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

11/22/2013 cuc9ctblu (blue, Dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar) def dom2 (red, Fortress, Valeska, Tyraxor) jebus cross 131.

Thank you for the game.

19.11.2013 Bonzai (red, stronghold, zubin) techdef Huanito (blue,fortress,mirlanda) jebus cross 112 techdef.

19.11.2013 Bonzai (red, stronghold, zubin) techdef Huanito (blue,fortress,mirlanda) jebus cross 112 techdef.

Confirm.Thx for game.

22.11.2013 Juristis (red, random, Dungeon, Lorelei, Tamika) def Javdet (blue, random, Inferno, Ash, Pyr) 8mm6a 223
Medium roads, started without restarts, gave up the underground, harpies built, Tamika right away, decided to play. Had quite a lot of gold, took a mini-dwarf dwelling, opened some treasure chests, found 2 Dragon Utopias. On 117 took an external dwelling of cats for 19 monks. At home cats in citadel+portal. Tamika with tactics and air.
On the second killed a strong neutral (dropped a shield +4 and ribs), took a double Griffin Conservatory and went to scout central Treasure Terrains. They turned out to be quite small, took a Castle village on top and a strong neutral underground, necroed. Home Castle.
On the third took 3 Dragon Fly Hives for 22 Wyverns and then 2 home Dragon Utopias, both tier 3. In the first +1k gold, armor +4+4 and Captain's Hat, in the second books of Water, Earth and Boots of Levitation. In the Mage Guild Mirror.
On the fourth another 2 Dragon Utopias, a minimal one with Necklace +3 to all and Gauntlets, and a maximum one with Gladius, Boots of Resistance, Helm +10 and Black Orb. Cursed a bit, but oh well. Lots of resources, but nowhere to build Mage Guilds, just Castles and strong neutrals. Killed another neutral citadel, planted a double Bears from an external dwelling. Bought Boots from a merchant in the dungeon.
Second month - assembled Army of the Dead, blocked the dead end with second main hero, Septienna, and took her Book of Earth. Then there was an almost critical moment. With Tamika took a neutral Rampart, started building a Mage Guild there. Das broke through into my corner, along the way found another Dragon Utopia. Built Bears in the strong neutral village in the underground.
On 217 Pyr jumped to us. Most of my army in some underground hole. Build Mage Guild 5 in Rampart, grants Fly. Find where I can squeeze through with Fly, set up a chain from Septienna to Tamika.
On 222 finally unite the army, Pyr meanwhile took over our central Castle village.
223 - Pyr jumped away somewhere, Galtran with demons, angels and pits remained. Upgrade 20 Griffins, take Castle with a scout hero on Earth Magic, jump there with Tamika, cover Galtran, no surrender, GG. Thanks for the game!

11.22.2013 Tovariщ (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Crag) def Pyre (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 113. Thank you for your time.

11/22/2013 Tovariщ (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Crag) def Pyre (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 113.

Thanks for the game.

Confirmed. I lost 1 warlock in the maxisklep, but overall, it seems good, and I have a lot of money, but the secondary guards are too tough.

22.11.2013 Maretti (blue, castle, sorsha, shiva) def Sanin (red, necro, aislinn) 8mm6a 232

16 hour game. Hard struggle for both. Bad skills on shiva like no earth and log made it difficult, but others took over with log and earth. At 127 we were close. I had much better stats but was very far behind on army and just managed to escape without contact.

In the end Sanin only had 1 town left and I aproched and was attacked. Shiva 34 26, armor, archery, 1 to speed, recanters and sharpshooters bow with 30 AAs, 146 monarcs, 19 champs, 35 dragon flies, 144 marksmen and 31 zealots vs Aislinn with 23 14, offence, 2 to speed, elixir of life, 12 ghosts, 25 angels, 35 dreads, 53 wyverns, 32 power liches, 44 vamps and 2341 skell warriors. I thought there was an obstacle that ment the skells couldnt reach my AAs but was mistaken, so after some waits he got to hit with all and haste. Skells killed 8 AAs with first hit, but when I got the turn I did some serious damage like wyvs did 7 k plus vs the skells and in the end it was a clear win. Thanks for playing.

22.11.2013 Maretti (blue, castle, sorsha, shiva) def Sanin (red, necro, aislinn) 8mm6a 232

16 hour game. Hard struggle for both. Bad skills on shiva like no earth and log made it difficult, but others took over with log and earth. At 127 we were close. I had much better stats but was very far behind on army and just managed to escape without contact.

