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Pit for LM

10/25/2015 8:32 PM UTC

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Favorites, to battle! - 8

For the eighth time, we will compete for our favorite castle, prove its strength, delight viewers with interesting games and unconventional combinations. In this tournament, each player immediately chooses a faction that they will play throughout the tournament.
The first such tournament took place in 2008.
Conflux and Necropolis have twice celebrated victory; once, Fortress, Castle, and Rampart were the best.
What will happen now?

I. General questions.
1. Throughout the tournament, each participant plays as their chosen favorite faction.
2. Game version SoD 3.2 (4.0) + HD mod + HW_rules_mod patch. The latest stable version is currently available: as of early December 2015, HD mod 4.0 RC33, HW_rules_mod 1.38.
3. Color in bracket tables – for the initial seeding. Colors change after each SUBJECTIVE restart.
4. The choice of template is made by crossing out one from the list of 9 templates: 2SM4d(3), Balance, skirmish (at 200% difficulty), Jebus cross, Mini-Nostalgia, Diamond, 8mm6a, 6LM10a, and Spider. The player marked with blue in the table starts eliminating a template.
By mutual agreement, it is permissible to play on any other template. This issue must be discussed beforehand with the tournament judges.
5. If there are two identical factions in a match, then the template is chosen from the list: 2SM4d(3), Balance, skirmish (at 200% difficulty), Jebus cross, Mini-Nostalgia, Diamond, 8mm6a, 6LM10a, Spider, mir_diamond and mir_h3dm1.
In this case, players bargain for the right to choose the starting hero. Players take turns (first, the one marked red in the table, then - blue) crossing out one undesirable hero from the full list; then, the players inform each other how much gold they are willing to transfer to their opponent for the right to make the first choice among the remaining heroes. The player who offers the larger amount chooses the hero first and transfers the gold to his opponent.
On the mir_diamond and mir_h3dm1 templates, each player has one subjective restart at 111.
Also, on the mir_diamond and mir_h3dm1 templates, players negotiate over color. The player who offers the larger amount chooses which color he will play as and transfers the gold to his opponent.
6. Standard rules apply.
The default timer is chess clock style, with parameters specified in the rules.
Any changes to the game rules are allowed by mutual agreement of the players, except for changing the Favorite Castle and the Fair Play rule.
Additional rules for templates:
Mini-Nostalgia. The participant marked with blue in the table begins choosing computer opponents' castles. When the color changes, the selection is not repeated; the castles chosen by the player remain his secondary choices.
Diamond. The participant marked red in the table removes an extra (ninth) castle. If the favorite castles are identical, then red first removes one castle, then blue - a second.

II. Organizational questions.
1. This tournament is official and regular.
2. Tournament goals:
- to play as your favorite faction and try to prove its strength,
- to gain valuable experience and improve your gameplay.
3. The tournament is held according to the Rules for organizing, conducting, and participating in tournaments.
4. Players listed on the Blacklist and Penalty Bench are not allowed to participate in the tournament.
5. Tournament hosts and judges: Pit for LM (ICQ: 471401475) and
KobRa_RR (ICQ: 286406830).
If it is impossible to resolve a controversial issue independently, the judges will seek help from the AC.
The host has the right to make any changes to the regulations and rules during the tournament if necessary.
6. For each played match, participants must submit a report and confirmation in this thread, created automatically.
Saves of all matches must be saved until the end of the tournament and presented upon first request by the tournament host or any member of the AC.
7. Information about the progress of the tournament is updated as needed and is located at the beginning of this thread.
8. All games of the tournament go into the seasonal rating. The list of tournament reports is also located at the beginning of this thread.
9. The winner of the tournament and players who took 2nd and 3rd place will be awarded Medals under their avatar:

Award authors: RAPER and ColdRain.

III. Deadlines.
All participants in the tournament must strictly adhere to the announced deadlines:
1. Immediately after the start of the next stage or round, contact your opponents for preliminary arrangements for the games. Agreeing means reaching an agreement after negotiations and discussion. An offer without a response will not be considered an agreement.
2. Any temporary problems (with internet access, travel plans, personal matters) must be reported to the tournament hosts.
3. The preferred time for tournament games is daytime (12-24 Moscow time) on weekends and evening (19-24 Moscow time) on weekdays. If a participant cannot play at this time, the absence of a game result will be interpreted by the host in favor of his opponent.

