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A feeble attempt to revive The Blog

2012-01-09T14:56:00.012Z

Well.... as the title states, this is a feeble attempt to revive this so-called "Blog".The arrival of SC2, which turns out to be a not so perfect substitute to SC1 and the fall of the 419 fellowship due other commitments (e.g. life, work etc) all contributed to this so called dormancy of the blog. So, after being left dormant for nearly more than a year, will try to update this blog a bit more often now :D.

As the first exclusive for the first post in 2012, I guess I'll just post some eye candy that some 419-ers will enjoy. Yes, Druggy had to take some pics cautiously just for the sake of the revival of this blog (and at the permission of the wife) and he had to do it C A R E F U L L Y. The blog demands sacrifices~! So here are some pictures that I took on my trip to China:-

I have no idea what cosplay this is, but the girls were dressed like race queens and uh, soldiers?

One of the models was kind enough to pose for the camera:-

And to finish of this first post, a nice group shot :D.

Oh yeah, these pics are taken by Druggy's trembling hands so mind the quality, yeah?

Congrates to druggy!

2010-11-13T13:11:00.001Z

I have bad news for the ladies, Druggy has been made an honest man and is now off the market. Yes, the stud of the firm has now found his stable. Sorry I couldn't make it for wedding but without 30% increment, choosing between friends and maid cafes is difficult. I'm expecting Pip and Raz to be drunk by now though I don't think Pip can ever get drunk.

The more important questions is now that Druggy has to actually do housework, what will become of his legendary spitefulness? Will he have found happiness, be at peace and walk the path of the sleeping Tauren? Or will having to clean the toilet every week increase his desire to nuke his enemies? Does this mean no more photocopier action with secretaries?

Only time will tell.......

So kekkon omedetou to Drugster and may Auir grant you a a gold mineral patch and lots of scvs!.

2010-01-05T06:47:00.005Z

video part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tG0rQ4_xlI&feature=related

video part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZhmeKaK__s

Following are the key points we should understand when micro managing mutas:

1. Stack mutas by grouping them with another unit. Popular choices are overlord, lava, or zergling burrowed underground. (I prefer the last option as I normally research Burrow)

2. Attack with 11 mutas as 11 mutas 2 shots finish a turret. (Similar idea as the Pip's golden rule of carriers: attack when you have 6)

3. It's more important to keep your mutas alive than having them do damage. If you stick to 11 mutas, it doesn't matter how many turrets your opponent has in his base.

4. Use right click to attack a specific target. Use Hold to "spread attack" when facing a group of marines.

5. You want to fight marines when they come in a straight line.

6. Move your mutas in a nice circular fashion.

Make sure you practise at your own HQ before the next galactica conflict.

Druggy's Comics Issue #2

2009-12-07T05:06:00.008Z

The second issue of Druggy's Comics is up! This is a short and sweet issue entitled "Pip's Last Stand". Stay tuned for issue #3 - " GAME and DOU Strikes! Again!"

All pictures remain the copyright of their respective owners! (Woo hoo! I am having so much fun with this :) )

Druggy's Comics - Issue#1

2009-11-22T09:43:00.004Z

My first attempt to batu api graphic style....let me know if you all can't see the pics yah? Higher quality available upon request :) .

Starcraft Education 2 - Hitting from out of range

2009-10-22T12:45:00.004Z

Warriors,

You must still remember my defeat in a previous game when I was rushed by the evil Druggy - bahh, he put his sunken right outside of my base and shoot it OUT OF RANGE!! Somehow he managed to kill the tank from afar and we all wonder, what secret technology has he learnt to make this happen??

Now my fellow warriors, after spending hours and hours into my research I have finally found out about this most advanced and secretive move of Druggy, and have it unveiled before your eyes, so you can all judge how evil he has been!!

SC Education 2 - How does your unit achieve infinite range?

Introduction

All SC units, when attacking must "prepare" for the attack action. For marines they have to "hold up the guns", for hydras they have to "open" their mouth, etc.

So SC units' attack are carried out in the following sequence:

1. Select a target in range
2. Prepare for attack
3. Carry out the attack action

But, if such sequence is interrupted in between the 2nd and 3rd phases, the following will occur:

1 Select a target in range
2. Prepare for attack
3. Found a target with higher priority
4. Carry out the attack action

Note that when the new target is selected, phase 1 is no more carried out and the unit can theoretically attack ANYTHING it targets (with higher priority) without the range constraint. Thus, such unit would've got INFINITE range of attack - EVIL!

So that explains why the poor tank was taken out even if it is not in the sunken's range of attack:

1. The Sunken was going to attack the factory (or something else I can't remember) - phase 1. It has prepared for the attack action - phase 2.
2. The tank, sieged outside of the sunken's range, hit the sunken (the tank's range is longer than the sunken).
3. The sunken found the tank to be a higher priority target - phase 3, hit the tank immediately.

The following replay shows you the whole sequence (see sunken take out out-of-range cannon at 12 o'clock position).

Replay

And you will ask:

Question:

Hei what happen when we use tanks to siege a zerg base full of sunkens - just like what we did always? Wouldln't the sunkens take out the tanks?

Answer:

Nope. The sunken must be attacking something first (in range), so that it can finish its 1st and 2nd phase of attack, then must be hit by the tank at this particular time (right after it finishes preparing, and before the attack action actually happens), so it can successfully SWITCH its target, and manage to hit the tank out-of-range.

Now you see, my fellow warriors, who is the master of true evilness~~!!!

Starcraft Education 1 - Creative mine clearing

2009-10-21T13:04:00.003Z

How do you clear mines with 2 goons and no obs?

This video will show you:

Dual cannon rush on Wuthering Heights

2009-10-13T14:25:00.009Z

Last friday night, on a planet known as Wuthering Heights, Terran and Zerg were building their new homes in peace and harmony when the insidious race known as Protoss decided that the universe was not big enough for three races to share. I shall now let the lone survivor and conqueror tell the story....

... few steps out into the open an EVIL photon discharge quickly tells pip is screwed ... while YC kept typing help help ... and the best part is A DAMN cannon was behind the wall !! EVIL EVIL !!

so this is what evil actually looks like...

then pip wuz wondering should pip burden YC more by msg "pip also need help" ...

pip: That wuz evil DT ... YC was shouting help help ... so pip happily pluck his marines and started hiking to YC's base ..

druggy: You real dramatic la Pip. Well, two can play that game – what about the time where your 1 dozen tank siege on top of the ledge there? You know how much damage you caused????
One siege tank in siege mode gives 75 damage.....1 dozen gives you approximately 900 hits – even more powerful then a freaking nuke. Many brave Zealots and templars died bringing down the mobile nuclear troops… L May Adun grant them ever lasting peace now that they are with the Khala’ .

storm and 300 lots pawn tanks. I don't see many dead lots and templars....

pip: Ahhh ... but the difference is that so called 900 hit wuz at an expansion and by mid/late game, armies tend to be bigger

but the cannon rush wuz right up at the HQ, evil attack at HQ early on is always very scary ..

If this replay has taught me anything, its that Conqueror Druggy likes to exaggerate the difficulty in which he smites his prey.

Byzantium (Part 2)

2009-08-24T12:42:00.008Z

Of Honor and Deceit

While DOU was busy finishing off YC, a different battle being fought. Unlike the stealthy and backstabbing battle between DOU and YC, the battle between GAME and Pip was much more open and fierce. The battlefield of Byzantium was full of GAME's and Pip’s troops eager for battle. However, GAME was giving Pip a hard time to breathe in the game. The air was full of adrenaline as GAME was doing a hit and run maneovour against Pip’s expansions. Utilising the flexibility of his Zerg troops, GAME was toying with Pip as while the Protoss were fast, they were not as fast as the Zergs. As soon as Pip’s Protoss arrive at the area for a counter attack, GAME’s Zergs were already gone.

While Protoss buildings were well shielded, it would be only a matter of time before the shields wear out from GAME's hard hit attacks. “The shields will hold” thought Pip. At least he hoped for it. Wave after wave of attacks made Pip's realise that the Zerglings were slowly growing in numbers. Fortunately for Pip, the hit and run technique by GAME could not do enough damage to destroy his buildings. This provide him with an opportunity to strengthen his forces. The breaking point in the stale mate was when Pip had amassed the equivalent number of troops. Yes, if it was anything, no player in 419 could ever beat Pip in a game of massing for he was a player who could mass troops under any circumstances. It was to the horror of GAME's troops when they saw frenzied and seas of Protoss bursting out of the damaged buildings. The troops, like DOU, were hungry for blood. No amount of Zergs could compensate for the amount of damage done to their home.

Yet, GAME was not called the MVP of 419 for no particular reasons. Chancing upon the traps that DOU had earlier placed in the early stages of the game, GAME cleverly planned his escape route. The Zergs slowly retreated to the direction of the cleverly laid spider mines. As the Protoss troops approached closer to the spider mines, the mines sensors began to activate attacking the troops. While Protoss are honourable players they are blinded by their own pride at times. With the help of the mines, GAME had managed to escape safely. Pip lacked observers so it would be awhile before he could actually moved out of his base.

Push
The small lapse of time gave GAME time to build up his troops and expand his base. Eventually, GAME had multiple production sites and troops. GAME began to hatch a plan. A small squadran of Hydralisks was dispatched as a scouting party. But the group also served another purpose: bait. As the scouting made it within the line of sight of Pip's troops, the Protoss began to charge. Careful to ensure that the Protoss would not suspect anything, minimal ressistance was put up by the Hydralisk. Thinking that this was another typical hit and run manevour by GAME, Pip's troops charged towards the scouting party unaware that they were being led into a trap. The unsuspecting troops came to a huge wide area where a few dozens Hydralisks lie waiting for them. The two armies clashed.

However, GAME had the upper hand as his troops were easily replenished. The Zergs began applying pressure to the Protoss. For every Zerg that fell, three replaced the fallen. As the overwheling Zerg troops became even more vicious, Pip was forced to do what he hated most : retreat. It was a wrong move for Pip though – the sight of Pip's troops retreating made GAME go into a frenzied state like 419-ers do (except Druggy). Unlike other 419-ers which see blood only, GAME's spiteful state made his entire surroundings turned into red. All that GAME wants now is to see in his screen “Pip was eliminated”. Swiftly, he ordered the remaining Swarms to invade Pip's while at the same time, replenishing his fallen troops. Even without a single message being typed, the words “Die, Pip! Dieeeee!!!!” the sound of a maniacal evil player can be heard. A building fell, followed by another. Pip was slowly being pushed back to his expansion base with hordes of Zerglings and Hydralisks following him. Soon he will be cornered in his own base. “Blood..must have more blood” thought GAME. At this point of time, GAME's Zerg were slowly wearing down Pip's base defences. It was a pity that the Protoss didn't spill any blood for it was all what GAME wanted to see.

Pip breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the remaining forces of YC descending upon him at the his home base. The remaining forces of YC immediately set up a defensive parameter and barricaded Pip's forces. However, this was not enough to stop a Berserker like GAME. Carefully placing his troops away from the siege tanks away GAME began placing his second bait.

Seeing that the tanks are unable to reach the Zerg troops, YC immediately unsieged his tanks only to find that it was all GAME’s plan all along. Shock troopers willing to die for GAME charged towards the siege tanks focusing their fires on the tanks. The tanks perished amongs the troops but it was a small price to pay to wipe out the remaining ressistance in Pip’s base.

As the last of Pip's base fell, Druggy , an observer pleaded for mercy but unfortunately, GAME was still at a frenzied stage leaving nothing but destruction and ash at his trail….

Byzantium ( Part 1)

2009-08-12T14:32:00.008Z

Byzantium. Home of the Emperors and where countless battles were fought. What more could be more fitting than a map worthy of the most powerful players in 419? The battle ground was set to determine who was the most elite players of 419 in terms of massing and pulling a surprise attack (backstabbing).

For Team A, we have the following players:-

PIP ( Teal Protoss) – Well known player capable of massing basic and high levelled troops. Known for winning games using pure basic troops (not exceeding level 2 tier troops). Players would normally get very worried where Pip remains silent for the whole entire duration of the game.

YC9999 (“YC”) ( Yellow Terran) – The upgraded YC99. Known to be a player who is capable to counter practically anything that his opponents throws at him. YC is the upgraded YC99 who has an unsatiated bloodlust and tends to go overboard. Where a player is down, YC will try and get rid of him despite pleas of mercy.

On the other hand, in Team B, we have the following players:-

GAME (Brown Zerg)– Another mass player. While YC9999 is a player who is flexible in terms of countering against any forms of attack, GAME is a player is able to attack in many different forms of attack, in different combinations. While lacking in terms of micro, GAME makes it up by overwhelming his opponents.

