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Battle Report: Gosu Drop Micro

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Sc1pio
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States823 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-26 00:25:51
April 26 2011 00:21 GMT
#1
Terran vs. Terran is a match of positional warfare; of tanks trying to gain the upper hand in terms of map control. An alternative to this, or an accompanying tactic, is drop play. Today, on Backwater Gulch, one player set out to drop his opponent into submission. The other had no idea what fate had in store for him...

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SO IT BEGINS.

Our hero, scipio, spawns at the 2:30 position on BG.

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So manner.


The villian, holding the title for most uncreative name in the history of StarCraft, trevor, spawns at the 10:30 position.

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Jaedong was a close second.


The game starts as normal, with both players going for the tried and true depot-rax combination.

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It's pretty difficult to start out any other way these days.


Though this may seem similar, the strategical genius of trevor soon became known as he built a second barracks, got a tech lab on his first, and started stim, blindly countering the fast expand done by scipio.

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trevor gets the metagame.


trevor follows up this surge of strong ground units by teching to starport.

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Yes, banshee harass, makes sense, but a little bit convoluted in terms of the efficency of your build...

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Oh.


scipio, however, notices the lack of an expansion, and begins to ponder what, possibly, his terran opponent may have in store for him this evening.

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One base! Curses!

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How to win at diamond league: 1. Blind counter banshees. 2. Acquire ladder points.


Trevor, using the aformentioned starport reactor combo, produces two medivacs, which seem to be destined for one purpose, and one purpose only: death from the skies.

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They may do no damage, but be forewarned, they are fearsome units.

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The well-defended natural expansion. Notice the lack of siege. So pro.


The 8 minute doom drop commences. Only Fate herself knew what the outcome would be...

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A journey of a thousad miles begins with a single step...

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Trouble?

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Perhaps you might be interested in the location of the "d" key, sir...

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Only 16 hit points left, but still alive!

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Oh.

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RIP.


And just as fast as it had begun, it was ended. So beware, terrans, of the perils of dropship play... or at least micro them ffs.

Replay.


****
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few. " -Shunro Suzuki | fortuna fortes adiuvat
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
April 26 2011 00:31 GMT
#2
Holy fuck dude. Your Battle Reports are epic.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
Sc1pio
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States823 Posts
April 26 2011 00:34 GMT
#3
On April 26 2011 09:31 DivinO wrote:
Holy fuck dude. Your Battle Reports are epic.


Overreaction much? This is almost the one year anniversary of the only other one I did. XD

Reference: How to beat a cannon rush.
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few. " -Shunro Suzuki | fortuna fortes adiuvat
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
April 26 2011 00:35 GMT
#4
I remember it. That's why I'm a fan.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
Turo
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada333 Posts
April 26 2011 00:36 GMT
#5
haha i like it!

i like how trevor just sent them straight in, didn't try and skirt around the outside of your base or anything...

just BAM

dropships motherFU- ... oh.

gg.
Sc1pio
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States823 Posts
April 26 2011 01:01 GMT
#6
On April 26 2011 09:35 DivinO wrote:
I remember it. That's why I'm a fan.


Gosu memory, yo
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few. " -Shunro Suzuki | fortuna fortes adiuvat
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