As a quick, more efficient scouting effort, LurkerBurger7 sends out two Zerglings to scout the 6 o'clock position ( viciouscub's base) and the 12 o'clock position ( Sabotage_'s base). The Zerglings reach their destination. The one at Sabotage_'s base begins to attack a Gateway. It scratches away at the builing for a good 20 seconds before being filleted by a Zealot. The other Zergling at viciouscub's base begins to dig its claws into a Barracks. It also survives for a good 20 seconds before being disintegrated by a Marine's bullets. While LurkerBurger7 is having a little fun with his adversaries, one of them gets angry- Sabotage_ . In return, he sends 2 Dragoons to LurkerBurger7's base. They commence fire on LurkerBurger7's Overlord (that eventually died) and the expansion Hatchery (which is almost complete). But apparently, the elimination of LurkerBurger7 was not what Sabotage_ had been anticipating himself. He was just scouting and moved on to viciouscub's base. There, they found no ramp resistance and headed straight for a Factory that was in the process of being constucted. They destroyed the SCV that was building it and began to attack the Factory itself. Although viciouscub did not have any outer defense, his innner defense was rather significant for the time being. He sent a small squad of infantry, consisting of 3 Marines and 2 Medics to counter the Dragoons. It was successful. They killed one Dragoon and the other retreated, heading for the final base, stillphy_chi's . At this base, it was a whole different story. stillphy_chi's base had a large outer defense but hardly any inner defense. The outer defense was of course the Photon Cannons. stillphy_chi had already placed several of them just before the mineral base outside of his natural expansion. The lone Dragoon stood as no threat at all and was destroyed in a few seconds.

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Structures
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You could just check out the overview section if you wanted to. However, the text is more detailed and would give you a better understanding of the game. Anyway, back to the battle report.
Sabotage_ decided to build a Robotics Facility to muster up some Reavers. After fending off the single Dragoon, stillphy_chi now had more confidence and expands to his natural. viciouscub enjoyed how his infantry squad had taken down that Dragoon so he kept on training Marines and Medics. In addition, he continued the construction on the unfinished Factory. Having an ample amount of resources, LurkerBurger7 starts to morph his Hatchery into a Lair. Then, he notices his completely unguarded expansion and sends 10 Zerglings down to defend it for a while. Sabotage_ has a trick up his sleeve. He does a Reaver Drop on stillphy_chi . The Reavers were met by some Zealots, but they care of them with ease. They continued to attack at took out all of stillphy_chi's Probes. But stillphy_chi had a couple of DTs and attacked the Reavers. Sabotage_ had no Observers and the Reavers were finally taken down.

Advancing, The Players Are

By now, all players had harvested an ample amount of resources to use for advancing purposes. The "annoying skirmishes" were seemingly over and the players could now let their guard down a little to concentrate on buildings. LurkerBurger7 had aquired a Lair, Queen's Nest, an expansion, and a Spire. viciouscub had a Factory and an extra CC to use for an expansion. stillphy_chi , arguably the most advanced at this point, had two Robotics Facilities, a Cybernetics Core, an Observatory, an expansion, and a Robotics Support Bay. Sabotage_ and warped a Cybernetics Core, a Robotics Support Bay, a Robotics Facility, and a Citadel of Adun. Slowly but surely, they got further up the tech tree, showing the true potential of both the races and the players themselves.

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Mid Game
(10:00-19:59)

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Things were rapidly heating up as the game progressed. And, as you might expect, resources were fought over vigorously by all players. First off, stillphy_chi and Sabotage_ had a fight over the top left base. stillphy_chi had initial control over the potential expansion, but Sabotage_ was not about to blow off the oppertunity. Here's the details.
stillphy_chi expands to the base. Shortly afterward, Sabotage_ sends a Shuttle loaded with a Probe to the base. Seeing as though his foe had stolen the base, he attacked with Reavers, Dragoons, and Scouts. stillphy_chi was not prepared for an attack, so he had to act fast in order to save his expansion. To counter Sabotage_ , he sent in Dark Templars. They were, in fact, very effective against the Dragoons and Reavers, until Sabotage_ summoned an Observer. The Reavers and Scouts took care of the DTs and eventually destroyed stillphy_chi's expansion. He was very pleased and made good use of the resources. His enemies were advancing at a rapid pace. Any type of better income would be extremely helpful.

Players were beginning to form their primary armies as the game grew longer. viciouscub was still training infantry and had a good number of them. His army also included Seige Tanks. He was even lucky enough to take control of the bottom right expansion. stillphy_chi was forming a powerful infantry army-mostly Zealots, Dragoons, Dark Templars, and some High Templars /w Storm. Sabotage_ seemed to be going on the same track with his Reavers, Dragoons, and Scouts.

We Got a Mouse Down!

