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Group B
wowa (red, Necropolis, Gosha, Claudius/Gosha) def Mizrael (blue, Fortress, Caitlin, Yog) Jeb, 123

It happened. I took a risk and tried to use archers to deal more damage in the first round, but I got paralyzed. After that, it just didn't work out. Thanks for the game.

Group D

SatiR (blue, Necro, Clavius, Clavius) def Grizvald (red, Castle, Caitlin, Dessa) 8mm6a 135

A terrible start, everything was blocked, I spent the entire first week bumming around on the zone adjacent to the respawn. But then I got lucky stumbling upon a level 2 Griffin Conservatory and developed nicely with 2 angels, on day 133 I took a Dragon Utopia for the Sword of All and ran to the opponent. Decent might stats, but almost 700 skeletons with +3 speed and a Bolt for 330 with 300 mana. The opponent checked with a scout hero Clavius and capitulated.
Thanks for the game.

Group D

Satyr (blue, Necro, Clavius, Clavius) def Grizvald (red, Castle, Caitlin, Dessa) 8mm6a 135

A terrible start, everything was blocked, I spent the entire first week bumming around in the adjacent zone to the respawn. But then I got lucky stumbling upon a Griffin Conservatory tier 2 and developed nicely off of 2 angels, at 133 I took a Dragon Utopia for the Sword of All, and ran to the opponent. Decent power bluffs, but almost 700 skeletons with +3 speed and a bolt for 330 with 300 mana. The opponent checked with a scout hero Clavius and capitulated.
Thanks for the game.

I confirm. At home I barely scraped together the horses in the Citadel on the first week, went into the adjacent zone and was met there by ranged blocks of snipers and lizardmen, didn't push, returned home, lost a bunch of time on who knows what... Then I got to the hero, it got a little better, lost Luna to bulls, due to a damage miscalculation, and my native corner turned out empty. Overall I played terribly, but there were a couple of good moves.
Thanks for the game.

Group K
07.11.2013 The_ (red, dungeon, Shakti) def Player_ (blue, necro, Tanta) skirmish 200% 123.

Three stacks, external dwelling of eyes, stables lots of gold, after collecting starting locations moved to the center with 50 Evil Eyes, 25 Harpy Hags, 150+ Troglodytes, got a box with 35 upgraded Wolves, 120 mana, killed Tanta on the approach when entering the treasure zone.

Thanks for the game.

07.11.2013 The_ (red, dungeon, Shakti) def Player_ (blue, necro, Tanta) skirmish 200% 123.

Three stacks, external dwelling of eyes, stables lots of gold, after collecting starting locations moved to the center with 50 Evil Eyes, 25 Harpy Hags, 150+ Troglodytes, gave a box of 35 upgraded wolves, mana 120, killed Tanta on the approach upon entering the treasure zone.

Thanks for the game.

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Thanks for the game

30/10/2013 GoD(Red, Ramp, Kyrre, Kyrre) def Lim4(Blue, Conflux, Erdamon, Fury) 8mm6a 144

Thanks for the game!

- Birds at the start of week two
- Casino with a one-way
- Decent main hero leveling, capturing Dragon Fly Hives
- Oops, turquoise:eek:
- I place Angels and Archangels under him
- Didn't find a single Griffin Conservatory
- I see the enemy Kyrre has become friends with Clavius:(
- They're already flying over there. gg
Thanks for the game.

