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I'm waiting to play in the tournament starting today.
Hamachi:
setka_heroes
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Well, wait then. I guess we won't be able to agree on how to play. So let the organizers decide what to do with our match.

just wait. I guess we won't be able to agree on how to play. So let the hosts decide what to do with our pair.

no negotiations, only victory! ))

Overall, we played 4 matches, and after all the twists and turns, I ended up winning.

Thanks to Misha for the games!

I confirm, it was a great match. I lost in the first game on day 113 against zombies. Timur couldn't handle such a defeat and suggested a Best of 3.
In the second game, he got crushed by a mulligan with a bunch of demons.
The third game was a long one with intrigue, scandals, and a trade of 0 in the late game. Neither of us wanted to run around, so we agreed to a draw.
In the fourth game, I was left with no rests and got blocked by a wall of fire at the start. I dealt 20+ damage, took a box with 5k experience, but I had very little mana left. On day 117, I lost in the maxed-out Necropolis. I played for a couple more days, realized I wouldn't be able to catch up to my opponent, and gave up. Thanks for the games!

I moved to the center with 26 Dragons and 50+ Magogs, found a Pandora's Box with 3 Archangels and a max Dragon Fly Hive. The opponent showed up on the next turn, fell for the Dragon Fly Hive, and couldn't reach Kalh. Kalh picked up the Infernal Sword, Dragon Armor, and a Dragon Utopia that gave the Titan's Shield, and on the same turn I attack Goshan. 388 skeletons with +1 speed and +2 HP made me nervous, but 27 defense carried the fight. Thanks for the game.

Went to the center with 26 ducks and 50+ magogs, found a Pandora's Box with 3 archangels and a max Dragon Fly Hive. Opponent appears on the next turn, fell for the Dragon Fly Hive and couldn't reach Kalth. Kalth picked up the Hell Sword, Dragon Armor and a Dragon Utopia which gave the Titan's Shield, and on the same turn I attack Goshan. 388 gr. skeletons with +1 speed and +2 HP made me nervous, but 27 defense carried it. Thanks for the game.

thx for playing

Air elementals were in place. Dimmer came, a good support, but there was no good main, so I decided to level Erdamon. On the respawn there was an interesting overview that revealed the edge of the Blue Castle.
Week 1 — killed one of the two Nix Psions on the respawn, took the computer's Dungeon, the birds were placed in the Citadel. Scouted 4 Dragon Fly Hives.
Week 2 — The main kept trying to level Water or Fire, had to set up the University and buy Earth+Air. Found with a scout, far away and inconveniently, a КЗ for 50+ Pegasi, decided to run there with the main. The scouts took the Dragon Fly Hives. On turn 127 took the КЗ. Army: 2 Angels, 40 Wyverns, 5 Birds, 9 Psions.
Week 3 — took a Dragon Utopia, got the Statue of Legion. Of course, Control would have been nice, but the Statue of Legion is also good, especially considering I have two parts of Armor of the Damned, and I see both remaining ones, although it's unclear how to get to one of them, needing Dimension Door. Meanwhile, the scouts found 2 more Dragon Utopias. Teleported to the nearest Castle, ran to take them. Second mini — gave the Tunic. Third max — gave the Helm for the entire fifth. Finally, I have both Dimension Door and Town Portal. I kill the third part of Armor of the Damned, I don't even need to run for the fourth, it showed up at the Artifact Merchant. Then I see that in the opponent's Castle there are up to 50 Wyverns. Who is sitting there, I don't see. But apparently Moner with the entire army. I decide to strike, especially since I have neither Logistics nor movement artifacts. I get there on the last move, equipped with Armor of the Damned + Statue of Legion. The armies are comparable, but Armor of the Damned leaves no chance.
Thank you for the game!

