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cuc9ctblu (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) lose Roger-ua (blue, dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) Mini-nostalgia 115
I chose Necropolis and Inferno, but the path to Necropolis and Inferno is blocked, so I'm heading to Castle, thinking of building cavalry. I reached the city, and Tazar took the castle on a flying unit. As a beggar, I started looking for a companion with an army. On the way, the computer's Jelar, with 4 spell power, attacks my city on the last tile - Tazar is gone. There's no point in fighting, so I run away, and the computer follows, trying to capture my castle. There's nothing I can do, so I fight - the computer has an amulet that gives +1 speed, and an archer with 70 damage. The vipers are quickly defeated, and the remaining troops are finished off. Thanks for the game. Jelar rules...

14.10.2013 twaryna (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def Nitro (red, Dungeon, Shakti, Moandor) 6LM10a 136

Starting spread of only 4 heroes - little gold. Not much army, but there are 2 fast roads. For the entire first week I experience a severe wood shortage, but on 117 I finally find a wood mine and 3 piles deep in the respawn, and I build Dragon Fly Hives in the Citadel. Via a roadless path I reach the native computer, but there's a tough block of 50+ grand elites right next to the castle. On 121 I take a computer's ramp and there I get a Griffin Conservatory for 1 angel. Then I kill another native computer. In the treasure zone I take 2 Dragon Fly Hives and a Griffin Conservatory. It becomes 26 Dragon Flies and 4 angels. On 131 I take another Griffin Conservatory and a Dragon Fly Hive on the ramp's respawn. 133 - a 3-stack Dragon Utopia with a Sword of the Watcher and a Shield of the Watcher. On 135 the enemy appears from the snow treasure zone. I engage. I position incorrectly and don't eliminate everything in 1 round, even though I should have. There is a buyback on 1 Dragon Fly. Then I take several towns in a row and cut down almost all of the cockroaches. I pressure. A surrender follows. Thanks for the game!

17.10.13. Heroin_HP (red, Ram, Kyrre, Kyrre) def shameonyou (blue, Conflux, Ignissa, Ignissa) JC 131

Did a bit of restanding and went. At respawn there were 4 stacks of Nagas, one stack of Elves and one of Dracs + a Pandora's Box for 10 experience and a Griffin Conservatory 4 + AotD, GO angels with GS.
By week 1 day 2 I had gathered everything, broke through GO, but the blue player had already come out a day earlier. Kyrre caught up with Ignissa right before the central Castle, decided to attack — I got lucky, could have been GG. The stats were better there — I had 41 Elves, 4 Angels, 2 Dracs, 20+ Nagas and Peasants with 6 Horses against 9 Phoenixes, 41 Swarms, 9 Greater Minotaurs and a few Faeries with Fire Spirits. I messed up — forgot to buy a Spellbook in a hurry before leaving, while my opponent had 26 mana. Basically I thought GG — 41 Swarms and 9 Phoenixes with Haste and 19 Attack would have been strong, but then an Implosion hits the Angels and there's 1 mana left. The Phoenixes crash into the Dracs, then spells are cast and the Elves with Nagas wipe out the whole army. I got a bit distracted and gave away almost all Nagas for no reason, though I could have lost none at all (, oh well. Blue retreats with 6 Swarms, and Kyrre clears the center a bit — caught all the magic with 20+ Skeleton Archers, but lacked Wisdom (, didn't get anything else except two stacks of Dracs and a Pandora's Box for 25 Greater Basilisks — actually I didn't have time to clear it, a day later blue came with 9 Angels (where from???)??? and drove me off, while scout heroes at home were getting the level 3 Cloak. I took it and on day 1 week 3 caught Ignissa in the Castle with the Angels and 4 Swarms — zapped the Angels with Lightning for 260 HP, GG. Good luck in the rest of the tournament and thanks for the game!!!

P.S. Haven't played Jebus without Swarms in a long time, didn't catch a single one....

