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Elvin
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posted May 31, 2009 12:47 PM |
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No surprise I don't allow dwarves to learn high lvl dark, just the lowly curses can cripple you..
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perathekojot
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posted May 31, 2009 04:41 PM |
bonus applied by Elvin on 11 Jul 2009. |
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Dark knight, indeed. Although, I prefer Batman 
About the games. Second game was one in a million, regarding luck, not only in battle, but artifacts too. Otherwise it would probably be the different outcome. And then, in third game, came payback: blind as only high lvl dark spell (with other side having word of chief for lvl2 warcry), terrible atb, no raise dead, lousy artifacts, you name it. Who said there is no balance in this game  I think, in general, dungeon is pretty doomed against orc. My deep freeze could do 300+ damage, not counting rage reduction So with cold death, thats 6 lvls spent for nothing. I was hoping he would make mistake and not go for shatter destructive. Of course I was wrong
And for fellow dwarf: game 1
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Elvin
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posted June 01, 2009 07:19 PM |
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C'mon Arcax, be a good minion and defeat veco so I don't have to 
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Arcax
Promising
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Its quite hot inside...
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posted June 01, 2009 08:25 PM |
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So... I do not get the point of posting it but whatever
Veco-Arcax
total score 0-3
Last game was my Inferno vs his Dungeon
Replay 3
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Elvin
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posted June 02, 2009 01:20 AM |
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Edited by Elvin at 01:26, 02 Jun 2009.
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That was.. messy. No swift mind, abysmally low spellpower and mana, mistakes from both sides But one thing that made me wonder is about the choice of familiar or vermin. Normally familiars drain immediately and vermin may die asap before they drain much but they are instead a priority target..
Started with Arcax, it's 1-1 so far. First game disconnected and since it was a long fight we decided to skip on the next ones.
http://www.speedyshare.com/225190620.html
My des/sum dungeon fell to his fortress in true dwarven lameness, quadruple ballista, rune of charge, continued stunning etc. Ok and I made some silly mistakes but it looked hopeless anyway But what I don't get is that I could do max damage on magmas(1035 with deep freeze) but ballista showed around half.. How is that even possible? My initial plans were pure destructive but guild and library scr*wed me royally. Went for summoning and picked destructive in my last levels. Best part was that I erased cold death to get arcane excellence *facepalm*
The next match was one of a kind, possibly the most annoying this century has to offer. His orcs faced off against my necro and.. Words fail me. You will see from the replay, suffice to say we were both frustrated. But HOW THE HECK CAN YOU GET 3 CONSECUTIVE RESISTS WITH 15% RESISTANCE??!  The amount of resisting throughout the whole game was ridiculous. In the end I lost my concentration and moved my vampires in full range, that could have cost me the game. It didn't and I managed to make a slow but steady comeback. Highlights were many but the best was when his 20 goblins made my hero's spell fail. That was a good laugh  
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Arcax
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Its quite hot inside...
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posted June 02, 2009 02:46 PM |
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Great unlockables
As for the ending of 2nd game you shouldnt had got any worries - my sister was in charge of my troops
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Elvin
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posted June 02, 2009 02:58 PM |
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Edited by Elvin at 21:21, 02 Jun 2009.
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I wore down your mental defenses so you would flee before my stunning display of strategic brilliance
Faced off against sq and managed to get two wins from him, final result 2-1
First was kinda funny, my necro vs his inferno. He had a perfect combination, got mass haste/cleansing/RM yet he lost because I had ring of vitality, necklace of bloody claw plus battle frenzy/vitality. Not much to be done as my superpowered skelies kept bashing everything as the heroes kept countering the other.
Second was my warmachine fortress against his light sylvan where I lost horribly. Starting positions allowed him to butcher my bears and harpooners in one mighty stroke, 35 arcanes butchered my battleragers in a favoured shot and my ballista although nasty it was broken before it could shoot twice. No wrath spells so stormwind was absent  Still it was risky to try warmachines vs sylvan so in the end it was my fault for picking such an inappropriate build.
Third was my turn to get sylvan and he went for stronghold. Game was decided from the beginning as my dragons scored a nice prismatic breath on the slightly weakened executioners and sky daughters, arcanes shot first and I pulled off a mass endurance that buffed my already considerable defense(23). At some time dragons were taunted into attacking the warmongers and the retaliation killed only one dragon  Except my defense what went wrong was sq getting tactics but me playing first and possibly shamans not slowing my arcanes for his hero to act first. Still had he not blocked the way with shamans he risked a painful prismatic on his tight-packed formations.. Game was disconnected as my treants were about to charge but Sq being a good sport gave me the game, the advantage was mine.
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sq79
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posted June 02, 2009 09:14 PM |
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Finished my games with Elvin , he beat me 2-1
Congrats and thanks for the games.
Well done!!
Replays to be posted by him 
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Elvin
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posted June 02, 2009 09:22 PM |
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Edited by Elvin at 21:55, 02 Jun 2009.
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Hehe good timing
Forgot the replays, here.
Say, is anyone else following this? Lately only contestants seem to post.
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Asheera
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Undefeatable Hero
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posted June 03, 2009 03:35 AM |
bonus applied by Elvin on 12 Jul 2009. |
Edited by Elvin at 00:01, 12 Jul 2009.
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Say, is anyone else following this? Lately only contestants seem to post.
Well I kinda was very busy and 'lost' the whole progress somewhere at the start and didn't bother starting from somewhere in the middle, I'm even confused about the matchups and such. 
Sorry if this was a useless post.
