Posts from "King of the Hill"

Everything would be fine if it weren't for the player selection system. The system where one player has the opportunity to be randomly selected three times, while the other "waits" is unfair. Therefore, if anyone wants to resume this tournament in the future, this problem needs to be addressed. Apart from that, the tournament, I repeat, is good!

At the end, I will provide some statistics about the tournament. But for now, I personally see that the top players are those who "persevere" and play to win. Hellight, for example, was selected only 2 times, but is in 2nd place. Stinger was selected as many as 5 times and is currently only in 5th place.
In my personal opinion, the tournament turned out to be more than fair, despite the fact that we did not deviate from the general idea of randomness.

Oh, and by the way, we need to come up with a prize for the winner >_>

Everything would be fine if it weren't for the player selection system. The system where one player has the opportunity to be randomly selected three times, while the other "waits," is unfair. Therefore, if anyone wants to resume this tournament in the future, this problem needs to be addressed. Apart from that, the tournament, I repeat, is good!

It remains a mystery to me what principle is used to allow players to participate in the tournament.

It remains a mystery to me what principle is used to allow players into the tournament.

I don't know, they told me I was on the reserve list, so I'm just sitting here, haven't played at all, maybe my skill level isn't good enough.

I don't know, they told me I was on the reserve list, so I'm still on the reserve list, haven't played at all, maybe my skill isn't good enough :)

But there was a registration, right?

There was a recording, right?

That's why I signed up, and they put me on the waiting list.

23.11.2013 Yostairs (Red, Conflux, Fiur, Luna) def kalababa (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 6lm10a 133
We spent all the rest points, and the result turned out pretty decent. We have Luna, a lot of gold, and a good road network. On turn 1, I collected gold, cleared the brown swamp, and had the external dwelling of birds at the fort. In the super treasure, I see a Book of Fire for 20-49 cavalry. Fiur is doing the leveling for now. On turn 2, I'm playing on two fronts: Fiur on 2 birds runs further and reaches the orange Flaks, while Luna with the rest of the army takes the blue barbarian, doubles her mana at the external fountain there, and heads to the super treasure. At home, I built GM5, I have Town Portal (nobody has Earth Magic) and Summon Air Elementals. Luna takes the external dwelling of bone dragons and mini-hives. Meanwhile, Fiur takes the Griffin Conservatory (single) and the Dwarven Treasury (20). On 127, I break into the swamp to go from there to another super treasure, but then the opponent runs out of a one-way portal and breaks my chain + forces Fiur to buy back on 3 birds. Turn 131 arrives, I buy 3 birds at my home (I didn't place the castle at home; I placed the birds in another Flaks, but won't be able to deliver them). I make a chain for the Book of Fire, leaving the army at Luna's home. On 133, Kyrre is standing in the path to my castle; I decide not to go for the КО, but to hold out with Luna in the castle. On her turn, Kyrre attacks:
FB:
Luna 3-4-7-7 (70) 8 birds, 7 psychos, 4 Vivas, 17 fire elementals, 6+6+6 Pixies (expert Fire Magic, expert Air Magic and Bolt for 225)
Kyrre 5-13-3-4 (40) 4 angels, 35 Grand Elves, 11 unicorns, 8 wyverns, 9 pegasuses, 1+1 green snakes.
I cast Bolt at the angels; in response, Slow. I block my birds. In round 2, I cast Bolt at the Grand Elves; the opponent finishes off the wyverns and 1 of the Pixie stacks. In round 3, the opponent Hastes the wyverns and charges into the psychos; I respond with Mass Haste, kill 1 angel with the birds, and on the next turn, Bolt + another bird hit finish off the angels. The opponent casts Slow again and flies away with the wyverns. I gradually Bolt the unicorns; the gate takes 3 catapult hits, after which 6 unicorns get inside the walls. The opponent charges into the fire elementals; I cast Arrow and hit the wyverns with the birds, leaving 2 Vivas. On the next turn, I finish off the wyverns, and it's 7 birds vs 9 pegasuses and 5 unicorns. The pegasuses tried to remove the retaliation, but 4 birds held out nonetheless, followed by a surrender. Thanks for the game and the interesting finale!

■(+1) Yostairs (icq 644735887) — vs — ■ theShevanesian (icq 98677240)

11/23/2013 Yostairs (Red, Conflux, Fiur, Luna) def. kalababa (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) 6lm10a 133

Thanks for the game. That's how it went: I cleared everything that was a threat and immediately went for the opponent. The battlefield was interesting; the opponent did everything perfectly. I probably should have used the aura from the horns to protect the elves and angels at the beginning, but damn, I didn't expect to see 8 birds (I saw birds on the lochs). In the end, the gates held for 3 rounds, and I was defeated by a bolt with 7 speed and mass air. :smile05:

