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Junior Starleague · Season 1 · Round of 128 · Bo1 · Week 4
⋆·°ʚ🧸ɞ°‧⋆ Closely
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Cobra [GAY]
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■ Closely
■ Cobra
army value
■ Closely
■ Cobra
economy
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Play-by-play (31 lines)
0:15 The game starts with White Cobra spawning at s2 and Blue Closely spawning at s1.Cobra takes s2 in White; Closely settles in at s1 in Blue.
0:54 Cobra gets 12 Hatch against Closely's Forge Fast Expand.The builds are down: 12 Hatch from Cobra, Forge Fast Expand from Closely.
— The early game —
1:31 Cobra places down a hatchery.Quietly, Cobra adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
2:13 Closely warps in a nexus.More workers, more money: Closely expands.
2:48 Cobra decides to put some pressure on his opponent.Cobra tightens the formation and starts the long walk.
🎙 Dead even — neither player has found the edge yet.
3:40 Closely is putting some early pressure on with his dragoons.No patience from Closely: the first units are already marching.
4:19 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
4:53 Cobra successfully fends off Closely's attacks.Closely commits and it's the wrong call — Cobra cleans it up.
5:46 With excellent skills and micro, Cobra managed to fend off Closely while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for Closely — the losses are light.
6:35 It seems that Cobra only managed to destroy less than half of Closely's army.Cobra takes a bite out of Closely's force and backs off.
— The mid game —
6:58 Closely warps in a nexus.Closely takes another base — the economy widens.
7:57 Attempting to end the game, Cobra moves out with his armies.Cobra tightens the formation and starts the long walk.
8:31 Cobra places down a hatchery.Cobra takes another base — the economy widens.
9:11 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.The armies collide — this is the fight both of them wanted.
🎙 Nothing between them. One engagement could decide it.
9:48 All of a sudden, Closely has no armies left while Cobra is continuing to push across the map!Cobra wins the fight convincingly and keeps rolling forward.
10:29 After that battle, Closely still has most of his army with him.Cobra keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
11:22 Losing only less than half of his army, Cobra seems to be fine.Closely keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
12:01 Closely is pushing out with his zealots.Closely tests the door early. Is anyone home?
— The late game —
12:45 The two armies meet and a large battle starts to engage!The armies collide — this is the fight both of them wanted.
13:21 Closely failed to kill off Cobra's defending zerglings.Cobra holds the early rush without blinking.
14:14 After that battle, Cobra still has most of his army with him.Closely keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
14:51 Cobra only destroyed about half of Closely's army.Half of Closely's force is gone — Cobra took it apart.
15:21 Attempting to end the game, Cobra moves out with his armies.No more waiting. Cobra pushes.
🎙 The armies are no longer comparable: Cobra is far ahead.
16:14 Looking at the opponent's overwhelming forces, Closely GGs!That's it. Closely looks at the field one last time and concedes.
Cobra takes it — the late game decided this one.