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29.10.13. Browser (red, Necropolis, Tamika) def Маr (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Kyrre), mini-nostalgia, 136..

On day 111, 7 heroes, among them is Kyrr - we play. Starting with 13 archers. By the end of the first week, I had 3 battles with mages (2 falx and 1 barb) which cut down... my entire army. Only 4 elves and 1 horse remained. ((( Due to a lack of money, the horses are in the citadel. Scouted 2 Griffin Conservatories and 2 hives.
2nd week. I gather gold, take 2 hives (one of them with 12 wivs: I entered without looking - 5 horses, 4 trees, 30 troglodytes, 4 wivs, 20 kents, and something else. I got out with 2 horses). I collected 3 angels from 2 conservatories. In the capital - Castle.
Day 131, I rush to the treasure zone. Kyrr mastered Earth. There are a couple more hives there (wivs total 40+), helmet +5, shield +5, sword +6, upgrade for horses and pegasi.
Day 136, I enter the central treasure zone...
P.S. Because of family troubles (which distracted me from the game), I played terribly stupidly (left Kyrr to replenish mana with an unbuilt Mage Guild, forgot to transfer units, didn't have enough time for the turn, in short, a disaster ((( ). I should have postponed the game until next time, but in the heat of the moment, I gave the victory to my opponent. :(
Later, when everything settled down, I calmly sat down and tested what awaited me further? In the center of the treasure zone, I took a mini utopia with nothing pleasant ((( I took a Pandora's box for 5th-level magic, shield +4 everything, and 3-4 hives (resulting in 83 ducks). I reached my opponent on day 143 - Kyrr 24 17 13 19, army: 2 angels, 83 ducks, 10 horses, 16 trees, 50 archers. From magic: implosion for 1900, all 5th level, and КО with expert.
My opponent was threatening with 14 archangels which he supposedly would have by that point and 500-550 skeletons. But this is a debatable point. Putting angels on level 3 = 20K gold. On level 4, I would have needed to find 25K gold to upgrade the dwelling and another 42K to upgrade the angels. Where would such money come from?! When Tamika was uncovered on day 136, she had stats 6 6 5 5, while Kyrr was 15 15 5 7.
Also, my opponent was given auto-combat due to heavy losses from morale (which could have decided the outcome of the game). I want to request a rematch for the loss! Because I gave away the victory in the heat of the moment.
Thank you for the game.

10/30/2013 ProtosArchon (Stronghold, Craig Hack, Craig Hack) def JustObserver (Conflux, Ciele, Ignissa) Spider, 1.4.7

Extremely hard start. On day 1, I already lost more than half my army because 3 shooter stacks were in my way to the adjacent area. Both wood and ore mines were blocked, and I had a hard time finding resources for building. Still, I didn't want to use any restart because Craig got armor on level 2, boots were in my area, and there were 2 PC players playing Stronghold. In week 1, I struggled fighting for resources with a weak army and managed to build only levels 1-5 with a citadel, but I had one nice group of 4 cons on the road, so there was hope for a nice game later.
In week 2, I bought all the army and started taking cons. I lost almost all my Stronghold army but got 8 angels in return. With them, I started to explore the map. I took both Stronghold PC's by the end of week 2, so there was no problem with the lost army. Week 3 started with looking for utopias in the t-areas, and I found one late in week 3. It was a great one, giving me HH, the earth book, and wings. I took it all in week 4 and got the red orb there. In the meantime, I managed to explore a nice part of the opponent's map, so I was able to see what he was doing. When he came 147 near one of my towns, I TP'd there and attacked him. Craig Hack had 46 attack with the red orb, 16 angels, and a triple Stronghold army, so it was an easy win. Thanks for the game.

31.10.13. Heroin_HP (red, ramp, Kyrr, Kyrr) def St_Klaus (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar), cmka, 147.

Gave up Griffin Conservatory and Dragon Fly Hive, Kyrr with 3 elves, a spread of 6 heroes. On the first, took Flax and Dungeon, in the town hall placed horses in the castle. On the second, Fens appeared, collected Dragon Fly Hives, got Griffin Conservatories into a big ramp treasure zone, ate it up to 144. At 147 attacked Tazar, GG.
Thanks for the game and good luck in the tournament!