In the end Sanin only had 1 town left and I aproched and was attacked. Shiva 34 26, armor, archery, 1 to speed, recanters and sharpshooters bow with 30 AAs, 146 monarcs, 19 champs, 35 dragon flies, 144 marksmen and 31 zealots vs Aislinn with 23 14, offence, 2 to speed, elixir of life, 12 ghosts, 25 angels, 35 dreads, 53 wyverns, 32 power liches, 44 vamps and 2341 skell warriors. I thought there was an obstacle that ment the skells couldnt reach my AAs but was mistaken, so after some waits he got to hit with all and haste. Skells killed 8 AAs with first hit, but when I got the turn I did some serious damage like wyvs did 7 k plus vs the skells and in the end it was a clear win. Thanks for playing.

When at 112 I saw what I saw (screenshot), I thought that losing here would be difficult. Well, I wasn't wrong, it was difficult :) I didn't know that Maretti was playing an external dwelling of angels on his side.
At the start of the third week there were 13 angels, nearly a thousand bones, 16 knights, 20 liches; I broke into enemy territory, but Shiva managed to slip away. Then Aislinn went to take a distant Dragon Utopia, which gave trash, while Shiva returned with good stats and archangels.
Then I spent a long time running around searching for Dragon Utopias, managing to find four more, all of which gave trash. The only good things were the thunder helmet, titan cuirass, and a level 5 cap, well, and the elixir was assembled—get yourself some ten-hit skeletons :)
On the other hand, I got lucky with magic: the scholarly scribe taught Aislinn how to portal into the town (anything can happen in Heroes), and in the only built GM-5 I got Dimension Door.
But I still didn't find anything good for attack or defense. With the earth orb at the end there was a blast for 3.5k, but Shiva had the cloak of renunciation, and as for combat stats, Aislinn was far behind, and she wasn't given any defense.
Thanks for the game.

11/23/2013 Stryfe (red, rnd, Rampart, Melodia, Shakti/Isra) def u2noob (blue, rnd, Tower, Aine, Ryland) Anarchy, 132
In the first week, I gathered 20+ ducks from the respawn point, upgraded Shaka and Isra. At the beginning of the second week, I opened the Cartographer's Guild and soon captured the Key Village, then took a Utopia with 5 black dragons - I got a bonus to stats. On turn 131, I captured the opponent's main town and killed his hero, Ryland. On his turn, the opponent couldn't dig him up in the tavern, and I crushed his army... followed by a surrender!
Thanks for the game.

When I saw what I saw on turn 112 (screenshot), I thought it would be difficult to lose here.

Just AMAZING!!!:smile21:

When I saw what I saw on turn 112 (screenshot), I thought it would be difficult to lose here. Well, I wasn't wrong, it was difficult :)

The whole point of HL+U templates is that the starting layout affects the game several times less than on any other templates. It is much more important to manage the late game effectively.

Reports for the autumn season from the Novice tournament:

