He got the catalyst missile first and really crippled me, but I survived Vs his air units and was able to come back and make it a fight!
Watch the rep and see who pulls it out in the end!
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Oh, and review and rate please, thanks.
Oh, I'm not sure what rank this guy was, I think top 100.
REPLAY REVIEW BY #VANADOSS# - #DATE (10-05-07) ---------------------------------
Match Overview Nod mirror on Tournament Arena between FWHWarEagle and wwsDaV., plenty of Scorp spam to be had here. Though that's not to say it wasn't an entertaining match to watch, kind of. Both players demonstrated sound knowledge of Nods Scorp BO on this map, virtually mirroring each other for the first 2 or 3 minutes until War Eagle harassed Dav at about the same time DaV harassed him and DaV came out on top. This led to Dav having control for most of the game but War Eagle defended valiantly to remain in the game and eventually take the win. You won't see much that's new in this replay but both demonstrated good knowledge in this replay, and I really did think Eagle was going to lose, especially after the catalyst missile hit most of his forces.
#FWHWarEagle# Your BO was probably one of the best examples of the Scorp spam BO I could reccomend to anyone, it was quick and accurate, faster than DaV on this map. After he got the upper hand I really thought there was going to be no hope for you, especially after the big fight in the middle where he came over the top with all of his venoms, regardless of the fact that you got lasers first. It was good to see that you went to Vertigos to take down his tank numbers though, instead of seeing the more conventional tech to Venoms like how he did. To your credit you stayed strong, defended well and focus fired exceptionally well all the way to the end, even after he crippled you with the catalyst missile. It was that micro as well as your determination that won you the game.
Tips for improvement
#Improvement 1# Scout if possible, the group of scorpions that hit your blue field at the north did a lot of damage because you didn't see them coming.
#Improvement 2# Try not to lose the Scorpions when harassing, you got his harvester down with your first set of scorps but you lost them in exchange for 2 or 3 of his, which was mainly because you ran into his base once they showed up instead of away from it. This lead to him having the dominance over the field that should have won him the game.
#wwsDaV.# You had the same BO as War Eagle, only you were a few seconds slower in general, so there's not much to say on that. You took early dominance of the game after defending against his early scorpion harassment and then pushed the attack for almost the rest of the game. You mixed units in the normal way Nod does, Scorps then Venoms, which was nothing new. Considering you were later to lasers than Eagle it shows how much faster you got your forces stronger than his to stay on top of him and maintain strength, excellent use of the catalyst missile too. However through poor micro unfortunately you lost your strongest force - the cloud of a dozen or so Venoms - to a smaller number of his, which put you behind and eventually you lost the pressure that you needed to keep up against him.
Tips for Improvement
#Improvement 1# Scout, that first group of scorps did damage to you that could have been prevented had you seen them coming.
#Improvement 2# Reverse move, there were times when you didn't do this and it exposed that 50% increased damage rear end on your scorps - even in a spam game the numbers matter.
#Improvement 3# Focus fire, focus fire more. Your opponent won his fights because of his micro, you lost because you didn't. Especially with your large group of venoms, if you'd removed the threat of his venoms before trying to attack his harvesters they would've survived and you would've kept the upper hand and won.
#Improvement 4# In addition to the harvester killing, when there are no resources on his side of the map, killing harvesters instead of units isn't very effective. If you'd used your venoms to kill his scorpions, his venoms, his obelisks, his anything, it would've been far, far more effective. You lost the game when you lost those venoms.
Reviewers Rating: 6.5
Though it lacked a lot of originality (and to be honest there's not a lot more to see until the patch) it was a hard fought match between both sides and really showcased for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, just how brutally Nod is played now.
This post has been edited by Vanadoss: May 11 2007, 03:40 AM
Reviewed. I hope it's okay ^^ It's my third replay for application, I figured I'd try to do one by someone skilled rather than the previous two I've done between relatively low rankers.