DOU (White Terran) – GAME’s nemesis. DOU had allied with GAME for the purposes of this skirmish in hopes of learning more of GAME’s strategy. In fact, the upcoming next few posts will show how DOU became the new emperor of Terran (or perhaps, 419 itself) .

Backstabber vs backstabber (frontstabber?).

The game started off with DOU scouting around the battle fields of Byzantium with his SCV, hoping to find a suitable prey. By chance, he stumbled upon YC who was prepping his base entrance with supply depot barriers and barracks. What made DOU happy was that YC was too pre-occupied building his base defences that he did not realise that he had built his defences at the lower ground of the terrain. DOU knew he had to be quick to take advantage of the situation as an opportunity such as this does not come too often.

Utilising his training skills he acquired from watching GOMTV, Raz swiftly instructed two marines to head towards YC base entrance and at the same time building a bunker outside. Such swift movements and thought have been made possible after the rigorous training and experiments DOU had undertaken. YC still unknown to what was happening to his surroundings did not realise that a bunker was slowly being constructed until the first shelling from DOU marines were fired.

This certainly had taken YC by surprise, but calmness soon prevailed he knew that two marines couldn’t do much damage unless they were fully supported by artilleries. YC was not known as the specialist for counter-attacks for nothing. He quickly instructed an SCV to repair the “damage” DOU had done. To further counter DOU’s bunker, factories were built to construct siege tanks to assault the newly constructed bunker.

Raz began to curse when the siege tanks began pummelling his bunker. “What a waste” he thought. The might of YC’s tank proved to be too overwhelming that the bunker began to burn.

Seeing that his temporary ally in a fix, GAME sent a swarm of cracklings to assassinate the siege tanks. Such an effort proved to be futile as YC’s defences were too well fortified. Seven lings fell, followed by five more later.

YC was laughing manically as Raz and GAME began to attack his fortifications. It was so easy for him to brush off such feeble attempts. Seeing that his opponent has an iron defence, DOU had no choice but to retreat to his base and began to plan again. It was not to his advantage to confront YC in the area where he is at his strongest. YC had the upper hand in that combat as it was his home ground and he could easily fend off everything that DOU could throw at him. What was needed was more of an indirect approach. Swiftly placing swift fortifications at the upper ground just outside YC’s base, DOU immediately began to fortify a passage that only a fly could only get through. Hopefully, YC will take the bait when his troop passes through to assist Pip.

Alas, luck was not a DOU’s side when a quick scan by YC revealed Raz’s plans. A further scan revealed a newly constructed base. Two drop ships were immediately commissioned to drop DOU’s newly constructed base. By passing DOU’s heavily fortified defences, the dropship began to unload their dangerous cargo: siege tanks and marines. The drop went so smoothly that the SCV’s did not even knew what hit them until it was too late.

Cursing his misfortune over the unexpected drop, DOU began to quickly unsiege his earlier fortifications. His vultures sped to salvage whatever that was left on his base. Unfortunately, YC’s siege tanks were heavily entrenched in the mineral patch. Despite their speed and mobility, the Vultures began to explode before they could even touch the siege tanks. The few surviving vultures that made it through the heavy siege bombardments were easily picked off by the marines. Easily.

As DOU slowly watched the Vultures perish, he immediately pulled back his remaining troops. DOU now needed to figure out a way to stop YC’s troops from doing further harm. The mineral patch provided a natural fortification for the tanks, but to DOU, every defence has its own weaknesses. The sight of YC’s dropship flying away from the battle field gave him an idea. A single dropship was then loaded with his own tanks. As the dropship flew to the mineral patch, YC’s troops began to fire frantically at the dropship. A similar sight was then shown to YC. His own strategy was used against him. While DOU’s dropship had already perished, it had successfully unloaded its cargo – two siege tanks. YC’s marines immediately fell to the assaulting tanks. The best part for DOU was that YC siege tank could not do a single thing against assault tanks at point blank range.

But DOU did not stop there. The spitefulness inside him had hardened him. He wanted more. Seeing a fleet of YC’s dropship approaching for a second assault made DOU see blood. To confront his enemy, DOU needed to bring out his strongest technique: Mass wraiths.

The tide of battles soon turned…..prey had become hunter and hunter becoming prey. After making short work of the dropships, the Wraiths travelled to YC’s base. Buildings began disappearing to unseen apparitions and troops began dying from short bursts of lasers

The victor in this battle had already been decided….

Coming up next: Battle of The Giants - Pip v GAME

How to defeat terran power ... a bit of luck and lots of spitefulness

2009-07-23T14:43:00.002Z

As mentioned before, spitefulness breeds EVIL, which can be described as doing the unthinkable, resulting in maximum damage for your opponent. Today, we shall look at a few things one can do to maximise his EVILNESS. For team A, we have Druggy (red zerg) and YC (brown toss) while for team B, we have GAME (teal terran) and Razbo (purple terran).

Early on, we have Druggy pulling a fast expansion at about 3 minutes into the game. However, given that team B (the "terrans") do not have much troops, attacking Druggy early on was not an option (see below). As we move into the 4th minute into the game, the combined zerg and toss forces of team A attempted a quick incursion into teal territory, but teal terran held his ground well and quickly disperse the pesky invaders (see below). Everything was by the book as they were attempts by both teams to harass thier each other.

However, all this change as we enter the 7th minute of the game. Since brown toss did not go for an early expansion, this allowed YC to assemble a sizable amount of goons. As YC's forces linger about here and there, by chance, Raz's barracks was afloat to allow troops movement. This provided the perfect opportunity for YC to pull a DT (see below). This was very fatal for Raz because SCVs were forced to fight goons in hand-to-hand (not advisable as this is very painful). Thus, the first point on maximising evilness is demonstrated by YC ... "Opportunitiy comes but once, so make full use of it"

Razbo, being Razbo is a fighter to the end and with whatever remaining resources, somehow manage to muster two siege, gunning at Druggy's expansion. However, the ever wise druggy was teching even before the siege run by Razbo. Without panicking, calmly Druggy then spawns five mutas and rushes to the ledge to make mince meat of the siege attack (see below). This time, Druggy shows us how to maximise evilness ... "When your opponent learn how to crawl, you learn how to run"

This turnaround promptly put the duo terrans, GAME and Razbo an alert as they hurriedly rush up their air defense. However, Razbo was at a slight disadvantage given the early DT by YC. Furthermore, the sly YC somehow manage to slip an observer into Raz's territory and discover that Raz is quite open to air assault and Druggy smartly move his five mutas into Raz's mineral line and start wreaking havoc (see below). There was so little time for Razbo to act that he was pretty much screwed. Another important point we can pick up on maximising evilness from YC and Druggy is to "Strike while the iron is still hot".

Two DTs in a row really hampered Raz and as Druggy and YC maintain thier motto of striking while the iron is hot, this soon forced Razbo to abandon his HQ and rely only on his natural expansion. The cards are noe decked in favour of Druggy and YC as GAME had to spent quite a number of troops in helping Raz secure his natural expansion. The very last effort in maximising evilness comes close to the end of the game where tons of Druggy's guardians and YC's goons (see below) attacks GAME with such numbers that quickly put put any hopes of comeback from the terran forces, GAME and Razbo. Nothing much can be said except Druggy and YC proudly declared to the losers ... "THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Thus, for today's battle, the almighty terran power was soundly defeated by well coordinated EVILNESS and once again SPITEFULNESS PREVAILS ...

Chronicles of YC : Blood feud .... Disconnection king ... SPITEFUL ??!!

2009-07-16T03:24:00.008Z

We continue from where we last left ... spitefulness. We have explained that 419ers are governed by spitefulness, for each and every battle, spite and evil is required. As inevitable result of this is the start of a blood feud and for today we shall study in details the actions leading to a blood feud

The battle in question is a two on two battles played on Neo Harmony (Ob). For team A, we have YC-red terran and GAME-orange terran and for team B, we have Druggy-green zerg and Raz-teal protoss. Team A starts in the west, with YC occupying the top left and GAME in the bottom. As for team B in th east, Raz is at the bottom right while Druggy starts the top right. Firstly, for now, lets concentrate on a spectacular tactical showcase by both teams.

Amazingly, early into the battle, there was not any evil incursion by either parties and everything was as usual, the usual built-up of troops, the scouting and so forth. However, at around 7.5 minutes into the battle, YC starts the first skirmish by sending a contingent of marines/medics and a siege (see above). As usual, YC attempts to shoot from far (this is borderline spite, which is quite acceptable) but his effort were cut short by a combined counter from Raz and Druggy (see below)

This galvanise everyone into defcon 1 mode and soon GAME and YC prepared a larger mix of marines, medics and tanks to assault Druggy and Razbo. YC was gunning for Druggy while GAME has his eyes on Razbo (see above). As usual, YC made the first move while GAME was slightly slower in pushing into Razbo's territory. Decisively, Razbo and Druggy consolidates and decide to take out GAME (see above) and given his slower march, a two prong attack might split his forces. This prove effective and as soon as GAME was routed, Druggy and Razbo move north to ambush YC (see below)

Back to square one, both teams starts amassing much bigger armies. However, this time around, YC and GAME sees the advantages of merging thier armies and proceed to to do. However, the sly Razbo had earlier inserted an observer close to GAME's HQ and while GAME's troops move north, Razbo sent a squad of fast moving zealots and goons to attack GAME's HQ. This force GAME to re-deploy back to his main while YC's forces is left to face Druggy alone (see below)

It was a noble effort by Razbo and Druggy but the armies of GAME and YC came out better and they both respectively repel the blitz by Razbo and Druggy. Having successfully countered the blitz, its back to pushing for YC and GAME. Razbo and Druggy attempts the same dual attack on GAME but this time GAME was more well entrenched and all his forces single handedly took on Razbo and Druggy (see below). This provided a golden opportunity for YC to waltz right into Druggy's HQ and start his rampage (see below).

The damage Druggy took was too much and is pretty much crippled for the rest of the game. Meanwhile, after the initial dual attack by Razbo and Druggy, GAME had to regroup his forces, which bought time for Razbo to bring out his ultimate counter ... "Stealth Storm" (see below). Well, you might be wondering now, after several paragraphs, you ask " What the hell has this got to do with blood feud ??!! ". While GAME and Razbo were building and attacking each other, though Druggy had cast the white flag, suddenly YC decides to perform a coutinuous stabbing on a 101% dead person (Reason ... overlord spying, malicious, seriously we don't know, see picture below)

After witnessing an early to mid elegant attrition warfare, out of the blue, the spite-o-meter flew off the scale. Was this premeditated, a grudge from previous battles or just a bomb waiting to happen. Well, the author will stick to his argument ... IT IS in our blood to be SPITEFUL. And behold, bing bang, spitefulness is back in full force as seen below when Raz pulls a smart storm at GAME's entrance. GAME, exhausted by the pounding of Raz's might, is soon crippled (see below)

As we enter the final stage, more spitefulness is to follow. Inspired by druggy's untimely death and the spite-o-meter running high, this motivated Raz to pull another EVIL attack on YC. Smartly and steadily, Razbo flies his arbiter right smack in YC's supply gathering and start to pulverize the workers (see below). But, YC being YC, responds well and counters Raz's stealthy recall push.

This time, YC camps with Raz prowling in the middle looking for a loophole. YC soon amass a good squad of siege and four dropships were soon sighted. Will YC be able to perform his EVIL attempt or will Razbo goon squad make another miracle recall push (see below). This was the climax, the pinnacle, the final countdown BUT ... WITHOUT WARNING ... YC dropped off. Dang, YC disconnected before orgasm, what a spoiler !!. One has to wonder ... what about the blood feud, how is it going to end. Well, we cannot predict the future, but we definitely can take bets ....place your bets, gentlemen ... and rest assured, the BLOOD FEUD and SPITEFULNESS will continue.

Spitefulness, its never enough !! We want MOAR SPITE !!!

2009-07-15T05:15:00.009Z

Today we look at a simple gang bang on a poor chap. So, one wonders, what has this got to do with spitefulness. Well, PLENTY …, from the very start of the game, each and every action by players reeks of spitefulness, its a never ending cycle of malicious tit-for-tat. Here, lets look at this short two on two but with generous amount of spitefulness.

We have blue zerg (GAME), allied with teal toss (Druggy) against yellow terran (Raz) and white toss (YC). So, two and half minutes into the game, who started the ball rolling in spitefulness? It was none other then the so called “tribal chieftain” of 419, the Razbo. Somehow, by some god-hand micro, deftly Raz enters GAME's HQ with nothing but a worker (see picture below)

AND, somehow by another micro, Raz manages to slay a drone in front of his comrades, in broad daylight, right at their workplace (behind the mineral patch) and by some devious magic, Raz escapes. One word … EVIL (Another interesting concept, is this the result of spitefulness, we shall leave this for future discussion). One can imagine Raz's expression when he pulled that off, maybe something like below.

