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SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
December 16 2012 06:19 GMT
#1
I stopped playing Broodwar maybe three or four months ago due to a bunch of reasons (homework, WoW, league of legends etc). Yeah, I would log on iccup every once in a while to cheese a nerd for fun but that isn't really playing bw is it?

With classes ending for winter break this week though I decided to try and get back into the swing of things. In about half an hour my sister will get home from the airport so I'm making a Battle Report to pass time. ^^

The server is Fish and my weapon of choice this game was Terran. Everything is spoilered since there are a bunch of pictures.

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The race begins! I spawn at the top left location while my opponent "bathroom" spawns at the bottom right. Hopefully he isn't playing from the bathroom.

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It is worth noting that I dominated the early-game APM spam contest by roughly 120. Is this crushing defeat a sign of events to come?


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As if we agreed to a no rush 15minutes before the game, neither player has chosen to mercilessly cheese the shit out of the other player. A wonderful break from my usual plan of action.

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Enemy spotted! Again, we agree to ignore each other for the time-being and explore our surroundings.


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Both players have confirmed the enemy lacks creativity and this game might be extremely boring.

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Cya!

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Totally standard 1gate expand


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Bonus points if you realized his core wasn't spinning like I did. This game is way too normal for my tastes. He has to be doing something weird instead of just delaying it for who knows what reason (faster nexus? no idea). Time to check my surroundings for hidden protoss scum.

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I kind of expected to see something like this from a 1gate build and his nexus timing didn't feel tooo slow so I feel ok


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I decide I want to move out. My army seemed decent and who doesn't love fighting? If I wanted to turtle until I had a deathball I would be playing SC2.

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This situation looks awkward as fuck. I thought I might lose it here too because these tanks are pretty important. His observer should be out now or any time soon. Going this far was maybe a mistake since I lost a lot of marines earlier on due to bad positioning.

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Luckily a clutch spidermine saves the day!


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I'd like to call this my Plan B.
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Aggression is still on my mind. Since he didn't mind walking over my spidermines this kind of plan could be super effective.

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Using a mine to keep this wall open for the incoming vultures is probably a waste but it felt like a great idea at the time. If only I had placed it a little lower. If only..


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If you have seen me play at all you know I love to overuse vultures. He actually has more gateways right now than I do siege tanks.

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With many gateways comes many dragoons.


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Yeah, he didn't really cheese this game but Arbiters suck. He is practically cheating.

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Gatekeeper dragoon destroyed. This pair of vultures didn't accomplish too much. Only 4 probe kills while forcing him to pull them back to his nat.

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I want more blood. I begin to move out immediately.


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lol... he didn't actually use his observers to do anything useful so I got here for free. Notice the sick mine contain outside of his nat too. It slows him down perfectly while I play a game of nexus destroyers.

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Having killed his third for free I am ready to defend this with my life. I know the only two things that can get him back into this game are all-inning my third and recalling my main.


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I'm defending with my life.
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Damn it, he's all-inning my third.

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As a single Arbiter defends the home world, a trap beginning to form.
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Traps are much more effective in pairs.


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Are you serious? I reinforced this shit and he is still waging war. How desperate.

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lawl you activated my trap card.
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Seriously? I saw it coming and he still killed this. Protoss OP.
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You activated my other trap card


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Ok so in-game I only saw the mine in his main explode. Remembering back to earlier, he can only win if I let him all-in my third or recall my main. I estimate that losing my third is about equal to him losing his main mineral line. We can play defend the third again later but for now, I must work on preventing recalls to the main.

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This calls for some science vessels. Upgrades are a bonus too.
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As I don't want to be completely passive, I begin to set up a tent in the middle. I have some camping to do.


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And there's the recall to the main. Protoss OP.

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I manage to clean it up with minimal unit losses but both armories and 4 supply depots still hurts.

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Explosions. Who doesn't like explosions?


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He is on three base for such a long time. I also scanned his third earlier and saw very few probes which made no sense. The mine explosion I didn't see at his natural was the missing link in that puzzle. With this in mind, I am ready to prepare for war.

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Target acquired. Lets do this.


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In a last ditch effort to he rallies the troops to defend the nexus. His units of choice are an Arbiter, ten zealots and two probes for any last minute rebuilding.

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I come out less ahead than I should have but a won battle is a good battle. I begin to take what I have earned.
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With a little more clean up moments later he has decided enough is enough.

The guy's ladder rating was only 824 so this game was much harder than it should have been but damn, it feels good to play BW again.


