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01/24/14
LeBron (blue, Dungeon, random, Jaegar, Vokial) def Ominous1 (red, Dungeon, random, Alamar, Monere, Nagash) 121, 6LM10a

We had an amazing game. The distance between the main base of the opponent and my Necropolis was a 1-day journey, plus 2 outposts that revealed my zones and movements. And all of this on an xl+u map. LeBron's concluding remark on this was, "It's always like this here."
Good luck in the future. I confirm.

24.01.2014 Mizrael (red, Castle, Valeska, Shakti) def злой_романтик (blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) mini-nostalgia 211

Right off the bat Straker showed up, quickly leveled up the Necro, then Vidomina appeared too... However, when killing the Conflux, I left Straker in the castle with 4 markets, and an Elementalist popped out with air elementals and sprites - goodbye Straker and Boots! Well, the game returned the Boots to me of course, but the Necro was lost forever. I decided to level Shakti, and only started from week 2; the computers were very tightly packed and I quickly strangled them all. In the Swamp, I built a Wyvern, Shakti took a Dragon Fly Hive and got a Power of the Dragon Father somehow. I dug into the nearest treasure zone, there was a Dragon Fly Hive and two! external Angel dwellings... Shakti with Mass Haste takes everything calmly, there was only a miss with breaking into the second external dwelling - I grabbed a Helm +5 in front of it and spent the rest of my mana on it, as a result the Medusas kicked me a bit... But I took both external dwellings by day 127, just didn't rake in enough gold for construction. I built on week 3, took the Griffin Conservatory, broke through the ГО, and there were blues... I ate what I could and ran, but Clavius didn't come to visit, he rushed off to the Dragon Utopia. Then Shakti went through the roundabout way to that same treasure zone, but farther from the Necro, and dug up a few ducks along the way, a Sword +5 All and a Dragon Utopia on day 137. With that gold I built Archangels, upgraded my feathered ones, and sent a scout on Angels + fodder down the road towards the opponent. There was too little fodder for a castle assault, the scout tried to take a Pandora behind the Dreads and was beaten. Shakti himself came out with Boots and eventually took all the opponent's castles, having the КЗ in his pocket. Clavius finished eating the treasure zone and came out on day 147 into the Castle's reachable zone. Shakti ran to the Dungeon, doubled my army, built a portal - pulled out an Angel, upgraded it, and attacked the Necro after checking with a scout for a Red Ball. Battle stats were higher, Sorcery was the same, Shakti had more mana. It all came down to the showdown between the Arch Angel stack vs the Skeletons, all under Anti-Magic. Summoning, removing retaliation with elementals, Armageddon, Berserk, and other shenanigans occurred. Shakti won the battle, thanks for the game.

24.01.2014 Mizrael (red, Castle, Valeska, Shakti) def злой_романтик (blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) mini-nostalgia 211
It was.... such that I don't even want to describe it—from the 6!! Dragon Utopia he didn't find any control :mad: , saw the Miner in the treasure zone; if they had given a blue cap or КВ in even 1 Dragon Utopia, everything would have ended, but as it was...:(
Thx for the game

23.01.2014 aka.Ward3n(red,Castle,Caitlyn,Crag Hack) def Chemist_HP(blue,Necro,Moandor,Galthran) on 8mm6a 144

By the second week Gosha had 300 skeletons, along the path there were three Dragon Fly Hives and a mini-type Dragon Utopia. But collecting all that didn't seem interesting, so he went to meet the opponent, where he got what he deserved.

Thanks for the game!

A controversial situation occurred in the game. I request that the judges contact me.

19.01.2014 bRitvo4kA (red, Rampart, Ivor, Mephala) def BlooDy)DriVeR (blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Galthran), Diamond, 123
Both used up all restarts, including 2 from the matchup. Loot was poor — at the end of the week: 1 town, 1234 in the Citadel, 6 heroes, and an external dwelling with Pegasi.
On day 122 I candle Galthran on the run but can't reach him. On day 123 I catch up to the scout hero Tanta with Moshna.

Despite numerical superiority, the Grand Elves shoot down the Skeletons.
Sas for the game!

01/26/2014 c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (blue, swamp, Broghild, Orrin) def R55max (red, rampart, Kirr, Kirr) balance m200% 124

Lizard lair, 2 pandoras with 5k experience each, 80 imps, 45 gogs for the quest. Got Masslow, it was hard to give it away, Orrin was tough though)
Thanks for the game!

01/26/2014 c0nn3c71nkK.ppL (swamp, Broghild, Orrin) def R55max (rampart, Kirr, Kirr) balance m200% 124

Lizard lair, 2 pandoras with 5k experience each, 80 imps, 45 gogs for the quest. Got Masslow, it was hard to give it away, Orrin is tough, by the way)
Thanks for the game!

Ivory lair is nothing compared to that.

Thanks for the game.

