Posts from “Two Seasons: Summer-Autumn 2016” Tournament. Online games for rating (reports, discussions).

Performed slightly better than the opponent.
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Please register me for the tournament. I've played 5 factions, please register me for the Season. Thank you in advance!

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I confirm. Thank you for the game. The game didn't really take off.

The opponent took all the restarts, I took one and got a lucky spawn at the top with the necromancer's cloak behind the boars. One road led to the swamp, where Grindan was crawling. The passage to the adjacent respawn was blocked by 20+ evil eyes; I cleared my own respawn. At the start of the second week, I broke through an eye and found a cons3 there. I started pushing straight into 2 treasuries, sending a scout into the adjacent dungeon. With one same-side vision, I saw the opponent's passage to the dungeon; Ivor attacks with 5 groups of knights, and I manage to kill 1 knight. The opponent thanks me for the game. Thanks for the game!

The opponent took all the restarts; I took one, and it spawned Necro's cloak upstairs behind the boars. There was only one road to the swamp, where Grindan was crawling. The passage to the adjacent respawn was blocked by 20+ Evil Eyes, so I cleared my own respawn. At the start of the second week, I broke through an Eye, finding Cons3. I began pushing into two Treasuries simultaneously, having sent a scout into the adjacent dungeon. My line of sight revealed the opponent's passage into the dungeon; Ivor attacked with 4 gr. horses, and I managed to kill one horse. The opponent thanked me for the game. Thanks for the game!

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Confirmed.

The righteous champions cut down my meager army quite well, so there was nothing to do in the center. Although I had ground, air, and Gunnar running around like a god, and even a mana well, there were catastrophically few troops. But even that wasn't as important as the knowledge level of only 4 and the magic power also at 4, which didn't allow me to do much with magic! I decided not to drag it out. Thanks for the game!

The righteous champions cut down my meager army quite a bit, so there was simply nothing to do in the center. Although I had control of the land, air, and Gunnar was running around like a god, and there was also a mana well, there were catastrophically few troops. But even that wasn't as important as the knowledge level of only 4 and the magic power also at 4, which didn't allow me to do much with magic! I decided not to drag it out. Thanks for the game!

I confirm...
There wasn't much I could do. There are no turn logs. There's almost no one to switch to (Caitlin gained 20k experience on the last turn, Air Expert), the Orator's hat would only have been revealed on the next turn, possibly allowing me to take it. 2 jumps would have been possible by the 4th week. But everything was too slow. The game could have dragged on for 3-4 months...
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Performed slightly better than the opponent.
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It was only slightly better, so they didn't dominate from the start. Thanks for the game!

The game was just brutal)))):smile11: Simply a gorgeous match :smile42: The start dealt me a Hard hand)) Because the exit to the adjacent zone with mines was simply not visible. And on the way, there was a block of Mages 10-19. Ifrits only appeared on the sixth day, so I had to hang out at the respawn. The respawn was quite large and there was plenty to do. Checked the same-faction dwelling near the Castle, which turned out to be a level 2. Having accumulated more than 100 skeletons with Aislinn, who arrived in the first week, I took it on day 124.

Also at the respawn, I spotted 2 same-faction dwellings and some clues. One dwelling was very far away (needed to move nearly 6000), the second one was closer. I took that one on day 127 - got another Angel. There were also many external dwellings at the respawn: 3 Imp external dwellings, 2 Gorgons, 1 Pit Fiends and 2 Demons (didn't take the second one as it was too far). Thus, having only one castle, by the end of the second week I managed to demon-up 57 guys, although with Aislinn I did break into the necro zone past the mages, where I took a level 1 same-faction dwelling and spotted the Dragon Utopia. By the way, there were another 2 Dragon Utopias at the respawn) :D Also crafted some skeletons - 200; in perspective, I needed to craft a sea of skeletons, since on day 126 I snatched the necro-cloak from 50-99 Magmatics. In the necro zone, I found another same-faction dwelling (level 3) and 2 Hives with 14 Wyverns. On day 134, I took a level 2 Dragon Utopia, where I got the Book of Water, +6 Shield and Crown +4 Spell Power / +4 Knowledge. Lost 100+ skeletons in the Dragon Utopia. Then I faced a problem of not understanding what to do.:confused: Because even by day 135, I had no idea where my zone 25 with mines was. Whereas in the necrozone (zone 14) I saw only one-way paths off-road and a road that led me into the snow. When I entered the snow, I found 3 Teleports; in one there was a Tower computer (green). It became obvious that the snow zone is zone 23 (center).

