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Australia7069 Posts
As a celebration of getting C- this season (i just got it at the end of last season) i've decided to do a battle report on the game that got me to C-.
This is my second battle report, you can find the first one here.
My opponent this game was a D+ korean (C- in previous seasons) called [oh]sexy. Actually just checking his profile he's C- now. So it was definetly an even matchup
The map was Fighting Spirit.
The matchup, PVP.
I started in the bottom left corner as the noble green protoss
My opponent started in the top right as the evil white protoss
I open nexus first a-la Frozen's pvp guide
My opponent started with a cheesy 2 gate (seriously who 2 gates AND 9 scouts OMG)
he see's my 12 nex and drops a forge
He then procedes to attempt to canon rush me while 2 gate rushing me, cheesy korean!
But i bring probes into the fight and drive him off!
Continuing to be a cheesy noob, my opponent hides an expo
I go to have a poke with my zealots, see no expo and retreat, fooled
expecting a reaver/dt drop i spread my goons nicely to snipe a shuttle that isn't coming
My opponent then takes his third before me, nullifying my economic advantage from my 12 nex
My first obs pops out and i go to attack
only to find my opponent has more stuff than i do
however my obs scouts his undefended third so i snipe it!
and double expand
Nalra would be proud of my feng-shui...ohwait
Templar drop wrecks the probes at my third
Surely that shuttle wont get away???!!!!
Hell no says my templar
He tries to sneak a base at the bottom right but i expand there and kill his attempted cannon wall before it can get up. I was going to make a "yo dawg" poster out of it, but the cannons and nexus were too far away from each other
Meanwhile he throws out a few pre-storms on my army containing him at his natural
STOORMMUUUU!!! i was victorious and drove the evil white protoss back to his side of the bridge!
but hot DAMN he likes those gateways
So i still have him contained, and figure i may as well take another 3 expos, why not!
a zealot counter attack kills one of my nexii!! but more importantly pulls my whole army out of position so he can move out
Archons on archons! sounds like a porn title, and who the hell knows whats going on, i sure dont D:
after many epic storms i manage to lose the battle Am i really going to lose this game even with such a lead??? Turns out i was a behind on the upgrades (3-0-0 vs 3-0-2)
luckily i kept my economy un-harmed and my best-style macro forced him out, even if i am blocking my goons in with a cannon
he comes back with a siginificant zealot/templar force, he's almost mined out at this point and has dropped an expo @ 12 (the only base i hadn't taken)
But i give him a taste of his own medicine and do a zealot counter while i deal with his attack force and make him cancel the nexus
Another battle! he's getting desperate now, nice storm tho
Storms going CRAZY, blue goo EVERYWHERE
My dt goes up to his observerless army to say hi
My face stomping squad goes up to take out his 12 oclock before it can get going again
The final battle!
GG!
And so i overcame the C- korean to take my C- ranking! Huzzah!
Thanks for reading
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I love stories like this, and you did it well. Just enough pictures to give an accurate sense of the state of the match, while not flooding me with images. The captions were also quite funny / informative. Blue goo, Psi Storms, and Archon-on-Archon action, hehe.
Congratulations on your victory! You'd better not lose to any 4-poolers and get dropped back down, though. =(
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Australia7069 Posts
in my next one i'm going to do some proper image editing so i dont have a full GUI in every screenshot, it was just too much to handle for this one.
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Look of quote :D. C- is always a proud accomplishment, The feeling that you overcame the masses :D. Tho it harder to get to c- now so well done!
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WP ! I'm jealous :p And nice blog too !
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Congrats bro, C- on Korean time is an accomplishment especially now!
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Nice one. It was nice to always have the minimap there, just in case you decide to cut a bit too much next time. ^^
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Australia7069 Posts
yeah i'd leave it there for most, but like, with the multiple battle screenshots i might edit them together just to get all the storms. I felt like jangbi after that first huge battle ^_^
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Awesome game to hit C- with.
But in his gateway count picture, it looks like 4 of those gateways don't have exits!
edit: Oh I guess he can build zealots from those gates and goons from the other ones?
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Wow, looks like a really good game.
Epic Picture!
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I felt like Day9, counting-out all those Gateways
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Looking at the minimap in the last couple pictures it looks like an easy game for you.
Looking at all of the pictures though, looked like aa realllly fun game to play. I love these
GJ on C-, especially this season.
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Well Done, Grats on C-!
You should really come back to SC2 though... the SEA server completely lacks a terran with potential atm...
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Really nice dude, congrats!
