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In the decisive game I decided to play without complications and played what I play well. I took 3 restarts, they don't take rests there. Crag Hack and Müllich are revealed. Little money and I played with 4 heroes... by the end of the week I got rolling. At the start of the 2nd I built 3 Beehives, racked up money and upgraded 23 archers, then I grab 2 Griffin Conservatories (2+2) and Tazar entered a treasure zone, where he luckily leveled Earth and scouted 2 more Griffin Conservatories and a Dragon Fly Hive. Vistan with 3000 MP went to another zone, there I later found a Dragon Utopia 3 ( KV + KO + bag of gold) and with 2 Dimension Doors everything became much more fun)))... after about the 3rd try in the Tower I rebuilt and got Town Portal and it took off. I racked up a ton of parameters and army, found the Cloak of Magic and then I went visiting. I drive off Brissa and kill Müllich. Next I killed Grindan... but the opponent miraculously resurrected everyone again... For a faster game I needed to level Air expertise on Vistan and everything would have ended sooner... but I had to push cities back and forth, and I also managed to grab goodies... I kill the fast Brissa and the pace dropped again, took from her sword +5 all and something else... in the end I revealed almost all the necessary cities, and then through observation I reach the Tower where the heroes Müllich and Grindan were hiding. I equip the found Shackles)) and that's where it all ends.
The army had 10 archers + 127 monks, 60+ marksmen, 36 gr griffins, 30 gr dragon flies... stats 20 42 28 18 + Vial of Life and Cloak of Magic.
Thanks for the game!

P.S. Thanks everyone for the tournament, it was fun :)

...play with a single hero, find Quests/Treasures and anti-magic items in the first utopia, and you won't have to worry about what your opponents have...

Got a fat respawn with 2 external dwellings of gnolls, external dwelling of wasps and hydras, placed 1-7 in the fort, found hives and cons only by the end of the second week, but the con was max and the hives were fat, in the end by 127 30 ducks 4 angels and Tazar with stats around 15, the opponent had issues with roads and tempo, concede, thank you for your time.

Thanks for the game! :D

I don't remember how much I paid for the red Rampart, but I placed Ivora there just for fun. At the end of the third week, I found a teleportation scroll and immediately built his dwellings, built air control in the Utopia, and started upgrading Dessa. In the fourth week, I started taking cities from the AI and my opponent. The advantage was on my side: the armies were equal, but my hero's stats and combat skills were much better than the opponent's, and I had full control of the map. Further, in my desire to capture as many cities as possible, I used several heroes to transfer armies, and I put a not-fully-upgraded Dessa in a vulnerable position under the opponent's Castle. In my haste, I didn't leave enough mana for teleportation. And here it happened: Dessa lacked mana, she didn't have a red orb or a cloak (and this was after 4 Utopias, although she could have gotten a cloak on the next turn), and I also forgot to equip the antimagic scroll. Then, without even checking Dessa, who had much higher stats (compared to his +3 attack), the opponent attacked me with his main hero, without even scouting. In the battle, my +3 morale didn't help; the opponent won the battle with magic and shackles. He survived with 9 angels, finishing it off beautifully with Armageddon. Seeing such a clumsy opponent, and having an excellently upgraded hero Ivora and 3-4 other mages of level 10 and higher, who would soon have teleportation and other spells from the home guild, which I had already rebuilt 4 times, I, to the great surprise of the opponent, decided to continue. Next, I accumulated a new army while maintaining control of the map and avoiding encounters with the enemy. In terms of army, we eventually became equal, but I still hadn't gained enough stats; the 2 captured Utopias didn't give me much. On the 5th week, after the 8th game with the opponent and almost my 24-hour stream, I again put Dessa in a vulnerable position (she was fortunately found in a tavern on the second day after the first Fortress Battle). Dessa was no stranger to this:smile34:. Half of my troops were still with Ivora, and the opponent, using the Armageddon spell, destroyed all the troops, not just mine. He had only 1 angel left; the phoenixes died, including because of the black orb he was wearing, but this didn't bother him. Considering the larger number of Castles and the growth, and the fact that I had a Cloak of Disruption within reach, I naturally didn't give up: I had 12 unicorns in my dwellings and another +2 hidden units, and I still had 4-5 heroes with full control, while the opponent only had his main hero. It was now easier to win than after the first Fortress Battle. However, the opponent decided to make it easier for me and, on the next turn, attacked the Flax Castle without a hero and, for reasons I don't understand, used the Armageddon spell with the black orb equipped, destroying his main hero. Then there was a discussion about how I should, according to the rules of honor, give him an automatic win, and this was motivated by the following: I didn't know how the black orb worked; someone had told me once and gave me incorrect information (allegedly, it only removes immunity from the enemy, so why wasn't he confused by the loss of phoenixes in the battle with Dessa?); I misclicked and forgot to transfer troops (what does this have to do with it, and even if that's the case, why attack the Castle instead of immediately writing about it?); and finally, the classic - I'm a noob, you're a pro, so you should give me a break. I don't see the point in explaining why I didn't give him an automatic win; I just happily went to sleep)).
Thanks for the game.

We started 2.5 months ago, spent a long time redoing things, and submitted early. For the last 1.5 months, there hasn't been any contact with the opponent, either on ICQ or on the forum; I don't think they will appear.
Thank you for the game; I hope for a technical victory.

Added 4 minutes later
I also hope for a technical victory over the opponent, Player_. We haven't even played a game; this is the third time I've been in a group with him, and there are constant problems; he doesn't even want to negotiate.