Johnny_Vegas vs. NewbieMcNasty

Map : Rivalry

report by YouAreDumb

The Game Starts... and both players' early BO is identical, Depot - Refinery - Rax. However, NewbieMcNasty goes for multiple Factories while Johnny_Vegas only builds one. This is while Johnny_Vegas's one SCV is already sitting in top right starting position..

NewbieMcNasty takes Bottom Right position	Johnny_Vegas takes Top left position

which would shortly build another CC, while relying on a Bunker to defend the choke to main base. This is after NM's scouting SCV has already passed top right position and ends up dying in JV's main base.

Now, NM already has 2 Factories.. With the completion of Machine Shop, the Factory starts to light up.. NM is well ahead in getting Siege Tech, and even starts on Armory as well. Eventually NM was able to outupgrade to 2/1 when JV had no upgrades still... However, this advantages would be offsetted by the fact this map takes a bit of time to traverse..

What a luck!!! (don't you love this game when this happens?) Now this I think was the most crucial event of the game. No actions, but still this would cost NM the game.. Look at how closely JV's secrete expansion avoids getting detected..
	JV's expansion is up so he transfers most of SCVs from his main base.. Unfortunately for NM, the scouting Marine misses these hurrying SCVs by just a half screen !!! Oblivious of this fact, NM decides to contain JV. 1 Tank, 1 SCV, and 1 Marine hurry across the map to JV's natural... In the end, the blockade looks like this .. Note : This NM's containment crew would end up with 1 kill in the game...

Surprised Vulture? About 10 min into the game now, a scouting Vulture finally spots JV's expansion, which is soon killed by a control group of SCVs. From the minimap, NM's Tanks and goliath can be seen hurriedly scrambling to the top right starting position now, but JV's Factory was already flashing... Due to the map size, NM's tanks won't arrive there until JV's Factory produces a Tank, which immediately sieges up.. JV also puts down another Factory in the expansion as well.

NM's 1 SCV, 1 Goliath, 1 Tank arrive at JV's expansion one by one, and engages the sole Tank. However, NM's Tank first Tank shot is wasted when it auto-fires at an SCV instead of the enemy Tank... 1 Sieged Tank succesfully defends the base.. In the mean time, NM has also started on an expansion of his own at bottom center resource node.

Now the race for resource has started, and NM tries yet another round of attack on JV's expansion. This time, a force of 4 Siege Tanks close in but become spotted by a cloacked Wraith... JV's main base is already running 3 starports in full force, while NM's 1 Starport has 2 Dropships floating around.. NM starts another base in his natural. as well.

NM's Dropships now pick up 4 Tanks that were parking outside JV's expansion, and drop them behind Gas Refinery.. However, JV's Wraiths are already in the scene of action and the rest of NM's SCVs and 2 Goliath do not make it there in time to support the Tanks.. Once again, NM's offensive fails.

Timely retaliation Once NM's Tank drop is repelled, JV's entire Wraith (about 12+) and 2 Dropships containing 2 Tanks and 4 SCVs heads up to NM's newly established expansion in bottom center. The only defense is a single Missile Tower, and NM promptly gives up the expansion. JV levels the base and starts CC right where the remains of NM's CC hasn't even disappeared yet...

NM is now forced to recall 2 tanks that were still blockading JV's natural.. NM's main base could be busted anytime and NM knows he is short on Tanks. I guess containing a good player is always a hard thing to do hehe ^^ This is what remains of NM's force.. The charon boostered Goliath army plus 2 Tanks that are making it back across the map...

NM's Goliath shine monetarily when some Wraith pilots dare to meddle around them.. Of course, even with a hit&run tactic, Wraith won't get out of Goliath fire before a fews are shot down..

These Goliath were attempting to secure mid-right expansion. SCV arrives shortly and soon starts on a new Command Center. However, JV threatens NM's natural expansion with some cloacked Wraith, which would recall most of these Goliath out of the area.. Unfortunately, this expansion gets spotted by JV's comsat scan only seconds after completion.. JV's entire Tanks head south from top right position, as well as a control group of Wraith..

At thish point game seems pretty much over, as JV again kills NM's expansion before it has any chance to mine.. NM's 4 Valk and 2 Dropshipful of Goliath engages but are cut down.. However one Valkyrie manages to get 9 kills.. because.. (Wraith ignores Valk and targets CC)

As a finale, JV moves in with the rest of the forces onto NM's natural expansion, which is only guarded by 2 Siege Tanks. NM finally concedes the game.

Here is the final result of the game, which only lasted 25:21.

p.s. Just wondering.. is this why ppl say TvT is rather boring ?