Registration - October 25 – November 24, 2015.
Approval of the list of participants - November 25-29, 2015.
Bracket generation - November 30, 2015. The bracket will be generated taking into account the declared faction and the player's skill level based on the results of other tournaments.
Start of the tournament - December 1, 2015.

IV. Regulations.
The regulations will be determined after the end of registration, depending on the number of participants.
A standard format is planned: group stage and Full Double Elimination.

Winners of previous "Favorites, to battle!" tournaments:

"Favorites, to battle! - 1" (2008) - Dudge (Necropolis) - Tournament history
"Favorites, to battle! - 2" (2009) - Pit for LM (Conflux) - Tournament history
"Favorites, to battle! - 3" (2010) - Satir (Fortress) - Tournament history
"Favorites, to battle! - 4" (2011) - Maretti (Castle) - Tournament history
"Favorites, to battle! - 5" (2012-13) - GoD (Rampart) - Tournament history
"Favorites, to battle! - 6" (2013-14) - Pit for LM (Conflux) - Tournament history
"Favorites, to battle! - 7" (2014-15) - Pit for LM (Necropolis) - Tournament history

In the application, you must indicate the faction that you will play as.

In reply to Slayzer

Grizvald

12/9/2015 11:17 AM UTC

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Fast roads, stables with an external market under the castle. Gurney grabbed armor, earth, and a log. He took over the computer castle and the swamp, and at the castle under the castle, he took a golden bow for a hundred golems, then the opponent appeared in his portal. He cut down his log and Gurney stood on the portal. In the final battle, there were no options; thanks for the game!

Мой стрим-канал: http://heroes3.tv/Grizvald.

Восстановил старый номер аси, теперь тут: 625045517

"Это нам идеально подходит" (с)

"Лабета - папашка на первую неделю" (с)

Grizvald

Faction Цитадель / Stronghold

Start Hero Гурниссон / Gurnisson

Main Hero Гурниссон / Gurnisson

Победа / Def

vladd

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Main Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 116 days
Game Date: 12/9/2015
Reported: 12/9/2015 11:17 AM

Grizvald 1803 → 1807 +4 ↑

vladd 1500 → 1496 -4 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/9/2015 11:19 AM

In reply to Grizvald

vladd

12/9/2015 11:19 AM UTC

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Grizvald

Fast roads, stables under the castle. Gurni grabbed the armor, earth, and log. He took the computer castle and the swamp, and at the castle under the castle, he took the golden bow for a hundred golems, then the opponent appeared in his portal. He cut down his log and Gurni stood on the portal. In the final battle, there were no options, thanks for the game!

Grizvald, thanks for the game!!!

ICQ: 681728454 :smile35:

In reply to vladd

=Stinger=

12/9/2015 3:56 PM UTC

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In week 1, I freed Dessa from prison with Expert Logistics and Wisdom, there are 2 Dragon Utopias, 2 Conservatories. In week 1, I built Efreeti and Pit Fiends in the Citadel, and the opponent had a Roc.
In week 2, the opponent rushed to the center, took a defensive position, and the Miner turned back. A Town Portal scroll forced me to build a Lookout Tower; then I gathered 11 Angels, took a Dragon Utopia with Wings, and subsequently began controlling the map. I built Angels in the town, was about to upgrade around 20 Angels, but the opponent surrendered upon seeing the assembled Elixir of +2 Speed and Cape of Speed.
Thank you for the game!

=Stinger=

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Мариусса / Marius

Main Hero Десса / Dessa

Победа / Def

R@sIM

Faction Подземелье / Dungeon

Start Hero Шакти / Shakti

Main Hero Шакти / Shakti

Map Template: 8mm6a
Game Length: 144 days
Game Date: 12/9/2015
Reported: 12/9/2015 3:56 PM

=Stinger= 1753 → 1757 +4 ↑

R@sIM 1459 → 1455 -4 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/9/2015 8:12 PM

In reply to vladd

Maretti

12/9/2015 5:03 PM UTC

Spent most of the game in one t-area, but it gave enough. Thanks for playing.

