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How is that possible?

When your opponent plays as Conflux and crosses off all the big templates, you have to choose at mininost: either play a losing game on SMK, or spin the roulette. I decided to spin.)
We can change the template pool, I'm all for it.

Well, Jeb is more likely to benefit the Necropolis, in my opinion. Flax isn't really Jeb's castle, and we have Goshen too. So, in terms of the Necromancer, it's quite adequate.

Statistically, Necropolis is more fun on Jebb, both theoretically and practically. But if there's an internal dislike for something, why go against yourself? I was interested in that...

This was one of those matches where the result mattered more than the enjoyment of the game. For me, winning was important because it would have been a historic victory.

When the opponent plays Conflux and blacks out all the big templates and the mini-NoST, you have to choose — either a negative game on SMK, or spin the wheel. I decided to spin)
We can change the template pool, I’m all for it.

There was an option to go for Diamond, so "spinning the wheel" is much more fun for Necropolis. IMHO.

Well, Jebus Cross is more in favor of Necro IMHO. Conflux is not exactly a Jebus town, and there’s also Gosh’an. So the blackout is quite reasonable.

Here we need to consider not only the strength of the towns, but also the experience on the template, as well as comfort of play. If someone suddenly decides to "unexpectedly" play a new template in the tournament final against someone who has enough practice on it, then that’s not right IMHO.

P.S: We should probably fill out the group stage table completely for the record.

Congratulations to my colleague from Flaks on the victory!

Peter, congratulations! Flax isn't overpowered :D

Peter, congratulations!!!! :smile02:
Awesome:smile01:

One must take into account not only the strength of the towns, but also one's experience on the template, as well as the comfort of playing. If someone suddenly decides to "unexpectedly" play a new template in the tournament final against someone who has played it enough, that's not right IMO.

In such a situation, I would drag my feet on the deadlines, and in the meantime, I would play that exact setup as much as possible with different players.

I recall how, a long time ago, Cmapuk and I bickered over the Bai Cup a week before the first game, and during that time I managed to play 5 games with the drafted setup — I just kept knocking: "Palych, go red Conflux on blue swamp smka play."

Thanks everyone for the congratulations!

For me, the tournament was very difficult; almost all games were tough. From the very beginning I considered and still consider Necro to be the favorite on these templates. I spent a long time choosing between Flux (my favorite), Necro (promising for victory), and Tower (I was curious to see how much the situation had changed after the mage bans were lifted). But Flux is still my favorite, the most interesting for me and one of the most difficult to execute. One of the biggest difficulties is the virtual absence of a main damage-dealing stack. So some templates were automatically ruled out.

I don't even remember such a tense final; even the one with Alex in m200 was probably easier. Then there's this horrible best-of-3 format and the upper bracket advantage... And the opponent's Necros... And Satyr, one of our strongest players, who reached the grand final undefeated...
The fate of first place could have been decided by any, even minor, mistake from either side. That's exactly what happened in the second game, where the situation was unwinnable for me. If I had lost that game, my position would have become very dire.
I only believed in my victory on the last day of the third game, when I saw Galtran on an angel...
I thank Satyr for the incredibly sharp competition; I got the maximum adrenaline.

Thanks to Vitaliy for his insistent advice to play on Jebus (before every final game, he explained that I had no alternative and everything else would be even worse :( ), which I dislike and try to remove, and while Galtran can be picked right away there, with Necros I had to choose the lesser of all evils. Each time I secretly hoped that Satyr would ban Jebus himself so I could choose something more acceptable to me, but no, nothing of the sort...

I also thank all my opponents in the tournament for the interesting games and the fans for their support.

...Now that's awesome, Petya wins every tournament he participates in...

No, that's an illusion I've created—I write very big reports about victories and small confirmations of defeats, so it seems that way :D In reality, on average I manage to win one out of four tournaments.
About 3 years ago, my motivation decreased significantly. But I really wanted to win this tournament. As Satyr said, yes, becoming a two-time winner of one of our most prestigious tournaments is a worthy goal. So I understand him very well; I too would have been extremely disappointed to go 8 months to reach the final and then lose.

...The only unpleasant thing is that we didn't see a single stream from the reigning champion...

