"I've been controlling the game up till now, and I'm damn well going to keep controlling it"
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| TheAngel Clan FFA | | | Author: | | | IP: | s10.dialXXXX | | Date: | 01/01/02 01:01 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 6, Min: 6
Lifetime Rating for Dragonsven: 5.6000 |  |
D r a g o n s v e n
Welcome to the very second Dragonsven report! If you’d like a peak at my very humble beginnings (you don’t) click on this: (The Old Report) I’m still on text only. Want to know why? Because my ISP corrupts everything I upload. FUDGE.
(To whom it may concern: I am aware children under 14 years of age visit this site so I have very nicely censored the potentially disturbing words from this report. If you see @$$, it’s ASS. If you see $%^&* then read it as BITCH. #$%^ is porta-potty and @$$&^* is Vanilla Ice. Thank you.)
Now on to the meat and potatoes of this free for all extravaganza! WTF? Forget I said that. This game was spawned out of three very bored minds who had had their fill of newbie bashing (losses), comp stomps (losses), 2v2 bs’ing (more losses), and UMS’s (you don’t get a loss here...thankfully). So what was left to do but to set up the greatest free for all since the World War Threeway FFA! Drum roll please...
TheAngelLucifer
vs.
TheAngelLasher
vs.
TheAngelLestat
We had all agreed to a three race matchup but we could not decide who would be who. Essentially we were all Protoss players so there was obviously a lot of yelling “stfu” and “i’m p $%^&* <---(BITCH)”. WaxSeraphim, with his typical British wit, merely said, “How quaint.” Finally Forever_Knight shot-gunned Protoss, ending both WaxSeraphim's and my hopes. Before we dive into the most awaited event since Michael Jackson’s “Invincible” here’s a quick run down of the players
TheAngelLucifer : He’s me. Up until...me is Dragonsven stupid. Sheesh. As I was saying, up until recently Dragonsven really, really owned. That was until he played Mark4 and realized how truly shitty (sorry, I didn’t come up with an alias for SHITTY. Maybe next time.) he is. He was chosen to represent the Terran race. Not because he’s good with them. Just because there was no other person that wanted ‘em. Good luck him.
TheAngelLasher : He’s the newbie with the bad-ass English accent. (His name is WaxSeraphim, geeze do I have to tell you everything???) Playing for only two months, he’s the underdog but with a 7-0 ladder record and the Zerg race anything could happen. Yeah right, you know I win. Otherwise why would I write this report? Good question.
TheAngelLestat : Otherwise known as Forever_Knight. That’s right, the big mouth that caused that huge ruckus on br.com about whether everyone in Nohunters was manner or not. He’s the insane bastard that started this whole clan (What clan? TheAngel Clan...wow, remind me not to call you Captain Obvious: ever). Definitely the crowd favorite (there is no crowd but bear with me here), Forever_Knight almost went pro in ‘99 but had to go to college instead. Besides, he and WaxSeraphim are roommates and I know they’re conspiring against me. Just call me the Intimidator. No wait: don’t.
Now that that’s over let’s get it on! To make things easier, I’ll call the players by their better known names, not their clan names. If this is confusing: stfu you. I didn’t mean that! I love you! Heh. Get ready for a battlereport that’s better than a Michael Jackson video, fat girl porn, and country music! Can I say porn on br.com?
TheAngel Clan FFA: Somebody will finally get a win!
Or will they?
The chosen battlefield is, of course...Triad! WTF? Who the hell picked Triad? Where’s my Temple? Don’t ask me.Forever_Knight made this sorry excuse for a game.
This map is built specifically for three player free for alls. The mains are all on low ground with no choke. ::Ouch:: They are located at middle top, middle right, and lower left. There are three low ground expansions: one at middle bottom, one at top right, and one at middle left. Finally, there are three high ground expansions. Two occupy the middle of the map while the third is at the bottom right hand corner. Let me make this perfectly clear. This is one small @$$ map. Got that? Small @$$!
Dragonsven's command center hit at the bottom left main and promptly broke. By the time he had it fixed with his SCV’s mining the other players had their fifth worker out. Good game him. He went the standard 8 depot, 10 barracks. Thinking himself the greatest thing since Heartcutter and NTT, Dragonsven did the famous semi-circle of depots and barracks to make up for the lack of a choke.
WaxSeraphim hatched at the middle top main and went overlord on 9, pool on 11, and hatch (below first) on 14. He immediately began spouting lings and hatched a sunken, fearing a zealot rush from Forever_Knight.
Forever_Knight, knowing his opponents would be preparing for the universally feared zealot rush on no choke maps, he did not rush. In fact, he decided to expand early instead. To the top right. Go him.
(P.S. - Everyone scouts. With peons. Exciting.)
Things weren’t quiet for long. Just as Dragonsven started his second factory a horde of lings (ok, it wasn’t a horde...but it was damn scary) started pounding on Dragonsven's barracks. Luckily, five marines are entirely capable of taking care of 7 lings. The micro was delicious. Yes, I consider standing and shooting micro.
Meanwhile, Forever_Knight proved himself a true tech whore, getting a Citadel of Adun and a Templar Archives at his expansion. Licking his lips greedily, Forever_Knight decided to wield his small army of two zealots, four dragoons, and a dark templar gained through his large resource advantage. Who should he choose to send them at? Who else? Dragonsven!
