EPTIt is time for another Brood War battle report! You are about to witness, or relive, a classic PvZ game on http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Outsider
The two gentlemen competing in the second season of the http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Noise_Amateur_Starleague_2 are
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Elegant and 
PluS.Before you get freaked out by the scrollfest that lies ahead of you, here is the TL;DR version by Hacklebeast... I do suggest you read the battle report first if you ever intended to do so, if not, do watch this now!
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This was a re-cast of the game. VODs from the first cast of ASL2 are accessible now, including a normal speed cast of this one! 
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=367328
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=367328Now. If you care to join me for the slower trip... Let us dive into the game casted only twice by Hacklebeast!
Spawning as the blue Protoss in the 1 o'clock position is our beloved commentator
EleGant. You may have enjoyed his casting in events like the http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Altitude's_International_StarLeague http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Sas_Tour_1 or the http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/Noise_Amateur_Starleague itself! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/y09yS.png)
For all you SC2 chobos: These are probes mining minerals. <3
Meanwhile however, a serious discussion is taking place in the 9 o'clock position!
Every Zerg's dilemma.
And with the angry overlord heading in the right direction,
PluS, the red Zerg, opens up with the 5 berries.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ptpBf.png)
You MUST use five berries at least!
The overlord's day is getting grim as he arrives to
EleGant's two warping gateways.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/t1Bpo.png)
He didn't even have to taste it, the smell told him!
As the first set of zerglings arrive,
Plus might just be able to snipe the spawning zealot and finish off the wall.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/5K8E1.png)
Surely, there is no hope left for this abandoned warrior...
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/X4oTC.png)
He is severely injured but at the last second
EleGant manages to chase the lings away!![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/9ywnE.png)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Lu8j1.jpg)
Finally, four lings of
PluS make it past the wall and they will be able to annoy the probes for a good amount of time.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/atmNr.png)
EleGant doesn't deem it necessary to abandon his wall and retreat with the zealots and this strategy pays off! He is just barely able to keep his gateway alive.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/FUvYR.png)
And the zealot gets out!
The gateway is bound to go down eventually though. And
EleGant, upon realising this, sends two of his zealots over to the Zergs base where he manages to force a sunken colony and kill a few extra zerglings.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/fzIMt.png)
These four zerglings will, however, soon join the zerglings already waiting in the base.
Confound it!
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Believe it or not, only one probe goes down...
EleGant is paying attention to his probes and smartly uses the layout of the minerals to his advantage.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Szrw7.png)
And while teasing the Zerg in his base and keeping his probes alive and mining, the Protoss feels safe enough to throw down a forge. Perhaps a risky move, perhaps his only hope to stay in this game.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/M0dGz.png)
Either way,
PluS is having none of it.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/JUha1.png)
Except
EleGant's zealots manage to come back all the way from the Zerg's base to help defending and although the first cannon is denied, they take out more lings in the process than he could've ever hoped for a cannon to do.Eventually,
PluS abandons his reckless agression and decides to tech to spire on his one base, hoping to catch the Protoss offguard.![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/YRM2g.png)
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EleGant is reading the Zerg's Soon enough, four mutalisks accompanied by a pair of scourge come in.
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PluS unfortuntately splits his scourge and as each hits a different corsair and more cannons are warping in, the mutalisks decide to join the rest of the forces to attempt one final break on the natural.This is Zerg's last hope. If he can only break this, he has his own base morphing at the natural and might just be able to hold on to this game.
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PluS makes his way through despite the effective probe pull! But he can't touch any of the bases anyway. With good enough simcity and cannons at each base, his remaining mutalisks are dealt with by a single corsair. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/bA2Og.png)
A single corsair with upgraded air weapons.
Because that's just how badass
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EleGant is.
Thank you for reading and I hope you will keep a close eye on the league.
In case you forgot, go watch the x4 cast by Hacklebeast now! Here are all the VODs from the first cast: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=367328 Gogogo! 
