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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 The_

mals

4/5/2016 1:09 PM UTC

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The_

Banned Gunnara and bought Shakti for 7k, which turned out to be incredibly strong. I built Angels on the first day! By the time my opponent conceded, I had around 100 ducks, full control, and about 15 Angels.
Thanks for the game!

That's exactly what happened; thanks for the game.

icq - 346047955

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Falcone

4/5/2016 6:02 PM UTC

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I lost in the second round of the maxicon, but I managed to summon 300 skeletons in a week, got a lot of resources, and then I started to gain momentum. My opponent just didn't have a good map. Thanks for the game!

Falcone

Faction Крепость / Fortress

Start Hero Тазар / Tazar

Main Hero Тазар / Tazar

Победа / Def

Huanito

Faction Крепость / Fortress

Start Hero Алкин / Alkin

Main Hero Алкин / Alkin

Map Template: 6lm10a
Game Length: 147 days
Game Date: 4/5/2016
Reported: 4/5/2016 6:02 PM

Falcone 1753 → 1758 +5 ↑

Huanito 1477 → 1472 -5 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 4/5/2016 6:03 PM

In reply to Falcone

Huanito

4/5/2016 6:03 PM UTC

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Falcone

He was completely wiped out in the second round of the maxicon, but he managed to summon 300 skeletons in a week, took a lot of resources, and then started to gain momentum. His opponent just didn't have a good map. Thanks for the game!

Thanks for the game.

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Silence-

4/6/2016 12:17 AM UTC

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I quickly started taking Dragon Fly Hives thanks to a large stack of air elementals from the native prison + external air dwelling + Monere with 2 stacks. At home, I gathered 5 Dragon Fly Hives (~34 Wyverns), 3 Griffin Conservatories (7 Angels), and an external dwelling of Phoenixes. Monere didn't get Earth magic. On day 121, I was standing before the GO (Griffin Conservatories?/Minos?) with speed boost. On day 122, scout heroes finished collecting objects, and unexpectedly from a prison I found Labetha with expert Earth magic. I re-split her, taught her Slow, and hired her from the tavern before the GO. Also, nearby Shakti got Earth magic. I decided to break through the GO with Labetha — it succeeded without losses thanks to Slow. Thus, on day 122, I entered the center. I found a bunch of Dragon Utopias that were inconvenient to take — either the guard was unpleasant, or they were too far out in the desert. Shakti leveled up well on Pandora's Boxes — he got Earth magic and Logistics, so I decided to make him a main hero. Took the 1st Dragon Utopia — got junk, the 2nd — Angelic Alliance and a Sword +12 -3, also found on the ground +6 All Stats and +3 All Stats. On day 126, the opponent broke through the GO and took from under my nose +2 Speed and a Dragon Utopia with stats. As a result, I didn't immediately decide to attack him; I planned to gather more Dragon Fly Hives and go further into the center/other respawns, since the opponent was cut off. On day 127, the opponent moved towards my main Conflux. On day 131, I took it and re-split into one of the central towns, thereby exposing myself to a strike. The opponent had no Tactics, but had +3 Speed. Still, I decided to attack since I had Angelic Alliance + a superior army (7 Angels, 10 Phoenixes, 72 Wyverns vs 8 Archers, 28 Wyverns, 3 Phoenixes, and a small Castle army) + slightly higher stats (28 20 vs 20 18). Thanks to Tactics, I didn't let him realize his speed advantage and won in the final battle.
Thanks for the game.

Silence-

Faction Сопряжение / Conflux

Start Hero Монер / Monere

Main Hero Шакти / Shakti

Победа / Def

Sanin

Faction Замок / Castle

Start Hero Тирис / Tyris

Main Hero Дракон / Drakon

Map Template: Jebus Cross
Game Length: 131 days
Game Date: 4/6/2016
Reported: 4/6/2016 12:17 AM

Silence- 1574 → 1596 +22 ↑

Sanin 1770 → 1748 -22 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 4/6/2016 12:57 AM

