this is why boxer is so great and so fun to watch.
proxy builds are fairly common these days, especially on blue storm and especially when you are playing vs boxer.
we've seen players proxy to end the game in <5 minutes. we've seen players proxy to harass mineral lines but boxer's new proxy is a step ahead of everyone else...
1. he purposely proxied and allowed ruby to scout his base. 2. ruby seeing an empty base knew proxy is on its way and pumped marines and walled his choke, while teching up. 3. boxer knew ruby will turtle so he expanded while continuing his tech. 4. by the time ruby realized the proxy was an empty threat and decided to expand, he was already behind in econ and failed to scout boxer's tech tree 5. boxer move on to fortify a contain, while expanding. unable to break out, behind on econ and loosing his expo, ruby threw in the towel.
for the entire game, boxer knew exactly how ruby will react, what unit and tech ruby will have. while ruby was completely shocked to see boxer getting wraiths, vultures n tanks. ruby's marines were pushed back by vultures. his tanks were stopped by mines. his gols were killed by tanks. everything ruby had was answered by boxer.
very impressive play by boxer. he had total control of the game. ruby's scouting information was being used against himself.
I also noted (and maybe it's obvious), but with his factories there Boxer's units had full access to midmap, while Ruby's couldn't fit through the tiny choke and thus only had one way out (besides dropships).
This TvT was Freshhhhh. Games like this are a precious jewl among the ocean of 30 minute lullaby TvT's out there now. The best part was when Boxer was sieging Ruby's nat ecoline and Ruby could not get vision on those tanks because his floating rax was getting hit by wraiths. Ruby's goliaths would be hit by tanks if they got too close to hit the wraiths. Ruby couldn't do anything at that point, his face was priceless when they zoomed on him moments later.
EPT
