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Junior Starleague · Season 1 · Round of 512 · Bo1 · Week 4
Shoemaking
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⋆·°ʚ🧸ɞ°‧⋆ Artifice
Games
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■ Shoemaking
■ Artifice
army value
■ Shoemaking
■ Artifice
economy
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Play-by-play (53 lines)
0:07 Shoemaking spawns in Blue at s4 while Artifice spawns in Red at s1.We're underway — Shoemaking spawns at s4, Artifice answers from s1.
0:42 Shoemaking opens 1 Rax FE against Artifice's 12 Pool.Shoemaking commits to 1 Rax FE; Artifice answers with 12 Pool.
— The early game —
1:20 Shoemaking places down a command center.Quietly, Shoemaking adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
1:33 Artifice places down a hatchery.More workers, more money: Artifice expands.
2:22 Shoemaking decides to put on early pressure with his marines.Shoemaking tests the door early. Is anyone home?
🎙 Nothing between them. One engagement could decide it.
2:44 Artifice is putting early pressure with his zerglings.Artifice tests the door early. Is anyone home?
3:18 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
3:41 Shoemaking kills off Artifice's zerglings with his marines!Artifice wasn't ready. Shoemaking's early aggression takes the lead.
4:15 Artifice has lost about half of his army in that battle.Half of Shoemaking's force stays on that battlefield.
4:36 With excellent skills and micro, Shoemaking managed to fend off Artifice while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for Artifice — the losses are light.
5:23 Shoemaking decides to put on early pressure with his marines.No patience from Shoemaking: the first units are already marching.
5:57 Attempting to end the game, Artifice moves out with his armies.Here it comes: Artifice crosses the map with everything.
6:17 The two armies meet and a large battle starts to engage!Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
6:47 Shoemaking kills off Artifice's zerglings with his marines!The early pressure works — Shoemaking breaks Artifice's front door.
🎙 The armies trade evenly; this one is still anyone's game.
7:23 After that battle, Artifice still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Shoemaking — the losses are light.
7:46 With excellent skills and micro, Shoemaking managed to fend off Artifice while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for Artifice — the losses are light.
8:31 Shoemaking places down a command center.Shoemaking plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
8:56 Artifice places down a hatchery.Artifice takes another base — the economy widens.
9:20 Shoemaking feels confident with his marines and decides to push out.Shoemaking tests the door early. Is anyone home?
9:48 Artifice is putting early pressure with his zerglings.No patience from Artifice: the first units are already marching.
10:30 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
10:55 Shoemaking gains early map control with his marines!Artifice wasn't ready. Shoemaking's early aggression takes the lead.
11:26 About half of Artifice's army has been decimated in that battle.Half of Shoemaking's force stays on that battlefield.
🎙 Dead even — neither player has found the edge yet.
12:01 After that battle, Shoemaking still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Artifice — the losses are light.
12:21 Shoemaking decides to put on early pressure with his marines.Shoemaking goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
13:03 Artifice with a large number of zerglings starts pushing out.Artifice goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
13:19 The two armies meet and a large battle starts to engage!Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
13:53 Shoemaking kills off Artifice's zerglings with his marines!The early pressure works — Shoemaking breaks Artifice's front door.
14:26 About half of Artifice's army has been decimated in that battle.Half of Shoemaking's force stays on that battlefield.
15:05 Losing only less than half of his army, Shoemaking seems to be fine.A cheap fight for Artifice — the losses are light.
15:21 Shoemaking starts pushing across the map.Here it comes: Shoemaking crosses the map with everything.
16:11 Currently, neither Shoemaking nor Artifice appears to be leading in economy.The economies mirror one another. Nothing between Shoemaking and Artifice yet.
🎙 Slight advantage Shoemaking as the game develops.
16:42 Artifice places down a hatchery.More workers, more money: Artifice expands.
17:11 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Both players push to the middle of the map, and a large fight breaks out.
— The mid game —
17:39 Shoemaking's superior marine control beat up all of Artifice's zergling.The mid-game push crashes through — Shoemaking breaks Artifice's position.
18:09 Artifice has lost about half of his army in that battle.Half of Shoemaking's force stays on that battlefield.
— The late game —
18:28 After that battle, Shoemaking still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Artifice — the losses are light.
19:01 Shoemaking is bringing his M&M ball to pressure his opponent now!Shoemaking's mid-game army is assembled — and it's moving.
19:27 Shoemaking places down a command center.Quietly, Shoemaking adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
20:09 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
20:38 Artifice's zerglings didn't do much damage to Shoemaking's M&M ball, and instead lose all of his armies.The mid-game push crashes through — Shoemaking breaks Artifice's position.
🎙 Shoemaking has built a commanding army lead — Artifice needs something special here.
21:12 About half of Artifice's army has been decimated in that battle.Half of Shoemaking's force stays on that battlefield.
21:45 After that battle, Shoemaking still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Artifice — the losses are light.
22:15 Artifice having no armies left to defend, has no choice but to tap out.Artifice types it out: GG.
Shoemaking takes it — the mid game decided this one.