Posts from "Newcomer-2014. Summer"

There's also another option: during mutual streaming in the final stages of tournaments (including 2v2), upload all the recordings and edit the game move by move. The recordings might last, for example, 7 hours in total, and that's just from one player. But during editing, the moves of two players can be condensed into 4 hours. Additionally, you can speed up or cut out easy battles, shorten restarts if there are obvious reasons, and as a result, experienced players might be able to comment on such an edited recording, possibly even together with the players involved.
Spending 3 hours watching a game move by move versus spending 7+ hours, doing who knows what in between the players' moves – I think there's a difference.

Let me give you an example from real life – don't throw stones:
The kids decided to play basketball and asked you to teach them. They already make shots, know the rules, and can basically play more or less well. You agreed. And now you have a choice: join one of the teams and explain things on the fly, while clearly not playing at full strength; or act as a coach, analyzing and explaining everything during the game between the two children's teams?

Spent all my rest points, opponent didn't take a single one. I got a layout with an external dwelling of gnolls and a decent starting army. In the first week, I broke into the underground and captured a Necromancer secondary town there, scouted a couple of Dragon Fly Hives and 2 treasure zones. Built Wyverns in the castle. I had very little gold, so I played with 4 heroes for a long time.

On the 2nd week, I took a pre-max Dragon Fly Hive and a mini Dwarf Cottage and sent Tazar into a treasure zone through the underground. I got lucky with leveling — got Wisdom on the 6th level, already having Expert Earth and Tactics. I broke 2 pickups — one for 10k experience, the other for full Earth magic behind a hundred Medusas, had to give up 3 Wyverns.

On the third week, I returned to the underground and went for distant Griffin Conservatory (3-unit), Dwarf Cottage, and Dragon Fly Hive. Successfully grabbed them and crawled towards the +4 all stats shield.

At the start of the 4th week, with an army of 25 Monarchs, 3 Angels, 24 Wasps, 72 Lizardmen, and 30 Serpent Flies, I went for the opponent through a GO of Hydras. I messed up my movement and didn't manage to reach the castle by day 142.

In the finale, I had a big advantage both in stats — 9 17 10 8, vs 3 3 5 10 — and in army.

Thanks for the game!

After 125 saves, the opponent gave up due to lack of time before the deadline... a sorrowful end.

Spinhead has completely disappeared from the forum.

there is information that he went on a cruise.

On 112, I took the computer's town for a Castle and quickly switched to it; as a result, horses were in the citadel at the end of the first. At the end of the first, I went after the computer for a Tower using Inferno meat, but Necro was given time to build up a bit and I took him in the middle of the second; on 127, angels were in the Castle. I went into the treasure zone from the Castle respawn, and there were 3 Dragon Utopias in one place: 1, 2, and 3. In the middle of the third, I brought meat there and took the Dragon Utopias. It gave a sword +5 spell power and a kettle, fire book, and wings, plus in the treasure zone I grabbed sandals +2 spell power, cloak +2 speed, scrolls for TP and Armageddon. Stats became nearly 30 all, but Calh was without earth and wisdom. I decided to go after the opponent through the central treasure zone; there were two more Dragon Utopias + 2 libraries, which gave a red orb, orator's hat, shield +4 spell power, and a hat + armor + shield 10-2 as useful items.
On 211, I ascend to the opponent's respawn, scout the tavern, and there the stats for the last turn jumped from 15-20 to 30+ all (opponent took 4 Dragon Utopias in one turn). Nothing left to do, I decided to try to reach his secondary swamp town to upgrade same-tier creatures, but didn't reach it (+ hadn't brought growth with me). Opponent covers me on his turn. His main stacks are 1300 skeletons against my 550 upgraded and 39 upgraded own units. I put the skeletons forward, he broke half a stack, but then put monarchs forward; in the end, I traded 300 skeletons for 39 monarchs + 4 gold dragons and paid to retreat. I ran to another treasure zone, took 2 hives and 2 Dragon Utopias (gave boots for +600 MP and another sword +5 spell power), and cleared a consulate level two. Opponent runs at me through the central underground treasure zone; I put a dummy on the lift exit and kill one of his scouts. He approaches with his main army but can't reach to ascend. At the necro respawn, I grab an orb for +50% fire, set GM4, drop items for spell power (becomes 29) + a scroll for Armageddon Melody, and put her in the dummy's place on the lift with 1 archmage and meat, and immediately after her Calh with the army.
Opponent ascends and attacks my mage; my first turn is Armageddon for 2250, he has 1400 already upgraded skeletons and 5 fire birds left and he attacks my main. In battle, I have a red orb + cloak for +2 speed and a ring for +1 speed, while the opponent has only one artifact for +1 speed; in the end, he is left with a stack of 1400 skeletons, I spent several rounds trying to bait him to hit with wait and shot with archers; he had no money to retreat and wrote "гг".
Thanks for the game.