Is GAME going to stay silent and watch such evil be forgiven. Obviously NO, he calls two of his best sniffers, two loyal but very vicious zerglings. GAME's resolve was pure and simple revenge … “Go my brave padawans, sniff out the DAMN worker and leave no evidence”, and rightfully GAME got his revenge (see below).

Now on the other side, Druggy has manage to gather a small detachment of 2 lots and 3 goons in an attempt to harass the white toss, YC. However, YC being YC, manages to defend his ground and stop the assault. A short clam follows, and now YC starts his spite engine running. With two corsairs, YC decides to brave zerg base to go on some overlord hunting (see below).

However, as we know in SC, not all spiteful attempt will succeed. This time, GAME manage to scare them away … and what do you know … now GAME decides to pull a DT on Raz but the tribal chieftain manage to shrug off the attack. Then, without warning, totally unexpected, as both sides ramps up their spitefulness, YC DROPS OFF !! (This is still being debated today, is this to inspire spite, to frustrated by spite, level 99 EMP spite attack on YC. Sadly, we will never know, you will need to refer to Chronicles of YC and hopefully get an answer)

Druggy, missing the action on spitefulness and suffering a failed assault totally is not satisfied with such a cowardly feigned “disconnection” option. With little options, Druggy does the necessary spiteful attack on a YC long gone, its like stabbing someone already dead 101% (see below). Sometimes, this is the only consolation for those who need to relieve their “spitefulness” (We will leave this for further discussion in the future, all 419-ers have encountered experience of continuous stabbing even after they are 102% dead)

This sudden turn of event bode ill news for Razbo, who now must go on the defensive. The first attempt of a classic 2 v 1 “spitefulness” is seen below where a stealthy Druggy with a reaver drop in the mineral patch, accompanied by a flotilla of GAME's muta at the front gate. Raz, the receiving of such spitefulness would feel something like …. getting a punch in your face and a kick in the crotch simultaneously …, (ohhh the pain … kekekekeke).

The rest is history, as Raz keeps defending, both Druggy and GAME keeps building and teching. Soon, an army of goons and guardians are soon at Raz doorstep, nothing much to be said of such one sided gang bang. Then again, this is pretty much textbook “spitefulness” at its peak, overkill is good. If there is one message GAME and Druggy can send to Raz, it would below ...

Friday Night Lights (and Rants)

2009-03-10T15:17:00.003Z

Browsing through the ever expanding unreliable World Wide Web, I caught a glimpse of the recent issue of “WIRED” and "The Rolling Stones" :-

Wowee, looks like Pip earned himself a spot at the cover page of WIRED when he unleashed his Psi-Storm against Raz in "the Huntress". Once again, Pip never ceases to amaze me.

And it looks like Raz earned a spot in Rolling Stones too, apparently for his DT and corsair combo against GAME in the map titled Hannibal 1.0 - looks like all the Vespene gas in that map is finally getting into him.

Hmm...Pip and Raz are slowly growing in fame. Wonder which of the 419-ers might appear next? =)

The Wrath of Pip

2009-02-08T14:44:00.005Z

Two weeks. Two weeks without Starcraft because of his internet being accidentally disconnected from him. Pip had missed the cry of battle for the past two weeks due to some moron in the telecommunication industry had accidentally disconnected him off from the World Wide Web. What really ticked him was that they tried to cover up their mistakes. But now, through a little “persuasion”, the higher powers have decided to give him a little “upgrade” when he goes online to cover up for their mistakes.

As he entered into the hallowed channel of 419, he was greeted by 4 other Starcraft players – GAME, YC , Raz and Druggy. But an eerie and cold feeling began to overwhelm him. In his absence for the past two weeks, the members of 419 were plagued with spitefulness in their battles. Despite the cheerful greetings, the members of 419 had one thing in their mind: spitefulness. Yet, such thoughts did not bother him at all. If it was anything, what mattered to Pip was honor. It was good to see that while spitefulness reigned in 419, a glimmer of honor still remained.

The latency in the Internet connection of other members of 419 showed him that during his absence, they had gone lax. “ Yellow and red bars – are these people preparing for new year of something?” thought Pip. The lethargy of 419 members was subsequently confirmed when Druggy, the former map creator of 419, requested that Pip create the map. Perusing through his own training database, he found a map where he was familiar with: The Dream of Bahlea, a mutli-layered map with no ramps or entrances. What made this map unique was that players need to transport their troops to a lower level unless they plan to do battle in their own bases.

The game started off with an uneasy alliance between Pip and Raz, as Terrans, commanding the left half of the map while the maniacal GAME and evil YC as Protoss and Zerg in the other half. Seeing that both of his opponents are playing their strongest race, Pip thought that what was necessary to win this battle was not by physical brute force but by attrition. A true genius he is, Pip began to switch his normal gaming style – from pure melee troops to a mixture of melee and scientific troops. Such troops would, in the long run, provide Pip with an added advantage against an assortment of sorties.

It was no more than a few minutes into the game, Pip’s base was bombarded with 8 Zealots descending from their dropships. Pip hated the fact that he had to deal with someone coming from behind his base. Such an act was dishonourable and cowardly but still he had to give GAME credit for attempting such a move. But for some strange reason, Pip felt that GAME’s troops were moving so slowly. It must be due to the new connection that everything seem to move so slowly.

Swiftly adopting a defensive posture, Pip summoned his troops to form a wall so that his siege tanks may provide additional supporting fire. The marines and medics aimed madly towards the crazed zealots bringing two of them down before falling down. Yet, all was not lost-the siege tanks manage to take out four more zealots. The remaining two zealots made a mad dash for the SCVs mining. To the Zealots horror, the SCVs stopped mining and charged towards them. Armed with their precision cutters, the SCV sliced through the Zealots through sheer brute strength alone.

As he breath a sigh of relief, another dropship slowly appeared at Pip’s base. However, this time it was different.

The dropship began unloading dragoons – GAME must have anticipated that Pip would have teched straight to tanks to counter against any further troops. Little did GAME knew that he was not just dealing with tanks, but SCVs as well. The dragoons, like the last two zealots moved closer towards the mineral patch only to find SCVs charging towards them instead of running away. Needless to say, all that remained in the battle field shortly were dragoon remains.

The UnHoly Alliance – Pip and The Defender of the Universe

Meanwhile, Raz was dealing with his own problems. YC was dropping off tons of zerglings into his base and causing mishaps towards his natural expansions. “Argh...” struggled Raz. The might of YC as a Zerg player was truly strong – it is no wonder that he was the King of Zerg for 419. Raz had earlier dropped unsuccessfully a few Vulture bikes at YC’s base only to have them destroyed through overwhelming number of Zerglings. In his usual self, YC had laughed at Raz’s failed attempts of attacking him at his strongest.

However, the laughter was short lived when a couple of Terran dropships bearing the insignia of Pip’s began dropping tanks and marines. Carefully placing siege encampments in a quadrant like position, the troops began to siege YC, crippling him temporarily. It was only until a huge sacrificial amount of zerglings that Pip’s shock troopers were brought down.

“Thanks.” typed Raz.

“No problem. Maybe you can help me out with GAME then” replied Pip. Within the snap-trap mind of Pip, there were two reasons why he needed to rescue Raz. Firstly, Raz’s incredible macro skills with his ground troops proved to be a formidable force against any ground force regardless of what troops they were confronted with. Secondly, it was very difficult to land towards GAME’s base as there were anti-air cannons and troops waiting for his troops the moment they land-it was a fool’s choice to drop at GAME’s base. Seeing that his troops needed additional support fire and flexibility over the steep terrain of Bahlae, Raz realised that such an alliance would be beneficial to both parties. Pip’s nimble and mobile force would be a perfect addition to Raz’s force. But what made the Alliance really interesting was the fact that Pip had some big big Battle Cruisers.

Albeit the differences in game play and tactics, the troops of Raz and Pip slowly began to gather at the Centre of the Dream. Vultures bikes deployed spider mines to prevent anything from disturbing the meeting of this two great forces. True enough, YC was waiting for Pip and Raz for revenge over what they did to his base. YC’s main economy was all but lost and the remaining auxillary bases had some slight problems in terms of producing troops. YC’s ally, GAME, had troubles on his own also. The Protoss had some slight mobility issues when it came to a multi-layered map like Bahlea. Only two troops were able to transport them to a different level of the map: The Shuttle and the Arbiter. The trouble was that the Shuttle could only load very few troops while the Arbiter required energy to transport it troops. GAME was practically a prison in his own base.

Hoping that a variety of troops would provide some sort of resistance against Pip and Raz, YC crossed his fingers that GAME would bring as much as possible troops to the place of confrontation.

Scurrying all remaining zerglings to his command and morphing all available troops to higher level units, YC began to carry out a suicide attack against the forces of Pip and Raz. Needless to say, the combined might of Pip and Raz proved to be too formidable. YC’s troops were slaughtered and did not even know what hit them until it was too late.

GAME’s reinforcement arrived a little too late to leap into the battle fray as Raz’s tanks took out any remaining ground infantry easily. The additional meat shields provided by the Battle Cruisers absorbed most of the puny damage that was inflicted towards them while the tanks and vultures finished off any remaining ground force.

Special Mention – GAME, The Micro Assassin

Anyone looking down on GAME’s micro ought to be shot. Amidst the havoc of sieging laid down by Raz and Pip, GAME had finally revealed his favourite play – the Dark Templar assassin. Prior to Raz and Pip expanding, GAME had secretly hid a few Dark Templars at the natural expansions of Pip and Raz. Such a bold move was never anticipated by Pip and Raz as they kept on sending SCVs to establish a new base – only to find them dead minutes later.

But what made GAME’s game play shine were not the assassination of SCV’s, but the assassination of siege tanks and marines. Amidst the chaos of being sieged by Pip and Raz, GAME had manage to give an illusion that there were multiple DT’s attacking Pip and Raz when in truth, there was only one DT. By skilfully making critical hits (but not killing) the tanks and marines, a player would not really know that he was under attack by DT until ALL his troops are killed off in one strike. When Pip and Raz had realised this, it was already too late – nearly half of their troops were dead. A careful scan eventually revealed the DT, but the DT was soon replaced by another DT. As the cycle repeats, Pip and Raz eventually had to fall back as they ran out of com scans.

One begins to wonder how does GAME execute such a brilliant move under such conditions? Only a professional player would be able to execute such moves against TWO players. The swiftness combined with guile and stealth was truly a force to be reckoned with.

It was after 54 minutes into the game and Pip was nearly running out of minerals. All that remained in the attacking force was nothing more than a few SCVs and tanks and two dropships. In a last desperate attempt, Pip divided the remaining SCVs and tanks and loaded them off into the dropships. One shot – he had all but one shot. The dropship hastily made their way to their destination with Pip’s hope. “Pip Destroying Technique - SCV Tank Attack!” yelled Pip. As they descended upon their destination, the tanks began to siege and the SCVs began to attack. Never in the history of 419 did a player used his workers as an attacking force especially after a big game. It was an act of desperation for Pip. Such an act brought fear and shock to YC and GAME – the sight of troops covered with blood lusted eyes was enough to tell them that the battle was over.

As the last hatchery began to bleed to death – Pip felt triumphant. There can only be one reign in this map – His reign.

Drop Wars

2009-01-12T14:04:00.007Z

As the Light has now taken away my PC, the nerfing up of Raz will have to wait. All the replays of Raz domineering 419 were all stored in the old PC so until the suppliers provide me with a new replacement, its back to the old and plain posts once again. But the loss of one PC does not stop the flow of evil in 419. Cruelty still prevails over 419 and it is up to me again to write this sad chapter of 419 – The Drop Wars.

The game started out as follows: YC (Brown Protoss at 4) Raz (Blue Protoss at 7) versus Pip (Yellow Zerg at 1) and Druggy (Red Terran at 11). The map tile set was none other than Andromeda 1.0, a map obtained out of Raz’s training database. No sooner than 1 minute in the game, YC pulled his first dirty tactic, allying Druggy. By allying Druggy, YC gained full sight of Druggy’s base allowing him to save the hassle of scouting. Innocently, YC apologised to Druggy on the pretext of always forgetting who his team mate was. Druggy, not certain of whether that this was a trick or an “accident”, grumbled, and brushed off YC’s apologies.

But Druggy’s misfortune did not stop there. Pip, his ally, suddenly realised that he had forgotten to block the ramp at his base. The sight of an open ramp was a dangerous one. Enemies such as the Protoss dark templars could slowly creep into the base and cause havoc. It was no later than three minutes of blocking his ramp, the sight of dread began to approach Pip. Two brown Corsairs immediately flew into his base and started attacking his poor unarmed Overlords. Fortunately, by this time, Pip had a few Hydras running to provide some flak against the Corsairs. Yet, a dark shadow was seen looming over Pip’s base. The sight of the Corsairs being turned away by the Hydralisks made the dark templar turned away from Pip’s base. “How evil! The KV tactic” yelled a spectator observing the match.