19.01.2014 bRitvo4kA (red, Rampart, Ivor, Mephala) def BlooDy)DriVeR (blue, Necropolis, Claudius, Galtran), Diamond, 123
Both players used all their restarts, including 2 for the encounter. The distribution was poor – at the end of the week, 1 city, 1234 in the citadel, 6 heroes, and a stash of pegasi.
122, I’m rushing Galtran, but I don’t make it. At 123, I manage to reach Tantalus’s castle with a bag.

Despite the numerical advantage, the grand units are shooting down the skeletons.
Great game!

A bugged map gave me information; judging by the remaining computers and the advantage in the number of castles, I realized that I could rush in the treasure, which, instead of being a computer zone, bordered the opponent's zone. As a result, it was very convenient to pass only one zone instead of 3 for the Rampart against a late-game Necropolis, and also to catch him while rushing. If it weren't for the bug, I'm sure I would have won. Excellent generation, the judges said that everything was fine. Thank you for the game!

30.01.2014 wowa (blue,Necro,Thant,Klavius) def aka.Ward3n(red,Castle,Caitlyn,Nagash) 143 on MiniNostalgia
I took 1 restart, my opponent took 2, and off we went.
111 I see a Griffin Conservatory, Nagash, I free Dace from the prison.
112 I capture a Tower town and an external dwelling of archers.
113-117 I capture Inferno with 2 external dwellings of gogs, I also capture Dungeon, but the Miner beat me up so badly that he came out with 6 archers and even then a tricky one)
121-124 the period of necro-demonry begins and the exit into the Inferno treasure zone. The treasure zone is just what I need: a prison guarded by a keymaster, a Pandora's Box with 50-99 gr. of medusas + a couple more stacks of resources they guard. I turn around and head to my home Griffin Conservatory.
125 The Griffin Conservatory of 3rd level falls with the loss of 4 demons and 5 imps
126-133 the Tower treasure zone is cleared with a lot of swearing, since aside from 3 Dragon Fly Hives for 16 dragonflies and a club +5, nothing interesting was found. My main hero goes to replenish mana, and we face a dilemma: what to do? Scouting shows that the opponent is not in the center, and it would take at least 2 days to reach the Dungeon treasure zone on a crooked, winding path. Well, I think, if both treasure zones are bad, then at least the center might be okay...
We saved the game
134. I take out a GO with upgraded Hydras, losing 3 imps and 5 demons (can't escape morale), and a second GO with 51 champions, losing 4 imps, 4 demons, and 4 dragonflies (2 moral procs). I take an imp dwelling, boost my speed at a Dragon Fly Hive, but because the timer ran out, I didn't manage to hide the scout hero in the castle and buy another one to scout the center.(maybe I would have turned around then, though it's unlikely)
135. I take a Dragon Fly Hive for 6 dragonflies, a Cloak of Negation, and reveal a block of 10+ Ghost Dragons guarded by a Golden Bow and an external dwelling of nagas. I reveal the opponent's stats in the tavern on my scout hero Kiryukha, and realize they are +10 each higher than my main hero's stats...
136. I break through the dragons, go down, there are Pandora's Boxes there, well, I think, maybe there's something in them?
137-141 I take Pandora's Boxes and a Breastplate guarded by 10-19 hydras, of course the artifacts are on the scout hero. They give several thousand experience, and in the last one, a whole 4th level [spell]. A small consolation, but a consolation nonetheless. I Town Portal my main hero to the stables, then to the Dungeon. There I see there is no [Grail/Guardian], I'm taken aback, but I think, it's even better this way, I have no movement points left anyway. On turn 141, I see the opponent's main hero, Klavius, marching from home. My blood runs cold — he has 3 times more troops, stats are also 3 times higher, except for spell power. But I also know that my first main hero has neither attack nor defense, and frankly, my chances are just as slim) With my scout hero I find a KVz [Conflux/Fortress?] guarded by 4 fairies, but I simply have no way to take it.
142. I double my mana, send my weak heroes into the Dungeon treasure zone (Gunnar took 2 damn days and didn't even get 2 hexes away from it), and I myself decide to hide my main hero, who is on a speed boost, in the Tower treasure zone, since I know the opponent can only reach me there.
143. I realize my only chance is for Gunnar to capture a village in the treasure zone, Town Portal my main hero there, and spend a couple of days seeking salvation in Dragon Utopias and Dragon Fly Hives, collecting them with anyone and any way possible. But Gunnar doesn't reach the village, and I surrender. As I found out later, it was still visible from his line of sight anyway.
Thanks to my opponent for the game and good luck ahead. It was a pleasure to play and to review the game afterwards!

