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| brilliant 2v2 on Lost Temple - GoonCraft | | | Author: | | | IP: | XXXX | | Date: | 07/01/99 02:07 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 8, Min: 8
Lifetime Rating for Necrosausage!: 7.2963 |  | Title: GoonCraft
Map: Lost Temple (PGL Temple with 2 Observer Slots)
Team 1:
Helmintes (chosen Protoss) - starting at 12
Necrosausage! (chosen Protoss) - starting at 6
Team 2:
Pro-Zerg Hybrid (chosen Protoss) - starting at 9
BackFired (chosen Protoss) - starting at 3
Observers:
anal-banana
Cricket 24
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Yes, thats right, all players chose Protoss, I wont start any imbalance debate but when did you see 4 chosen Terran the last time? :-/
(Helmintes is normally a Zerg pro, he only learns with Protoss)
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I did not want to make a BR of this game, because
1) I played very bad ;-)
2) I played myself and werent an observer
3) It looked like a clear and cheap win at the beginnin
This is why I dont have screenshots from the early or midgame, only some late game shots, when the game became so great that we agreed it deserves a BR
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THE GAME
Early Game
Helmintes: "strategy?"
Necrosausage!: "4 Toss, I would say we double 3 Zlot rush one of them"
Helmintes: "k, take 3"
As there were 4 Protoss in the game, we agreed to double 3 Zlot one of the guys (BackFired was the unlucky one to be nearer to us, so we chose him to be our rush victim)
Helmintes 3 Zealots were rdy WAY before mine were (I missed a Pylon and my build was slower overall, because I always rely more on economy early, or maybe I just suck at early builds )-:
So, Helmintes had to wait for my 3 Zlots, but finally we joined our forces and rushed up BackFireds choke
BackFired did not do a double Gate rush, but went for early cannons (I thought he would do so b/c he always did so in our toss-toss games :), his choke defense was 2 Zlots, 1 ShieldBattery, and one Cannon, and it was easily overwhelmed by our 7 Zlots (Helm brought another one)
We continued to send Zealots to BackFireds main, and soon enough he was outta the game (I did something VERY stupid here, I forgot to recall one of my Zealots and this one killed BackFireds last buildings. Helm and BackFired msgd me but it was too late till I reacted, sorry, sorry, sorry, BackFired, u missed this great game b/c of my lack of control )-:
So, after early game, it looked like this:
Helmintes: Goons/Zealots, going RobFac
Necrosausage!: about 20 Zealots, no Goons, going RobFac as well
vs
Pro-Zerg Hybrid: Cannon defense, already had DTs and Reavers how I would see not too much later...
BackFired: outta the game
Mid Game
Necrosausage!: "Damn"
A great move by Pro-Zerg Hybrid and some dumb unit placement of me put me outta the game - he made a DT/Reaver drop in the back of my main, much earlier than I thought it would be possible - I only had cannons at my choke, and he went for my Nexus, took it down and left my with exactly 0 minerals :(
REVENGE!!! - I thought. My 20 Zealots storm up his choke (about 4 Zealots, 3 Cannons), not worrying about detection or about waiting for Helmintes, just want to do as much damage as possible in their blood rush
They managed to raze all the choke defense and all Zealots, but Pro-Zerg dropped his Reaver/Dt in the battle thus ending it quickly, his defense was broken however
Necrosausage!: "I killed his defense, now go revenge my death :(
Helmintes: "? - U are not dead"
[pause]
Helmines: "Oh - U are, sorry I didnt notice"
About 10 Seconds later, Helmintes had his Observer and went up Pro-Zergs choke, and everyone thought the game is over now (It would have been over if I had not wasted my Zealots but waited for Helms reinforcements), as Helms sizeable Goon/Zealot force went up the choke
But the incredible happened - with 3 Cannons, a few DTs and one Reaver that was supported by a Shield Battery Pro-Zerg was able to defend against the attack, losing every cannon, a few Pylons, and every unit except his Reaver
Meanwhile, Helmintes has expanded to his gimmie, and everyone thought it would be only a matter of time till he brings Pro-Zerg down...
Later Mid Game
Helmintes: "Shit - he expanded!"
Necrosausage!: "Dont let him expand, kill it!"
Helmintes' Observers just found that Pro-Zerg is warping in at the top left island, he sends a Shuttle with 2 Dragoons, that drop at the top left corner of the island, bypassing Cannon defense and so they can start to shoot away peons. Helmintes keeps Pro-Zerg from mining at least a whole minute with this move, till some reinforcements of Pro-Zerg conquer the island again
Anyone was still sure it would be only a matter of time, till Helm brings down Pro-Zerg, since he had a huge advantage in ressources, with one xpansion running full steam, and Pro-Zergs xpansion just starting
However, Helmintes made the fault to think this way too, and so he kept sending forces of 6-8 Dragoons to his enemies base, always thinking "this load of goons will bring him down"; "this load of goons will bring him down", "this load of goons will bring him down", ...
