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There were Vivs with 9 swords, they were basically useless. There couldn't have been any damage.

If they had 9 swords (~level 45), then you wouldn't even be able to kill half a Viv... :)

Lebron, turn on your online mode, you're always offline:cool:

Before the game i hoped that we would play Dung to Barb on 8mm6)) So the game. Toss took 112, me only 111. Got lucky with much of dwellings. 123 +3angels, then go-go to Barb. 127 didnt attack him in town. Then all 3rd week we got tactical movies, that was an intersting, because in fileld i could lose to Hack and mass haste. 141 i took pandoras guarded by 26scorpicores ..ta-dam..all 5th magic and +6oll in nearest utopia. Its was very easy to win with that nuts. Thanks for a game!

I confirm, thx for game.

Please remove me from the tournament; I simply don't have the time. I hope I haven't let anyone down, and that the schedule will allow someone else to play in my place.

I apologize.

Oh dear :(

Maybe I should not have rejected the very first generation. Then the spawns got worse, and in the end I lost all my resources; my opponent took one and off we went. It gave long middle roads. On the first, I took the Citadel and ramp, flagged an external dwelling of Harpies. I repelled the early attacks, pulled Perch and Necromancer's Cloak from the skeletons. Only toward the end of the week did Vokial finally show up. On the first, Conflux in the Citadel. I necromanced a little, killed the Necromancer on day 122. On the three respawns, there was one Dwarf Cottage and three Crypts far away. In the end, on the third, I took two Dragon Utopias: the double and the max; the max gave a sad outcome. In the end, a couple of small mistakes in terms of unnecessary movement waste on my main decided things, and I could have gone to the center earlier and fought better, although there was no chance against Gunnar with 4k+ movement and the Book of Air. In the end, Gunya broke through my ГО and stayed in the underground metro. He attacked, cast Armageddon, but my opponent had more Wyverns, and after Berserk on my two remaining stacks, everything became clear :) Lessons learned.
Thanks for the game!

It turned out to be an interesting game. I took 111, then had a good spawn with 3 groups of djinns in the refuge and Tyraxor, but lost them on wood, so I took 112. Then Namvan had only one road to ГО three times in a row.
And finally we started. The final spawn was not easy; all heroes had 1 stack, money was low, and at 112 I didn't even start building anything. Roads were average, about 3 of them, but one was in the metro for lizards. I took another road, where there was a prison behind 35 groups of gargoyles; I gave up 5 elves. Hope rested only on Mephala's earth and 3 discovered confluences. By the end of the week, things improved slightly: I finally got horses, Ivor found several chests, an elf external dwelling was also found, a +6 sword and +5 shield; managed to break through water elementals and harpies to the second castle, where I spotted the 4th confluence and an angel external dwelling, and also took back the prison with Labeta. At 117, I took the elf external dwelling with a low-tier unit.
At 121, I built a Mage Guild, slow was available; Mepho crashed with a +2 sp cloak to replenish knowledge. From 123, confluences started falling. Total including the external dwelling: 10 angels. At 126, I broke ГО consisting of 28 angels without gs, and Mephala with intimidating stats 15-13-5-5 rushed toward the opponent's main. As for skills, shooting and water exp were added to earth.
131 - took the opponent's main; he didn't bother defending it.
134 - went into a treasure zone toward a spotted Dragon Utopia, because there was absolutely no money. At the same time, Moner flew out from an unexplored snow second-town and cut my chain with the confluence, killing an angel in the process.
Then I cleared the treasure zone; Moner took back his confluence. In the treasure zone, I got clues for 6 vivs, a box of 25 medusas and 2 Dragon Utopias, which gave holy sandals, armor +4 attack-defense, helmet +10, resist boots, and a shield +4 to all. Moner was flashing Town Portal, so I feared КЗ and implosion. Log was still not given, movement was difficult, offense too. Found another golden bow. And then suddenly the cloak of denial! But... behind the rocks, in the opponent's treasure zone. Upgraded archangels from 2 Dragon Utopias.
In the second month, constant battles with low-tier units against the opponent. Made the biggest mistake in the game by giving up the castle with built-up archangels. Gave up on everything and went into another treasure zone. Found shackles there, a couple more hives, wings, and a speed cloak. Got offense; with wings, I took the cloak. No money, but at least I'm not afraid of implosions anymore. Then crashed home; with wings, killed a few good low-tier units of the opponent. Leveled Gunnar to 15, exp in armor, earth, and air. At 227, Mephala attacked Moner, who had been running well through upgrades, in the castle.
FB:
Mephala 29-21-13 (about 200).
exp leadership, defense, earth, water, shooting, artillery, attack.
+1 hp, +2 morale, +1 luck, cloak of denial, air boosts, golden bow.
7+6 archangels, 79 grands, 16 horses, 22 vivs, 2 angels, 25 medusas, ballista.
Moner 35-25-21 (about 150).
exp attack, defense, artillery, earth, fire. advanced shooting.
+3 hp, +2 luck.
5 archangels, 7 birds, 60 ice elementals, 52 marks, 87 energetics, 41 viv, 16 psychs.
Opponent moves first on towers, casts mass shield. I respond with oil, protecting grands. A volley from my shooters and cannons takes out 30 ice elementals and 40 marks. In response - an archangel using the towers.
Round 2 - receive lightning for 33 grands. Respond with mass bless. Another volley. Opponent has almost no shooters left.
Round 3 - mass curse, mass bless. Start dealing with archangels and birds.
Round 4 etc. - after killing the ballista with a shooter, the opponent just hit me with lightning and shot from towers. I responded with my shooting (no carts, so medusas only hit 4 times) and boosted lightning.
From some round, energetics pushed out to kill my medusas under the gates and a melee fight broke out, still supported by lightning from both sides. Managed to win with 1 horse, 1 grand, and 11 vivs. Thanks for the game!

