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| Down to the Wire | | | Author: | | | IP: | pool-209XXXX | | Date: | 12/21/99 07:12 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 2, Max: 7, Min: 5
Lifetime Rating for Stalker0: 6.0000 |   | Map: The Lost Temple
Players:
Stalker0, 3:00, Terran
Someguy, 9:00, Protoss
I was hanging out at nohunters but couldn’t find a game. Feeling a little frisky after that third class of coke, (If you say "coke is beer" twelve times while spinning around it will actually happen) I decided to play a ladder game with the public. Someguy walks in to my arena and chooses Protoss. Terran vs Toss, may Heartcutter be with me.
The guy seemed newbish to me, maybe it was the constant saying of "I suck":)
I opened up with a pretty standard heavy metal build order. 8 depot, 10 rax, 12 depot, 13 gas (put 3 scv’s right on it), 15 fac. I put the first 2 depot and first rax on the choke in a typical heartcutter wallin.
I send out the scv that finished my first rax. 12:00, no luck. 9:00, pay dirt. My little peon wheeled around and got the info. 2 gateway, cyber, gas. Hmmm looks like drags or a DT tech.
I leave the scv in his natural for future scouting. I’ve gotten my 2 facs up and have already made 2 vultures. Knowing about his tech, I put on shops. I start one tank and research siege mode. I send in the scv again and get attack by a drag. Looks like mass drags, perfect:)
I get my academy up, I know I’ll need comsat for future recon. Meanwhile I get attacked by 2 drags. They can’t get in through the wallin but they make an annoyance of themselves by attacking the depots. I got a little impatient, instead of waiting for the tank to finish I attack with my four meager marines. They get trashed, but the tank finishes and drives them off. The next time he comes in, I’ve made 4 tanks-2 of which are in siege mode. 6 drags went in, 2 came out. I should say they all left, 4 floated down my ramp in a little river of goo. Starcraft is a messy business, always so much cleanup.
Well I wheeled out my force, 4 tanks and 6 marines. I kept scanning his main and I researched mines. I had that nasty DT feeling. Fortunately they never came. However, I did notice a couple of rob facs. I moved into his natural where I noticed a new expansion already in good production and about 8 drags. I took them all out but more came so I was forced to retreat, one tank and marine remaining.
Meanwhile back at my base I kept up tank production. I built an expansion at my natural, a starport, and a third factory. I was feeling pretty confident, a little cocky even. I really slacked on marine production and I still only had one barrack, although I built 3 more a little later.
I did a quick turbo newbie on his expansion. Unfortunately a passing shuttle saw it and his drags made quick work of my sieging tank and my 4 marines. I was however, able to get several probes before the tank bit the dust.
I scanned his base, 2 stargates and a FLEET BEACON!!! Hmm, gayweb or carriers. I messaged him, "So its come down to gayweb eh?" He replied, "huh?" Either he wasn’t going corsairs or he was trying to trick me. I went with option number one. I put up an armory at my base (I know, I was lazy. I’m whipping myself for it now honest:) I also put up a science facility with a covert obs, and I research charon.
I was right, carriers. I sent in about 8 tanks and got hit with 2 carriers. I flattened the expansion and then retreated. I still had 5 tanks. I produced 3 goliaths in quick order and sent them into the fray. Those with the few marines I did produce held off the carriers. I sent in my tanks and started flattening his main. I kept scanning the islands, nothing there. My scouting marines did finally find an expansion at 6:00. It was right then that my expansion was hit by a cannon turbo newbie. I had reduced the guy to one expansion with no tech; I wasn’t really worried.
Then, all hell broke loose. 4 carriers bust into my main. He must have been hoarding them away from his base. My goliaths were all off protecting my tanks, there were none at my main. I had only a few marines and they did jack. He started taking out my peons and my supply depots. Meanwhile, I was moving my expansion cc to the lower right island. My goliaths finally arrived and drove off his carries. I lost 2 goliaths. I now have a severe lack of gas. I moved my cc from my main to 12:00 trying to get some gas.
The tanks that had finished his main moved down to 6:00 and had a little party on protoss property. Unfortunately, their was a little property damage. Actually, A LOT of property damage. All he had now was the two cannons, the forge, and the pylon on my cliff. Damn this is getting tight.
I have one dropship, and I put it to use. I drop 2 of my remaining tanks on to the cliff and take out the two cannons. Unfortunately, the carriers come and take out the tanks. The carriers then move into my base. They take out my factories. I keep building marines but they do nothing. My goliaths are able to chase away them away but I lose another one.
He now has about 3 carriers left. I have 3 goliaths, one base at my island with 3 scvs getting min and a base at 12:00 getting a little gas. I have one barracks left at my base building marines and one starport with a control tower.
He starts attacking my 12:00 expansion. I send my goliaths but they get killed. He starts tearing at my expansion. During this time I shuttle over 2 more tanks onto the cliff and kill the forge. Its starts ripping into the pylon. He now has one pylon left, that’s it. He has no min, no probes, nothing but 3 carriers and pylon. I had one functioning base, and I was losing.
The carriers came back and took out my tanks. Worse yet, they took out my dropship. My last damn dropship. He also started pounding on my bottom expansion taking out my refinery and my scvs.
Okay, I have 270 gas left. I have 313 min. I have 5 marines. He has one little pylon left. I had a couple of choices, get a dropship and send my mars up there, or attempt to float my barracks up there. I choose number one.
And then I swear a bolt of lighting hit him. I cancelled the dropship and instead built a wraith AND cloaking. I hadn’t seen an obs all game, this was my chance.
He was finishing my island so I was able to finish the wraith and cloaking. I sent the wraith over to the pylon and cloaked. It had about 100 hp left. His carriers started to come at me, BUT HE COULDN’T GET ME!!!! I finished the pylon with 4 mana energy left. The redneck wins!!!!
Lessons Learned:
1) Never assume the battles over
2) Macro is very very good.
3) Never underestimate a group of carriers
4) Goliaths are good, ghosts are better.
5) Tight games ARE FUN!!!!
Disclaimer: This report is almost completely true. All the events were correct, however the number of troops might not have been accurate. I couldn’t remember all the numbers; I think it was pretty close. I hoped you enjoyed it. LONG LIVE THE TERRAN!!!
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