In the midst of the battle between Pip and YC, Raz had successfully manage to infiltrate Druggy’s base with his Observer. Once again, fog of war was no longer relevant in Starcraft. To make matters worse, Druggy had no idea that the Observer had opened exposed the blind spots in his base and defences. Meanwhile, back at Raz’s base, a Protoss shuttle was slowly loading up Reavers. “Druggy will never know what hit him” thought Raz. Watching professional Starcraft players against each other had helped Raz improved his game tremendously. Even the reigning champion of 419, GAME, has a hard time dealing with Raz now. “Research complete” the artificial AI informed Raz. The Protoss shuttle ship was now upgraded to travel faster. Aligning the Protoss Shuttle in a straight line, Raz manoeuvred the Protoss shuttle straight into Druggy’s base utilising the blind spots.

“Your base is under the attack!” prompted the Computer. Druggy immediately saw the Protoss dropship unloading two Reavers. But it was too late, the Reavers had already unleashed their Scarabs against the harmless and defenceless SCVs. The sight of the SCVs exploding in a straight line was akin to a heavy bombardier executing a series of carpet bombing. But in Starcraft, what was more damaging was the players economy. Druggy’s economy had already suffered a huge downturn due to the damage done by the Reavers. Recovery was only possible thanks to the help of a Siege Tank.

“Revenge. Dammit” thought Druggy. Nothing was more important now than getting revenge for those SCVs. Unloading his own Terran Dropships with marines and medics, Druggy began to scurry over his Dropships to the nearest available base: YC’s. But this was all leading to nothing but a great big trap set by YC. The sight of dropships did not bother YC at all. He had anticipated this miserable attempt of dropping for awhile already. The Observer in Druggy’s base had given all the information he needed. As the marines began to pour out of the dropships, the atmosphere became dark and uneasy. “Aaaa!” echoed the dying marines. “A psi-storm?” thought Druggy. But there was no High Templar at sight. Unknown to Druggy, YC had used the most forbidden technique in 419 ever. Psi-storming from a ledge. With only a handful of marines left to take out YC’s base, the marines scrambled to try and do as much damage as possible to YC’s base.

A sight of relief came for the marines though when a half of dozen Overlords began unloading Hydralisks on YC’s base. The Hydralisks began to attack everything at sight, destroying YC’s probes and finally the Nexus. Alas, victory was short lived when the forces of Raz arrived with Zealots and upgraded Dragoons. With the aid of YC’s high templar, the game was starting to look solid and sexy. “Aaaaa” more marines yelled. This time however, they were joined with the screams of Hydralisks. Blood flowed in the battlefield and what was left remaining in the battlefield were pools of blood. “Ouch That’s got to hurt” a spectator yelled.

“Gather up! It is time we take this battle to their base” yelled Raz. Cracking his knuckles, Raz began to type his instructions to YC. “Fall in line! Fall in line” Raz typed. Like a commander leading his troops, Raz slowly merged his forces with YC. Moving in unison, they moved towards Pip’s base slowly. “Send in a scout” yelled Raz. A small probe was sent in to check on the new battlefield. Scouting carefully, the probe began transmitting information over the battlefield to Raz and YC. Pip had carefully built sunken colonies all over the ramp. To charge blindly towards the ramp would be suicide. Worse, if Druggy were to siege them from the above, the casualties would be catastrophic. But Raz had a plan…

Raz knew that he would need some support fire to entrench his position but at the same time he would also need to be on guard against artillery siege from the above. Carefully selecting the scouting probe, Raz began to warp a Pylon and this was followed by several cannons. So far so good. To carefully counter against the unseen siege, an observer was despatched to provide line of sight against siege tanks at the upper ledges. It was all according to plan, no sooner than a few minutes of warping in the cannons, Raz charged. The sight was a blood bath. Hydralisks were busy blocking any attacking forces from coming in but it was all in vain. A psi-storm electrocuted the defenders leaving nothing but horrors and fear. Druggy failed to even loan his support to Pip as the observer had taken care of the tanks at the ledge. Eventually, Raz had to pull back for awhile to replenish his troops.

As Pip surveyed the remains of his base, a surprise awaited him. His workers were all gone as a result of a splash attack. Closer inspection by an Overlord revealed four high templars at a ledge below together with another observer providing line of sight. “Dammit. YC. “ he muttered. As the spitefulness began to cloud Pip’s mind, he began loading what was left of his own troops for one last attack. Like Raz’s observer, the overlords travelled in a straight line utilising the blind spots until they finally approached YC’s new expansion. Once again, the Hydralisk began to shoot with all their might, taking out the expansion and its probes. But once again, Raz’s troops leaped into the pray wiping out the remaining of Pip’s troops. “Mercy” Pip typed. “Mercy....” he typed again. The cry of mercy was soon heard by Raz and out of pity, Raz left what was remaining of Pip’s base and turned to the last of his enemies, Druggy.

Druggy too shocked to react, was busy placing siege-emplacements on his ramp. He had to defend his base until he can muster enough troops to launch a counter attack. The siege tanks were backed up by marines to provide an additional support fire – just in case the tanks weren’t enough. Suddenly, the ground shook.....

The SCV’s in Druggy’s base began to explode due to a psi-storm assault from the ledge below. “Dammit. Not again” thought Druggy. True enough, there were two High Templars at the ledge below. Laughing. But the assault did not stop there – Raz began to move in with his troops. With troops fully upgraded with speed, Raz added one special unit to soak the damage from the siege tanks – Archons.

Seeing that all was lost, Druggy had no choice but to click “Exit”.......

Welcome Back, YC.

2008-10-05T14:26:00.004Z

The Rise and Fall of YC

419 had an interesting surprise last Friday when a long lost member of 419 decided to join the ranks of 419 again. The pioneer of the DT technique and the co-author of the “Sexy and Solid” technique, YC decided to test his mettle in 419 once again. Little did he know that there were surprises waiting for him. Yes, long and deep seated hatreds were waiting to be awakened in the hearts of 419 members Pip and Raz after what YC99 had did to them in the past. For Pip, revenge was everything when YC had defeated him on a 1 v 1 SC match in the past. What made Pip to the extent of being so spiteful was the fact that YC refused to give him a chance to redeem his honor again.

But what about Raz? Raz was just waiting for his chance to add one more point to his tally against YC. Legend foretold a battle of gigantic proportions in 419 ages ago where Raz defeated YC in a 1 v 1 game of “NARUTO”. It was different from Pip situation though in this case. In contrast with Pip’s situation, Raz was actually behind in terms of the number of 1 v 1 won. However, upon defeating YC , Raz refused to duel with YC again to make sure that he doesn’t forget his defeat. Eager to make sure that YC remember his bitter defeat, Raz had to ensure that YC will remember this battle as well.

It is no wonder that careful planning was undertaken by Raz and Pip to make sure that they stayed in the same team for a match in “Huntress”. The game started off in the lunary landscape of Huntress with Pip at 7 (Terran), YC at 5 (Zerg), GAME at 3 (Terran) and Raz at 1 (Protoss). Thinking that this was a normal game of SC, YC took some time to familiarize himself with what was long forgotten. It was most fortunate that he had chosen the race which he last played SC with. Retracing back old memories was rather sweet to his liking when he remembered the good ol days where he dominated SC with his mutalisks. To properly reach the build order of his mutalisk strategy, he had to divert his opponents attention first though. Microing his zerglings to the front of his opponents base, YC began taunting Raz.

*Cluck* * Cluck* said the yellow baby chicks to the Protoss Zealots.

Little did YC know that the mere sight of a taunt from him would be a sign of bloodlust for Raz. Also, while YC was taunting him, Raz’s forces had grown substantially. “Ah, fresh meat” thought Raz. Praying that YC would think that his feint was working and hopeful that his BNET connection would not be terminated, Raz selected every single troop in his base to charge at YC’s troops. “CHARGE!!!!!” he typed in his screen. The word charge not only gave a morale boost of confidence to his troops, but it also signaled to his teammate Pip to attack YC together.

"Charge!!!!!"

YC saw that his plan had been seen through when he saw that Raz’s zealots were running towards him. Zerglings that were meant for scouting and taunting the opponents were cut down as though they were made out of butter. In a state of panic, YC did the impossible: retreat. The zerglings immediately scampered towards their hatcheries hoping to find refuge from the charging Zealots. Scurrying into the creep, the zerglings thought that they had found refuge from Raz’s zealots. However, the sight of a dozen blood lusted Zealots and marines suddenly appeared in YC’s base entrance. “Die YC! Die” laughed Raz maniacally.

The Zealots of Raz charges towards YC's base...

The zealots were busy dishing out their long seated hate towards YC’s base while Pip’s marines were busy providing support fire towards any troops that came towards the Zealots. The level of spitefulness at that time for Raz and Pip was tremendous as long awakened feelings of hate awakened. Pleased that their efforts were paying off, Raz and Pip decided to let one single structure stand. But this was not for mercy, but to make sure YC saw his teammate, GAME, fall.

I know 2 people who will start their Monday morning with a smile this week.....

The Rise and Fall of GAME

At this point, special mention needs to be given to GAME for bringing down a platoon of troops consisting of zealots and marines prior to his fall.

The first wave of troops consisted of nothing but Zealots and marines

The second wave of troops consisted nothing but marines. Notice the amount of blood at the floor and the "disappearance" of the Zealots from the mini map. Notice also that the marines are still standing after 2 waves of attacks from Pip and Raz.........

Druggy Goes To WCG Malaysia 2008!

2008-08-18T07:49:00.007Z

I have returned! Free from the shackles of work (albeit temporary only) I am now able to update this blog which has been neglected for so long.

The first question I ask myself is "What would be worthwhile to update on this blog?" Looking through the 419 replay archives so gratiously provided by Raz- 6 megabytes in total, I found that there were plenty of good replays (mostly featuring GAME and Raz in their unstoppable quest for dominance over 419) but I needed one that commensurates with the revival of the blog. It had to be neutral and unbiased. Dismayed, I stopped thinking and headed towards Midvalley Mall in Bangsar. After hours of walking around aimlessly, I caught glimpse of an A3 poster . The title of the poster? - "World Cyber Games Malaysia 2008, Midvalley Convention Centre, 15 to 17 August 2008". What a fortunate turn of events! Now I can tell 419-ers how WCG felt like. Imagine the real, raw and powerful experience of elite Malaysian cyber game players in action!

Surprisingly though, WCG was not really that crowded (even better!). Walking past the entrance, there were people giving out flyers for online multiplayer games and auction sites. What would have really attracted some 419-ers were the cosplayers handing out the competition entry forms - Blue haired Samsung models (Sorry fellas, no photography allowed here). To entice more contestants in the competiton, they were handing out a free stress ball to the first 500 entries - I manage to get 2 : ).

Further down the convention centre was a plethora of gadgets and computer peripherals. Pip would have loved this event for there were computer peripherals of many kinds. The main attraction was none other than a driving seat for an F1 car (for PC). Guitar Hero was also shown at the convention centre and visitors were allowed 5 minutes worth of demo. Speaking of guitars, there was also a live band playing at the background.

But on to the main event, which was none other than multiplayer games. The main hall of the convention was equipped with loads of PCs apparatus. Yet, I was a bit curious when some of the PC's were without keyboards. The answer soon came with a player carrying his very own customizable keyboard. -_-. I arrived just in time to see who was the winner for the semi finals of SC. Apparently, SC is still pretty popular - a total of 128 players out of 132 players participated.

Well, what a memorable event. To further commemorate my visit to WCG, I manage to get a souveneir and several memoribilias. The host was kind enough to provide more freebies too - : )

The Battle for The Supremacy of 419

2008-08-05T12:36:00.005Z

"You and Pip can NEVER push with Siege Tanks "

-The Great Akira MikE-

In the midst of the pandemonium of my peak work period, I finally found solace to update this blog. Much have since changed since the dormancy of the Blog . GAME and Raz are now battling for supremacy over Starcraft while Pip and myself had tried to remain neutral. The balance of power has since shifted with GAME struggling to remain in power while Raz slowly growing in terms of gosuness. Worse yet, Pip remains in denial over the spate between GAME and Raz. Honor was no longer relevant for Pip - what mattered now was just protecting one's self.

Me? I remain silent now at the moment despite accusations of spitefulness hurled at me. What remained my interest now are more towards how GAME, Raz and Pip will turn on each other. I remain observant in my replays. Interestingly, I notice several new strategies being deployed by the three powerhouses. GAME still remains the all-rounder jack of all trades, Raz has stopped his nuking strategy and has started training by watching Gomutv.net (or was it Gosutv.net?) and Pip has started using his fake, harmless self to inflict massive surprise counter attacks.