Air units were stationed. Dimmer came, a good support, but there was no good main, decided to level Erdamon. At the respawn there was an interesting overview that revealed the edge of the blue castle.
Week 1 - beat off one of the two Nix psyches at the respawn, took the computer's Dungeon castle, birds were placed in the citadel. Scouted 4 Dragon Fly Hives.
Week 2 - The main kept trying to level Water or Fire, had to set up a University and buy Earth+Air. The scout found a КЗ far away and inconveniently for 50+ griffins, decided to run there with the main. Scouts took the Dragon Fly Hives. Took the КЗ on day 127. Army: 2 Angels, 40 Wyverns, 5 birds, 9 psyches.
Week 3 - took a Dragon Utopia, got a Pendant of Holiness. Of course, I'd prefer Control, but Pendant of Holiness is also good, especially considering I have two parts of Angelic Alliance, and I see both remaining ones, though it's unclear how to get to one of them, need Dimension Door. Scouts meanwhile found another 2 Dragon Utopias. Teleported to the nearest castle, ran to take them. Second mini - gave a Pendant of Free Will. 3rd maxi - gave a Helm of the Heavenly One. Finally have both Dimension Door and Town Portal. I beat off the 3rd part of Angelic Alliance, don't even need to run for the 4th, it appeared in the artifact market. Then I see that the opponent's castle has up to 50 Wyverns. Who's sitting there, I don't see. But apparently Moner with the whole army. I decide to attack, especially since I have neither logistics nor movement artifacts. I arrive on the last move, with Angelic Alliance + Pendant of Holiness equipped. The armies are comparable, but Angelic Alliance leaves no chance.
Thanks for the game!

a working setup with Dragon Fly Hives and mana. On day 131 the first Dragon Utopia fell, on day 132 the second. Gave stats. Mage Guild level 5 with Implosion. Town Portal scroll, Earth booster, elixir. But the lack of Control was worrying. Went for a 2nd Mage Guild. On day 136 gave Dimension Door. Teleported to retrain and spent the night at home. The parameters there were slightly lower, even under the Red Orb it wasn't scary to be attacked, considering the castle + elixir. The armies were roughly equal.
but Angelic Alliance was an unexpected surprise. The Cloak of the Undead King was in inventory, but not equipped.
although in perspective with Control, mana could have done a lot of damage.

good game. thanks!

We decided that rebellious and PReDS still have a chance to play and submit their reports by Monday. If the report is not submitted by Monday morning, a coin will be flipped to determine who advances.

злой романтик and bubuch seem to really want to give Amiloo a free slot.

Bubucha won't be available until Monday. But according to him, they have a slightly unfinished game with an advantage in his favor. And we've almost finished playing the next round :)

We decided that rebellious and PReDS still have a chance to play and submit their reports by Monday. If the report is not submitted by Monday morning, a coin will be flipped to determine who advances.

злой романтик and bubuch seem very eager to give Amiloo a free slot.

It's very difficult to find a common time with bubuch, but it seems like there's not much left (if he's not lying about control and the army :D), and they've almost finished playing against Amilu.

We decided that rebellious and PReDS still have a chance to play and submit their reports by Monday. If the report is not submitted by Monday morning, a coin will be flipped to determine who advances.

What kind of coin toss could there be?
The opponent is not responding on ICQ.
I posted a message on the forum (as Pit told me to do) on Saturday, 03/07/2015, at 11:28.

to PReDS
I'm waiting to play the tournament starting from now.
Hamachi:
setka_heroes
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The response came a day later, on 03/09/2015, at 14:07 (the last day of the round according to the schedule).

Well, wait. I guess we won't be able to agree on a time to play. So let the organizers decide what to do with our match.

The response is unproductive, late, and meaningless. The person didn't intend to play. He didn't offer any alternatives, and he didn't want to agree on a time. The deadline for the round has passed. The deadline for the next round is being delayed, and the next opponents in the bracket are being put in an awkward position. And the judges are still delaying making a decision for unclear reasons.

Masha surprised me a bit with her pick, essentially removing all XL maps, leaving only three templates that were ideal in my opinion against Conflux – Skirmish, Jebus Cross, Balanced. After crossing out Skirmish, I was given the choice between Jebus Cross or Balanced. From experience, on Balanced the external dwellings and Griffin Conservatories at respawns often collapse, so the double dungeon looked more appealing than random Jebus Cross – so we played Balanced.
I had to take a painful 112 restart due to a throw (I went into Conservatory 2 and couldn't handle it), and before that 111 as well – it would have been unpleasant to get completely screwed because of that, but in the end I got lucky. At respawn, an external dwelling of Minotaurs, a level-2 Conservatory, though very few Troglodytes and the roads are really crooked.
The first week I struggled with a lack of money, built/portal-summoned Minotaurs, buffed secondary heroes, managed to pick up a chest for 5k, another level-1 Conservatory, a couple of Dwarves. I haven't seen such a bad Shakti in a long time – first it shoves Leadership, then Artillery, then Earth Magic, Intelligence, and Fire Magic. Well, at least there's Malsomething, and thanks for that.
On day 123, I break 27 Royal Nagas in the center, in the center I pick up a +2+2 sword, find a passage to a super treasure zone and a Conservatory in the sands.
On his turn, Mullich bursts into the center, but after breaking through, he basically stops at the entrance. The army there is 5 Birds, a couple of Angels, about 40 Air Elementals and small stuff; my stats are slightly higher, by no more than 1-2. In terms of army: 3 Angels, 24 Royal Nagas and small stuff. In theory, the Minotaurs should have crushed everything, but I got scared of Mullich with his +2 speed, and who knows what magic he has, so I decide to blow it off and head into the treasure zone.
Mullich didn't chase after me; he decided to take all my towns, as usually happens on Balanced – quite foolishly. After 5 days, he brought 70 Dwarves, – and I even managed to catch Mullich with all my power before the start of the new week, followed by his surrender.

