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Dragoons made to retreat. Observatory is active, no upgrades researching.
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3-pylon wall blocks off the 3rd from the NW isthmus approach. Obs tracks the timing push as it leaves Sea's base and attempts to cross that same isthmus. FLANKED BY ALL SHUTTLE'S FORCES. Quick reaction by Sea to scare it off with no significant damage.
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Sea begins his 3rd at 11 o clock. Shuttle losing all his goons trying to whittle down the push. The push is not getting reinforced quickly. Sea adds a 3rd and 4th factory. He takes position outside the pylon wall and besieges it, only to be dropped by 4 zealots and flanked hard by goons. Shuttle has cleared the map and now can move forward through the center.
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Japan11285 Posts
I think Shuttle could have micro'd better.
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Sea's third is very healthy, but it's about to feel some pain. Two shuttles tag the siege line with zealots while dragoons push inward. All the tanks are dead - now all the zealots are dead and the dragoons are falling fast to unsieged tanks. THREE STARGATES AND A FLEET BEACON. 3 base carrier switch.
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Japan11285 Posts
Shuttle's shuttle filled zealot delivers the blow he needed and the tanks are cleared.
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Shuttle is now in trouble, equal bases and on the defensive. He needs to hold out and obsolete this grounded force. Zeals and dragoons clump up between Shuttle's bases and wait for THE INCOMING PUSH
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Tanks siege up and zealot bombs excellently. Stargates lit, carriers in moments. Shuttle up-front pretending he can deal with this 6 fact push. Pylon walls go down as carriers swoop overhead. Vults decimate the probes at the 3rd while carriers mop up the push force. TOOOOOOON of vults filing in to join the battle. New mines. The carriers aren't saturated and these turrets are doing a ton of damage.
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WHAT. Stargates aren't lit anymore. Fake carrier switch? Bit late for that!? Where is the money going, more basic units? Sea is pulling further and further ahead. Mine scare at the third, doesn't do anything. Map is empty again. Stargates lit again. Shuttle kind of floating here. Goliaths have joined the battle. Air attack upgrade nearly finished. Protoss ground units are 0-0-0. Dropship annoys the third. Destroys the lit nexus! Sea's economic lead is staggering. Huge gol/tank push halfway across the map, parallel force of carriers and zeal/goon runs from it, straight to Sea's 3rd.
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Japan11285 Posts
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Shuttle's 3rd is pretty much done for, this is an all-in attack. Sea's mech forces sandwich Shuttle's assault and the carrier stack is forced to retreat. Shuttle has nothing but that desperate carrier stack left, and it retreats to save the nexus.
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More and more gols join the battle, Shuttle is being forced with every move to play out a losing game.
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Shuttle GGs as the entirety of Sea's forces approach his dying third from the NE. 2-1 Sea.
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Game 4! Shuttle top right! Sea top left! Closepos TvP on Circuit Breakers.
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Sea raxes at the top of his main plateau ramp this time. Same build as ever from Shuttle. Core comes out at 17, instant goon up in this.
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SCV gets in effortlessly. 1fact from Sea, machine shop immediately. Rax relocates southward. Shuttle adds a second gate as his economy picks up. Three goons on the field. Hidden Probe waiting to go up the ramp.
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Shuttle teching straight for observer. Pylon at the far corner of Shuttle's main plateau, overlooking his mineral-only 3rd area.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES48997 Posts
shuttle immediately getting a 3rd at 3 too
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Shuttle's probe dies accidentally. CC is complete, and once again Sea has expanded well before Shuttle. Observer hangs out at Sea's natural expansion. Second factory in moments. Passive game. Shuttle adds a third base at 3 o clock. Vults take to the map.
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Vults sent away by a clump of Dragoons, go mining instead. 4 zeal shuttle backs up a goon squad heading for top left. Mines deal significant damage to the goons. The goons are held back effortlessly. Stargate placed. No Archives Speedlot build?! Nah, Arbiter build. Archives coming in. Sea has not felt any pain yet. Vult dicking around at bottom right where Shuttle is making his 4th. Not a bad move by Shuttle if Sea doesn't push. Which he is.
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