Posts from One for all and all for one - 2

Scoundrels 0-1 Sweets 2nd game

03.03.2014 BlooDy)DriVeR (blue, random, Citadels, Terek, Kreg Hex) def JustObserver (red, random, Citadels, Gundula, Tyraxor) Diamond 122
We both took 2 restarts and ended up with a mirror match: Citadels vs. Citadels. On the first turn, I buy Kreg. It's a decent starting army; I split into 5 heroes, have a wolf dwelling, and fast roads leading in different directions. In the following days, I realize that all these roads lead to blockades, and there are no secondary resources. Through scouting, I see my AI opponent and decide to attack him on day 117. I gather resources and gold, break through to the AI, but the red player is already sitting in the castle with level 1 units. I kill the weak unit in the castle, on day 121, I buy as much as I can afford with the gold, kill another weak unit, position Kreg in a spot to reach the opponent's capital, and on day 122, with an expert-level artifact, I take the empty capital. Half of the growth is not bought out; the opponent types "gg." I got lucky with the timing; if I had attacked later, things could have been different. Thanks for the game!

When I passed the turn on day 117, I thought I was the king of the world. Tyraxor, with 8-8-3-1 stats, expert tactics, attack, and level-up air, was looking forward to a massive attack on the opponent, but Kreg, with an artifact, took everything. Thanks for the game.

The Scoundrels 0-2 Sugar Rations 2nd game

04.03.2014 Pyre (blue, random, Castle, Cuthbert, Jeddite) def Sevan_80 (red, random, Dungeon, Darkstorn, Charna) Anarchy 142
In the absence of decent heroes, I decided to level Jeddite hoping for Earth and Resurrection; he leveled up like a noob, but got Diplomacy in slot 5, and then Earth in slot 7. The respawn is luxurious — 4 external dwellings of horses, 3 Dragon Utopias (never got around to them), about 5 hives. At the start of week 2, I buy a Cartographer and see the exit to the treasure zone like on Jebus Cross, even bigger and tastier. On day 2, I collect all the hives, the Griffin Conservatory, and then take the long road to camp in front of the ГО into the treasure zone. On day 3, I eat up half the treasure zone, and on day 4, I come visiting. I have a roughly 10-to-1 advantage in army, and also an advantage in stats. Thanks for the game!

Misfits 0-2 Sugar 2nd game

04.03.2014 Pyre (blue, random, Castle, Cuthbert, Jeditte) def Sevan_80 (red, random, Dungeon, Darkstorn, Charna) Anarhy 142
In the absence of normal heroes, I decided to level Jeditte hoping for Earth and Resurrection, he leveled like a noob, but got Diplomacy in the 5th slot, and then Earth in the 7th slot. The respawn was excellent, 4 external dwellings of horses, 3 Dragon Utopias (never got around to them), about 5 Hives. At the start of the second week I take a cartographer and see the entrance to the treasure zone like on Jebus Cross, even bigger and tastier. On the second week I collect all the Hives, the Griffin Conservatory, and on the long road I stand before the ГО into the treasure zone. On the third week I consume half of the treasure zone, and on the fourth I go visit. I have a 10x advantage in army, and also an advantage in stats. Thanks for the game!

It was a good game, thanks for the game

01.02.2014 u2noob (red, random, castle, Gosha, Muelich) def Stryfe (blue, random, citadel, Yog, Roland) anarchy 211

Confirmed.

08.02.2014 Stryfe (red, rnd, castle, Sir Mullich) def u2noob (blue, rnd, fortress, Tazar), 8xm12a, 137
Cleared 2 treasure zones, took 4 Dragon Utopias, raised some skeletons with Necromancers, and jumped to Tazar, who was running around the super treasure zone. Thanks for the game.

Saharki - Merzavchiki 2-1 (1 game)
03/07/2014 theShevanesian (blue, random, Dungeon, Dimmer, Gunnar) def rebellious (red, random, Rampart, Thorgrim, Ivor) 6LM10A 221
Earlier, I gained control, took several Merrow (they gave not much in terms of stats, though), and caught up with the army on the secondary hero. My opponent was unlucky with the control - nothing came out of the two towers. Thanks for the game!