Yet, time and time again I ask myself these questions:-

Has 419 become a battle ground for supremacy for GAME, Pip and Raz?
Will there ever be peace between the powerhouses?
Ultimately, which house will win?
Will I survive the onslaught of all three powerhouses?

Friday nights will no longer remain the same again.

The Way of the Spiteful Force

2008-07-03T05:19:00.004Z

The Way of the Spiteful Force (TWofSF) is the forbidden arts which can only be accessed by people who thrive on spitefulness.

The Way of the Spiteful Force was founded by a Druggy, also known as Turtle King aka Smart Storm aka Friday.

It is unknown when exactly WotSF was founded and scholars generally agree that the seeds were sown during the days of 419. Legend has it that his potential for spitefulness awoken the day he won a one hour game with a single nuke which decimated an army of hydras.

It seems that after Druggy travelled back to M'sia, his spitefulness increased astronomically. Some historians believe that his forays into creative accounting has helped unlocked his inner spite. Some believe that he is very close to achieving spiteful nirvana.

Whatever it is, Druggy's SC has improved by leaps and bounds, whether fueled by secret practice or spite. It is whispered in dark passages that the more spiteful Druggy gets, the better his micro and macro is.

May Aiur have mercy on those who draw his ire.

The Games That 419- ers Play (aside Starcraft)

2008-04-02T02:34:00.012Z

[Note: This will be the last post for me until August as work begins to pile up]

Counter – strike (a.k.a CS)

CS is a game that brings out the skills of certain 419-ers. In CS, players can choose between playing as a terrorist or a counter-terrorist, each trying to kill the opposing side, saving hostages or arming/disarming bombs. For a few 419-ers, their elite skills are activated when they receive their favorite weapons:-

The Heavy Assault Commando, GAME’s favorite weapon: the AK-47 & a knife

The most affordable machine gun, the AK-47 demonstrates its usage even more in the hands of GAME. With his favorite technique of “Spray and pray”, GAME utilizes short bursts of bullets and the recoil action from his AK-47 to bring down people with ease. Two outcomes occasionally happens under a GAME confrontation : players suffer massive loss of life or death.

But being a spiteful person he is, GAME isn’t just confined to one single weapon. Whenever there is a single player left behind in any game, the AK-47 is tossed aside to make way for his personal favorite weapon, the knife. If it is anything that GAME dislikes, its campers. Occasionally, a cry of joy is normally heard when GAME successfully knives a camper.

The Mobile Artillery Sniper, FF favorite weapons: the AWP and the Deagle

One of the most expensive gun in CS. The downside of this weapon is that players will suffer a lack mobility in the game as the AWP is practically a sniping weapon. Victory is virtually guaranteed whenever FF obtains this weapon. Sometimes, even before a player of the opposing side has a chance to buy items, they are met with a headshot from FF’s AWP – they never knew what hit them until a thundering sound is heard.

To further improve his performance in CS, FF has devised a way to compensate for the short coming of the AWP. Tossing aside the basic secondary weapon in CS, FF has opted for the classic dessert eagle as his secondary weapon. While the AWP is famous for long distance combat, the “d-eagle” provides players with a bit more mobility. On average, 3 shots from the d-eagle is enough to bring down a player (that is, if he or she survives, FF’s AWP snipes).

It is no wonder FF is 419’s MVP for CS….

The One Man’s Army, Pip’s favorite weapon: the machine gun (M60)

This is the worse kind of opponent any CS player will face. Whenever Pip gets this weapon, there will be bullets flying everywhere. Players will have a hard time focusing their aim with Pip’s rapid fire shots hitting them. However, these are not your ordinary random shots though. Every single bullet has its own predetermined course as it leaves the magazine chamber. Often, players will find it difficult to manevour once they are hit. The quick succession of bullets one after another makes it difficult for players to move let alone run.

The only hope surviving this onslaught, perhaps would be having either FF or GAME on the other opposing side.

The Campers – Druggy, Raz and YC.

The tent is the most essential part for campers.

The most peaceful players in CS. While GAME, FF and Pip are offensive type of players, Druggy, Raz and YC are typically your defensive players. Not skilled with any weapons, these campers have only one kill: camp. Pressure begins to build when the game is about to end with either GAME, FF or Pip is around. If it is anything, the worse death a camper can face in CS is to be knifed by an offensive player.

Chu chu rocket

Ah, good old chu chu rocket. Chu chu rocket is a game about mices - yes, you heard me right mices trying to escape to Space from giant big space cats. This was the first ever 4 player game that 419 members ever played together on a Sega Dreamcast. Most memorable moment of the game was GAME trying to stop Raz from dominating in Chu chu rocket. I mean, how spiteful can someone get?

Ico

This has to be the worse game ever for me. Basically, players just go around controlling an unknown character called Ico with horns and at the same time, controlling a helpless girl. Spread around an entire fortress (or was it a castle?), Ico tries to stop dark shadows from dragging the girl into darkness.

The annoying part about the game is that Ico keeps on yelling “Pom pom” which is a constant irritant to me (Try imagining sleeping in the night with the sound in your head). Worse still, the graphics and music were so blatantly dull. There were no power ups, just annoying puzzles and people trying to click on everything to see if there was a way to solve the puzzle. GAME, Raz, YC and Pip however, were obsessed with the game. After struggling for many days with the game, poor ol Ico lost his horns and the game ended.

Naruto

The above pic is a diagramatical depiction of how the battle between Raz and YC went...

Naruto was a game based on the famous anime, Naruto. In Naruto, players have a choice on either going for the campaign mode or play the mini games that came with it. But what made Naruto really popular with 419-ers was the 1 v 1. It was a chance to show off what elite skills you have with the joypad.

It was a sad day for 419 when one of its member, Raz decided to return back to Malaysia to further pursue his career. To celebrate his farewell, it was proposed by Raz that a 1 v 1 in Naruto with YC be held . Initially, YC was leading 2 points ahead while Raz was trying to catch up with him. Later, after a few errors made by YC, there was a tie between both Raz and YC. The “last” game ended with a victory to Raz. Now, YC dreams in hope of challenging Raz for a rematch. The flames of spitefulness has yet to be unleashed…..

Protoss Is Power (a.k.a PIP)

2008-03-21T06:19:00.019Z

Part I: A Slumbering Giant Awakens….

The constant ringing of the phone did not stop.

Annoyed by the noise in his handphone, Pip wearily grabbed his mobile phone from his table. Groggily, he answered the phone.

“Pip, wtf are you? Its 9.30 now and we are all waiting for you” asked Raz.

“Crap. I didn’t get any messages about the game time. Will come in right now” replied Pip.

Fortunately, his keyboard and mouse were all wireless made it easier for him to log on to his computer. But the problem was not the keyboard and mouse but his grogginess. “Urgh”. Yes, Pip had woke up with a painful headache and it seemed to be getting worse when he was suddenly disturbed by Raz’s call.

“Damn. This hurts. I need a drink.” thought Pip.

As he moved towards the kitchen, he quickly rustled into his fridge trying to find some liquids to help ease the pain in his head. To his relief, he saw about half a dozen of 100 plus isotonic can drinks. Without a moment’s notice, he gulped down the contents of a bottle.

“Ah yeah…some stuff” thought Pip.

However, while the 100 plus helped, it did not help very much. “Need something stronger…”. If he was in Melbourne right now, Pip would have hopped into the nearest 7 eleven at his place to get some Columbian Cola. Trouble is, he was not in Melbourne at the moment.

“Gwah!!!” Pip yelled. The pain was unbearable now. It felt like a Protoss Psiblade searing through his head a thousand times Pip needed something stronger. Fast. There were no other drinks stronger than what was needed by him. He needed a drink that could help suppress the pain for a longer period of time.

Suddenly, his eye glimpsed on a brown like powdery form substance stored in a bottle. Despite having constant pains in his head, Pip could read the ingredient contents in the bottle clearly.

“WARNING: CONTAINS CAFFEINE” he read aloud.

As he placed the bottle down, another object caught his eye. Smashing through the box with his barefists, he took what appeared to be no more bigger than a slip of paper but contained many many small little tablets.

“FOR INSTANT RELIEF OF PAIN AND HEADACHES” Pip read again.

An idea suddenly came to his mind. It might just work he thought. Having experimented on many different concoctions in his lifetime already, Pip ripped off the coffee bottle cover and peeled off the plastic film which contained the tablets.

He then took a can of 100 plus and poured its contents into a cup. This was then followed up with a spoonful of caffeine and 2 aspirin tablets. The cup then sizzled, and with it, the promise to power. Without a moment of hesitation again, Pip dranked the contents of the bottle. It tasted bitter due to the caffeine but the neutralizing effect of the aspirin and 100 plus made it easier for him to consume its contents.

Suddenly, Pip’s world was filled with bright, bright colors. He realized that his senses had just been heightened. The effects were miraculous to behold for Pip as the throbbing headache was no longer in his head. “ Much better” he thought. He then scurried back to his room.

Part II - The Wrath of Pip.

Game I – The Hunt Begins….

Game 1 started off with Huntress, a map well known by Pip. However, he still felt the adrenalin rushing through his head. It will take some time to get used to it, but nevertheless Pip felt confident of handling anything that comes in his way. Just to be certain, he messaged his teammate Druggy to lead the way first before he could recollect himself properly.

Its was not more than 5 minutes into the game, the sounds of dark templars could be heard charging into Druggy’s base:-

GAME's Assassins slowly moves in for the kill....

While one of GAME's assassin silently kills of a poor helpless worker, another moves in for the kill. The marines are helpless to do anything as the the turret's line of sight is much lower.

Stealthily, another dark templar moves into Druggy's base. Making use of the open crevice, the dark templar slowly slides into the active mineral patch. The SCVs can only wait and see what horrors await them.

“Predictable” thought Pip, as he steadily loaned to Druggy a Protoss observer to Druggy’s base. The dark templars met a quick and painless death as they were gunned down by bullets. Templars were seen vanishing into thin air as their life source were pierced by machine guns. The tide of the battle was turned by a weaponless observer in Druggy’s base.

With the aid of the observer, the line of sight of the marines are now magnified. All that remained now is launch a counter attack.

"Druggy you okay?" messaged Pip.

"Yeah, thanks for the assist." replied Druggy.

"You just sit tight and provide the cover fire. I'll deal with Raz (Zerg)" messaged Pip.

"Okay." replied Druggy.

Selecting an elite group of Dragoons and Zealots, Pip divided the troops into 2 batches. One for taking out Raz, while the other to keep GAME's DT busy. The first platoon which consisted of Dragoons and marines rampaged towards Raz's base taking out anything that stood in their way.

Behold! The might of Pip's army! The micro of one Zealot just for the sole purpose of taking out the Raz's workers.

At this point of time also, Pip's army that consisted of Zealots were also giving GAME's DT's a hard time. For the purposes of minimising the damage done by the dark templars, Pip had equipped the Zealots with leg enhancements. The Zealots now moved at an astounding speed making it difficult for the dark templars to assasinate them.

The Zealots moved swiftly, making it difficult for the dark templars to assasinate them.

Seeing that his teammate had just been crippled also, GAME had no choice but to quit the game. Pip was pleased with this victory as he single handedly defeated GAME and Raz. The might and speed of power was on his side today. Dirty tactics or dishonorable ones are no match for the wrath of power and speed.

Morale of the Post: NEVER, NEVER ever disturb a slumbering Tauren....

Slaughter of 14th March 2008

2008-03-16T13:22:00.003Z

Last Friday I got pawned. I'm used to getting owned by Druggy, Raz & Pip but Friday, it was total pawnage. Rushes didn't work. Always got pushed back with minimal loses on the other side. Camping failed. I got massacred by drops twice and once was easily denied my expansion. It was as if Druggy knew my moves before I even did them. The feeling of hopelessness as I knew I was overmatched.

Establishing a ground force requires putting pressure on your opponent by Druggy's defence was just too good and the timing of Pip's drops were perfect. It got to the point where Druggy was toying with my teammate and unleashing his reaver drops.

It is interesting to see how the rest of 419 has gained in skill while I still play the same SC as in 2001. Looking back at Druggy's old SC tactics of just pure micro to now being able to play micro & macro so easily (solid & sexy), it just astounds me. Not to mention the one game where Pip's terran was the one playing solid while Druggy was sexy. (that sounded so wrong)

Pip always getting the terran curse has truly made his terran formidable. Raz being the 2v1 expert he is delivered my only win of the night. (Wasn't actually a win for me since I only watched as Raz defeated two by himself) Feel bad for Raz losing for teaming with me many times. Oh well, let's see whether he can improve his nuke count against Druggy next week. Anyone keeping count?

The Secret Origin of 419

2008-03-14T01:18:00.004Z

(Note: This is the unofficial version of 419, the original version has since been lost through the passage of time and old age. Also, this version has been “spiced” up a bit to give it a little more zest : ) )

On 419….

