To be honest though, the cheese didn't achieve much, PianO still got an expo earlier than Sharp.

Sharp chose Katrina and now its PianO's turn to proxy.

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

December 10 2014 12:21 GMT

#25

2 marines out for Piano, another nearing completion.

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

December 10 2014 12:23 GMT

#26

This is like last game, except the roles are reversed and the ramp is harder to protect here.

Sharp gets rid of the marines and scvs with marines and one shot from the first vulture. Piano's own vulture is out as well. Armory going up for piano. Both players have taken the nat

Mirabel_

United States1768 Posts

December 10 2014 12:25 GMT

#27

PianO's SCV scouts as marines build.. Both players have chosen to scout in quite the wrong direction. Three marines move in as PianO's barracks floats over. They go up the ramp, meeting a single marine and four SVs. PianO's own SCV joins in. PianO loses one, but with good micro he is able to kill two SCVs. Another marine comes and secures Sharp's main. The attacking force is destroyed by the first vulture of the game. PianO already has two vultures, sitting at the ramp to his main. Sharp adds a fast armory and both players simultaneously expand. Four vultures from PianO now, and four from Sharp at PianO's ramp. They fight! Sharp comes out slightly ahead, but ultimately retreats. An SCV moves to PianO's ramp to repair the injured vulture. This twofact no machineshop followup isn't yielding a powerful army, as Sharp builds his own second factory. Four vults attack Sharp's base and run by his tanks! One of them makes it to his expansion and is dismissed in short order.

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

December 10 2014 12:25 GMT

#28

Both players with 2 factories. Sharp has a machine shop, Piano has none for his own facts. A vulture gets into Sharp's base. Little damage was done.

I see, Starport going up for Piano.

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

December 10 2014 12:29 GMT

#29

I don't get the mass goliaths. Sharp moves forward to shell Piano's main from the valley. Piano tried to destroy this but tank fire and inferior goliath numbers led to his destruction

Piano with a gol drop at Sharp's nat. Sharp cleans it without too much trouble.

Piano then attacks the 2 tanks shelling him.

Mirabel_

United States1768 Posts

December 10 2014 12:29 GMT

#30

PianO attacks with eight goliaths. What an odd build. Sharp spots the droptech with his floating rax, and his tanks siege up to address it. PianO attacks the two siege tanks and four goliaths, but his force of eight goliaths, despite focusing down the siege tanks, is not sufficient to deal with the second one. Base race! PianO's goliath drop deals heavy damage to Sharp's natural and Sharp pushes in for eheavy damage. PianO finally builds his machine shops, but his economy took a lot of heavy damage in that defense. Sharp with the advantage, builds a proxy base at 3:00. The only fielded units belong to Sharp.

Mirabel_

United States1768 Posts

December 10 2014 12:30 GMT

#31

The action is happening too quickly to stenograph! It's a TvT where my fingers can't keep up! PianO has tanks, but STILL no siege tech. Gung-ho from PianO's SCVs. How the hell can he afford this? GG must be coming soon.

Mirabel_

United States1768 Posts

December 10 2014 12:31 GMT

#32

GG from PianO as the new machine shops go down. PianO's cute Goliath drop strategy didn't serve him well this game.

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

December 10 2014 12:33 GMT

#33

I don't even know if PianO is serious anymore. Sharp with a ninja expo at 3 as his tanks place themselves at Piano's entrance. Piano took a ninja expansion at 5. Piano drops more gols at Sharp's nat. Piano sending scvs to the fray now.

GG from PianO.

edit I forgot its 1-1

Mirabel_

United States1768 Posts

December 10 2014 12:33 GMT

#34

So far, Game 1 on Fighting Spirit has gone to PianO, and game 2 on Katrina went to Sharp. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this went to game 5, but I think PianO is emphasizing style over substance so far in this series.

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

December 10 2014 12:34 GMT

#35

The rule is whoever cheeses loses.

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

December 10 2014 12:34 GMT

#36

Bifrost next map.

Piano at top right, Sharp at the bottom left.

Mirabel_

United States1768 Posts

December 10 2014 12:34 GMT

#37

Bifrost 3! This map gives Terran a myriad of options. PianO, with his creative style, was right to counterpick here. PianO lands at 2:00, Sharp at 8:00.

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

December 10 2014 12:36 GMT

#38

Both players with standard builds finally. 1 rax gas.

Mirabel_

United States1768 Posts

December 10 2014 12:37 GMT

#39

Sharp scouts his own expansion, but then backs off! He builds his barracks instead. At 14 supply, Scout is the first to expand. PianO's barracks completes in his main choke. One factory from the cutemaster.