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I think after such reports, this tournament can be closed due to its irrelevance :D

I had no right to lose such a lineup. At the respawn, I found 3 Griffin Conservatories, 3 Dragon Fly Hives, and 4 external dwellings of bears. I came out on day 123 with a loss of tier-1 creatures (although I forgot to buy a spell book for Crag Hack). A day's march from the GO I got a +4 all stats shield, bracers, and a Dragon Utopia (gave the Air spell book). Seeing Ciele's stats in the tavern, I took another Dragon Utopia and a red orb. Up to this point, everything went very easily and calmly, but on day 127 Ciele arrives with 10 angels and 6 birds and takes the central castle. I thought for a long time whether to crush her immediately or take a third Dragon Utopia and attack the next day with the new growth (7 brown bears + birds) — I decided to wait, and the decision fully paid off. The Dragon Utopia gave a Water Elemental bottle, and my opponent flew off to collect ducks through wasteland. But you can't run much against expert Observation and КВ.
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1-0

We played without restarts. I had a Miner with 3 stacks, and I was killing everything. The only downside is the crazy moves across the rough terrain – it’s impossible to reach the center. I only reached the computer’s Castle by turn 125, placed Angels, and on turn 131, I killed the Utopian (maxed out). They gave me a Key, a Crown, and +4/+4 to stats: hooray! I can now leave the starting area.

Immediately, on turn 132, I flew to the center through the mountains – there was a Utopian with a +12 sword, 2 Angel stacks, and I built Archers. I had enough money for an upgrade, but I couldn’t transport it through the mountains, and I decided not to return with the Miner.

On turn 135, I entered the opponent’s zone. I had 8 Angels, 40 Vivs, and some other units. The opponent attacked on their turn 136. They had 13 Angels, 10 Utopians, and 70 Skeletons. An Implosion spell hit my Vivs for 1.5k damage. I cast Blind on the Angels, then killed the rest before the opponent’s turn. After that, I killed the Angels through the Blind spell.

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Shakti came in with 3 stacks, under the Castle there's a Griffin Conservatory 3-4 and an external dwelling of Manticores. I couldn't turn that down even despite a complete lack of money - got drawn in. After ranged blocks on secondary Troglodytes, a little over a hundred remained, but on turn 116 a Griffins Conservatory single appeared on snow and a lookout was found, which revealed the treasure zone and part of the opponent's spawn. At the start of the second turn I take the Medusa dwelling, buy myself out, and take the external dwelling of Cats. I'm preparing to take the Conservatory and go to the opponent, but on his turn he can't handle 100+ logs in the treasure zone.
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Graf_Bananov vs Defiant
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On week 1 I placed birds. Kira + stable. Quickly took the computer. Found an angel external dwelling, portalized it. On week 2 I ate 4 Dragon Fly Hives for 28 Wyverns. and on day 131 I broke into a Dragon Utopia, got a lot of useless junk. In the 2nd Dragon Utopia the only useful thing was a +12 helmet. Went further into the treasure zone, found boots. The Mage Guild gave nothing, but I picked up a Dimension Door scroll, and went to grow. In the next 2 Dragon Utopias the loot wasn't bad, but no КЗ, through the overview I saw the exit from the opponent's spawn to the computer in 1 jump, I'm preparing to jump there and reach the castle (I thought there were already Archangels there and wanted to upgrade). I fly in, place Archangels and sit in the castle. The opponent flies in with Armor of the Damned. But without an orb. with mass cure everything is fine right away. gg

