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| Dire Straits FFA- Who said terran/toss was imbalanced | | | Author: | | | IP: | XXXX | | Date: | 06/25/99 04:06 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | Starcraft(1), Problem: Broken Images(1) | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 8, Min: 8
Lifetime Rating for Tahrajj: 7.2222 |  | Hey! My third report...
Info:
Map: Dire Staits
Type: Free For All
Tahrajj(me)-Blue-Top Right-Terran
twisted-Brown-Bottom Left-Protoss
'Lorak-Purple-Bottom Right-Protoss
Inadequate-White(now you see why I didn't change the color)-Top Left-Protoss
Extra: We all picked random, except at the 2 second mark 'Lorak picked protoss.
The Pre-Game Show
After returning from a 2v2 game with twisted as my partner, he got very sick of me because I died of a rush! Oh well, I felt like playing a decent game, so we start asking for a 2v2. Everyone was brain-dead. So I told twisted to go to channel twisted and I would get people to come. When he left I screamed out "COME TO CHANNEL TWISTED FOR 2v2!!!" 2 people were there when I entered. I asked for Dire Straits, they said ok, and I went to create it.
In the pre-game chat we were deciding on the teams. Twisted didn't want to be my partner, but the other two wanted to be a team. In case you can't figure it out the other two were 'Lorak and Inadequate. So after some chatting we decided on a FFA and the game commenced. Everyone picked random, except at the 2 second mark 'Lorak picked protoss.
The Beginning
There was a loud BOOM when the power generator in my Command Center blew out, causing it to fall short of it's mark of bottom right and came at a screeching halt at Top right. The enemies just finished warping in their nexus. I only had direct knowledge of one protoss, 'Lorak, although I did feel that twisted had protoss becuase he didn't let out with a deafening howl of "err." So with that I started my economy. I got a barracks on 8, then a depot on 9, then another barracks at 10. After that I got a quick engineering bay, follow by a bunker and turret near my Command Center. I filled the bunker with my four marines, then started on gas and a few more depots. I was also constantly getting SCVs. I had gas, I got medics, even 2 firebats, and a very spread out line of turrets around my island. This is when it happened...
DROP! No, not that kind of drop... the lag drop! Suddenly the world we were on was rid of all followers of 'Lorak. After the drop I got a factory, then a starport with add-on and I expanded to the island below me. I also got a few wraiths and searched. Right when I searched the expansion to the left of my main Inadequate was expanding there. I quickly brought a force of 4 marines, 2 firebats, and a medic and killed the attempt. Around this time I got a science facility and Co-Ops add-on. I was going to go lockdown and goliaths, along with nukes. Recent wraith scouts reported 2 expansions for twisted and 1 for Inadequate. After that we messaged some as I built up Science Vessels and Ghosts, and also a nuke silo on one CC.
twisted: How many expansions do you guys have?
I was laughing a little, but then, it was just a friendly game...
Inadequate: 1
twisted: I have 2...
Tahrajj: 2, Bwuhahaha
wisted: Tah, do you think you can win?
Tahrajj: yes :)
Ok, back to the report. I expanded again. (notice I said I said I had 2 in the messages when I only had one!) So right after the messages I expanded, then nuked Inadequate. They were both franticly searching, then I told everyone I was nuking Inadequate and my ghost got out unharmed.
The Cold War
I call this part in the game the Cold War, well, because we never had big battles, mostly building up and boasting to each other :) During this time the other two were afraid of me, because I nuked constantly and had the strongest income. I decided to use it:) I built up a victory fleet of 11 BCs and 4 SVs during the cold war, and scanned constantly, seeing many DAs, temps, and drags at Inadequates place, and many goons and carriers at twisted's place. Around this time the biggest battle was a nuke launched at twisted and another at Inadequate. So after the last nuke twisted ponders who he will attack next. Me and Inadequate try to make him not attacks ourself. But then, I start to get hungry for battle, to prove that I don't suck as much as twisted thinks I do. I tell him that I will decide who he attacks. I load a dropship up with one ghost, and then send a SV, 2 valks, and 4 wraiths over to the bottom right. I kill an observer there from Inadequate, then set up the ghost. The dropship is a little ways back from the ghost, along with the other fighters, except the SV, which was near the ghost in case of a last minute frantic kill the ghost search. I then said "ok, I know who you should attack now." Nuclear Launch Detected. I was nuking twisted's expansion at middle bottom. Right when my ghost was done aiming the nuke, out came the frantic lastminute ghost search. Hehe too late! But my ghost survived. Here is a substory I like to title "The Escape" (it was the best escape I ever did/saw!)