Group E
Palach (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def bRitvo4kA (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 217
We took respawns and moved out. On day 1, I spotted a gnoll and lizard horde, 3 roads. Ran to the lookout and revealed a cons at the GO, though there are snipers in front of it. The second road leads to the Tower, also with a cons very close to the exit to the opp's respawn, exit is 10-19 monks. And most importantly, there are 2 pillars right next to the castle where Taz is leveling his passive fight. I can't respawn, although I'm catastrophically short on gold. Only 4 heroes.
112-117: a desperate struggle for every pile of gold. Taz maxed out his passive fight and fights in the snow, where he took a secondary Tower. The other road goes to grass with 20-49 ice stacks. Barely managed to get 5 heroes in the citadel; there's a library on the respawn.
The most important thing is that the reds took their cons on 121 and had the opportunity to rush on 122. I think they even considered it, but didn't go! From 121-127, I checked 2 cons; both turned out to be "two" with a grand stack, and I have nothing to take them with. From the Tower, I broke the guard of a treasure zone and scouted it entirely with a weak hero, fortunately it's small. A Dragon Utopia right at the entrance, loot for 20-49 birds, and a club +5, shield +6 loot and up to 249 snipers. There are also 3 beehives here, overall not bad. I'm afraid this is an adjacent treasure zone. I took a secondary Rampart, applied Deep Mike's tactic of collecting money, built bulls, and found the gold to buy them out by week 3. Forgot to build the castle in the capitol). On 131, I took 2 cons and entered the treasure zone. After clearing the beehives, I was afraid to go into the Dragon Utopia—it's a "three". Taz had expert Earth and Wisdom, saw a teleport from the treasure zone. At first, I thought not to hit it, but then I broke it and got thrown to my own Rampart secondary, from there I ran into the treasure zone on the rock tiles, took a couple of Pandora's Boxes and, with meat brought in, a Dragon Utopia "two" at the KZ and a Gladius, Town Portal to myself. On 141, 33 upgrades are being upgraded, the library is taken, a second Utopia with +9 all there and KV. Then it was just a matter of technique to execute all this. At the right moment, I didn't let the remaining army get taken away and captured the opp's capitol. In FB, a grand Grand Elf with a broken arrow only killed 2 flies, and the red elves surrendered.
Thanks for the game.

Group K
08.11.2013 The_ (red, dungeon, Shakti) def R55Max (blue, Rampart, Kyrre) minotaurs 115.

Good hand, Griffin Conservatory at 111, split at 112 into 8 heroes, external dwelling of minotaurs, external dwelling of cats on respawn, killed Castle, Shakti on angel went to bend over another computer, Shakti has Boots of Speed + Giant Flail, overall very brisk. But the opponent folds in maxi-pressing on grass.

Thanks for the game!

PS. Can I get some kind of treat for being the first to finish all games?! Take me to the loser's bracket to play :)
PPS. Even here, bad luck, vinceras has also already finished everything..

Group K
08.11.2013 The_ (red, dungeon, Shakti) def R55max (blue, rampart, Kyrre) mininosta 115.

Good match, Griffin Conservatory on 111, split on 112 into 8 heroes, external dwelling of minotaurs, external dwelling of cats on the respawn, killed castle, Shakti on an angel went to bend another opponent; Shakti has log+gauntlets, overall everything was very brisk. But opponent forfeits in the max gnome flatten on grass.

Thanks for the game!

p.s. can I get some bonus for being the first to play all games?! Let me play as a loser :)
p.p.s. even here it's a letdown, vinceras has also already played everything..

I'm already tired of playing square generations. :smile45: In the last 5-6 games, 3 games are some non-template puzzles that get played out. Killed the first opponent, no road to the treasure zone from him, killed the second opponent, no road to the treasure zone from him either. Even a bugged passage to the treasure zone was blocked by ГО of the fabulous. Fun, out of spite with 19 grand elves I went into the max gnome flatten with GS on grass. There was no point in stalling, especially since as it turned out everything there was fine with the roads and gave a solid amount of bonuses.

thanks for the time

Group D.
9.11.2013 Grizvald (blue, Castle, Katya, Tyraxor) def twaryna (red, Fortress, Tazar) Jebus Cross, 133

We took all the resets and went.

111 - I managed to spread out with only 5 heroes, there's a Sphere of Earth almost at my doorstep, I revealed a Pandora's Box behind some wood, a road block leading to the secondary, I didn't see the guard, but the Imp hut was visible. Also picked up an external dwelling of spearmen along the way.

112 - I entered a crypt with 50 spearmen and a few archers, of course it's max there :rolleyes: Lost NotBad, got out with 35 spearmen (obviously could have fought better). The Imp hut block turned out to be 10+ Zealots, and there were ribs guarding them too :mad: . A Dragon Utopia and a couple of crypts near the road.

