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Clash of LR titans: Lorning vs The_Templar Game 6

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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
September 27 2014 00:37 GMT
#1
Game 1
Game 2
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Game 5

Current Results:
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Lorning <> The_Templar

3-2


So far, Lorning has won all of his games with very specific, strong cheese and The_Templar has won with a drone rush and a 3rax. Who can bring this series home??

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Lorning opens up with a forge, in the fourth different spot this series. He previously built a forge at his ramp, next to his nexus, and at his third base.

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Clearly randoming protoss is more fun than playing it.


Lorning is extremely aware of the fact that The_Templar always scouts his ramp in every game except for this one.

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MIND GAMES.

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Pylon teleportation...


Suddenly, The_Templar understands. The game wasn't about going mass reapers as he intended, but about playing WoL and getting reapers to do 30 damage against buildings again.

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Lorning builds a number of cannons previously only seen in bronze games and in zergs' natural expansions.

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SCVs are forced to retreat as cannons are pretty much stationary, ranged zealots against workers.

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All the barracks are lifted off for good measure. They go to the semi-island.

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Lorning gives creator some dairy products.

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The_Templar relocates to his natural.

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Suddenly, The_Templar understands. The game wasn't about trying to recover from a cannon rush as he intended, but about playing ZvP against GumBa on Overgrowth.

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And going mass reapers as he intended.


The reapers don't work out very well, so The_Templar moves his barracks from the semi-island to the ground below his main.

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…Or he could have just moved his barracks to his natural at the beginning...


Lorning expands and transitions into PvZ.

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Zealots and Stargates on two bases against terran? What?


Zealots go after a 'fortified' depot in The_Templar's main.

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The_Templar defends and pushes the zealots back into the cannons.

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The_Templar takes the third base… of Lorning.

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More bio vs zealot action happens in the old main of The_Templar.

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Lorning decides that, since The_Templar is struggling and will probably get tanks or something to counter the cannons, he should get some void ra- wait, Carriers?!

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Plot twist!


The_Templar thinks he's clever and he lifts a barracks to kill the pylon in his main.

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However, he's not paying attention and zealots kill off the depot in his main.

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More micro!

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Lorning is building up his carrier fleet. An interesting point is that he got his carrier upgrade so they shoot faster, which is the first time anyone actually bothered to get that upgrade in this tournament.

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We've already seen 3 more carrier games just 1/8 into this tournament than in most tournaments.


The_Templar decides that this is a great time to get a factory.

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The_Templar scouts with a reaper and sees.. carriers!

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Meanwhile, Lorning gets all of the tech.


Suddenly, The_Templar understands. The game wasn't about going bio as he intended, but about CARRIERS.
However, Lorning moves out at a bad time and loses a lot of his army for free.

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The_Templar tries the natural expansion but he loses all his units.

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The carrier hitsquad makes its rounds.

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Suddenly, The_Templar understands. The game wasn't about carriers being bad, but about carriers getting caught out of position.

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Wait, what?


The_Templar refuses to take any bases that make any sense at all.

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The carrier hitsquad makes its rounds!

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Suddenly, The_Templar understands. The game wasn't about carriers dying to marines, but about carriers actually winning.

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The understanding is too much to handle.



Replay: http://www.ggtracker.com/matches/5450970

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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44214 Posts
September 27 2014 00:54 GMT
#2
Cannon rush into carrier rush. He deserved that win.
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
September 27 2014 00:56 GMT
#3
On September 27 2014 09:54 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Cannon rush into carrier rush. He deserved that win.

The wimp got a second base while carrier rushing. I dunno if he really deserved to win when the build is so powerful.
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44214 Posts
September 27 2014 00:58 GMT
#4
On September 27 2014 09:56 The_Templar wrote:
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On September 27 2014 09:54 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
Cannon rush into carrier rush. He deserved that win.

The wimp got a second base while carrier rushing. I dunno if he really deserved to win when the build is so powerful.


Yeah he probably wanted to be super safe, just in case you made a few marines to counter the carriers
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
September 27 2014 01:46 GMT
#5
These are great haha. I approve of this map pool too. Seeing screenshots from a game on Shakuras, brings back memories.
Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
September 27 2014 07:23 GMT
#6
CARRIER HAS ARRIVED
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dravernor
Profile Blog Joined May 2013
Netherlands6181 Posts
September 27 2014 09:49 GMT
#7
rofl. nice one lorning, teach me your ways.
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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6329 Posts
September 27 2014 12:34 GMT
#8
When is next game I need to see this live.
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
September 27 2014 12:42 GMT
#9
On September 27 2014 21:34 digmouse wrote:
When is next game I need to see this live.

