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thank you for the game

At respawn I found a nest of birds and 1 mini-conflux, but I spotted many Dragon Fly Hives, albeit scattered across the respawn. On 117 my main Tyraxor ran towards ГО, scouts collected Dragon Fly Hives and gathered about 50 Wyverns, though the birds didn't spawn. On 121 I decided to first take the Dragon Utopia, and then go to the Ц. Mini gave artifacts for +3 speed. On 122 I broke through ГО with 90 Cyclops, took a sword +12 and another Dragon Utopia, which gave +11 to all stats. Next turn, I saw the opponent close by using View Air and ran towards him. I saw Gaturan before the Fairy Rings guarding a Dragon Fly Hive+КЗ. I took the КЗ and attacked.
Tyraxor ~30-10-15-15, 60 Wyverns 1-1 birds 1 angel 1k Wyverns.
Gaturan ~15-10-10-10, 30+ Wyverns, about 250 Skeletons, 7 Bone Dragons and 10 Necro Horses.
I wait with birds and angel, opponent casts Mass Haste and waits, I cast Mass Haste and wait on the Wyverns' turn, opponent is forced to move everything first, followed by a concede.
Thanks for the game.

I didn't use any restarts at all. I was lucky because I had a great starting area with a behemoth dwelling and 4 resources, one of which was near the town. In week 1, I took the dwelling, another stronghold town, built behemoths with the citadel, and finally cleared the purple dungeon and built a Portal of Summoning there. I took my remaining resources early in week 2 and had a strong army, so I decided to attack my opponent. By the end of the week, I was in his area, but he managed to bring his army back to town, so I decided not to attack. I returned to find some topes and build a magic guild to get Teleportation, Double Damage, and Flight. I got some good artifacts from the topes, but I couldn't get Double Damage, even with 4 fully built magic guilds and numerous boxes and scrolls, so the game went deep into month 2. I got Teleportation and a Flight scroll at least. In the meantime, my opponent got Double Damage and started to take my towns with the Monere/Gunnar combo. I was fighting back with Hack/Dessa, but I couldn't attack Gunnar due to a lack of movement and didn't want to attack Monere either because he was waiting for me with firebirds and Armageddon. That lasted until Monere took my main town, and I decided to attack him finally. Armageddon killed 8 angels and 5 ancients, but I resurrected 4 angels and killed Monere. That changed the course of the game because I got another boots for Dessa. I leveled him up a bit in the next few days, and finally on 2.4.5, I was able to attack Gunnar. He had no chance against Hack with 47 attack and my army. I did all the work with 21 angels, 84 wyverns, and 74 t-birds; 46 ancient behemoths were just spectators. Thanks for the game.

02/08/2015 ProtosArchon (Red, Stronghold, Kreg Heg, Kreg Heg) def BISHOP (Blue, Tower, Solmyr, Gunnar) Spider 246

No restarts used at all. Luckily for me, I had a great starting area with a behemoth dwelling and 4 mines, one small one near the town. In week 1, I took the dwelling, another Stronghold town, built behemoths with the Citadel, and finally killed the purple dungeon and built a POS there. I took my remaining mines early in week 2 and had a strong army, so I decided to attack my opponent. By the end of the week, I was in his area, but he managed to bring his army back to town, so I decided not to attack. I returned to find some topes and build a magic guild to get TP/DD/fly. I got some good artifacts from the topes but couldn't get DD, even with 4 fully built magic guilds and numerous boxes and scrolls, so the game went deep into month 2. I got TP and a fly scroll at least. In the meantime, my opponent got DD and started to take my towns with the Monere/Gunnar combo. I was fighting back with Hack/Dessa but couldn't attack Gunnar due to a lack of movement and didn't want to attack Monere either because he was waiting for me with firebirds and Armageddon. That lasted until Monere took my main town, and I decided to attack him finally. Armageddon killed 8 angels and 5 ancients, but I resurrected 4 angels and killed Monere. That changed the course of the game because I got another boots for Dessa. I leveled him up a bit in the next few days, and finally on 2.4.5, I was able to attack Gunnar. He had no chance against Hack with 47 attack and my army. I did all the work with 21 angels, 84 wyverns, and 74 t-birds; 46 ancient behemoths were just spectators. Thanks for the game.

It was an interesting match. I played tempo, had Dragon Fly Hives for 28 Wyverns (1 lost), upgraded the rest to 117 + 3 angels and a few Troglodytes, double mana with 13 knowledge, lots of artifacts dropped) oil, same turn killed 3 ГО and 16 black dragons using a +4 all shield and a bunch of junk, cleared the center, only found control around mid-second turn, while my opponent had all of it sitting on respawn ;) in the end, my opponent crept along the edge of the treasure zone to the neighboring respawn, while I assembled the Angel Alliance + Orb, farmed ducks + had significantly higher stats, and thanks to the timer, I was able to catch him with the Bracers without any ones, though the Alliance buff was nullified by the Cloak of Renunciation, but that didn't save the situation, thanks for the game.

I messaged you on Skype, but there's no response (even though you seem to be online). Anyway, let me know here when you'll be able to play. I can play this evening, possibly even late at night.