113 - Scouted another Dragon Utopia close to the road, there's a Griffin Conservatory (level 3) far away, on the other side a Sphere of Fire behind Golems, then a Helm of +5 Knowledge. Revealed a double GO of Greater Hydras and Giants, both need to be fought.

114 - Didn't do much of anything, scouted Boots of Speed with a weak hero, immediately started preparing a chain for them. Finally found an external marketplace.

115 - Finally revealed a couple of Hives and took a secondary Dungeon, stables nearby on the road, both hives are large, didn't attack immediately. Revealed a Pandora's Box behind regular Peasants.

116 - Checked the first Hive - 8 Wiverns, took it right away, then the second one also had 8. Moschna went for the Boots, Tyraxor on an Angel aimed for the Peasants.

117 - A brutal fail with the chain, I beat off the Boots, but couldn't transport them back, had to stall :smile05:

121 - Brought a couple of Angels from home and broke through the Peasants, in the Pandora's Box I got 30 Monks :smile13: Tyraxor declined Air Magic, had to take Learning later :smile04:

122 - Finally broke through the Zealot block, scouted two more Hives and the native secondary.

123 - Took the Hives, total 28 Wyverns, transported Moschna via chain and took the level 3 Griffin Conservatory with a weak hero, losing a ton of spearmen.

124 - I take the level 3 Dragon Utopia, got a Hat for the entire 5th skill slot, a Chupa Chups, Shield of +4 All, and Legionnaire's Hands. With Tyraxor I suicided into the Dungeon and doubled my mana.

125 - Broke through both GOs and ran a bit into the center, Red Dragons were guarding a Necklace of +3 All and a Cloak 2/2. Clues behind Hydras.

126 - Tazar arrived with extremely defensive stats, I was thinking about using Dimension Door for the Titan's Cuirass, or just taking the artifacts from behind the Dragons and attacking in the hope he had no Orb/Cloak. In the end I took the artifacts and attacked, first FB:
Tyraxor 19-14-14 (94) 6 Archangels, Wyvern, 13 Wyverns, a few Zealots, 30 of the same

Tazar 12-34-7 (22) 13 Serpent Flies, 4 Angels, 33 Greater Basilisks, 3 Hydras, 4 Mighty Gorgons, 30 Monks, 20 Greater Lizards

Opening the spellbook (already easier), and successfully casting Implosion on the Imp (that made it much easier) I cast it on the Wyverns, it had a boost by the way. 28 Monks flew away. Then after a trade in the following round Bears resist :smile04:, after a few more trades the opponent surrenders, losing the Monks and three Mighty Gorgons, I was left with 2 Archangels, 2 Wyverns, and 30 Zealots. Continued running further into the center.

127 - Ran into 50+ Greater Minotaurs on the road, had no Oil - had to use Dimension Door, but I saw a town in the center through view, picked up a Naga Bank and settled in the Citadel for rapid growth, there were Efreeti nearby for the Gauntlets and a Pandora's Box. I was slowly building up the secondary to Angels.

131 - Beat the Efreeti with a Golden Bow, took the Gauntlets, got 15 Thunderbirds from the box. Then I also beat the Pandora's Box, but nothing useful. Went back and settled in the Citadel. From home I moved reinforcements towards the center.

132 - Then out of nowhere my opponent flies in, takes my secondary Castle and heads towards my main and the Dragon Utopia. Luckily Tyraxor with 2900 movement points and Dimension Door managed to suicide on the Grems near the GO and, settling in the home town for growth with all the main army, I just watched to see if Tazar could reach the Utopia (by my estimates he could, but there was nothing to do about it).

133 - Tazar fell just short of the Dragon Utopia, I immediately suicide my weak hero next to my main into the Dungeon, double my mana and enter the Utopia. It's a level 1 Utopia, but it gave everything needed - Shackles of War and an Orb of the Firmament. I trap Tazar and cast Implosion, he had nothing to counter, and in the end Tazar throws up Armageddon and surrenders.

