C- Celebration Battle Report, PVP Fighting spirit

As a celebration of getting C- this season (i just got it at the end of last season) i've decided to do a battle report on the game that got me to C-.

This is my second battle report, you can find the first one here.

My opponent this game was a D+ korean (C- in previous seasons) called [oh]sexy. Actually just checking his profile he's C- now. So it was definetly an even matchup

The map was Fighting Spirit.

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The matchup, PVP.

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I started in the bottom left corner as the noble green protoss

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My opponent started in the top right as the evil white protoss

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I open nexus first a-la Frozen's pvp guide

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My opponent started with a cheesy 2 gate (seriously who 2 gates AND 9 scouts OMG)

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he see's my 12 nex and drops a forge

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He then procedes to attempt to canon rush me while 2 gate rushing me, cheesy korean!

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But i bring probes into the fight and drive him off!

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Continuing to be a cheesy noob, my opponent hides an expo

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I go to have a poke with my zealots, see no expo and retreat, fooled

expecting a reaver/dt drop i spread my goons nicely to snipe a shuttle that isn't coming

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My opponent then takes his third before me, nullifying my economic advantage from my 12 nex

My first obs pops out and i go to attack

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only to find my opponent has more stuff than i do

however my obs scouts his undefended third so i snipe it!

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and double expand

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Nalra would be proud of my feng-shui...ohwait

Templar drop wrecks the probes at my third

Surely that shuttle wont get away???!!!!

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Hell no says my templar

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He tries to sneak a base at the bottom right but i expand there and kill his attempted cannon wall before it can get up. I was going to make a "yo dawg" poster out of it, but the cannons and nexus were too far away from each other

Meanwhile he throws out a few pre-storms on my army containing him at his natural

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STOORMMUUUU!!! i was victorious and drove the evil white protoss back to his side of the bridge!

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but hot DAMN he likes those gateways

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So i still have him contained, and figure i may as well take another 3 expos, why not!

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a zealot counter attack kills one of my nexii!!

but more importantly pulls my whole army out of position so he can move out

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Archons on archons! sounds like a porn title, and who the hell knows whats going on, i sure dont D:

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after many epic storms i manage to lose the battle

Am i really going to lose this game even with such a lead??? Turns out i was a behind on the upgrades (3-0-0 vs 3-0-2)

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luckily i kept my economy un-harmed and my best-style macro forced him out, even if i am blocking my goons in with a cannon

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he comes back with a siginificant zealot/templar force, he's almost mined out at this point and has dropped an expo @ 12 (the only base i hadn't taken)

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But i give him a taste of his own medicine and do a zealot counter while i deal with his attack force and make him cancel the nexus

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Another battle! he's getting desperate now, nice storm tho

Storms going CRAZY, blue goo EVERYWHERE

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My dt goes up to his observerless army to say hi

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My face stomping squad goes up to take out his 12 oclock before it can get going again

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The final battle!

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GG!

And so i overcame the C- korean to take my C- ranking! Huzzah!

Thanks for reading

Last edit: 2010-09-27 08:53:15

Archas United States. September 26 2010 23:16. Posts 5638

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I love stories like this, and you did it well. Just enough pictures to give an accurate sense of the state of the match, while not flooding me with images. The captions were also quite funny / informative. Blue goo, Psi Storms, and Archon-on-Archon action, hehe.

Congratulations on your victory! You'd better not lose to any 4-poolers and get dropped back down, though. =(

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Kiante Australia. September 26 2010 23:17. Posts 6359

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in my next one i'm going to do some proper image editing so i dont have a full GUI in every screenshot, it was just too much to handle for this one.

Tabbris Bangladesh. September 26 2010 23:27. Posts 2681

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Look of quote :D. C- is always a proud accomplishment, The feeling that you overcame the masses :D. Tho it harder to get to c- now so well done!

corumjhaelen France. September 26 2010 23:28. Posts 4788

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WP ! I'm jealous

And nice blog too !

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drag_ England. September 26 2010 23:35. Posts 425

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Congrats bro, C- on Korean time is an accomplishment especially now!

Yurie September 26 2010 23:35. Posts 2103

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Nice one.

It was nice to always have the minimap there, just in case you decide to cut a bit too much next time. ^^

Kiante Australia. September 26 2010 23:36. Posts 6359

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yeah i'd leave it there for most, but like, with the multiple battle screenshots i might edit them together just to get all the storms. I felt like jangbi after that first huge battle ^_^

Navane Netherlands. September 26 2010 23:42. Posts 2405

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Welcome to the club!

oxidized United States. September 27 2010 00:18. Posts 311

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Awesome game to hit C- with.

But in his gateway count picture, it looks like 4 of those gateways don't have exits!

edit: Oh I guess he can build zealots from those gates and goons from the other ones?

Last edit: 2010-09-27 00:22:36

emperorchampion Canada. September 27 2010 00:25. Posts 4138

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Wow, looks like a really good game.
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Cedstick Canada. September 27 2010 00:34. Posts 2568

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I felt like Day9, counting-out all those Gateways

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SnowFantasy September 27 2010 01:00. Posts 3661

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Looking at the minimap in the last couple pictures it looks like an easy game for you.

Looking at all of the pictures though, looked like aa realllly fun game to play. I love these

GJ on C-, especially this season.

Shuffleus Australia. September 27 2010 01:24. Posts 763

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Well Done, Grats on C-!

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fabiano Brazil. September 27 2010 01:36. Posts 3829

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Really nice dude, congrats!

I always have fun reading through these BW battle reports, wish they come more often

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538 Hungary. September 27 2010 01:51. Posts 3775

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BW battle reports are a rare treat nowadays, thanks a lot, and congrats on C-!
Interesting game too, unpunished nexus first builds in pvp can be very annoying to play against.
(oh and epic gateway simcity by your opponent there

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BTW we ran into each other on the ladder last week, but I ended up leaving because of the lag

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SoL[9] Portugal. September 27 2010 02:19. Posts 1370

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Seems a nice game but not a close one

Gratz on C-

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funnybananaman United States. September 27 2010 02:29. Posts 631

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hey i watched you stream this game last night!
congrats man

Get on JST

Lightwip United States. September 27 2010 02:38. Posts 5497