[BR] 3v3 with Intotherainbow and 2Pacalypse Pt. 2

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

August 08 2017 05:44 GMT

Where we left off last time:
The situation for Team 2 looked dire, however, their saving grace was an unchecked protoss, v1 and their zerg AllAndArITY still had a decent economy going. Above all, bioboyAT was recovering well enough from our first assault which opened up the possibility of a comeback if they played their cards right!

Link to Part 1: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/521684-3v3-with-intotherainbow-and-2pacalypse-pt-1

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Intotherainbow- an influential protoss player in BW and played terran in SCII under HopeTorture. The guy who fought and lost to Fruitdealer in GSL Open Season 1 if that helps jog the memory of SCII fans. Liquipedia provides a lot of details on his BW background for anyone who is interested.

2Pacalypse- one of the programmers of shieldbattery who has given frequently to TL in the past and still is in the present. Also, was B in the past, plays protoss and is considered an expert in PvP warfare on hunters/BGH from what I hear.

Bigfan- myself, a D rank terran player who hasn't played a team game since 2000-01? My history only saw me play lots of vs AI games on fastest map possible after a very small and forgettable stint trying 1v1 and team games (hunters/BGH).

v1- an Estonian protoss player who claims that he was B in the old days. Also, the guy who gets bugged frequently by yours truly for cool gfx for all of the BW articles in recent years. Watch out for this guy!

bioboyAT- our "super foreigner gosu" zerg player, a nickname given to him by Intotherainbow after bio fought extremely well against rainbow in ZvP and even took their last 1v1 game! Claims that he want B in the old days as well.

AllAndArITY- one of the players who joined our game for the evening. He played as zerg and seemed to have decent understanding of BW and how to play team games so I can only presume he was a valuable asset to his team.

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Game ended up being a 3v3 on Hunters (see map above for spawn positions).
Team #1:
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Intotherainbow
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2Pacalypse-
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Bigfan

Team #2:
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v1
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bioboyAT
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AllAndArITY

While 2Pacalypse- was launching an assault on AllAndArITY's spire, Rainbow continued his own assault on bioboyAT which forced v1 into a defensive stance. This in turn helped us to isolate v1's army from his base.

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Using this opportunity, 2Pacalypse- went for an attack on v1's base while AllAndArITY saw his an opening and attacked 2Pacalypse-'s base at around the same time. 2Pacalypse-'s attack wasn't unable to cause as much damage as he hoped but AllAndArITY scored some drone kills before retreating.

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Feeling that it was finally time, our fearless leader, Rainbow ordered 'the' attack on AllAndArITY's base. An all out assault meant to kill, rather than just cripple. And so, it began.

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My own task was to hold outside bioboyAT's base and delay their army advances using my paltry forces while 2Pacalypse- and Rainbow got the job done. It was a task that I welcomed! Realizing their bad situation, v1 and bioboyAT combined their own forces for an assault on my base. An eye for an eye, base for a base and an ally for an enemy. A good strategy that was implemented on the fly but failed in the end:

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Having just finished off one of their allies, Team 1's victory seemed all but secure. Despite their predicament, Team 2's determination never waned. v1 decided to expand all the while bringing out the strongest and most imba unit in the protoss arsenal. Rainbow kept trying to put up the pressure until even he was forced to retreat:

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IMBA... IMBA... IMBA...
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Our lack of detection came back to haunt us. No observers out, only several overlords spread around the map and not a single scan in sight due to having to scan in my own main for a pesky dark templar that STILL managed to escape and hide in the shadows!

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We were even getting pushed back in and around bioboyAT's base! v1 continued strengthening his economy and saturated his expansion while we were all on a single base, trying to contend with the dark templar threat.

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Regardless, we continued our assault. A ling attack on v1's expansion failed greatly and 2Pacalypse- retreated while our leader felt it necessary to use force to try and get 2Pacalypse- to move his overlord. We must've looked like progamers to him with our crisp macro and micro!

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With an overlord now in place, both Rainbow and 2Pacalypse- grabbed an expansion as they pushed into bioboyAT's base. Much like last time, I blocked off the path that v1 must take to get to bioboyAT and with a bit of help, drove away v1's forces. v1 himself decided to take a third hidden expansion realizing what was about to go down and went for an attack on 2pac's expansion with little luck:

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Unable to do much, he tried his luck again but was turned back almost immediately by a large mnm group while his remaining ally was getting slaughtered. The only bright side of this whole situation was his third base was up and running by now. It was also still unscouted at this point.

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And he would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for the pesky ling that 2Pacalypse- sent in to scout around. After being put in a bad position where he had to defend his third against my own forces, v1 found his army squeezed between two armies, that of mine and Rainbow! All good things must come to an end, I suppose.

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Back on a 2 base economy and up against 3 rather large armies made up of all three races in the game, v1 made a brave last stand. Alas, with his high templars sniped by 2Pacalypse-'s mutalisks, his defeat was more certain than ever. After all, one player can only do so much:

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Hope you guys enjoyed it. Apologies for no mini-map context. Most of the game was played while we were all on one base and it was only towards the last half or so that several of us expanded along the usual expansion path. As long as you keep the spawn positions in mind, you should be able to make out where the attacks took place from that as well as the descriptions and pictures provided.

FuDDx

United States5002 Posts

August 08 2017 05:50 GMT

Ahhh The good ole days of Battle reports!! Before they had replays!!

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

August 08 2017 06:18 GMT

Next time, 3v3 on (6) Chain Lightning XD

Estonia771 Posts

August 08 2017 07:41 GMT

that v1 dude was really good

atrox_

United Kingdom1707 Posts

August 08 2017 10:39 GMT

losing my spire right before it built in this game made me so sad (I'm AllAndArITY)

c3rberUs

Japan11285 Posts

August 08 2017 14:05 GMT

v1 with the DTs and last stand!

^Don't be sad atrox_, at least you got play with RainBOw (yeah, I'm still jelly but you guys just had to play at like 1am on a work day)

I kept thinking "Wow, Lemmata is bossing 2pac and Bigfan around like a pro" throughout reading this haha.

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

August 08 2017 20:03 GMT

Oh hey atrox, never realized you were AllAndArITY. 2pac's spire snipe was ridiculously good and really well timed lol. I think that if you got some mutas out, you could've cleaned out his mineral line and probably gave yourselves an advantage, what with bioboyAT recovering and v1/you being relatively untouched.

Still, it's part of what makes the game. Though this game felt relatively short, there were a lot of small engagements that took place. I think I captured most of them in these blogs but it's amazing how dynamic team games can be. Spawning locations play such as a huge role as well.

Thanks for the comments. No thanks, I think I'll stick to Hunters instead of Chain Reaction

Also, yes, Rainbow was kinda bossy lol. Attack this, move that, do this. I'll give him a pass this time before he's a pro

c3rberUs

Japan11285 Posts

August 10 2017 14:16 GMT

Well, yeah hahaha. IIRC he played proleague 2v2 (closest thing to to 3v3) games for SKT so you can't argue with that kind of credential

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