30.01.2014 wowa (blue,Necro,Thant,Klavius) def aka.Ward3n(red,Castle,Caitlyn,Nagash) 143 on MiniNostalgia

almost got beaten on the 1st turn too :eek:
while I was dealing with the comps -- Rampart and swamp, a Barb left for later jumped out of the unbreachable lift and -- lucky indeed -- landed right next to the entrance to the main, completely blocking the way home! nothing to do, I attack with Moandor without mana with what's left -- there are 3 birds, nearly 20 wolves, 60 goblins, and, most annoyingly, 15 orcs, all under a Barb with defense 4!
they swarm us, the orcs shoot from behind, and only the catapult saved me -- while they gnawed at it, the skeletons ran to the shooters, killing someone along the way, took out the vile orcs, and then finished off the rest, but almost everything fell, including the heroic catapult :(
the Necromancer's Cloak recovered near Rampart allowed me to restore the skeleton count, and on the 2nd week I started taking conservatories, devoured 4 for 8 angels, and Tan burrowed into the treasure zone from Rampart
on 131 the 1st Dragon Utopia out of 3 standing in a cluster falls, then the 2nd, and with wings we land in the Conflux village
then the 3rd Dragon Utopia falls, not much for stats, just black-red orbs everywhere, but we got the КЗ))
then the Heroes feast on everything around Conflux, we start quickly leveling Klavius, who was given the Log
on 134 Tan moves toward the 4th Dragon Utopia, Klavius lands in the swamp to run into the 2nd treasure zone, but in the morning he didn't get far -- time ran out before he could devour everything around the support cities :cool:
grabbing another conservatory and boots with the Hero, we finally deliver the army with artifacts to Klavius, who along the way frees Kyrre at level 20 (!!!) and prepares to run through a looooong corridor for the blue cap revealed through the wall, Kyrre lands in the Dungeon village, 2 more Dragon Utopias are shining nearby)) 137 -- Serpinrota with advanced earth digs up КВ in 1 of the Utopias, the run is canceled! we see red movement in the center -- we double up near the Barb and want to intercept, but time runs out again
then, after devouring another couple of Utopias with the Heroes (there were 4 heroes with earth magic), we finally break into the center, there's no one left, we take the main, the Heroes with Dimension Door grab 2 more cities and a village, and the opponent writes ГГ
he was much less lucky with treasure zones, though my treasure zone from the Barb was not only roadless but had no passage at all! the opponent only had Utopias with stats in the 3rd treasure zone from the Dungeon -- he left it for later but didn't even get to take a bite))

thanks to the opponent for the game, good luck in the tournaments! :)

I remind the players in the lower bracket that you have 2 weeks to play your matches. Let's not slow down the tournament, or we won't finish it until autumn. Currently, 8 out of 16 matches have been played in the second round of the lower bracket. And the deadline is Monday, February 3rd.
We are waiting for the reports:
Pyre - VanjaM
Tovariщ - Ayauhteotl
bubuch - Nitro
Heroin_HP - bRitvo4kA
Browser - Dimast
twaryna - MerlinTheMagician
Diabler - Mizrael
darkello - u2noob

Some statistics on the groups.

A total of 234 games have been recorded (including qualifiers and transition matches). In the groups, results have been recorded in 14 matches.

We won 128 games (55%) in red, and 104 (45%) in blue. Interestingly, we have clearly "red" groups – in groups A and B, the score is 12-3 in favor of red, while, for example, in group I, it is 10-5 in favor of blue. In 9 groups, there is approximately an equal balance, and no color has a noticeable advantage.

Templates:
8mm6a - 61
Jebus cross - 40
2SM4d(3) - 37
6LM10a - 25
Mini-Nostalgia - 21
Balance - 18
skirmish - 11
Diamond - 10
Spider - 10

Castles - total applications 99 - qualified from 1st-2nd place - qualified from 3rd-4th place
Rampart - 19 - 3 - 9
Necropolis - 14 - 7 - 4
Fortress - 14 - 5 - 1
Dungeon - 13 - 6 - 6
Castle - 12 - 2 - 6
Tower - 11 - 5 - 2
Conflux - 10 - 3 - 3
Stronghold - 3 - 1 - 0
Inferno - 3 - 0 - 1

01/23/2014 twaryna (blue, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) def MerlinTheMagician (red, Castle, Waleska, Aislin) 8m6a 134

The highlight of the game was Tazar taking out the Scholar on level 2. He got the Earth bonus. On turn 121, with the Oil of Speed, he rushed a tier 2 creature. Then, Tazar, in a secluded central location, captured a tier 4 creature. After that, he used chains to acquire another creature. As a result, by the beginning of week 3, he had 12 Angels and a powerful army. In the final, it was a one-sided victory. Merlin had a chance to rush me, but he chose the wrong direction. Thanks for the game!

Diabler, please get in touch. It's convenient not to receive messages from contacts outside the list, but it doesn't promote communication.

02/01/2014 bRitvo4kA (blue, Rampart, random Yanov, Vidomina) def Heroin HP (red, Rampart, random Melodia, Kirr), skirmish (difficulty 200%), 131

Thank you for the game!