Posts from 2nd Crusade

I have nothing against the players in the first group; they deserve it. But it turns out that all the other players are competing for some kind of consolation cup for losers, since all the best players are already playing in a different tournament. I, of course, would like to win some tournament, but winning a tournament with such a format would make it even awkward to put the award in my signature.

Finish in 1st or 2nd place, and in the next season, you'll be in the first group. Seems simple enough, right?

For me, everything is clear, but for those who are used to victories coming easily, this is a very suitable tournament.

Why just that? Or do you consider taking first place in the qualifying group a "victory"? Looking at the lineup for the grand final group, I wouldn't say it's easy to win the tournament :)

you're playing against losers + players who are new to this tournament.

We chose rests, and my opponent seemed to give up completely; they couldn't break through anywhere. There weren't any tech rests, but that's just how it goes sometimes. I, on the other hand, got some nice items from the stones: bots from the cart, a ring with +1 HP from the skeleton, etc. Thanks for the game!

I got lucky with the initial draw, and there's not much point in continuing, as the template makes it impossible to counter. Plus, my opponent's mistakes helped me win.

Thanks for the game!

Started playing without resets.
A 4-hero spread, but there's Galthran and an external dwelling of minotaurs, scouted boots +15% necro in a treasure zone, we play.
There were many roads, leading to all zones, but only surface ones, there was only one path to the underground and it was a dead end.
All zones were surprisingly poor, even Diamond surprised me, in each adjacent zone (treasure zone) there were at most 1-2 Hives and a couple of junk boxes. Gosha helped by chopping 350 bones, which allowed me to take a Dragon Utopia triplet at the respawn of one computer without losses with 20 ducks and bones, and then a max Dragon Utopia (at the respawn of another computer, the respawns were richer than the treasure zones, which were completely bare) with a loss of 12 ducks — gave mediocre +4+4 hat, black orb, КЗ, +2all, there's also a scroll of flight, and at home GM5 is built (with mirror and armageddon). Killed all 6 computers, got income of 14-15k gold, upgraded town citadels to bears, captured the external dwelling of bears, all this on week 3. Across mountains, through forests, found a passage underground where Obs lived, and arrived just in time, below generated all of Diamond's value, about 8 Dragon Utopias, Hives, artifacts for every taste, etc. Caught the opponent just as he was collecting all these goodies, had a big advantage in melee and magic, artifacts equipped — GG WP.

Thanks for the game!

Poor respawn, two clues and consa 1, scattered very far apart, plus the basin was leveled crookedly, although there seemed to be one land, reached 121 with growth.
Opp wasn't visible in the center, ate the center, which turned out to be even poorer than the respawn, but pulled some very nice heroes from prisons since there weren't many stats or army, went and completely ate the adjacent respawn, it was more cheerful there: a cap in Dragon Utopia and 3-4 hives. Dimer meanwhile ran straight through the center to another adjacent one, caught after a couple of turns.

Thanks for the game!