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On The horribly over-played Lost Temple.

Report by: Sl1pKn0t`]U[

I would like to start by saying this is my first Battle Report. The images will be very newbish because my comp is broken and im on my moms, which has no graphics programs besides good old MS Paint. The images will improve, and the writing will (hopefully) improve.

Oddity starts as terran on the 7'o clock plateau. While l33tn00b starts as zerg on the 12'o clock plateau.

5 Minute Build Orders

Oddity	9/10 Supply Depot, 12/18 Barracks, 12/18 Refinery, 16/18 Factory, 16/18 Supply Depot, 20/26 Starport, 22/26 Supply Depot, 23/26 Barracks, 23/34 Academy, 29/34 Machine Shop, 29/34 Supply Depot ...
l33tn00b	9/9 Overlord, 10/9 Gas trick, 13/17 Hatchery, 13/17 Spawning Pool, 14/17 Extractor, 13/17 2 Creep Colony, 14/17 Hydralisk Den, 15/17 2 Sunken Colony, 16/18 Lair, 18/18 Overlord, 17/18 Creep Colony , 19/26 Extractor, 19/26 Sunken Colony

From the start Oddity scouts out n00b clockwise with the SCV from the first depot, while n00b is scouting with his starting overlord clockwise as well. As Oddity finds n00b he decides to harass n00b's Vespene operation. He tries to put up a Sunken colony, but go figure i was out of range, how'd that happen? Well he jsut gives it another shot and drops one much closer and finishes the job. Oddity tries to run but doesnt make it.

At this time n00b has his expo fully operational and is going for hydras. Over at Oddity's base it is unclear as to what direction he is going. He has 2 Barracks pumping rines, a factory making a tank and a starport sitting there.	In turn Oddity decides to go for a wraith rush, with the newly made Starport he starts a Wraith to start harassing some overlords. As he reached his first overlord near a hatchery 3 brand new hydralisks poped out of there eggs to say hello.
	Back to the Wraith. After being chased away by the 3 hydralisks Oddity decides to make a "J" turn and head for his expansion. He finds an ungaurded overlord and starts firing, he kills it and heads for the ledge above the expo.
Oddity then swings down around n00b's base again and goes in for a drone when a hydra lisk appears to even the score, unfortunatly the wraith once again speeds away just as n00b starts a spore colony, the wraith returns once more and is quickly killed. Over at Oddity's base his plans are starting to come together as the starport makes a control tower. He is also making a science facility. However at n00b's base his plans have almost halted. No new buildings or defense and maybe 5-6 new hydras in 2 minutes. As you can see n00b has taken only defense while Oddity has made one attempt with the wraith rush.
	Well Oddity is once again on the offense with a drop ship consisting of 5 Marines and 3 Medics. He drops then behind the mineral line of n00b's expansion. As n00b sees this he immediatly sends all drones away to safety while a sunken colony and hydra pick off the attack. As 1 Marine and 1 Medic die he loads them back into the dropship and heads home unsuccessful. By this time he has 2 tanks loaded in another dropship. He reloads the first dropship with the missing infantry and heads off with 2 tanks, 5 marines, and 3 medics. He goes and drops all forces in the main base near the entrance with a force of 8 hydras running full speed to destroy the intruder. As the run the spot the tanks and run straight for them to get out of range. They were unseiged as they ran but seiged as soon as they got to close. The tanks fall fast and the marines finish the hydras, but soon after a few lings and hydras run up from the expansion to finish the job.
As the fighting is going on between the hydras and marines a science vessel appears to irradiate a hydra at n00b's expansion, then safely jets away. The hydra tried to run away from the others, but the other 2 hydras go down to half health before n00b decides to use a sunken colony to kill the irradiated hydralisk.
	This is what the map looks like about 11 Minutes into the game. n00b has 10 hydras for fighting units while Oddity has 16 marines, 3 medics, and a tank, along with his science vessel.
Well Oddity tries for another drop. With 2 tanks and 8 marines and medics and 2 science vessels. This again fails as n00b has 4 freshly hatched lurkers who wont have any of this. The infantry and tanks fall very fast and once again Oddity has to re-think his attacks while n00b is still content with being on the defense.
	At last Oddity pulled off a semi-effective drop on the ledge above n00b's expansion. The tanks take out a creep colony and later his extractor and hatchery. BUT while this is happening n00b finally goes on the offense and drops 4 ovies filled with zerglings/hydralisks/lurkers and start pounding away at Oddity's Main base. Oddity reacts by sending around 24 marines and a few medics to take care of the problem while irradiating as many units as possible. In the end Oddity lost 2 barracks and a whole bunch of marines, while n00b lost almost all his army.

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After this battle he n00b loads up a few hydras and lings to get rid of the tanks perched on the ledge, he kills the tanks and the few infantry units and starts building a new expansion at his mineral only. At the same time in Oddity's base there are 3 starports and a science facility with a physics lab. could Battle Cruisers win this for Oddity? Guess we will find out.
	Once again Oddity is after some zerg blood and sends a force of 12 marines a few medics, 3 science vessels, and 5 tanks. Back at his main he has started Battle Cruiser production. The force he sent up is doing fairly well, it has taken out a few buildings and many hydralisks. This battle could be over quickly unless some outrageous turn around happens. Oddity moves his tanks in closer, followed by his marines and medics. At this point n00b is getting frantic and turns everyone of his hydralisks to lurkers. Oddity irradiates multiple lurkers and has destroyed all tech buildings besides n00b's hydralisks den. He manages to kill the attackers, but its a little too late.
This unfortunate turn of events determine the outcome of the game. Oddity has newly made Battle cruisers, while n00b is starting a new hatchery and a spawning pool. Oddity also decides to take another expansion and takes 9'o clock's natural, I guess he wanted the higher score by far. Anyways, the game is lost for n00b as Oddity's forces trample through n00b's base.
	I think Oddity wants another expo in the last seconds of the game, or he see's n00b trying for another expo, either way Oddity sends around 30 marines 3 science vessels, an scv, and a Battle Cruiser to the 3 o'clock main and kills the hatchery there. A little much for just one hatchery but it sure proved the point. At this time "gg's" were exchanged and Oddity left victorious. Although n00b tried, he needed to be on the offense more, and needed more expansions.

I would like to thank both Oddity and l33tn00b for allowing me to observe this game.