Forever_Knight: sven = dead
It was quite a battle. The two zealots hit the left side of Dragonsven's base while the dragoons and the dark templar hit the right. Two sieged tanks managed to take out the four dragoons before they could do much damage, just killing two marines. The dark templar, however, managed to kill a tank before Dragonsven realized it was there, comsatted, and killed it. Wisely, Forever_Knight ran the two zealots straight into Dragonsven's mineral line. The one sieged tank roared out and managed to kill more SCV’s than the zealots would have. None-the-less, the action was over for the time being.
Forever_Knight could not press his attack on Dragonsven because his expansion at top right was under attack. During the attack by Forever_Knight on Dragonsven, WaxSeraphim had teched to lurkers and was currently researching hydra range and ventral sacs. Being the true British tactician that he is, WaxSeraphim only went one Lair. WaxSeraphim had built a variety of units, including 10 lings, 5 hydras, and 2 lurkers. He threw them at Forever_Knight with true abandon. Forever_Knight managed to micro his way out of it with two well placed storms, three dragoons, two photon cannons, and a newly built observer to kill the lurkers. Little was lost except a new gateway warped in a few seconds before the attack.
Dragonsven used this brief respite wisely, building a starport and an armory. His army now consisted of several tanks, a few m+m, and the odd goliath. The first upgrade on metal was already rolling as he moved a portion of his force to the middle left expansion where he had just landed another command center. A few maynarded probes later, the expansion was online. Notable was Dragonsven's apparent disdain for mines. No mine/turret/tank containment? WTF? Who is this guy anyway? A
non-Terran player, that’s who. Gosu.
Feeling secure with his new weapon upgrade completed, Forever_Knight expanded once again, this time to the bottom middle land expansion. Simultaneously he started his robotics facility and started another gateway at his main bringing the gateway count to 5. WaxSeraphim also used this opportunity to expand, settling on the middle “island expansion” closest to him. A few minutes was spent building up forces after the money spent expanding and then quite suddenly the action erupted again.
Forever_Knight had discounted the common tactic of mass goons or carriers in an FFA. In fact, he was out right disdainful of it. A horde of 24 speed upgraded zealots, followed by two high templar and one obs, slammed into WaxSeraphim's main at top middle. Two sunkens and 12 hydras were obviously not a match for this force. Unfortunately, WaxSeraphim had just wasted the better bulk of his force (36 odd hydras, 3 lurkers, and about two dozen lings) on my left middle expansion. My well entrenched m+m coupled with around 5 sieged tanks had ripped the force apart leaving WaxSeraphim all but defenseless. Needless to say, his main was razed. Is this the end for WaxSeraphim? No you dumb@$$. He still has his “island” expansion! WaxSeraphim had only one thing to say:
WaxSeraphim: Bad form chap.
My metal and m+m were now both 1-1 so I decided now would be a good time to attack Forever_Knight before his macro got out of hand. A force of 10 tanks, 12 goliaths, and a horde of m+m went out in search of Protoss blood. Being the gosu scouter that he is, Dragonsven missed the expansion in the middle bottom which was exactly two inches from his main. Instead he hit the much stronger defended expansion at top right. Storm swept the air, photons cannons opened a can of whoop ass, and 34 zealots (2-0-1 now) sliced and diced my force into a non-existent memory that I still remember fondly as: The Force That Fucked Me. And no, I’m not going to sensor that. It’s important to the entire development of this BR. Kinda. Forever_Knight suffered nearly no losses (around 10 zealots and one high templar) because he can micro like a fat girl through a maze going for a gallon of chocolate ice cream.
I know what you’re thinking. This is it. WaxSeraphim has a spawning pool, a lair, and a hydra den at his “island” expansion, Dragonsven has no troops, sucks @$$, and has mined out his main and only has one operating expansion. Forever_Knight has also mined out his main but his troops are 2-0-1 and he has two operating expansions. Put that with his now 8 gateways and good game. But wait! What’s this? Dragonsven and WaxSeraphim ally? Damn straight! You really thought I’d write a BR where I lost? What kind of person do you take me for?
Before Forever_Knight could bring the hammer down on Dragonsven, the now allied forces of Dragonsven and WaxSeraphim smash into the now found middle bottom expansion. Two photons cannons, a high templar, and three zealots were no match for 24 dropped lings and 4 tanks and 7 goliaths. The force managed to raze the nexus and two gateways before they were forced to flee before the oncoming army of Forever_Knight. Miraculously, Forever_Knight had saved the probes from the expansion and started a new expansion at WaxSeraphim's old main at top middle with two cannons for defense. It was at this point that Dragonsven mined out his expansion. With no source of income Dragonsven looks doomed. In a last ditch effort he expands to the bottom right “island”. However, it is not to be. Forever_Knight spots the expansion with an observer *cough* MAP HACK *cough* and drops 8 zealots on it. His money gone and with Forever_Knight controlling the map, Dragonsven concedes.
Dragonsven: i’m dead, i hate you
Dragonsven: oh yeah, ally me so i can obs
Forever_Knight: got skills?
WaxSeraphim: Bloody uncivil of you.
With Dragonsven gone there is really no chance for WaxSeraphim to win the game. His “island” expansion has nearly mined out and he has been unable to expand again due to Forever_Knight’s fierce map control. Finally the game is ended with a 16 zealots drop which manages to kill a force of lings twice it’s size. Finally! One of us is going to get a win!
Dragonsven: one of us won!
Or not. At the exact moment WaxSeraphim leaves, Forever_Knight get’s disconnected due to sudden surge in the amount of people on Stanford’s server. That should of left me with the win right? Wrong. Remember people: never EVER rest your foot on your power strip. Ever.
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