Yes, playing against Yurist is tough for me once again. On SMK, facing Conflux 3 times in a row, all with 1 path to GO... I naturally ate all the respawns. Then I got a draw with one secondary hero behind Archmages into the basement, so I ran around until birds appeared at the respawn, luckily it’s huge with several hidden spots (I took 2 fires and 1 pixie). I bought the birds on 116, broke into the basement, passed through and smashed a mini Griffin Conservatory at the other end of the respawn. I never made it to the secondary hero on the first try. On 117, Monere camps at the Conservatory.
121 - another mini Conservatory (reminds me of my first game on Balance). I run around the respawn a bit and through the stables I break into the Necropolis, where the treasure zone glows, though it’s rather empty. I smashed another Hive with 6 Wyverns on the respawn. The treasure zone is big, but there’s nothing in it. I took 2 Hives, a couple of quest artifacts, a Naga Bank, and a Cuirass of +3. Mephala on 125 smashes GO from Angels, revealing a stack of 10+ Angels and good stats... :smile11:. What to do... I pull everything out, go through the treasure zone looking for an exit. I emerge on snow in the opponent’s secondary area, reached the Castle in 2 turns, captured it, and from there broke back to my main, killing 2 weak heroes along the way and taking another mini Conservatory :) and a max Hive.
What to do next is unclear. Luckily Mephala revealed a short turn, meaning no logistics, so I could still play and move around. I send a good weak mage hero to clear the edge of the respawn on 2 birds, and also find an exit to another of the opponent’s secondary areas. I run around near the Necropolis with another weak hero — there’s a second passage into the treasure zone, I go there... though I don’t know why, because it’s “treasure zone” only in name — long winding corridors with nothing except a Hive and a couple of prisons.
What happened next was as Yurist wrote: I took the Castle, which gave some hope (I simply had nowhere to get troops), and started running around upgrade structures and building Mage Guilds in hopes of getting Berserk for Monere’s fire and Armageddon for the weak heroes. I built Mage Guild level 4 in three Castles — neither spell was granted. However, I got Town Portal early in the Necropolis, which significantly eased the game.
Before the final battle, I decided to camp in the Castle, since it was the end of the week and I absolutely couldn’t give the opponent an extra growth of Archers. But with the Golden Bow, Mephala hit me very hard — the Ballista alone killed 2 of my birds at once, not to mention the rest. And the opponent having the Cloak of Displacement and the Sphere of Air also played a role. GG.

Thanks for the game!

Thank you for playing!

