Posts from The Crusade (autumn, winter 2013-14)

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08.12.2013, group 4 Akella (blue, Castle, Valeska, Turis) def. Myxomoar (red, Barbarian, Greychin, Greychin), diamond, 144 Luck helped me win a completely lost game. In the final battle, I was lucky in everything, while my opponent was unlucky. After Greychin retreated to the Fortress, I had 1 Hydra, 2 Phoenixes, and zero mana left. Something stopped me from typing "gg," and instead, I bought everything that was left in the castle and made it to the village where Greychin bought himself out. He turned out to be without mana, and "gg" followed. Thank you for the game.

08.12.2013 group 4
Akella (blue, Castle, Valeska, Turiss) def Myxomoar (red, Barbarian, Greychin, Greychin) diamond, 144

Luck helped me win a completely lost game; in the final battle I was lucky in everything, while my opponent was catching anti-luck. After Greychin's retreat in the FB, I had 1 hydra, 2 phoenixes, and zero mana left, something stopped me from writing gg, instead I bought back everything left in the castle and reached the village where Greychin bought back, he turned out to be out of mana, and gg followed.
Thanks for the game.

Yeah, unluck on top of unluck, all the luck was limited to 5 Dragon Fly Hives for 8 treasure zones, a Cap of the Fifth Magical Stage, a Captain's Hat, and a necklace +3 spell power/knowledge. An implosion of almost 2k was carrying incredibly, I won the final despite fierce bad luck (the horses with haste crash into my angels, they get morale, my birds get anti-morale, the horses go again and they get morale again, lol) I bought back on 2 birds (1 hydra from a counterattack would kill a bird and a shot of 150 from Touristka would solve all problems) but damn, instead of buying back in the dungeon and maxing out mana, I buy back in an inferno village and naturally Touristka with the remnants of the unbought army reaches me, in the first round haste on crusaders and from tactics they shoot the birds.
111. Greycha catches 3 stacks, in the pile it comes out to about 96, starting artifact is a ring +1 HP. I break through the Gremlin Guards for the Conservatory, I hit the boars on the upper part of the underground and the marks below, at the entrance lies a necklace +3 spell power knowledge guarded by cats, but it can be bypassed. Below is a Conflux village. Scatter of 5 heroes, decent money, but nowhere are crystals visible. A Captain's Hat is visible, of course we play)
112. Greycha takes the Conflux village, there is a dwelling of birds there guarded by a horde of gold golems, via the chain I drag the main force to the opposite side, there is another underground: gr pikemen + orcs below, the entry was tolerable. I reach the Rampart village, build a tavern there and in Conflux. In main, birds. The Conservatory near the castle is strong.
113. Papal moves: I break through shooter blocks without any reason, as a result I stupidly lose ten more goblins, but at least the passage to the computer and a Dragon Fly Hive is visible. Grecha wanders around the stat boosters, and in towns placed thousands, tons of free stuff, but damn, nowhere are crystals visible, slight panic.
114. Manipulations with scout heroes, Grecha rides around stat boosters, I build a Citadel in main, and in the villages I build trade centers for emergencies, they are markets. The opponent has horses visible, trouble :( It's probably an external dwelling, after all, it's early to have horses at 114.
115. I break through another underground, a Cap of the Fifth Magical Stage is visible guarded by a horde of Gorgons, two Dragon Utopias, not bad. I scout respawns, on the territory of the Rampart village there is a Water Book guarded by a horde of Necro Dragons. In the capital, I build a Castle.
116. I conducted monitoring of my lands on the go and saw a bunch of crystals on the territory of the Rampart village through wasteland, I drag the main force there and take them, but not enough for bears, damn, I build thousands in the capital. With trade, the bears should be built.
117. I build monsters, check the Conservatory (3), sacrificing a scout hero on it. Greycha is waiting for delivery and the next day we plan to shake the Dragon Fly Hive behind the rocs and go punish the computer.
121. Delivery, collecting freebies, a Dragon Fly Hive for 4 geese. The next day I plan to finally rush the computer.
