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Simon5760 (Red, Bog, Tazar, Tazar) def St_Klaus (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Shakti) 8mm6a 212

The win was so-so, the wood mine was cut off by obelisk guard, with great difficulty I managed to set up a Wyvern at respawn with nothing to do, went to his comp (Castle) and he BEAT me:eek: I retreated with Tazar, we had a seesaw battle, 3 heroes remained, but I killed him)) Found an external dwelling of Wyvern in the back of the respawn, went there with Tazar, took it, only started living on month 1 day 31, Dragon Fly Hives, Griffin Conservatories, took 1 Dragon Utopia on 144 (complete junk, not a single artifact for stats) but the Wyvern built up to 50 units and 6 Angels, on 121 I crashed under a Dragon Utopia and then the opponent comes out. I take the Dragon Utopia, the max reward was great: helmet +6 all, hat of 5th level, shield +12 and more small artifacts for stats. I reached the opponent. Everything was grim there and GG.

Thanks for the game!

Simon5760 (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def St_Klaus (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Shakti) 8mm6a 212
Thanks for the game!

I confirm. In the first map, I took many crypts, spent all my money on moral nomads, but managed to get Angels. However, that's where the good times ended: in the second map, I lost about three times, sometimes with my main hero and sometimes with a weaker one; it was tough. Green regularly broke through my defenses when I was already inside his castle. In the third map, I entered a treasure zone, started building up my strength, and finally found a Consul 2-4 at the end of the fourth week (I didn't see a single Hive). While waiting for reinforcements, I did some scouting: I jumped out in the last seconds of the turn onto Tazar, and the next turn, my opponent attacked.
Thanks for the game, and good luck in the future!

06.01.2014 Yostairs (Blue, Strong stronghold, Gundula, Alkin) def Simon5760 (Red, Inferno, Marius, Terek) 8mm6a 136
I played poorly, but 6 cans against 16 angels and a Dragon Utopia with the air book allowed me to win. (although the book never came in handy) Thanks for the game.

RomarioGrom (Blue, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def Graf_Bananov (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 8mm6a 122
on 1st month bears in Citadel Crag Hack with expert earth magic on 2nd scout heroes take Griffin Conservatory(1) with Crag Hack thought to march to the computer but Red appeared he got crushed bought a spell book and attacked GG
Thank you for the game!!!

RomarioGrom (Blue, Stronghold, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) def Graf_Bananov (Red, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar) 8mm6a 122
on 1st bears in the Citadel, Crag Hack with Expert Earth Magic on 2nd scout hero takes the Griffin Conservatory(1). With Crag Hack I considered marching to the computer, but Red appeared; I was defeated, bought a spell book, and attacked ГГ
Thank you for the game!!!

Thank you for the game!, I don't like such comebacks.

06.01.2014 Yostairs (Blue, Stronghold, Gundula, Alkin) def Simon5760 (Red, Inferno, Marius, Terek) 8mm6a 136
I played poorly, but 6 conscripts against 16 angels and a Dragon Utopia with the Book of Air allowed me to win. (although the book never came in handy) Thanks for the game.

On day 113 I took out the computer, found 2 Dragon Fly Hives at his respawn. Everything was going fine, I demoned 100+, 20 Wyverns, 3 angels, but I attacked 40 genies with a weak hero, and they just wrecked my army with spells -2 angels, 5 Wyverns, I started accelerating with my main, then opponent with 16 angels killed my main, and my chances evaporated instantly. Also had no money, from money buildings only the crypt and the Dwarf Cottage(((

In short, I confirm! Thanks for the game!

08.01.2014. RA_Ge (Red, Dungeon, Shakti, Shakti) def Huanito (Blue, Fortress, Tazar, Tazar),jebus 137

We agreed to play best of 3 games(till 2 wins).

In game 1 I struggled all game with speed.Crag constantly had around 1600 movement points per turn compare to opponent dd and fly.Despite all that it was very close but I lost it.

In game 2 I had nice area with 2 hydra dwells,3 cons near roads and several hives.I broke in desert easily on 124.On 126 I saw that opponent left Crag with 2 red dragon only.I managed to catch Crag with scout and since I had shackles of war it was GG for him and I won game 2.

In game 3 we agreed to play with "Lobomicki" towns,so I played with fortress again.But this time I had very bad area,although I had 2 cons,but they were very far from road and I would lost on "tempo" if I did take them.I managed to break in desert on 123 but most of game I was without mass slow and that cost me severe losses in some fights.Road in desert was also blocked with horde of cyclops and all that slowed me in desert and give chance to my opponent to get much stronger than me.3 topes I took gave to little.Since opponent went to my direction in desert I decided to give up .Thx for game and good luck in future games on tournament.

Confirming. Although I slightly disagree with the opponent's assessment.
In the first game, I was generally catching up to the opponent more than he was to me. In the end, the specialty of Tazar played a bigger role at the FB because it was simply a backyard brawl.
In the second game. I had terrible luck with the treasure zone; in the end, even though the opponent emerged a day and a half later, his emergence was in a very strategic location, and he beat me by just a bit, so the majority of the treasure zone and the other two (!) emergences into other areas were closed off to me. Because of this, I surrendered, placing Crag Hack on the rush right under the opponent's nose.
In the third game, I thought I was completely screwed because I hadn't taken any secret areas in the first week, only revealing four Dragon Fly Hives and that's it. But what saved me was that two Dragon Fly Hives were max, and Shakti was leveling up very well. So when I entered the treasure zone on day 124, I immediately grabbed a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, and guessing the direction correctly, I hit two good Dragon Utopias, a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, and a great hero in a prison. In one week (Shakti got Pathfinding only as the last skill), I took five Dragon Utopias, though I made a couple of small but not critical mistakes. In the end, the power was good and the stats were significantly better, so the opponent surrendered even without an FB.