02.12.13 Yostairs (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def theShevanesian (Blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) 6lm10a, 215
There was 1 rest left, but there is a Dragon Fly Hive, an external dwelling of Minotaurs for 20-49 wood, and Shakti got logistics right away, we play. It turned out that I had a huge respawn, where I sat for the entire 1st week. On 112 - external dwelling of Minotaurs, 113-114 2 Dwarf Cottages (20-stack and 15-stack), 115 - 3rd Dwarf Cottage 15-stack, 116 - Dragon Fly Hive 8-stack, 117 Dragon Fly Hive 6-stack. Total for the 1st week: 9 Minotaurs, 14 Wvyerns, and 1-5 in castle+portal, Shakti with logistics and earth magic. On the 2nd week I went to the next zone, took a castle village there, a Pandora's Box with 25 Swordsmen and a Maxinagar Bank, also there is a Dragon Utopia in this zone. I went looking for a passage to the zone where I saw some Boots, at the end of the second week I came and took them. I go further, take another castle village, a max Dragon Fly Hive, a 2-stack Griffin Conservatory, another pair of Boots, and on 132-133 I take 2 2-stack Dragon Utopias (gave a bag of gold, a cuirass, a Titan's shield, and a black orb). I advance further along the road, came to a purple ramp and took it. A scout scouted in the depths of the swamp 2 super treasure zones with Dragon Utopias, I decide to go there. On 141 I break them and finally get full control: КВ, КЗ, Book of Water, and a hat of 5th level. Another Dragon Utopia was found right there, I take it the next day, there's a red orb, a chalice, and armor +4+4. After that I move on to active actions, taking the main opponent, in which Nagash was sitting. After buying out a couple of scouts, this Nagash turned out to be already in my tavern, and he had almost all the earth magic learned. I give him the 5th level hat, I myself Town Portal to 2 Hives (both turned out to be mini) in 1 treasure zone, simultaneously a scout on 10 griffins takes the blue castle, there is also a Griffin Conservatory there. I built Angels, took another Dragon Fly Hive (also mini) and a brown Barbarian. At the start of the 2nd month I gather Angels of the Dead, take the green Dungeon, on its respawn a Dragon Fly Hive 8-stack and a 1-stack Griffin Conservatory. On 215 I see the opponent near my village, I decide to equip Angels of the Dead+red orb at the expense of stats before the Final Battle.
Final Battle:
Shakti 16-14-9-9: 35 gr. Efreet, 68 gr. Archers, 31 gr. Medusas, 11 Arch Liches, 56 Wyverns, 64 gr. Minotaurs, 11 gr. Cats (red orb+Angels of the Dead+Golden Bow, Ammo Cart, +3 +3 morale\luck, Bracers)
Clavius (29-24-~20-~20) 1+1+1+1+1600 Skeletons, 40 Wyverns, 8 Angels.
Basically, I kill the Angels in the first round, and then it was just a matter of shooting down the Skeletons with speed 3 and the Wyverns with speed 4. A surrender follows. Thanks for the game!

■(+1,5) Yostairs (icq 644735887) — vs — ■ KobRa_RR (icq 286406830)

02.12.13 Yostairs (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def theShevanesian (Blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) 6lm10a, 215

It was a good game, thanks for playing!

05.12.2013 Yostairs (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def KobRa_RR (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 8xm12a 141
Started without rests. Scouted on 111 at my place an external market, a Griffin Conservatory and a Dragon Fly Hive, a respawn in the corner => it should be of considerable size, we play. Kyrre ran along the road and in the next zone there are 2 Dwarf Cottages (mini) and a Crypt (maxi), also there is another Dragon Fly Hive. I take all of this, see the road to the native orange computer, capture it at ~116. As a result, at home on day 1 I have 1-6 in Castle, the computer has 1-6 in Fort, at home there is also a Griffin Conservatory, stables, and deep in the respawn a Dragon Utopia. At the start of the second week, I went to farm everything seen, a Dragon Fly Hive at 6, two Griffin Conservatories at 3 and another mini Dragon Fly Hive. After that, I move towards the opponent, take his Inferno, send a scout further, and there is a captured Dragon Utopia o_O. Decided not to engage, especially since 2 more Dragon Fly Hives are revealed. I take them on 127, +18 Wyverns, see a Dragon Utopia in the treasure zone, move towards it. Dragon Utopia at 2, gives Wings, a Bag of 1000 gold and Sphere of Earth. I go back, take the Library and on Wings fly to the Dragon Utopia at my respawn, as it turned out, not in vain: Dragon Utopia at 2 with a Chalice and a Level 5 Hat. In parallel, I beat the Elves for Bracers for 100+ Water Elementals. Kyrre leveled perfectly: Earth, Armor, Offense, Air. Found another mini Dragon Fly Hive, took it and on 137 camped in Rampart (without a Mage Guild by the way, such a fail). And on 141 I see Ciele with the entire army and quite decent stats. I bring double growth, replenish mana in a neighboring well, equip the Bracers and with 2 Dimension Doors jump to her.
FB:
Kyrre (16-14-15-9 (120)) 75 Grand Elves, 16 Grand Dwarves, 23 Grand Unicorns, 38 Wyverns, 63 Centaurs, 8 Grand Pegasi, 6 Angels. (implant for 2100)
Ciele (14-13-25-25 (33)) 50 Lizardmen, 40 Mages, 7 Wyverns, 22 Grand Wyverns, 5 Angels, 12 Air Elementals, 80 Grand Goblins.
Army advantage, good implant, and within 3-4 rounds the entire army is wiped out. Concession follows. Thanks for the game!

■(+2) Yostairs (icq 644735887) — vs — ■ twaryna (icq 301303816)

At the moment, Yostairs, having shown an incredibly beautiful game and achieving a streak of as many as 7(!) wins, defeating such top players in a row as =Stinger=, Maretti, ProtosArchon, KobRa_RR, has come close to what once seemed unattainable – twaryna in terms of points. The former currently has 15.5 points, while the latter has 17.5. That is, if Yostairs wins, he will catch up with twaryna, and even if he loses the next match, at least both of them will compete again for the Crown in a tie-breaker match at the end of the year (the probability that someone else can catch up with them in the remaining 25 days is approaching zero). If twaryna wins, then with the bonus points accumulated by Yostairs, he will break away again to an unreachable height (this time definitely) – he will have 21.5 against the closest contender - HellLighT, who currently has only 12 points (I remind you that Yostairs will no longer be able to play again because he will not be in the pool of the 5 nearest matches).
Well, all we have left to do is follow the development of events! I hope the players will let us know in advance so that we can all enjoy watching the stream of the decisive game! May the real KING win! :)

At stake: The Crown!