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Toganash

11 years ago

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The first long-awaited tournament on mirror templates

Spirit and idea of the tournament

Since the times of VT, everyone has been expecting an adaptation of mirror templates for SoD. And now it has happened. Here there is minimum room for "luck" and maximum opportunity to demonstrate your "skill".
Forward!

The tournament prize pool is 15000р. For first place – 8000, second – 4000, third – 2000, and 1000 rubles will go as a people's choice award.

I. Registration and Regulations:
a) The tournament starts on July 17, 2015.
b) Registration is open until July 16, 18:00 MSK.
c) The tournament bracket and system of conduct will be determined after registration closes depending on the number of participants.
d) In the event of a large number of registrants, a bracket option will be chosen to conduct qualifying games in the shortest possible time and weed out most participants so that only truly experienced players participate in further struggles and the tournament does not stretch over time.
e) To participate in the tournament, it is necessary by the end of registration to have at least 5 played and confirmed games on ХВ. Also, recently registered ХВ members who do not meet the requirement for the number of played games may participate if they are sponsors of the tournament (contribution of at least 1000 rubles to the fund) and have no past violations of portal rules.
f) The group stage deadline is until 31.08.2015.
g)The upper and lower bracket finals are played bo3 (one match diamond + h3dm1, if a 3rd match is necessary, a coin toss).
The Grand Final is played bo5, with a score of 1-0 in favor of the player from the upper bracket.

II. Rules and Templates:
a) By default, games are on version HoTA (1.3.8)+HD-mod with the HW-Rules 1.34 patch connected; by agreement, opponents may play SoD.
b) Color and the right to choose a hero are negotiated (therefore red-rush is allowed). First, castles are determined (in the case of mirror templates, it is the same), then negotiations for color and hero follow alternately.
c) Each player has the right to cross out 1 undesirable castle, as well as 1 hero before the start of negotiation for them (may choose not to use this right), after which a ban on these castles is set in HW-Rulz mode and a random 1-castle generator is launched. The game will be played with this castle.
d) The template for the game is chosen from two existing "mirrors": "mir_Diamond", "mir_h3dm1" by agreement; if an agreement cannot be reached, the choice is made by a coin toss in hw-rulz. 1 - h3dm1, 0 - mir_Diamond.
e) "Hit-and-run" is prohibited.
f) There is 1 subjective restart and objective restarts (restart due to a block (inability to leave the castle) or a severe generation bug).
g) Roads are medium.
h) It is forbidden to steal anything other than resources and chests from guards that have been shifted, or to visit objects (except mills) that do not have their own internal guards.
i) The use of diplomacy is prohibited except for paying off enemies.
j) Game timer is chess: 21+8,30+1,15. Starting difficulty - 160%.
k) Use of in-game bugs described in the rules on ХВ and various kinds of cheat codes is prohibited.
l) The main rule is game ethics and a respectful attitude toward the opponent.
m) Everything that is not forbidden by the rules is allowed.
n) For SoD, any building is allowed; however, in captured villages and towns, building an additional necromancy amplifier is prohibited, except in the starting town.
o) ДД no more than 1 time per day regardless of the "Air" skill level.

III. Organizational Issues:
a) The tournament is unofficial.
b) The tournament is conducted according to the Rules for organizing, conducting, and participating in HOMM3 online tournaments.
c) Tournament leaders and judges – Redwhait HP (658339987), KobRa_RR (286406830), Toganash (564224919). Chief judge - Dirty_Player (ICQ 408722873).
d) Leaders have the right to make any changes to the regulations and rules during the tournament, as well as the right to refuse participation to any player without a public explanation of reasons.
e) For each played game, participants must submit a report and confirmation.
f) Saves of all games must be kept until the end of the tournament and presented upon the first request of the tournament leader or judge.
g) The judicial decision is made primarily based on the tournament rules. If the situation that arose is not regulated by the rules, judges are guided by basic logic and game ethics.
h) All tournament games go into the seasonal rating. Reports and confirmations are written in this thread and will be copied to the "Online game reports and their confirmations" thread.

Good luck, and may skill win!!!

In reply to BlackFatal

FAVorite

11 years ago

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BlackFatal

Both players rested. They started playing. I decided to go all-in and built Hydras. On turn 117, after capturing the opponent's town, I was left with 1 Hydra, 1 Wyvern, and 8 Lizards. I passed the turn, and the opponent surrendered.