Thanks for the game.

I'm slowly recovering after the New Year and the Kyiv tournament. The time for the first round has come, let's assess the situation. First,

Simon5760 (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def St_Klaus (Blue, Castle, Valeska, Shakti) 8mm6a 212

RomarioGrom (Blue, Stronghold, Kreg, Kreg) def Graf_Bananov (Red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 8mm6a 122

Don't forget to indicate the date; I've added the date to the list of reports, corresponding to the date the post was written.

Furthermore, all games of the first round have been completed, and except for the unscheduled bans, there were no problems; everyone did a great job!
In the Snoopy vs. marader-kisa match, the deadline has been extended to January 12.

The bracket has been updated; find yourselves and arrange the game. The deadline for the second round is January 22, although many have already played the second round.

Regarding the third round (RO32), the player with the higher seeding chooses the color; in the second game, the right to choose the color passes to the opponent. If a third game is required, the player with the higher seeding chooses the color. Otherwise, the procedure for choosing heroes and the Castle is standard, as described in the first posts.

The deadline for each game is 11 days, so with the maximum number of games, the results of RO32 should be available by February 24.

The most interesting part is yet to come; I wish everyone good luck in the qualifiers!

P.S. And don't forget about the mini-contests; another one will be announced soon ;)

01/09/14 bubuch (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def FAWorite (red, Castle, Valeska, Nimbus) mininoasta, 132
FB in the central treasure with an almost even exchange, red buys out without mana. Kirr with 3 dragons and 4000+ mana reaches. GG
thanks for the game and for the online match.

01/09/14 bubuch (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def FAVorite (red, Castle, Valeska, Nimbus) mininoasta, 132

Guys, please write your reports properly. I'm noticing and correcting them now, but sooner or later I might miss something. I'll pass the reports on to the season leader, and an error will prevent us from calculating the rating correctly, and so on.

Another thing: the Diamond Monsters tournament has a champion! Congratulations to Valenka on a beautiful and well-deserved victory, and to Redwait on a close, but honorable second place. Judging by the report, the game was great!
Thus, Valenka becomes the last seeded player in the main stage, and Redwait will have to compete for a quota in the qualifying round. The opponent is already known, so you can start playing as soon as possible.

01/09/14 bubuch (blue, Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def FAVorite (red, Castle, Valeska, Nimbus) mininoasta, 132
FB in the central treasure with an almost even exchange, red buys out without mana. Kirr with 3 dragons and 4000+ MR reaches the end. GG
thanks for the game and the online match

1 mana unit was not enough to win the FB... thanks for the game.

10.01.14 Sloth_D(red, flux, random, Krag) def theShevanesian(blue, fortress, tazar) Diamond, 143

Good game, but a very weak start.
At 117, I was on the verge of losing, barely managing to place the birds.
Then there were many hives, 5 mermaids nearby (I only took 2), and some cons as well.
In the final battle, my opponent had an implant, but I had more meat and higher physical stats.
And of course, my attack percentage was higher than his defense.
Thanks for the game.

10.01.14 Sloth_D(red, flux, random, Krag) def theShevanesian(blue, fortress, tazar) Diamond, 143

It happened; by the second or third week, I reclaimed "my" four treasure zones and found all the level 5s. But as for stats—only one Dragon Utopia unit with a helmet for knowledge... I checked the fifth, but there were no Dragon Utopias there either. Then Krag flew in, and his setup was much more impressive. I hoped for an explosion, but I simply lacked the stats. Thanks for the game!

RO64.
11.01.14 Grizvald(red, Stronghold, Gurni, Gurni/Goshan) def c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (blue, Swamp, Tazar) 2sm4d(3), 133

I was choosing between diamond and SM; no experience at all on the first, so I went with SM. First generation — medium roads, respawn in the center of the map, three lanes, and a bear external dwelling on one of them. I had some setbacks in terms of building on the first; I didn't find enough gold and crystals for bears, but I took the external dwelling without issues. On the first, I bought Gosha and ran for the grass. At the second level, he was offered Earth; I didn't take it... a tough choice, but I felt the pressure and advanced Necro :D though on the third, I couldn't refuse Offense anymore. Secondary skill was Ramp, with one Griffin Conservatory and a quick exit to the treasure zone, BUT it was the damn desert treasure zone :( I went on to collect bones elsewhere; there was a treasure zone on Necro ground nearby, but I didn't go into those hellish corridors without income. I got beaten and went to explore another grassland, also a ramp (initially I didn't go there because of the guard in the form of Grands on the grass). It was richer in gold, but there were no Griffin Conservatories, and there was a stable. Gosha leveled up like royalty; Gurni capped Expert Air and starting Tactics. Taz appeared in the tavern with decent stats, and I had nothing much to oppose him; I thought about going into the desert after all, since I checked a bit as a noob — there was a КВ for a time artifact. In the end, I entered the underground treasure zone to take a look, and meanwhile news of surrender came. Post-mortem showed the map was incredibly poor, and the desert had the richest part. Also, only two Griffin Conservatories on the entire map.
Thanks for the game!