Posts from "Mirrors"

02/14/2016 HellLighT (Blue, Rampart, Mephala, Mephala) def The_ (Red, Rampart, Yanova, Kreg Heg) h3dm1 145

Final score, including the point from the winners' bracket, is 3-2 in my favor. Thanks to my opponents for the games, and to the organizers for the tournament! :smile49:

I don't remember the start details and trades very well, but I remember that I declined building birds because of their price tag, put down psychs and focused on tempo, then built birds in a Stronghold captured on 112. Thanks to Gunnar, after taking the first consulate, I quickly devoured 2 treasure zones, one of which had Pandora for all air units; knowing how to get into it on another plane, I immediately ran there. In the end, having eaten 4 identical treasure zones, I got a DD fly by the time the opponent arrived; I had already eaten his treasure zones and had an advantage in both stats and meat. Based on the revealed number of angels, I realized he hadn't taken the max consulate at the Stronghold respawn, although the opponent surprised me with the presence of TP. Since he didn't take the consulate, it turned out possible to jump to it with control; I jumped, but the opponent had already taken it like a noob—though that's where he stayed. There was no money for the buyout, thanks for the game.

In the reverse match, my opponent got a lucky draw with a logistics unit, and my heroes weren't leveling up very well. I saw that things weren't going well and took a risk by placing my main hero in a vulnerable position for a speed boost (although he only had one spell left). My opponent took advantage of this and, after some maneuvering, attacked on the last few turns. Unfortunately, he managed to reach my main hero. My only hope was that he was out of mana or mass magic. My hopes were not fulfilled, and with his attack and decent stats, I lost due to the slow speed. Thanks for the game.

The unfinished game. I went in one direction because there was a small ranged unit block in the other, and I never returned there. In the neighboring desert zone, I found 3 or 4 archer stashes and a Castle village. With the reinforcements, I ended up with about 70 of them, and together with my own units, we cleared the area. I captured a couple of computer-controlled towns; one of them had information, and I managed to build up to 117 pits. In the second town, I found another stash and summoned 40 Horns, then moved to a zone on a different plane. We changed the turn to 122, and that's when the first of the memorable situations occurred: synchronization happened. My opponent had a lot of units in different places, and I was running around with my weak heroes to deal with them. In the end, I had 12 (or so) Demons and some more units left. There was some unclaimed Pandora's Box and a lot of income from the towns, as well as an unclaimed zone on my side (where his resources were). We agreed to continue from there, but The_ forgot the save password at work again and said that if it was really important, he could surrender so that we could immediately continue with the disputed fifth game. That's what we did. Thanks for the game.

It was a terrible start; I gave up color at the trade to get the hero advantage, but the opponent got an antagonist hero—Kreg. I noticed the hut with the log late, and somehow there were no good opportunities to break it, so I ran without a log until level 15+. During the first week, fighting properly with Mepha along the chains didn't really work out, so she was practically zeroed. Then, at 117, Kreg entered the line of sight/reach on my plane; I had more power since I invested in Nyx as well as rogues. A small trade of creatures + money and we split up. At the start of the second week, I had to trade to 0 just to buy supplies, and with a nearly zeroed Mepha, I went to hit 50+ gold golems. I killed them reasonably well, but then there was magic... and Mepha wasn't just without wisdom, she didn't even have a book; the sadness was endless. Well, I shook up a couple of hives and started collecting all the Pandoras, which brought in some experience, after which I went to the Griffin Conservatory, which the opponent took 2-3 turns earlier. However, his zone scouting with 2 utops failed, so it turned out we both ate them; they gave wings + a few stats. Then there was a lot of running around, but thanks to the wings, I managed to snag a Dimension Door scroll!! In a place where you'd never go without fly—this played into my hands. But in the end, control is control, yet the fattest "meat" zones turned out to be where the opponent ran, so when we met on the fourth week, I felt discouraged. Plus, I was exposed to Kiryu with boots and an army on a same-level plane, but he could only reach me via vips through the swamp, which is what he did; his magic killed off a significant amount of my troops before buyback, as I fell slightly short of hitting him immediately... then came a difficult turn, which was controversial due to a bug-lag in the HD mod. In the end, having closed the passage, the opponent had to buy back vips and regroup his army, but he decided to cut a couple of stacks with magic; an explosion flies, but the resistance skill wasn't taken for nothing and it triggers! However, the opponent didn't resist Armageddon (even though there were 15% boots), nor the subsequent blindness on the last stack of vips. After that, it was just technical: slow, berserk—the vips never came under control; not without some luck, but victory!
Final score, including a point from the winners' bracket, is 3-2 in my favor. Thanks to the opponents for the games and to the organizers for the Tournaments! :smile49:

The opponent didn't have time to finish the game and decided to forfeit.
Thank you for your time!

The starting heroes were assigned randomly; I don't remember which ones. Basically, I leveled up the logistics skill, which gave me a few days' advantage. Plus, I found a Town Portal in a shrine, while my opponent didn't. Thanks for the game.

Thank you for the game!

Using 2 Necromancer secondary units, I successfully positioned myself on the opponent's side of the map, captured a dungeon, sent a unit for scouting, and attacked on the next turn. The advantage in Cyclops units made a difference. Thank you for the game.

A good start and the right strategy decided the game.
GG, thanks for the game.

The first week was not easy, but after taking a gorgon dwelling, things went smoothly. I took 3 neighboring towns, then 5x30 conscripts at 121, after that I split the army in two. I wanted to take 2 more cons and potentially 2-3 hives before visiting topes, but the opponent gave up at 123. GG WP :)

Opponent #114 wrote in the game chat, left the game, and forfeited. When asked about the reason for leaving and asked to provide a password, there was no response. Apparently, he was losing badly, with 50-99 lizards attacking near his town, which prompted the opponent to concede.

Thank you for the game!