LurkerBurger7: MY MOUSE!
stillphy_chi: waht's wrong?
Sabotage_: ?
LurkerBurger7: my mouse ran out of batteries. i gotta get new ones. afk

LurkerBurger7's mouse had ran out of batteries (laser mouse) and needed a quick change. He was afk for a good three minutes, giving his opponents a sigh of relief. Fortunately for LurkerBurger7 , none of his enemies attacked him in his period of invalidicy.
When he returned, he had to make up the lost time and hatches many Zerglings, Mutalisks, Hydralisks, and a couple of Lurkers.

More Action

viciouscub was not going to hold on to his bottom right expansion for long. LurkerBurger7 had now set his eyes on it, sending a good number of Mutalisks down there to settle the area. viciouscub had not yet had a chance to build up defense and the base was overrun. After settling the base, LurkerBurger7 took control and expanded to it, helping his swarm thrive.

At the same time, viciouscub was attacking stillphy_chi with a group of Firebats and Medics. They put up a good fight, destroying quite a few Probes and several Photon Cannons. But once stillphy_chi brought in his infantry, it was all over.
Sabotage_ was being very active this game. He had another force built up and instead of assaulting stillphy_chi , hes after LurkerBurger7 . But, Sabotage_ might have underestimated LurkerBurger7 . He had a large amount of Hydralisks and Zerglings along with Guardians and Devourers. They would easily vanquish any of Sabotage_'s onslauts. The 'onslauts' were two waves of Scouts and, you guessed it, a Reaver Drop. First came the wave of Scouts. They found a weak area in LurkerBurger7's defense and while they were at it, found a group of unguarded Guardians (awkward) . The Scouts blasted the Guardians into bits while Hydralisks and Devourers scrambled to the scene. They Scouts immediately retreated, carrying deep wounds. Next came the Reaver Drop. Sabotage_ found yet another weak spot in LurkerBurger7's base-near the Hive itself. So, he decided to drop the Reavers right on top of the Hive. When they landed, the Reavers pummeled the nearby Drones and then attacked the Hive. But LurkerBurger7's Hydralisks were hot on the trail and began to fire at the Reavers. A shuttle came to pick up the Reavers and was able to escape.

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Late Game
(20:00-29:59)

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We approach the 30 minute mark. The map is bustling with energy and movement. Almost all of the expansions were taken and every player was tense, not knowing when the next attack would occur.

But two of them decide to step up to the plate, changing everything about this game.

Stillphy_chi's Assaults

stillphy_chi is not the type of person who prefers massing and taking out bases in one blow. Several, consistant attacks is the way he likes doing business. His target- viciouscub .

First, stillphy_chi drops on the north west ridge of viciouscub's base. He dropped Reavers and Dragoons. viciouscub attempted to counter the drop with infantry, Goliaths, and Seige Tanks. stillphy_chi held on for a good while, enabling him to send in many waves of reenforcements. He sent these reenforcements in through the main entrance (ramp) of the base. viciouscub's empire was quickly crumbling. Without a significant air force, he was doomed. Zealots, Dragoons, Reavers, and now even DTs were swarming all over his base. He gave it up. stillphy_chi's tactics had worked, eliminating viciouscub from the game.

LurkerBurger's Onslaughts

Matters were even worse for Sabotage_ . He was fighting off a gargantuan, full frontal assault of LurkerBurger7's Zerg units. LurkerBurger7 had bided enough time to create a powerful Zerg Swarm, mainly because of Sabotage_'s faliure to do any significant damage to him. The swarm consited of Zerglings, Hydralisks, Guardians, and Devourers. However, Sabotage_ put up a fight, possessing a large fleet of Scouts and Carriers, along with an extensive grid of Photon Cannons and a squad of Reavers. It sure wasn't going to be an easy penetration, or so it seemed. LurkerBurger7's swarm had just plain overpowered the Protoss. Sabotage_ tried everything he knew, but the swarm was too quick. Before he knew what happended, Sabotage_ had lost half his base and was forced to ally LurkerBurger7 .

An excellent victory indeed for LurkerBurger7 , but there was still one more opponent out there. stillphy_chi was next on LurkerBurger7's killing list. It would be great timing as well. stillphy_chi had just finished destroying viciouscub's base and now had to face the full fledged fury of LurkerBurger7's swarm.
The swarm came without warning for stillphy_chi . It came through the front entrance, where he had positioned several Photon Cannons, Reavers, and High Templars. His Psionic Storm was extremely effective, especially against the Zerglings. The Reavers also did a substantial amount of damage but still it wasn't enough. The swarm broke through the main defense. But, stillphy_chi's great defense had paid off, limiting the swarm down to small group of Hydralisks. However, LurkerBurger7's Hatcheries were pumping out reenforcements at an extrodinary rate. He had soon mustered up a whole new swarm and sent it into stillphy_chi's base, giving him hardly any time to rebuild his fortress. So, by the time the second swarm got there, stillphy_chi's army didn't stand a chance. The Hydralisks, Zerglings, and Mutalisks, finished off the job. LurkerBurger7 was victorious.

Lessons Learned:

1. NEVER let a Zerg player bide too much time an overrun two players at once

2. ALWAYS have a substantial air force

3. ALWAYS have Psi Storm and Reavers

I know, rather basic, but hey, its true.

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