Tournament · Bo3 · engine v5.2
· Sat, Aug 1 2026 · 05:52 server time
Games
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■ Gimcrack
■ Setä
army value
■ Gimcrack
■ Setä
economy
Play-by-play (46 lines)
0:19 Gimcrack spawns in Red at s2 while Setä spawns in White at s1.Gimcrack in Red at s2. Setä in White at s1. The map is set.
0:41 Gimcrack opens One Fact FE against Setä's 14 CC.Scouting done, plans revealed: Gimcrack's One Fact FE against Setä's 14 CC.
— The early game —
1:18 Gimcrack places down a command center.Gimcrack plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
1:50 Setä starts expanding.Setä takes another base — the economy widens.
2:11 Attempting to end the game, Gimcrack moves out with his armies.Here it comes: Gimcrack crosses the map with everything.
🎙 The armies trade evenly; this one is still anyone's game.
2:59 Setä bravely pushes out with his marines and vultures.Setä slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
3:14 The battle to decide the game begins!Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
4:07 Nice marine micro! Setä kills off Gimcrack's marines and forces Gimcrack to pull some SCVs!Gimcrack wasn't ready. Setä's early aggression takes the lead.
4:35 After that battle, Gimcrack still has most of his army with him.Setä keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
5:06 Losing only less than half of his army, Setä seems to be fine.Gimcrack keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
5:34 Gimcrack places down a command center.More workers, more money: Gimcrack expands.
6:15 Setä desperate in getting his economy pumped up, expands to another location.Quietly, Setä adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
6:33 Gimcrack figures he has enough vultures to put on early pressure on his opponent so he decides to push out.Gimcrack slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
7:02 Unwilling to make the game too long, Setä starts moving out.Setä has seen enough — the army moves out.
🎙 The armies trade evenly; this one is still anyone's game.
7:54 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!The dance is over. They fight.
8:14 The battle outcome favors Setä as Gimcrack's armies melt into Setä's armies' weapon fire!The engagement breaks Gimcrack's way of life — Setä marches on.
8:38 After that battle, Setä destroyed about half of Gimcrack's army.Setä cuts Gimcrack's army in half.
9:12 That attack didn't seem to do much damage, Gimcrack destroyed only less than half of Setä's army.Gimcrack clips Setä's army — real damage, but Setä fights on.
9:54 Setä's forces appear to be larger compared to Gimcrack's!Count the units: Setä has the edge over Gimcrack right now.
10:29 Setä figures he has enough vultures to put on early pressure on his opponent so he decides to push out.Setä slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
11:02 Gimcrack places down a command center.Gimcrack plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
11:21 Setä places down a command center.Setä takes another base — the economy widens.
12:07 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.The dance is over. They fight.
🎙 The scales tip toward Setä — a lead, but not a safe one.
12:45 The battle outcome favors Setä as Gimcrack's armies melt into Setä's armies' weapon fire!A clean, brutal win for Setä. The push continues.
13:09 Setä only destroyed about half of Gimcrack's army.Half of Gimcrack's force is gone — Setä took it apart.
13:33 With excellent skills and micro, Setä managed to fend off Gimcrack while losing less than half of his army.Gimcrack keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
14:22 Setä bravely pushes out with his marines and vultures.Setä slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
14:52 The battle to decide the game begins!The armies collide — this is the fight both of them wanted.
15:13 Setä kills off Gimcrack's armies and continues pushing!A clean, brutal win for Setä. The push continues.
🎙 The armies are no longer comparable: Setä is far ahead.
15:46 Gimcrack lost about half of his army in that battle.Setä pays for that trade with about half his army.
16:13 With excellent skills and micro, Setä managed to fend off Gimcrack while losing less than half of his army.Gimcrack keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
16:47 Setä bravely pushes out with his marines and vultures.Setä slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
17:22 Both armies meet at the center of the map and start attacking.The armies collide — this is the fight both of them wanted.
— The mid game —
18:01 A few well placed tanks savaged the rest of Gimcrack's army!Gimcrack's defense bends, then snaps. Setä takes the middle of the game.
18:31 Gimcrack seems to lose most of his army in that battle.Setä limps away with less than half the army he arrived with.
— The late game —
19:14 Losing only less than half of his army, Setä seems to be fine.A cheap fight for Gimcrack — the losses are light.
19:40 Setä feels confident with his vulture-tank-goliath combo, and feels like rocking his opponent.Setä's tank line crawls forward — siege by siege, the map shrinks.
20:14 Gimcrack having no armies left to defend, has no choice but to tap out.Nothing left to defend with — Gimcrack taps.