Ever wonder how did the title “419dunbesospiteful.blogspot” came about? The numerical figure of “419” was derived from the place of residence of the greatest players of Starcraft ever assembled in the 419 circle (FF, GAME, KV, RAZ and YC ). In this place, computers (both hardware and software) and networks were always connected. Occasionally, 419 players can be seen honing their skills against one another and seeking advice from the Grand Master of SC, KV. In some instances, legendary replays were born and battles (now lost– if only there were some way to retrieve them) were fought.

But Starcraft was not the only game played in 419. Other games such as Warcraft and Counterstrike were also played. The lead players of Counterstrike in 419 were none other than GAME and FF and this was proven with their skill in the AK-47 and knife. In reality, there also exist a secret competition between both FF and GAME - He who uses a knife and kills Druggy most of the time will be regarded as the champion of Counterstrike.

Unfortunately also, 419 is not without its secrets. Some interesting rumors and secrets to note about 419:-

. there exists a secret underground trading activity on storage media and their content;
· there exist a secret cache of storage media of multiple “genres”.
· in the highest level of 419 residence, there existed a single room whose purpose is unknown;
· there will always be a condensed milk container in Raz’s room, for some unknown reason;
· a suspected arsonist was suspected to be hiding in the vicinity of 419; and
· every single 419 resident seem to consume coke as opposed to water –empty bottles drained off their coke were always lying around 419.

So it came to be that 419 was a place where the most brilliant of brilliant in SC were assembled. It was a place where great philosophers and players of SC gather and discuss tactics and gameplays. With each passing day, the 419 residents grow stronger as their skills and knowledge being imparted to them by the wonders of technology transfer. Today, while the 419 residents remain separated by geography, still remained the most powerful players in the 419 circle due to their influence, skill and wealth.

On spitefulness….

It all began a long, long time ago, in Melbourne, on a Friday night where a group of friends were on their way to have their usual food and drinking session. Druggy, Freefrag, Fish, GAME, Pip, Psiblade and YC were all waiting at the intersection of Bourke Street and Swanston Street (better known as the “Nike” corner). In the usual outings, punctuality had to be observed due to the extreme cold weather. The last person who arrives for the outing will usually be penalized by deciding on a place to eat. The trouble with living in the city was deciding on a place to eat.

To further instill discipline among members of the outing, it was further decided that the last person was late who was late for more than 30 minutes, will be the One who would actually “chia” for all food in the usual outing. Such rules proved to be futile however, as the last person would always suggest a common place most frequented by 419 members.

The following are excerpts from a conversation between members of the outing:-

“Looks like we kena J*hn by Raz again” mentioned GAME.

“Yar. IT students are like that one la….” replied Pip.

“How come you are still early Pip? Aren’t you an IT student too?” asked Druggy curiously.

“Eh, no le….I do Commerce too. So technically, I am not really an IT student” replied Pip.

"That fella already 25 minutes late already, another 5 more minutes we get a free dinner" said Psiblade

A moment later, Raz suddenly arrives from a Tram.

“Last one decide….”told GAME to Raz

With a smile, Raz told the members of the 419 where they should have their outing. Everyone responded with a sense of frustration, as they knew and expected his replies already. Some even clenched their fist hoping to let it fly, but restrained.

As the 419 members sat and feasted, topics of SC replays were brought up.

“Druggy, I can never forget the time you nuked my Hydralisks” told GAME.

“Let it go dude. Its only a single missile, two years already and you still remember that incident?” queried Druggy.

“Yar, don’t be so spiteful” commented Pip.

“I don’t need a drug addict or sleeping Tauren to tell me on this” said GAME.

Till this very day, GAME still remembers the day Druggy nuked him in a 1 v 1 game of SC. Even though seven years has since lapsed, the memory of having an insignificant SC player nuclear-ing his whole squadran of Hydralisk remained in GAMEs memory. GAME remained psychologically traumatized in playing 1 v 1s. Still shaken over the sounds of Hydralisks screaming for their lives, GAME now seeks revenge on Druggy on every single opportunity he has on 2 v 2 games. He further instigates 1 v 1s also every now and then just so that he can further analyse Druggy’s gameplay.

This blog was created to ever remind GAME not to be spiteful again by administering and re-living the horrors of spitefulness through replays.

And thus, www.419dunbesospiteful.blogspot.com was born…..

Victory, Thee Name Is GAME! - Part I

2008-02-15T16:37:00.019Z

-Prologue: G.A.M.E-

In the circle of 419, the title “Friday” is bestowed upon 419 members who achieve the status of playing honorably and godlike in Starcraft (“SC”). On the 8 February 2008, such a title was bestowed upon GAME after successfully defeating every single 419 member in a 2 v 2 match up.

Instead of the usual 9.30 p.m. game that the 419 members usually participate in, SC started rather late - 10.30 p.m. (Note: some members were late for the usual Friday night gatherings as they had “other” matters to attend too). For GAME, this was a mere irritation, as if there was anything that he did not like, it was tardiness. Lighting his cigarette, he sat patiently, thinking of a strategy against those who came in late, namely Druggy, Pip and Raz. “They will pay” he thought. While it was 10.35 p.m. for some people, it seemed like 1.30 a.m. for GAME. Daylight saving was not at his side at the moment, but nevertheless GAME was ready.

His screen suddenly flickered, his Microsoft Network (“MSN”) Messenger suddenly flashed. Pip had finally logged in but there was still no sign of Druggy and Raz. “Ccb, where are these people???”. GAME’s blood slowly began to boil. Eager for bloodshed, he knew that he had to calm himself down, for steadiness and a cool head are the key to Victory.

-Chapter 2: P.I.P-

Pip hurried to his computer, the mere thought of keeping other 419 members waiting was frightening. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that GAME was the only one online. While his MSN showed no signs of activity from GAME, he knew that GAME was furious as no one liked to be kept waiting, especially GAME. Honor dictates that he should message other 419 members also to confirm whether the usual SC outing is still on. A short message suddenly came, and it was Raz telling him that he will be slightly late.

But Pip had an upper hand now. Druggy and Raz does not know what kind of temperament that GAME is having. “I’d best play this according to my situation” he thought. It was imperative to have GAME as an ally now, as opposed to a foe. At the same time, he must not keep Druggy and Raz in the dark. “They must find out about GAME through battle and strategy.” Yes, Pip was an honorable SC player, best he not tell Druggy and Raz about GAME’s temperament – they should find out about this themselves, through battle and honor.

-Chapter 3: Druggy-

Druggy messaged GAME and Pip when he arrived, apologizing over the delay that he caused. He could see that he was late as all the 419 members were waiting. Curiously, Raz was online but no where to be found. Thankfully, GAME was not furious over his delay. He thought that Raz had sent out the messages to inform everyone that the usual SC gathering would be slightly delayed, guess he was wrong.

Druggy knew that he was the weakest member of 419 and no one would take notice of him even though he was absent. He was, how you should say it, just helping out to fill the empty spaces in the Friday night gatherings. Being the weakest member of 419 also has its short comings: Druggy was always the target of GAME’s constant early SC rushes, Pip’s carriers and Raz nuclear launches.

“Ah well, learn through experience, I suppose. Guess I’ll wait and see what’s in store for me”. he thought. Little did Druggy know that he will soon be facing a horrible loss.

-Chapter 4: Raz-

“SC is on at 9.30 p.m.? Didn’t I tell anyone that it was at 10.30 p.m. – 11.00 p.m.?” Raz thought when he received Pip’s message. Despite rushing back from his meeting, Raz was calm. In his college and university days, he had faced all sorts of possible delays until he had gotten used to it (or rather, was he the cause for delay? – please confirm fellow 419-ers). “I need a shower” he thought. Just before he popped to the shower, Raz switched his laptop on (Yes, Raz plays SC with his laptop) and gave his roller ball mouse a twirl, just to make sure everything was in working order. With his dexterous typing, a message was sent out to the 419 members waiting.

Fifteen minutes later (it was like an eternity for the rest of the 419 members). Raz announced his arrival to the rest of the 419 members. Everyone was finally ready.

-Chapter 5: The Skill of G.A.M.E-

The designated game map for the night (and most of the night) was none other than “the Huntress”. In one team, there was GAME and Pip, while the other Druggy and Raz. The game started off terribly for GAME and Pip as they were designated with the Terran race. Druggy had Protoss, while Raz had Zerg. Cursing his misfortune and delay, GAME knew that in this game, he had to rely on one thing that he always had : Skill.

Terran: The most defensive race in Starcraft.

“We have to meet up in the centre Pip” he messaged Pip.

“Ok” Pip replied.

As the Terran troopers were approaching towards the centre, an ambush was sprung by Druggy and Raz. Pip troops were forced to retreat back slightly as Druggy’s zealots rushed towards his troops.

Interception: Druggy halts the advancement of Pip's troops through melee combat.

While Druggy was dealing with Pip’s troops, Raz had to struggle against GAMEs troops. The marines controlled by GAME were rather different. It was as though that each marine had a mind on their own. Wave after wave, the screams of Hydralisks facing gauss rifles and stim packs were heard through out the battle field.

-Chapter 6: Of Might and Magic, Part I-

Mid-game came. Every player in the game was exhausted from micro-ing and macro-ing. The cost of teching up paid for both Druggy and Raz though. Their troops were now equipped with spellcasters such as the Queen and High Templar, capable of demoralizing any opposing force.

The troops of GAME and Pip however, only constituted with marines and siege tanks only.

“How now, brown cow?” queried Pip.

“I am not a brown cow. Looks like we have to…”

A bloodbath frenzy...

A flash suddenly came, breaking the conversation between GAME and Pip and with it, the sounds of marines shrieking in pain. When the cries suddenly died down and GAME realized that he had just been hit by a psi storm. The battlefield was now riddled with corpses of marines and medics. All that was left was the sight of a High Templar running away.

“Damn you, Druggy” he cursed.

Picture of a HT running away....

But trouble did not stop there. Pip was suddenly attacked by Raz’s LEET hydralisk and was forced to evacuate his expansion . The badly damaged command centre was hovering on the battlefield until Raz’s Queen infested it, changing it into an infested command centre.

Before....

After : )

At that particular moment, Pip paused and he muttered the word “Basket”. It was obvious that Raz was trying to toy with him. Nevertheless, Pip remained calm and retreated back to his main.

“GAME, you got a plan? Things are looking rather bleak here” queried Pip while looking at his former command centre hover away.

“Only one chance, defend and buy me some time, Pip” he messaged back.

Taking a deep breath, GAME skillfully selected 3 SCVs to commence constructions of marine barracks. Hitting the “M” key in his existing barracks, he placed 5 marines in his production line while awaiting the remaining three barracks to be finished. “Come on…come on...”

Will GAME's army prevail over Raz's Lurkers?

During this time, GAME mouse clicking action and keyboard typing achieved godlike speed, unseen by the untrained eye. The sounds of keyboard taps were followed by response of the marines coming out from the barracks.

-Chapter 7: Of Might and Magic, Part II-

With a massive army of grunts (i.e. marines), GAME marched towards the centre of huntress. As he marched, he saw two high templars. Once again, the cries of marines can be heard through out Huntress. But this time, it was different. While there were still corpses strewn in the battlefield, GAME army suffered minimal damage. The barracks were still pumping marines and in no time at all, the army of GAME was replenished.

Note: Pic 1: Picture of marines getting slaughtered. Pic 2: Marines and medics slowly being revived again.

At this time, Druggy’s High Templars ran out of mana to cast another psi storm. The marines began to chase the High Templars to Druggy’s base. As High Templars were powerless without any mana, only a small platoon was dispatched to chase the Templars with the rest marching to Raz’s base.

However, as opposed to Druggy, Raz proved to be a powerful adversary. The sunken colonies in Raz's base proved to be extremely useful against a charging enemy.

Raz Tactic 1: Snipers are used to take out key units such as siege tanks.

Raz Tactic 2: Let the sunkens do the work and support troops finish off remaining troops.

-GAME's Descent to Victory-

Druggy and Raz now faced 2 problems. Through massive usage of spells, they lacked the mana now. Further the problem with spell casting was that you can only be at one place at a time. GAME and Pip on the other hand, had an oversupply of troops thanks to the GAME's god speed impulse control. Victory was secured when GAME and Pip began destroying the bases of Druggy followed by Raz's expansions and steam rolling their troops.

Multiple surgical strikes and attacks enabled GAME to secure victory.

Common Terms and Items of 419-users (Part II)

2007-11-12T06:26:00.000Z

410 Victoria Street: YC's cybercafe. New base of knifing and headshotting. YC has put up pictures of Raz and Druggy on the walls.

Batu Api: Ability to incite racial hatred among the 3 races of SC. Looks innocent but is extremely deadly.

Breaking the ramp: using mass numbers to break choke points or sexy tactics like Cors web.