30.10.2013
wowa (red, Necropolis, Clavius) def RoninHW (blue, Rampart, Kyrre) 2sm4d 127

as it turned out, we were not playing the right template :eek: we scribbled an SM, the opponent generated, and instead of 2sm4d(3) it created 2sm4d :confused: moreover, I only noticed this by the middle of week 2, when I saw a village instead of a fort, having previously been stuck at my respawn, because the only road besides the gate was blocked by 5-9 behemoths behind the Dragon Fly Hive and an art
but, despite this, I didn't restart, and guided by clause 5 of the standard rules about mutual agreements, we decided to finish this template

about the game -- I spawned in the underground, but got a necklace of speed as a bonus :smile13: during week 1, due to the block in the only passage, I scoured my respawn and hoarded skeletons for the scouted Griffin Conservatory 3-4, helped by a stolen necromancer's cloak! but still, only about 200 bones were necroed, and I only built up to 1-5 in the Citadel, so I first checked the conservatory with a scout -- it was a threesome, could go in, upgraded the bones for this, but few survived :( but +3 angels :) then the purse goes to the scouts, and they take the Dragon Fly Hive through pathless terrain behind the sultans, where the remains of the skeletons die
then a chain is punched through the wilderness for scouting, where the first contact with blue occurs, and the purse returns to Clavius, and he jumps on the behemoths, and there are 3 stacks of 3 with grizzlies, which in the first round get morale into Wyverns, then more morale, in short, they killed all the bones and Wyverns, I go into the Dragon Fly Hive almost without fat! maximum, of course :D no matter how I tried to save the angel, they killed it, 2 remain, plus 12 ducks, I start necroing for the 3rd time :smile04: I reached the Rampart village, scout the view -- bare bones! and I send Clavius off :smile29:
and then out of nowhere jumps Kyrre, well, she just had to be right there, but outside the scouting range :smile04: there are 6 cavaliers, 4 pegasi, 30-ish hare-ears, 9 wood elves, about 50-something centaurs and singles
I buy off with the papka, losing the angel, but I managed to reduce the number of grand elves to 7
though Clavius could have died if the elves got morale, they dealt exactly 50 per shot :rolleyes:
the purse has 12 ducks, 4 liches, and about 100 skeletons on the bony, but Kyrre is one cell short to attack! I buy myself out in the village, do a little more necroing, visit the well, kill the singles with the scout and attack -- tactics, mass haste, and the opp writes GG

thanks for the game :)

31.10.13. Dima Surmay (blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) def St_Klaus (red, swamp, Tazar, Tazar), mini-nostalgia, 141

We started without rest, I ended up underground, on the first day I upgraded expert necro, and earth magic came - I'm playing. By the end of the week I lost all my skeletons, but killed 2 computers. On the second week I finished off the 3rd computer, grabbed a couple of hives, I don't hit the double ГО, because earth magic wasn't upgrading due to taken logistics and tactics. On the third week I got wings, expert earth magic, cleared the treasure zone and on 137 I took the red's swamp. On 141 I catch Tazar on the speed boost and nearby a scout hero with a strong stack.
Thanks for the game.

31.10.13. Pyre (red, swamp, Tazar) def The_ (blue, dungeon, Shakhti), mini-nostalgia, 226
We ran around for a very long time. On the first [month] I killed two computers, but they tore me apart to zero as well. On the second [month] I recovered money and rebuilt. On the third [month] I killed the third computer, entered the treasure zone, there was one Dragon Fly Hive, an external dwelling of green dragons, and nothing else. Scouting reveals that the other computer's treasure zone is just as worthless.
On the fourth [month] I run to the farthest treasure zone of Conflux, found a КВ there, Pandora's Boxes for all land and water magic, nothing for stats. Built Angels at the computer's [town].
At the beginning of the second month, Shakhtar shows up with wild attack-defense stats. Had to give up the main.
After that I ran through the opponent's treasure zones, trying to find something for stats.
But on turn 226 - Shakhtar tries to crash with the bracers, ГГ.
Thanks for the game!