122. Oh, an epic day. I lost all the rocs and 1 goose on the Rampart (there were 3 luck and 2 morale I think, maybe more, I don't remember exactly), I reach the crypt, grab it, also take the dungeon village, from the dwellings only birds are available and I don't know how to take them on the second.
123. On the Rampart village's treasure zone I found 2 Dragon Fly Hives and a dwelling of green dragons, but guarded by a hundred king cyclops. Greycha rides around stat boosters, scout heroes collect freebies, boredom, in general.
124. Now this is much more interesting) A Dragon Fly Hive is found and the main force is immediately dragged to it. I think to take it with zero-level Enian, at max you could of course sacrifice the bear, but screw them, only mass sacrifices will save the Motherland. The opponent has angels visible. And now the most interesting thing: thinking that there was too little fodder, I took a dwelling of dwarves and brought meat from the village for the Dragon Fly Hive, these dwarves will still fray my nerves...
125. A Dragon Fly Hive for 6, but I lost all the wyverns there) How? I disagreed with the quick combat results and decided to show papal micro) There were 4 morale procs and instead of 1 wyvern from the quick combat I lost all of them) All of the opponent's stats jumped to the magical number "6". We saved there.
126. Continued a couple of days later. I drag the main force to the Dragon Fly Hive behind the Vampire Lords. I collect freebies, in general, as usual.
127. Took the Dragon Fly Hive. I return the main force to Greycha, she takes the Conservatory, but morale killed the bear, damn :( And I had the thought to sacrifice a wyvern and lose 1 wyvern, but I was stingy to sacrifice and as a result, goodbye Misha. I bought back Edric and tasked him with killing himself on gorgons scouting the number of gorgons guarding the Speaker's Hat.
131. Not many gorgons, even without oil they'll work fine, I grab a Pandora's Box for 10k exp, advance earth magic. I plan to fight for the hat then double mana and go to the opponent.
132. I took a Dragon Fly Hive for 8 ducks guarded by a hundred titans with a scout hero, Greycha didn't quite reach the hat anyway, don't waste the moves.
133. I take the hat, take the local village (also dungeon), a library is visible guarded by a lot of rocs.
134. Greycha is smoking on the sidelines, time for scout heroes! They took a necklace for spell power and knowledge from a scorpicore and for absolutely unknown reasons, dragged it to the opposite end of the map :confused:
135. Forgot the necklace while dragging it from the opposite end of the map, Greycha probably already smoked half a pack there.
136. Finally dragged the damned necklace, maxed out mana, I fight in Conflux to take the bird dwelling.
137. Took the dwelling, set up portals and... And I see dwarves there! Okay, it happens. I buy the dwarves, let them be, also a stack.
141. In the portals they are again, these b███████ dwarfs! Dreams of an uber stack of 12 birds are fading, well 4 is also not bad, ooh yeah. Greycha runs around stat boosters, with a scout hero I take a boost for earth magic, implosion at 1.8k.
142. I fight in the dungeon, beat a Pandora's Box there for 10k exp.
143. I reach the opponent's village, sit there, with a scout hero I open a scouting point nearby and see Touristka in the strike zone :smile13:
144. We attack, we are significantly worse in main force, but there is an implosion that will balance the lack of main force.
Greychin: 15 12 13 8 (88) 5 bears, 4 birds, 3 angels, 10 wyverns, units of harpies (what are they even needed for, I don't understand myself).
Turiss 14 13 12 9 (70) 8 angels, 4 wyverns, a papal hydra with refuge, 46 marksmen, 18 champions.
In the first round I cast mass slow, the opponent responds with a single haste on the angels, but the blue player was afraid to go into melee with the angels and they get implosion on the move of the birds. Then the horses hit the bird reinforcement 4 times in a row, but they share the same fate as the angels. With birds I crash into the marksmen, then papal trades, I buy back on 2 birds, leaving the hydra. Even if the opponent doesn't write gg, everything is fine, he has an inferno computer raging at his respawn. But! Instead of buying back in the dungeon, maxing out mana and taking a Dragon Utopia with summon elementals + resurrection, I buy back in inferno, which Touristka reaches in just one move. Trade, buying, from tactics the crusaders hit, no, they literally cram themselves into the birds!
Thanks for the instructive game, for the conversation, for the time, for everything, in short, thanks!)

09.12.2013 Group 4
Iamsamstan (blue, ramp, Ivor) def Akella (red, dungeon, Shakti, Aisilin) 8xm8a, 132
Opp took 113 and we started playing. He respawned at the Griffin Conservatory, which he fell for — one road had Bolchats 50-99 gr Evil Eye, he went the other way and kept running and running until he hit a one-way exit, 4 days had passed by that point, he got really upset and asked if the opponent would allow taking 113, but then realized the stupidity of the whole idea and started carrying like never before. He broke the guard of the external dwelling of unics (19 pits) and then the unics themselves, about 16 grand elves, 40 Centaurs, and 1 pegasi, in the battle with the unics after the epic phrase "Stop wasting 1 pegasi" he sacrificed the Centaurs, half a stack got wiped by a horn like nothing))) but he got himself 2 unics, 117 pegasi in the fort of sorrows. On 121 I buy that brigade, break a gold golem for Dragon Fly Hive and go in without checking, autobattle kills 32 snakes out of 60, well, I think, this is the end of my suffering) but I scrape by. 4 unics, 9 dwarves from the hero, troglodytes, harpies 1+1 and pegasi. I knew unics were tough guys for a long time, but apparently he decided to carry this battle together with me, blinding 2 stacks of 12 snakes twice, out of 4 only 1 unic survived and Ivor along with him). Life became better, life became more fun! Next turn, 78 golems are broken without losses and a 4 Dragon Fly Hive is taken. After that, I attack the Evil Eye, autobattle carries, I scrape by and get out with a loss of Centaurs and Wyvern. Then there are more Dragon Fly Hives, but with inconvenient guards, I go for the bulls for a 2nd external dwelling of unics. That swamp scum gets morale and takes out my heroic unic... A minute of silence, a funeral service in his honor:smile34: In exchange I get 2 new ones, and by 127 I take as many as 2 ancient towns, but at home it's still the same pegasi in the fort. On 127 I broke into another zone and camped on a Dragon Fly Hive. At night, Aisilin came out of the metro. 5-9 cats, 10-19 eyes, 20-49 wyverns, a bit scary and unclear what to do, but her params 4 2 4 4 against my 6 7. I buy in 2 external dwellings of unics, break the mini Dragon Fly Hive, and attack because I don't know what else to do with her) can't just leave her be.
Roulette gave me the win, there were 26 wyverns, 6 cats, and 11 eyes, I had 6 unics, 15 wyverns, and 20 grand elves. Then a bless and shield on the wyverns from her, nothing from me because there's no book either, but 6 unics, remembering their heroic comrade, blind the wyverns, and then the cats:smile13: :smile23: dancing) in the end the opponent flees with 1 wyvern, I have 9 grand elves, 6 unics, and 6 wyverns alive) then a surrender follows. Thanks for the game!