In reply to Silence-

Sanin

4/6/2016 12:57 AM UTC

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The deployment turned out decently: two external dwellings of angels, two Griffin Conservatories, several Dragon Fly Hives. Though the GO was quite far, and in the GO I had to fight 5-9 fairies. This made engaging without archers pointless. On turn 117, even with a full trade from three markets, I couldn't afford one angel from the external dwelling. Because I had to trade resources, at the start of the second month I had to go for the cyclops dwelling, then I took a Dragon Utopia with an Owl's Griffin Conservatory, but with virtually no stats. Using the Griffin Conservatory and already with archers, a hero from the prison picked up another Dragon Utopia deep in the spawn, which gave a Shield +4 all.
On turn 126, I broke through the fairies on auto-combat, losing gargoyles from the towns. On the exit there were Wings for a Horde of Mighty Gorgons, but I didn't dare fight them without oil. However, I did take the KV behind regular gorgons, then +2 Speed, a Dragon Utopia with a Chalice, and the Dragon remains in the center without mana. Afterwards, I took the central town, also captured the capital on turn 131, and decided to double my mana in the central dungeon, where I ended up with 380 mana. I had a chain dealing 800 damage, summoning 76 air elementals per cast, so I was ready for battle — and then a red orb appeared :(
Thanks for the game!

ICQ 423164784

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Scorpiona

4/6/2016 10:58 AM UTC

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We prayed to the RNG gods and took a lucky start :rolleyes:
I ended up with the Red color. Right under my Castle, I got a block of Cerberi. I took a Sword 2/2 and, at the cost of 30 Troglodytes, cleared a Pandora's Box with 45 Harpies. Then I found a Griffin Conservatory 1 along the road, and it took off :smile14:
One of the Treasure Caches turned out to be native, with an external dwelling of Dragons and a native village.
End of week 1: 3 Dragons.
Grim Harpies + Spirit of Oppression showed their full potential, allowing Shakti to clear strong objects in the early game.
My opponent wasn't as lucky with his start; Tazik just couldn't catch up to Shak-ter.
Thanks for the game!

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Scorpiona

Faction Подземелье / Dungeon

Start Hero Шакти / Shakti

Main Hero Шакти / Shakti

Победа / Def

Redwhait

Faction Крепость / Fortress

Start Hero Тазар / Tazar

Main Hero Тазар / Tazar

Map Template: Diamond
Game Length: 135 days
Game Date: 4/6/2016
Reported: 4/6/2016 10:58 AM

Scorpiona 1611 → 1633 +22 ↑

Redwhait 1802 → 1780 -22 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 4/6/2016 2:27 PM

In reply to Scorpiona

Redwhait

4/6/2016 2:27 PM UTC

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Scorpiona

We gave up and started playing for luck:rolleyes:
The red color remained with me. Immediately after the castle, there was a block of Cerberuses. I defended with a 2/2 sword and, with a loss of 30 troglodytes, defended against 45 harpies. Then, along the road, I encountered a level 1 conservation and things started to go well:smile14:
One of the treasure locations turned out to be a native one with a dragon lair and a native village.
The result was about 3 dragons in a week.
The harpies and the spirit of despair showed their full potential, allowing Shakti to defend good objects early in the game.
The opponent didn't have as much luck with the start; the Tank couldn't overtake the Shaker.
Thanks for the game!

It's a pity for the wasted time. I should have surrendered on the first turn instead of trying to salvage a hopeless situation.
Thanks for the game and good luck!

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HellLighT

4/6/2016 2:52 PM UTC

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I'd love to quickly create a Diamond map with a swamp and then complain about the layout near a wrecked boat.

In reply to Falcone

Jelen117

4/6/2016 4:27 PM UTC

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Kobra banned Mephala, I banned Kyrre, and I sold Ivor for 1100 or something like that, and the red player was also sold. And after all the restarts, Dessa appeared on those awful roads. :D 121 took the mini-con, 123 had 150 griffins with mass slow and was running away from the furious Mephala. 127 lost my rampart in a stupid way. A very big mistake during the siege was that I didn't use ice bolt on the first turn. But I was too confident that I had full control of 126! Pandora with all air units and a teleport scroll on AI! 133 or 4, 4th level of the mage guild, 3rd week, took 2 maxi utopias which gave stats, a red orb, a 5th level hat, and an air tome. Then went into the swamp treasure, took some Hives there, and 144 rushed for the opponent's ramparts. 145, however, he had to try to run into another treasure, and that day with 8 aas I caught him with an army on scout. Dessa from the 3rd week was running with boots and gloves, so easily 4,5k mps with double damage. :D It's a pity that the opponent got such hopeless treasures, but that's why I wanted to play Spider against him :D :D Thanks for playing. My main hero was obviously Dessa.