P.S. The surrender was quite interesting. There were a lot of Zifirks, a Knight guarding the cows, and a Hat guarding the Giants. And all of this happened in the early stages of the game.

Thank you for the game.

In reply to Toganash

Kalcefar

11 years ago

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The beginning was really tough, I almost gave up. I wanted to capture two towns quickly, but it didn't work out (I moved my army, but couldn't find a castle on the first try). Then I came up with a plan on how to play, and on turn 117, the opponent said "Hello" and killed my main hero. After a few days, I realized that I couldn't win. Thanks for the game.

Kalcefar

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Random

Main Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Поражение / Lose

Pit for LM

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Random

Main Hero Джереми / Jeremy

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 124 days
Game Date: 8/13/2015
Reported: 8/13/2015 8:47 PM

Kalcefar 1447 → 1446 -1 ↓

Pit for LM 1897 → 1898 +1 ↑

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 8/13/2015 8:54 PM

In reply to Kalcefar

Pit for LM

11 years ago

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Kalcefar

The beginning was really weak, I almost gave up. I wanted to quickly capture 2 Castles, but I failed (I moved my army, but couldn't find a Castle on the first try). Then I came up with a plan on how to play, and on turn 117, my opponent said "Hello" and killed my main hero. After a few days, I realized that I couldn't win ((
Thank you for the game.

Excellent game with a quick advance towards the opponent. In the first few days, I earned a lot of gold, expanded in many directions, but didn't go in the direction that my opponent used. :)
By the middle of the week, I captured the Castle that the GM built, which significantly reduced my troops. From there, I used a portal to reach my opponent, captured a town on turn 117, and killed Dimmer. I cowardly retreated to avoid being vulnerable to Resurrection.
At the beginning of the second week, I gathered a couple of Zephyrs and 20 Cyclops, and built a tower with 1 Phoenix. I leveled up quite a bit. Solmyr was supposed to capture the opponent's main town, but I made a mistake and died from his own lightning. :)
On turn 125, I was preparing to attack with 3k movement points, but my opponent surrendered earlier. :)
Thank you for the game!

In reply to Kalcefar

Maretti

11 years ago

Im to tired to describe the game. It was very close and very hard. The timer is really much to short. It hurts the quality of the game bigtime. It should be changed. TFP.

Maretti

Faction Random

Start Hero Коркес / Corkes

Main Hero Шива / Shiva

Победа / Def

WiZarDX_576

Faction Random

Start Hero Мириам / Miriam

Main Hero Джереми / Jeremy

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 137 days
Game Date: 8/13/2015
Reported: 8/13/2015 9:21 PM

Maretti 1978 → 1985 +7 ↑

WiZarDX_576 1766 → 1759 -7 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 8/13/2015 9:41 PM

In reply to Maretti

WiZarDX_576

11 years ago

Maretti

Im to tired to describe the game. It was very close and very hard. The timer is really much to short. It hurts the quality of the game bigtime. It should be changed. TFP.

yea, game was really really close.
took earlier my home tope with blue hat and red orb. next turn Maretti took my main town. but hero was left to stand behind the town. so i attacked with lower stats, but with implo for ~1600.
Maretti escaped with 8 nixas. and i planned to take his tope. but he managed to take it just before my nose. and retreated after my attack.
he found tp scroll somewhere, so could clear his part of map fast and collect even bigger army.
without tp i was too slow.

thanks for game !

In reply to Kalcefar

RozenKran

11 years ago

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The opponent merged into a 3-player team in the workshop, and the next day I defeated their main hero. Thanks for the game.

RozenKran

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Янова / Jenova

Main Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Победа / Def

wowa

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Торгрим / Thorgrim

Main Hero Мефала / Mephala

Map Template: h3dm1
Game Length: 123 days
Game Date: 8/13/2015
Reported: 8/13/2015 10:34 PM

RozenKran 1635 → 1654 +19 ↑

wowa 1758 → 1739 -19 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 8/14/2015 10:45 AM

In reply to RozenKran

wowa

11 years ago

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RozenKran

The opponent merged in guild hall 3, and the next day I took down the main base. Thanks for the game.