From the snow, there was also a road to an Inferno town. The zone was essentially empty (level 1 same-faction dwelling). But I still didn't know where the treasures were. Purely wasted time because I didn't know what to do or where to go. Necroing was hard since everything was in the snow. The opponent appeared in the upper teleport. Therefore, looking into the second teleport with Mary, where I found a citadel town and 2 more teleports, one of them on the road. In the end, I decided to start taking my home Dragon Utopias. On day 143 Aislinn takes the max-level Dragon Utopia, where she gets +3 All, КЗ, Red Orb. Though I left 270 Skeletons in the same-faction dwelling :( On day 145, on the way from the citadel town, I entered a teleport and ended up underground with Mary, where I found an exit to the orange Tower. Took the computer's town on day 145 and on day 147 took the second home level 3 Dragon Utopia, which only gave me the Titan's Gladius:mad: But the orange computer is no amateur. :D He snatched the town back and simply nipped all my attempts to take the town in a chain in the bud))) At some point, I decided that a human was playing :smile52: :smile52: On day 212, I took the Dragon Utopia at the green Tower's respawn - got the Level 5 Cap, КВ, Shield +12 -3. Full control!!:smile03: After that, I finally found my adjacent zone with Mary and consequently the imba-supertreasure. There were 10 Dragon Utopias :smile52: The opponent had no access to it. And for me, it was very inconvenient. Meanwhile, Aislinn was waging war with the opponent over castles and treasures. Thus, the number of skeletons did not grow. Mary didn't have Air magic, so for some reason I decided to send her into the treasure zone. Some towns are unreachable without 2 Dimension Door(( But over time, the opponent won map control by taking the central junction of towns. His army looked stronger. So I was a bit afraid of him. By the end of the second month, he had 3500 bones and 120+ Dragons. Meanwhile, I tried to find a +5 All sword and assemble the Alliance, or at least a ring with +1 HP missing for assembling the Elixir. But I found neither the first nor the second, while the opponent pushed forward. I had 2 towns left. The Tower could not be given up, and without fully clearing the Treasure zone, I used Town Portal for defense. Put on the orb, but no bracers. Dug in. Opponent attacked on day 245.
Opponent's combat stats: 22 / 32. My stats: 41 / 24. He had 13 Arch Devils :smile51:. +3 speed, +1 HP, Necklace for +3 morale and +3 Luck. And no Defense or Tactics. I had Offense, Defense, and Tactics present. And +3 speed, +3 HP too. Also +2 Luck))) Which decided it!!:smile03: The stack of demons and the stack of Skeletons worked very well with Luck against the opponent's 3500 bones. :cool: Especially with the retaliation removed.Which decided everything:smile04: Then the opponent bought himself out with 90+ Dragons. I was left with 1000 bones and 90 Dragons. Then I split my army and tried to take back the castles. But the opponent had Death magic, which allowed him to easily take towns back, especially since Aislinn with 1000 bones had to be bought out. I didn't split the army so wastefully again, but I made an even worse mistake. Facepalm Anyway, I started leveling up Gunnar, who became my 3rd hero for taking towns; also Wei arrived from the tavern with 30k Exp and Expert Logistics and Earth magic.But I managed to lose both Wei and Aislinn in one turn. The opponent somehow reached the notorious Tower in one turn and crushed my Aislinn in the town with two КЗ! :eek: Karl!!!:eek: I hadn't passed the КЗ to Gunnar, I had no more earth books, and NO Wisdom to learn Town Portal. It was a failure!:smile35: But luckily, Ksi couldn't run far because he ran out of moves. And thus, by killing my second main, the opponent exposed himself. Although perhaps he could have traded necroes and passed all artifacts to Dessa and continued the game. That way the war would have continued: Dessa against Mary and Gunnar. Gunnar without Town Portal((( Essentially useless. But the opponent decided to accept the battle. And it was a mistake. 1500 Skeletons under Elixir, 4 Titans, 15 Naga Queens and 100 Dragons outweighed 90 Dragons, 7 Arch Devils, 500 Skeletons and 7 Fire Birds. Stats were roughly equal. After the first battle, the opponent surrendered because I snatched his main artifacts and he essentially had no army left.
GG WP!!!
Simply the most intense game in terms of tension. Thanks to XIII for such a colorful and late-game match :smile20: :smile54: :smile14:
PS: few demons because 3 computers are Tower, 1 Necro, 1 Flux and Inferno. Inferno is of course the opponent's :D And in the finale there was +2 Luck; besides the ring with +1 morale +1 luck, there were 2 artifacts: one gave +1 morale, the second +1 luck. Not just one))) Forgot that Devils lowered my Luck))) Consequently, my morale in the first battle was -1. Only the Dragons missed one round during the whole finale. Otherwise, the opponent's dragon stack would have remained half-full.

