"Private Taylor remarked 'Deon, you was one of my homies. I will mourn you until I join you.' With that, he proceeded to pour a 40oz bottle of Old English malt liquor onto the spot of the now defunct expansion."
-Heartcutter
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| Maybe I should fortify my xpansions... | | | Author: | | | IP: | XXXX | | Date: | 07/11/99 01:07 | | Game Type: | Starcraft | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 2, Max: 7, Min: 6
Lifetime Rating for Necrosausage!: 7.2963 |   | Sorry, no pix this time, I didnt think of it...
Map: Snowdraft
Players: Necrosausage! Lemuroo~CSL
Race: Protoss random Protoss
Spot: Left Right
Here we go, Im on my favourite map, with my favourite race, and Im very confident...
Early Game
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As usual, I went for early Reavers/Temps, and xpanded with my first Shuttle. I unloaded a probe at the xpansion just above my starting spot, while my Shuttle kept on moving on its scout mission finding another Protoss at 9.
"Phew, at least he is not Zerg" I thought, but I was disappointed not to have my usual luck and facing Terran as Protoss on island :)
My Shuttle found him doing a similar build, with the only difference that he went for more Zlots/Goons and skipped Reavers, while also building up to Temps.
However, not High Temps, as I found out when I dropped my first Reaver/Temp combo on his island - I was totally slaughtered by invisible enemies - DTs!
However, my Temp still got a good storm on his peons, so the drop was still a little success - I lost a Temp and a Reaver (I saved the Shuttle), but I killed about 7 Probes
At home, I rushed to build my Observatory, but as I didnt have too much space at home, I built it at my xpansion.
However, this decision was pretty wrong, because I lost my xpansion just a second later to a 3-Shuttle drop of ground troops, and so I had to rebuild my Observatory and had to wait even longer for Observers.
My xpansions killed by him: 1
However, while my xpansion was going down, I built another xpansion below my main, so it did not hurt me too much.
After that, I threw down a StarGate to build just a few Corsairs to scout for enemy xpansions
His next attack arrived - luckily, I saw the amassed ground force at the bottom of my main, and was able to storm it right as it was unloading.
Reacting to the storm, the Goon/DT/Zealot combo rushed up, just to be torn apart by my Cannon/Reaver defense with no losses
His next drop attempt was very unlucky - he had not spotted my xpansion below my main yet, and he tried to drop just from that side, thus running into cannon/corsair fire and having to unload between my cannons. His force of 4-5 Shuttles was just able to kill a single cannon this way, since I defended myself with a DT and he had no Observer with him.
As I had around 700 minerals, I decided to rebuild the xpansion above my main - I sent a probe there and started another Nexus
Meanwhile, one of my two scouting Corsairs found an xpansion starting below his main - I sent 2 Shuttles with 2 Reavers, 1 DT, 1 HT and a Goon there, and razed the xpansion in a few seconds.
However, only a few seconds after this victory, my newly build xpansion above my main got hit by a Reaver and 2 Zlots. I tried to pick up my attack force that just destroyed his xpansion, however he just decimated this one to one dearly damaged Reaver with a few Psi-Storms and Zlots.
So, the xpansion went down again
My xpansions killed by him: 2
Shortly after that, I found an xpansion of him above his base.
Damn! As I found this xpansion, I decided that having only the same number of xpansions as my enemy is not enough - and so I xpanded at the bottom starting point.
At the same time, I tried to kill his xpansion with 3 Shuttles full of Reavers/Ground Troops. However, the drop was a desaster.
Instead of unloading at one spot, as I told them, my three Shuttles went there widely spread. One unloaded just between his cannons (the one with the Reavers), one unloaded too far away and one did not unload at all :(.
Of course, my xpensive troops were just cannon fodder and did not kill a single enemy...
As there were a ledge above his xpansion, that was ideal for Carrier attacks, and I had pretty much ressources anyway, I decided to build a few Carriers.
My main was mined dry around this time, so I took a Shuttle full of Probes and brought them to my new xpansion at the bottom starting spot.
"Damn, this guy must have superior recon", I thought, as my newly warped in xpansion at the bottom starting spot gets hit by a Reaver and 2 Zlot, with 4 Zlots following shortly after.
I only had one Reaver and one Cannon there, so I tried to attack the Reaver with my 10 Probes - Kids, dont try this at home, it sucks :(
I brought one Scout and a Carrier to save the xpansion since he had no anti-air there, but of course 6 Zlots can kill a Nexus faster than one Scout and one Carrier can kill 6 Zlots...
My xpansions killed by him: 3
My second Carrier finished warping in, and I took both to kill his xpansion - hiding above the plateau, and killing dangerous Templars first with concentrated fire, I killed everything EXCEPT his Nexus there, I also survived an attack of 2 Goons and an Archon, with good maneuvring.
However, while I built another xpansion above my main (at that spot where 2 xpansion attempts already ended in a desaster), something killed my 2 Carriers. I dunno what as I wasnt watching but I guess it was PsiStorm.
Around this time, I saw his first air combat units (remember, it was an island map!), in the form of Scouts that quickly went down when facing my Sairs :)
The xpansion above my main got hit AGAIN - this time by a Reaver and 2 Zlots.
I rushed 2 Archons in a Shuttle there, but the Zealots did not mind being killed by my Archons, they just wanted to kill the Nexus AGAIN!
However, with xtreme luck, I managed to kill the 2 Zlots while my Nexus remained burning with exactly 18 HP :)
My xpansions killed by him: still 3, but with a lil luck it would be 4
After that, 2 Carriers killed his xpansion and he gave up since he had neither a Shuttle to xpand nor the ressources to build it..
Lessons learned:
1) Sorry, this report sucked :(, next time there will be less text and more pics :)
2) Its a good idea to protect ur xpansions - 3 xpansions of my were killed, thats:
1200 for 3 Nexi
about 400 for Pylons
about 400 for Probes
So I lost about 2000 minerals!
For 2000 minerals, u can build almost 14 cannons, which are normally enough to protect an xpansion :)
3) On Island maps, build air unis :). Lemuroo didnt build any air units except a few Scouts
4) Protoss on islands is Carriers in late game! With a lil micro and ledges around, u can kill dozens of Goons with 2 Carriers
5) Its never a bad idea to build units - I did my usual error and just teched and xpanded - but did not build but a few units, I only had 2 Gates, 1 RobFac and 1 StarGate in early, mid, and early late game! I couldve used at least 3 Gates and 2 RobFacs
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