The Escape
"Lt. Norman! Get yer butt on that ship and get ready to nuke! You'll recieve further orders on the ship!" Says Sergeant Brae. Lt. Norman gets on the dropship and makes sure he has enough energy to cloak for a long period of time. It was full. Suddenly a voice filled his com: "Lt. Norman, you have direct orders from Commander Tahrajj himself to nuke the enemy expansion located in sector 2-A." Said the tacticians gathered at the main base. Lt. Norman felt the ship start to slow, then it landed. He got out and saw the remains of a protoss base that was here earlier in the day. He then looked up and saw a formation of Wraiths and Valkyries, with a centerpiece of a Science Vessel. He turned on his personnel cloaking device and set towards the coast.
The waves were fierce at the coast, but he paid no mind. He was high up on a ridge. He looked over at the enemy base he was supposed to nuke, and started to aim when he heard over the com: "Greetings, Commander twisted. I have the answer you were looking for. You shall soon know the one you should attack." "That's my que," Norman thought. He aimed, and then summoned the nuke down on the outskirts of the enemy encampment. No enemy forces came into sight. So as soon as Norman was done aiming the nuke, he stood up, then saw a Scout flying towards him. Next to the scout was what looked to be an observer. How could he see that? A science vessel right behind him. Norman had a shiver of fear, and then braced for the attack. He fired a shot from his C-10 and it bounced harmlessly off the Scout's shields. Oh crap, he thought. The scout fired a blast at him, but luckily he barely dodged and was only hurt a little. Then a blue aura went over him. He looked behind him. A science vessel! And my dropship is coming! Yes! Norman checks his power output. He has 115. He aims, then carefully fires a lockdown at the scout. Perfect! It hit! He uncloaked, right after the lockdown and uncloak he was in the hull of the dropship. The drop ship got hit with scout missles before the lockdown though, and so it already had a defense matrix over it. It quickly flew away, along with everything else, except 2 Valkyries came in after the escape and fired a barrage of missles at the scout. The scout blew up in blue flames.
The Attacks Begin
Right after that feat, twisted came in with a fleet of 20 arbiters. He flew past one of my expansion, taking many of them down. They were taken down easily becuase most were halluncinations. But... all the real ones made it into my main base. I sent my victory fleet over and lockdown everything I could, but it was too late. They recalled many dragoons and carriers and other assorted things into my main. My Bcs were making big piles of blue gooey stuff, and my ghosts were keeping the metal stuff busy with lockdown. My sci vessels also helped out with Defense Matrix and EMP. That attempt failed. I was repairing my BCs and replacing my turrets when Inadequate tried to attack by sending many Arbiters around the top edge. My turrets did reach though, and when they finally came down, I killed the only real one. I felt so good :) I repelled two attacks. I was getting ready to attack one of them when twisted attacked again, this time my expansion at 3 o clock. I let it die, and got ready to intercept anything at my main. But just then, Inadequate attacked the other side of my main. Thinking that twisted would wait a second to regroup, I brought my force over to where Inadequate was attacking and defeated, just to know that twisted was attacking all through the time Inadequate was. I defeated twisted and then boasted how I defeated a double attack! I had slight feelings they might be conversing, but there was not proof so I disregarded it.
I rebuilt some, repaired, and was about to nuke and attack again when twisted attacked me at my main again! I went over and quickly dispatched him, because Inadequate was now attacking me at the same time! Argh! I went over and did as much as I could, but he had a ton of Dark Archons and other things, so I only did a little. After that I was screaming about how they teamed up and stuff. I lifted my buildings and ran to my expansion. Then I heard Inadequate tell twisted that he wanted to MC and SCV. Uh oh! I got a dropship and got every SCV in the main, then ran it over twisted's base and he killed it. :) But I still had some at my expansion. I killed all of my SCVs, then lifted up and ran my buildings to the old protoss base, the guy that dropped. About now they allied, and then attacked my exp. I killed many hallcinated BCs before my marines fell to the ground. Soon after my whole expansion was gone, except for one turret, and my main. The only buildings I had was that turret, and the floating ones. I told them they were very cheap for double attacks and allying, and I asked for allied victory. Twisted agreed, but Inadequate wanted an SCV first. I landed my Command Center and made one for him. Then he started attacking my Command Center with the SCV!!! I was like WTF?! Then he said jk and we allied.
Lessons:
-There isn't much of a toss/terran balance. The only ones I see are d-web and Psi storm =P along with other minor things.
-That was my best game to date! I think...
-I shouldved attacked more, but I was afraid of the DAs Inadequate had, and just wasnt ready to face twisted =P
-Comments are appreciated!
Elapsed Time: 2:12:11
Here are the final scores, I will only post overview and units:
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That was a long report, and a long game! |
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