I had a late-game setup. We met early and everything was heading toward my defeat, but the opp lost Solmir in the cons. I ran to mow down skeletons and collect goodies.
In the finale, I attacked the opp, who was already sitting in my main. When the catapult died, I thought gg. But there was no red sphere, and I accidentally clicked Armageddon, plus anti-magic was hanging on the ducks. I wanted to throw Berserk at the opp's angels, but hit Armageddon instead, which turned out to be an extremely good move—that's how the victory happened.
Thanks for the game.

Got massacred. The spawn was so-so — shooter blocks, no caches, only a Dragon Fly Hive behind a bunch of hell hounds. Lost my ducks on the first week and was about to type gg, but I decided this is a tournament, dammit! I'll fight to the end!

3 most fascinating months of crawling underground in search of goodies awaited me. Collecting Dragon Fly Hives and subsequently losing ducks wherever ducks could be lost. The neutrals even whispered — "concede..". But I stubbornly gathered Dragon Fly Hives, Pandora's Boxes, artifacts, leveled Tazar. The opponent also went into hardcore hoarding. So we hoarded and hoarded, and somewhere at the end of the month a cunning plan dawned on me: why not crack the opponent's GO?! Cracked it, took the castle with growth, started strategically saving cash for archangels (Dragon Utopia didn't spawn on 3/4 of the map).

Saved and saved, well, saved up :cool: Then guarded the castle with Tazar at night, along with the royal ducklings. In short, hordes of Moandor attacked me on one of those nights, and we had our final showdown. An implosion for 3250 from the opponent on the very first turn made it clear the game would be quite tense.

Fought for a long time — at the most critical moment, when Moandor had enough mana for only 2 implosions, resistance saved me twice. Essentially the turning point of the battle. Because in terms of raw power I was inferior, but in the fight without mana I had 11 griffin monks surviving, which I reinforced with the remnants of swamp monsters and shot the enemy well with expert archery and the bow. And I saved 25 mana for the "last implosion" for the tastiest part, which finished off the skeletons and, thanks to morale, the remaining stack of pikemen.

Thanks for the game!

In the snows, there is an external dwelling of giants; it seemed like a decent start, so I began playing.
I saw that the guard at the external dwelling was quite thick, and I hoped for my own treasure zone (it turned out there were even two).

It took me a long time to kill the AI; on the first map, it seemed like only Dungeon, I ran into some problems with Castle, and I didn't touch Necropolis until the end of the game.

On the second one, I put angels in the Castle and giants in the Citadel, took the external dwelling and found another one in the treasure zone. I took two cons; with buying, it came to 8 angels. I went into the first Dragon Utopia, but they didn't give much. Then I went into another treasure zone, killed some ducks there, and took two Dragon Utopias; they gave good stats, but there was neither control nor strike magic.

I upgraded the Archangels (there was only enough for 6 out of 11 angels), and then headed toward the opponent through the central treasure zone, which had nothing on the way. Gunnar with boots and stables ran very fast.

Through scouting, I found Charna and followed her into a treasure zone; I didn't quite catch up, she jumped into the darkness and there you can see a bunch of Dragon Utopias, but it's impossible to reach them since she is already in my treasure zone.

I continued along the road, found a Dragon Utopia, took a box for the entire fifth level with a wisdom spoon, and КЗ was lying there too.
A couple of turns later, I catch the opponent near my town in the treasure zone; I have the advantage in everything and I have shackles.

Thanks for the game!