Jelen117

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Янова / Jenova

Main Hero Десса / Dessa

Победа / Def

KobRa_RR

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Ивор / Ivor

Main Hero Мефала / Mephala

Map Template: Spider
Game Length: 145 days
Game Date: 4/6/2016
Reported: 4/6/2016 4:27 PM

Jelen117 1563 → 1591 +28 ↑

KobRa_RR 1909 → 1881 -28 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 4/24/2016 5:55 AM

In reply to Falcone

злой_романтик

4/6/2016 5:43 PM UTC

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I was the first to move into the center, although it was very unpleasant to fight upgraded guards without oil, as there was no slow in any of the Mage Guilds, but I found it in the central city, took the blue cap, and then saw oppa and carelessly attacked with almost no mana (only enough for 1 imp), a small trade-off: 2 angels and several ducks for 22 ducks; I buy my way out, refill my mana, and return to the center. Kirry runs off to do his own thing with almost no army, I eat the center, take КЗ, the slag Dragon Utopia, then Kirry returns—I rescue the papal Tereka level 20 in prison, give him artifacts, an army, and shackles, and using Dimension Door he reaches гг.
Thanks for the game

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Весна 2012.

злой_романтик

Faction Подземелье / Dungeon

Start Hero Шакти / Shakti

Main Hero Шакти / Shakti

Победа / Def

silenthill

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Main Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Map Template: Jebus Cross
Game Length: 133 days
Game Date: 4/6/2016
Reported: 4/6/2016 5:43 PM

злой_романтик 1508 → 1528 +20 ↑

silenthill 1641 → 1621 -20 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 4/6/2016 6:03 PM

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silenthill

4/6/2016 6:03 PM UTC

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zloy_romantik

I was the first to move into the center, although it was very unpleasant to fight upgraded guards without oil, as there was no slow in any of the GM, but I found it in the central city, took the blue cap, and saw opp and carelessly attacked almost without mana (only enough for 1 imp), a small trade: 2 angels and several ducks for 22 ducks; I buy my way out, replenish mana and return to the center. Kirry runs off to do his own thing almost without an army, I eat the center, take KZ, the slag Dragon Utopia, then Kirry returns—I fight off Papsky's level 20 Terek in prison, give him artifacts, an army, and shackles, and with the help of DD he reaches gg
Thanks for the game

We played for luck, everyone rested. Overall, spawns were equal. But I lost some units on the guard of the external dwelling of horses with a DD scroll. After breaking through the hive guards, all being large, I didn't dare to trade them off. By 122 I headed to the center, but opp was already there. Opp had an excellent exit from GO as well as artifacts; a free level 5 hat right at the exit from GO for runes and KZ also for runes left me no chance. Thanks for the game.

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Palach HP

4/6/2016 9:05 PM UTC

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The roads were terrible, but for some reason, neither of us got frustrated. I personally was frustrated because of Pandora at 5k and the difference of 8 heroes.
The opponent decided to tempo and didn't max out the Consul.
Thanks for the game!

Palach HP

Faction Оплот / Rampart

Start Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Main Hero Кайри / Kyrre

Победа / Def

flate

Faction Инферно / Inferno

Start Hero Мариусса / Marius

Main Hero Мариусса / Marius

Map Template: Mini-Nostalgia
Game Length: 125 days
Game Date: 4/6/2016
Reported: 4/6/2016 9:05 PM

Palach HP 1684 → 1695 +11 ↑

flate 1571 → 1560 -11 ↓

Rated Sep 28, 2022

Accepted by opponent on 4/13/2016 9:44 AM

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Kilgor

4/7/2016 1:25 AM UTC

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Ridelth is not responding!

ICQ 245338291
Ник в лоби - Kilgory

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Roger-ua

4/7/2016 8:15 AM UTC

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I would like to have the final playoff tables.

After the game between Yelen117 and Cobra in Group C.

1- Yelen117

2- Roger-ua

3- Lizard

4 - Cobra.

Did I calculate it correctly?

Весна 2013.

In reply to Pit for LM

Simon5760

4/7/2016 8:06 PM UTC

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Good layout; I already went around looking for Dragon Utopia to take, but the opponent unfortunately settled in a village and I caught the main hero there with half their army.
thanks for the game!

Здесь, в этой великой стране, твой член не становится длиннее, если у тебя есть автомат.

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