I don't have the technical capability to stream—low internet speed, which suits my family for everything except streaming, and since I play 1-2 games per month, I see no point in changing my plan or provider. I sometimes do streams via TV. But I wouldn't have streamed this final anyway; I don't have much streaming experience and it distracts me greatly, and here the cost of a mistake was too high.

I want to thank my colleagues—the hosts and judges—Scorpiona and Dagr were very helpful during the group stage when I was extremely limited in the time I could dedicate to Heroes. Valera-Dagr did great statistics throughout the tournament. Gomunguls and I were in constant contact and consulted on all contentious issues. I am also grateful to the judges from AK, who quickly helped in several disputed situations.

There was a chance to reach Diamond, and it's much more fun to "play around" with Necropolis. IMHO.

Here, you need to consider not only the strength of the castles, but also the experience with the build, as well as the comfort of the game. If you suddenly decide to "unexpectedly" play a new build in the final of the tournament against someone who has played it enough, then that's not right, IMHO.

I don't see any advantages of Diamond over Jebus; it should be easier to rush there than on Castle.
And I played Jebus 5-7 times in single-player before the final of the upper bracket.

Sometimes I do streams through TV. But I wouldn't broadcast this final anyway, I don't have much experience with streams, and they distract me a lot, and here the price of a mistake is too high.

I would just show a picture. With a low bitrate. And I wouldn't pay attention to the chat. After all, it's the final... Many people would like to watch.

About 3 years ago, my motivation decreased significantly.

It's nice to see that he won, because it was starting to seem like Pit "isn't what he used to be." And it's not clear why... :confused: Players like Gomunguls, Maretti, and Bishop won't let you relax either, even in the season.

My congratulations, Satyr is also great! Second place in such a tournament is very cool. Although they say that it's most frustrating to be last and second.

But Flax is still my favorite, the most interesting to me, and one of the most challenging to implement. One of the biggest difficulties is the actual lack of a damage stack.

This leads to the question: Why is there a grade limit on the mediocre Psionicists and even more mediocre Fairies? No one will upgrade them on the first level, and on the second, it's no longer a damage stack. And on level 3+, it's even less so...

Let me add fuel to the fire :) what does the strike stack have to do with it? Doesn't anti-magic for 4k tell you anything? I can remind you of your game as Conflux, where preds almost vomited from your gameplay, when you could have easily taken the external dwelling of phoenixes on 117. Well, that's just a digression :) nothing personal =)))))

Added after 19 minutes
Yes... and my congratulations to the champion who kicked maretti out of the tournament :D

I re-read it 4 times, but still didn't understand a damn thing.. What 4k? When could Preds have vomited from my gameplay if he hasn't seen a single game of mine? And what does the external dwelling of phoenixes have to do with it?

I specifically highlighted the part of the text about the strike stack. Conflux has only one - the sprites. Everything else is trash. Neither faeries nor psychos have ever been nor will ever be a strike stack, whether upgraded or not. And therefore I don't see the point in this restriction. Although this is a discussion for another topic.

P/S/ myduck, you chose a fitting nickname for yourself :smile20:

I don't see any advantages of Diamond over Jebus Cross...

I agree, in a Necropolis-Conflux pairing, I would prefer Diamond over Jebus Cross, so it seemed logical to me that the opponent immediately chose it. Some general results. A record number of players for all of HW history participated in L-6 – 98. Five people took part in 5 tournaments of the series: Javdet Mizrael bRitvo4kA Dirty_Player numOne Another 11 players scored 4 tournaments each. The table with the total rating reflects the results of those players who participated in more than two tournaments, as well as players who scored more than 40 ranking points in 1-2 tournaments: I want to note the overall results across the entire tournament series: Javdet - 2nd place in the ranking - loyal Knight of Rampart - best player for this Castle; Satyr - 3rd place in the ranking - best player for 2 different Castles - 1st place for Swamp + 2nd place for Necropolis. Mizrael - 4th place in the ranking - 5 tournaments for Castle with good results - best player for Castle; KobRa_RR - 5th place - most versatile player - 4 tournaments - 4 different Castles and consistently high places. You can view the Castle ranking here.