BW Battle Report: Nal_ra vs. Upmagic

The following game was played in the Shinhan Bank 2007 Proleague on the map Nemesis. I am here to present to you a game between two highly creative players: UpMagic, a Terran known for his creative antics and everyone's favorite Dreamer Toss, Nal_ra.

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The amazing dreamer TOSS, Nal_RAAAAAAAAAAAAA spawns in the bottom right corner.
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In the bottom left, the cunning Terran, the elusive unorthafox, UPMAAAAAAAGIC spawns at the bottom left!

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Nal_ra scouts counter-clockwise scouting UpMagic last. Knowing UpMagic a scout on what hair brained shenanigans he's up to is necessary to figure out the cryptic Terran. However, Upmagic wisely makes a supply depot walling his base off keeping Nal_ra in the dark as to what he has up his sleeve. Nal_ra trying to be annoying attacks the building SCV!

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Meanwhile after making a Gateway Nal_ra grabs his backdoor expansion

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Nal_ra with a sharp eye spots the SCV that was building the supply depot falling outside of the wall in. Knowing no doubt Upmagic will attempt to lift his Barracks to let the SCV inside his base, Nal_ra is patient methodically waiting for the time to strike until an opportunity shows itself to let his Probe penetrate Upmagic's base for much needed reconnaissance.

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UpMagic wary of this positions his Marine at the ramp to ward off the Probe. It appears the Probe has become docile not daring to risk its own life in the face of a hail of bullets, but suddenly Nal_ra realizing his opportunity tries to grab hold of it commanding his Probe to nosedive amidst a barrage of bullets into the heart of UpMagic's base!

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In a suspenseful race against time as the audience tenses their arms and dig their nails into the armrests sweating rivers, the Barracks in the end…... lands before Nal_ra's probe can get in. The Probe realizes the predicament it is in caught between a wall and a marine knowing its own death is near. Battered by the marine's bullets the Probe is in critical condition and rapidly growing worse by the second enduring the barrage of bullets penetrating its fickle armor. The Probe’s metal limbs slowly fall apart dragging on the floor as circuitry continues to pour out of its gaping wounds. The Probe runs in one last heave walk to make a hasty retreat in a desperate plight for survival making headway for the ramp exit. It looks out in the distance towards the Protoss base seeing only a vast, bleak darkness. Far away from his comrades the Probe recollects how much it’s been through in life to get here only to die at the hands of the enemy. Its headlights crack in half as the Probe nears death. The Probe calmly accepting its fate gives out a sad beep before dying in a fiery bluestorm.

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For this Probe time had no place for it.

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As the brave Probe’s fate and whereabouts are unbeknownst to his comrades they continue onwards as the battle must go on. UpMagic, the Terran commander goes for a quick Engineering Bay and a Terran Academy to the right with no Factory in sight. But….this can only mean. It can’t be. Bio? Against protoss?! This is not an uncommon sight for UpMagic.

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Nal_ra quickly mobilizing his forces sends across the map, Dragoons, making use of the scouting information a brave Probe comrade died for. He picks away at the frontdoor wall of UpMagic.

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At the same time UpMagic’s marine range upgrade completes pushing back Nal_ra’s aggression before it can even get started. A puzzled Nal_ra is putting the pieces together realizing what is transpiring.

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Nal_ra prepares with Reaver tech of his own to counter the bio play.

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As the Reavers draw nearer to completion UpMagic is pushing out with marine medic with an early upgrade to strengthen the push.

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In the ensuing skirmish as Nal_ra tries to stall for time his Dragoons are forced to retreat losing a few along the way as their cold, hard exoskeleton rears are handed to them.
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UpMagic already taking the fight to Nal_ra’s front door sends his marines head first into a defensive line of Dragoons. In the uphill charge several marine casualties are suffered and with the addition of a Reaver the marines are driven back to recoup their losses trailed by the blood of their comrades.

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In this back and forth game Nal_ra is the one on the upfoot putting back aggression onto UpMagic sieging his frontline with a Reaver. Unfortunately the Reaver is carelessly lost still in range of the bunker.

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Upmagic sneakily takes the top left as a ninja expansion.

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Nal_ra takes another expansion at the 3 O’clock.

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UpMagic valiantly sets forth another attack only to meet head on with Nal_ra’s forces again. As they clash as soon as the Reavers are dropped onto the field their destructive power proves too much melting the forces of UpMagic.

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However, Upmagic once again in retaliation sends out a drop at the bottom right expansion overwhelming the static defence quickly with the firepower of stimmed marines. Nal_ra is forced to evacuate his vulnerable workers.

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Nal_ra’s Dragoons quickly clear up the marines.