Maretti

Faction Подземелье / Dungeon

Start Hero Гуннар / Gunnar

Main Hero Гуннар / Gunnar

Победа / Def

Falcone

Faction Крепость / Fortress

Start Hero Тазар / Tazar

Main Hero Тазар / Tazar

Map Template: 6lm10a
Game Length: 213 days
Game Date: 12/9/2015
Reported: 12/9/2015 5:03 PM

Maretti 1983 → 1985 +2 ↑

Falcone 1640 → 1638 -2 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/10/2015 11:54 AM

In reply to vladd

Jubi-Juby

12/9/2015 5:21 PM UTC

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We got completely wiped out, started playing for luck) Unfortunately, I only got two roads, while my opponent had four. I got a lot of meat from the start, but money was very tight. Nevertheless, on the first week I built cavalry in the citadel in my main and elves in the fort in my native secondary, and also managed to flag an external dwelling of elves. Kirr leveled well – on the third level she got Offense, and on the fourth – Earth:) At the start of the second week, I attacked with Kirr at a Griffin Conservatory 2-4 without GS, it turned out to be a tier 3 one. Then I took a Dragon Fly Hive not far from my main with 4 ducks; by the way, all the hives in my game were minimal:( Then I took a chest with 70+ ghosts for 5k experience. Earth got leveled up:) Then there was a Griffin Conservatory without losses. On day 126 I went to a Treasure Chamber, where I found on the ground: manacles, a golden bow for 82 grand, a +2 speed cloak, a +10 stomach, a Dragon Fly Hive with 24 ducks, and a Dragon Utopia. Just then, the opponent appeared in the same place, and I managed to snatch the tier 3 Dragon Utopia right from under his nose (though maybe he wouldn't have been able to handle it anyway). I got a +12 sword, a Water book, a Captain's hat, and some other junk) Next, the opponent's main on his turn took a chest for 20k experience and tried to attack my scout hero. The scout hero gets the first turn because he has Tactics:D Then Tamika gives her treasure through chains to the scout heroes and stands before Kirr with 5 cavalry, hoping to escape. But the shackles change the plans:D Then we ran around for another three days, and the opponent surrendered due to lack of prospects. GG! Thank you for the game!

ICQ 669307560

Jubi-Juby

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Main Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Победа / Def

Alone

Faction Некрополь / Necropolis

Start Hero Тамика / Tamika

Main Hero Тамика / Tamika

Map Template: 2sm4d(3)
Game Length: 141 days
Game Date: 12/9/2015
Reported: 12/9/2015 5:21 PM

Jubi-Juby 1595 → 1605 +10 ↑

Alone 1466 → 1456 -10 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/10/2015 3:35 AM

In reply to Pit for LM

Hi-Tech

12/9/2015 6:05 PM UTC

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Please register me for the tournament if someone is unable to play. I also submitted an application with a new nickname, Hi-Tech. Please change my nickname to the new one later. Thank you in advance!

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R@sIM

12/9/2015 8:12 PM UTC

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=Stinger=

In week 1, I freed Dessa from prison with expert Logistics and Wisdom, there are 2 Dragon Utopias, 2 Conservatories. In week 1, I built Efreet with Pits in the Citadel and the computer had a Roc.
In week 2, the opponent ran to the center, took defensive position, and the Sapper turned back. The Town Portal scroll forced me to build a Lookout Tower, then I gathered 11 Angels, took the Dragon Utopia with Wings, then started controlling the map, built Angels in the village, was about to upgrade around 20 Angels, but the opponent surrendered upon seeing the collected Elixir of +2 Speed and Cape of Speed.
Thanks for the game!

Thanks for the game!:D

In reply to vladd

Amster

12/9/2015 8:17 PM UTC

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On day 121, I merged into 0 in Charne's max Griffin Conservatory without checking. There were 2-4, 2-3 I took with acceptable losses, but in the max one, I got hit hard, plus morale. 90 birds remained. In the end, I lost 4 days. I converted 100 Crusaders, bought Liches and Zombies, reclaimed the Boots and the Impervious Amulet, and finally finished it with Clavius on day 124. After that, things went more smoothly. By the end of the week, I captured 2 Dragon Fly Hives (4+6), 2 more Griffin Conservatories (2+1), and an external dwelling of Green Dragons. On day 131, I ran through the stables to an underground super treasure, which turned out to be huge)) a full movement distance long, with a Dragon Utopia, a Dragon Fly Hive, and a Library. Meanwhile, the opponent successfully repurchased and leveled up my Tamika and Goshun. On day 133, Goshun exposed himself right next to my "super treasure" via Wings; from the Dragon Utopia, I reached Xsi with 4 Angels and 26 Ducks. There was no magic there, so I cleared it without losses. Goshun simply ran away — apparently, there was no money for a ransom. A couple more Dragon Utopias with Clavius and Dessa for stats and KZ. In the ramp, the game gave Flight. In total, 5 main heroes are collecting the entire visible area: Clavius, Charne, Xsi, Dessa, and Luna. By the start of week 4, I already had artifacts with stats of 20-30 on all mains. Clavius has an ideal late-game build. I collected an Elixir, already 1500 Skeletons, 10 Angels, 70 Ducks. On days 147-211, Dessa captured both of the opponent's castles (native town). In the main, +4 Angels (2 external dwellings). Just then, Dimension Door was finally granted to everyone in the game via the Tavern. I was planning to upgrade Archers and, if possible, get the Boots for Alliance, and was about to finish, but a capitulation followed.
Thanks for the game!

