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Junior Starleague · Season 1 · Round of 256 · Bo1 · Week 4
Albatross [GAY]
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Tantrum
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■ Albatross
■ Tantrum
army value
■ Albatross
■ Tantrum
economy
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Play-by-play (41 lines)
0:07 Albatross spawns at s2 in Red while Tantrum spawns at s1 in Yellow.Albatross in Red at s2. Tantrum in Yellow at s1. The map is set.
0:40 Tantrum gets 12 Hatch against Albatross's Forge Fast Expand.Scouting done, plans revealed: Albatross's Forge Fast Expand against Tantrum's 12 Hatch.
— The early game —
1:19 Albatross warps in a nexus.Quietly, Albatross adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
1:48 Tantrum places down a hatchery.More workers, more money: Tantrum expands.
2:26 Albatross is putting some early pressure on with his dragoons.No patience from Albatross: the first units are already marching.
🎙 Nothing between them. One engagement could decide it.
3:08 Tantrum pushes out with his zerglings! It appears that these zerglings have speed upgrade!Tantrum goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
3:41 The two armies clash and a large battle starts to happen!Neither side backs off — the battle is joined.
4:17 Tantrum failed to break Albatross's defending line of zealots.Albatross holds the early rush without blinking.
4:53 After that battle, Albatross still has most of his army with him.Tantrum keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
5:17 Losing only less than half of his army, Tantrum seems to be fine.Albatross keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
6:00 Albatross is putting some early pressure on with his dragoons.No patience from Albatross: the first units are already marching.
6:21 Tantrum is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill enemy units on the way.Tantrum goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
7:07 Albatross warps in a nexus.Albatross takes another base — the economy widens.
7:49 Tantrum places down a hatchery.Tantrum plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
🎙 Even footing again — the tension builds.
8:04 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Both players push to the middle of the map, and a large fight breaks out.
8:42 The battle outcome favors Tantrum as Albatross's armies melt into Tantrum's armies' weapon fire!A clean, brutal win for Tantrum. The push continues.
9:25 That attack didn't seem to do much damage, Tantrum destroyed only less than half of Albatross's army.Tantrum takes a bite out of Albatross's force and backs off.
9:54 With excellent skills and micro, Tantrum managed to fend off Albatross while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for Albatross — the losses are light.
10:30 Albatross's zealots and dragoon mixture is rolling across the map.Albatross goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
11:03 Tantrum pushes out with his zerglings! It appears that these zerglings have speed upgrade!Tantrum tests the door early. Is anyone home?
11:32 It seems like Tantrum has more units than Albatross!Count the units: Tantrum has the edge over Albatross right now.
12:24 The two armies meet and a large battle starts to engage!Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
12:55 Albatross lost some of his dragoons to Tantrum's speedlings!The early pressure works — Tantrum breaks Albatross's front door.
🎙 Tantrum edges ahead on army strength.
13:19 Albatross has lost about half of his army in that battle.Half of Tantrum's force stays on that battlefield.
14:03 With excellent skills and micro, Tantrum managed to fend off Albatross while losing less than half of his army.Albatross keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
14:41 Tantrum pushes out with his zerglings! It appears that these zerglings have speed upgrade!Tantrum tests the door early. Is anyone home?
15:06 Tantrum places down a hatchery.Tantrum plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
15:37 The two armies clash and a large battle starts to happen!Neither side backs off — the battle is joined.
16:26 Tantrum with some nice speedling surrounds killed Albatross's zealots!The early pressure works — Tantrum breaks Albatross's front door.
16:46 About half of Albatross's army has been decimated in that battle.Half of Tantrum's force stays on that battlefield.
17:20 With excellent skills and micro, Tantrum managed to fend off Albatross while losing less than half of his army.Albatross keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
18:02 Albatross warps in a nexus.Albatross takes another base — the economy widens.
🎙 Tantrum has built a commanding army lead — Albatross needs something special here.
— The mid game —
18:33 Tantrum now has enough hydralisk to take the game! ... Or so he thinks.Tantrum's hydra wave rolls out — this is the timing Zerg lives for.
19:20 Unwilling to suffer further harassment, Albatross taps out!Nothing left to defend with — Albatross taps.
Albatross taps out. Tantrum's early game was simply better.