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| Lead poisoning on Kakaru Keys! | | | Author: | | | IP: | XXXX | | Date: | 06/25/99 11:06 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 7, Min: 7
Lifetime Rating for Johnny_Vegas: 8.4483 |  | Lead poisoning on Kakaru Keys!
Map Name: Kakaru Keys aka "Johnny's Dire"
Team Bengalaas
Johnny_Vegas, Terran (top left)
www.i-suck.com, Terran (top right) aka [fls]prozerran
Team Arch-Nemesis
BB-Chargon, Zerg (bottom left)
RandomFlavor, Zerg (bottom right) aka ronin~
First off, I will post some images later, as I don't have them with me at this moment, so hold off on rating this puppy.
RandomFlavor and Chargon are two people that I tend to fight against very often. Amazingly I haven't lost to RandomFlavor and possibly haven't lost against Chargon either(not sure though). The thing about this is, these are two really good players, but I just keep lucking out, game after game. I always have a kickass teammate like [fls]prozerran or Mark4 that helps me overcome and win.
The game starts and here are the builds for the 4 players... Keep in mind this is a 4 corner island map with a big island in the middle with all the resources..
Vegas-(2 RAX, an early academy and late factory. Hardcore M&Ms with eng bay upgrades)
[fls]prozerran-(1 RAX, earlier factory, hard tanks and smaller amount of M&M's)
Chargon-(3 Hatches all at main, Power hydras)
RandomFlavor-(3 hatches, power hydras)
First Strike
Well as anyone that knows FLS knows, he is an early hitter. Since he teched straight to factory he got a quick Starport and filled a dropship with 1 tank and some M&M's. He dropped on RandomFlavor just as he finished his Hydra Den(He went 3 hatches first, that's why Den was so late). Well FLS's troops stir up some trouble in the zerg base but newly hatched hydras eliminate the threat.
It's about that time I noticed Chargon loading up some hydras in overlords. He heads over to FLS's base but his row of siege tanks take them out like champs with few losses. In retaliation I send my lone drop ship of M&M's to Chargon's main but my dropship is blown from the sky after only a couple of marines land. Like being trapped in the middle of Vietnam with no friendlies around, the 2 marines are viscously cut down by numerous hydralisks in a blood lusting frenzy.
FLS and I both expand to the 2 gas exp in the north, nearest to our bases. FLS's defense of his expansion is impressive with 4+ tanks and a few M&M's, not to mention their is only one bridge leading to the base. My defense is a little more sparse. I make a bunker and a turret with some marines, but no tanks! I pay for this dearly as Chargon lands a swarm of hydras and expels me from my base. I am forced to take my mineral only exp for the time being at 12 o clock. Meanwhile I noticed that Chargon had taken his mineral only at 9, and RandomFlavor has taken his expansion at bottom right with the gas.
Around this time a slew of hydralisks from Chargon are dropped on my main! I ask FLS for some help, as I reinforce my main with some M&M's from my expansion. Chargon has around 25 hydras rampaging through my main. Until my 16 M&M's arrive. Well, it wasn't pretty for the Zerg in that battle. I mowed the hydras down like fresh cut grass, and it turned out I didn't need FLS's help after all. The key factor was my marines were at 2/2 upgrades with range, and Chargon's hydras were still 0/0. Later on he tells me he forgot to upgrade.
Assault on [fls]prozerran's main
FLS helps me secure my gas expansion, so I am back in business, and start to produce Mad Science Vessels. FLS is low on minerals but high on gas and he also produces a large amount of smiling balls of death. Around this time, we kick one of the Arch-nemesis out of the middle expansion. The middle is traded back and forth until we finally secure it. FLS expands to 3 oclock all mineral expansion, but is kicked out by yet more hydras from Chargon and RandomFlavor. RandomFlavor had fewer hydras then Chargon but were 3/2 and thus highly effective. After kicking FLS out of his only source of minerals, they drop his main with a large force of wicked hydras. FLS's tanks and irradiate slow the hydras down, but not enough to stop them. I send two dropships to the rescue, and my M&M's search and destroy the last vile brood in FLS's base camp.
Commence Irradiation Treatment Doctor
Being low on minerals FLS and I go on an irradiation fest. As in coming overlords arrive to drop on our expansions we irradiate the overlords and hydra cargo like fiends. When the overlords attempt to escape our viscious airborne scientists chase them done and gave them a good dose of the radiation treatment.
As FLS and I assault Chargon's gas exp in bottom right, my 5 Science Vessels get hit by a "cloud of scourge" by RandomFlavor. Ouch! There goes my fleet.. Just as we think we have the zerg pinned down, we are forced to fend off numerous large scale hydra drops on our expansions, but we fend if off with minimal losses thanks to mass irradiation.
Cleanup Crew
Well, I help FLS secure the middle and he floats a CC there and begins mining. I had been saving money so I was fine with 1500/3000 and I didn't need the expansion so much. Chargon attempts to expand again at the mineral only base at 3 o clock. He has around 15 hydras stationed there. Combined irradiate from me and FLS, followed by 2 Def matrixed dropship full of M&M's end that last threat. The map is ours and its time to take out their mains to end it. Our combat unit of choice is the mighty SCV! I load 8 in a dropship and start to raze Chargon's defenseless base with the mighty squad. FLS follows my queue, but he one ups me with D-matrixed SCVs! RandomFlavor is not left out of the fun, as the SCV's assault his main. The vile zerg was holding back though! A few cracklings are produced slaughtering my poor SCVs. But FLS and I send in SCV reinforcements and slowly slaughter each building one by one. We have screenshots of this, I will post them later! The game ends with both Zerg swearing vengeance and voicing their hatred of this map that had so little expansions. I weaken Chargon's last building with some wraiths, and a gleeful SCV from FLS kills it in one hit to end the game.
Lessons Learned
- M & M's are a great counter to hydra drops
- 2 Terrans will beat 2 zergs if you let the terran survive to late game
- Irradiate is an evil spell vs Zerg. Especially with two terrans both using it!
- Two Terrans is a good team on islands because of such things as great recon(comsat), and good defensive capability.
- ronin~ will never beat me, if I have my way!
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