The map for this game was none other than that "This map is overplayed" Lost Temple. Our opponents were ][~s1utty~][ who I respect because we are about the same in skill level and he is a cool guy and cptn.commando who I have gained respect for after seeing him play this game. I was allowed to observe the game so I joined 69/9 and the count down began. ][~s1utty~][ recieved Zerg at the 6 oclock start position while cptn.commando had chosen Protoss and warped in at 12. cptn.commando ][~s1utty~][    Pylon    Gateway    Gateway   Hatchery   Spawning Pool   Hatchery

cptn.commando's Probe scout found the enemy Zerg at 6. It bravely began attacking the Hatchery but cptn.commando wisely told it to find out more recon in s1utty's main. s1utty was able to stop this Probe threat by attacking the Probe with two Drones that were pulled of minerals, however before cptn lost the Probe he told it to gather minerals at his base and the Probe high tailed it for home.

cptn.commando added an Assimilator followed by a Pylon and then a Cybernetics Core and finally a Citadel of Adun. It seemed he was going for early Templar. s1utty sent out his first 6 Zerglings hoping to catch his enemy off guard. When the Zerglings left, cptn.commano had only 1 Zealot but because the Zerglings had to travel across the map 2 more Zealots warped in from Aiur before the Zerglings could do any damage. s1utty could only save 1 Zergling with 5 HP left. He stationed that Zergling outside of cptn.commando's main in order to get recon on expansions and any movement of troops on cptn's part.

s1utty's recon Zergling was put to good use, for cptn.commando sent out a Probe to gather recon on s1utty's part. s1utty's Zergling chased the Probe all the way to the Temple where it was met with 6 more Zerglings sent by s1utty. The Probe was destroyed and cptn.commando obtained no recon. This was important because s1utty was up to a Lair and had a Spire building!

I began babbling about idle Drones of s1utty's and the mean Zerg commander slaughtered my bengy. =[ Anyway as I was throwing a shit fit about losing my bengy, cptn.commando started up a Nexus at his expansion. By now he has also reached his choice of tech, Templar. cptn sent out his Zealots to distract s1utty while his expansion got online, he also left his Templar at home just in case.

The Zealots met with that same scout that brought death upon their Probe and killed the heartless Zergling. However s1utty now knew that cptn approched and sent out his massive Zergling army to dispose of the threat. Because cptn was expanding and building Templar not Zealots he was going to get an ass kicking if he stayed there so he ran his Zealots back to his expansion. s1utty left his Zerglings in the center of the map. These Zerglings could stop or delay more attacks by cptn as s1utty expanded to more of the map.

At last s1utty's first 3 Mutalisks are finished and he sent them to the top left island near cptn's main. s1utty also commanded a Drone to morph into a Hatchery at his mineral only. As s1utty's next 3 Mutalisks were flying to the island expansion s1utty launched a weak Zergling attack on cptn.commando's main. The Zerglings made it to the Probes before dying. s1utty got some good recon in and saw cptn's newly made Archon was at his expansion and cptn only had 1 Photon cannon to stop his Mutalisks.

s1utty's Mutalisks attacked the cannon destroying it in seconds then moving on to cptn's Probes. The probes had trouble moving through the Pylons and Gateways and the Mutalisks got in a few more kills then they should have before being forced to run as cptn's Dragoons and Archons made it up his ramp. Now cptn's units were at his main so s1utty moved his newly made Mutalisks to the cliff over 3 oclock. When they regrouped he launched an attacked on cptn's expansion. The Mutalisks killed a good number a Probes but could not follow the retreating ones because cptn had set up 3 Photon Cannons under his Nexus. However s1utty sent his other Mutalisks at cptn's main now which got some Probes before being injured by Psi Storm and forced to retreat. Because Mutalisks move so fast these attacks were within seconds of each other. cptn's message about unit pathing was still on the screen as s1utty's Mutas were on the 3 oclock cliff.

cptn saw he was in trouble. By now I would have said 'gg'(and this report would have nbeen over ^^) but cptn.commando showed true fighting spirit as he launched an assault on s1utty's mineral only expansion. The attack killed a good number of Zerg units and Drones. cptn.commando even forced s1utty to morph two Drones into Sunken Colonies during the attack.

