Posts from The fourth stage of the "Van Kanighem" tournament. Auto-translated

as for the saves, wouldn't it be easier to agree with the organizer, send them via ICQ, and they can post them on the forum?

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yes, of course – but I just realized that I missed the main point – some kind of oasis, and how was it even possible to defeat anyone other than the guys in hats in one turn?

As for the saves, wouldn't it be easier to agree with the organizer, send them the files via ICQ, and have them post them on the forum?

I can post them on the forum myself. The only question is, in what format? The forum supports .zip. So, the 7-Zip archive needs to be renamed to change its extension to *.zip. The recipient will need to change the extension back to *.7z so that the 7-Zip archiver can open it.
7-Zip compresses files very well. So, what do the organizers say?

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Yes, easily - but I just realized that I missed the main point - some kind of oasis.

The oasis near the fortress is blocked by bones. The bones will disappear if you visit the hut near the Fire Elementals - you can visit it with a unit, not just a hero. The oasis gives +10 to movement. Nearby, there's a well that gives +7. There's also a stable that gives +5. It's best not to visit these with the hero first, but to constantly move with accelerated units (the more of these accelerators the unit visits, the better). Of course, the unit's movement can run out quickly, while the hero still has a lot left, so dismiss the unit. The hero's movement is sharply reduced, so don't move with him, but bring the next accelerated unit to him and only then start moving with it again. When the hero's movement finally reaches zero in this way, quickly eliminate this hero (don't forget to take his artifacts, otherwise the neutrals will take them). Now, move the unit through the oasis (+10), the well (+7), and the stable (+5). Revive it in the fortress. The hero is ready for a new campaign, even though his movement wasn't finished. But now you can move without accelerated units, as they won't have any effect on the hero during this turn. Later, focus on scouting, not stealth, which significantly increases his movement during the turn. Also, get gloves on the first turn. This way, you can make the first turn very long.

How was it even possible to defeat anyone other than the guys in hats in one turn?

For example, Walking Plants - they move slowly, but they shoot for a long time - 20 shots. There's a skill shop near the fortress. First, buy the Nature skill and try to load a save so that the Summon Fairies spell appears in the book when you buy it (this is almost a victory :) and buy the Chaos skill (to get Haste in the book - this is for comfort - it's sometimes useful). And in the fortress, build an Arsenal on the first turn where you can buy potions. And now, how to defeat these Walking Plants. Stock up on mana and go for it. Attack with one hero so as not to divide the enemy's troops. Summon fairies 20 times and cover yourself, 20 shots go into them. And then it all depends on the amount of mana. If you want, use 7 fairies to save mana, or summon 56 for a faster battle, which is worse :) Saving mana is not unnecessary at the beginning. And not far away there is a monastery where about 50 monks guard money and a good scroll with Slow (VERY NEEDED). The monks run faster than the crawling plants. Well, now can you defeat them? Don't forget about Haste ;)

I still can't get over the results of IronAxe!:smile07:
YES!:smile20:
WELL DONE!!!:smile49:

the chasm has narrowed, thanks.

I still can't get over IronAxe's results!:smile07:
YES!:smile20:
WELL DONE!!!:smile49:

Well, I just got lucky. Sometimes I mess up too. I'm not the best at Heroes of Might and Magic IV. But I can still have a good match with someone offline. If you want to gain some experience, I'm happy to share what I know. Maybe then the Heroes of Might and Magic IV tournaments here will be more interesting and have more participants. And that would be great :)

IronAxe, congratulations! I only managed to achieve that result after a little over a week. I completely forgot that you can drag corpses around, and then their speed will recover. Yeah... I messed up.

IronAxe, congratulations! I only managed to achieve this result after a little more than a week. I completely forgot that you can drag corpses around, and then their speed will recover. Yes... I messed up.

Thank you for the congratulations, of course, but there are no results yet. As soon as Alan releases the preliminary results, if I happen to be in the lead, I will post the save files for the end of each day.

The results have been tallied; see Official Tournament Results. Congratulations to IronAxe on their victory, and I look forward to reading your walkthrough descriptions.

P.S. Sorry for the delay in announcing the results.

Congratulations to IronAxe on the victory!!!
I can't even imagine how it's possible to complete a save in 3 days... It's just magic... Clearly, a master!

3 days... :smile07:
Description and save files, please... :D

Description and save files, please.

What's with all the fuss? A save file from the end of the first day is enough; everything else is self-explanatory.

As many as seven heroes defeated this... I can't even quickly come up with a name for it! You could just beat the computer and climb the rankings. It's a shame there wasn't a hard difficulty in the fourth game. Although, to be honest, playing the fourth game isn't that appealing!!!

Поздравляю!!! :smile05: :smile05: :smile05:

Ladies and Gentlemen,
based on the results of this tournament, the clan ranking has been calculated and updated.
Topic: [INFORMATION] Clan Ranking for 2007

P.S. Congratulations to the members of the "Haven" clan for taking first place in the Heroes 4 category. :smile49:

Sincerely.

UUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I'M NOT LAST!!!! CONSIDERING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T SUBMIT THEIR RESULTS AT ALL!!!!! BUT THE WINNER IS SOMETHING ELSE - HUGE RESPECT!!!! THIS IS BEYOND BELIEF IN MY OPINION.....