Qps may be overlooked but not forgotten for long, thanks for your help Ashie
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Elvin
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posted June 03, 2009 09:51 AM |
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In your defense my system was confusing to the contestants even Basically the top 4 passed to semifinals and now they play each other. Of those the top 2 will proceed to finals. There have been some pretty fun games lately
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Towerlord
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Hero of Good, Slayer of Evil
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posted June 03, 2009 09:58 AM |
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I've been browsing some of the replays also... especially those which had interesting comments . Sq seems really out of shape
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Elvin
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posted June 03, 2009 10:35 AM |
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He's losing his touch 
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einomida
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posted June 03, 2009 08:52 PM |
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I`ve been watching all the replays since page 2. Sadly I can`t really give any intelligent comments, but it`s nonetheless enjoyable to see the replays and read your comments on them.
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Elvin
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Endless Revival
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posted June 05, 2009 08:39 PM |
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Edited by Elvin at 20:40, 05 Jun 2009.
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Good to know
Games with Arcax concluded, score 2-1 in my favour. The original dwarves vs necro game was replayed and I looked to be winning but we had disconnection issues and after accidentally making a different attack the game turned upside down the second time. At which point it disconnected again.
[Just so you know in the second time my bears did not get lucky shot on skelies and where my flamelords retaliated with luck on ghosts, now the ghosts had lucky attack and my retaliation missed. Also my lucky shot from harpooners missed ]
Replay is not finished but it shows a few things.
Replay 1
Arcax wanted to give me the game but since that game was totally chaotic with luck/incorporeal I suggested a new match to decide it fair and square. That turned out to be my orcs vs his dark academy. I invested my money in attack arties and used an offensive build with shatter dark and barbarian luck which was just what tailor made for the occasion. Arcax used motw with frenzy which was painful but my other units attacked equally devastating and luck triggered fairly often. His was already decreased from my cursed ring.
Go forth and pillage my proud orcs
Replay 2
Pera remains in our way.
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sq79
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posted June 06, 2009 10:03 AM |
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Hehe nice battles,
For the orcs versus academy game, somehow i classify this as a hopeless matchup once orcs get that retribution build with 20+ attack.
Ihora had 13 defence, but still dropped too fast.
2nd game was funny
True display of the imba elvin's luck
Look at the luck count for necro and fortress, you know what i mean
I would say both games outcome was quite on elvin's side from the start.
Elvin's on fire at the mentor recently, something i've been screwing up in lately, now i know how important it is to get that "built" you need
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Elvin
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posted June 06, 2009 11:15 AM |
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Edited by Elvin at 03:00, 07 Jun 2009.
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Funny, it was you that taught me the importance of builds
Last night after a couple arenas with natalka and a duel with typhys I decided to accept pera's late challenge for our first game. I figured I would probably regret this being tired but my bloodlust was burning hot and he sounded anxious to play as well
So I get inferno and to my horror I realize he has necro. But I still owned him a payback and this was as good a time as any. Merchants gave me attack arties, clover and sylanna's cloak, also had the icicle. My guild had circle and deep freeze so I was tempted but found vampirism in the library, weakness in the shrines and vulnerability in town so I aimed for dark with master of curses and pain. Rest was leadership, luck, power of speed/excruciating strike - good anti-necro build. Only thing I lacked was defense and tactics.
Starting the battle I realize that he has 26 spellpower, that my cerberi could not hit any vital targets and that my chargers were blocked from an obstacle I overlooked  Though he did not have extra vamps or skelies with frenzy/vitality or power of endurance. I shifted my strategy to gating, testing incorporeal with my mistresses first and then charged. My ensuing barrage of lucky hits and vampirism against puppet/confusion eventually gave me the game. Familiars had drained much of his mana so it was too risky to try a phoenix - that I might have puppeted or frenzied but don't know if he had vampirism - and the gates proved most helpful. I never got to use my mass vulnerability but I am sure it would be necessary against mass endurance.
Replay.
With my last three duels completed I return victorious! Don't know exactly how but I managed a hat trick vs pera, revenge is mine
Second game was orcs vs haven where I used an unconventional build. I skipped shatter dark in favour of shatter light->stormwind, bought weapons of might, sandals of the blessed and noticing that I had horde's anger I aimed for an empathy build. I expected that the lack of initiative would kill me from the start but my stats proved reliable and my attacks damn lucky. Atb and placement favoured me.
Final was my sylvan against his dungeon which I barely managed to avoid defeat. I thought I was holding all the cards by getting boots of resistance, lightning ring, celerity and runic axe and a full offensive build but his units proved tougher than expected and his spells devastating - I suspect slippers in play. What probably decided the game was my arcanes shooting down the grims with luck and avenger just before they charged and my last unicorn surviving with 8hp that later allowed me to resist some spells. Intense.
Replays
Having won my last 4 games I am the only player to get 10 points so I paradoxically enter the finals. What are the odds? Most likely candidate to finish second for a place in the finals is pera with 8 points and two games to go. But if Arcax manages to best him twice then Sq will reach the finals and Pera will end up last in the semifinals. This is gonna be fun
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Elvin
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Endless Revival
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posted June 09, 2009 08:33 PM |
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Edited by Elvin at 18:47, 12 Jun 2009.
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I have updated the map to make it more user friendly. Now all factions but orcs have a town portal scroll and the memory mentors return to the town areas though they are scripted not to function until you level up. No more running back and forth Also deleted some of the annoying arenas.
Edit:
I have one last change to introduce, rune of charge is banned. Unfortunately it can be game deciding in certain cases.
Final Version
Arcax! Get back here
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einomida
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posted June 13, 2009 10:48 AM |
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Edited by einomida at 10:49, 13 Jun 2009.
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A question regarding the map - can it be played against AI? I tried twice and both times my opponent was Dungeon with Light Magic (used resurrection)
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Elvin
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posted June 13, 2009 12:12 PM |
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That is.. peculiar. So the AI can use the sphinx and arcane library? Opponent is chosen randomly like your own faction.
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