ICQ-685884492

Amster

Faction Некрополь / Necropolis

Start Hero Клавиус / Clavius

Main Hero Клавиус / Clavius

Победа / Def

Mizrael

Faction Замок / Castle

Start Hero Кейтлин / Caitlin

Main Hero Тамика / Tamika

Map Template: 6lm10a
Game Length: 211 days
Game Date: 12/9/2015
Reported: 12/9/2015 8:17 PM

Amster 1829 → 1837 +8 ↑

Mizrael 1647 → 1639 -8 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/10/2015 8:12 PM

In reply to vladd

Vinceras

12/9/2015 9:01 PM UTC

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Good map, I got a lot of Mermaids, and in the last one, I got the Earth book. I found an opponent, and he surrendered – everything was bad for him. Thanks for the game.

Vinceras

Faction Замок / Castle

Start Hero Валеска / Valeska

Main Hero Мефала / Mephala

Победа / Def

Graf_Bananov

Faction Крепость / Fortress

Start Hero Тазар / Tazar

Main Hero Тазар / Tazar

Map Template: 6lm10a
Game Length: 146 days
Game Date: 12/9/2015
Reported: 12/9/2015 9:03 PM

Vinceras 1520 → 1533 +13 ↑

Graf_Bananov 1461 → 1448 -13 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/11/2015 7:54 PM

In reply to vladd

Amster

12/9/2015 10:08 PM UTC

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On the first, one road to the Conservatory and a secondary that takes a week to reach (apparently all blue wins are like this on this template). I farmed along the roadless path, collected a couple of Dwarf Cottages, fought my way to the village, there’s a level 3 Naga Bank with Haste at 116, nearly 12k gold in the end + horses in the Castle. I decided not to build Dragons. Clavius at level 12, expert Logistics and Tactics, took Wisdom at level 12. By the end of the week, Clavius has 170 skeletons and Tant about 100 + Earth expertise on the second front with horses. On day 121, the approach horses: Medusa Horde (8), horses with Morale, 16 Efreets and 90 Orcs opened a portal to the opponent’s village (Tavern), which I captured the same turn + I recaptured Peasants along the road. I start building a Mage Guild there; resources will suffice for level 5 by the end of the week. Next, near the village there’s an upgrade structure and a skeleton pile for resources. I return Clavius to the teleport, planning to take the Naga Bank, external dwellings of Vampires + Liches, another skeleton pile with a scroll behind the Vampires (there’s an explosion as a result). The opponent conceded at max Conservatory.
Thanks for the game!

ICQ-685884492

Amster

Faction Некрополь / Necropolis

Start Hero Клавиус / Clavius

Main Hero Клавиус / Clavius

Победа / Def

BlooDy)DriVeR

Faction Замок / Castle

Start Hero Валеска / Valeska

Main Hero Тираксор / Tyraxor

Map Template: Balance
Game Length: 124 days
Game Date: 12/9/2015
Reported: 12/9/2015 10:08 PM

Amster 1840 → 1845 +5 ↑

BlooDy)DriVeR 1568 → 1563 -5 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/9/2015 10:15 PM