Palach (red, swamp, Tazar, Alkin) def Defiant (blue, Castle, Valya, Zhabarka) cmka 137
On 111, a spread of 5 heroes, 2 of them +350 gold and Cuthbert as a bonus. But the secondary hero is blocked on the grass until day 49 by elves; there's a Pandora's Box nearby with 99 mummies.
112 I find GO griffins, a Dragon Utopia nearby, and an external dwelling of Vivi behind griffins; I took a crypt with 5 vampires awkwardly.
113 I fight through the third road, an awkward battle with horned demons, then dendroids on the snow; I found an external dwelling of lizards and another external dwelling of Vivi behind 99 zombies.
On 114, I scout the snow and see that running to that spot via fast roads takes about 4 days; the secondary hero is actually unguarded. No Griffin Conservatories, no artifacts. There is only a passage 1.5 days' travel from my spawn point to a treasure zone on the snow.
I also see that there is likely an exit from this treasure zone to the opponent's grass secondary hero, and I spotted an external dwelling of angels and a Griffin Conservatory there. So that secondary hero must be native.
From day 115 to 117, I took the external dwelling of Vivi behind zombies, a minimal gnoll dwelling, and a maximum crypt (battle axe +2, shield +3 there). Built Vivi in the castle. Captured the snow secondary hero with a weak hero.
On 121, I take a medusa dwelling and a naga bank; I send weak heroes on a 2-day journey through rough terrain to the exit onto the opponent's grass.
122 I take the Pandora's Box with mummies for 30 griffins; I take the Rampart secondary hero, and all this returns to Tazar, who breaks through to the Griffin Conservatory there; with 3-4 griffins, you can't get in any way. In the army: 11 Vivi, 50 lizards, and griffins.
On 123, I clear the external dwelling of angels and go on a roc into the treasure zone from the grass (its exit is on my snow); weak heroes take another Hive.
On 124, I scouted a Dragon Utopia near Rampart; Tazar scouted a Dragon Utopia and Shackles of War in the treasure zone. Alkin took 10 experience near Rampart and went into the treasure zone from Rampart.
On 125, Alkin takes an artifact in the Rampart treasure zone; it's very awkward and you have to wander around it; he gives all the army to Tazar, who returns to the Griffin Conservatory. A weak hero finds another Griffin Conservatory on the grass.
On 126, I take a treasure zone and a minimal dwelling. I scout and see 2 more Griffin Conservatories (all on the native secondary hero: 4 Griffin Conservatories and an external dwelling of angels), though they are probably already taken, since one is on the road right next to Castle, and next to the other stands a weak hero, and the horse is turned so that he just took it and gave the army away.
From 127 to 131, Tazar goes to the Dragon Utopia and Shackles of War from the grass. There's a Breastplate +4+4 and the rest is junk.
On 133, I emerge on the snow; I give everything to Alkin who takes a Dragon Utopia at GO, there's a Cauldron and Sphere there.
From 134 to 136, I took 2 more Dragon Utopias and got KZ. Teleported Alkin to the Tower, gathered resources for Archangels, thought angels were 100% built.
On 137, I awkwardly broke through GO and ran to the capital; the plan was to Town Portal there with Alkin, but there were no angels — they would have to be built along with the portal — however, surrender followed.
Thanks for the game.

19.10.2013 Egor Korobeinikov (rand Conflux, Luna) def Graf_Bananov (Blue, Fortress, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 143
117 I was in the 4th zone, 121 I was in the 5th zone. But without the Oil it would have been somewhat hard to kill, golems+ I confused the guard and attacked the Efreeti, so maybe I would have entered the super treasure zone earlier (I had 39 air elementals, the Efreeti left me 25) if I had upgraded those 39 I would have entered... on 123, but as it was only on 131
On 132 I entered OP..
on 136 they took all my castles.
on 141 I blocked the opponent's growth (ferrying troops) But I misjudged the main's direction, so he was able to unite the army.
on 142 he attacks me with a leveled-up Crag Hack, grants the Archery skill and retreats in the 1st round. I say it's a hit-and-run. He says no, because he wouldn't have bought back Crag Hack.... Against a united army, in FB (Fireball) I had nothing to catch with Luna against Tazar 14 15 4 8 and I conceded. I'll also say, the OP plays strongly... Thanks for the game=)

Let's not discuss whether it's good or bad to win through exploits...

if it's that important to you, then why did you attack a secondary Necromancer with troops at a Conflux Castle, land a Virgin hit, and retreat in the first round?

i.e. who lost?

Yegor, it seems like you can’t handle losing. What’s with all the drama? And why upload saves if you don’t have the second password? Graf_Bananov is a decent guy; I don’t know how you managed to get into such a conflict with him:smile27: