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Save 131, we agreed to play today.

30 12 2013 Javdet (red, Rampart, Kyrre) def RoninHW (Rampart, Gem, Charna) 8mm6a 134

After 2 awful generations, Luna and Kyrre enter. They gathered some good loot as a pair; Kiryusha didn't mind making a trip to her own purple one and was already about to take the 1st Dragon Utopia when Charna appeared. Bracers helped speed up the game.

Thank you.

30 12 2013 Javdet (red, Rampart, Kyrre) def RoninHW (Rampart, Gem, Charna) 8mm6a 134

After 2 awful generations, Luna and Kyrre enter. Together they gathered some goodies; Kiryusha didn't mind popping over to the native purple one and was just about to take the 1st Dragon Utopia when Charna appeared. Bracers helped speed up the game.

Thank you.

Thanks for the game!

31.12.2013 ProtosArchon (Stronghold, Craig Hack, Craig Hack) def VanjaM (Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 6lm10a, 2.2.3

Good start with wolves prebuild, 2 wolf dwell and roc dwell. Craig got earth and log as first 2 skills. Wood mine blocked, so no castle wk1, but managed to build behemots atleast. Next 2 weeks i spent searching for some cons and utopias. Had no luck with cons, found only 1 angel, but see 4 utopias. I took them wk4 but they were not good and i did not gained much stats. Atleast i got dd and fly. In the meantime opponent had his struggles as well. He had decent army with pack black dragons, but his stats were weaker. Second month i started to pursue him and that took week and half, since map was big and Hack had little spell points to use for dd. Finally he came close to me on 2.2.2 and next day i attacked and won. Thx for game.

31.12.2013 ProtosArchon (Stronghold, Craig Hack, Craig Hack) def VanjaM (Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) 6lm10a, 2.2.3
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Pretty troll map with one-side teleports and only 1 tope. Thx for the game!

Transitional games. The score is currently 2-0 in favor of Group O, and this is the third game on this save. The players have asked for a slight extension. I can't refuse the Head Referee on New Year's Eve. Especially since the Kyiv tournament is approaching.

Players from the upper bracket who need to move from the festive table directly to their computers, please send me a message on ICQ.

12/28/13 LeBron (red, Dungeon, Shakti) def Twaryna (blue, Fortress, Tazar) 2sm4d(3) 113
An incredibly engaging game with complete map domination and multiple final battles!
Thank you for your time.

Transition game.
12/26/2013 Dirty_Player (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Clavius) def wowa (red, Necropolis, Clavius, Crag Hack) diamond 126
Started with an external dwelling of Eye and Troglodytes (which he didn't take). Broke through in all directions, but didn't see any nearby goodies. Stumbled upon a Barbarian computer hero that killed the scout hero. At the end of the week, I took the Gnoll dwelling but didn't spend any money. On 117, I captured an empty Barbarian Castle, where Birds were already built in the castle, and I placed Bears :cool: On 121, Clavius showed up; I bought units, took the Dragon Fly Hive, and attacked. Shakti without a spell book, and Clavius without mana. The Bears had their say, and the Necromancer couldn't even flee. We ran around a bit, I seized almost all the castles and dug up Clavius with the Log and Earth, who luckily handed in a quest artifact for 15k experience. Under mass slow, I took relics and boxes. On 126, we saved and decided not to continue. Thanks for the game.

Transition game.
26.12.2013 Dirty_Player (blue, Dungeon, Shakti, Clavius) def wowa (red, Necropolis, Clavius, Crag Hack) diamond 126
Start with an external dwelling of eyes and Troglodytes (which I didn't take). Broke through in all directions, but didn't see any nearby goodies. Ran into a barbarian computer, which killed the scout hero. At the end of the week I took the Gnome home but didn't spend the money. On turn 117 I captured an empty barbarian castle; birds were built there in the castle, but I inserted bears :cool: On turn 121 Clavius appeared; I bought everything, took the Dragon Fly Hive, and attacked. Shakti without a spell book, and Clavius without mana. The bears had their say and the Necromancer couldn't even escape. We ran around a bit; I took almost all the castles and dug up Clavius with the Log and Earth, who conveniently submitted the quest artifact for 15k experience. Under mass slow I took relics and boxes. On turn 126 we saved and decided not to continue. Thanks for the game.

on turn 1 I took 2 villages under no-road conditions, an external dwelling of Liches and Walking Dead, dwellings 1-5 in the Citadel
after the postponement, as usual, I messed up -- well, I can't do without it :D
I stuck Clavius out with all the power I had bought up by then, and, of course, ran into the Miner right on the day the restart period ended for the meeting)))
I didn't run away, since I already had Crag Hack at level 10 rescued from prison with Expert Armorer, Wisdom, and Archery, while Clavius still had basic Necromancy
then we ran around a bit; my main and villages were taken from me, and I only found and took a minimal Griffon Conservatory with the remains of the Necro army; all roads led into the blue player's domain
with that we postponed, then due to the holidays I couldn't continue -- the opponent had a well-deserved victory as the game progressed)))

gg, thanks for the game :)

I have published the preliminary results for the autumn season. After including the "One for All" tournament, two players swapped places in the permanent ranking.
I will use this data to create the playoff draw for the transitional games.