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UpMagic pushes out with Siege tanks shelling the oblivious Dragoons from afar. Nal_ra wisely pulls back in the ongoing battle.

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At the same time Nal_ra shuts down UpMagic’s ninja expansion in the top left with a handful of dragoons raiding the mineral line!

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The two forces clash once again in the middle of the map but Nal_ra is the one who is pushed back unable to break the might of the Terran’s Siege tanks reducing the mighty Dragoons to a pitiful goop.

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The terror of the skies, Upmagic’s dropships once again hit Nal_ra’s lower right base cleaning up the Probe line.

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Not one to sit still, nal_ra takes action with his own reaver harassment attacking the soft underbelly of UpMagic’s resource mining.

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Meanwhile, UpMagic’s fearsome push has already scaled the entirety of the map arriving once again at Nal_ra’s front door. Can the Protoss overcome this next obstacle amidst the constant harassment?

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The CROWD GOES WILD AHHHHHH the lower right base that was dropped earlier falls to just a handful of marines, a true tactical display of stretching Nal_ra’s attention to several places at once unable to deal with everything.

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Marines are subject to the Protoss’ terrifying psionic abilities and phase disruptors getting eviscerated every which way. UpMagic’s once unstoppable push is starting to peter out as a lack of bio is unable to support the prone Siege Tanks.

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Just as reinforcements arrive UpMagic brazenly departs to the high ground only to be met by the realities of the raw power of the Protoss arsenal repelled by the almighty Reaver.

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nal_ra seeks to re-establish a mining base, absolutely essential as both players’ minerals are wearing thin as they fight tooth and nail in this incredibly scrappy game.

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UpMagic’s signature ninja expansion hits again at the 12 O’clock outside of Nal_ra’s detection.

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The very sight of it freezes nal_ra’s probes into a cold sweat, it’s another DROPSHIP. This time with the power of its mobility put to use UpMagic delays mining at the 3 O’clock surpassing the fortifications at the ramp.

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UpMagic seeing the incoming Protoss units beats a hasty retreat ruling the power of the skies to attack another location.

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For the third time UpMagic drops the lower right base leaving the Probes to waste riddled with lead hopeless as all exits are blocked and no hopes of reinforcements are near in sight.

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To make up for Nal_ra’s losses another reaver harass drop is employed at the lower left terrorizing the vulnerable SCV’s.

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UpMagic somehow managing to muster a seemingly infinite number of units continues to stream in more marines and medics to the war front pushing it onto Nal_ra’s side of the map.

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The reaver unleashes a scarab, and once locked onto the target cannot escape. Conveniently having a dropship UpMagic tries to do an emergency evac.

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WAHHHH REABERRRUUUUUUUU AHHHH 23 KILL REAVER

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Meanwhile the plight of the Protoss’ goal of victory grows dim as the battle rages on. More Dragoons continue to fall to the raw relentless power of UpMagic’s marines and siege tanks. The firepower is too much for them to handle as the last of Nal_ra’s main army falls in combat amidst the hellfire of marine bullets and tank shelling. THEY CANNOT HOLD!

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Nal_ra attempts a reaver zealot backstab creating a base trade scenario.

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UpMagic already killing off Nal_ra’s main production nodes mobilizes onto the next base with a still terrifying army exiting Nal_ra’s once grand fortress laid to ruin. He assaults Nal_ra’s top right base as Nal_ra desperately pools the last of his resources into creating more Gateways and rebuilding his tech tree.

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Nal_ra in a brilliant display of maneuvering pincers UpMagic’s tank and marine force with zealots and storms on both sides reducing the Siege Tanks to only a few meek numbers!

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Despite the storms the sheer numbers prove to be too much as UpMagic reinforces the battle with an unloading dropship to add insult to injury.

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UpMagic seizing the moment hones in on the kill on Nal_ra’s last base like a vulture stalking a rabbit. The marines and medics continue to enter. Nal_ra is still mining at the 12 O’clock and his production facilities are continuously pumping out units nonstop. There is no stopping the Terran juggernaut as Nal_ra, the dreamer toss’s dreams have been slashed he cannot find any answers to trump the Terran player.

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Nal_ra for the first time has his soul broken shifting his expression from a straight face to a frown realizing he has lost this battle. Out maneuvered, outgunned, outplayed Nal_ra has no answers for the Terran as he lays waste to his last mining base. In a brilliant flash of tactics UpMagic singlehandedly utilized the mobility of dropships and constant aggression in the end to outplay Nal_ra. He GG’s.

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UpMagic is getting something.

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For his winning ceremony he lights a piece of paper on fire and throws it in the air. UpMagic, what a sorcerer.

Leave a comment or any constructive criticism you want. And thanks for reading.

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