Unbalanced Lost Temple and a crap game in that map.
Hi all. The next installment STILL won't be out for a while. Sorry to
all those involved :(
Ah well, here comes my 'improved' Lost Temple. There are probably thousands
of you that have already come up with this idea, but I'll still publish it
anyway. ;)
The idea is simple. I read this very out-of-date BR, which you can see here,
and on the end you can see a discussion on the fast expansion to the natural.
Now, I have modified the map to make it available to any starting point, not
just 3:00 ;)
I'm TOO lazy to take screenshots, so you'll have to see it yourselves here.
AngeLife said that the cannons in 6 o'clock do not cover the choke, so I have
it moved ahead. Now the choke can be covered too.
For 3:00, I have changed the area around the ramp completely, so that
the cannons can cover the fast expansion. The ramp is further away, making it
much more easier to defend.
For 12:00... Well, You've noticed that I have also changed the fast expo and
its ledge. I have made more low ground, and shifted everything slightly to the
right so that I can make more room for the choke. This may well still be the
worst starting point.
"Crap" Game
This is highly unrelated. I played Single Player PvT in SC Original in this
map. I started in 3:00, Comp 9:00. I started my early exp a little later than
usual, which led the comp to attack me with 12 marines and 3 tanks. I razed them
with speeded zeals, then went on with my business. Soon, I followed my strat
(Zeal/Dragoon/Templar. Cannons cover 'everything' to prevent nukes. Obs thrown
in.) Soon I accumulated a 'rather' large army of 24 assorted Ground.
Unfortunately... I heard "Nuclear Launch Detected" just as I had my
tertiary up and running. The REALLY bad thing was, I was careless and the comp
ended up nuking my GROUND FORCE. So, for 200mins 200 gas, I lost over a dozen
assorted ground units. Of course I got pissed off and created 12 obs out of 2
robotics facilities. Then I dropped his main with 4 zeals and shut down his econ
there temporarily. :)
He also tried to nuke me later on, but only one (out of 5) managed to land,
and it only destroyed a cannon. Waste of nuke.
Then, basically he expanded to the 3:00 main and natural. I didn't bother to
attack it, largely because it was never fully up and running.
Then I expanded to 12:00's tertiary, its natural, then its main. Soon I got
about 24 Dragoons, 24 Zeals and 12 High Templar and 12 Obs. (Approximately)
After that, I razed all his bases. I didn't use storm, since there was
nothing to attack. ^^ He attacked me earlier almost literally one at a
time... with marines.
Then I played a Single Player 7 comp FFA where I built 6 BCs and 2 SVs and
killed everything in sight! Hehe.
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Em, raters, please ignore the game and concentrate on the analysis on the
map.
The whole thing was done in less than an hour, so I don't expect a good
rating.
- NOTjimmy