Silence soon filled the air as both sides took time to regroup and rethink strategies. s1utty expanded to the main at 3 and began getting a Greater Spire, as cptn.commando began massing Dragoons and Templars from his 6 Gateways. Several of cptn's Templar made it to the highest form in the Khala and merged into Archons.

s1utty's Mutalisks cut through the air and broke the silence as they destroyed more Probes of cptn.commando's. This attack was repelled by the use of Psi Storm, and Archons with Dragoon support. s1utty began massing Hydralisks full time now. cptn launched another attack at s1utty's mineral only expansion trying to shut it down for the second time. Dragoons, Archons and Templar poured into the expansion. Even with the use of flanking s1utty's Hydralisks could not fight off the onslaught. He was forced to use his Mutalisk army as well. cptn wanted Zerg blood however and continued sending in forces and merging Templar with depleted energy into Archons. s1utty sent his Mutalisks to the island expansion before he lost them all. These remaining 6 Mutas wrapped themselves into cocoons and began the metamorphis process that would turn them into the powerful Guardian.

The Guardians were sent in one by one trying to draw storms so the rest of them could be sent in at once. cptn however resisted the urge and used his 2 Archons at his main to destroy several Guardians. The attack on s1utty's expansion was still going on and s1utty was down to a Sunken Colony and 2 Hydralisks. Finally the remaining Hatchery, of the two at the exp, was destroyed. s1utty saw he was in trouble and sent in his remaining Guardian force into cptn's main.

Most of cptn's forces were now at s1utty's natural expansion but his Templar did get in a few good storms before dying. The Guardians were severly weakened and the last one popped to Dragoon fire. The attack on s1utty's natural was finally stopped but it was then that a squad of 2 Dragoons and 2 Templar found the secret expansion at the 3 oclock main. s1utty began massing Hydralisks for he knew the expansion would soon be under attack. cptn sent Dragoons into the expansion as fast as he could build them. However Dragoons are big and clumsy so using the ramp s1utty was able to delay the death of his expansion while I moved my screen shots into a new folder for the second time this game.

Another new unit was brought into the battle field when cptn sent 3 Dark Templar to stur up some trouble at the 3 oclock main. They moved right past the 3 Hydralisk scouts outside the expansion and began cutting up Drones. Why do Drones explode when they die?? I mean SCVs and Probes I can see exploding but Drones..*shrug* Anyway s1utty pulled his Hydralisks away from the minerals until an Overlord could provide detection. The Dark Templar killed all but one Drone and one of the two Hatcheries at the expansion site before two died. cptn managed to slip the other one away during the confusion and had him stay by the ramp. Why didn't he just send it home? Well soon after Dragoons began making their way into the expansion and that Dark Templar did a lot of damage. s1utty sent all his Hydralisks at his main and natural to try and halt the attack. During all this cptn sent a Probe to expand to his mineral only but was killed by a lone Hydralisk that was in the area as a scout. Back at the 3 oclock main several Dragoons stopped the Hydralisks from getting up the ramp as 4 Dragoons destroyed the expansion. By now this Dark Templar was up to 8 kills and still attacking the Hydralisks as they powered their way up the ramp. Two Overlords finally gave the Hydralisks detection and the brave Dark Templar was turned into a dark blue transparent mist. *sniff*

cptn still needed to expand so he sent a Probe down to the mineral only expansion. It was cut off by a group of s1utty's Hydralisks but just made it out with 4 shields and 5 HP remaining..and the 8 mineral crystals it was holding. =] cptn sent a force of Dragoons over to deal with the Hydralisks but s1utty had researched Burrow and the Hydras hid underground behind the mineral field. Confused the Dragoons walked away and cptn settled for the 3 oclock mineral only. s1utty had stationed and Overlord to overlook the cliffs of the 3 oclock main and saw the the warping Nexus. He could do nothing about it however because cptn left 4 Templar by the expansion and was currently attacking s1utty's natural! Zealots and Dragoons poured into the expansion and soon an Archon joined the battle.

The expansion was shut down and the Protoss army soon moved into s1utty's main. GGs were exchanged as s1utty's main was destroyed. cptn sent a handful of Zealots and Templar to do the clean up work at the 3 oclock expansion. To add to the insult cptn.commando sent in Probes to finish off the remaining buildings. And so the game was won by cptn.commando. It was a very fun game to watch and was well played on both sides. The only thing I would have done differently as s1utty was take the expansions at 9 not at 3 and I like using Zealots and Templar against Zerg but those Dragoons took care of the Mutas so I can't really disagree on that move by cptn.commando. Enough babbling lets look at the scores!

Overview	Units	Structures	Resources	Total Score
cptn.commando	135290	16260	35352	186902
][~s1utty~][	106060	5920	42914	154894