Terralthra@RT (TF) v. ^DareDevil@SysX (Belters)

Terralthra · Post by **Terralthra** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:23 am

07/20/06 221108: Terralthra@RT (all): Everybody ready?
07/20/06 221109: DareDevil@SysX (all): Affirmative!
07/20/06 221126: HQ (all): The game has started.

Game begins:

Initial money into op/ref/tp/miner, start partialling bombers and light booster.

My ref goes 12, op to 4, TP plants at home. Initial scouting goes well. Their op goes 2, TP probably goes home. DareDevil immediately begins the carrier spam, pushing one carrier high, the other low, then up into my ref sector. Furious miner D ensues:

07/20/06 221855: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): carrier monmar
07/20/06 221856: DriZZo@SF (We Got Iguanas!): I'm probing bors
07/20/06 221857: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): it heads our home
07/20/06 221859: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): 3 people, get on it
07/20/06 221906: DriZZo@SF (We Got Iguanas!): shifting priorities
07/20/06 221908: DriZZo@SF (We Got Iguanas!): heading to the carrier
07/20/06 221913: DriZZo@SF (We Got Iguanas!): pkt on my wing?
07/20/06 222013: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): carrier in our mining sector
07/20/06 222015: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): BAD BAD BAD
07/20/06 222016: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): GET ON IT

Luckily, bombers finish about then, and we begin bombing their carrier. /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="blink.gif" />

My exp con is heading to 7 about now, we eye his home tac. Belter tac. Great. I sent the miners to 4 ahead of carrier, they mine there, then I send them back down through 12 to 7, to the new ref there. My bomber goes up through the middle, takes out the carrier, but the nan train can't keep up with the hunters across 7k of sector to their op.

They push a TP to 9, we bomb it, then the bomber rips low to bomb another carrier, and I send in an op, which unfortunately has its nans rip to D a miner and dies to a lowly stealth. /doh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":doh:" border="0" alt="doh.gif" />

They'll have SBs up soon, as their Tac is advanced, so I take appropriate countermeasures:

07/20/06 223652: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): Baci, take more RPs
07/20/06 223657: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): beacon probe every sector you can think of
07/20/06 223701: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): I've got 600 with your name on it
07/20/06 223702: .TowerSC709 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 223703: .TowerSC710 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.

I send a TP to 3, where it is harassed, but plants.

07/20/06 223843: .TowerSC713 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 223853: .TowerSC715 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.

SBs come up, and the first SB runs smack into a couple of SC towers.

I plant SC towers covering 2->3 and push a set of towers into 6, despite not having any op or TP there, but through some enchanted existence, they plant.

And now, the saga of saints101@CDT-A begins with an abortive attempt to SB my TP in 3.

07/20/06 224050: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): dead tp
07/20/06 224053: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): don't defend
07/20/06 224103: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): or he can miss completely

Not sure what happened, but he managed to miss with his first AB, and augz caught him during reload to save the TP.

07/20/06 224155: .TowerSC720 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 224156: .TowerSC721 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.

They push a TP con to 11, where I'm already sticking some lovely SC towers. In the meantime, saints101@CDT-A tries again, and successfully this time.

07/20/06 224352: HQ (all): Take some newbs Blue has destroyed We Got Iguanas!'s Teleport.

This is bad, as I have miners in 3, and through some awesome nanning and D on my team's part, they all manage to get out of there safely. Another op to 6 dies though. /doh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":doh:" border="0" alt="doh.gif" /> At this point, I start holding the cons, sending them solo isn't accomplishing anything. They push a carrier to 5. I send some ints in to bone it. Then we spot a miner in 6, and the IGUANAS which have just finished manage to slice and dice it. SBs still pop up on occasion, but manage to always run square into:

07/20/06 225018: .TowerSC727 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 225018: .TowerSC728 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.

Bacillen@RT, Deathflam, and Drizzo@SF beacon-probe me up very well, and I start to feel a little more secure. Time to take some risks.

07/20/06 224903: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): another carrier karlo
07/20/06 224919: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): and any miners they might have trying to be cute and take our helium
07/20/06 224928: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): yeah, that carrier there
07/20/06 224929: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): bone it
07/20/06 225213: .TowerSC731 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 225214: .TowerSC732 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.

They send a supremacy center to their TP in 11, it plants (no one close in time to attack it), so, it's time to bomb!