Bum: Pip Drop out: free 2 on 1 battle.

DOU: Defender of Universe. No idea where Raz got that name.

Evil laugh: only YC possesses such a skill. Strong candidate for evilest laugh in the universe.

Fast DT: quick tech to DT to stop any ground troops. Risky if opponent rushes for fast obs.

Fast muta: YC's former favourite tactic. Decent against terran to keep them home or zerg who's slow to get hydra.

Fast reaver drop: Raz's new super tactic. Forces terran to go early tank which means the team has to go defensive.

Hydra king raz: Fast expand + more hydras than you can count

Lag: bnet on fri night :(

Nuke-king: Druggy for inventing the nuke push....

Playing to best of one's ability: YC's ultimate claim to fame. Its always the teammates' fault. :)

Sexy: going for tech, less troops but more micro to make up numbers. Most stylish way to win. Eg by mind controlling carriers/dropship or smart storm etc. Term created by ghostroc and perfected by Druggy.

Solid: pure mass. best complement to sexy. Solid & Sexy : The ultimate combination. Very dependent on teamwork.

Smart storm: using multiple psionic storms to cover a wide area. Maelstrom is optional.

Stealth cannon: building cannons in fog of war areas in opponents base. Requires teammate to go solid to counter rush.

Stealth camper: CS term. Ability to constantly change camping spots. Mainly used by Druggy and now picked up by JT.

Super Ling drop: YC tactic of camping with multiple spires, sunken while quick teching to super lings and drop.

Surgical strike: hit & run harassment to slowly whittle away enemy troops. Usually ghostroc with his hydras.

Telekom: Inefficient, ripoff of a company

Tossgirl: Every 419er wants a girl who can kick their arse in SC.

Special Feature of 419:- Frequently Asked Questions on 419-ers

2007-11-12T05:46:00.000Z

In a special exclusive, we interview the members of 419:- Druggy (D), Freefrag (F) , G.A.M.E (G), Pip (P) NeoRazgriz (N) and YC (Y). The author would like to thank the 419 members for taking their time for this interview.

What is your strongest race in Starcraft?
D: I don't have a strongest race, I am the weakest member in 419.
F: It doesn't matter - I play random.
G: Does random count as a race - I am G.A.M.E afterall?
N: Same over here, I am the strongest in all races.
P: I am an honorable person, so I would most probably choose an honorable race ( Protoss).
Y: Long live the swarm! (Zerg).

What about the most weakest race?
D: Answer as above.
F: Terran. Long time never play already using Terran.
G: Answer as above.
N: Why do you even bother asking this question when you know the answer already?
P: Zerg.
Y: Chinese are not weak! - (?)

Most triumphant moment in your SC games so far?
D: Becoming a sacrificial lamb for my team mate so that he can "chup" frag.
F: One time in Huntress I controlled 9/10th of the entire map. Elimination by expansion.
G: Using Druggy as a sacrificial lamb and picking up the remains.
N: Eliminating Druggy and Pip via nuclear strikes, at the same game.
P: Game where 1st time use marines as 300 and it works ... :-)
Y: One time YC beat KV and showed everyone who went to 419 the replay! (Correction its
twice now)

If you were to go for a 1 v 1 against someone, who would it be? (For batu api purposes – not compulsory but worthwhile to consider)
D: It doesn't matter who I go 1 v 1 with, I am the weakest member of 419.
F: G.A.M.E.
G: Freefrag or Raz
N: G.A.M.E.
P: Druggy or Raz - Too easy man!
Y: KV (SCGod of 419) becoz I beat him 2 out of 99 battles.

Who is the one that you dread going 1 v 1?
D: Freefrag , G.A.M.E, KV, Freefrag, YC and Raz.
F: G.A.M.E.
G: Not applicable.
N: Not applicable. I fear none. Those who oppose me shall fall.
P: Druggy, expert on defensive expansion ... he is a fool to realise that he's bound to lose
anyway. I just dread the long hours trying to wear him down only.
Y: KV (SCGod of 419) becoz I beat him 2 out of 99 battles only.

Who would you like to see go 1 v 1?
D: G.A.M.E v anyone else (He hasn't played for a long time). But most of time, I like to be an
obs.
F: Actually, I would like to see more 1 v 1! (not including me of coz).
G: It doesn't matter who. I just like to disturb the waters until I see a 1 v 1.
N: Anything that involves me vs someone else. (...)
P: Druggy vs Raz, see liao already whois king of defensive expansion ... and who will wear me
down the most.
Y: KV vs Me. It brings out the best of my ability on my games.

What is the most feared strategy for you in 2 v 2?
D: Everything. 419-ers know that I am the weakest link, so they'll come after me quick.
F: Someone disturbing me while I expand.
G: Not applicable. I remain undefeated in my games.
N: Teammate helping me out. They can be such a source of annoyance.
P: Inaction due to defensive expansion & guerrilla tactics aim solely at killing me innocent
workers.
Y: Teammates that do not play to the best of their ability.

What do you fear most when you go against other people?
D: Nuclear strikes, air strike, drops, mass troops, DTs, the list goes on and on....
F: Not enough minerals to amass my troops.
G: I fear none.
N: Why do you keep on asking such questions, its annoying. Like I said, those who oppose me
will fall.
P: Not enuf cashola to keep' em coming, me troops of cos ...
Y: Not playing to the best of my ability.

Last question for all of you , what is you strongest signature move?
D: Becoming sheep for my teammate.
F: Expand!! Expand!!!!
G: Well, I am basically a Jack -of - all trades. So basically, I have infinite moves.
N: Destroying everything at my sight.
P: Lots, mount for a 300 !!!!!!
Y: Muta-ing ppls base.

And there you have it people, a brief but clear interview between the members of 419. It is hoped that readers will be able to glean from this interview, the inherent characteristics of 419. Note: Some text may have been edited due to its sensitive nature. Coming up in the next post - P.I .P

When is Pip Going To Update The Blog?

2007-11-09T08:47:00.001Z

As the title of the Blog indicates, this Blog HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN AGES. What will happen to this Blog? Will the Blog fall into the hands of evil and neglect? Has the flame of spitefulness been doused already?

KILL KILL KILL Vol. 2 – Starconomics of Scale

2007-09-21T00:09:00.000Z

NOTE: CLICK TO BETTER SEE PICTURE 01, 03, 06 & 07

First, we have numb3rs, now we have scale. Truly, this game is about the maximizing capacity while significantly reducing cost up to point of optimal efficiency. Here, capacity is troop production, cost is war casualties and optimal efficiency is the motto “I can produce faster than you can kill”. Truly, this is the epitome of numb3rs, mass production and the macro specialist.

The map is Sin Gaema Gowan. The contestants and the respective teams are as below -
- Team 1 :- Teal Protoss (Druggy) at 11 and Red Terran (G.A.M.E.) at 2
- Team 2 :- Orange Zerg (Raz) at 5 and Brown Protoss (YC) at 8

Basically, it’s the top half of the map vs. bottom half.

Starting

It’s the usual stuff at the start, your build order, scouting, and so forth. Since there were no skirmishes early in the game, the build-up of troops becomes the focal point for each player. An interesting note is that at 5:06, each player went a different path in terms of troop production (see pic01). It would have been interesting to see whether Team 2 can break Teal’s ramp given Brown’s extra 1 goon at 5:06. Since no ramp-breaking, Teal proceed to expand early at 7:58, a move which would be very beneficial to Teal at the later part of the game (see pic02).

The Battle

Prior to the first battle, we can see Teal’s decision to fast expand bearing fruits at 9:00, where teal’s zealot/goon sortie is slightly larger than the rest (see pic03). Furthermore, Team 1’s leverage on Team 2 is further increased when Teal’s orbiter discovered Orange’s expansion before it can be secured (see pic04). The assault lead not only denying Orange’s expansion but also destroying its primary army, a squad of hydralisks , which is rather critical as Orange is pretty much open after this (see pic05).

Brown attempted ground reinforcements but Teals troop production leaves little room for Brown to help stop Team 1’s siege on Orange (see pic06). Brown’s earlier teching allowed him time to built carriers, which is the perfect unit to perform guerilla tactics, thus keeping the Team 1’s troops from going full steam into Orange’s HQ. As mentioned earlier, every new batch of troops from Teal would have been slightly larger, thus allowing Teal to absorb more damage while still continuing the assault. Soon, this force Brown’s carriers back to re-supply (rebuilding interceptors) at his HQ.This gave Team 1 the opportunity to siege Orange instead.

Resource utilization is scale ?

The difference in mineral utilisation is also critical, each player starts with 12000 minerals each (1500x8). By 16:08, at their HQ, Teal has depleted its minerals, Red has mined ~10800 while Brown and Orange has mined 10500 & 9500 (see pic07). This is a rough indication of what resources has been spent on the war effort for each player. This means Team 1’s resupply would be one step ahead each time a skirmish occurs and finally, a combined taskforce at 17:17 would break Brown’s expansion (see pic08).

Conclusion

From the point in where Brown’s expansion is taken out, Team 2 is contained and will only be defending their HQ. While Brown’s carriers were essential in preventing any full assault, Red was given a green light to expand freely as Teal provided mobile cannon fodder since the very first battle. As Teal lacks any real leverage in air superiority (goons’ dances a bit 2 much), Red drops the hammer at 24:36 by 4 cloaked wraiths and driving the nail into Brown’s guerilla airforce, thus leading to Team 2 calling it a day (see pic09).

Note: Hallelujah, amen. We shall now sing to “More ! More! MORE!” …can you kill faster than I produce?

KILL KILL KILL Vol. 1 – Numb3rs

2007-09-05T03:38:00.000Z

Numb3rs dude, its all numb3rs. How? When? Where? Fcuk that, give me numb3rs and I will show you bloodbath and I will paint the town really red. Numb3rs are simple and thorough, it is KILL KILL KILL.

Want to see numb3rs in action, well let’s start. The map is huntress and we have

• Team A - yellow terran (Freefrag) at 1 & blue protoss (Pip) at 5
• Team B - purple zerg (Raz) at 3 and teal terran (G.A.M.E) at 9

Raz started with an early expansion and by 4:15, his expansion is well-secured. As with most battles, early skirmishes are like appetizers. This first skirmish sees Team B doing a raid on Freefrag’s base at 5:09, which then Team A will counter and this go on until something comes up. Raz went for early expansion while Freefrag took up the way of the “machine”, and soon mines start popping up. This interrupted the flow of the skirmish and the stalemate starts hereon, BUT this is also where numb3rs comes in.

Numb3rs = KILL KILL KILL

Seeing this, Pip thinks to himself “numb3rs ehh, okay then, numb3rs it is then”, see 11:37. How wrong Pip to assume that was was enough because right smack in the center, a marines only rave party, organized by G.A.M.E. was really coming up nicely, see 11:52. While Pip was busy expanding, messing with numb3rs and totally forgetting scanners, Raz just waltz right in with a lurker and hydras, denied Pip’s expansion and even reached the main base, see 13:16.

To disrupt the rave party, at 16.31, Freefrag began his “machine” siege run on Raz, but from behind they come, the marine rave party, high on stimpacks and trigger happy, started emptying their gauss rifles like water and really chewed the machines. Pip tried to provide backup but seriously, an overdosed marine rave party is not something you want to mess with, see 17:00. By 18:12, the marine rave party, still high on stimpacks arrived at Pip's expansion and its KILL KILL KILL.

The rest is history, Pip left the game soon after and the rave party is soon joined by lurkers’ war party at 21:00, camping outside Freefrag’s base and chanting KILL KILL KILL. Kudos to Freefrag in putting a stop to drug abuse and dispersing these two parties, but unfortunately, given the odds against Freefrag in terms of resources and numb3rs, he would not be able to stop rave party round 2, organized by Raz, titled lurkers’ night out, see 22:05.

Note 1: numb3rs, love it if you have it, hate it when you don’t …
Note 2: next update … KILL KILL KILL Vol. 2, Starconomics of scale

419 Diplomacy - Nuclear Rain

2007-08-31T01:46:00.000Z

“Accept the damn replay. Accept it. Damn it.”

G.A.M.E on MSN Messenger

Such was the fate of this poor writer. To the victor, the spoils of war. To the loser, the bitterness and spitefulness of defeat. Being threatened by G.A.M.E and Raz, I am now forced to tell this tale of onslaught

In Starcraft, the greatest threat to all of the races is the impending doom of a nuclear launch. It is no wonder that whenever a nuclear launch has been detected, a warning will be given to the player. The aftermath of a nuclear launch in Starcraft can be quite frightening as a player will suffer heavy losses and at the same time, being open to attacks.

In this replay, the number of nuclear launches amounted to 5. As always, it will be difficult to cover the entire game in this blog, so only the preparation of the nuclear launch will be shown. The map is Lost Temple, the players and their positions are as follows: G.A.M.E (6) & Raz (3) vs Pip (3) and Druggy (12)

Phase I - The Wipe Out of Druggy – Nuclear Rain.

