EPTI just got recently unbanned from iccup, so I wanted to make a battle report to show you one of the early encounters on my new profile.
It's a noob vs noob game, so yeah... ENJOY! Henceforth Eywa- shall refer to himself in the third person.... Okay?![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/39Y1BvS.jpg)
This is a story about the most heroic race in Brood War, you guessed it... Protoss. There is no better way for a protoss to demonstrate their triumph than by challenging an equally capable protoss opponent. This story starts on the map of Fighting Spirit where our protoss hero "Eywa-" spawns in the bottom left corner of the map in blue.
Unfortunately, Eywa- gets off to a rather slow start with an incredibly awful probe split.
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There was a brief sense of stability until the notion occurred to Eywa- that he had to play standard and send out an early probe for a proxy. The 7 supply probe was sure to fail it's mission in good time.
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+ Show Spoiler [That timing...] +
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The 9/9 gates have been deployed.
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Unfortunately, it seems that our protoss villain (white) has played too many ladder games and/or just knows the standard builds of Eywa-... He is fully prepared with the... in base 10/10 gate?
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That's right. The new standard in Protoss play on Fighting Spirit is the 10/10 gate, this goes a long way to countering
The Zealots are on the way for Eywa-, but there are already 2 zealots on the ramp of the white protoss player.
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The white protoss finally scouts the main base of Eywa-... HE KNOWS! The gig is up... Oh wait.
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Meanwhile, while our white protoss was super distracted with scouting all of the buildings in Eywa-'s main, Eywa- manages to kill a probe in the main! Econ advantage -> Eywa-.
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Wait a minute... Why are these Zealots already holding the ramp considering the build was just scouted? Out to lunch while the scout wreaks his mineral line.
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Eywa- attempts a hail mary attack with 2 zealots... However, they are easily dealt with.
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+ Show Spoiler [The retreat] +
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Wait a minute... This picture has to be upside down right?
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The white protoss sees an opening, he wants to go for the pylon, he thinks he can micro around Eywa-'s Zealots while taking out this objective... Only, ITS A TRAP! The spawn timing is perfect and catches the white zealots between 2 gateways. As any protoss player will do, Eywa- rapidly purged them of their bodies and sent their souls back to Auir.
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+ Show Spoiler [It's a massacre] +
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The aggression from repartidor6 is relentless and Eywa- is forced to defend wave after wave of Zealots.
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The situation on the battlefield isn't getting any better, so an executive decision was made, Eywa- will venture into uncharted territory with new technology.
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+ Show Spoiler [The Scouting Probe] +
The fearless scouting probe of Eywa- finally met his match around 4:15... It was a sad day, all of Aiur wept at his passing.
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Despite the catastrophic news of the scouting probe's passing, Eywa-'s Zealots charge forward heroically on the back of the tactical advantage they gained in the center.
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Meanwhile... repartidor6 goes for his own transition... 3 gate Zealot! Eywa- is sure to be overrun now.
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With the tactical advantage once again, our blue protoss is able to triumph in battle. Zeratul is on his coffee break (on the right side)... Even the mighty protoss are subject to the collective will of union workers.
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As the white protoss sees his army crumble to the tactical position of Eywa-, he decides the only reasonable decision is to go for the back stab and stretch the forces of Eywa- onto two fronts. This may prove difficult for both the 90 and 150 apm users.
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The chase is on... however, reinforcements arrive and threaten the middle once again.
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+ Show Spoiler [More micro] +
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The micro UMS is over... More reinforcements have arrived. It's an endless tide!
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Meanwhile... In the main base!
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THEY'RE ALL DEAD!
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Not all is well however, the extensive micro required to maintain control over the situation has let slip the most vital factor for Eywa-'s survival... There are no troops on the way! All gateways are idle. (though this may have been due to the strike that was started after the scouting probes death... Slave labor they say!? Yeah right...)
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So, while the strike goes on, Eywa- decides it might be time to travel into even more abstract technology as some sort of future investment.
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Oh no! The power is offline, all of the workers who were on strike are now without power and will most certainly die due to their heavy reliance on technology. Tragedy? No... Karma.
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The Zealots have reached the ramp! Hold them off... Templar Archives is on the way... Warping in... Slooooooooooooooooooooooooooowly...
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+ Show Spoiler [They're breaking up the ramp!] +
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The struggle continues deeper into the base... THE ARCHIVE IS SCOUTED!
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+ Show Spoiler [The battle continues] +
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The first DT is out and is ordered to take the battle to the enemy. reparditor is not deterred.
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+ Show Spoiler [No detection] +
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The gateways in the main are Unpowered! there will be no reinforcements for Eywa-.
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Meanwhile... Chaos in the main base of repartidor6.
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The Dragoon is dead! The last line of defense for Eywa- is no more...
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+ Show Spoiler [Panic pylons] +
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The gateways are unpowered... Again.
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The white protoss army is not mighty enough to keep the gateways down indefinitely, power is on! DTs are out!
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The serial killer.
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Eywa-'s economy.
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Hidden bases? Much proactive scouting.
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repartidor is going for the base race!!
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Resistance is futile... Now, let us discuss the location of your hidden Rebel base...
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No stone will be left unturned when it comes to scouting.
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There is a counter attack in a last dished effort to reclaim this game, however, Eywa- is well prepared.
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As the battle winds down, Eywa- begins to question the greater meaning of things... Life, the universe and everything.
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Eywa- will now refer to himself in the first person. I hope you guys enjoyed that, let me know if you want me to do more of these and/or if it had too many pictures/not enough, too much text/not enough. Or if it was just lame in general ;d.
Thanks for reading!
You had way too many pictures imo. I mean, sure, what's a battlereport without pictures and I think you chose some great ones but it would've been better if you had half of those pictures and just described with happened in more grandiose fashion. Anyways, great to see another BW battle report blogger. Keep it up! 