SugarKies - Merzavchiki 2-1 (1 game)
03/07/2014 theShevanesian (blue, random, Dungeon, Dimmer, Gunnar) def rebellious (red, random, Rampart, Thorgrim, Ivor) 6LM10A 221

Confirmed.

Game 2. Clean draw vs Borzye pingviny
09.03.2014 Grizvald (red, random, necro, Charna) def vodik (blue, random, conflux, Monere) 8mm6a, 213

So, first I took three rests in a row, then my opponent did, and we started playing for luck! Necro spawned on the surface, Isra in the tavern, fast roads, second level built.
First week: I immediately build a Mage Guild, they give Haste. The treasure zone spawned big and rich with lots of crypts and a couple of dwarf dwellings, three stacks of skeletons, one of vampires; next to the main there's a Dragon Utopia (with a red orb). I collected almost everything in the first week and built Cavalry in the castle. There's a Griffin Conservatory tier 3 and tier 2 behind evil guards. I wasn't in any particular hurry, just necroing slowly :rolleyes: Charna with Air and Wisdom
Second week: on day 1 week 2 I bought everything out and immediately came the failures; instead of breaking Charna back home, I attacked the portal guard in the center with 10+ Master Magi. Naturally I played the battle like a noob, lost 60 skeletons. Oh well, whatever... Isra is leveling up decently, has Offense, then they gave Artillery, then I took Wisdom, followed by Earth. In the adjacent zone with a computer, Isra found an amulet +1 speed, then turned around and took the Griffin Conservatory without problems, then Charna flew to check the treasure zone. In the treasure zone I took a box for experience and scattered looking for goodies; there's a Dragon Utopia and Pandora's Boxes. In the adjacent zone I revealed a quest skull helmet, in the treasure zone a shield and ribs.
Third week: I broke back home and picked up the Griffin Conservatory tier 2. Charna advances Earth; at home in Mage Guild level 3 they gave Animate Dead. In Mage Guild level 4 junk. On day 3 week 3 I took Dragon Utopia tier 1 and broke back home, and at home in Mage Guild level 5 the coveted Dimension Door :smile03:. I replenished mana, Dimension Door to the top corner to the well and broke into the treasure zone village. Didn't reach the Dragon Utopia, and I split Charna, sent Isra to hit Pandora's Boxes. In the first Pandora's Box for 48 diamonds they gave 20 Master Genies. Then I stopped before the next one for a lot of Genies. The main stack went to Charna, took Dragon Utopia tier 3 with wings, a teapot, Boots of Speed, and a shield +5. Then a poor hero took the skull helmet, also ate a beehive behind the mountains, then passed to another poor hero, picked up a Fire Shield scroll and retook the ribs; again the main stack to Charna, I cast Dimension Door to the Pandora's Box for a lot of Zealots, nearly 50 of them and they gave all level 4 :smile03:. Then Town Portal to the dungeon, and pass the main stack to Isra, who in the Pandora's Box gets all Earth :smile44:. OK, two necros with full control. I plan to fly and hit Flux and teach Isra Air. But she let me down, they shoved damn Ballistics as the last skill. Charna however leveled up almost perfectly. Last skill I took Fire (although I should have learned Water in Flux, but who knew).
Fourth week: I steal two Dragon Utopias from right under my opponent's nose; by parameters I've caught up, that's good. In the opponent's main stack, Phoenixes, Monks and a few Angels are visible. But I don't dare attack in the open field; too few skeletons...
Fifth week: Plans to take the only Castle on the map and build Archangels, but at that time annoying Monere ruins all my plans and takes that Castle himself. OK, nothing to do, I have to attack. With pre-doubled mana the reserve was good. I upgraded the skeletons, got 1.7k. So I flew into attack. In the final battle my mana amount decided it, and the skeletons. The opponent destroyed the ballista and cast Anti-Magic; he actually had the first magic turn, Monere was a notable artillery player :) In the end the final battle was very long, there were damn resists from my opponent, and eventually after long and painful standoffs and small trades the opponent resurrects a Phoenix (only 1700 skeletons and 17 Dread Knights remained on the field), removes the retaliation with it and waits out the rest; I cast damn Counterstrike ;) In short, the skeletons ruled and so did our second game.
If anyone is interested, you can watch the recording on my channel, though without commentary...
Thanks to my opponent for the interesting games!

