The Lost Temple - Ladder
[=gaia=] - Terran - 3
lejlove - Terran (random) - 6

I join a game called 1100+ even if my opponent proves to be slightly below 1100. And I am treated to a rare game vs a random opponent, as I have already made clear he got terran, thi is rather worrying, this is best race he could be, a standard terran opening vs random is weak vs terran, while he has the chance to go gas first. My anti-random build goes 2rax, academy, gas, but my brave first marine scouts 12 to find an enemy SCV scouting the same location, I start shooting up the SCV and think he must be at 9 since most people scout 3 first from 6. However my scout SCV finds he is at 6, and with dual bunkers surounding his CC.

Since I found he was terran, apart from being worried I abandoned my plan to get firebats and stim, and got my factory asap. Upon seeing his bunkers I am rather relieved, I am facing a turtle and he has no factory building yet. I am convinced his bunkers could not stop my 6 marines and 2 medics sneaking behind his minerals to form a firing squad. Unfortunantly bunkers have quite a bit of range and my men are mercilessly mown down for no losses, however he did stop all his SCV mining for 20 seconds. Also I stopped construction of a third bunker at his choke and killed an SCV and marines there, so I am not entirely displeased with my attack.

Back at home I have rejected the 2 factory strategy and gone for 2 starports instead while making vultures to defend. I put up a comsat and scan his base to see, an ebay, academy, and the beginings of a factory. I have three wraiths with 2 more building, unfortunantly I am behind on depots and will have to stick with 6 wraiths for a while. I send 3 vultures hoping to hit his peon line with more success than my M&M, vultures do have more range, but they meet 2 more bunkers at his choke!! So I start to attack with 4 wraiths, with 2 straglers coming in. As my first wraiths arrive I see fighting below!!! yes he built his bunker where his comsat should go, his ebay is neither flashing nor is he building turrets. I get quite a few SCV and the rest retreat to his choke, where I believe he built a turret. My wraiths however stick around the CC, oddly he empties his bunker allowing my wraiths to kill the marines before i run out of mana, my 6 wraiths kill his bunker and start on the CC. Despite my wraiths lack of mana he doesn't attempt to drive them off, I just don't know what he is doing.

He does try and build a comsat now there is no obstruction, but his CC is in the red and doesn't manage to complete the comsat. So desperately he attacks my base with all his troops and tanks, he nearly kills all my defending troops with his tank, but a tank is no match for my 2 fresh wraiths. So he quits.

Hmmm a 1100 ladder player builds 4 bunkers vs a terran opponent?? He was obviously a toss/zerg player hoping not to get terran I guess, most terran players facing a known terran would go gas first with a single bunker at choke. Also he doesn't build turrets and blocks his comsat, I didn't build turrets either but only because I saw he had no ports. Still I was happy to get the points.