Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the second installment of…

This marks the second game of I_Hate_Medics’ bid to become king of the hill. After struggling to find him a game and setting up a time table to work with, Aluren~ (aka T_mac) stepped forward and offered his challenge. (actually he spammed me for quite some time begging to play, but thats beside the point). Welcome to game two…

Players: I_Hate_Medics VS Aluren~

Early Game: Both players elected to go random and I_Hate_Medics lands terran at the southern start while Aluren~ draws zerg at the upper start position. After both players have had ample time to bitch about the map choice, they commence their build orders, Aluren~ expanding early to his natural, then getting a pool and gas, lurkers on the way it seems. I_Hate_Medics meanwhile scouts the zerg base, and upon discovering the early expansion aims his build order to what seems to be an early academy rush, 2 raxes quickly followed by a refinery, academy then a 3rd barracks. After gathering a force of marines, firebats and medics, and an scv, I_Hate_Medics moves out towards the zerg base while constructing an e-bay at home. Seeing the incoming troops with a scouting ling, Aluren~ goes static defense happy and erects an impressive 4 sunkens as defense while his lair is building.

Knowing that his present forces are not nearly enough to take down all the sunkens, I_Hate_Medics instead sets up shop outside Aluren~’s choke, erecting a bunker and a turret. Aluren~, seeing this containment effort immediately adds a spire in addition to the hydra den he had working at his expansion, hoping to catch the terran unprepared for an air borne assault. This containment soon becomes the key aspect of the game, if I_Hate_Medics can hold it, it almost assures a victory, if not, the zerg could break out and wreak havoc on the human forces. Some tentative lings are sent out to test the growing forces at the choke, and are dealt with handily by the bats and marines. Meanwhile, I_Hate_Medics has added a factory right behind the bunker at Aluren~’s choke, tank only moments away.

As the terran takes the time to expand to his natural, Aluren~ tries to sunken push the bunker but I_Hate_Medics has already researched marine range upgrade, and the push is ineffective. However, Aluren~ is quick to follow that up with 3 lurkers recently hatched, moving in range of the turret but out of range of the bunker.

Stimmed marines and bats finally dispose of the lurker threat but at the cost of the turret and many many marine lives. I_Hate_Medics quickly sends reinforcements from his main, but are caught in transit by 6 newly hatched mutas crossing one of the bridges! After a brief engagement, Aluren~ decides to retreat his mutas back to his base rather than hit the lightly defended terran main and win the game =P. He then starts on a hive while once again testing the forces outside his choke, this time with mutas and lurkers.

Once again the zerg forces are handily dealt with, and as I_Hate_Medics starts dual star ports back at his main, things are looking increasingly grimmer for Aluren~. Realizing he needs to break out soon or perish, Aluren~ morphs a greater spire, and sends a sizable amount of time gathering up lings and hydras, in one last attempt to break out of his base. Once he finally decides he has enough forces and his greater spire is nearing completion, he attacks the massive forces outside his base. The result, to say the least, is not very pretty…

After suffering a sound defeat outside his base, things only get worse for Aluren~ as I_Hate_Medics immediately counterattacks with everything he has. In the end, last minute guardians and hydra reinforcements do nothing to halt the advance of the terran army…

In the end, Aluren~ can only watch as his base is systematically destroyed, and then gracefully concedes the game…

With this surprising win over T_Mac, I_hate_medics is now only 4 wins away from being king. GG to both players, and once again, if YOU want to be considered for participating in King of the Hill, drop me a line at mjp_cev@hotmail.com. Ciao.

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