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■ cand1ce
■ Surplus
army value
■ cand1ce
■ Surplus
economy
Play-by-play (53 lines)
0:07 cand1ce spawns in Purple at s1 while Surplus spawns in Red at s2.cand1ce takes s1 in Purple; Surplus settles in at s2 in Red.
0:30 cand1ce gets 12 Hatch against Surplus's Overpool.Scouting done, plans revealed: cand1ce's 12 Hatch against Surplus's Overpool.
— The early game —
1:17 cand1ce places down a hatchery.More workers, more money: cand1ce expands.
1:38 Surplus places down a hatchery.Quietly, Surplus adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
2:22 cand1ce pushes out with his zerglings! It appears that these zerglings have speed upgrade!No patience from cand1ce: the first units are already marching.
🎙 Nothing between them. One engagement could decide it.
2:36 Surplus is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill the enemy zerglings on the way.Surplus tests the door early. Is anyone home?
3:16 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Both players push to the middle of the map, and a large fight breaks out.
3:49 cand1ce with more superior zergling control outpowers Surplus!The early pressure works — cand1ce breaks Surplus's front door.
4:08 cand1ce only destroyed about half of Surplus's army.Half of Surplus's force is gone — cand1ce took it apart.
4:46 That attack didn't seem to do much damage, Surplus destroyed only less than half of cand1ce's army.Surplus takes a bite out of cand1ce's force and backs off.
5:23 cand1ce decides to move out with his armies.Here it comes: cand1ce crosses the map with everything.
5:46 Surplus decides to move out with his armies.No more waiting. Surplus pushes.
6:09 cand1ce's number of expansions are equal to Surplus's.The economies mirror one another. Nothing between cand1ce and Surplus yet.
6:55 cand1ce places down a hatchery.cand1ce plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
🎙 The armies trade evenly; this one is still anyone's game.
7:27 Surplus places down a hatchery.More workers, more money: Surplus expands.
7:54 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.The dance is over. They fight.
8:19 cand1ce with more superior zergling control outpowers Surplus!Surplus wasn't ready. cand1ce's early aggression takes the lead.
8:43 About half of Surplus's army has been decimated in that battle.cand1ce pays for that trade with about half his army.
9:18 Losing only less than half of his army, cand1ce seems to be fine.Surplus keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
9:48 cand1ce pushes out with his zerglings! It appears that these zerglings have speed upgrade!cand1ce tests the door early. Is anyone home?
10:26 Surplus decides to start pushing across the map.Surplus tightens the formation and starts the long walk.
10:57 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Contact in the middle of the map. Everything is committed.
11:22 With really nice micro, cand1ce kills off Surplus's zerglings.Surplus wasn't ready. cand1ce's early aggression takes the lead.
🎙 Surplus is a step behind and knows it.
11:48 Surplus has lost about half of his army in that battle.cand1ce pays for that trade with about half his army.
12:32 Losing only less than half of his army, cand1ce seems to be fine.Surplus keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
12:53 cand1ce is bringing his speedlings out for a walk and maybe decide to kill the enemy zerglings on the way.cand1ce tests the door early. Is anyone home?
13:28 The two armies meet and a large battle starts to engage!Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
13:57 With really nice micro, cand1ce kills off Surplus's zerglings.The early pressure works — cand1ce breaks Surplus's front door.
14:23 About half of Surplus's army has been decimated in that battle.cand1ce pays for that trade with about half his army.
15:00 With excellent skills and micro, cand1ce managed to fend off Surplus while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for Surplus — the losses are light.
15:38 cand1ce places down a hatchery.cand1ce plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
15:59 Surplus places down a hatchery.Surplus takes another base — the economy widens.
🎙 cand1ce holds the stronger army for now.
16:25 cand1ce pushes out with his zerglings! It appears that these zerglings have speed upgrade!No patience from cand1ce: the first units are already marching.
17:12 Surplus must macro up quickly or cand1ce will just roll him over!Surplus needs production, fast; cand1ce's army has outgrown his.
17:33 The two armies meet and a large battle starts to engage!Both players push to the middle of the map, and a large fight breaks out.
— The mid game —
18:10 Surplus made a mistake and lost both the air and ground battle! cand1ce is pushing his mutalisks further on!The mid-game push crashes through — cand1ce breaks Surplus's position.
18:33 With excellent skills and micro, Surplus managed to fend off cand1ce while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for cand1ce — the losses are light.
— The late game —
19:07 With excellent skills and micro, cand1ce managed to fend off Surplus while losing less than half of his army.A cheap fight for Surplus — the losses are light.
19:40 cand1ce is now bringing both his mutalisk/scourge stack and his speedlings across the map!cand1ce hits the timing — this push arrives exactly when it hurts.
20:10 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
20:35 Surplus failed to dodge some scourges and his mutalisks are melting away to cand1ce's mutalisks!The mid-game push crashes through — cand1ce breaks Surplus's position.
🎙 cand1ce has built a commanding army lead — Surplus needs something special here.
21:08 Surplus has lost about half of his army in that battle.cand1ce pays for that trade with about half his army.
21:35 Losing only less than half of his army, cand1ce seems to be fine.A cheap fight for Surplus — the losses are light.
22:19 Surplus having no armies left to defend, has no choice but to tap out.Surplus types it out: GG.
cand1ce takes it — the mid game decided this one.
Head to head
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