I bought a color for 2K, and Mephala appeared, but her stats weren't great – 4th skill was air, 8th was also air, so I had to take her, otherwise all the standard skills would become expert.
In the first round, I took 3 forts, one of which was a tavern (I was planning to build giants there in the second round).
Houses are building horses in the castle.
After the guild hall, I planned to split up and go to the treasure, where I already saw 3 hives and a consul for phoenixes.
I also saw that Kirr came to me (as it turned out, through his own treasure, but he didn't go for the ducks, even though he should have seen the hives from the overview).
Well, when the opponent's main base is in sight, that's great! :) But it's bad that I thought the consul for giants should be taken as a standard, but in reality, golems are stronger and deal more damage, and, most annoyingly, they hit the shield with more stacks – single-cell units don't cover it))) After the shield died, I could have shot them down, running away from them and using morale, if I had bought a cart in the tavern instead of a book))) But with an attack of 5 and no ranged attack, I was left with 25 golems against archers without ammunition :smile04: This is fatal in a mirror match, so I deliberately surrendered near Kirr, so there would be at least a formal finale :D

GG, thanks for the game! :)

P.S.: But I realized the need to practice taking hot spots with my main army in the second week for tournament results :cool:

In reply to Kalcefar

WiZarDX_576

11 years ago

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In the first one, I took the external dwelling of cows, which are also at home in the Citadel. I went to the Castle computer, and there were 4 Griffin Conservatories!
I took out 9 Angels, picked up 123 KВ, and aimed for the Dragon Utopia. I captured it on the same day as my opponent. Turns out there was also a Dimension Door from a scroll.
Then my plan was simple. I went to the opponent's computer through the well, found a Town Portal scroll on the way, and brought in another 9 Angels. On week 3, they were standing in both castles.

And then I just out-controlled the opponent on castles. He decided to surrender without even a final battle. The stats were equal, but I had an advantage of +15 Angels in power.

Thanks for the game!

WiZarDX_576

Faction Крепость / Fortress

Start Hero Random

Main Hero Джереми / Jeremy

Победа / Def

FAVorite

Faction Крепость / Fortress

Start Hero Random

Main Hero Тазар / Tazar

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 143 days
Game Date: 8/14/2015
Reported: 8/14/2015 5:06 PM

WiZarDX_576 1745 → 1752 +7 ↑

FAVorite 1539 → 1532 -7 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 8/14/2015 5:27 PM

In reply to WiZarDX_576

FAVorite

11 years ago

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WiZarDX_576

on the first week I captured an external dwelling of cows, they are at home in the Citadel. I went to the Castle computer, and there were 4 Griffin Conservatories!
I took out 9 Angels, picked up 123 КВ and aimed for the Dragon Utopia. I took it with my opponent on the same day. There was also a Dimension Door from a scroll there.
then my plan was simple. I went to the opponent's computer through the well, found a Town Portal scroll on the way, recruited 9 more Angels. on the 3rd week they were stationed in both castles.

well, then I simply out-controlled my opponent by castles. and he decided to surrender even without the final. the stats were at parity, but in terms of army power there was a bonus of +15 Angels.

thank you for the game !

thank you for the game

In reply to Kalcefar

Redwhait

11 years ago

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It turned out to be an interesting and fast-paced game on the quick roads. Sold the color for 1800. Got a decent amount of money and quickly took a double. At home, pirates and nixies were in the castle, and I managed to place nixies in the double. I quickly reached the outpost, but I was overwhelmed by a smaller army with better stats and oil. I bought my way out in the next round. I upgraded earth, grabbed a pandora for the entire earth without wisdom, and then I was overwhelmed for the second time by a larger army with full mana, but I had more units and better stats. 10 nixies under a shield couldn't be killed. Thanks for the game.

Redwhait

Faction Причал / Cove

Start Hero Random

Main Hero Алкин / Alkin

Победа / Def

skd

Faction Причал / Cove

Start Hero Random

Main Hero Мириам / Miriam

Map Template: h3dm1
Game Length: 124 days
Game Date: 8/14/2015
Reported: 8/14/2015 9:22 PM

Redwhait 1800 → 1809 +9 ↑

skd 1649 → 1640 -9 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 8/15/2015 7:53 AM

In reply to Redwhait

skd

11 years ago

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Redwhait HP

It turned out to be an interesting and tempo-driven game on Fast Roads.
I sold the color for 1800.
Got a decent amount of gold and quickly picked up a double. At home, pirates with nixies in the castle, and I managed to place the nixies in the double. I reached the opponent quickly, but I was overwhelmed by a smaller army and stats, but with Oil. Bought back after one round.
I leveled up Earth Magic, grabbed a Pandora's Box for all Earth Magic without Wisdom, and then I got overwhelmed a second time by a larger army with full mana, but I had more meat and better stats. 10 nixies under Mass Shield don't die.
Thanks for the game.