Thanks for the game!

Everyone chose restarts. Generation based on luck… It turned out more or less even. For me – a disaster with roads, but I have Dragon Utopias, which gave basically nothing but money.
111 – recruited 6 heroes. Fast roads, I have a bunch of blockers, albeit small ones, but shooters. There is a Pandora's Box behind the dwarves, but there are 100+ of them. Even with 90 starting skeletons – it's tough. I took a breastplate +3 attack.
112 – broke into the treasure zone, scouted there. What I saw was relatively pleasing. There is a Titan's Cuirass, a couple of Dragon Fly Hives, a Dragon Utopia. A couple of prisons with level 5 heroes opened up – I can take them and turn them into skeletons.
113 – took both villages in the treasure zone. The only remaining road leads to a second treasure zone. I send Clavius along it. Another Dragon Fly Hive was found near the Cuirass.
114 – I take the second prison (the first had Gundula with expert starting skills), there's Sonia – useless. The fights are going awkwardly, and skeletons are melting away. At least the income from prisons and secondary towns helps… I cast scout. The revealed picture is pleasing. +5 Dragon Fly Hives (but not all convenient), a Helmet +6 to all stats behind the Rocs, and a second Dragon Utopia. A bit further – Wings behind a horde of Monks. In principle, if I gather everything quickly, these two respawn spots should be enough to win. Yes, the road hit a village and ended.
115 – I recall home, buy Luna, prepare to fight the Pandora's Box behind the dwarves. I broke through without a road into another treasure zone – there's a Griffin Conservatory at the entrance, which is very good. Luna with the Angel dominates!
116 – The Pandora's Box gives 5k experience (took it with Luna), +1 Spell Power. I prepare to set up for the Griffin Conservatory.
117 – Last turn I positioned Xi slightly wrong, so I don't take the village near the Griffin Conservatory. Oh well, I set up under the split, built Knights in the Citadel. 170 skeletons. Clavius got Logistics!
121 – Didn't have very much gold for buying, but enough for Knights and skeletons. I approached and entered the Griffin Conservatory. There are 3 with Haste, it went okay, even without Haste, but I had simple Slow and plenty of mana. I lost a Knight and some skeletons. Then I cleared 100 Ogres with Haste for a quest artifact, and the morale kill took another Knight. Remaining: 343 skeletons.
122 – I enter a Dragon Fly Hive without checking and slightly incorrectly. It's a maximum roll – I lose the Angel. But Luna takes a Jar and a size-8 Dragon Fly Hive without losses. Clavius also took a Pandora's Box for Half Moon.
123 – The Pandora's Box gives the entire 4th level. And I only have basic Wisdom. Very frustrating. I run for the Cuirass, Luna takes another size-6 Dragon Fly Hive.
124 – Cuirass, a size-4 Dragon Fly Hive, a Pandora's Box with 15 Storm elementals. I can start taking Dragon Utopias.
125 – Dragon Fly Hive, Dragon Utopia, another Dragon Fly Hive. Luna takes +2 Speed and enters another Dragon Fly Hive. 41 Wyverns, 430 skeletons. The Dragon Utopia is minimal – gives only the Sentinel's Shield.
126 – Luna +8 Wyverns. Clavius + another Dragon Utopia. Again minimal. Even worse – the Helmet of Thunder doesn't bring much benefit. These days, the opponent's stats jump sharply, and his army power becomes greater than mine. Second thing – very strange, I seem to have quite a bit… Also pulled a good Mullich from prison and went to take the Wings.
127 – Wings, another size-8 Dragon Fly Hive, the last Dragon Utopia. Again a small one, level 2, with Captain's Hat, and fortunately, it gives a Tome of Earth. Without it, it would be the end. I portal to the dungeon to double my mana.
