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the judges will assess the second player, and if they believe that he knew about the violations and they were committed in collusion, he could even be banned from tournaments, in my opinion. However, if it's the opposite, then only one player will lose, as I described earlier – this is just my personal opinion.

07.10.2013 Gomunguls (red, Citadel, gurni), The_ (green, Conflux, random, fire, fire) def злой_романтик (blue, Castle, valeska, mullich), Frol Off (brown, Necropolis, galtran) JC 126.

We played in two sessions. This time we decided not to delay the alliance, so even before the start of the game – a pact was made with Vitalya :).

I don't really remember the first part of the game anymore, so in short.
At respawn one Dragon Fly Hive for 4 Wyverns, external dwelling of psychos, external dwelling of water, earth – that's all for weak content. But we got good artifacts thrown in, +5 all, +3+3 necklaces, with this stuff I went to the center on day 121, Fire leveled up strongly at respawn (20k experience from pandora's boxes), expert armor, expert attack, expert fire, expert logistics, scholar, pathfinding, expert wisdom.

The reds were already operating in the center, the center turned out rather dull (four beehives + 1 Dragon Utopia + several chests + several artifacts). I started eating up the lower sands without roads, took a +4+4 crown there, a chest, a sphere of air, a Dragon Fly Hive. Meanwhile Vitalya spots two fat chests and a Dragon Utopia – rushes there, but on their turn the blues break a Dragon Utopia (122) and steal the Dragon Utopia from under our noses – though losing almost everything there. This obvious point is only confirmed – the blues have an alliance with the browns, the blues' scout hero is ready to give artifacts to galtran (hat +6 all, Ring of Oblivion and other goodies). And then we see goshan, with 600+ skeletons, 6 angels, who also beats his own Dragon Utopia and runs to the blue for artifacts.

Vitalya on his turn manages to kill the hydras and take two chests for 20k experience and fly away with a basic town portal to the central town. Then the blue passes artifacts to goshan, and on his turn the brown attacks, honestly speaking – I had already written off gurni (there were 16 Wyverns, 5 Ruhs, 3 freak, 40 wolves), against 600++ skeletons, 6 angels and stats in total higher than gurni's. But the ballista + mass haste + Vitalya's hands and the not-so-clear moves from the brown allow not only to survive, but also to drive goshan away. Meanwhile I run to the reds' Inferno village to learn Dimension Door + Meteor, simultaneously breaking the sphere of air for gurni. I leave the entire army on a scout hero from a sienna prison level 10, expert air (then he'll decide later). After gurni's victory over the undead, he also drives away mullich with ~20 Wyverns (the army was 20 wolves, 5 Ruhs, 2 ducks), helped by mullich having no mana, and 46 Marksmen fell after the very first bolt on day 412. Then with only a ballista a pyramid with 60 multi-colored golems is taken – there's Summon Earth Elementals.

Mullich on his turn returns, attacks sienna, but gets mass haste and another -7 ducks, buys back again. Meanwhile Fire, having learned magic, buys back from the reds' scout hero – redeploys in the center and attacks galtran, who is heading into the center with 200 skeletons, with all the artifacts. There was an unpleasant combo of antimagic + armaggedon, I leave galtran with 26 upgraded skeletons +24 regular ones, which he raised after me, and I retreat so galtran couldn't buy back himself. On gurni's turn, he covers galtran, leaving him no chance to buy back – mass haste + tactics.

Thanks everyone for the game!

P.S. As always, the recording can be watched on my channel.

07.10.2013 Gomunguls (red, Citadel, Gurni), The_ (green, Conflux, random, Fier, Fier) def злой_романтик (blue, Castle, Valeska, Müllich), Froll Off (brown, Necro, Galthran) JC 126.
Poorly played. Result is fair

I can’t seem to get in touch with my opponents, so I’ll write here. I’m ready to continue anytime, just please let me know at least 2 days in advance so I can free up some time for the game.

07.10.2013 Gomunguls (red, Citadel, gurni), The_ (green, Conflux, random, fjur, fjur) def zloi_romantik (blue, Castle, valeska, mullich), Frol off (brown, Necromancer, galtran) JC 126

The loot was good, I processed two Besyatiniks and two Griffin Conservatories for 6 Angels with Boots and Necromancer's Cloak, but everything was very far and heavily scattered across the respawn, so I came out late, on 123, when the opponents had already been dominating the center for a long time. Overall, the plan was implemented decently, although there simply wasn't enough time for many goodies, but after loading the save, a series of stupid mistakes began, resulting in a crushing defeat despite equal chances of victory. Thanks for the game!

PS My nickname is spelled with a single L

I'll add this because I was watching and rooting for Frol and Zly:
The Facebook match with Kommunculus was terrible, especially in terms of tactics and magic. If it weren't for that, I'm sure things could have turned out differently.

Alright, I'll add it since I was watching and rooting for Frol off and Zloy :D
FB with Communculus was handled terribly, specifically in terms of tactics and magic; if not for that moment, I'm confident things could have turned out differently.

The FB was disgraceful, I won't argue. Nerves got the better of me; from the very start everything was done wrong, and on top of that I freaked out spectacularly over the butter in the end. As I already said, after loading the save, mistake after mistake followed. We handed them the victory.

A shameful Fortress Battle, no argument here. My nerves got the better of me; everything was done wrong from the very start, and in the end, I spectacularly blew my stack over the Butterflies. As I already said, after loading the save, mistake after mistake kept happening. I handed over the win.