Simply the Greatest Game in terms of tension. Thank you XIII for such a colorful and late-game match :smile20: :smile54: :smile14:

The match started a long time ago, with a big pause. flate wanted to practice with Inferno. Well, I decided to practice Papal Random. We played without restarts. The respawn was poor for week 1. On the positive side, Luna came in, but I never found a use for her, since Xi came and I started necromancing. A hut with a log, an external dwelling of swordsmen behind dendroids - I captured it on the first week. Barely built cavalry, didn't have enough to buy 2 swords. The adjacent zone was nearby and in it were 2 external dwellings of peasants, from which I repeatedly harvested future bones. Sent a scout somewhere through a one-way portal, but there was nothing there except an external dwelling of devils. On week 2, I collected banks on the respawn. Broke through into the treasure zone with a necro town, in which I built a useless Mage Guild and a Converter. Revealed the central zone, where the opponent's heroes appeared. In another treasure zone, an external dwelling of phoenixes. Throughout the entire game, there was only a little Griffin Conservatory, but I was luckier with utopias. So I didn't build a portal, the Mage Guild was a higher priority. Got Town Portal in the main. As a second front, I necromanced with Isra on the Conflux respawn. Started taking utopias (of which there were only 4 in the whole game). Then they took away our necro town. The opponent had full control, while I only got control in month 2, after building a lookout tower near the Inferno computer player, and began capturing towns. Unearthed a magnificently leveled Dessa (level 20) from a prison, who helped me turn the game around. But in a moment of carelessness, I attacked a computer hero with 2 angels, and he had a powerful shooter and high-morale giants. I couldn't handle it... Spent 3 days digging for Dessa and eventually unearthed him, spending over 50000 gold, and took the artifacts back from the computer. The opponent didn't notice Dessa's loss.

Then came the first final, which the opponent wrote about. In which my 3500 (upgraded! not like in the picture) skeletons played no role at all. The opponent got luck about 3 times at key moments, and the skeletons were gone. Even though he only had +1 luck from the devils. There was negative morale, but I don't recall anyone missing a turn. Meanwhile, I had an artifact giving +3 morale/luck, and luck only triggered on the ballista, and not a single morale proc! :smile18:

Then came a game of capturing towns. Mary didn't have great mobility, so the advantage in towns was on our side. There was also a moment when the opponent snatched an utopia right from under my nose, which I thought was already taken. After the game, it turned out the opponent had taken 15 utopias in total. Mary was so spoiled that she didn't even go for 2 libraries. :confused:
Honestly, I was sure there was a Grail in the Tower, which was indirectly confirmed by 2 pits in the snow and Mary's sharply increased stats. Imagine my surprise when, instead of the Grail, I found Aislin sitting on a genie there! Artifacts poured out like a cornucopia, all the spell books in duplicate! Cloak of the Undead King, the chalice, and finally, the gloves! But the happiness didn't last long, although I didn't even think there would be an attack. In any case, I had no movement points, since I didn't have the gloves. And there was already the elixir...
Thank you, flate, for the most interesting and sweaty game! :smile14:
Congratulations on the victory! :smile49:

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Played a classic game with a Romanian player. Rampart versus Castle. After a while, I got slow roads. I developed perfectly from the available starting position, but unfortunately, it lacked hiding spots and good resources. I built one stable in the Citadel. I thought everything was fine, but on turn 124, the opponent emerged from the Dungeon and attacked my hero with his entire army, including troops that hadn't been purchased yet. The outcome was clear. He had 5 Knights, 38 Archers, and almost 100 Pikemen. I had a speed advantage with my troops. I had 2 Knights, 21 Elves, and 32 Centaurs. But the troop numbers were too heavily in his favor. In the end, I killed more than half of the Archers, a couple of Knights, and then I died. Thanks for the game.