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| 3-FFA: Man, I suck as Terran | | | Author: | | | IP: | XXXX | | Date: | 05/13/99 06:05 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | Starcraft(1), Problem: Broken Images(1) | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 6, Min: 6
Lifetime Rating for Korasoff[265]: 7.1538 |  | Map: Lost Temple (yet again!)
Me: Random (drew Terran) bottom
Opponent 1: ralessi as Zerg
Opponent 2: Forgotten_Zerg as Zerg
Da Start
Ugh, I selected Random in the chat room but I shouldn't have! I really BLOW as Terran, don't ask me why. Anyway, I start with a Depot on 8, Barracks on 9 at my ramp. I pump out a couple of more SCVs then ralessi started shouting "dammit ya cheese rusher" or something like that. I really had no clue, but I figured FZ must have 4-pooled him or something. I don't see the "ralessi has left the game" message, so he must be allright after all. I make another Rax, a depot, and start on gas.
My scouting SCV has found both opponents. Ralessi is at top and FZ started at left. During that time I built an Academy and am pumping Marines, which I use to fill my Bunker at ramp. I send another scouting SCV to the right starting location (just in case) and whaddaya know! ralessi has an Hatchery there, along with 3 Sunkens.
Now my Academy has finished, so I have 4 Marines, 4 Bats and 2 Medics. I decide to take out ralessi's expansion. As my force is leaving I throw down a Factory for Tanks n' Vultures fun ;)
My Bats roast some 'Lings in defense, and I leave them on top of the ramp to block any reinforcements. My Marines circle around 2 Sunkens to fight a 3rd one alone by ralessi's Extractor, and I destroy it with only 2 losses. Not so bad: I can still kill some Drones! ralessi then starts bitching about how we cheated and how we allied together and leaves. Doh. Alone with a pesky Zerg, as Terran.
The Battle Begins Now
At home, I make 2 Tanks and research Siege mode. I park one at my ramp and another besides a Bunker (covering my peon line), then start the production of Vultures. Spider Mine research finishes, and I lay a field of 3 mines with my first biker in front of my gimme. Just in time! 4 Lurkers come marching through!
Mines damage them a bit, and my retreating MediMaBat force finishes them (with help from a ComSat). I plop down a Starport, figuring I could drop the Zerg baddie to oblivion. My ComSat then shows me a weakness: he has expanded to his gimme, which has a pretty LEDGE just over it. Gniahahaha. Some Lurkers and Hydras are defending, but they're going to be too far away to counter... ;)
2 Dropships pop out from my lone Startport. I load 2 Tanks, one SCV and 7 Marines (with Range and Stim). I unload the SCV on the plateau, make a Bunker, then drop the rest of the cargo. BOOM go the Tanks, and many Drones die! He did not have an Extractor yet, so I figured he must be hurting for gas. Just then, guess what arrives: the Guardian fleet! Damn! He teched quickly!
Ughhh
I cancel the Turret I was building besides my Bunker and evacuate my forces (not before losing some Marines). Since he doesn't have any Scourges or Mutas, my Dropships escape with their cargo. At home, I immediately start constructing an Armory to pump out Valkyries and Goliaths. Just then, a Spider Mine laid at 3:00's gimme reveals a morphing Hatchery... Time for another drop.
Yet again my Tanks siege on the ledge, and I kill the Hatchery (which had just morphed). Sure enough a force of Mutas come down swooping, and my weakened Marines (with no Medic support, doh! again) are qucikly dispatched. I escape with my 2 Dropships intact, and I lure a Mutalisk in the fire of my first 3 Valkyries.
At this point 6 Guardians come rolling in at my main. They attack the Academy (located near my ramp) but my 3, excuse me now 4 Valks dispatch them along with some Mutalisk support. I take a look at my peon line: Argh! No one is dead, but I'm running out of minerals! And I still haven't expanded to my gimme! Guess what I thought: the 3rd DOH of the night.
2 more Valks lift off and I start a CC at my expansion. I also upgraded both ship armor and weapons, so my Valks are 1/1 versus his 0/0 Mutas. Time to retaliate...
Fourth DOH so far
ComSat has shown 4(!) Hatcheries at his main and a bunch of Mutas and Guardians. My 6 Valks set on a path of destruction... only to be met by a combo of Devs and Mutalisks! Argh! Being a noble soul, I fought to death, bringing down several screaming flyers with me. But my airforce is depleted now... all my anti-air now consists of 4 range-upgraded Goliaths.
Then the Guards roll in... I am overwhelmed, and fly my expansion's CC to the bottom-right island. Goliath Hellfire Missiles fill the sky; alas, the Guardians just keep on destroying my poor base. Counter-strike time...
My 2 Dropships load a bunch of Firebats and Vultures, only to drop them in his peon line at his expansion. I killed all the mining Drones, but was left with a startling discovery: take a look at his geyser...
That's how he got so much gas... ;)
At that point I was basically dead. He started trash-talking, the likes of "Die you scum bag". To which I politely replied: "Nah." Of course, he didn't say GG as the words "Korasoff[265] has been eliminated."
Lessons:
- Don't call people cheaters. You expand: you get what you deserve.
- Expanding with Terrans is a must. And building more than 1 Starport sure helps!
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