Sometime today between gumba and yorkie I think.
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44214 Posts
September 27 2014 12:45 GMT
#10
On September 27 2014 21:42 The_Templar wrote:
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On September 27 2014 21:34 digmouse wrote:
When is next game I need to see this live.

Sometime today between gumba and yorkie I think.


Winner plays Dreamhack winner in Grand Grand Finals?
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y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
September 27 2014 13:11 GMT
#11
awesome - really hoping a few of these maps are back in ladder next season :D
Pangpootata
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
1838 Posts
September 28 2014 00:25 GMT
#12
Couldn't you have avoided the carrier army and just destroyed his base? His carriers have to go all over the map to actually attack you.
The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
September 28 2014 00:37 GMT
#13
On September 28 2014 09:25 Pangpootata wrote:
Couldn't you have avoided the carrier army and just destroyed his base? His carriers have to go all over the map to actually attack you.

"Surely I can kill these carriers with my mass marines and then roll over his base" was my line of thought here.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
September 29 2014 12:35 GMT
#14
Okay so who's next against you ? Lichter ?
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
September 29 2014 12:40 GMT
#15
On September 29 2014 21:35 FFW_Rude wrote:
Okay so who's next against you ? Lichter ?

It was going to be gumba vs yorkie but yorkie never showed up.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
September 29 2014 12:45 GMT
#16
On September 29 2014 21:40 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 29 2014 21:35 FFW_Rude wrote:
Okay so who's next against you ? Lichter ?

It was going to be gumba vs yorkie but yorkie never showed up.


You could take your revenge and replace Yorkie
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-09-29 12:49:13
September 29 2014 12:48 GMT
#17
On September 29 2014 21:45 FFW_Rude wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 29 2014 21:40 The_Templar wrote:
On September 29 2014 21:35 FFW_Rude wrote:
Okay so who's next against you ? Lichter ?

It was going to be gumba vs yorkie but yorkie never showed up.


You could take your revenge and replace Yorkie

Well I played 3 really silly games against gumba after yorkie didn't show but I lost all of them.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
September 29 2014 13:20 GMT
#18
On September 29 2014 21:48 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 29 2014 21:45 FFW_Rude wrote:
On September 29 2014 21:40 The_Templar wrote:
On September 29 2014 21:35 FFW_Rude wrote:
Okay so who's next against you ? Lichter ?

It was going to be gumba vs yorkie but yorkie never showed up.


You could take your revenge and replace Yorkie

Well I played 3 really silly games against gumba after yorkie didn't show but I lost all of them.


Did you planetary fortress rush ? if so i want to read the LR ! (i thought you were doing exactly that with gas first on crap station)
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
September 29 2014 13:25 GMT
#19
On September 29 2014 22:20 FFW_Rude wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 29 2014 21:48 The_Templar wrote:
On September 29 2014 21:45 FFW_Rude wrote:
On September 29 2014 21:40 The_Templar wrote:
On September 29 2014 21:35 FFW_Rude wrote:
Okay so who's next against you ? Lichter ?

It was going to be gumba vs yorkie but yorkie never showed up.


You could take your revenge and replace Yorkie

Well I played 3 really silly games against gumba after yorkie didn't show but I lost all of them.


Did you planetary fortress rush ? if so i want to read the LR ! (i thought you were doing exactly that with gas first on crap station)

The first game was unstreamed, GumBa abused the cliff behind the main on Desert Oasis with tank drops but I went mass immortal/zealot after double FE'ing to the island and gold base and managed to clean up his bases while he kills my island, my gold, and some of my natural, he lifts to the island I'm on while going mass ravens and I try to build up enough eco to mass void rays, then I manage to throw away all my void rays and he marches everywhere with BCs and ravens while I moan that I don't have any anti-air to kill his last 2-3 buildings after I remember that I can just drop immortals and zealots in his base and kill it.

The second game was on High Orbit and he cannon rushes the other base in my main, so I proxy a hatchery and take the outer expansion, he goes phoenixes and I suck vs phoenixes so I lose.

The third game was close positions on Zenith and I screw up so his 2rax kills my 2rax.
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FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
September 29 2014 13:36 GMT
#20
Seemed funny enough
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