09.12.2013 Group 4
Iamsamstan (blue, ramp, Ivor) def Akella (red, dungeon, Shakti, Aйсилин) 8xm8a, 132
Opp took 113 and we started playing. At the Griffin Conservatory respawn, I fell for it and sent one road of 50-99 stacks of Evil Eye, but he ran down another road and kept running until he hit a one-way exit, 4 days passed by that point, I was very upset and asked if opp would allow taking 113, but then realized the stupidity of that whole idea and started carrying like I've never carried before. I broke the guard of the external dwelling of unicorns (19 pits) and then the unicorns themselves, about 16 grand elves, 40 Centaurs, and 1 stack of pegasi, in the battle with the unicorns after the epic phrase "Stop wasting 1 stacks of pegasi" I sacrificed the Centaurs, half the stack was wiped out by the horn like it was nothing))) but I got 2 unicorns, 117 pegasi in the fort of misery. On day 121 I buy this brigade, break the gold golem for the Dragon Fly Hive and go in without checking, auto-battle kills 32 snakes out of 60, well, I think, this is the end of my suffering) but I manage. 4 unicorns, 9 dwarves from the hero, troglodytes, harpies 1+1 and pegasi. I've known for a long time that the unicorn is a beast, but apparently he decided to carry this battle along with me, blinding 2 stacks of 12 snakes twice, out of 4 only 1 unicorn survived and Ivor along with him). Life got better, life got more fun! Next turn, 78 golems are broken without losses and the 4th Dragon Fly Hive is taken, after that I attack the Evil Eye stack, auto-battle carries, I manage and get out with a loss of Centaurs and a Wyvern. Then there are more Dragon Fly Hives, but with inconvenient guards, I go for the bulls for the 2nd external dwelling of unicorns. That swamp scum gets morale and kills my heroic unicorn... A moment of silence, a requiem in his honor:smile34:In exchange I get 2 new ones, and by day 127 I take as many as 2 Ancient Trees, but at home still the same pegasi in the fort. On day 127 I broke into another zone and stopped at the Dragon Fly Hive. At night Aйсилин came out of the metro. 5-9 cats, 10-19 Evil Eyes, 20-49 Wyverns, a bit scary and unclear what to do, but her stats 4 2 4 4 against my 6 7. I buy unicorns from 2 external dwellings, break the mini Dragon Fly Hive, and attack, because I don't know what else to do with her) can't just leave it.
The roulette gave me the win, there she has 26 Wyverns, 6 cats, and 11 Evil Eyes, I have 6 unicorns, 15 Wyverns, and 20 grand elves. From her comes bless and shield on the Wyverns, from me comes nothing, because I have no spell book either, but 6 unicorns, remembering their heroic comrade, blind the Wyverns, and then the cats:smile13: :smile23: dances) in the end opp flees with 1 Wyvern, I have 9 grand elves, 6 unicorns, and 6 Wyverns alive) then comes the surrender. Thanks for the game!

I confirm,
the lazy Shakhter was trailing behind the army and didn't make it to the last round =)
Thanks for the game.

09.12.2013 Group 4
Dimast (red Dungeon Pit) def Iamsamstan (blue Rampart Ivor) 134 smka
Took all 3 rests, it gave Lorelei again and 2 paths, one into 50-99 gogs, the second through a block into gargoyles above 32 air elementals with Haste on grass, no wood mine, stone in 4 turns, barely got out to Conflux, plenty of money there, bought 9 heroes, took 2 external dwellings of firebirds, 1 of air elementals, hired the firebirds and Mage Guild, home 1-6 in Citadel, on 2 Ivor came, I chased him away and went to him with a scout under 30 firebirds and air elementals, 7 minotaurs, 5 cats, 18 gr harpies, 70 Troglodytes, but the grand elves hit very hard and my stats were inferior, and there were also 2 angels there, left Ivor with 1 angel and bought back in, then a couple days of stalemate, I could have attacked him with a scout hero, on 3 I went to a secondary with 16 medusas, 3 cats, 4 minotaurs, there Ivor caught me with an angel, 4 unicorns, 4 dendroids, 14 grand elves, and 3 pegasi, I had 2 cats left, opponent had 3 dendroids, realizing that Troglodytes were coming from his secondary and not recruited from home, and there would be over 100 of them next turn, he decided not to continue. Thanks for the game.