01.09.2013 cuc9ctblu (Red, Citadel, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def iamsamstan (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Kyrre), Mini-Nostalgia, 146 +++
02.09.2013 The_ (Red, Castle, Valeska, Galthran) def u2noob (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti) JC 124 +++
03.02.2013 The_ (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def u2noob (Red, Citadel, Crag Hack) JC 125
04.09.2013 Diabler (Red, random Necropolis, random Sandro, Clavius) def RoninHW (Blue, random Stronghold, random Gundula) 2sm4d3 142 +++
04.09.2013 Lim4 (Red, Citadel, Crag Hack) def Grizvald (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti) Jebus Cross, 245 +++
07.09.2013 glhf (Red, Stronghold, Jebarkas, Jebarkas) lose to Slayzer (Blue, Inferno, Octavia, Solmyr), mini-nostalgia, 1.3.4 +++
08.09.2013 Diabler (Red, Rampart, Kyrre) def Lim4 (Blue, Castle, Valeska) Jebus Cross 127 +++
07.09.2013 RoninHW (Blue, Citadel, Gurni) def MuLLIyTa (Red, Tower, Neela,) 8mm6a, 114 +++
15.09.2013 MuLLIyTa (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def RoninHW (Red, Conflux, random, Damekon) Mini-nosta, 211 +++
17.09.2013 MuLLIyTa (Blue, Conflux, random, Clavius) def RoninHW (Red, Rampart, random, Fiur) 2sm4d(3) 223 +++
17.09.2013 Nitro (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def shameonyou (Red, Conflux, random, Grindan, Dace) JC 133 +++
20.09.2013 Grizvald (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Hack) def Slayzer (Blue, Conflux, random, Gelar, Moner) mini-nostalgia, 122 +++
24.09.2013 Grizvald (Blue, Fortress, Tazar) def Slayzer (Red, Inferno, Octavia, Mariussa) mini-nostalgia, 135 +++
27.09.2013 Diabler (Blue, Conflux, Ignissa, Sir Mullich) def Lim4 (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack) Jebus Cross 126 +++
26.09.2013 cuc9ctblu (Blue, Castle, Caitlin, Jebarkas) def Nitro (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) Jebus Cross 211 +++
29.09.2013 MuLLIyTa (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Gundula) def Grizvald (Red, Citadel, Crag Hack), 8mm6a, 134 +++
30.09.2013 MuLLIyTa (Red, Fortress, Taz) def Grizvald (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre) 8mm6a, 147 +++
29.09.2013 Nitro (Blue, Fortress, Tazar) def cuc9ctblu (Red, Conflux, Lacus, Labetha), Panic, 121 +++
30.09.2013 Nitro (Red, Tower, Monere) def cuc9ctblu (Blue, Rampart, Dace), 2SM4d(3), 147 +++
05.10.2013 Lim4 (Blue, Fortress, Tazar) def Nitro (Red, Conflux, random, Labetha, Edric) Jebus Cross, 133 ++
05.10.2013 u2noob (Red, Conflux, random, Gundula) def MuLLIyTa (Blue, Citadel, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) Jebus Cross, 125 +++
08.10.2013 MuLLIyTa (Red, Castle, Valeska, Luna/Moandor) def u2noob (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Kyrre) 8mm6a, 116 +++
09.10.2013 Nitro (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Grindan) def Lim4 (Red, Citadel, Crag Hack, Crag Hack), 2SM4d(3), 123 +++
09.10.2013 u2noob (Blue, Necropolis, Thant, Thant) def MuLLIyTa (Red, Conflux, random, Pasis) 2SM4d(3), 134 +++
12.10.2013 Lim4 (Red, random, Necropolis, random, Vokial, Vokial) def Nitro (Blue, random, Inferno, random, Pyre, Gherwulf), 2sm4d(3), 124 +++
15.10.2013 The_ (Red, Citadel, Crag Hack) def Diabler (Blue, Fortress, Tazar) JC 211 +++
17.10.2013 u2noob (Blue, Citadel, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def Lim4 (Red, Tower, Neela, Neela), 2SM4d(3), 131 +++
23.10.2013 The_ (Blue, random, Citadel, Crelion, Dessa) def Diabler (Red, random, Dungeon, Sinka, Gunnar) 2sm4d(3) 122 +++
26.10.2013 u2noob (Red, Castle, Valeska, Isra) def Lim4 (Blue, Conflux, Luna, Luna), 2SM4d(3), 142
27.10.2013 Diabler (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre, Alamar) lose u2noob (Red, Citadel, Crag Hack, Sirena) Jebus Cross 127
30.10.2013 Diabler (Red, Citadel, Crag Hack) def u2noob (Blue, Conflux, Ignissa, Clavius) Jebus Cross 116
30.10.2013 Diabler (Blue, Rampart, Mephala, Monere) def u2noob (Red, Inferno, Axis, Gunnar) 2sm4d3 131
01.11.2013 The_ (Blue, Rampart, Ivor, Galthran) def Diabler (Red, Citadel, Gurni) 2sm4d(3) 127
20.11.2013 The_ (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre) def Diabler (Red, Conflux, random, Tunarr, Dragon) 8mm6a 146

Autumn reports Jebus-3:

04.09.2013 Chemist_HP (Red, Conflux, random, Pyre) def theShevanesian (Blue, Fortress, Tazar) Jebus Cross, 142
11.09.2013 =Stinger= (Blue, Necropolis, Galthran) def Chemist_HP (Red, Conflux, Jellar, Monere) JC, 124
22.09.2013 =Stinger= (Blue, Dungeon, Shakti) def GoD (Red, Stronghold, Crag Hack) Jebus Cross 123
25.09.2013 GoD (Blue, Citadel, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def =Stinger= (Red, Castle, Valeska, Kyrre) Jebus Cross 126
25.09.2013 GoD (Blue, Citadel, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def =Stinger= (Red, Castle, Valya, Kyrre) Jebus Cross 125
20.10.2013 =Stinger= (Red, Stronghold, Dessa) def GoD (Blue, Rampart, Kyrre) Jebus 124
20.10.2013 GoD (Red, Rampart, Kyrre, Kyrre) def =Stinger= (Blue, Citadel, Dessa, Dessa) Jebus Cross 133

