EPTThe iCCup season is over and I did not reach my C/C+ goal mainly because I started playing with only 3 weeks left and also because I am bad. To celebrate my failure I have decided to do a battle report on this game that is so bad, it's actually quite entertaining.
Pre-game hype : My opponent is none other than xEroZx from Peru. Real name luis, 23yrs old and uses an "obtico" mouse (according to his iccup gaming profile). Plays zerg.
Even more hype : I had just lost a game against him. He 9 pool'd on longinus and my depot-depot-barracks wall was misplaced allowing his lings to simply end the game there as I was going for a very standard 1 rax FE. My reputation was at stake here.
On to the game !
"gl hf" I say as the countdown begins.
He does not respond.
Immediately, I knew this was serious business. He had tasted blood and he was out for more in a crazed frenzy that impaired his speech function (typing function?) or maybe he didn't want me to have any luck nor fun.
The game starts.
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dat split
It's actually hard to split your workers when the mineral patches are just under your cc. Anyway, I quickly rectify the situation thinking how stupid it is to have mineral patches directly below your starting cc and that this was totally imbalanced. But then I realized I now had a preference regarding starting locations... me, who never thought much of starting locations and who never understood progamers that say something along the lines of "As soon I spawned at x o'clock, I was relieved because that other o'clock is disadvantageous" I must be improving.
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surprise surprise
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we both scout in the wrong direction, not like it matters
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great wall of china right there
This time, I was ready. The wall was carefully planned. His lings make their way towards my base. I laugh preemptively as I'm sure he is 9 pooling again. My starsense was correct!
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is he playing zvz ?
Meanwhile he is starting his lair off one base. I see this with my scouting scv and I don't know what to think. What can you do off 1 base as zerg ? I keep my cool and go about my drone harassment.
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YES !
However, I was not paying attention and my hero scv died shortly thereafter. No matter ! it was nothing in the grand scheme of things.
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I usually proxy this somewhere on the map but i forgot to send the scv out...
As the factory completes, I lift it off, over the wall and land to produce the game winning vulture.
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...!
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fuuuuuu
Curses! What kind of trickery is this ? How could have have spotted my secret factory located right in front of my base ? He then proceeds to throw down the hydralisk den and starts lurker research. I didn't get to see this so at this point I'm not sure wheter he has hidden a hatchery somewhere or hes going 1 hatch muta for some reason or any other crazy strategy.
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Little did he know, he was actually playing a leta fanboy
I didn't mention my game plan at the start intentionally because I know most people secretly hope to see those 2 starports being thrown down in any TvZ. Yes, I get all giggly too. I wait for 3 wraiths before revealing my master plan.
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I move out as he's morphing lurkers in the middle of the map
Good heavens, I have no detection.
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hurrryyyyyy
But it was an EE HAN TIMING moment for me. I needed to cripple his sick 1 base economy with my wraiths
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I snipe (or just attack) his 1 overlord
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and begin pew pewing his drones
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More wraiths join in on the drone massacre
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However...
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I try to put a defense but
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it is in vain
I evacuate my scvs and plan on settling down my command center somewhere with less zergs. At this point, I do think I have an advantage since he basically has no aa so he cannot take down my floating buildings anytime soon and I have wraiths to make sure he doesn't mine from anywhere.
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that sneaky bitch !
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He needs this drone to gather minerals, but I do not know how many drones he has left nor how many minerals he has.
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He tries to sneak the drone back in
We now both scout around frantically to see just how each other is bad by not having any other base anywhere. Huge relief : he's just as bad as myself. I now know that he has nothing except a few lurkers around the map trying to deny any landing attempt of my cc.
Time to end this. He has 2 lings in his main, next to his spores No problem, I will snipe the lings with my wraiths and then use my scvs to take down the spores.
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fuuuuu
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FUUUUU
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raaaageeeeee
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yesss
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finally over !
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or is it ?
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lurker run by back into his own base !?
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controllllluu
By now xerozx has probably reazlied that I was a soon to be progamer with my trademark wraith control. And thus comes the ...
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gg ! oh wait
Well there you have it, probably one of the worst games I've played but certainly one of the most entertaining. I hope you enjoyed it, that look a long time to write and upload.
replay :
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