This is my first battle report so this took forever to make. It was definitely fun though. Maybe I'll do more in the future. :D



*****
N.geNuity
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States5112 Posts
December 16 2012 06:23 GMT
#2
^.^

good traps
iu, seungah, yura, taeyeon, hyosung, lizzy, suji, sojin, jia, ji eun, eunji, soya, younha, jiyeon, fiestar, sinb, jung myung hoon godtier. BW FOREVERR
Monokeros
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States2493 Posts
December 16 2012 06:32 GMT
#3
this was lacking in your story
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That is all good work sir.
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Stratos
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic6104 Posts
December 16 2012 07:24 GMT
#4
Lovely explosions indeed :D Include everything in one spoiler next time tho! I don't think there's any reason to not do that (like browsers crashing..).
En Taro Violet
MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3292 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-16 07:37:37
December 16 2012 07:32 GMT
#5
They should just call you Slayers Yugioh cause you have soo many trap cards.

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"Cause ya know, Style before victory." -The greatest mafia player alive
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
December 16 2012 07:34 GMT
#6
hehehe nice trap cards
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salito
Profile Joined May 2010
1647 Posts
December 16 2012 08:06 GMT
#7
damnnn nice battle report
good to see tvp being won (YES arbiter imba YES protoss op)
Nature moves in the shortest way possible.
don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3006 Posts
December 16 2012 08:19 GMT
#8
looooool at trap cards. Probes dying like that is almost as good to the eyes as seeing massive blue goo.
And yea BW blogs do take a while to write and post.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Birdie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
New Zealand4438 Posts
December 16 2012 09:41 GMT
#9
Good battle report, pity I don't understand TvP at all needs moar zerg. BW is so much fun to play :D
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puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3126 Posts
December 16 2012 09:43 GMT
#10
Good traps.
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
vOdToasT
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Sweden2870 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-16 10:46:56
December 16 2012 10:44 GMT
#11
On December 16 2012 17:06 salito wrote:
damnnn nice battle report
good to see tvp being won (YES arbiter imba YES protoss op)


You seem mad

Edit: Sorry for that shitty post. Anyway. PvT is historically and statistically the most balanced non mirror match up. That is the case no matter which time period you look at. You can look at 2008 - 2010, 2006 - 2008. It doesn't matter.
If it's stupid but it works, then it's not stupid* (*Or: You are stupid for losing to it, and gotta git gud)
BLinD-RawR
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
ALLEYCAT BLUES50118 Posts
December 16 2012 11:37 GMT
#12
On December 16 2012 17:06 salito wrote:
damnnn nice battle report
good to see tvp being won (YES arbiter imba YES protoss op)


meh protoss easy race.

SF winning!
Brood War EICWoo Jung Ho, never forget.| Twitter: @BLinDRawR
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corumjhaelen
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
France6884 Posts
December 16 2012 13:22 GMT
#13
If making arbs is cheating, what is making vultures ?
‎numquam se plus agere quam nihil cum ageret, numquam minus solum esse quam cum solus esset
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
December 16 2012 14:02 GMT
#14
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Are you kidding me ? One mine killed the whole mineral line ? I had no idea the splash radius was so large o_o

Anyway, 5/5 for a BW battle report.
ॐ
don_kyuhote
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
3006 Posts
December 16 2012 14:29 GMT
#15
On December 16 2012 23:02 endy wrote:
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Are you kidding me ? One mine killed the whole mineral line ? I had no idea the splash radius was so large o_o

Anyway, 5/5 for a BW battle report.

That definitely looks like more than 1 mine. If you see carefully, you can kind of see the last bit of blue flames that zealots make as they die near the top of the visible blue flame.
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
December 16 2012 16:08 GMT
#16
On December 16 2012 23:29 don_kyuhote wrote:
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On December 16 2012 23:02 endy wrote:
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Are you kidding me ? One mine killed the whole mineral line ? I had no idea the splash radius was so large o_o

Anyway, 5/5 for a BW battle report.

That definitely looks like more than 1 mine. If you see carefully, you can kind of see the last bit of blue flames that zealots make as they die near the top of the visible blue flame.

Those are actually the ending frames of the probe death animation.
面白くない世の中, 面白くすればいいさ
FraCuS
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1072 Posts
December 16 2012 16:41 GMT
#17
Enjoyed reading that A LOT haha GOOD JOB MANG.
Apink/Girl's Day/miss A/IU/Crayon Pop/Sistar/Exo K :D l Kpop and Kdrama Enthusiast
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
December 16 2012 16:44 GMT
#18
On December 16 2012 23:29 don_kyuhote wrote:
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On December 16 2012 23:02 endy wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
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Are you kidding me ? One mine killed the whole mineral line ? I had no idea the splash radius was so large o_o

Anyway, 5/5 for a BW battle report.

That definitely looks like more than 1 mine. If you see carefully, you can kind of see the last bit of blue flames that zealots make as they die near the top of the visible blue flame.


Could have been a damaged zealot.
ॐ
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10150 Posts
December 16 2012 20:13 GMT
#19
Traps come in two's? well...
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godem.

very nice game!
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