Posts from Season: "Autumn 2013". Online games for rating (reports, discussions).

11.11.13 Vatya (blue, Dungeon, Miner) def nightwolf (red, Castle, Ballista) smka 123

I cleared everything on my side, but didn't feel like going into the dreary treasure zones, so I went to the opponent.

11.11.13Vatya (blue, Dungeon, Miner) def nightwolf (red, Castle, Ballista) smka 116

We have a double, 2 external dwellings of Troglodytes and 2 portals. Minimal build-up. I'm finishing off the respawn and preparing to take 2 Dragon Fly Hives and the Griffin Conservatory on 121, but the opponent surrenders due to lack of prospects.

11.11.2013 Yvain (Red, random: Stronghold, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) def Beevil (Blue, Inferno, Nymis, Nymis) Jebus Cross, 117
Opponent surrendered.

11.11.2013 zoog (blue, Castle, Orrin, Vidomina) lose to Iamsamstan (red, Rampart, Ivor) diamond 126
The first game was lost due to a terrain bug, which resulted in a race for resources, but I couldn't get enough - not even for angels or knights. I was hoping to find some hidden resources and take two distant outposts - I took one, but the opponent reached the second one, and my hero was only two squares away from being able to attack the scout. Seeing no prospects, I decided not to prolong the game.

11.11.2013 Yvain (Red, random: Stronghold, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) def Beevil (Blue, Inferno, Nymis, Nymis) Jebus Cross, 117
Opponent surrendered.

Confirmed.

11.11.2013 zoog (blue, castle, Orrin, Vidomina) lose Iamsamstan (red, rampart, Ivor) diamond 126
The first, due to a terrain bug, turned into a scramble for resources, but it still wasn't enough - not for angels, nor even for horses; there was hope in their external dwellings and 2 far Griffin Conservatories - I took 1, the 2nd was taken by the opponent, who rushed there, but my hero was 2 hexes short of the Scout's purse. With no prospects, I decided not to drag it out.

I executed an excellent plan, thanks for the game!

Kreg Hek (Fortress, Gurnisson, Crag Hack) loses to Shlots (blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 8mm6a, 135. That's a tough matchup.

Kreg Hek red(Fortress, Gurnisson, Crag Hack) lose Shlots(blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 8mm6a, 135. That's a tough situation.

Yes, that's correct, it happened.

11.11.2013 Juristis (blue, Conflux, random, Enian, Gervulf) def Maretti (red, Castle, Caitlin, Galtran) 8mm6a, 145
Fast roads, plenty of gold; on the first week birds were built, and in the heroes I chose Gervulf, who got Logistics and Tactics. Found a Fly scroll. Scouted 3 Griffin Conservatories in different parts of the map and a Dragon Utopia. Found no passages to the center, only exit monoliths, so I decided to gather the conservatories and head for my own treasure. During the second week I gathered conservatories, built the guild, and got Town Portal at mage guild level 4. On the third week I took a couple of Dragon Utopias, which gave a Book of Air Magic. Enian ate a box of 10k experience and gained full control. Gervulf had no Wisdom, so he never learned Town Portal until the end of the game. With control I went to clear the map, gathered a stack of Angels, and at the end of the third week I took the opponent's main town, killing around 500 skeletons, a few wyverns, and some other minor units there. I upgraded 18 archers, then gradually captured towns, and in the middle of the fourth week I killed Galtran.
Thx for playing!

11.11.2013 Juristis (blue, Conflux, random, Enian, Gervulf) def Maretti (red, Castle, Caitlin, Galtran) 8mm6a, 145
Fast roads, enough gold, birds appeared first week, picked Gervulf in the folder who got Logistics and Tactics. Found a Fly scroll. Scouted 3 Griffin Conservatories in different parts of the map and a Dragon Utopia. Found no exits to the center, only exit monoliths, so decided to gather the Griffin Conservatories and go for my own treasure. Second week I collected the Griffin Conservatories, built a guild, GM4 gave Town Portal. Third week took a couple of Dragon Utopias, got an Air book. Enian ate a box for 10k experience, gained full control. Gervulf didn't have Wisdom, so he never learned Town Portal until the end of the game. With control I went to eat up the map, gathered a stack of Angels, at the end of the third week I took the opponent's main town, killing about 500 skeletons, a few wyverns and some other small units there. Upgraded 18 Archers, then gradually took over towns, and in the middle of the fourth week killed Galtran.
Thx for playing!

I confirm. Thx for playing.

11.11.13 Vatya (blue, Ramp, Ivor/Kyrre) def Sloth_D (red, Castle, Vale/Gundula) Diamond 131

111 I was pleased by 2 native heroes in the tavern, one of whom was Kyrre. 19 elves in the bank, immediately a secondary mine native next to the nike of horses, we play. And right away I strictly fey and attack with Ivor and 1 pegasus on the pokemons :( -2500 sadness, well okay, we'll manage. I have no idea who called this template rich, but I could barely squeeze the horses into the Citadel with full trade, the secondary mine was out of the question.