09.12.2013 Group 4
Dimast (red Dungeon Mithril) def Iamsamstan (blue Rampart Ivor) 134 smka
took all 3 restarts, got Lorelei again and 2 roads, one to 50-99 gogs, the other through a block into gargoyles above 32 air elementals with GS on grass, no wood mine, stone in 4 turns, barely got out to Conflux, plenty of money there, bought 9 heroes, took 2 external dwellings of fire elementals and 1 air elementals, plugged in fire elementals and Mage Guild, home 1-6 in Citadel, on week 2 Ivor came, I chased him off and rushed him with a scout having almost 30 fire elementals and air elementals, 7 minotaurs, 5 cats, 18 gr harpies, 70 Troglodytes, but the grand elves hit very hard and my stats were worse, plus there were 2 angels there, left Ivor on 1 angel and bought back, then a couple of days of stalemate, I could harass him with a scout hero, on week 3 I went to a secondary with 16 medusas, 3 cats, 4 minotaurs, there Ivor caught me with an angel, 4 unicorns, 4 dendroids, 14 grand elves, and 3 pegasuses, I had 2 cats left, opponent had 3 dendroids, realizing that Troglodytes from his secondary and unbought from home were coming, and there would be over 100 of them next turn, decided not to continue. Thanks for the game.

Thanks for the game! The spawn was crooked for both, and on top of that my clumsy hands and the opponent's external dwellings decided everything, overall it was a good game)

09.12.2013, group 4 Akella (blue, Conflux, random, Mephala) def. Lucky George (red, Swamp, Bron, Aislin) 8mm6a 226 Thank you for the game and the lucky win.

09.12.2013 group 4
Akella (blue, Conflux, random, Mephala) def Lucky George (red, Swamp, Bron, Aislin) 8mm6a 226

Thank you for the game. I won't play without the HW patch anymore, I hope it becomes mandatory or with an incentive like disabling obelisks in it.

10.12.13 Group 2
zloy_romantik (Blue, Dungeon, Shakhter) def Hellight (Red, Rampart, Kirry) Jeb 123
We restarted—first I was 3rd by 111, then Anton and it just went...
At 111 there are only 4 heroes, but 2 dragon external dwellings and 3 cons were spotted, 2 of which are right by the external dwelling where Shakhter is camping.
On day 2 I take an external dwelling, 1st con—a single unit, 2nd—also; I build a portal at home—no money to buy out the dragon, I run with those same 4 heroes, thought for a long time whether to go hit 10-19 pits off the path for a box and decided yes.
113—box for 10k exp, Shakhter runs to the 3rd con and 2nd dragon external dwelling, Earth entered in the last slot.
Day 4—Shakhter hits the guard of an external dwelling consisting of almost 90 goats (there were piles of resources, a chest, and a scroll by the external dwelling), loshok takes it losing 2 troglodytes, finally the teleported dragon is brought from the main, papa goes into a con, turned out to be 2; 2 angels and 3 dragons quickly clear it.
115—Loshok finds a blue cap behind the fanatics, Shakhter with 4 angels and 3 reds runs there—no losses
116—No slow in the Castle, so I lose a turn—fight on Tuesday where it is, then into main, double mana
117—run to ГО of giants, loshoks found and took another con with 1 angel
121—Earth remained basic, so giants bit a little—lost an angel out of stupidity, took the Inferno castle, then archs behind the prison and cyclops tunic, put on cap and DD from them
122—I see shackles behind the cops nearby (flew over a bit), Earth isn't moving, so -1 dragon, very little mana (around 30), but I see the edge of another center of Castle-Rampart, DD, built MG and sat to replenish mana—changed cap for helmet +3 knowledge, scary (no mass magic at all, only shooter for strike), but what can you do?
123—I see that reds took back the prison and launched a loshok in my direction, build tavern, release 2 cockroaches for scouting, a couple of loshok-fights and I see Kirryusha standing next to grey bears guarding КВ and pandora's box, put on cap and shackles, just reached them without DD, mana 90. Of the Reds, from the more or less serious stuff, there are 28 ducks; in FB immediately impl in ducks -11, shackles didn't let them run away. гг
Thx for the game