Let's look at the permanent ranking of the participants in the transitional games.
Winners:
12. Dirty_Player (48, 22, 72) 1783
42. ProtosArchon (25, 22, 49) 1663
53. SVAROG (35, 33, 69) 1638
Losers:
39. wowa (30, 19, 51) 1669
45. Mizrael (99, 73, 174) 1662
71. VanjaM (36, 22, 59) 1613

Based on what I wrote earlier, we get:
1st place - Dirty_Player - from group O, ProtosArchon - from group B.
2nd place - SVAROG - from group O, wowa - lucky loser based on ranking, from group B.
3rd place - Mizrael - from group B, VanjaM - from group O.

The draw is in post #7 of this thread.

The official deadline for the first round is January 13th. However, several players have asked me to extend the deadline due to travel plans. Therefore, let's aim for January 13th, and if the opponents have played the required round, they can continue playing according to the bracket. I hope that we will catch up and get back on track during January.

Thanks, Pete :D, for such a great draw :D

thanks Pete :D for such a great draw :D

loser psychology

psychology of a loser

oh yeah. ))))))))))))
I look the truth square in the eyes and think about one single template, or rather two, that I'd like to play on ;D

06.01.2014 Yostairs (Blue, Conflux, Aenain, Jabarkas/Septienna) def Sanin (Red, Tower, Torosar, Nimus) MiniNostalgia 137
There are stables near the castle, scattered gold, bracers, necro, and a pile of experience stones near the castle. On 112 I take the swamp, on 115 the dungeon. Septienna already has expert earth, so on 116 I take a tier-6 hive for 5-9 griffins/unicorns. On week 1, birds at home are in the fort, wyverns in the swamp are in the fort. On week 2, Jabarkas enters the treasure zone, Septienna meanwhile takes Inferno with 2 birds, and there is also a tier-3 Conservatory there. I return the entire army to the treasure zone, break through to the necro village, picking up a vial, mini-hives, and a +3+3 shield along the way. There are 3 Dragon Utopias in this zone. Septienna reinforces there and takes 2 Pandora's Boxes for 10k and 15k experience, then breaks into the swamp for a hive, while Jabarkas with the army takes 2 more in this treasure zone. Due to minor chain mistakes, I only take the first Dragon Utopia on 133 — it gives a Red Orb, +4 all, and something else unimportant. On the same day, I take the max Dragon Utopia: it gives a chalice, КЗ, book of water, and wings. The next day, I take the third Dragon Utopia, which yields nothing useful except a Gladius. I double mana in the dungeon, pick up another tier-3 Conservatory (+a tier-3 Conservatory near Inferno), convert meat into skeletons, and on 135 I break a ГО of Wizards and Greater Elementals; in the super treasure zone I immediately see 2 Dragon Utopias. The 1st is a max, but it gave poor rewards: +12 shield, +4+4 crown, bag of gold, and winged sandals. The 2nd is a tier-3 — it gave КЗ and wings twice. I run further and see 3 more Dragon Utopias, in 1 of which I finally find the book of air. I am standing with Jabarkas near the enemy's ГО, and then on the surface I spot Nimus near two Dragon Utopias. Septienna takes another tier-2 Conservatory, breaks through the opponent's ГО, but does not reach Nimus by 1 cell, while Jabarkas does reach him.
FB:
Jabarkas 30-21-**-**. 6 fire birds, 32 greater wyverns, 10 wyverns, 950 skeletons, 8 angels, 6+6 fire elementals. (Red Orb, bracers, +1 speed, +2 hp)
Nimus 29-20-**-** 1+32 greater fire elementals, 12 greater druids, 3 monsters, 8 angels, 310 skeletons, 21 wyverns.
The army advantage is large, plus poison procced on the angels, so I only lost 5 birds and a few wyverns. Thanks for the game.

06.01.2014 Yostairs (Blue, Conflux, Aenain, Jabarkas/Septienna) def Sanin (Red, Tower, Torosar, Nimus) MiniNostalgia 137

On the second day, I took the Castle; the computer heroes just sat in the castle and waited for their fate. There was a rich respawn with two piles of spears and one of bows. I immediately bought a bunch of heroes. On the third day, I grabbed the Citadel and started building Bears there. I saw a Griffin Conservatory there, with a Shield +4 and an armor piece from the Alliance nearby. No road to the treasure zone. I was scraping together money until the end of the week, hustling at the external market, and eventually got Bears in the castle. Necro never made it to the tavern.

On the second week, Nimus took a triple Griffin Conservatory; they killed one Bear. Lost a second Bear in a fight against a half-stack of Gorgons for an Alliance necklace. Isra, equipped with the Necromancer's Cloak and the Necromancer's Robe, meanwhile goes to Necro on an Angel, sits in the castle, and defends it. There's a power boost there, of course.

At 131, with a supply line, I captured the Alliance Sandals, and Nimus shattered on the Necro respawn. I take a Pandora's Box for experience there; Isra takes the triple Griffin Conservatory (+65 Skeletons) and heads into the treasure zone. There, I gathered a double Griffin Conservatory, two Dragon Fly Hives, and two Dragon Utopias; the only good thing was a Gladius. The experience boxes went to Elshar from the prison. Built Angels, dragged Nimus toward the Dragon Utopias in the treasure zone behind the castle, and that's where I got ambushed. I knew the opponent saw me there; I didn't know there was control there.

Overall, theoretically, I could have leveled Gervulf, who had good Earth magic, and on the second week easily smash ГО with Archers and Gremlins, but who knew that the huge center would be full of Dragon Utopias, which, incidentally, were placed very inconveniently for me and conveniently for the opponent.