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| Four player FFA | | | Author: | | | IP: | nchobo02XXXX | | Date: | 03/23/01 06:03 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 5, Min: 5
Lifetime Rating for Black Label: 5.1429 |  | Hi all and welcome at my first battlereport. No flashy pics or anything, just text (=.Praetor). The map was a custom made one so I can't let you see a minimap of it. But here we go:
All four players go random to start, and as fate would have it, Rampage(FS), [LE]Spider, and MidnightSunrise all were the insidious zerg swarm. Only Spear(FS) received the courageous Terran army. MidnightSunrise opens with a double hatch, pool, extractor, then expands to the lower left outer expansion. All in all, a rather conservative build. MidnightSunrise seems to be staying flexible and is preparing for anything. Spear(FS) goes for the traditional 2 rax, refinery, academy, then factory. Spear(FS) bunkers down his choke and bunkers the choke at the empty middle right inside position. Obviously he is looking to grab hold of an early resource advantage. Rampage(FS) starts his game with a pool, then hatch. He then expands twice to the upper mid outer and upper right outer expansions. Rampage(FS) is looking bold on this FFA and wants to be two steps head of everyone. [LE]Spider has other plans, however, as he is the only one to not work on a quick expansion. His build order consists of a double hatch, followed by a pool, 3rd hatch, extractor, and hydra den. He also works on massing lings and seems to want a quick kill… unfortunately for the hyper-expanding Rampage(FS), [LE]Spider is right next to him and looking for blood. [LE]Spider's mass ling technique is put to the test as about four control groups are sent to Rampage(FS)'s main. The lings are totally unexpected by Rampage(FS) and rip his main to pieces…not even a contest. "Like hot butter through a knife" or whatever. During the chaos, MidnightSunrise sends a small expedition of lings and hydras to [LE]Spider's main, but freshly hatched lings stop the attack cold. Spear(FS) expands to the secured middle right inner and lays down some mines, unaware of the conflict. Rampage(FS) is badly hurt by the attack, but still has two expansions to recover with. [LE]Spider, who is now pursuing Mutas by building a spire, discovers Rampage(FS)'s upper right outer expansion and attacks with a group of mutas. At this point, Respect(VooDoo) comments "that's the end of brown's comeback, I think", but I know Rampage(FS) better than that =) He erects some spore colonies and with a few hydras and lurkers stops [LE]Spider's advance. [LE]Spider has thus hurt Rampage(FS) horribly and is beginning to marco lings and mutas like nobody's business (yup, my business). [LE]Spider, the only person I hadn't seen play before seems to have the upper hand…
Rampage(FS), takes the devastation in stride and expands again to the upper left outside for a total of three bases. [LE]Spider gets VERY ambitious and expands not once, not twice, but THREE times! One to Rampage(FS)'s old base, one to the upper left inner, and one to the middle left inner, making it so he controls half of the inner ring. So far, Spear(FS) and MidnightSunrise have advanced relatively untouched, but Spear(FS) plans to change this. He moves his troops towards MidnightSunrise's main base, his heart set on destruction. Four tanks, 2 groups of M&Ms and later some valkries begin the march and arrive at MidnightSunrise's front door. *Knock* *Knock* We all know the feeling of unwanted relatives and MidnightSunrise feels no different. Despite the profound arguments of a great deal of mutas and hydras, the tanks and marines insisted on staying and helping out with the cooking. They moved in, and, like most unwanted guests, made a general mess of things… Spear(FS) took the main with surprising ease and MidnightSunrise is now reduced to a fledgling expansion. Spear(FS) has shown he is ready to take any threat…even [LE]Spider.
Rampage(FS), however, sits with a quiet smile on his face. What is on his mind? Revenge. What drives his actions? Revenge. What burns deep within his soul? The Chili Cheeseburger he had for lunch… oh yea, and Revenge. Rampage(FS)'s three expansion sites have let him recover quickly and efficiently. [LE]Spider, who has a very impressive army of lings and mutas at home is trying to get all of his new expansions operational. This is when Rampage(FS) shows us all why he is not to be trifled with. A group of three brown lurkers is carefully placed outside of [LE]Spider's choke…a portion of Rampage(FS)'s ever increasing hydra army is brought in to lure the lings into the lurker trap. It is executed perfectly, and many lings are slaughtered before the hydras fall. …but Rampage(FS) is not finished, oh no. He brings in a larger group of hydras and lings and executes the same task. Lings fight lings, and mutas are brought in to dispatch of the hydras. Like lightning, dark swarm engulfs the hydras and plague infects the mutas. Rampage(FS) had gone straight for defilers and damn quickly at that. The defiler's spells turn the tide against [LE]Spider as the hydras and lurkers are almost invulnerable to his defenses. In an act of excellent play and supreme poise, Rampage(FS) had enacted his revenge.
With this turn of events, every player except Spear(FS) has lost their main. Despite this loss, Rampage(FS) is looking as strong as ever. And [LE]Spider still has three other expansions…right? …right? Uh oh. While Rampage(FS) desecrated [LE]Spider's main, the same terran force that destroyed MidnightSunrise's main was rounding the wheel, destroying [LE]Spider's relatively unguarded expansions. The tanks and marines had no problem ripping through the organic matter of the zerg. During his reign of terror, Spear(FS) also took the time to enjoy some entertaining overlord hunting. His 3 valkries killed about five Wallabyian overlords and a few straggling Gloryian and Nevian overlords.