In reply to Amster

BlooDy)DriVeR

12/9/2015 10:15 PM UTC

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Amster

On the first [month/depending on context], there was only one road to the GO and the secondary [town/secondary hero] which takes a week to reach (apparently that's how all games go for blue on this template), I farmed in wasteland, collected a couple of Dwarf Cottages, broke through to a village where there was a neutral 3-stack Dwarf bank with Haste on 116, nearly 12k gold in total + horses in Castle, I decided not to build dragons, Clava level 12 with Expert Logistics and Tactics, took Wisdom at level 12. By the end of the week, Clava had 170 skeletons and Tant had nearly a hundred + Expert Earth magic on the second front with the horses. On turn 121 (day? / turn?), at the horses' encounter point there were 8 Medusas + the horse (unit/creature stack) on Morale, 16 Efreeti and 90 Orcs opened a portal to the opponent's village (tavern), which I captured on the same turn + also recaptured some Peris along the way. I start building a Mage Guild there, resources will be enough for level 5 by the end of the week. Next to the village there is a upgrade structure and a crypt (bone pile) for junk/slag; I return Clava to the teleport, planning to hit the Dwarf bank, external dwellings of Vampires + Liches, another crypt with a scroll behind the Vampires (turns out there was an explosion there), the opponent surrendered in the max Griffin Conservatory.
Thanks for the game!

That's exactly how it was! Thanks for the game!

In reply to Jubi-Juby

Alone

12/10/2015 3:35 AM UTC

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Jubi-Juby

Thank you for the game!

After resting and looting the vampire and skeleton stashes, there wasn't much room to maneuver. I took the dungeon in the basement – it was also empty, then the tower. At the beginning of the second day, I placed a scout in the tower and took one Hive in 3 days' travel through the snow. The entrance to the Treasury, whether in the basement or on the snowy map, is far away. I took 2 units of 4 and 2 Greater Naga, and upgraded the horses for backup. At the end of the second week, I rushed into the swamp, captured the Castle, and headed for the Treasury. Along the swampy road, I reached the entrance to the adjacent basement Treasury, and nearby I saw another upgrade zone – at the entrance to which I took a treasure chest for the entire map, but Tamika had no Wisdom :( The events that followed are well described by my opponent; in the adjacent map, I stole a treasure chest worth 20k experience, but I couldn't negotiate a ransom with Ignatius, and I also took Ivor's bracers... I started leveling up other Necromancers by going to the basement Treasury, where there's a treasure chest worth 90+ gold and a Medusa for 15 gold and vampires. I looked further – 2 Hives, but the guards in the form of Efreet and Titans didn't inspire me.
The situation favors Rampart: double treasure, an elven stash, a convenient entrance to the Treasury almost on the road, and all the Hives in the adjacent map on the opponent's side.
Thank you for the game!

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MuLLIyTa

12/10/2015 8:29 AM UTC

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KobRa_RR

The distribution was very good; in the first week, I could easily break 7 runs (with a group stack) for the center, but I didn't risk it.)) In the end, I successfully caught him during a rush.
Thanks for the game!

Thanks for the game.

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In reply to vladd

=Stinger=

12/10/2015 9:58 AM UTC

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On day 111, with 80 gold, I bought Imps. On day 112, I built a mini-castle and quickly took the central village, which had 2 more castles. I built Ifrits in the castle and upgraded the Imps. On day 121, I took both tier 3 castles and started looking for the opponent. On day 124, Marius was pushing with an Angel, but she managed to reach Tazar from the village with an expert logo, giving her a significant advantage in creatures and stats, resulting in a loss. Thank you for the game.

=Stinger=

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Мариусса / Marius

Main Hero Мариусса / Marius

Победа / Def

Alin

Faction Крепость / Fortress

Start Hero Тазар / Tazar

Main Hero Тазар / Tazar

Map Template: 8mm6a
Game Length: 124 days
Game Date: 12/10/2015
Reported: 12/10/2015 9:58 AM

=Stinger= 1753 → 1761 +8 ↑

Alin 1566 → 1558 -8 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 12/10/2015 10:16 AM

In reply to =Stinger=

Alin

12/10/2015 10:16 AM UTC

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=Stinger=

On day 111, a Pandora's Box with 80 imps; on day 112, a minor Griffin Conservatory; quickly captured the central village, where there are 2 more Griffin Conservatories.
Built Efreeti in the castle with upgraded imps. On day 121, captured both tier-3 Griffin Conservatories and rushed to find the opponent. On day 124, he sends Marius on an Angel, but she reached Tazar from the village with Expert Logistics, giving a significant advantage in army strength and parameters, leading to a surrender.
Thanks for the game.

It was .Thanks for the game!

-Now I Rise-
ICQ : 670942239