On Fast Roads x3dm1 is much more interesting to play. But with the timer, I really fell behind. On this template, there's a lot to do, and not everything with the main hero; perhaps it was a factor that we played for Cove, but starting from week 1 day 2 I couldn't finish my turn properly. On week 1 day 2 I didn't manage to move all 2 heroes, on week 1 day 3 — all 4 heroes, but even in that situation I could have punished Redwhait for a mistake. On week 1 day 3, while in a treasure zone with Miriam, I spotted a Griffin Conservatory on the grass of the third zone with a fort and ended my turn under a block into that zone, but as I said, I didn't move all heroes =(. Redwhait on his turn takes the town there and leaves troops in the town. Unfortunately, I couldn't transport the 130 Troglodytes through the swamp, but I decided to go anyway because the main hero was visible in the tavern, and the meat was in the town. Alkin — at the entrance on high morale, at that point he had Advanced Earth Magic, and the 20 mana advantage didn't save me there. But I played slowly and the timer ran me over, because I couldn't gather all my forces; I had to attack and buy back, assuming he might have barricaded himself in the fort, and on week 2 day 1 I just killed myself on a Fireball. Against Artboch in this tournament, I had the same situation with 8 minutes per turn, but there I managed. In the playoffs, I'd like to see the timer set higher than on Jebus. In any case, Reddy played aggressively through the double, I blundered, and had to write "gg".
Thanks for the game.

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Noom

11 years ago

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I'm going on vacation from August 28th to September 10th. Because of this, I ask the players Syn and Calcifer to contact me regarding the time when we will play. U2noob, please write a report about our game or schedule a rematch (no report - no game). Dave, can you please fix your Hota client? I definitely don't like the idea of playing mirror matches on SoD.

In reply to Toganash

Pit for LM

11 years ago

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After my restart, when I didn't get any heroes at all against Korkes and Kira, I ended up with something somewhat acceptable. Anabel, Lina, Caitlin, Miriam. Anabel went into the folders, she ran along the road, took the crypt, and ran into a block in zone 8 - gr. eyes.
On 112, I scouted the lookout point at my respawn, broke through into two treasure zones. Anabel, through the stable, broke a passage to the Castle computer player. A bunch of interesting banks scouted - 3 Griffin Conservatories, 2 Dragon Fly Hives, 2 Zeppelin towers.
On 113, I had to leave one treasure zone - a block. In the second one, I opened the lookout point, but didn't see anything special. A couple of Pandora's Boxes, minor artifacts... I took the Castle, scouted the lookout point. There is a Dragon Fly Hive. Killed all the computer's heroes.
On 114, I took a village in the opponent's treasure zone. From there, the road only leads somewhere further into a portal. I leveled up Expert Earth Magic.
On 115, with a couple of Nix, I broke through into my third treasure zone, took a village there.
On 116, I built Wyverns. Broke into zone 8 from the computer, took a village there and a Dragon Fly Hive for 4.
On 117, I grabbed another Zeppelin tower for 6, prepared for the splitting. At home - Wyverns in the castle.
On 121, I visited the stable and prepared Anabel for the invasion. I thought the portal from the village would lead to the lava, to the Griffin Conservatory and a couple of Zeppelin towers.
122 - I'm bringing the troops, but I end up at my Dungeon computer's respawn. Wrong way :) Well, okay, not like I'm going back. Found a Griffin Conservatory there, the town is far away.
123 - +2 Angels, double mana, splitting, I run to the Griffin Conservatory and Zeppelin towers, but on my plane.
124 - +12 Cyclopes.
125 - +1 Angel, another Dragon Fly Hive found on the lava, +6 Wyverns.
126 - I gave the Wyverns to Alagar so he could take the town, they're useless to me anyway, just mess up the morale. The portal led to a treasure zone on grass. +4 Cyclopes, +6 Wyverns, necklace +3+3. I set up for a split to get through here from my plane.
127 - a very productive turn. Killed Dimer, who tried to snatch one of my villages. I took back that village on the opponent's plane, bought a hero there, took out the opponent's hero, moved closer to the lookout point. The hero with the Wyverns reached the Inferno town, and snatched the castle and 2000 gold for free. But I messed up with Anabel, decided to save mana a couple of times and lost an Angel and 10 Marksmen (thanks to two villages and the Castle, I had a decent attacking stack of 51).
On 131, my scout hero barely kills a hundred Pikemen for a Zeppelin tower for 6 and a Dragon Fly Hive for 4. Misclicked and lost all the Pikemen. Anabel grabs a Pandora's Box for 15k gold. I scout the lookout point on the opponent's respawn, I see the main hero. He took a Zeppelin tower and is standing near the second one, aiming for the Griffin Conservatory. He also ate 3 heroes. I'm preparing for Fireball next turn.
On 132, Tyraxor moves very little distance, and doesn't quite reach the Griffin Conservatory. I bring the growth, I attack. Stats are roughly equal, but I had the Cloak of the 1st-2nd levels, so I could cast Prayer, while the opponent had nothing :)
I had significantly more troops. 25 Wyverns, 28 Cyclopes, 4 Hydras, 3 Angels, 34 Archers, 10 Nix Warriors, 6 Sorceresses. There - 12 Cyclopes, 6 Wyverns, 6 Angels, about 50 Pikemen, a dozen Nymphs, a few Seamen, 6 Nix.
Overall, an easy victory, my Cyclopes under Prayer were unrivaled.
Thank you for the game!