Yeah, well, considering the opponent cast Mass Protection from Air in the first round, you really threw an epic tantrum :D

7.10.2013 BISHOP(blue, Necros, Galtran, Galtran), Pyre(brown, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def RedWihte(red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) JC, 123
We played the second game as a 3-player, because Dimast did not show up for the game at the scheduled time which was on save 123. And then he also disappeared from Thursday until Monday.
As for the game, I was lucky with the layout, of course: near the Castle there are 2 Griffin Conservatories at skills 2 and 3 and a box of experience. I gather everything, destroy a GO at 116, take a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, and at 117 I can't reach the Pandora's Box for the pack of Hydras. On their turn, at 121, Red steals the Pandora's Box and attacks, but miscalculates their strength and loses; subsequent attempts at recovery were unsuccessful, as Tazar had also arrived. GG.
Thanks for the game!

7.10.2013 BISHOP (blue, Necropolis, Galthran, Galthran), Pyre (brown, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) def RedWihte (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) JC, 123
We played the second game already as 3 players, because Dimast did not show up for the game at the scheduled time which was on save 123. And then he also disappeared from Thursday till Monday.
As for the game, I was lucky with the layout near the castle — 2 Griffin Conservatories at 2 and 3 and an experience chest. I gather everything, break the ГО at 116, take a couple of Dragon Fly Hives and at 117 I can't reach the Pandora's Box for the hydra pack. On their turn at 121, the red player steals the Pandora's Box and attacks, but misjudges their strength and loses; subsequent attempts at recovery were unsuccessful, since Tazar had already arrived. GG.
Thanks for the game!

Confirmed, I wanted to break out at 117 but miscalculated my movement. And at 121 it was fairly easy to break out with 5 hydras and 16 Wyverns, 65 lizardmen and miscellaneous units

It was a thing.
For the second game in a row, I'm clearly not playing Jebus Cross (something similar to SM).
My game in numbers
0 - cons of gnome dwellings, good artifacts and Pandora's boxes on respawn
1 - Dragon Utopia (which I have no way to take)
1 - refuge (3 stacks of genies, which gave a little hope)
2 - opponents who played against me (it was clear from the very beginning and there was nothing to be done about it)
2 - exits to the center (and both weren't the most pleasant — stacks of nagas and giants)
2 - external dwellings of harpies I grabbed for good measure
2 - crypts (from which I took 1 mini, the 2nd was far away)
3 - external dwellings of medusas (OMG, why do I need them)
3 - Dragon Fly Hives (stuck in the worst spot)
4 - day when I figured out at least something
5 - day when the miner got 2nd level!
6 - day when I took the first Dragon Fly Hive (while I should already be in the center)
7 - day when I started planning the exit to the center
8 - minutes to think what to do on day 121
8 - day when I entered the center
More details about the exit: I bought up what I could, supplied the miner, and decided to take a risk — take the Pandora's box and the artifact for +15% shooting for 10+ hydras. I was hoping for a 6-7 level army or any magic to help me, and XP to upgrade earth magic and money for a buyout, but the giants got decent morale, and the hydras slaughtered 5 ducks and 2 genies and some chaff, while in return 15 marksmen couldn't save me against the necro armada.
After fireball, I ran around for a couple of days. Selling the last of my gear, I was supposed to fend off the blue player at the citadel, but the swamp came and GG.
Thanks for the game.

The bracket has been updated. I finished drawing the lower part to the final stage.
For now, I've set the standard deadlines:
the fourth round of the upper bracket: 10.10 - 07.11;
the fourth round of the lower bracket: 10.10 - 24.10.

However, we haven't played 2 games yet, which is holding up the lower bracket. Hopefully, the games will take place/be finished soon. If there are any problems, please contact Vitaly to schedule a mandatory time.

So, we are extending the deadline for completing the matches until October 14th, inclusive! Both groups must finish their matches within this timeframe. If they haven't been able to agree on a time, the critical time will again be 22:00 Moscow time on Saturday and Sunday. Each participant must inform their group about their availability to play at the scheduled time. For example, if you are unavailable during the first time slot on Saturday night, you must play on Sunday! In any case, the result must be available on Monday! If a situation arises where 3 players are waiting for one player who doesn't show up at the scheduled time and doesn't inform their group, that player will be disqualified! I will handle the disqualification process, and you can contact me with any questions.
Good luck to everyone!

So, we're extending the deadline for finishing the games until October 14th! Both groups must finish within this timeframe. If you can't agree on a time, the critical time will again be 10:00 PM Moscow time on Saturday and Sunday. Each participant must inform their group about their availability to play at the scheduled time. For example, if you can't play during the first time slot on Saturday night, you must play on Sunday! In any case, the results must be available by Monday! If a situation arises where 3 people are waiting for one person, and that person doesn't show up at the scheduled time and doesn't notify their group, they will be disqualified! I will handle the disqualification process, so please contact me with any questions!
Good luck to everyone!

What the heck, to say that I'm in shock is an understatement :mad:
You're telling us to play a new game with only three players because the deadline is approaching, but you're also extending the deadline, which we could have met with four players from day 123.
The tournament idea is good, but the execution is just terrible :(

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P.S.
I have a new ICQ number.
658339987

Seriously, saying I'm in shock is an understatement:mad:
Telling us to play a new game in a trio because the deadlines are tight, while he himself extends the deadlines, which we could have completed in a quartet from day 123.
The tournament idea is good, but the execution is just... speechless :(

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P.S.
I have a new ICQ account.
658339987

It turns out you lost a pathological ally!