Friendly · Bo1 · engine v5.3
· Fri, Aug 14 2026 · 19:31 server time
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■ Forest
■ Optics
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■ Forest
■ Optics
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Play-by-play (47 lines)
0:07 The White Optics spawns at s4 while Teal Cineast spawns at s3.Optics takes s4 in White; across the map, Cineast settles in at s3 in Teal.
0:38 Optics opens 2 Fact Vulture against Cineast's 14 Nexus.Scouting done, plans revealed: Optics's 2 Fact Vulture against Cineast's 14 Nexus.
— The early game —
1:13 Optics places down a command center.Optics takes another base — the economy widens.
1:48 Cineast warps in a nexus.Cineast plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
2:21 Optics decides to put on early pressure on his opponent by bringing out his marines.Optics tests the door early. Is anyone home?
🎙 Nothing between them. One engagement could decide it.
2:53 Cineast is putting on early pressure with his dragoon.Cineast tests the door early. Is anyone home?
3:35 The battle to decide the game begins!The dance is over. They fight.
4:06 Cineast was out-microed by Optics and loses all his attacking forces.The attack shatters on Optics's line. Great positioning.
4:37 After that battle, Optics still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Cineast — the losses are light.
5:08 After that battle, Cineast still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Optics — the losses are light.
5:33 It seems like Optics has more units than Cineast!Optics's army is visibly the bigger one — Cineast should not take this fight.
6:17 Optics bravely pushes out with his marines and vultures.No patience from Optics: the first units are already marching.
6:45 Cineast is pushing out with his dragoons.No patience from Cineast: the first units are already marching.
7:30 Optics places down a command center.Quietly, Optics adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
🎙 Forest is a step behind and knows it.
7:56 Cineast warps in a nexus.Cineast takes another base — the economy widens.
8:36 The battle to decide the game begins!Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
8:59 Optics successfully kills off Cineast's dragoons with nice marine micro.The early pressure works — Optics breaks Cineast's front door.
— The mid game —
9:43 About half of Cineast's army has been decimated in that battle.Half of Optics's force stays on that battlefield.
9:56 After that battle, Optics still has most of his army with him.A cheap fight for Cineast — the losses are light.
10:34 Optics bravely pushes out with his marines and vultures.Optics tests the door early. Is anyone home?
11:06 The two armies meet and a large battle starts to engage!Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
11:53 Optics successfully kills off Cineast's dragoons with nice marine micro.The early pressure works — Optics breaks Cineast's front door.
🎙 The armies are no longer comparable: Optics is far ahead.
12:24 Cineast lost about half of his army in that battle.Half of Optics's force stays on that battlefield.
13:01 After that battle, Optics still has most of his army with him.Cineast keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
13:27 Optics figures he has enough vultures to put on early pressure on his opponent so he decides to push out.Optics tests the door early. Is anyone home?
14:03 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
14:28 The battle outcome favors Optics as Cineast's armies melt into Optics's armies' weapon fire!A clean, brutal win for Optics. The push continues.
15:01 Optics only destroyed about half of Cineast's army.Optics cuts Cineast's army in half.
15:40 With excellent skills and micro, Optics managed to fend off Cineast while losing less than half of his army.Cineast keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
— The late game —
16:21 Optics's number of expansions are equal to Cineast's.Base for base, they're level — Optics and Cineast match each other.
16:49 Optics places down a command center.Quietly, Optics adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
🎙 Optics's force dwarfs what Forest has left on the field.
17:17 Cineast warps in a nexus.More workers, more money: Cineast expands.
17:56 Optics decides to put on early pressure on his opponent by bringing out his marines.Optics tests the door early. Is anyone home?
18:20 The battle to decide the game begins!Neither side backs off — the battle is joined.
19:05 Optics successfully kills off Cineast's dragoons with nice marine micro.The early pressure works — Optics breaks Cineast's front door.
19:38 After that battle, Optics destroyed more than half of Cineast's army.When the smoke clears, Optics has erased most of what Cineast brought.
20:06 Losing only less than half of his army, Optics seems to be fine.Cineast keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
20:42 Optics decides to put on early pressure on his opponent by bringing out his marines.Optics goes early — pressure before either side is ready.
21:01 Cineast having no armies left to defend, has no choice but to tap out.Nothing left to defend with — Cineast taps.
That's the game: Optics defeats Forest, settled in the early game.
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