The first apocalypse began when Raz dropped a stealthy ghost at Druggy's base. The problem with this was that Druggy had no observers or detectors. The horror started when the phrase "Nuclear launch detected" appeared.

What followed next was of course, the destruction of the Druggy's base:-

Author's note: Notice the destruction that a nuclear warhead causes.

The launch of the first nuclear warhead brought despair to the forces of Druggy. But this was no time to despair, for a second nuclear warhead was on its way......

The aftermath of the second nuke took out most of the remaining shields of Druggy's buildings. The base was now utterly defenseless. "Druggy must die.....no matter the cost" thought Raz. While the entire production line and buildings has been crippled, there was still a problem ...the problem of survivors. To do this, a third nuclear warhead was dispatched to Druggy's base......

Note: Boom! Sayornara Druggy~!!!!

Phase II - The Elite Ghost

With Druggy out of the way now, Raz turned towards his sight at Pip's base. G.A.M.E had did an excellent job in holding back Pip. While Raz was busy sending nuclear warheads to Druggy's base, G.A.M.E had been engaged in battle with Pip. All that was needed to be done now was to team up with G.A.M.E and wipe out Pip. But Raz had other plans....a quick scan revealed that Pip had forgotten to set up detectors at the front of his base. Upon seeing this, Raz quickly sent an Elite Ghost to Pip's base:-

Note: Can anyone see a Ghost unit in this pic?

The Elite Ghost carefully waltz's through 5 tanks, avoiding any detection:-

Knowing that there was still an active communication scan able to de-cloak him, the Ghost had to do something to avoid detection. A sinister thought began to unfold to Raz. "Perhaps, the most dangerous place is the most safest place for the Elite Ghost?". He had found the ideal place to position the Elite Ghost:-

The Elite Ghost steadily placed his cross hair over Pip's supply line and soon a message popped up on Pip's screen "Nuclear launch detected". Due credit for the photos below goes to G.A.M.E, who manage to save the replay on Raz greatest moments. The pics below show Pip's base before and after the holocaust:-

Note: Before.......

Note: After......

Phase III - The Fall of The Elite Ghost????
An annoying problem still exists. There was one more surviving command centre Pip has. It had to be destroyed. Swiftly, the Elite Ghost carefully placed his cross hair over the surviving command centre. However, there was a problem. The energy level of his cloaking device is tremendously low and there was a dozen marines searching for him, eager for revenge over what he had done to their home....

"Come on, come on!" thought the Ghost. His cloaking device was no more. Pip's marines scurried to his location, aiming their Gauss rifle at the Elite Ghost. The Ghost turned to them, smiled and said "Too late, my friends". While he had fallen, the Elite Ghost had brought down with him one more command centre......

Note: You're going down with me !!!!!!!!

(Phew, someone can do the next post. Who wants to do YC vs Pipboy???)

What the stress of working life does to you...

2007-08-05T03:59:00.000Z

Macro v Micro - A Simple Game To Show Why Numbers Matter......

2007-08-04T05:38:00.000Z

Note: The above 2 screenies show the following:-

An evil tactic being executed- notice the blue shiny ray being warped into the battlefield.
The number of troops that safeguard Pip's Fortress.

Ah yes, the battle against MACRO and MICRO. The 8th Post of depicts a tale of how at any given day, Starcraft is a MACRO game. If you notice from the above 2 screens, you can see the number of troops that GAME and Pip have. Readers will also find Razrigz signature move being executed in its final form - the Cannon Rush. However, while the Cannon Rush move utilises an opponents blind spot, this also serves as a double edge sword as well. The builder is blinded with the number of troops their opponent has (such as in this case).

Anyways, Raz began issuing orders to Druggy to harrass Pip while the Cannons were building. Druggy obeyed with his zerglings being the meatshields for Raz probe to continue building more cannons. The prelude and aftermath of this can be illustrated below:-

As you can all see, the Marines dished out punishment severly on the Zerglings as well as taking out nearly all of the cannons that were being built. Truly, Pip was the "Mass King" in all terms when he took out the Zerglings and Cannons as well.

But the post does not stop here, the armies of Pip rallied with the armies of GAME in the middle of the map. Wiping out the cannons and zergling was one thing, now all that remains was to gather and reinforce their position so that they won't be ambushed. True enough, a dozen zealots from Raz base rushed to the middle of the map only to be encountered with gauss rifles and propane flames. Druggys' troop also rushed to the middle of the map only to be sent to oblivion. The cries of zergling and sound of protoss warriors can be heard through out the entire game. But this was soon drowned by the maniacal laughter of GAME and Pip.

Note: "Burn Raz! Burn! Let me show you how well Protoss honor does against hot lead and propane tanks!" cried Pip.

Shortly after the onslaught of carnage, Pip began messaging GAME:-

"Plan C. Plan C" Pip typed.

"Roger" GAME responded.

Please refer below for an explanation of what "Plan C" is in GAME and Pip's language:-

Excerpts from the life of a Spiteful Person…..

2007-07-05T05:41:00.000Z

It was a long day for M today when he unlocked the door to his house. Administering justice through paperwork was a tough job as one had to be vigilant to ensure justice was duly served.

“Air” He coughs. Walking down to the corridor of his house and into his room. Lighting his first cigarette, he breathes a sigh of relief into his nicotine contented room. Here the atmosphere was just right, oxygen amounted to 30% of the content of the atmosphere while nicotine, 70%.

The room was filled with the latest gadget and wizardry ever imagined to mankind. But the centralized core of the equipment was none other than the Computer itself.

Equipped with the most unfathomable 36” Liquid Crystal Display screen ever known to the 419 circle, it allowed the user to catch the slightest glimpse of movement in a game. It was no wonder, M was the reigning champion of 419 now. Next to the screen was a processor, (with unknown specs, but assumingly powerful) and beside it, a wireless keyboard and mouse. Being a game junkie, M also liked to play other console games. To utilize the full potential of the monitor, a small little wire can be seen streaming through the heavy equipment and into a gadget known as “PS3”.

With his trembling hands, he reached to his pocket and lighted a second cigarette. It was going to be 11 p.m. soon. The lights in his modem were flickering steadily due to his downloads which, will be soon completed. Soon, he will have to pause them and prepare for battle. Suddenly, a small pop-up window came out and displayed “Asia ?”

“Asia” he typed.

Moving his cursor over the list of his favourite icons, he clicked the icon “Starcraft : Broodwar”. At last, he will have his revenge ...

419 Prehistoria - The Battle of Wits - Kheve vs. FreeFrag

2007-06-08T09:09:00.000Z

As promised, another 419 prehistoria battle report, this time between Kheve (Yellow Toss) vs FreeFrag (Orange Zerg) in the classic lost-temple, the RAMP-map . The Yellow starts at the bottom left while the Orange is situated in the top middle. As expected of most battles, there would be early skirmishes but an unlucky timing by Yellow to send his troops out allowed the orange to penetrate an undefended ramp, and straight to the booty, the yummy workers.

While initially a slight setback as innocent probes were gobbled by zerglings, Yellow rebounded by positioning a squad of zealots at the ramp to prevent any more mishaps (Game Time 7:52). From this point onwards, it’s the battle of wits, the red carpet encore of this game. Orange went on producing more ground troops and went full steam in mining for its natural expansion while Yellow tech-up and went for 4 corsairs.

Then the hunting time starts and Yellow's corsairs reduce Orange's supply from 65 to 27 (Game Time 9:52) in less than a minute, truly a nightmare for Orange. However, Orange being FreeFrag (this is the epitome of what the HORDE means), mass churn overlords (possible since Orange expanded) and send in to all possible locations and it paid off. By (Game Time 10:57), 3 overlords escaped unscathed while the rest are being hunted by corsairs.

Orange did produce mutalisks ASAP after corsair sightings on the horizon but the numbers were not there initially and the hunt continued. Predicting a windfall, Yellow prepared 18 zealots (Game Time 12:17) and went straight for the drones. Given two bases, Orange will definitely resupply fast enough to produce a sizable amount of mutalisks to kill the corsairs (Game Time 12:25). When Yellow waltz right into Orange's expansion, he walk into a deathtrap of sunkens, mutas and zerglings.

While the rush left Orange’s expansion with most of the workers gone and several mutas alive, Yellow is made much worst off as he lacks an expansion and must now not only re-build his air force but also replenish his troops guarding the ramp. At (Game Time 14:10), Orange retaliated by sending at least a squad of mutas to break Yellow’s ramp, defended by several zealots and 3-4 corsairs. Quite unexpected (maybe to to reduce losses), both withdraw from the ramp (Game Time 14:22), a sight you seldom see, a wide open inviting ramp.

Now, Yellow retaliated by sending his remaining corsairs to hunt overlords. Though initially successful, Orange is prepared now and the hunter became the hunted at (Game Time 15:18). However, Yellow quickly resupply with more corsairs, and the hunt starts all over again (Game Time 16:40). Orange responded by pumping more mutas and the hunter and the prey role is reversed again (Game Time 16:46). Its like watching a corsair-muta tug-of-war (Truly micro micro micro ....).

At the end of the day, Kratos smiled on Orange as this was a numbers game. While Yellow successfully countered the air and pressured Orange's supply, this puts a constraint in its ground force since he had no expansion. Slowly but surely, every hunting trip by Yellow slightly ends with Orange in a more favourable "numbers" advantage. Finally, the hammer stikes when4-5 squads of Orange's zerglings went for a direct frontal assault against Yellow's ramp, defended by a Templar and several zealots (Game Time 17:24).

Author’s Note:
One corsair to another “Wanna go hunting ?, that fat flying cow-shaped ugly sag of meat with tentacles look easy !!”

Chronicles of Kratos 01 - The Offensive Defense

2007-06-07T22:52:00.000Z

Kratos might be the main character in GOW series but the Greek mythology figure is what is of interest. Take a look at this description from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cratos

“In Greek mythology, Kratos ("strength") was a son of Styx and Pallas, brother of Nike, Bia and Zelus. He was the personification of strength and power. Kratos and his siblings were all companions of Zeus.”

In simple words, when one mentions Kratos, it simply means “I am power ”. This game will tell it all, briefly, we have Team 1 (Yellow Terran-Akira at the top left and White Terran-Kratos at the bottom right) while for Team 2, we have (Blue Zerg-Raz on the bottom left and Orange Toss at the top right).

Early into the game (Game Time 4:05), Orange Toss and Blue Zerg went for a quickie rush trying to penetrate Yellow’s base. What follows is Blue and Orange cheap tactics of ganging up on one work and the ramp has been opened. From this point onwards, it’s Kratos’s offensive defense or a.k.a. OD (not overdose). Kratos quickly began production of vultures the moment his ally fell in battle.

The Orange Toss thinks he could break the ramp so he went all the way in. However, Kratos knows best and sent five vultures to slowly decimate the Toss (Game 6:45). Naturally, Orange wasted his troops, thus leaving Blue to penetrate the ramp by himself. Once again Kratos says let them come, let them talk to my vultures (Game Time 8:33) and more casualties for blue.

Once bitten, twice shy, Orange and Blue decides to tech-up and build, however, once again, Kratos knows best, strike when the iron is hot (Game Time 10:32), or the start of his OD plan. With a squad of vultures, they ravaged the hatchery while Orange and Blue who have not tech-up watch helplessly.

Orange sent 3 DTs but it’s like trying to outrun a car on foot and eventually sacrifice his DTs to prevent more mine-laying (Game Time 12:02). With the hit-and-run and mining, Kratos achieved his greatest resource in the game, “time”, sufficiently enough to have an expansion while denying the Orange and Blue expansions, given their paranoia of walking in a minefield.

We shall fast forward to (Game Time 15:35) where Kratos upped his OD plan by camping outside Orange’s expansion and then attempting to attack Blue’s expansion (Game Time 19.23). Given such a predicament, as Orange lack the resources to mount any air offense to break-out, Orange simply message blue “You dropping rite?” and decides to camp and hopes blue saves the day.

Blue’s response (another Kratos or Zeus himself, more to be revealed in time) was “Let them camp all they like” and proceeds to muta (take out turrets) and hydra-drop (eliminate ground troops) simultaneously at the weakest part of White’s OD plan, a lightly defended HQ (Game Time 20:03). This is truly battle of the titans and Kratos decides to call it a day. Hence, one would expect to fall back and camp when his ally KO’ed early in the game, but to go on OD on 2 expansions and fight a two-front war is truly “power”, or simply put "I AM KRATOS !!".

PS: Eligibility for being a Kratos disciple requires a sacrifice. More will be revealed as the author finds out more on how to apply to be a Kratos apprentice

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

2007-05-18T20:53:00.000Z

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 ...