31.10.13. Pit for LM (red, Conflux, random Brissa, Galthran) def Aiwe (blue, Tower, Neela, Neela), mini-nostalgia, 131.
An excellent layout for a fast attack came up, and overall things turned out quite well.
We started without restarts, it seems. I built air, had Galthran with one stack in the tavern, a convenient stable along the way, took a crypt for 2.5k with a morale artifact, and a bird external dwelling was visible a little further away. Obviously, it was time to play.
By 112 I had expert necromancy and the computer barbarian defeated. However, after the turn passed, things started looking not so good, because Ciele attacked. All the fairies and a dozen skeletons were lost. On top of that, there was no wood, no ore, no gold.
113 — the computer's second hero wasn't visible; the turn passed to the other side. I found a life-saving pile of ore near a mine. The phoenix external dwelling was guarded by simple flies — should be easy if I can raise enough skeletons.
114 — Gunnisson ran out of the fog, and Brissa took him down; one computer opponent was killed. Galthran captured a Cloak +2+2 and ran to the swamp — the block to the Dungeon was a nasty group of grand elves, and there weren't many troops left.
115 — a good day; I raised almost 100 skeletons. Brissa found some gold deeper in the barbarian area; the swamp also seemed rich. In terms of troops, I scouted 3 Dragon Fly Hives and 2 Griffin Conservatories, plus there was a tasty Pandora's Box behind some fire elementals.
116 — I took the empty swamp. The computer's heroes ran off somewhere and never returned before their death. Galthran turned around toward the external dwelling, and Mullich was hired to take a couple of crypts.
117 — I barely had enough gold and resources to build birds in the citadel; the phoenix external dwelling fell with the loss of everything except the skeletons (150 remaining). I killed both heroes of the brown Dungeon but couldn't reach the town. In any case, I didn't have enough resources for a town portal.
121 — a portal was built in the Dungeon, phoenixes were hired, Monere took the dwarf dwelling, but it was, unfortunately, the minimum size. In the end, I had some problems with buying troops and decided to break the first Griffin Conservatory with Galthran. It was quite far away, and those two days might genuinely not have been enough... The look-out post near the Dungeon revealed another Griffin Conservatory.
122 — Galthran stood on the Griffin Conservatory. The chain was used for supply transport.
123 — 12 birds entered the Griffin Conservatory, and it was the minimum size... Very frustrating. I ran into the treasure zone toward the Pandora's Box.
124 — a stupid move. First, Monere took a Dragon Fly Hive with nagas — it gave 4 Wyverns. Thinking that 12 birds were a mega-stack and not fearing, I attacked the horde of fanatics. Result — lost 4 birds plus 4 Wyverns. Alright, I transferred the troops to Galthran. I took the Pandora's Box — and everything turned out great; it gave all Earth magic. Along with earth (after scouting), and also attack. I also captured a +5 hat.
125 — a mini-stack of imps, a horde of basilisks guarding a Pandora's Box for 5k experience, and a Dragon Fly Hive for 12 Wyverns. I decided to grab another Dragon Fly Hive with 100+ fishes, but I did it very poorly. 65 fishes split with a upgraded stack; I lost 100 skeletons and a Wyvern. Naturally, it gave 4 Wyverns.
126 — I town portaled to the swamp, took a Griffin Conservatory with just wyverns, which fortunately turned out to be a size 3 one. I town portaled to the Dungeon, doubled my mana, gave the troops to Monere; he took an empty Pandora's Box and 3 more angels.
127 — I town portaled home and ran to the ГО. I killed 100+ thunder birds; in the swamp treasure zone I saw boots, a prison, a Pandora's Box, and a +4+4 hat.
131 — I brought 7 growth birds, captured the boots, the Pandora's Box (all water), the hat, broke through the opponent's ГО (titans), and ran to the snow. I could reach the Tower, but unfortunately, it couldn't be captured with RR, even though it was empty...
On his turn, the opponent did something strange. He crashed Neela into the Tower, brought up troops, attacked, and without even trying to set up on tactics, capitulated.
The treasure zones there were, of course, magnificent, and it might even have been possible to lose... I needed to play a day faster — and that was entirely possible. Good thing it all ended successfully.
Thank you for the game.