While I'm not updating the standings yet, the semifinal pairings are known:

Clean Draw - Saharky
Plan B - USW

The game schedule will be postponed by 2 weeks, as all teams completed 2 games.

USW - Pirates Second game, third bracket 09.03.13 ShadowManiac (Red, random, Stronghold, Tiraxor, Tiraxor) def RaiseTheDead (Blue, random, Swamp, Rosik, Ignath) Jebus 125 He went for 123. My opponent noticed and rushed to the center without the expert earth skill book. That decided the game. Thanks for the game. :smile13:

USW - Pirates
03/09/13 ShadowManiac (Red, random, Stronghold, Tyraxor, Tyraxor) def RaiseTheDead (Blue, random, Swamp, Rosik, Ignath) Jebus 125Thanks for the game.:smile13:

Now Darkello can demand 10 bucks from Digger:)

USW - Pirates
Second game, third bracket
09.03.13 ShadowManiac (Red, random, Stronghold, Tyrus, Tyrus) def RaiseTheDead (Blue, random, Swamp, Rosie, Ignathus) Jebus 125

Reached 123. The opponent noticed this and moved to the center without the Expert Earth spellbook. This decided the game.
Thanks for the game.:smile13:

Confirmed. I planned to buy the spellbook in the center, and the opponent, even though he moved to the center on the same day, kindly built a Guardian for me. But I miscalculated the moves and didn't manage to get into the castle. The next day, I was overwhelmed. I played unreliably and paid the price for it.
Thanks for the game.

Thank you to R55 for organizing the tournament, Dirty for excellent captaincy, and the opponents for the games. It was great!:smile02:

Now Darkello can demand 10 bucks from Digger :)

Yeah... Need to pay him back soon. Otherwise, who knows how much a buck will cost in a week :D

Yeah... I need to give it away soon. Otherwise, who knows how much a dollar will be worth in a week :D

What kind of bets are these? Bring me up to speed? :smile19:

Game 2. Чистая ничья vs Борзые пингвины
09.03.2014 Grizvald (red, random, necro, Charna) def vodik (blue, random, conflux, Moner) 8mm6a, 213

It happened. I played very poorly, made many mistakes. The layout was good, two air nomads (one in the intermediate zone), Moner from the start, three Dragon Fly Hives revealed, two Griffin Conservatories. On the third month I started taking Dragon Utopias, finished only by the middle of the fourth (one on the respawn, two in the treasure zone, and one in the center behind the pillar). It gave everything needed for victory. The rest of the time I stalled and waited for the opponent to gather his forces. The opponent didn't keep me waiting long).

Thanks for the game and good luck in the semifinals!

Second bracket. First game. Plan B vs USW

11.03.2014 Lim4 (red, random Tower, random Tan, Cult) def u2noob (blue, random, Swamp, Gervulf, Gervulf) 2sm4d (3), 116

We both chose all restarts, then re-picked after the match. In the final draft, I got a double Tower. I almost didn't make it to the second town on turn 112 because on turn 111, my main unit didn't reach the target in 570 moves due to a lack of time and the habit of chatting :) And u2noob took his second town on turn 112. Due to the "Go" rule on the road, an early encounter was possible. The opponent arrived on turn 115, attacked the scout, and I wrote that I would take the re-pick. (I didn't dislike his army as much as I disliked the Solmyr that the opponent had in reserve, hidden in the Tower. And I also thought that since he wasn't taking the re-pick, I definitely should:D) It's good that I didn't go into the endgame, because according to the rules, the possibility of taking a re-pick was reduced to turn 114, that is, until yesterday... In general, he ran two scouts at me, who, while fleeing, attacked the lizards with ranged attacks, and didn't reach the main unit by one tile. On my turn, I destroy with Cult, buy more golems, and attack.
Cult stats: 5 5 2 3 (30), Gervulf: 0 10 - -.

I kill all the warriors, leaving one lizard and 10+ gnolls + a ballista. The Gervulf escapes. I stay to replenish mana. On turn 116, Solmyr takes my second town with 4 snakes and a couple of pikemen + a ballista. We see that he is not very developed, that is, he won't be able to cause much damage. 101 rattlesnake with a health artifact +1, and there are also golems, gargoyles, mages, and ranged attacks of 2 points... Probably, guided by the same considerations, the opponent decides not to continue the game.

Thank you for the game.