Also I couldn't come up with more tips, I wanted to say unit mix more but really, it's so hard to do as Nod when he's just spamming and you haven't got anything more effective.
This post has been edited by Vanadoss: May 10 2007, 13:33 PM
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He got the catalyst missile first and really crippled me, but I survived Vs his air units and was able to come back and make it a fight!
Watch the rep and see who pulls it out in the end!
[attachmentid=248809]
Oh, and review and rate please, thanks.
Oh, I'm not sure what rank this guy was, I think top 100.
REPLAY REVIEW BY #VANADOSS# - #DATE (10-05-07)
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Match Overview
Nod mirror on Tournament Arena between FWHWarEagle and wwsDaV., plenty of Scorp spam to be had here. Though that's not to say it wasn't an entertaining match to watch, kind of. Both players demonstrated sound knowledge of Nods Scorp BO on this map, virtually mirroring each other for the first 2 or 3 minutes until War Eagle harassed Dav at about the same time DaV harassed him and DaV came out on top. This led to Dav having control for most of the game but War Eagle defended valiantly to remain in the game and eventually take the win. You won't see much that's new in this replay but both demonstrated good knowledge in this replay, and I really did think Eagle was going to lose, especially after the catalyst missile hit most of his forces.
#FWHWarEagle#
Your BO was probably one of the best examples of the Scorp spam BO I could reccomend to anyone, it was quick and accurate, faster than DaV on this map. After he got the upper hand I really thought there was going to be no hope for you, especially after the big fight in the middle where he came over the top with all of his venoms, regardless of the fact that you got lasers first. It was good to see that you went to Vertigos to take down his tank numbers though, instead of seeing the more conventional tech to Venoms like how he did. To your credit you stayed strong, defended well and focus fired exceptionally well all the way to the end, even after he crippled you with the catalyst missile. It was that micro as well as your determination that won you the game.
Tips for improvement- #Improvement 1# Scout if possible, the group of scorpions that hit your blue field at the north did a lot of damage because you didn't see them coming.
- #Improvement 2# Try not to lose the Scorpions when harassing, you got his harvester down with your first set of scorps but you lost them in exchange for 2 or 3 of his, which was mainly because you ran into his base once they showed up instead of away from it. This lead to him having the dominance over the field that should have won him the game.
#wwsDaV.#You had the same BO as War Eagle, only you were a few seconds slower in general, so there's not much to say on that. You took early dominance of the game after defending against his early scorpion harassment and then pushed the attack for almost the rest of the game. You mixed units in the normal way Nod does, Scorps then Venoms, which was nothing new. Considering you were later to lasers than Eagle it shows how much faster you got your forces stronger than his to stay on top of him and maintain strength, excellent use of the catalyst missile too. However through poor micro unfortunately you lost your strongest force - the cloud of a dozen or so Venoms - to a smaller number of his, which put you behind and eventually you lost the pressure that you needed to keep up against him.
Tips for Improvement- #Improvement 1# Scout, that first group of scorps did damage to you that could have been prevented had you seen them coming.
- #Improvement 2# Reverse move, there were times when you didn't do this and it exposed that 50% increased damage rear end on your scorps - even in a spam game the numbers matter.
- #Improvement 3# Focus fire, focus fire more. Your opponent won his fights because of his micro, you lost because you didn't. Especially with your large group of venoms, if you'd removed the threat of his venoms before trying to attack his harvesters they would've survived and you would've kept the upper hand and won.
- #Improvement 4# In addition to the harvester killing, when there are no resources on his side of the map, killing harvesters instead of units isn't very effective. If you'd used your venoms to kill his scorpions, his venoms, his obelisks, his anything, it would've been far, far more effective. You lost the game when you lost those venoms.
Reviewers Rating: 6.5Though it lacked a lot of originality (and to be honest there's not a lot more to see until the patch) it was a hard fought match between both sides and really showcased for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, just how brutally Nod is played now.