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Both took all 3 restarts.
111 - From the start, got an art +1 to speed. Under the castle, a Dragon Fly Hive with 20-49 ghosts, an external dwelling of lizards and basilisks with 50-99 zombies, on one of the roads a Naga bank + a box with 10-19 trolls, also an external dwelling of gnolls was found, a shield +6 behind the snipers. With Tazar, I take +1 attack and stand next to the zombies.
112 - In the castle, I build basilisks, buy out everything available, bring the gnolls from the external dwelling, kill the zombies, take the external dwelling of lizards and the external dwelling of basilisks, take a crypt for 2k, stand before the Dragon Fly Hive. Tazar was given a Log.
113 - I kill the ghosts almost without losses, the Dragon Fly Hive is big, I don't risk going in (army has 2 Wyverns, 8 basilisks, 50 gnolls, 22 lizards + a stack of 16 spearmen). I run Tazar up the road to one of the secondary heroes, because an external dwelling of bulls with an armor +1 all for ogres + a prison was scouted there. Meanwhile, Ciele runs down the road to another secondary hero, runs into a block of a lot of Dragon Flies, goes around through rough terrain, finds a Griffin Conservatory 3-4 with Grand Strike.
114 - With Crag, I visit the experience stone - get Earth + take a crypt. The scout hero just finds a Slow scroll. In the castle, I build bulls. In the prison, Lacus with Pathfinding, Expert Archery. Next to the prison, another Dragon Fly Hive with 20-49 Dragon Flies and a box with 5-9 Chaos Hydras were found.
115 - Labeta takes the Barbarian secondary town. One of the scout heroes meanwhile finds an external dwelling of hydras with 50-99 centaur captains. I send Lacus there with Tactics and Archery, while Tazar runs to the Dragon Fly Hive and the box with hydras.
116 - Tazar at the Dragon Fly Hive, Lacus at the external dwelling, army in the castle, where I also built hydras.
117 - Ciele finally bypassed the block on the road to another secondary town, but just before the castle she met a block of monks, so it's a bust. However, another external dwelling of hydras is found, unfortunately unreachable. Lacus takes the external dwelling of hydras, one of the scout heroes takes the Dragon Fly Hive near the castle for 8 Wyverns, and all this good stuff goes to Tazar, who takes a minimal Dragon Fly Hive, a Genie's Tuft for halberdiers, and prepares to fight the hydras. All units are built up in the Citadel in the castle.
121 - I bring a couple of hydras and flies from the castle (money was critically short, considering I also needed to split Tazar and build a Mage Guild). For the hydras, I expected exp or money (both were needed, in principle), but got something even better - 20 bull calfs! I split Tazar to go home, buy a spell book, and run them to the box and Naga bank with trolls.
122 - In the box, 90 gnolls, the Naga bank gives a two :( . I free Nella from the prison, disband Tazar for her before the Griffin Conservatory. I refused the experience ground in favor of Attack. With Nella, I stand before the crypt. Simultaneously, Labeta delivers gnolls from another secondary town, a Slow scroll, and bulls from the external dwelling. In the castle, I build a Resource Silo for bull upgrades.
123 - The Griffin Conservatory with three stacks falls without problems even without oil, gives Tactics, I disband Tazar to go home, take a Scholar with him near the castle, who expertises Attack, upgrade the flies, and stay as Tazar to refill mana.
124 - I run Tazar to the GO, take +1 defense and an experience stone, stand before the second experience stone right next to the GO hoping to level up Earth. The scout heroes gather the army together, upgrade the bulls and gnolls.
125 - First thing, I check the experience stone: Earth finally levels up! I reclaim the shield +6, pass the army to Tazar. Stats 4 19 4 5 (40). 5 hydras, 3 angels, 28 upgraded bulls, 17 Wyverns, 145 upgraded gnolls, a couple of flies. The GO with 38 Naga Queens falls without problems, then I see Crag before a GO with 50-99 wizards, I leave those guys for him :) I run ahead, take a minimal Dragon Fly Hive and a box for 15k exp for a horde of bull calfs, sit in the castle. I have 25 mana, Mass Haste, Mass Slow. On his turn, Crag with absolutely identical battle stats (4 19) attacks me in the castle. In his army, only 28 monarchs + a couple. Mass Haste is cast, from my side Mass Slow, but Crag's resistance procs. I move everyone forward, understanding that I have the numerical advantage. Then the opponent hides the monarchs in a corner of the castle, not noticing that the wall there is already destroyed. Mass Slow finally works on the second try and the monarchs are cornered. GG.

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We agreed that the opponent would write a report, but he's not in a hurry, so I’ll jot down a few lines.

Both of us took 3 restarts; as a result, it went well with external dwellings and hives (2 bird external dwellings, 2 bears, 5 hives), but terribly with money (not a single monetary building on the respawn point, nor an external market), and poorly with roads: it takes 4-5 days to run from the main base to ГО. In total, due to these two problems, the pace dropped significantly; also, in week 1, we failed to take one of the bear external dwellings (85 gr. wolves guarding punished severely). On day 123, I took Dragon Utopia – trio, ate a bear, farmed some resources, and got a little bit of вив, gave КВ, wings. Upgraded gray creatures, gathered more hives, moved to the center, tried to gather something there for about 1 day, but Meph has been dominating there for 3 days already, so she overwhelms me with superior power and stats and wins without any problems.

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2-1

So we sat down to play. Opp takes 111 right away, then I get a Dungeon with a Miner (2 stacks) and a Gosh, a couple of turns later news arrives about the 1st road to ГО, ok, another 111, then I get a Gosh already in a Necro castle :D Opp just takes 111.

That's it, no restarts for him, I have 113.

I get a Citadel, starting Crag, in the tavern Deesa + Kyrre, then Tamika, next to a Griffin Conservatory, a stable, 3 beautiful roads :D There's a Tower with starting Pikdram. On 112 it turns out that opp has 1 road to ГО. So in total 116 restarts :D I was a bit tilted )

Next I get Conflux against Inferno, I have everything — Necro, stable, birds in the Citadel, a Griffin Conservatory lvl 2 under the castle (captured on 121), plus a new hut gives me Earth :p On 122 I capture the secondary Castle that opp was building — gg.

As expected in a SMKe on full random, the locker won.

Thanks for the games and patience!

Sorry for stalling, see you in the grand final! :)

see you in the grand final! :)