I always have fun reading through these BW battle reports, wish they come more often
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BW battle reports are a rare treat nowadays, thanks a lot, and congrats on C-! Interesting game too, unpunished nexus first builds in pvp can be very annoying to play against. (oh and epic gateway simcity by your opponent there )
BTW we ran into each other on the ladder last week, but I ended up leaving because of the lag
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Seems a nice game but not a close one Gratz on C-
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hey i watched you stream this game last night! congrats man
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How did you get away with nex first against 2 gate?
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Great story.
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On September 27 2010 02:38 Lightwip wrote: How did you get away with nex first against 2 gate?
cross pos helps, but its not terribly hard with good zealot micro
DT won you the game btw, good decision there
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Awesome battle report! Loved the screens and captions :D The Gateway mass and the huge blue-goo splatter screenies were epic.
Definitely congrats on getting C- , if I can get there this season I'll maybe do something similar inspired by you :D
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fuck yeah C- is definitely not easy to hit now ! I hit it a few seasons ago, but I'm struggling now that I can't play much.
nice battle report, was interesting !
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On September 27 2010 01:51 538 wrote: BW battle reports are a rare treat nowadays, thanks a lot, and congrats on C-!
I agree!
Congrats on C-, I enjoyed the battle report!
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Gz, so you won on a 12nex huh in cross positions? fuck you. :D
Nice battle report btw. ^^
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The amount of base disparity between you and your opponent was insane :D Well written, was fun to read; I love long BW battle reports filled with details.
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gj gj :D... should snipe the forge after the nexus so u wont be behind in upgrade xD
congrat man
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Dayuuum, Nelson Revived BSG O.O Used to be in it :D But not coming back to bw
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On September 27 2010 02:38 Lightwip wrote: How did you get away with nex first against 2 gate?
C- level.
Also, 2 gate isn't cheesy? It's a viable strategy and 9 scout isn't cheesy either....
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On September 27 2010 03:44 kineSiS- wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2010 02:38 Lightwip wrote: How did you get away with nex first against 2 gate? C- level. Also, 2 gate isn't cheesy? It's a viable strategy and 9 scout isn't cheesy either....
lol yeah I agree. 2gate is a standard opening, and if you are going 2gate, why WOULDNT you scout early? Whats the point of 2 gate zealots if you dont scout where to rally? rofl.....also...the cannon rush isnt cheese either. You went nexus first, so obviously he was trying to punish you for it. Not cheese you....
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On September 27 2010 03:44 kineSiS- wrote:Show nested quote +On September 27 2010 02:38 Lightwip wrote: How did you get away with nex first against 2 gate? C- level. Also, 2 gate isn't cheesy? It's a viable strategy and 9 scout isn't cheesy either....
nex first is actually pretty cheesy in pvp
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Love your battle report! I hit C- a 2 seasons ago, and I'm working towards it this season.
Loving your best style macro w/ 2k+ in the bank hehe
*unless that was the other guy's mins.
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Australia7069 Posts
On September 27 2010 00:18 oxidized wrote:Awesome game to hit C- with. But in his gateway count picture, it looks like 4 of those gateways don't have exits! edit: Oh I guess he can build zealots from those gates and goons from the other ones? yeah you can get zealots out of them
Looking at the minimap in the last couple pictures it looks like an easy game for you. yeah the game was more my inability to finish him off than it being close
BTW we ran into each other on the ladder last week, but I ended up leaving because of the lag yeah that happens alot. being in australia and streaming means my ping is massive, making games with people in europe tough
How did you get away with nex first against 2 gate? Because i 2 gate after my nexus. if they 2 gate they basically get 1 zealot ahead, but the time that zealot takes to get to my base my zealot builds, so it evens out, while i have a nexus and they dont ^_^
lol yeah I agree. 2gate is a standard opening, and if you are going 2gate, why WOULDNT you scout early? Whats the point of 2 gate zealots if you dont scout where to rally? rofl.....also...the cannon rush isnt cheese either. You went nexus first, so obviously he was trying to punish you for it. Not cheese you....
i was just trying to be biased ^_^
Love your battle report! I hit C- a 2 seasons ago, and I'm working towards it this season.
Loving your best style macro w/ 2k+ in the bank hehe
*unless that was the other guy's mins. haha nope i just suck that much. Mostly a combination of being maxed with alot of bases meant my money was out of control
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I also like to 12nex 12 gate 12 gate pvp, especially on fs. I think it soft counters 10/12 gate with minimal micro. As long as you're trading zeals equally and are able to scout whether he is expoing, teching, or massing, you know what to do. But if he doesn't 2gate I agree you toss a coin for dt or reaver.
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Australia7069 Posts
they're both fairly blockable, as long as you cannon up your nat, and have some goons to catch shuttles and maybe 1 cannon in your main mineral line you're ok
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