Pit for LM

Faction Причал / Cove

Start Hero Random

Main Hero Анабель / Anabel

Победа / Def

Noom

Faction Причал / Cove

Start Hero Random

Main Hero Тираксор / Tyraxor

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 132 days
Game Date: 8/15/2015
Reported: 8/15/2015 9:10 PM

Pit for LM 1907 → 1908 +1 ↑

Noom 1485 → 1484 -1 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 8/15/2015 9:20 PM

In reply to Pit for LM

Noom

11 years ago

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Pit for LM

At turn 132, Tiraxor has very few resources and can't reach the opponent's castle. I increase my resource production and attack. The stats are roughly equal, but I equipped a cloak from levels 1-2, so I could cast Prayer, while my opponent had nothing. :)
I have significantly more troops. 25 Vivs, 28 Cyclops, 4 Serpents, 3 Angels, 34 Archers, 10 Nix Warriors, 6 Sorceresses. The opponent has 12 Cyclops, 6 Vivs, 6 Angels, almost 50 Pirates, a dozen Dryads, some Sailors, and 6 Nix.
Overall, it was an easy victory; my Cyclops, buffed with Prayer, were unbeatable.
Thank you for the game!

At the start, I got 2 Barbarians and a lot of money, so I decided to play as Tiraxor. I probably should have rushed for Serpents, but I fell for the large stack of Pirates and ended up building Nix in my castle. Considering that a teleport from the adjacent town appears on the map within a day's distance from the castle, I decided to try a rush on 121. It turned out poorly; I ended up in some random treasure location, from which it took a long time to reach the opponent. I started collecting my treasures, lagging behind the opponent by about 2-3 days, and simultaneously built a Guild Hall. I managed to place an Armageddon, but I didn't learn it – the opponent attacked earlier. There was a significant advantage in troops and magic, so I had no chance. Thank you for the game.

In reply to Kalcefar

The_

11 years ago

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I decided not to fight for the color (for variety, I had bought red in all previous games), gave it away for 800 gold.
A rather difficult map generated, with a large number of strong blocks. In one direction were Efreeti, in another direction was a super fat treasure zone, in the third direction was a block to the treasure zone and an exit to the computer.
I took my 111 on the opponent's starting creep, Cobra did not take a restart — we played this deal.
From the very beginning the paths diverged, the opponent went through the Efreeti block upward (bypassing it, p.s. by the way, in HotA is it normal that 12 Sultans guard a campfire + a Magic Shrine??), I went to beat the computer in the swamp (wharf).
I decided to play Bears in Castle, so in the first week I focused on the economy, because the map was poor and since there were a lot of blocks, I was almost 100% sure the opponent would not go for that build, and I could catch up on the tempo gap with three bears on 121, luckily there were many objects. The gold mine at the computer + the Prefecture on 113-114 helped a lot. Surprisingly, the Bears in Castle settled in almost comfortably.
Through the computer I jump into that very super treasure zone (already on the opponent's side), gobble it up completely in four days, + on the neighboring location I also eat a Griffin Conservatory trio, meanwhile the opponent arrives in my super treasure zone — I immediately check that there is even less gold there than my 800 coins, breakdown Kirri home, 3k MP allow me to reach the creep (the chain if the creep went further was prepared in advance), in the final fight the army advantage is threefold, after a couple of turns a surrender follows.

Thanks for the game!