Posts from SoY-1: Online Tournaments "Seasons of year" - "Seasons of the Year" - Spring Season 2007

Mozay (Rampart, Kirr, Kirr) def vuzzza ЋџЋ (Inferno, Payra, Payra)
I don't remember on which day I won!
I thought I was playing fast, but it turned out I wasn't! vuzzza was much faster!!! Maybe it's not really an indicator after all! Having learned from this bitter experience, I started thinking about where, when, and why to go!!! I ran around, developed my hero to have good defense! I think +18! I took all the troops and went forward!!! The opponent didn't stay in the castle to accumulate resources!!! And came out to meet me, I don't understand why? Maybe he was late somewhere!!! Which is what doomed him!!! Thanks for the game!!!!

Hello, dear participants of the "Seasons" online tournament. I present to your attention the final standings of the group stage of the championship.

Thank you for your attention, best regards, Holy Wind!!!

Mozay (Fortress, Tazar Tazar) def. KleopatR (Ivory, Thorgrim) 214
The game was very interesting and intense! It was unexpected for me that we started without Fortresses!!! I invested all my money in heroes to explore the area in different directions as quickly as possible, which, as it turned out, was not in vain!!! I stumbled upon a Castle with Fairies and started building it up! At least there was a Fortress there! I made a mistake by not immediately developing the hero! Since he had no troops, all the money went into building the Castle! I needed Birds first! When we met on the first month, Gladysvb with his heroes, I was surprised! The opponent had +19 defense!!! against my developed +7!! (as it turned out, it was Lion Shield) I don't know where he found it!!! I only had useless cards, lucky doves, etc., in short, all sorts of junk! I had to run away with the heroes one by one and buy them all back in the Castle!! (the heroes were resource-generating) which noticeably slowed down the construction of the new Castle! I bought Tazar in Conflux and sat waiting, watching as the opponent destroyed everything in his path!!! and how his defense ticked up to +20, +21, +22!!! and he already had a Capitol!!! I didn't know what to do with my meager stats (either build a Capitol or take the troops that I had already accumulated and run to develop the hero). But there was nothing to develop! There were only level 1, 2, and at most level 3 heroes around! Little by little, I still chose the second option! I gave up on the Capitol, bought 4 Birds that I already had, and went ahead, simultaneously creating a chain for transferring troops, just in case!!! The opponent, seeing this, rushed towards me!! I don't know how, but I stood against the angry Thorgrim!!! A couple of days later, he attacked me again with reinforcements and 3 bought Dragons!!! But the Birds decided the outcome!! I already had 7 of them!!! and I ran at full speed to his Castle, not giving him a chance to recover!!! Along the way, I gathered some defense!!! Before the final battle, on the last turn, the player wanted to buy something in the tavern, but some kind of bug occurred; there were two Wisdom skills instead of something else! The player surrendered! Everything was clear anyway! Thank you for the game

lopetos (Necropolis, Galtran Galtran). Raul (Dungeon, Gunnar Gunnar)
I started without any Castles. At first, I focused on building up my economy, but before I could build a Town Hall, I had to build a Castle to have some skeleton production. By the second week, I captured a second Castle and only built up the economy there. In the third week, I built dragons.
The first encounter with Raul happened in the center of the map. I saw Gunnar and attacked. I had more troops, and our skills were almost the same, so he surrendered. Then, I bought a whole army and moved towards Raul, attacking his main Castle. I had more troops, but he had better magic. In the end, when he had only 1 black dragon and 1 vampire lord left, and I still had about 100 zombies and 200 skeletons, I couldn't do anything because the dragons were just flying around, and I was out of mana. I had to surrender. But after buying a whole army again, I attacked him a second time. He hid in his second Castle, but I didn't dare attack the Castle, so I went for his main Castle and took it almost without a fight on the 7th day. I stayed in the Castle, and since the opponent had nothing else to do, he attacked me and lost. There was no point in continuing the game, and the opponent surrendered