Dimast (red Tower Solmyr Ivor) def Sevan_80 (blue Barb Kreg Vidomina) 135 smka
It gave generously in gold, but there was nothing else on the respawn, 2 Dragon Fly Hives which I never took and a gremlins’ external dwelling, somehow fought for a week on the respawn for chests, finished it with 45 gremlins, got to 1-4 + nagas in the Citadel, on day 2 Ivor with gremlins and golems takes a necro castle, Solmyr with mages and nagas Conflux, deliver to giants in the Castle, on day 3 Solmyr takes 1 Griffin Conservatory on Conflux, everything is passed along the chain to Ivor, he takes day 4 with Griffin Conservatory on the necro second, and thinks how to get to Rampart where there are 2 more Griffin Conservatories, decide to run through Opa, on the way find another one on day 4, in total already 9 angels, but news comes of a loss in the Griffin Conservatory, Opa had everything several times more magnificent of course, 3 Griffin Conservatories on the respawn 1-2 moves from the castle, 2 external dwellings of cyclopes, 2 Rampart villages along the paths with Griffin Conservatories and an external dwelling of elves.
Thanks for the game.

Dimast (red Tower Solmyr Ivor) def Sevan_80 (blue barbarian Crag Hack Vidomina) 135 smka
The gold was generous, but there was nothing else on the respawn, 2 Dragon Fly Hives which I never took and a gremlin external dwelling, barely fought through the respawn for treasure chests for a week, finished it with 45 gremlins, got stuck on 1-4 + nagas in the Citadel, on 2 Ivor with gremlins and golems takes the necro castle, Solmyr with mages and nagas Conflux, deliver up to giants in the Castle, On 3 Solmyr takes 1 Griffin Conservatory in Conflux, everything is passed along the chain to Ivor, he takes 4 with GS at the necro secondary and wonders how to get to the Rampart where there are 2 more Griffin Conservatories, decide to run through Opa, find another one on 4 on the way, totaling 9 angels, but news arrives of a loss in the Griffin Conservatory, at Opa everything was of course many times more magnificent, 3 Griffin Conservatories on the respawn 1-2 moves from the castle, 2 cyclops external dwellings, 2 Rampart villages along the paths with Griffin Conservatories and an elf external dwelling.
Thanks for the game.

I confirm, played terribly, thanks for the game

10.12.2013 Palach (blue swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def SVAROG (red Barbarian, Crag Hack, Deesa) 125
The matchup played out due to seeing 3 Hives, Dragon Utopias, Shackles, and two stacks of Basilisks, + a Pandora's box for 10-19 Evil Eyes and in a prison I dug up Tamika level 5 with expert Necromancy, she was gathering skeletons on the road and losing them a bit). That's essentially all I had. Behind the Evil Eyes there turned out to be 90 Gnolls. Total for the week: 3 Hives with 24 Wyverns combined and Hydras in the castle. On week 122, I stand at ГО having taken a crappy minimal Dragon Utopia before that. On week 123, I came out and took a minimal Griffin Conservatory, КВ, and 2 stacks of Bears, also a Barbarian in the center. On week 124, a Dragon Utopia level 3 at КЗ, scouting Taz replenishes mana. On week 125, the opponent comes out, I scry them, I take another 2 stacks of Bears, a level 2 Griffin Conservatory, Cuirass +4+4, Dragon's Necklace, and with Shackles, I leave Deesa no chance (0 mana there, I showed the scry) even if with slightly better stats.
Thanks for the game.

11.12.2013 Iamsamstan (red, Rampart, Ivor) def Myxomoar (blue, Necropolis, Tamika), Diamond, 117
I played really well, and my opponent was having a tough time. Thanks for the game!

11.12.2013 Iamsamstan (red, Rampart, Ivor) def Myxomoar (blue, Necropolis, Tamika), Diamond, 117
I had a great game, and my opponent was clearly struggling. Thanks for the game!

The map featured a road network divided into two sections, with each section ending in a one-way street. The remaining paths were unpaved, and the only viable path was blocked by a horde of Medusas. Upon further analysis, it seems I could have tried to maneuver through a two-way street, but even there, a village was blocking the way. Faced with this blockade and seeing my opponent's weakened units and horses, I decided to concede.
Thanks for the game and the time!