This small forces of Goons however did only minimal damage, as they were no match for the great Reaver/ShieldBattery defense of Pro-Zerg
After about 7 such assaults, Helmintes settled back and xpanded at the 9 starting position (BackFireds old base), he also climbed tech to Templars
Late Game
Necrosausage!: "Helmintes, look at ur xpansion"
Helmintes: "Shit"
Cricket24: "Great micro, white"
Yes, great micro and a powerful Dragoon/Reaver force from Pro-Zerg managed to kill Helmintes' xpansion at the 3 position, this first offensive move of Pro-Zerg did make the game finally at least half balanced, tho Helm was still ahead in ressources
Helmintes killed the attacking Dragoons with a Goon/Storm combo, and started to rebuild his xpansion
Necrosausage!: "beware!, xpansion again"
Helmintes: "I suck at Protoss" (he says this about 99 times in the game
ANOTHER attack on the 3 spot, again great unit placement from Pro-Zerg. While his Dragoons were shooting at the Nexus, 2 Reavers were waiting at the ramp, and did severaly weaken Helms incoming Goon force. Still Helms Goons outnumbered their enemy, and with one or two good storms, they managed to save the Nexus (that had like 100 HP, if Pro-Zerg had concentrated all his fire on the Nexus instead of shooting on peons, he woulda killed it again)
At this point, anal-banana shared vision with me, and so I was now an observer too and no more the guy that disturbed Helmintes with his strat suggestions :)
anal-probe: "Look at yellows xpansion"
Crack24: "Wow, thats a lot of cannons"
anal-probe: "He is scared to death now :)"
Necrosausage!: "Of course he is after these attacks"
Crack24: "Wow that are 2400 bucks"
Appareantly, Helmintes really did not want to EVER lose this xpansion again, and so he threw down 8 cannons there (8x150 = 1200 and not 2400, Crack24 :)
Helmintes also xpanded at the gimmie of the 3 starting spot, and so he was once again FAR ahead in minerals, the income of the two warriors was as following:
Helmintes: 3 xpansions, 1 dry main
Pro-Zerg Hybrid: 1 xpansion, 1 dry main
GoonCraft begins...
Crack24: "This game would really deserve a BR"
anal-probe: "Yeah, make one"
Necrosausage!: "ME?"
anal-probe: "Yes"
Necrosausage!: "But I didnt took ne screenshots yet"
Crack24: "start to take a few of the action now"
So, finally I started to take some pics of the action...
Pro-Zerg Hybrid tried the dreaded Cannons above the cliffs over Helms new xpansion, but Helm saw them in time and so he was able to dispatch them with Dragoons before they could do too much damage
anal-probe tells me to take a screenshot and so I do - BTW this is Helm killing the cannons that tried to cliff siege his new xpansion
However, meanwhile, Pro-Zerg finally took his gimmie, and this brought him a much needed boost in ressources.
Helmintes FINALLY starts to attack (all of us three observers agreed that he played too defensive till here)
First, he meets some Goons in the middle of the map, and the first Goon War occurs - first, it seems like Helmintes would win, but reinforcements in the form of Reavers and some bad micro of Helm (Templars were idle instead of storming away the enemy) enabled Pro-Zerg to beat them back.
Finally, the Templars engage in the fight too, and storm on the Reavers and Goons, killing dozens...
The two Goon forces engage while the observers are talking about what this BR will need... :)
the huge Dragoon fight goes towards its end as finally Helmintes' Templars engage in battle...
Pro-Zerg however has ammased another huge Dragoon force, and tries a last desperate assault on Helmintes
Is there anything that can stop so much Dragoons?
Well, appareantly, there is...
It is finally time for Helmintes to make a lethal attack on Pro-Zerg...
Like I say, this will be the decisive battle
Helmintes, as you can see at the next picture, uses DWeb to his advantage, however what really wins him the fight is his huge Dragoonforce, that totally outnumbers that of Pro-Zerg
Well-used DWebs lesser the casualities in Helms Goon Army
The end of a great 1v1, err... it was a 2v2 at the beginning, remember? :)
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Lessons learned
1) Look after your units! - Im really, really sorry to have killed BackFireds last building accidentaly... (hope u can forgive my as u didnt see such a great battle )-:
2) Your enemy snot dead until he is dead! - Dont make the mistake Helm made (and I OFTEN make) - never just keep sending small forces, but amass a huge army and deal the final blow
3) Dont be silly just b/c u just were killed - I have been so angry after my Nexus xploded, that I sent my 20 Zealots into dead w/o detection. If I waited for Helms forces to support me, Pro-Zerg woulda been dead early
4) Take BattleShots :)
PS: Thx for the "Preview Button", otherwise Id have posted this about 5 times since I needed a few tries till the pics worked :)
PPS: Sorry, this loads slow, hope it was worth it...
PPPS: Sorry 4 the double post, plz delete the first one, one of the pix doesnt work (I want everything to be perfect this time :)
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