tThe moon was full and the wolves of darkness howled in The Spirit of the Night. Wild creatures of luSt and blood LURKed in every shadow and every soUl Was fair game . Only one being could walk the cold lands with head held high and clenched fist;The Great Pumpkin King. Now the fight is on, who will die in the harsh Winds of the screaming night, and Who will reign Supreme?

This is the story of two such Kings. The.Confessor and XenoNova.

Players: The.Confessor-Orange Zerg XenoNova-Blue Zerg

Map: Rivalry

The game began with me in Nohunters. I was enjoying a SnowDay on B.net when The.Confessor entered the channel. I had done a BR with him in it last time, and he had lost. I asked him if he'd like to do a 1v1 and get some revenge and he heartily agreed. We finally got this guy named XenoNova to join the game and clash with The.Confessor. Truly one of these two was the THE GREAT PUMPKIN KING. . The game began with both players drawing Zerg. The.Confessor had spawned in the lower Right hand corner and just opposite him, his opponent XenoNova in the lower Left corner. And so began the struggle and the celebration which we today know as "THE DAY THE GREAT PUMPKIN KING WAS DECIDED BY PLAYING STARCRAFT AGAINST SOMEONE WHO ALSO THOUGHT HE WAS THE GREAT PUMPKIN KING" . . As we all know, this is America's most celebrated holiday.

The initial builds of both players looked somewhat the same with The.Confessor going for an early second hatchery at his ramp and XenoNova erecting the same in his base. Now the builds diverged with Confessor getting gas and also morphing 6 zerglings. Xeno , finding The.Confessor's base with his scouting Overlord sees the 6 zerglings which are now heading down the ramp and forgoes gas for 3 sunken colonies.

The.Confessor's 6 hell spawn arrive a little too late, despite their destroying one sunken before completion. Xeno morphs 6 zerglings of his own and manages to chase away the Orange menace with the help of his two remaining sunkens, but just as he was getting ready to mop up the remaining lings, a tentacle juts from the ground and one of his drones explodes. He glances at his mineral line and sees a completed orange sunken colony. His drones take heavy damage before he gets them away, and sends in his own zerglings. Xeno manages to destroy the structure and resume his mining operation, but at the cost of The.Confessor erecting a third hatchery at his natural. Seeing this with his Overlord, Xeno knows he must do something to slow down the inevitable tech jump and his ensuing demise. He selects 12 zerglings and attack moves towards Confessor's base. He finds a naked hatchery guarded by 4 zerglings. They quickly retreat up the ramp and The.Confessor can only watch as his expansion's drones are ripped to pieces. Here Xeno makes a critical mistake, however, and runs his raging zerglings past the expansion hatchery and into the main, hoping to end the game and seal his rightful place as THE GREAT PUMPKIN KING. His small army

does not get free reign of the base, though, as they meet with 6 of The.Confessor's own zerglings. Xeno manages to win this skirmish, but now his forces are severly depleted. He continues on to the drone line anyway and there finds 4 drones and 2 more zerglings waiting. He fights to the last, but The.Confessor wins out and maintains his expansion and his gas economy. Xeno now realizes that he must tech quickly and possibly match the air attack that looms in his mind. He gets gas up and running and erects a hatchery at his own natural. The.Confessor has not forgotten lying bleeding in the darkness and cold this soon however. He gets up from his near defeat and promptly sends 18 of his own zerglings towards XenoNova's base. This small force passes by Xeno's newly morphed hatchery and heads up the ramp. There they meet their deaths before even touching a building. Two sunkens and 8 of Xeno's own zerglings meet the attackers and make quick work of them. Both players abandon offense now and tech like the THE GREAT PUMPKIN KINGS they are. Here Xeno makes another risky move and starts an expansion in the upper Left main. Would this large investment work for his benefit? That would soon be answered for The.Confessor now had a spire morphing and Xeno had a Hydralisk den. The race was on.

The.Confessor proved the swifter, however, as his spire finished and 6 mutalisks were immediately morphed. Also, The.Confessor sent two zerglings out across the map to scout any expansion attempts by Xeno. Confessor moved his force of 24 zerglings and 6 mutas to the lower bridge of XenoNova's natural expansion. Xeno made the first move and sent in his 24+ zerglings. The fight ensued and although Xeno did good damage but the muta splash was too much and his remaining zerglings were forced to retreat to his expansion and his sunkens. The.Confessor's zerglings did not follow suit as the sunkens would surely defeat them, but the mutas charged right into the main and razed the mineral line. Xeno, knowing that he had to act now or perish morphed 6 hydralisks. This proved vain in the end as more mutalisks arrived to take part in the chaos. His main fell quickly as did his natural expansion. His only asset now was a morphing hatchery in the upper Left corner. This desperate attempt at rebirth was soon discovered by The.Confessor ,however, and his lone scout zergling spelled the demise of XenoNova. GGs were offered to one another and The.Confessor took his rightful place as.........................

THE GREAT PUMPKIN KING

The King of Night and DArkness once again roaMs the land. The silver m oon anD the grey clouds his arm y and Fear his Weapon. The Great Pum pkin King has been nam ed and all shall walk IN FEAR.

Thanks for reading, as always, and I hope you enjoyed this one. I'm going to try and stick to my theme BRs as they are what I like best. I look forward to my next one and Thanks again!

Oogly Boogly Boo!

Mr.Mediocre