131 – Took the last Dragon Fly Hive, there was also a box with 15 upgraded Bulls. I gathered troops using Town Portal and Luna, upgraded the skeletons. Doubled my mana, went to the computer (600 skeletons, 60 Wyverns, 15 Bulls, 7 Knights, and an Angel). 12-23-24-12 (375). The opponent's parameters are comparable, but I pulled ahead in troops. The computer had a looted Dragon Fly Hive.
132 – The computer itself was untouched for some reason. Well, took a ramp, went to another computer through a portal. There's snow, and it's quite far to go. Then Crag Hack got pleasing parameters, and his army became bigger. Creepy.
133 – Mullich broke into my last treasure zone, took the village there. Clavius captured a Tower, scouting showed a complete absence of useful objects. I portal to the swamp to upgrade Wyverns and take the last Dragon Fly Hive.
134 – Mullich gets killed, Crag Hack sits in the village I just took. I must attack before it's too late. I collect the last Dragon Fly Hive (turned out to be maximum), upgrade Wyverns, and attack, forgetting Black Knights along the way:
Clavius (14, 26, 26, 14(337)), 583 skeletons, 70+1+1+1 Monarchs, 15 Bulls, 1 Angel, +2 Speed, no armor, Air Magic not maxed – only basic, Earth – Expert vs Crag Hack (30, 24, 24, 25(138)), 8 Angels, 7 Birds, 62 Wyverns, and a few Air (17) and Fire (8) Elementals. He has both Armor, Air, and Earth properly leveled. All Fire with Sorcery, all 5th level spells. But Nothing from Magic! And very little mana!
We traded Implosions (-Birds, -half the Wyverns, I lost -30 Monarchs), and only in the second round did the opponent move forward with Mass Slow. Another Implosion and a rush. At the start of the 3rd round, I had Skeletons, 2 single Wyverns, and Bulls left. I took down the Angels – only 31 Wyverns and a couple of Fire elementals remained. Then Magic Mirror on the Wyverns, and the Wyverns fly away. Implosion would finish them off, but it's risky. I resurrect my Wyverns, finish off the Fires, and fly away. I summon a hundred Earth Elementals. Then an Implosion hits the Skeletons, and here I mess up – instead of resurrecting the Wyverns (or the Skeletons), I summon a second stack of Earth elementals. Armageddon – and 90 Skeletons remain against 5 Wyverns (and 200 Elementals). Fortunately, Crag Hack ran out of mana, and Lightning Bolt couldn't finish the Skeletons (though it wouldn't have worked anyway – the Bolt could deal 650 damage, but the Skeletons have 8 HP each, i.e., 720 total health). As it was, if he had sacrificed his Wyverns on the Earth elementals, getting rid of the Skeletons, both heroes would have died.
In short, a very hard-fought victory. The battle was in a village, and with Shackles of War, so no ransom possible.
Thank you for the game!

Thank you for the game!

I thought I had a good setup for Diamond, but in the end, the lack of money for a Dragon upgrade decided the outcome. Only 1 mini Dragon Utopia :(
Spell stats were lying on the ground, but I couldn't find Town Portal, Resurrection, or Anti-Magic anywhere :mad:
In the final battle, the opponent's triple advantage in mana decided the outcome.
Thanks for the game.

16.03.2015 Pit for LM (Blue, Necropolis, Clavius, Clavius) def Redwhait HP (Red, Conflux, Random, Moner, Crag Hack) Diamond 134

I thought I had a good setup for diamond, but in the end the lack of money for upgrading Dragon Utopias decided it. Only 1 mini Dragon Utopia :(
Stats were lying on the ground, but I couldn't find Town Portal, Resurrection, or Anti-Magic anywhere :mad:
In the final fight, the opponent's triple mana advantage decided the outcome.
Thanks for the game.

Your streams are fun to watch to lift your mood)) Some actions, decisions, and comments on them..
In short, throughout the whole game there was a persistent feeling of inevitability that you would definitely krabe somewhere. The question was only whether it would be an epic fail or not so epic))
Either way, thanks for the movie)