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Welcome to the...er... well welcome to the latest [AsF]AzNSuNBoY BattleReport. While the pics
load, you should go play Basilica.
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OK, hopefully the pics are loaded (if you followed my advice, and didn't get addicted).
Now, I present:
Survival of the Fittest
As with all [almost] things battlereporty, this game originated in channel "Clan ~nohunters"
(Note the name, newcomers). There's the typical talking, mainly about the left-handed and
right-handed mouse modes. Amidst this turmoil, [YuRi]~FinKL and [Mr.T]Hoss decide to start
a game.
Vital Info, the Buildup
The Map: Dire Straits (spelled correctly =Þ)
The Players:
[YuRi]~FinKL - I think his main name was "Angel" or something like that; but the ~nohunters
bot wouldn't reveal anything about him =P. He randomed to White Terran in the bottom right corner.
[Mr.T]Hoss - Hostile~SCV is his main name. He randomed to Red Zerg in the bottom left corner.
ProtectorOfAiur - My Fellow Observer... not much to say here =).
Almost immediately, [Mr.T]Hoss pauses the game and says that he needs to "do something." [YuRi]~FinKL
responds with: 
After the unpause, [YuRi]~FinKL starts out with depot, refinery, barracks, depot, factory. He then
proceeds to add two starports and starts making wraiths.
On the other side, [Mr.T]Hoss starts with 2nd hatch, extractor, then spawning pool. As the pool
finishes, he immediately morphs two lairs, soon followed by a hydralisk den, going for a drop.
After he has six wraiths, [YuRi]~FinKL sends them all to hoss's base to wreak some havok. The
wraiths eliminate two overlords on the way, and the swoop to the drone line, when hydras
show up and drive them away.
The War of Attrition
[YuRi]~FinKL responds to his semisuccessful incursion by adding another barracks, a machine shop, a
control tower, and a command center. As this one finishes, it floats to the middle right
island, and [YuRi]~FinKL starts another one.
[Mr.T]Hoss's response to the attack is slightly different. Loading up all his forces, he unloads
about 20 hydras on the left side of [YuRi]~FinKL's base. The hydras are discovered by a group of
wraiths, and the fight is on.
[YuRi]~FinKL barely survives the juggernaut, using plenty of SCV tactics to do it. now, he adds a
bunker, and sieges a tank behind it. He also begins floating his 3rd CC towards the right
middle island, but is denied by eight hydras, which destroy the CC.
[Mr.T]Hoss takes this window of opportunity to expand to the middle left island. He also sends
his eight hydras in and takes out [YuRi]~FinKL's middle left expansion. [YuRi]~FinKL evacuates the SCV's by
dropship and slowly floats the CC away. We all hold our breath, as the CC, well under 100/1500
floats toward the top right island, where an SCV is waiting for it. The CC is at 8 HP when
the SCV finally is able to reach it and start repairing. Sorry, [Mr.T]Hoss =Þ.
Now, [Mr.T]Hoss takes his eight hydras and hits [YuRi]~FinKL's main from the top. He also lands eight hydras
at the left side of the base. Sweeping around the right side of the base, the top hydras kill
many an scv, as the tanks are occupied with the left-side hydras (confused?). However, the tanks
are able to finish off those hydras also, and despite the SCV casualties, [YuRi]~FinKL is still in this.
[Mr.T]Hoss takes the initiative and expands again, to the top middle island. [YuRi]~FinKL does a little
2-marine, 2-SCV drop on the middle left island, and actually does some damage before hatching
hydras put down the assault. As [YuRi]~FinKL sees the effectiveness of his drop, he puts down two
more barracks, an academy, and finally adds a comsat station. Also, by now his CC at the
top right island is fully repaired and flies to land. The SCV there starts to construct a barracks.
A comsat reveals the top middle expansion, and [YuRi]~FinKL drops it with 6 marines, two medics, and
a tank. The expansion is obliterated.
The Snowball Juggernauts
In response, [Mr.T]Hoss starts yet another attack on the beaten-down terran base, this time with
16 hydras.
[YuRi]~FinKL's nifty SCV micro is too much for [Mr.T]Hoss, as is the fact that [YuRi]~FinKL has realized that his
bunker was empty =P and rushes to fill it. [Mr.T]Hoss attemps a 6-hydra drop on the top of [YuRi]~FinKL's base,
but is easily fought off by a few M&M and a tank.
[YuRi]~FinKL goes on the offensive with a M&M+Tank drop on [Mr.T]Hoss's Middle left expansion, but is driven
off by four hydralisks and two sunkens.
[Mr.T]Hoss continues random hydra drops all over [YuRi]~FinKL's main. In turn, [YuRi]~FinKL continues to use his
SCV micro combined with M&M to stop them. [Mr.T]Hoss also discovers [YuRi]~FinKL's top right expansion
and forces it to lift-off with 12 hydras.
There is a brief respite...
All or Nothing
At seemingly the same time, [YuRi]~FinKL loads up all his forces (around 24 M&M, 1 tank, 2 SCVs)
and ships them to [Mr.T]Hoss's main. [Mr.T]Hoss also loads up about 16 hydras and moves toward's [YuRi]~FinKL's
main. I'll let this collage tell it all...
Basically, [YuRi]~FinKL's forces clean up all of the zerg bases, except for a newly founded one at
the top-left island. Unfortunately, [Mr.T]Hoss is able to take out all the floating terran buildings
with mutas and hydras, rendering [YuRi]~FinKL's forces useless.
End-Of-Game Crap
In the end, [Mr.T]Hossoutscored [YuRi]~FinKL by around 2000 points
The Post-Game Chat: (Note Dialtone_'s quote =Þ)
Lessons learned
- Never give up (as always =P). [YuRi]~FinKL could have called it quits very early, but he
stuck in it and nearly pulled out a win.
- Always keep tabs over your own base. If [YuRi]~FinKL had just made an extra engineering
bay at the end and floated it around, it might have bought him enough time to finish off
[Mr.T]Hoss.
- Defend your expansions! It seemed that every time [YuRi]~FinKL expanded, he left it
naked and vulnerable to attacks from [Mr.T]Hoss. This probably cost him the game.
Thanks again for tuning in. Signing off,
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