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14.07.2014 grey1s (red, Barbarian, Gretchin, Gretchin) vs Kinger (blue, Castle, Valeska, Pyr) 2SM4d(3) 131

Started off not bad, two stacks of goblins at the start, wolves built. Cleared roads to the blockers, found a path to the opponent and 3 Dwarf Cottages. On day 114 I mis-microed myself in a Dwarf Cottage, lost goblins and birds. 2 Dwarf Cottages had minimum guards, 2 Dwarf Cottages had fifteen guards, weirdos on day 115. Cleared the respawn until day 123, found a stable, on day 126 I went for the harpies and lost my army. Did everything wrong. Thanks to the opponent for the game.
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08.07.14 The Same Dio (red, Citadel, Crag Hack, Crag Hack) draw Grumbler (blue, Dungeon, Gunnar, Gunnar) Jebus Cross 224

My first game against a live opponent.

It was a tough match, we played for about 11 hours in two sessions. I took all the resets plus one technical, my opponent - one. The spawn was average, half the respawn points and Guarded Objectives were cut off by several strong guards, forcing me to build up forces to break into the center on limited territory: two external dwellings of Roc, two Dragon Fly Hives for 10 Wyverns, 3 Medusa dwellings, 2 Dragon Utopias, Griffin Conservatory with 4 Angels. Right under my castle lay a chest guarded by 56 Crusaders, which allowed me to reach the center before my opponent. Guarded Objective - 98 gr. Rocs. Wings of the Magi were lying almost at the entrance. I managed to devour almost the entire center alone. Opponent was initially far behind in stats but quickly caught up on the empty outer zones. I could have locked him out of one of them and likely won, but instead I went to grind in my own zone.

Around the middle of the game, we both made rough mistakes: I stopped at his castle with a main stack of only Wyverns (misjudging the movement range), and he didn't notice it.

Epic finale - roughly equal stats, my side: 77 Rocs, 13 Green Dragons, 7 Gold Dragons, 56 Wyvern Monarchs, 24 Enchanted Snakes, 59+1 Enchanted Goblin, Angel Alliance, Books of Earth and Air, Blackshard of the Dead Knight, +3 speed, +1 health. Opponent's side: Tactics, 14 Titans, 10 Green Dragons, 13 Black Dragons, 68 Enchanted Medusas with expert Archery and Golden Bow, 60+ Enchanted Minotaurs, 70+ Enchanted Wyverns, 23 Scorpicores. I flee, leaving the opponent with 10 Green Dragons, 10+ Scorpicores, 20+ Medusas, and 4 Titans, blowing up all the Black Dragons in the process. I offer a draw, the opponent agrees.

Thanks for the game!

07/17/14 daio14 (blue, Castle, Valeska, Valeska) lose falcone (red, Swamp, Tazar, Tazar) 8mm6a 132

07/18/14 grey1s (Haven, Rampart, Ivory Tower, Ivory Tower) lose cbw (Academy, Tower, Torosar, Tamika) 2sm4d(3) 115

18.07.14 That Same Dio (blue, Castle, Caitlin, Tirus) draw Grumbler (red, Rampart, Kyrie, Kyrie) jebus 241

Another tough game.

The spawn was average. The nice things included an angel external dwelling right near the castle, three Dragon Fly Hives, three marksmen external dwellings, two Griffin Conservatories, two cavalry external dwellings, a grail behind 25 cyclops kings, a fifth-level spell hat behind vampire lords (20+), a couple of nag banks and Dwarf Cottages. It seemed like a great spawn, but there was a small catch: the respawn was large, the roads were average, all the main goodies were far from the roads and the castle, and there was no stable. Plus both Griffin Conservatories were tier 1, and the GO was 16 green dragons and 8 gold ones.

By the end of the first week I built angels in the fort, on the first day of the second week I captured the external dwelling and built archangels, totaling three. I cleared the Dragon Fly Hives, one of the Griffin Conservatories, and took the grail. On the third week, with 7 archangels, 50 upgraded marksmen, 16 Wyverns, and meat, I broke through the GO.

I reached the center again before the opponent. Just like in the last game, right at the entrance I found wings behind 15 green dragons. Just in time, my main hero leveled up expert earth magic — Earth View showed that the center was really tiny. The next turn I take one of the two (!) Dragon Utopias in the center, a large Dragon Fly Hive, and stop one step away from the central town (swamp). The next day I capture the town, build and buy Wyverns, and clear the surroundings. The opponent shows up. I fly out right in front of his nose, take the second central Dragon Utopia, and fly back to replenish mana. The opponent turns around and runs back.

After that, the entire map gets cleared again. The opponent gets one AI zone, I get the other. Right before the start of the third week of the second month, I cunningly fly out from behind the mountains and capture the opponent's elf town on his native respawn. I thought it was his main town, but it turned out to be a secondary one. A secondary town built up to a castle and green dragons. History showed I did everything right, because the next day the week of the green dragon was announced, meaning +7 growth in both castles — that would have been too much.

The opponent was scared of my 20 archangels and 50 attack, so he refused to come out of his castle for the final showdown. I didn't feel like running around anymore, and I wasn't confident in victory, so I offered a draw, and the opponent agreed.

As it turned out, he was wrong to do so. In the final battle, which we agreed to hold just for fun, he won by a large margin. Roughly equal stats, magic ban from the opponent, and his huge advantage in meat decided it.

Thanks for the game! Less fear and more self-belief!

07/25/14 That Very Dio (red, random, Stronghold, Yog, Terek) lose 1Vlad1 (blue, random, Dungeon, Gunnar), 8mm6a, 214

We played all-random, refreshed everything, and Inferno appeared. On the surface, Marusya started, a lot of meat, in the tavern was Clavius, and my main computer was a Necropolis. In the air, it smelled deliciously of necromancy and demonology, and Gundula, with her disgusting, withered hands, was sharpening a stake for enemy skulls... Minotaur kings along the only road and tech tree.

The distribution was frankly bad. Barbarians, Yog, a small respawn point. No ambushes, little gold, and half of it is guarded by 50+ upgraded fairies and imps. The opponent has a Dungeon with Gunnar and a main computer of Inferno.

At first, I played well, skillfully got ahead, killed the opponent's main computer faster, and started necromancing, but then I messed up until the end of the game. The opponent, however, made good use of the good situation and my mistakes.

Thanks for the game!

Daio14 (red, Stronghold, Crag, Crag) lose Grumbler (blue, Rampart, Ivor, Alkin) Jebus Cross 214
The layout was decent, on the first week 2 external dwellings of behemoths, however few cans and Dragon Fly Hives. Exit to the center on day 132, full clearance (mostly Dragon Utopias, there was only one can for the entire sand, a few Dragon Fly Hives), a rush into the opponent's respawn with 20+ ducks, 23 upgraded behemoths aiming for a first strike, but the opponent had built up a much larger army, after which he went back in search of cans and Dragon Fly Hives on neighboring respawns. The opponent immediately caught up to me and punished me.
Thanks for the game