ROUND 1 G1 Meo vs RAUL - 0:3 G1 Muzh vs lopetos - 1:1 G2 Night vs BotINKI - 1:1 G2 Geksorin vs Lexx - 0:3 G3 WAD vs Dudge - 0:3 G3 RAPER vs CrasH - 0:3 G4 KleopatR vs Master Melifice - TECHNICAL 3:0 G4 Мозай vs vuzzza - 3:0 G5 Uran vs Копыл Дмитрий Юрьевич - 3:0 G5 Alex R vs Electric - TECHNICAL 3:0 G6 Ksardas vs KamiKaze - 0:3 G6 ReYZaK vs K0Lb@zzeR - TECHNICAL 3:0 ROUND 2 G1 Muzh vs Meo - TECHNICAL 0:3 G1 lopetos vs RAUL - 3:0 G2 Night vs Geksorin - 0:3 G2 Lexx vs BotINKI - 0:3 G3 CrasH vs WAD - 3:0 G3 Dudge vs RAPER - 0:3 G4 Master Melifice vs vuzzza - TECHNICAL 0:3 G4 Мозай vs KleopatR - 3:0 G5 Alex R vs Uran - 0:3 G5 Копыл Дмитрий Юрьевич vs Electric - TECHNICAL 0:3 G6 K0Lb@zzeR vs Ksardas - TECHNICAL 3:0 G6 KamiKaze vs ReYZaK - TECHNICAL 3:0 ROUND 3 G1 Muzh vs RAUL - TECHNICAL 0:3 G1 lopetos vs Meo - 3:0 G2 Geksorin vs BotINKI - TECHNICAL 3:0 G2 Lexx vs Night - TECHNICAL 3:0 G3 CrasH vs Dudge - 0:3 G3 WAD vs RAPER - TECHNICAL 0:3 G4 Master Melifice vs Мозай - TECHNICAL 0:3 G4 KleopatR vs vuzzza - 0:3 G5 Alex R vs Копыл Дмитрий Юрьевич - 3:0 G5 Electric vs Uran - 0:3 G6 K0Lb@zzeR vs KamiKaze - 3:0 G6 Ksardas vs ReYZaK - OUT

Why doesn't VAD have it? He wins against Rapper, and I lose, and everything is decided by tiebreaker matches: smile14: The same issue with Master Meliphys.

I apologize to Mr. WAD. But Master Melifais really has no chance of making it to the semi-finals.

and when compiling the semi-final tables, will the players who took first place in the quarter-final groups have an advantage???

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in what sense, will they have an advantage?

When compiling the final ranking table, each participant will have their own place; the number of rounds won and additional games will determine the final standings. I think I'll post a draft of the table before the final round, which will already show the positions of the eliminated participants.

Alex_R(Swamp.Tazar.Tazar)/Uran(Inferno.Rashka.Rashka)
The start was ordinary, but efreets only appeared on the 2nd week. Devils on the 3rd. On the 2nd week, I lost my entire army of levels 1-4 (overestimated my strength). On the 3rd week, I took my external dwellings of levels 6-7, and on the way back, Tazar blocked my path. I had to crash against him, buy out units, and defend in the castle. Eventually, it was the opponent who was buying out during a siege. I bought everything and went to take him. He took his external dwellings and bypassed me by sea. I made a mistake and ran back to reclaim my castle (I should have taken his first). In the end, he was strong, I was slightly weaker (NOT A SINGLE COMBAT SPELL IN THE CASTLE). The game was decided when, in the second month, I looked at the map MORE CAREFULLY and saw a Teleport Home for sale for 15k gold. It was urgently purchased using all resources + boots from the artifact shop. I bypassed him, took his main castle, returned home, and successfully defended.
In the end, Uran won on the 3rd month, 2nd week, 5th day.
P.S. you need to look at the map carefully

Lexx (Stronghold, Dessa, Dimer) vs BotINKi (Necropolis, Galtran, Galtran):smile24:

The game started after a long preparation. I luckily stumbled upon a second Castle, thinking I could take it easily, but it turned out not to be the case. A behemoth was guarding the city. So, I went around the area and encountered Dessa around the second week on his territory, a decent scouting trip. Well, I killed him with four vampires. Lexx didn't manage to buy him and took Dimer instead. The whole game unfolded in such a way that I was constantly defending myself from Lexx's attacks and only slightly ventured into his territory. There was a moment when Lexx was 2-3 days away from my Castle, but he backed off in time. In the end, he acquired a city portal and settled in my second Castle, which was the same as his. I went to gather an army and upgrade my hero; he also went to gather an army. As a result, I approached the second city on my territory, he teleported there, and I attacked him...
My hero is better, but he has an army and a Castle. Initially, the advantage was on his side, but ballistas and vampires did their job! When black knights and then skeletons were in the Castle, the balance shifted in my favor. In the end, the opponent didn't want to prolong the game or run away and admitted defeat... Thanks for the game, Lexx!!!!

Alex_R(Swamp.Tazar.Tazar)/Uran(Inferno.Russia.Russia)
The beginning was normal, but I only got Ifrits in the 2nd week. Devils in the 3rd. In the 2nd week, I lost my entire army of levels 1-4 (I overestimated my strength). In the 3rd week, I took my hidden units of levels 6-7 and on the way back, Tazar blocked my path. I had to fight him, buy myself out, and defend in my Castle. As a result, my opponent bought himself out of the siege. I bought everything and went to take his Castle. He took his hidden units and sailed around me by sea. I made a mistake and ran to defend my Castle (I should have taken his first). As a result, he is strong, and I am slightly weaker (NO COMBAT MAGIC IN THE CASTLE).

Neither he nor I were lucky with magic; by the way, I even preferred to take resistance instead of Wisdom (I only have 3 levels anyway, and my opponent has nothing useful).
I had a slight advantage in the army, and even though the hero's stats were almost the same, my Tazar was still better developed. Therefore, in 7 HOURS of the game, the opponent never dared to attack me in the field, let alone my Castle.

The game was decided by the fact that in the second month, I looked at the map MORE ATTENTIVELY and saw a Teleport Home spell for sale for 15k gold. It was urgently bought for all resources + boots in the artifact shop. I ran around him, took his main Castle, and returned home, successfully defending.
As a result, Uran won on the 3rd month, 2nd day, 5th week.
P.S. you need to look at the map carefully.

For me, the main problem was the inability of the Swamp army (even with a slight advantage) to take the opponent's Castle; there was no other way. Throughout the game, there was no clear advantage on either my side or the opponent's. Since the population growth and income were almost the same, I was gradually able to push the opponent to his territory. The second time I cut off his main hero from the Castle, I was already hoping for a battle in the open field or to take his main Castle, but then an unforeseen situation occurred. It seemed that spells like teleport, fly, and city portal were disabled in the tournament, but my opponent found such a spell in a regular quest and successfully avoided defeat by jumping to his Castle. And since there were 2 more secondary villages on the map in addition to our 2 main Castles, the balance shifted in his favor. The only way out for me was to lock myself in my native Castle, and the game would have lasted another 5 hours until the opponent blocked me, cutting off all external supplies. I didn't want to play that long...

P.S. Thanks again to my opponent for the game! Although it was won fairly, it was not fair. In the future, I would not want to encounter things like a free "town portal." And in general, it is necessary to set a time limit for the game, at least 4 hours, and in such matches, declare a draw.

Starting from the semi-finals, a time limit has been introduced – 3 in-game months. Please read the rules; this has been stated there for a long time. As for the quarter-final matches, I won’t change the rules, especially since there’s not much time left.

Nitgh((Dragon(2,11,5,6)), Geksorin(Dessa(20,13,10,11))), the final battle took place on day 37. The main advantage was due to the 8 Bears.
Thank you, Knight, for the game.