On the second day I killed the green player, barely bought everything, upgraded the pegasi and went to hit 100+ gr pegasi in the metro for the sword +5 all (which ultimately decided the game) at 127 the arrogant opponent through the left metro into the backwoods, takes my main town. Thankfully the necropolis didn't run far from home, I return and attack, but made a deep fail, didn't enter the well right next to the town. As a result, only 27 mana, had to buy back, thoroughly wearing down the opponent.

131 I build 2 GM in the secondary town, there's no lightning bolt, but there is ice bolt, hits for 210, that'll do too. With Ivor I took the Dragon Fly Hive for 8 Wyverns, though losing all the meat and the horse, I enter the well, 160 mana and attack. After the ice bolt hitting for 210, the opponent surrenders.

Vatya (blue, Rampart, Ivor/Kirya) def Sloth_D (red, Castle, Valya/Gundula) Diamond 131
nothing matters
sword +5 to all stats for half the turn from the main hero. The chances were that the opponent would fold somewhere, as I do on winning hands.

12.11.2013 Gomunguls (Blue, random, Stronghold, Gundula, Tyraxor) def GoD (Red, random, Rampart, Enova, Kreg) Jebus Cross, 1.2.4.
We played as Lku, found two monster nests on the first map, and leveled up well... on turn 124, I destroyed GoD and moved to the center, and there Kreg was standing with gold. I attacked! There was enough mana for one slow spell, and my stats were much better, so I won the fight!
Thanks for the game!

Shlots red(Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Mar blue(Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3), 117. Thanks for the game.

Shlots red(Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Mar blue(Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3), 117. Thanks for the game.

Confirmed. I threw at the Gogs' external dwelling. Forgot how it's done ((( Only on the third try did it occur to me how to take it. ))) Otherwise the respawn gave poor money. With difficulty I placed a Wyvern with Gogs at the Citadel and that's it — nothing to buy. Convenient money buildings for taking I never found. (((
Thanks for the time.

12.11.2013 The_ (red, Conflux, Labetha, Gurni) def twaryna (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Taz) JC, 126

We each took one respawn and started playing.
Stables not far from the castle, good spread for 8 heroes (though because the stables were on rough terrain, the heroes themselves didn't spread far), Nymus arrived, I figured I'd level him. The next day I find Gurni, 5 hives already spotted at the respawn.
Until day 115, I did nothing but gather, because two roads were blocked, one leading to the GO (for variety, just one day's march from the castle), the other to the secondary, so naturally less money than usual. After clearing crypts, ogre forts, picking up artifacts +4 attack and +4 defense, Gurni stood on a treasure chest I found (I was really hoping for experience, since Gurni was level 3 by day 116). Thanks to the built-up air elementals — birds were ready by day 116, which was decisive; without birds, the hives definitely wouldn't have started falling, because the first two were max-level and near-max-level. After breaking two hives, I advance the ducks under Gurni, who takes a Pandora's box that gives all water magic... without Wisdom of course, though it doesn't really matter — water is water anyway. There I also found an external dwelling of psychs + another Dragon Fly Hive. On day 117, I pick up another 4 hives and an external bird dwelling; Gurni stops at the stables not far from a Dragon Utopia.
By day 121, I have 60 ducks, a level 1 Dragon Utopia that gives a Blackshard of the Dead Knight + Sphere of Earth, a Helm +10 Knowledge picked up off the ground behind the vampires. On day 122, Gurni refills mana at the well before the GO; on day 123, he breaks Bone Dragons. For three days in the treasure zone, I eat a couple of hives, pick up stat artifacts, two Books of Earth, one of Air + bracers, a couple of libraries, several Dragon Utopias, xp chests, 15 Wyverns, 6 Hydras, 60 Lizardmen. Though I fought battles carelessly — sometimes I exposed the ducks, sometimes I burned them myself — in the end I lost about 15 of them. On day 125, Tazar jumps out through the GO and is left with 400 movement points from the central castle (it never even crossed my mind that this could be *his* GO, because neither the resources nor the artifacts lying in front of the GO had been picked up).
With Dimension Door and Fly, I take a couple of bonuses and cast Town Portal to the tower, from where I attack Taz; his mana is at zero, with an army of 75 ducks he has nothing to fight with, his stats are also sad, Frostbite is a mere formality.
As the "post-mortem" showed, even though the content was decent too (a couple of confluxes, hives, two external angel dwellings, 4 external horse dwellings, +3 speed), the roads and the blocks on those roads ruined the entire game; from the castle to the GO, not counting the blocks, it would have taken about 4 days' march, or even more.

Thanks for the game!