11/23/2013 Gomunguls (Red, random, Inferno, Ash, Broghild) def GoD (Blue, random, Tower, Puguedram, Shiva) Jebus Cross, 1.3.3
We played on a random L map, and it turned out to be a tough game. I managed my resources well and placed devils in the castle. I had two imps hidden as a surprise. On turn 117, I killed a 54 gold golem with a devil, getting a 4+4 helmet. Then I moved to Utopia and found a level 2 town. They gave me a helmet +6 all stats and magic resistance boots +15%. Then I saw that the blue player was already in the center. I ran there and attacked, but there were too many djinn, and they cast good spells on a 36-unit wivern. I retreated. Zhenya ran to the center, so I replenished my mana and cast level 5 on a 125-unit creature with an explosion and flight. I ran to the center and attacked the town. There, I was met with a chain lightning spell, but I killed 22 wiverns and all the djinn. Then I replenished my mana again. After that, I destroyed the town, transferred the army to the center, and cast another Fireball. I won and took some good loot. Zhenya had very little army left, and he lost momentum on a powerful castle. He surrendered.
Thanks for the game!

11/22/13 0771 (red, Necropolis, Claudius) def Iamsamstan (blue, Dungeon, Shahti), 2sm4d(3), 122, thanks for the game.

Roma beat me again).

22.11.2013 Juristis (red, random, Dungeon, Lorelei, Tamika) def Javdet (blue, random, Inferno, Ash, Pyre) 8mm6a 223
Medium roads, we started without resets, it spawned in the underground, harpies built, Tamika immediately, I decided to play. There was quite a lot of gold, I took a mini-dwarf dwelling, bashed some treasure chests, found 2 Dragon Utopias. On week 1 day 17 I took an external dwelling of cats for 19 monks. At home, cats in the citadel + portal. Tamika with tactics and air magic.
On the second week I killed a stronghold player (it dropped a shield +4 and ribs), took a double Griffin Conservatory and went to scout the central treasures. They turned out to be pretty small, took a Castle town on the top and a stronghold underground, necromancyed. Castle at home.
On the third week I took 3 Dragon Fly Hives for 22 Wyverns and then 2 home Dragon Utopias, both level 3s. In the first one: +1k gold, armor +4+4 and Captain's Hat, in the second: books of water, earth and Boots of Levitation. In the Mage Guild: Mirror Magic.
On the fourth week another 2 Dragon Utopias, the minimal one with a necklace +3 to all stats and gloves, and the max one with a Gladius, boots of resistance, a helmet +10 and the Black Orb. I cursed a bit, but oh well. Lots of resources, but nowhere to build guilds - only Castles and Strongholds. Killed another player's citadel town, installed a double of bears from an external dwelling. Bought boots from the merchant in the dungeon.
Second month - gathered Angel of Death, locked myself into a dead end with the second main hero, Septienna, and I took the earth book from her. Then it almost became critical. I took a Rampart player with Tamika, started building a Mage Guild there. Das broke through into my corner, found another Dragon Utopia along the way. Built bears in the stronghold town in the underground.
On week 2 day 17 Pyre jumped to us. Most of my army in some underground backwater. I build Mage Guild level 5 in Rampart, they give Fly. I find a place where I can get through with Fly, set up a chain from Septienna to Tamika.
On day 22 I finally unite the army, meanwhile Pyre took our central Castle town.
Day 23 - Pyre jumped somewhere, Galtran with demons, angels and pits remained. I level up 20 grey dwarves, take a Castle with a scout hero on a Ruins, jump there with Tamika, cover Galtran, no buyout, gg. Thanks for the game!

I played terribly. Several times the chains didn't sync, before the final battle the army was left with a noob, and this after a super-promising first week. I probably shouldn't have wasted the second week looking for the enemy - it turned out to be not close at all, same as getting to the center. Then the AI also surprised me - it built a castle and then took it back from me in a pope-ish way: in two shots the catapult knocks down a breach and pokemons storm in, and of course they get morale)))) and not just once))) Later it even gave angels to the AI:D
I thought about breaking the opponent on the 4th week, but he revealed earth magic and quite reasonably portaled away from trouble...

Thanks for the game