Thanks for the game!:smile13:

Group D.
9.11.2013 Grizvald (blue, Castle, Catherine, Tirax) def twaryna (red, Fortress, Tazar) Jebus Cross, 133

Confirmed. Excellent draft — several cons, hives, wings, external dwelling of vivs. The only GO was a bit far, but wings solved all the problems. Collected everything, came out earlier with upgraded ducks and 36 defense. All great, Tazar is impenetrable, but there's nothing to counter high-level destructive magic. And that's exactly what I got hit with, of course. After the buyback, I take a home Dragon Utopia — they give KO, a ring, and a medal of speed. A painful loss. Reminded me of the game with Cobra in KOTH. Only here I could have still won, but I made the wrong decision with flying to the opponent's respawn — I should have gone to the center; there was a chance to take the Dragon Utopia before the opponent + build a Mage Guild hoping for Anti-Magic. Thanks for the game!

P.S. Can I get some kind of reward for being the first to play all the games?! Come play against a loser. :)

You'll end up playing against a loser anyway.

Group E
Palach (blue, swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def bRitvo4kA (red, Rampart, Ivor, Ivor) 217
We took the respawns and set off. On day 1, I spotted a Gnoll and Lizard nest, 3 roads. I ran to the lookout and revealed the Cons at ГО, though there were Snipers in front of it. The second road led to the Tower, also a Cons right near the exit to the opponent's respawn, with an exit of 10-19 Monks. And most importantly, there are 2 Pillars right by the Castle where TA levels up his passive. I can't Res, though I'm catastrophically short on gold. Only 4 heroes.
112-117: a desperate struggle for every pile of gold. Taz finished leveling his passive and fights on the snow. There he took a secondary Tower, the other road leads to grass with 20-49 Ice stacks. 5 heroes, barely managing Vivi in the Citadel; there's a Library on the respawn.
The main thing is that Red took their Cons on 121 and by 122 had the opportunity to rush. I think they even considered it, but they didn't go! Meanwhile, from 121 to 127 I checked 2 Cons; both turned out to be low-tier with a large stack, and I had nothing to take them with really. From the Tower I broke through the treasure zone guard and explored it entirely with a weak hero — luckily it was small. A Dragon Utopia right at the entrance, with artifacts for 20-49 Birds, and a Club +5, Shield +6 artifacts and up to 249 Snipers. There are also 3 Hives here, overall not bad. I'm afraid this treasure zone is adjacent. I took a secondary Rampart, applied the Deep Mike tactic, gathered gold, built Bulls, and found money to buy by the third week. Forgot to build the Castle in the Capitol). On 131 I took 2 Cons and went into the treasure zone. After clearing the Hives, I was afraid to enter the Dragon Utopia; it was a three-level one. Taz was Expert Earth and a Wise Man. I spotted a Teleport from the treasure zone; at first I thought not to hit it, then I did — it threw me back to my Rampart secondary. From there I ran to the treasure zone on the rocks, took a couple of Pandora's Boxes, and with meat brought in, took a double Dragon Utopia for КЗ and a Gladius, then Town Portal back. On 141, 33 Vivi are being upgraded, the Library is taken, a second Dragon Utopia +9 old stuff and КВ. Then it was just a matter of technique to implement all this. At the right moment, I prevented the rest of the army from being taken away and captured the opponent's capital. In the Final Battle, 61 Grand Crossbowmen with a broken arrow only killed 2 Flies. And the Red Elves surrendered.
Thanks for the game.

Confirmed. In my two treasure zones there was a junk Dragon Utopia and nothing for parameters and control, unlike the opponent's treasure zones. I had an advantage in week 2 when I cleared 2 Cons, but I didn't use it. I was afraid to push through the snow without roads to the opponent, but it turned out there was a road right there and an unclaimed Cons.
Thanks for the game!

So, you'll end up as a loser anyway.

Is this information 100% accurate? I highly doubt it.

Is that information 100% accurate? I highly doubt it :)

My apologies, I overlooked the fact that Berger's coefficient is more important. Now, hope that Pir and Ive win against your competitors;)