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| What Zerg Think of Cannons | | | Author: | | | IP: | spider-tXXXX | | Date: | 06/05/00 12:06 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 2, Max: 7, Min: 6
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This game started like many other do, in NoHunters. I had been looking for a game to BR, and I finally found two people willing to play for my (and their) amusement. Without further ado I bring you:
First, some background on the players.
-=KAZ=-[M] I already knew, as I had seen him before, in a game vs. [GoA]~Toaster. It was a ZvZ, and I originally intended to BR that, but how much fun is it to hear about nothing but mutalisks and zerglings?
Pika-choo was an enigma. He may have been smurfing, hell, he coulda been Zileas for all I know. He said very little during the game, and I never got a chance to really know him.
On to the game!
In the pregame chat, KAZ chose Zerg, and Pika-choo went with Protoss. There was very little chat, not even the customary trash-talking session. Both players seemed happy to let the matter just be decided on the battlefield. The map was Lost Temple.
KAZ's green Zerg spawned in at 3:00, while Pika's white Protoss came in at 12:00. KAZ immediately sent his overlord to check the nearest base, (12:00) and sent his drones to doing dronish things. KAZ made an early Hatchery at his natural, then constructed a Spawning Pool and another Hatchery at his ramp. Pika was doing a very strange build order, however. He did a pylon at 7, then a forge at 8. Either he was a newb intending to turtle, or it meant OFFENSIVE CANNONS! (dun dun duh)
It was at about this time that KAZ's overlord reached Pika's base, where a Gateway had also been erected. Expecting the cannons, KAZ set a drone down by his ramp to stop any "cannon choboness." Pika sent out a probe to scout, and quickly found KAZ. The probe began warping in a pylon along the side, and was attacked by the "gosu anti-cannon drone." The probe managed to escape, and drones were brought down from gathering to destroy the pylon.
Another probe came down, and made a pylon down at the edge near KAZ's natural. Cannons quickly followed. Before they could completely warp in however, they were eliminated by zerglings and drones, coming from the natural.
Not one to give up, Pika-choo came up with an evil plan: he made a pylon near the edge of KAZ's plateau, the used to area from that to build up on top. KAZ did not notice, and his original base was rapidly surrounded by cannons.
Pika-choo then sent a force of 4 zealots down to KAZ's natural, which was defended by 2 sunken colonies. While the Zealots engaged the defenders, a probe quickly threw up a pylon and began warping in cannons. Things are looking grim for everybody's favorite cerebrate...
Unbeknowest to Pika however, KAZ had managed to sneak a drone out before he was blockaded in. This drone began an expansion down at the the 6:00 natural and later the 6:00 main, undetected by Pika.
Let's take stock of the situation now. KAZ has lost his entire main base to the cannons, and his natural is about to fall as well. He is rebuilding down at 6:00, but it will still take him some time to really get back in the game. Pika has a good force of Zealots, but is lacking in tech as his mad cannons have his economy strained to the limit. Can he hunt down and destroy KAZ before he can rebound? Or will KAZ be able to come back? We shall see...
When the last building in KAZ's main had been destroyed, Pika waited expectantly for the annoying popup window that would declare him victorious. After a minute, he realized something was wrong. He sent Zealots down to scout the bottom, and encountered KAZ's new base. He quickly sent down his army of 12 Zealots to end the Zerg infestation once and for all...
KAZ had managed to make an army of about 12 Hydras, and had spread up to the 6:00 mineral-only expansion. This was guarded by his Hydralisks and 2 sunken colonies. The Zealots hit it, and quickly set to work destroying he colonies. Through some great micro, KAZ managed to separate the zealots into two groups, one attacking the colonies and the other following his force of hydras. Things were looking grim until... The hydras put on their shoes and started dancing the Zerg asses off! The zealots couldn't deal with those Fred Astaires of hydras, and the force was eliminated.
More Hydras were quickly produced, and two control groups were sent up to "say hello" to Pika's main. The defenses there consisted of 2 dragoons and 4 zealots, and they were quickly ground under by the Hydras. The Protoss encampment was razed in record time.
Pika began rebuilding at KAZ's original base at 3:00, protected by the cannons that had forced KAZ out in the beginning. The game was finally drawing to a head.
Turns out that cannons are no match for hydras, and Pika-choo was forced to concede.
Lessons Learned
Offensive cannons are cool, but for it to work, the opponent cannot be allowed to escape. If KAZ hadn't gotten those drones out at the beginning, this would have been a much shorter BR.
Hydras OWN Cannons.
Uhh, StarCraft is cool?
This is my first BR, for any interested.
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