Posts from "only XL-3"

I'm ready to play.

Dear playoff players

...(If the opponent repeatedly doesn't respond and doesn't contact you, the game is yours.)

The logic behind the phrase "repeatedly unresponsive" raises questions. In my understanding, ignoring an opponent is an ongoing action, not a repeated one :D.

I haven't heard a single word from Medium until now. Absolutely nothing. This might be a bug on ICQ, but you can't blame me for that.

Now, since you don't respond to me on ICQ, we can arrange the game right here. How about Tuesday at 18 MSK?

We started a long time ago, I remember the details poorly, started out mediocre, there's a Dragon Utopia parked near the town and only one road, but the Griffin Conservatory helped a lot and resources were decent, I took the Conflux computer on the first turn, on the second turn a tier 3 from the Conservatory, built up the Mage Guild, at the end of the second turn I snatched the opponent's Castle town by jumping out of a one-way portal, soon the opponent came running to take it back, and not just casually but with Tazar loaded with tons of stats, 40+ Monks and full control oO, I had to retreat, simultaneously finishing the missing control, with the library this went quickly, thanks to which I managed to eat the Dragon Utopias I saw, stockpiled some meat, however I didn't really have time to level up a combat hero properly, and couldn't test Tazar's magic resistance, the opponent gradually crept towards my main, it came down to either giving it up or giving battle, but we saved and couldn't finish each other off for a long time, Rasim said there wasn't enough time and no possibility to continue, thanks for the game.

I paid 2400 gold to get dung and it turns out opponent would have taken necro. Anyway I got a rich start and 2 necros and hut with log, so when we had main battle week 2 I had more skells than opponent. I had bad skills but bigger army including 9 angels. TFP.

+4k Castle, -1k color. It gave the road as a one-way street, but overall not bad; on 131 132 I took two max Dragon Utopia on КВ, Cap and stats 20+, then ran around for another two weeks since there were no bracers, timer and generally relaxed because everything was not great there.
Thanks for the game!

Thank you for the game!

Bought a red ramp for 4500 (or so). 9 Elves from two heroes, a stable, a decent amount of money. Then I found a hidden stash of ears on the way, totaling 23. After that, I forgot to upgrade them and built a Citadel :D. As a result, Kirr lost about 1.5k movement points. Then, I cleared 117 creatures for 10k experience – I got Air, Offense, and Defense. On day 121, I reached my own castle. While running from the spawn point, I found a resource node of level 3-4. The computer also had two resource nodes; I started with those – both were level 3, then I found a level 1 node in the underground and, on day 127, with 10 chickens, I destroyed a level 1 creature with a Quest artifact :rolleyes:. During this time, there was some fighting with cockroaches, but nothing interesting happened. In the end, I dealt with the Quest artifact. There was a moment when the Pope's Death Dealer attacked the Chicken in the Treasure room. Kirr got Earth as her last skill. By this point, the Town Portal had already been built on the first try :smile03:. At the same time, Gundulak and Kregun were being leveled up; both were at 9/10, and there was also a mage-support hero with experience from the Town Portal. On day 137, with 12 Archons and stats around 30, I reached the main opponent's castle – and they surrendered. Everything was bad for them.
Thank you for the game!

The excuse that "being in multiple places at once can lead to mistakes" doesn't hold water. Because the "inconsistency" gained from spreading out needs to be effectively utilized. And this becomes more difficult the more decisions that need to be made during the game. Therefore, the more templates are filled with tactical and strategic actions, the more "powerful" they become.

Simply put, if you give a less skilled player a more powerful starting army, their lead over a more skilled player will be greater over 10 battles than over 20 battles.

I bought a red ramp for 4500 (or so). 9 Elves with two heroes, a stable, and a good amount of money. Then I found a hidden stash of Elves along the way, totaling 23. After that, I forgot to upgrade them and built a Citadel :D. As a result, Kirrh lost about 1.5k movement points. Then, I cleared 117 units for 10k experience - I took Air, Offense, and Defense.

Therefore, the room for error (and opportunities) has shifted slightly - to the technique of mastering distant territories, to clearing locations with units, to upgrading several powerful heroes, to splitting the army, and so on.

On day 121, I reached my home castle. While running from the spawn point, I found a guard post with 3-4 units. The computer also had two guard posts; I started with both of them, taking both groups of three. Then, in the underground, I found another single unit and, on day 127, with 10 chickens, I defeated a single unit with a Knight :rolleyes:

Kirrh received Earth as her last skill, and by that time, the town portal had already been built on the first try :smile03:

On day 137, with 12 Archers and stats around 30, I reached the opponent's main castle - the game ended there, and it wasn't pretty.
Thanks for the game!