Mind Game 01 - The Unseen Threat or just plain NUTS ?

Lets rewind time to a rather harmless to-and-fro of e-mails during a normal working day. It goes like this ...

Akira
Dude, I only slept 2 hours. I should be asking for leeway.

Pipboy
wow 2 hrs, and u are already The G.A.M.E., furthermore drunk ..... so if we allow you full sleep, i dread to fear what godly and demonly powers The G.A.M.E will unleash on us .....

What fate lies for us lowly mortals in SC:419 as opposed to The G.A.M.E. or more appropriately, Saint G.A.M.E. ......

Play less games tday?

(Now, why would Pipboy say something like this, how does one equate less sleep with godly powers ... hmm paranoia maybe?)

Druggy
Stop playing your “crouching tiger and hidden dragoon technique”…it won’t work on us. Your mind tricks are now exposed, so it wont work on me and the others, Dark One

(Mass hysteria, it seems pipboy's comments have further spread to Druggy as well, and what is a Dark One? A manifestation of one's inner dark side?)

Akira
pip u r as deluded as druggy. i fear the negative influences he has been having on u. you need to hang around more grounded ppl like ..... uuhhh.... eto...........

Akira
plus I already drank yesterday. so dun think gonna drink today.

Raz
Rejoice fellow batu apis... A login before coming to work this morning shows that Bnet is all green and ready to go. Bnet status = |
Tonight fellow batu apis will get to throw all those burning red stones they want.

(The epitome of hysteria and paranoia? It seems 419 members carry these invisible fire stones wherever they go and can only release it during a "Intergalactic Space War" which consistently take place on Friday night)

Druggy
Mike, we are more grounded than you o Dark Heavenly One.

Summary: The threat is VERY real to these lost souls of 419 ...

419 Prehistoria - Enter the Master-of-Feint - Druggy vs. YC

Druggy (Red Zerg) - YC (Purple Terran)

Just what is a master-of-feint, well just read on and you will find out.

As described by Wiki .... "A feint attack is designed to draw defensive action towards the point under assault. It is usually used as a diversion to force the enemy to concentrate more manpower in a given area so that the opposing force in another area is weaker."



Game Time 3.57 - Fast expand by Druggy while sending a small detachment to keep YC "unsettled". This is just but the beginning of a series of successive well-planned "feint" attacks, which is the trademark of the GOSU SC tactician.

Game Time 5.05 - Smart risk, the necessary ingredient for any successful feint is exactly what Druggy carried out. Knowing full well his HQ and expansion is widely open for penetration, Druggy bring his only force straight ahead into the the tight forbidden spot in Lost Temple known as "the ramp". Just imagine a scurry of foxes trying to run through a tight thin line surrounded by menacing humans with gatling guns, for some this is suicide, for druggy, this is necessary casualties of war, or simply put, a good feint.

Game Time 6.17 - Two medics and six marines. Though this is a small contingent, Druggy also has a small force, which he needs to defend both his rather "not so close" expansion and HQ. However, a feint works when one player successfully convince his opponent of the looming threat of possible rushes by zergling (which might not materialize), something which Druggy is born for ... FEINT attacks.

Game Time 6.29 - "They came from behind!" is simply an act of a successful feint. Again, as usual, troops here and there not only create an illusion of multiple pockets of zergling attacks but also allows "They came from everywhere!" syndrome.

Game Time 6.50 - For YC, the troops are sightseeing as they walk straight without any worries. From YC's POV, the red carpet has been laid, just go for the great treasure called hatchery, however, from a third person's POV, the troops will soon face the "They came from everywhere!" syndrome.

Game Time 6.58 - See this picture, Marine A must be thinking, "Bah, a couple of stupid pesky dogs behind me. You guys ahead, I will catch up once I am done here". From the OBS POV, he sees dead marines.

Game Time 7.07 - The result of "They came from everywhere!" syndrome, with a horde of dogs chasing the medics' ass, pity the medics.

Game Time 9.25 - Surgical strike No.2 by YC, now with new flavours, such as 4 firebats, 7 marines and medics.

Game Time 9.44 - The crème de' le' crème of feint attack, send 3 dogs for target practice for the marines and send the remaining 2 squad of dogs and a couple of hydralisk to get the jackpot, the final and absolute penetration of the forbidden "ramp" (We shall called this in SC as the art of "ramping" or simply, penetration)

Game Time 10.02 - Ahh, the sweet taste of ramping successfully, that is what the zerg horde is thinking. The ramp no longer exist, we are "in", all the way in and wreaking havoc and destruction. Well, this concludes a great match between the master-of-feints Druggy and the great guru YC.

Stay tune next week for another 419 Prehistoria - The Battle of Wits - Kheve vs. FreeFrag

Obsing in SC

Mike:
dude, u not scared of pip's carriers? when pip gets his carriers, its game over dude. just because u r map creator and multiple personality gosu doesn't mean u can be obs all night. anyways, u ffk on fri so u cannot obs. I'm sure my fellow SCers agree to this.

Druggy:
Naw, pip ...they trying to sugarcoat you. They trying to make you aware so that they can then pounce on you when you least expect it. Why do you think they attack you first? They know you were protoss and they scared of your carriers man. I forward you all their conversations on how to bring down Pip's carrier when I can find it. Keep up your carrier mind game strat and they will keep on attacking you. I can be observer whether I choose or not, you king batu api, as I am the MAP CREATOR.

Wonder who was the map creator last Friday?

Mike:
stop abusing ur powers. we all have equal voting power regardless of whether on is map creator, gosu or noob.

Druggy:
You want power? I'll show you power. Come online on Fri and see who be observer most of the time.

Raz:
All we have to do is make me the map creator this friday? :P