Here's the thing, if I haven't been removed yet, I'll find time to play; some of my plans were suddenly canceled. I'll start right tomorrow. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Perhaps I shouldn't have rerolled the very first generation. Then the drops got worse and in the end I wasted all my res, my opponent took one and off we went. It gave long middle lanes. On the first one I took the Citadel and ramp, flagged an external dwelling of Harpies. I fended off rushes, pulled Perci and Necromancer's Shroud from the skeletons. Only toward the end of the week Vokial finally showed up. On the first one, Centaurs in the Citadel. I did a bit of necromancy, killed the Necromancer on 122. On three spawns there was one Dwarf Cottage and three Crypts far away. In the end on the third I took two Dragon Utopias: a two-stack and a max-stack; the max gave a sad reward. Ultimately a couple of small mistakes in unnecessary spending of the main hero's movement decided it — I could have gone to the center earlier and fought better, although there was no chance against Gunnar with Air Book and 4k+ movement. In the end Gunya broke through my ГО and stayed in the underground metro. He attacked, cast Armageddon, but the opponent had more Wyverns, and after a Berserk on my two remaining stacks everything became clear :) Lessons learned.
Thanks for the game!

I confirm. Opponent was strong in elimination, but luckily I got Gunnar as main. I went with tower instead of my starting flux town since I had 3 magi and 1 naga dwell plus POS. Had 2 cons with 3 and a full naga bank that frustrated me somewhat since I just couldnt get exp earth as fast as I wanted. But when I finally got going things went fast since I got air book in the first t-area I looked in. I went through center t-area and took some topes and hives but made alot of mistakes and didnt get unbeateble arts. In the I had enough after his arma. Thanks for playing.

Got Gunnar again and built stronghold instead of tower since I got a behemoth dwell. Could steal his main town late week 3 with horde wyvs and much else, 37 30, 3 to speed, the health combo and full control on Gunnar. With full control it was a formality catching Tazar. Thanks for playing.

With a style of play like that, you could have been beaten. I hesitated for too long and ignored the Griffin Conservatory/hives in favor of territory control. No Dragon Utopia was found, the plan failed, and I had to build control manually. By the end of the game, on the 3rd attempt, I finally got Town Portal; some Dragon Utopias were found, I consolidated my power and waited for contact. The opponent attacked first, and having a cloak for magic speeded up the process. It was handled without a final spell.

Thanks for the game.

I took a rest on 111, then we started playing.
Bron came with 5 Wasps, a second hero with a tent, on the respawn of Griffin Conservatory + Dragon Fly Hive, money was fine, Luna was there.
On 115 I captured a Refugium, got a Behemoth, also found another Dragon Fly Hive and 2 Griffin Conservatories in the underground and captured the Rampart town.
Built Wasps + Ducks with a market in the Citadel.
On week 2 I took Griffin Conservatories 1+1+3, recruited 30+ Ducks, and also captured a Swamp village where the beaten AI had built a Fort. I built Wasps there, and Luna on flies took the max Dragon Fly Hive nearby.
Freed a mega-dad from prison — Clavius with expert Logistics and Wisdom and rushed with him to the one-way portal in the center.
On 131 Bron took a tier-2 Dragon Utopia, got Wings there.
On 132 Clavius took the max Dragon Utopia, got a Helm and КО.
Had both scouting views — saw where the opponent's AI was located, and also that he had lost his town.
Jumped there, took a tier-3 Griffin Conservatory with a scout hero that Vokial hadn't taken.
On my 133 Vokial attacked and surrendered.
Thanks for the game!

Here's the thing, if I haven't been removed yet, I'll find time to play, some of my plans were suddenly canceled. I'll start right tomorrow. Sorry for the confusion.

:smile24: Batman!

1st week: Gurni with Loga and Earth, home Bears in Castle, captured Conflux and Swamp.
2nd week: In treasure zone 2 boxes of crap worth 50 each and a box of Ice Elementals, Dragon Utopia 3 (Sphere of Vulnerability), Cloak of Magic, built Phoenixes in Castle + external dwelling.
3rd week: Dragon Utopia 3 (Chalice and Sandals), then I go to the central treasure zone - there's nothing interesting except a +2 Cloak. I move up to the opponent, take his main, and there's a GM5 with Town Portal and Fly. Very good. Scouting. Found the opponent's army, but missed by one tile. I put on the Cloak of Magic. Derti attacks with a mage with 19 SP and the entire army hoping for an impla. Thanks for the game!