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| Smokin Battle on Dire Straits | | | Author: | | | IP: | XXXX | | Date: | 06/06/99 08:06 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | Starcraft(1), Text Only(1) | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 7, Min: 7
Lifetime Rating for Smoking_Skull: 6.5000 |  | Map: Dire Straits
Type: 3 player ffa
Players: (me) orange terran bottom right, g_spot red terran top left, Breakyourass brown toss bottom left
I was looking to have a 2v2 on dire. Earlier I did but the lag was so bad the ppl left. After having ppl leave in and out I finally had 3 people and then I decided for a ffa since no one else would come. So the game finally began
I elected to go air early and expand so my 7th scv built a refinery while the others mined minerals. My 10th scv built a depot then I built more until I had 4 mining gas and about 12 mining minerals. I had 2 builder scvs and a idle scv for dropshipping. I then built a rax, depot, factory, 2 starports, control towers, machine shop and then a dropship and wraiths. I expanded to the top expansion close to me. I then scouted with wraiths and then saw that top right wasn't taken. I then scouted and found brown and red. Red was turreting his expansion while brown was cannoning his base in. I then built some more wraiths and went to defend my expansion. I then built an e-bay and a academy and built a com-stat station. I then turreted my island built a rax and a bunker there in case of zels or goons or marines. I then finally expanded to top left and built a rax, bunker and a few turrets.
Back at base I had 4 starports with control towers, 2 armories for fast upgrade for air, 1 science facility with physics lab. I then began to make bcs and lots of depots for supply.
Suddenly I saw red send wraiths to the island but the turrets held off. I almost lost a turret too. After getting 8 bcs and 2 vessels I saw that red dropped 2 tanks and was hitting my expansion. I quickly sent the vessel and 8 bcs and killed them losing a vessel and having com-stat to aid me.
After that I pretty much built up 10 bcs, 3 vessels and sent them to kill red's expansion. He sent a bc and wraiths but feel easily. Back at base I had covert ops and was building ghosts and goliaths because I saw that brown was going carriers and arbiters. I quickly took down red's expansion and then sent 2 scvs and expanded there while repairing my bcs. I then saw red had lots of goliaths so I d-matrixed 6 with my 3 vessels. I lost nothing and boy d-matrix saved me from losing one. I then cleaned him up but he was alive still. Meanwhile at my base I had 2 bcs, 6 wraiths, 8 goliaths 1 vessel and a few turrets. I then expanded with my scvs from my main to the expansion east of my first expansion and I also expanded to an area close to red's old expansion. I then wanted to build a nuke and free supply so I sent 4 wraiths cloaked and ran into red's last expansion. I took it down while brown was also killing him. I then com_stated his carriers and took down the observer and then the carriers were forced to run.
Red left after saying he was doomed and ggs were exchanged. Back at base I pretty much had everything upgraded air was 3/3 while ground was also 3/3. I didn't bother upgrading infantry except the range upgrade for marines. I then attacked brown but storm drove me off for a while. I then went to repair my fleet but then brown attacked. I lost a vessel and all my gols. He had 10 unupgraded carriers and 2 arbiters. My 2 bcs were holding off well because the interceptors did only 1 to them. I then finally killed his fleet with my 10 bcs. Well a few carriers escaped but that's all. He asked me during the battle why I didn't lose my bcs. My bcs were pretty much dead. I told him I upgraded and he didn't. He then gave up because I had map control and a big air force. GGs were said and thus ended a great terran battle. I couldn't believe I won a ffa with terran especially on an island map.
Then again the toss wasn't smart for using stasis which would've killed me. I emped them so he wouldn't think about it. During the game I forgot to mention I d-matrixed a vessel and killed 3 temps with irradiate before dying. Brown only had 1 expansion and his main. I also forgot to mention how I saw red take down brown's expansion near me. This is my first timing writing here and I used paragraphs like you guys said. I didn't get any screen shots unfortunately. My next b report should have screen shots hopefully. During the game red kept asking me how I was doing also and red also said how he forgot to get ghosts. Brown also didn't have das which is bcs worst nightmare. I actually don't see anyone use das on island maps.
Lessons learned
- Map control is always essential on isle maps especially. They never attacked a few of my expansions which let me get the resources for bcs and all. At the end of the game I had lots of money in the bank.
- Always, always get stasis when your toss. Had brown got stasis then I may have been doomed. Same thing for mc although he would have to shuttle them in.
- Always, always get ghosts on island maps. Mainly for lock down.
- Always, always build turrets around your main. When he sent his arbiters and carriers I had 1 vessel which died. Luckily he surrendered because he had a few hts which would've been hell. Chances are I would've irradiated them anyways.
Oh yeah I forgot to mention how I said to my opponents irradiate rules after reading praetor's b report on his ffa on ashrigo. I enjoyed reading it just like I enjoyed writing this and winning with terrans on a free for all. |
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