"I sort of glossed over the bad parts =]. Like that time you acidentally queued your SCV to kill all the other ones at your expansion."
-Mark4
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| Find the red dot | | | Author: | | | IP: | nchobo03XXXX | | Date: | 12/30/00 08:12 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 5, Min: 5
Lifetime Rating for Slicer: 6.7333 |  | The match was played on the map SnowBound. It really is an interesting map. When I think about it, it reminds me of Polaris Prime. The main starting positions are essentially islands, but all the expansion spots on the map can be reached by the middle. People like me that really enjoy maps like Polaris Prime, should feel right at home with this one.
Sh@peshifter went random and drew Terran, while Neural_Blade went with Protoss for this map. Sh@peshifter got the top position on this map, and NEURAL_BLADE was middle left. They both started out with the same kind of builds, but Sh@peshifter branched off to get early gas. NEURAL_BLADE went for 2 gates and then gas. Both players did some teching, Neural_Blade warped in a cybernetics core, some cannons for defence, and then two Stargates. Sh@peshifter put up an Engineering bay and followed up by some Turrets for base defence. He then went for a Starport with a Control Tower add-on and a Factory with the Machine Shop add-on.
Both players scouted the map about the same time. NEURAL_BLADE scouted with a newly produced Corsair, and Sh@peshifter went looking for trouble with a Wraith. I think Neural_Blade was using the move command because his Corsair passed Sh@peshifter's Wraith without stopping to attack it. Sh@peshifter found NEURAL_BLADE's base before NEURAL_BLADE could find his, but it was quickly destroyed by the handful of Corsairs already collected at Neural_Blade's base.
With the reconnaissance Sh@peshifter gathered from NEURAL_BLADE's base, he quickly gathered 4 marines and a tank with the siege upgrade into a shuttle and headed out to attack. Sh@peshifter landed his troops on the lower part of NEURAL_BLADE's base, trying to destroy his Assimilator. His attack force was grounded pretty quickly by the way of zealots, but not without doing considerable damage to his assimilator. Meanwhile, Sh@peshifter decided to expand. He lifted off the Command Center he was building and floated it safely to a nearby expansion spot.
Not satisfied with his first attack, or trying to keep Neural_Blade from finding his expansion, Sh@peshifter planned to unleash a second attack. While Sh@peshifter was busy loading up some Marines/Goliaths, NEURAL_BLADE was busy warping in buildings at his main base. He warped in numerous cannons for base defence, and a Robotics Facility and Support Bay. Shortly after they were finished, Sh@peshifter's attack came. This time from the top of Neural_Blade's base, unlike his last attack from the back. Sh@peshifter's forces were destroyed by a Reaver, which had just finished producing at the time of the attack. The attack almost proved disastrous to the Robotics bay, which was almost destroyed during the raid. Sh@peshifter's Drop Ship was then chased out of Neural_Blade's base from a Corsair.
Over the next 10-15 minutes, massive air battles took place all over the map. Sh@peshifter was attacking NEURAL_BLADE, and Neural_Blade answered back with Corsairs and Scouts. Sh@peshifter planned another attack on NEURAL_BLADE's base, and loaded up a shuttle with 2 tanks. He loaded up another with a few marines. Sh@peshifter then took the shuttles to the top of Neural_Blade's base with the protection of 4-5 Wraiths and 1 Valkyrie. Sh@peshifter would draw the Corsairs to the Wraiths, and then cloak them. This tactic worked very well and destroyed many of NEURAL_BLADE's Corsairs. Another Reaver popped out and saved NEURAL_BLADE from losing a few structures. While this attack took place, Sh@peshifter used a Wraith or two in scouting the map for any possible expansions. He did a good job at this and did it frequently during the game.
Neural_Blade planned a counter attack on Sh@peshifter. He loaded a Reaver into a shuttle and made his way directly up the map toward his enemy's base. The Reaver caught Sh@peshifter on surprise and destroyed an SCV, and caused him to destroy an additional Command Center he was working on. The threat was soon eliminated by way of Wraiths. I guess Sh@peshifter's building Command Center sparked some expanding desires in Neural_Blade, because soon after his counter attack he expanded. A Reaver provided defence until cannons could be constructed.
Sh@peshifter came back with a devastating bomb, literally! A well-placed nuke took out Neural_Blade's Assimilator in his main base.(It really was, Picture Perfect!) The DropShip that had delivered the ghost to its destination then found NEURAL_BLADE's expansion, which was already setting up its perimeter defence. Soon after the nuking NEURAL_BLADE's main, Sh@peshifter expanded 2 more times. At Sh@peshifter's first expansion he was building another nuke and had a Physics lab already constructed for Battle Cruisers.
An additional nuke was dropped on NEURAL_BLADE, but this time it was on his expansion. Right in the middle of his Probe line. I guess NEURAL_BLADE was looking in his main base for the dreaded red dot and didn't find it.(I'm still trying to find it) That brought the nuke count up 2 for 2.
Neural_Blade started pumping air units out of his main base, and out of the expansion that was just nuked. Sh@peshifter was training air units as well, Wraiths, Valkyries, and a few Battle Cruisers and Science Vessels for another and final assault on NEURAL_BLADE's base. A dark Archon was used against the Battle Cruisers. I thought NEURAL_BLADE was going to mind control it, but instead just used feedback.(It's what I was thinking.. but I couldn't) More and more Corsairs came to alleviate the threat of Battle Cruisers and Valkyries, but they were no match for EMP. Another nuke was launched, this time aimed at Neural_Blade's main base. An observer quickly found it, and the ghost was killed by nearby probes. What a way to go. Some tanks and marines were brought in to help the Battle Cruisers finish off NEURAL_BLADE's main base.
Sh@peshifter followed his attack with a 4th nuke on Neural_Blade's expansion. The red dot was quickly found this time, and the few probes there ran for their lives. The probes weren't fast enough and they all perished in the radioactive blast. The blast also claimed the lives of an Assimilator and Nexus. All that remained in NEURAL_BLADE's expansion were a Pylon, Gateway, and a Stargate.
Neural_Blade gave up and each player kindly exchanged GG's. Sh@peshifter's death counter is currently on 3 :). That game, he nuked NEURAL_BLADE 3 out of 4 times. Probably the most I have ever seen someone nuke, or get nuked in a single game.
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