cuirass is also somehow bad, basically just running back and forth.
122 - on the opponents' turn I realize I played wrong - spotted a helmet +6 for all behind ghosts near the cuirass. Fortunately, no one took it. Rion captured the handcuffs, Tunar took the hive, which luckily turned out to be maximum, now with the correct army I take the cuirass, reach the helmet, take it, and decide to portal home to refill mana. And it wouldn't hurt to upgrade the dragons.
123 - Here green Galtran enters the center, followed by blue Gurnisson. After a long and hard battle, the greens capitulate. Well, I decided that since the blues defeated the greens, they should proceed to the next round :). Ran to crush the reds. With 3500+ moves, this turned out to be not so difficult.
124 - Kyri takes one central city, Tunar on a dragon - the second one, the tower, from where everything is visible from the overview. Grindan is far, but you can't run from Kyri. I attack with handcuffs - there are only 36 wivs of anything serious, but 29 die immediately from the explosion. GG.
Thank you all for the game!

Pit for LM (brown, Rampart, Kyrie, Kyrie), Iamsamstan (blue, Stronghold, Gunnison, Gunnison) def Shameonyou (green, Necropolis, Galthran, Galthran), c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (red, Conflux, random Erdamon, Grindan), Jebus, 124.
I got to pick Castle first. Necropolis, Conflux, Rampart — in principle, all the same, but I decided to take Rampart — still, it might be slightly easier to break into the center on the first week.
In the end, the layout turned out fairly average — on the respawn there's one Pandora's Box, 2 Hives, an external dragon dwelling. Well, also a Dragon Utopia, which it's not entirely clear how to take. GO — Bone Dragons with GS, quite unpleasant.
111 — a good spread with 8 heroes, revealed almost the entire respawn, as well as part of the center with wings, Pandora's Boxes, Dragon Utopias, Sword of Justice... But all of this is across mountains with no roads at all. I got 4 Elves, and from the prison I pulled out Melody — another 4 Elves plus a decent stack of Centaurs. Also pretty lucky with stat artifacts — Helm +5, Shield +4, Armor +1 to all, and an Attack-Defense ring from the crypt. Captured one gold mine.
112 — a mage with 4 Gogs colors the swamp village, Kyrie takes a couple of Imp caches, a couple of upgrade structures. Found an external dragon dwelling, which is where I'm heading. Meanwhile, Jeddite recaptures the second gold mine and moves toward the second village. And along the way, an Angel joins from the Refugee Camp.
113 — Tower village captured, along the way a Pandora's Box with 34 upgraded Gargoyles was cleared. The army returns to Kyrie — the external dragon dwelling is ours.
114 — long deliberation on what to do. According to the calculator, the Pandora's Box had either 10k gold, 4th level, or Pegasi. It seemed to me it could also be 10k experience... Nevertheless, I decide to trust the program. This saves me :). The Pandora's Box turns out to have experience, and Jeddite gets Expert Earth and Advanced Intelligence. Now taking the Dragon Utopia on 121 becomes downright elementary. Accordingly, I decide to build dragons and not push into the center on the first week.
115 — Kyrie runs to the far Hive, Jeddite to the upgrade structures.
116 — the Hive turns out to be 8 Wiverns; thanks to Expert armor and decent stats, it's cleared without losses. Kyrie breaks back home to replenish mana — Helm +5 already cleared.
117 — Jeddite takes the second Hive, with Resurrection on Centaurs he also clears it without losses — also 8. Gives Expert Intelligence — on 121 there will be 200 mana, more than enough for the Dragon Utopia. And Kyrie stands with the Angel at the GO.
121 — the Dragon Utopia turns out to be tier 3, spent about 120 mana and two singles. Gives decent rewards — a Tome of Earth and Sword +5 to all, as well as a Sphere of Water, which also pleased — Kyrie's Ice Bolt now hits for 400+, Implosion for 900+, but the second spell is very expensive on mana — her Knowledge is only 10... Jeddite portals to the village to replenish mana, the army goes to Kyrie, who breaks through 3*7 dragons and exits into the desert. There, immediately Boots of Speed and Golden Bow. The turn was frittered away aimlessly — cleared a Hive, realized that with 7 stacks of dragons and elves it's bad to push there, pushing into 50+ Mages for a Titan's Cuirass is also somehow bad, basically ran back and forth.
122 — while considering my opponents' moves, I realize I played incorrectly — I spotted a Helm +6 to all near the Cuirass behind some Ghosts. Fortunately, no one took it. Rion cleared the Shackles of War, Tunarr took a Hive, which luckily turned out to be maximum, and with the correct army I take the Cuirass, also reach the Helm, take it, decide to portal home to replenish mana. And upgrading the dragons wouldn't hurt either.
123 — Now Green Galthran enters the center, followed by Blue Gunnison. After a long and grueling battle, the green player capitulates. Well, I decided that since the blue player beat the green, let them advance to the next round :). I ran to take down the red player. With 3500+ movement points, this turned out not too difficult.
124 — Kyrie takes one central town, Tunarr on a dragon takes the second one, the Tower, from where everything is visible from the lookout. Grindan, though far away, can't run from Kyrie. I attack with Shackles of War — the only serious unit there is 36 Wiverns, but 29 die instantly from Implosion. GG.
Thank you all for the game!

05/10/2013 Javdet (red, Tower, Solmyr, Vey), Sevan_80 (brown, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Akella (green, Conflux, random, Intei, Moner), Ominous1 (blue, Inferno, Marusya, Marusya) 123 JC
We agreed with Ominous on an alliance, everything was going well, Akella merged in Utopia in the first round, we continued as a trio, my internet connection dropped, and the next day I found out that my ally refused to continue
Thanks to everyone for the game.

05/10/2013 Javdet (red, Tower, Solmyr, Vey), Sevan_80 (brown, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Akella (green, Conflux, random, Intei, Moner), Ominous1 (blue, Inferno, Marusya, Marusya) 123 JC

05/10/2013 Javdet (red, Tower, Solmyr, Vey), Sevan_80 (brown, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) def Akella (green, Conflux, random, Intei, Moner), Ominous1 (blue, Inferno, Marusya, Marusya) 123 JC
We agreed with Ominous on an alliance, everything was going well, Akella merged in Utopia in the first round, we continued as a trio, my internet connection dropped, and the next day I found out that my ally refused to continue.
Thanks to everyone for the game.