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Junior Starleague · Season 1 · Round of 512 · Bo1 · Week 4
Returner x5
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Editress
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■ Returner
■ Editress
army value
■ Returner
■ Editress
economy
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Play-by-play (46 lines)
0:17 Returner spawns at s1 in Green while Editress spawns at s2 in Purple.Cross positions or close ones, it starts here: Returner at s1, Editress at s2.
0:40 Returner gets 12 Pool against Editress's Forge Fast Expand.Scouting done, plans revealed: Returner's 12 Pool against Editress's Forge Fast Expand.
— The early game —
1:18 Returner places down a hatchery.More workers, more money: Returner expands.
1:49 Editress warps in a nexus.Quietly, Editress adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
2:32 Returner pushes out with his zerglings! It appears that these zerglings have speed upgrade!Returner goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
🎙 Dead even — neither player has found the edge yet.
2:47 Editress is pushing out with his zealots.No patience from Editress: the first units are already marching.
3:29 The two armies meet and a large battle starts to engage!Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
3:54 Returner with his speedlings successfully defend against Editress's early zealot pressure.Returner holds the early rush without blinking.
4:45 It seems that Editress only managed to destroy less than half of Returner's army.Editress clips Returner's army — real damage, but Returner fights on.
5:19 With excellent skills and micro, Editress managed to fend off Returner while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for Returner — the losses are light.
5:48 Returner is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill enemy units on the way.Returner goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
6:24 Editress is putting some early pressure on with his dragoons.Editress tests the door early. Is anyone home?
6:53 Returner places down a hatchery.Quietly, Returner adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
7:31 Editress warps in a nexus.More workers, more money: Editress expands.
🎙 Dead even — neither player has found the edge yet.
8:06 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.
8:30 With really nice micro, Returner's speedlings kills off Editress's dragoons.The early pressure works — Returner breaks Editress's front door.
— The mid game —
9:09 That attack didn't seem to do much damage, Returner destroyed only less than half of Editress's army.Returner clips Editress's army — real damage, but Editress fights on.
9:42 With excellent skills and micro, Returner managed to fend off Editress while losing less than half of his army.Editress keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
10:15 Returner decides to put some pressure on his opponent.No more waiting. Returner pushes.
10:39 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.Neither side backs off — the battle is joined.
11:18 The battle outcome favors Returner as Editress's armies melt into Returner's armies' weapon fire!Returner wins the fight convincingly and keeps rolling forward.
11:48 After that battle, Editress still has most of his army with him.Returner keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
12:32 After that battle, Returner still has most of his army with him.Editress keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
🎙 Returner edges ahead on army strength.
13:04 Returner pushes out with his zerglings! It appears that these zerglings have speed upgrade!No patience from Returner: the first units are already marching.
13:29 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
14:06 With really nice micro, Returner's speedlings kills off Editress's dragoons.Editress wasn't ready. Returner's early aggression takes the lead.
14:31 Editress lost about half of his army in that battle.Returner pays for that trade with about half his army.
— The late game —
15:12 After that battle, Returner still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Editress — the losses are light.
15:44 Returner pushes out with his zerglings! It appears that these zerglings have speed upgrade!No patience from Returner: the first units are already marching.
16:21 Returner desperate in getting his economy pumped up, expands to another location.Returner takes another base — the economy widens.
16:48 Editress warps in a nexus.More workers, more money: Editress expands.
17:17 The two armies clash and a large battle starts to happen!Neither side backs off — the battle is joined.
🎙 The armies are no longer comparable: Returner is far ahead.
17:49 With really nice micro, Returner's speedlings kills off Editress's dragoons.Editress wasn't ready. Returner's early aggression takes the lead.
🎙 Editress is hanging on by a thread against Returner's army.
18:33 The attack was a success, Editress lost more than half of his army in that battle.Returner limps away with less than half the army he arrived with.
19:01 That attack didn't seem to do much damage, Editress destroyed only less than half of Returner's army.Editress clips Returner's army — real damage, but Returner fights on.
19:42 Returner is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill enemy units on the way.Returner goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
20:20 Editress having no armies left to defend, has no choice but to tap out.Editress GGs. A hard-fought game comes to its end.
Editress taps out. Returner's early game was simply better.