[LE]Spider's expansion is destroyed at Rampage(FS)'s old main by Rampage(FS) himself, and Rampage(FS) is cleaning up on [LE]Spider's main when Spear(FS), on his tour of the wheel, also chances upon [LE]Spider's main. A small fight ensues in which Spear(FS) kills Rampage(FS)'s surviving troops, finishes off [LE]Spider, and then is slaughtered by a fresh batch of Rampage(FS)'s troops. In the blink of an eye, [LE]Spider was violently ripped off his perch, kicked a few times, then buried six feet under, where he joined Respect(VooDoo) and Nobody to observe the action.
MidnightSunrise, who took a severe beating by Spear(FS), isn't out yet. He was set very far back, but not too far back to have an impact. He expands to the middle left outer, builds a spire, and proceeds to put 2 offensive sunkens in two of Rampage(FS)'s bases! When they don't succeed, he places more till they do… they aren't too devastating, but surely distract Rampage(FS)'s attention… and Rampage(FS) needs all the concentration he can get, for he and Spear(FS) meet head on in a clash of Titans. Spear(FS)'s fully upgraded troops halt any advance on Rampage(FS)'s part, but Rampage(FS)'s delfilers and constant stream of troops keep the terran war machine at bay. Some of the most incredible battles go back and forth as blood covers the ground. Hydras and marines fall like flies, 3/3 tanks and masses of hydras do battle. Defilers plague and SVs irradate. Spear(FS) expands to the mid(up a bit) right outer and the mid(down a bit) right outer. (just look at the mini maps =P) and Rampage(FS) seems to have few minerals left and expands to the mid left inner spot. As these two battle it out, MidnightSunrise decides to play the bitch (hey, what can I say? That's what FFAs are about) Unaware if the chaos on the opposite side of the map, MidnightSunrise brings a group of mutas to Rampage(FS)'s upper mid outer base to start pounding away. Rampage(FS) tells MidnightSunrise to go attack Spear(FS) and MidnightSunrise promptly responds, "I'm afraid of blue." Rampage(FS) gives him something to be afraid of by succinctly smashing the small air force. This, however, gives Spear(FS) just the advantage he needs. With 14 raxes, Spear(FS) is able to finally overpower Rampage(FS) and take Rampage(FS)'s second main of the game. Ouch. Spear(FS) moves his troops around, and effectively reduces Rampage(FS) to two bases, the mid left inner spot, and a small hatchery at the middle minerals.
To quote [LE]Spider: "Brown is now burnt toast." The double team had reduced the once resurrected Rampage(FS) to shambles…but Rampage(FS) wasn't ready to give up…
Two of the reasons that Spear(FS) took Rampage(FS)'s expansions so fast were 1) they were mined out 2) Rampage(FS) moved all his troops to his outpost at the mid left inner spot. But Rampage(FS) didn't move them to defend… he loads them all into overlords, hen goes cross map and drops them in the back of Spear(FS)'s main. By this time, all the observers are rooting for Rampage(FS). Spear(FS) is a great guy, but he's like the Evil Empire in this game. Rampage(FS) is Luke Skywalker and MidnightSunrise's kinda like Jabba the Hut. Rampage(FS)'s huge drop takes Spear(FS) totally by surprise. Spear(FS) has a wrecking crew out and about to find the remains of Rampage(FS), but not too much at home. Rampage(FS), the torn and battered warrior who has been brutally beaten by EVERY one of his opponents, is now tearing Spear(FS) apart from the inside. MidnightSunrise also has troops en route to Spear(FS) and they go to work on some outlying buildings and Spear(FS)'s main. Spear(FS) uses a neat trick though and d-matrix's hydras then follows with irradate. Rampage(FS) is now getting a huge roar from the crowd. He infests a command center and starts pumping Infested terrans! Woo hoo! Rampage(FS) and MidnightSunrise both destroy Spear(FS)'s main, and now EVERY main base has been destroyed! What a game! This, of course, is the making of an epic comeback. Rampage(FS) starts to attack Spear(FS)'s expansion at about 2:00 on the outer (see how times are hard to use…) and after some gruesome combat, destroys this base by sneaking in the back. Spear(FS)'s wrecking crew is still on the prowl though and effectively shuts down MidnightSunrise's chances by not giving him an expansion to mine from. He also reduces Rampage(FS) to the base in the middle. All three players are just smacking each other around, blood everywhere, infested terrans (which actually worked well), defilers… CHAOS!! Spear(FS) is also down to two fledgling expansions…who will win?? Rampage(FS)?? Spear(FS)??
Unfortunately for our hero Rampage(FS), he just didn't have the sheer volume of troops that Spear(FS) did… he fights bravely and with honor, to the very last hydra, but when Spear(FS) discovers his expansion, it is only a matter of one drop before "Never Say Die" Rampage(FS) must give up. Wow. What a game.
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