Heavy Metal and The Case of the Mysterious Burning Bunker

Map: Take one damn guess

Players:

NewbieA$ianboy - Blue Terran -6:00

=vil_Vinde_Nu= - White Terran -12:00

When I joined this game, I wasn't planning on reporting on it, but it turned out to be a good game with lots of skirmishes. Thats why my first screenshot was a few minutes into the game.

The game started with me asking the two players if I could obs their game. They didnt care so we joined up and started. In the early game chat I found that =Vil_Vinde_Nu= was from Denmark. I then gave him my anti-russian speech and told him to be careful living so close to them :). NewbieA$ianboy was very displeased with the terran-terran matchup and repeatedly told us how much he hated it (usually right after he lost a skirmish. :p )

NewbieA$ianboy opted for a standard dual factory HM build, while =Vil_Vinde_Nu= went for a similar build except he went for a barracks at his ramp accompanied by a bunker at his choke. He got one tank next to his bunker and began construction of a CC at his natural. NewbieA$ianboy sent an SCV to scout the other terran and discovered a bunker the bunker at his choke. It had one marine in it, so he knew that his opponent was going for something other than infantry. He suspected HM. He sent his first 2 tanks and 2 vultures to =Vil_Vinde_Nu='s mineral only natural. He constructed a couple missle turrets and sieged his tanks. Little did he know that all =Vil_Vinde_Nu had was that bunker and a multitude of SCVs.

During this whole game, both players overestimated each others defense, thats what made it so interesting. Meanwhile, =Vil_Vinde_Nu= had discovered his containment at the expense of an SCV. NewbieA$ianboy , expecting a jailbreak attempt, fortified his tanks and vultures further with goliaths. He also prepared a drop. He couldn't drop =Vil_Vinde_Nu='s natural because he had an e-bay guarding his ledge, so he went for the top left corner of his main. He dropped a tank and 2 vultures right next to the terrans's busy workers. =Vil_Vinde_Nu= failed to scatter his SCVs and lost a good number before he destroyed the menace with tanks and vultures of his own. NewbieA$ianboy managed to run his last vulture throught most of his base and gained some valuable recon with which to devise a plan.

Wraiths whoop vultures for reasons unknown to me.

NewbieA$ianboy now knew that his opponent had wraiths, he in turn made vultures and started an expansion at his natural. He placed a wraith of his own at his natural ledge and threw up another starport. NewbieA$ianboy realizes that he is behind in the mineral race so he builds a second CC at the 9:00 main. He starts construction of turrets all over his main and natural. =Vil_Vinde_Nu= wasn't sitting around while the blue menace expanded all over the map, however. He was amassing a large force of wraiths from five starports. He decided to go hunting with his first 6 wraiths. He ordered them to the 9:00 main where he found a fledgling expansion consiting of nothing more than a few SCVs and a newly constructed starport. He ordered the starport to assume the position and began raping it. No resistance was offered within the first few seconds of his attack, so once again another overestimation, =Vil_Vinde_Nu= retreated back to his base. NewbieA$ianboy sends a few goliaths and built a few turrets to prevent anymore molestation.

=Vil_Vinde_Nu= tried in vain to break free of his containment, but only succeded in wasting a squad of Wraiths and 3 tanks. NewbieA$ianboy managed to damage =Vil_Vinde_Nu='s lone bunker. And so it burned.....

Kinda makes you wonder how they can burn forever, doesn't it?

=Vil_Vinde_Nu= neglects to repair his bunker, and takes his new fleet of 12 wraiths to harass NewbieA$ianboy's natural expansion. He starts to use hit and run tactics because there are missle turrets everywhere as well as NewbieA$ianboy's own fleet of cloaked wraiths. There came a point in the battle when both fleets of Wraiths were on top of each other, but because they were cloaked and nonone had scanned, they just sat there next to each other.

=Vil_Vinde_Nu= withdrew his wraiths and sent in a dropship of his own containing a tank, 3 marines and an SCV. He did not realize, however that NewbieA$ianboy had his wraiths still on patrol at his expansion. The dropship was destroyed before you could say "wow, that was really quick and I didn't notice that it got destroyed, dang it, that sucks". =Vil_Vinde_Nu= began construction of an expansion at the top mineral only expansion as well as one at the natural at the 9:00 position. He forewent defense and just "Maynarded"(is that a word?) a butt-load of SCVs to each one, hoping to get his money back on them as soon as possible. NewbieA$ianboy finding his enemy's expansion at his natural, sends a group of 8 goliaths to dismiss it, and begins construction of a CC at his own mineral only expansion. The goliaths go for the SCVs first and manage to destroy all but 2. Their rampage was cut short by 12 cloaked wraiths and a comsat with only 35 energy, however. NewbieA$ianboy had turrets and tanks at all of his expansions now and started to build attack groups. He had about 2 squads of wraiths and 12 goliaths, with odd troops and a few tanks scattered about. =Vil_Vinde_Nu= took this time to pump massive amounts of wraiths. He started to patrol the map with them, searching for a mistake on the other's part. He finds NewbieA$ianboy's new mineral expansion and tries to take it out with his 2/2 wraiths. The SCVs repair the turrets as they are attacked and manage to destroy 12 of the marauding wraiths.

NewbieA$ianboy now has four up and running bases whereas =Vil_Vinde_Nu= has five. The white terran does manage to break through his containment with a squad of wraiths and a force of tanks. He now has a access to his expansions by land. He feels comfortable and sends a drop ship containing an island expansion team at the same time NewbieA$ianboy does.

=Vil_Vinde_Nu= decides that his enemy has had enough profit from his expansion at the 9:00 main, and sends a group of 12 wraiths and a contingency of tanks and SCVs to take care of it. He manages to destroy the expansion, but suffers a loss of his own as NewbieA$ianboy annihalates his newly constructed expansion at the 3:00 main. NewbieA$ianboy loads up his dropships and orders his wraiths toward =Vil_Vinde_Nu='s base. They are intercepted by a patroling wraith, though. A battle of converging forces and mad comsats ensues. NewbieA$ianboy loses the battle, and in true Johnny Vegas fashion quits. I thought it was a very premature concession; they both had equal numbers of expansions now and neither had an isanely large lead in troop numbers in upgrades. Oh well. By the way, =Vil_Vinde_Nu= never did repair that bunker......

They must be lighting farts in there.

Highlights and lessons learned (i think you have to have one of these sections)

Dont give up so quickly, its easy to win after you lose a battle.

Repair your stuff, or it'll make the observers mad.

Have lots of battles, that way the observers have more fun.

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