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Junior Starleague · Season 1 · Round of 256 · Bo1 · Week 4
AlphaKenny1 [United]
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Returner x5
Games
1 · ▶ replay
■ AlphaKenny1
■ Returner
army value
■ AlphaKenny1
■ Returner
economy
Battle report ▾
Play-by-play (54 lines)
0:10 The Purple Returner spawns at s3 while Teal AlphaKenny1 spawns at s1.We're underway — Returner spawns at s3, AlphaKenny1 answers from s1.
0:39 AlphaKenny1 opens 12 Hatch against Returner's Overpool.The builds are down: Overpool from Returner, 12 Hatch from AlphaKenny1.
— The early game —
1:11 Returner places down a hatchery.More workers, more money: Returner expands.
1:39 AlphaKenny1 places down a hatchery.Quietly, AlphaKenny1 adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
2:05 Returner decides to start pushing across the map.Returner tightens the formation and starts the long walk.
🎙 Nothing between them. One engagement could decide it.
2:43 AlphaKenny1 is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill the enemy zerglings on the way.AlphaKenny1 goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
3:17 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
3:52 AlphaKenny1 lost all his zerglings to Returner!The early pressure works — Returner breaks AlphaKenny1's front door.
4:30 AlphaKenny1 has lost about half of his army in that battle.Half of Returner's force stays on that battlefield.
4:53 Losing only less than half of his army, Returner seems to be fine.AlphaKenny1 keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
5:31 AlphaKenny1 places down a hatchery.Quietly, AlphaKenny1 adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
6:05 Returner's speedlings rapidly push out across the map.Returner goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
6:20 AlphaKenny1 is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill the enemy zerglings on the way.AlphaKenny1 tests the door early. Is anyone home?
6:59 Returner places down a hatchery.More workers, more money: Returner expands.
🎙 The armies trade evenly; this one is still anyone's game.
7:22 The battle to decide the game begins!Both players push to the middle of the map, and a large fight breaks out.
8:04 Returner lost all his zerglings to AlphaKenny1!Returner wasn't ready. AlphaKenny1's early aggression takes the lead.
8:27 With excellent skills and micro, Returner managed to fend off AlphaKenny1 while losing less than half of his army.AlphaKenny1 keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
8:56 After that battle, AlphaKenny1 still has most of his army with him.Returner keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
9:27 Returner moves out with his armies.Here it comes: Returner crosses the map with everything.
10:08 AlphaKenny1's speedlings rapidly push out across the map.No patience from AlphaKenny1: the first units are already marching.
10:43 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.Both players push to the middle of the map, and a large fight breaks out.
11:07 All of a sudden, AlphaKenny1 has no armies left while Returner is continuing to push across the map!A clean, brutal win for Returner. The push continues.
11:42 Losing only less than half of his army, AlphaKenny1 seems to be fine.Returner keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
🎙 The scales tip toward AlphaKenny1 — a lead, but not a safe one.
12:10 Losing only less than half of his army, Returner seems to be fine.AlphaKenny1 keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
12:32 AlphaKenny1 places down a hatchery.More workers, more money: AlphaKenny1 expands.
13:05 Eager to end the game, Returner moves out with his armies.No more waiting. Returner pushes.
13:41 AlphaKenny1 decides to move out with his armies.Here it comes: AlphaKenny1 crosses the map with everything.
14:26 Returner's army is small compared to AlphaKenny1!Returner needs production, fast; AlphaKenny1's army has outgrown his.
14:38 Returner places down a hatchery.Returner plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
15:09 The two armies meet and a large battle starts to engage!Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
15:43 AlphaKenny1 with more superior zergling control outpowers Returner!The early pressure works — AlphaKenny1 breaks Returner's front door.
16:31 About half of Returner's army has been decimated in that battle.AlphaKenny1 pays for that trade with about half his army.
🎙 Slight advantage AlphaKenny1 as the game develops.
16:44 With excellent skills and micro, AlphaKenny1 managed to fend off Returner while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for Returner — the losses are light.
17:30 AlphaKenny1 is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill the enemy zerglings on the way.AlphaKenny1 goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
18:00 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!The dance is over. They fight.
— The mid game —
18:31 AlphaKenny1 with the more superior mutalisk micro wins the mutalisk battle!Returner's defense bends, then snaps. AlphaKenny1 takes the middle of the game.
18:58 About half of Returner's army has been decimated in that battle.Half of AlphaKenny1's force stays on that battlefield.
— The late game —
19:36 With excellent skills and micro, AlphaKenny1 managed to fend off Returner while losing less than half of his army.Returner keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
20:07 AlphaKenny1 is pushing his mutalisk/scourge stack across the map!AlphaKenny1's mid-game army is assembled — and it's moving.
20:23 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
21:03 AlphaKenny1 with the more superior mutalisk micro wins the mutalisk battle!Returner's defense bends, then snaps. AlphaKenny1 takes the middle of the game.
🎙 Returner is hanging on by a thread against AlphaKenny1's army.
21:38 Returner has lost about half of his army in that battle.Half of AlphaKenny1's force stays on that battlefield.
22:07 It seems that Returner only managed to destroy less than half of AlphaKenny1's army.Returner clips AlphaKenny1's army — real damage, but AlphaKenny1 fights on.
22:44 What a pity! Returner managed to sneak 1 zergling past the defense line but it was unable to deal any damage before being killed off by AlphaKenny1's army.Returner goes for the raid — AlphaKenny1 is ready, and nothing comes of it.
23:10 Unwilling to suffer further harassment, Returner taps out!That's it. Returner looks at the field one last time and concedes.
That's the game: AlphaKenny1 defeats Returner, settled in the mid game.