Gimcrack taps out. Setä's mid game was simply better.
■ Shadow
■ Uselessterran
army value
■ Shadow
■ Uselessterran
economy
Play-by-play (46 lines)
0:13 Shadow spawns at s1 in Green while terranimba spawns at s4 in Orange.Shadow takes s1 in Green; across the map, terranimba settles in at s4 in Orange.
0:41 Shadow gets One Fact FE against terranimba's One Fact FE.Scouting done, plans revealed: Shadow's One Fact FE against terranimba's One Fact FE.
— The early game —
1:15 Shadow places down a command center.Shadow plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
1:54 terranimba places down a command center.terranimba takes another base — the economy widens.
2:18 Shadow bravely pushes out with his marines and vultures.Shadow slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
🎙 Nothing between them. One engagement could decide it.
2:46 terranimba figures he has enough vultures to put on early pressure on his opponent so he decides to push out.terranimba slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
3:19 The battle to decide the game begins!Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
3:53 Shadow failed to kill off terranimba's defending marines.Shadow's early gamble buys nothing — terranimba's defense was already in place.
4:35 Losing only less than half of his army, terranimba seems to be fine.Shadow keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
5:01 After that battle, Shadow still has most of his army with him.terranimba keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
5:39 Shadow bravely pushes out with his marines and vultures.Shadow slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
5:59 terranimba decides to put on early pressure on his opponent by bringing out his marines.terranimba slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
6:46 Shadow places down a command center.Shadow plants a new base and dares his opponent to punish it.
7:16 terranimba desperate in getting his economy pumped up, expands to another location.terranimba takes another base — the economy widens.
🎙 Slight advantage Uselessterran as the game develops.
7:41 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!The dance is over. They fight.
8:18 Shadow failed to kill off terranimba's defending marines.terranimba holds the early rush without blinking.
8:42 It seems that Shadow only managed to destroy less than half of terranimba's army.Shadow takes a bite out of terranimba's force and backs off.
— The mid game —
9:21 About half of Shadow's army has been decimated in that battle.Half of terranimba's force stays on that battlefield.
9:49 terranimba bravely pushes out with his marines and vultures.terranimba slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
10:24 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
11:02 terranimba showed some epic marine micro, Shadow lost all of his fighting marines!The early pressure works — terranimba breaks Shadow's front door.
🎙 The armies are no longer comparable: Uselessterran is far ahead.
11:40 terranimba looks beastly after destroying more than half of Shadow's army.terranimba shreds the better part of Shadow's army in one engagement.
12:11 It seems that Shadow only managed to destroy less than half of terranimba's army.Shadow takes a bite out of terranimba's force and backs off.
12:31 Eager to end the game, terranimba moves out with his armies.Here it comes: terranimba crosses the map with everything.
13:07 Currently, neither Shadow nor terranimba appears to be leading in economy.The economies mirror one another. Nothing between Shadow and terranimba yet.
13:33 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!The armies collide — this is the fight both of them wanted.
14:15 Nice marine micro! terranimba kills off Shadow's marines and forces Shadow to pull some SCVs!Shadow wasn't ready. terranimba's early aggression takes the lead.
14:44 Shadow lost more than half of his army in that battle.That fight gutted terranimba — more than half the force is gone.
— The late game —
15:22 Losing only less than half of his army, terranimba seems to be fine.A cheap fight for Shadow — the losses are light.
15:53 terranimba bravely pushes out with his marines and vultures.terranimba slides the first vultures across the map — early mines, early pressure.
🎙 Shadow is hanging on by a thread against Uselessterran's army.
16:31 As both armies meet, they soon start exchanging fires!Here it comes: two full armies, one engagement.
16:49 terranimba showed some epic marine micro, Shadow lost all of his fighting marines!Shadow wasn't ready. terranimba's early aggression takes the lead.
17:17 terranimba looks beastly after destroying more than half of Shadow's army.When the smoke clears, terranimba has erased most of what Shadow brought.
17:50 With excellent skills and micro, terranimba managed to fend off Shadow while losing less than half of his army.Shadow keeps most of his army intact through the exchange.
18:22 Shadow's command center has been destroyed by terranimba.No reinforcements in time: Shadow watches terranimba level the expansion.
19:14 Shadow places down a command center.Quietly, Shadow adds a base. These are the moves that decide long games.
19:36 terranimba places down a command center.More workers, more money: terranimba expands.
20:00 Shadow having no armies left to defend, has no choice but to tap out.Shadow GGs. A hard-fought game comes to its end.
Uselessterran takes it — the early game decided this one.
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