07/20/06 225308: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): ok, folkses
07/20/06 225312: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): we need some bomb crew action
07/20/06 225319: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): Tayrona has bbr
07/20/06 225328: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): get him nans, a turret, and some iguanas
07/20/06 225345: .TowerSC734 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 225346: .TowerSC735 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 225508: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): KILL THAT SUP
07/20/06 225511: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): AND THE TP TOO
07/20/06 225513: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): if you don't mind
07/20/06 225524: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): you know
07/20/06 225525: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): it'd be nice
07/20/06 225549: HQ (all): Take some newbs Blue has destroyed We Got Iguanas!'s Outpost.
07/20/06 225603: HQ (all): We Got Iguanas! has destroyed Take some newbs Blue's Supremacy.
07/20/06 225620: .TowerSC736 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 225621: .TowerSC737 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 225715: HQ (all): We Got Iguanas! has destroyed Take some newbs Blue's Teleport.

Not a bad trade. Bomber rips home after the TP, and I send my iguanas off to whore their miners while I secure our perimeter.

07/20/06 225832: .TowerSC740 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 225901: bardem@RT (We Got Iguanas!): im scared to guess how much weve spent on towers:)
07/20/06 225948: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): and those towers have saved our ass
07/20/06 225949: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): many many times

Right about this time, they send an expansion constructor to 10, Pedro forces it to rip (no cover at all, DD must be following my lead), and I send my bomber after their op in 2 again. Unfortunately, it's a 7k walk from either aleph, and the bomb run again can't keep up with the hunter3s flying about. During the bombrun, they send the exp again, with cover this time, and it plants.

07/20/06 230307: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): nice try
07/20/06 230310: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): but that's a hell of a walk
07/20/06 230314: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): ok, new plan
07/20/06 230317: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): we bomb their techbases
07/20/06 230420: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): aww, poor SB
07/20/06 230421: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): SCed
07/20/06 230430: DriZZo@SF (all): Saints I gotta admire you
07/20/06 230432: DriZZo@SF (all): you have heart
07/20/06 230221: .TowerSC746 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.
07/20/06 230456: .TowerSC748 (We Got Iguanas!): New tower requesting location.

I'm getting tired of copy and pasting all of the towers. Just assume I bought some every 3 minutes or so, you won't be far off.

07/20/06 231104: Terralthra@RT (We Got Iguanas!): never seen a cadet run into as many SC towers in one game

They SB my TP in 6. Even with the station hull/shield ups, it's still only 2 ABs, and that's just too weak. A bit of confusion and miscoordination follow, ending with a bomber piloted by Pedro, some nans packing extra countermeasures, and some interceptors for cover heading for their TP in 5. Somehow, I'm not sure how, they break through the mini3 omnifighter camp and blow the TP, then sit and camp on the aleph to their home waiting for more nans. Then DD reses the aleph. The bomber rips, but that's the end of that run. Bomber docks, then relaunches and heads high for their exp in 10. I push an op into 10 as they try to res and bomb my expansion (7) from 6, and then:

07/20/06 232125: HQ (all): We Got Iguanas! has destroyed Take some newbs Blue's Expansion.
07/20/06 232136: HQ (We Got Iguanas!): DareDevil@SysX has left Take some newbs Blue.hour
07/20/06 232151: Terralthra@RT (all): did DareDevil just drop?
07/20/06 232153: CronoDroid@SF (all): Yes
07/20/06 232158: DareDevil (all): Affirmative!

Not quite sure how they did it, but they did. Then DD drops and comes back to NoaT? /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="blink.gif" />

They start shedding players, and in the classiest move I've seen in a while, Augz drops from my team and comes back under a different nick to join yellow so the teams are even. I send our bomb run high again, and it hits their Tac with a satisfying "ouch."

07/20/06 232443: HQ (all): We Got Iguanas! has destroyed Take some newbs Blue's Tactical (Adv).

They resign.

07/20/06 232529: HQ (all): Take some newbs Blue is no more.

Mad props to my team, especially: Drizzo and Serebrone for shepherding noobs /wub.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":iluv:" border="0" alt="wub.gif" /> , Bacillen and DeathFlam for probing it up /wub.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":iluv:" border="0" alt="wub.gif" /> , Pedro for driving the brick through two techbases /wub.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":iluv:" border="0" alt="wub.gif" /> , everyone who nanned not just the bomber, but the other nans /wub.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":iluv:" border="0" alt="wub.gif" /> , and augz for quick responses to miner D. Excellent teamwork and coordination gave me this game. That and at least $30k in SC Towers. /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />

The Game
The Score

/blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> Mad awesome.

QUOTE 07/20/06 231349: DareDevil@SysX (all): well
07/20/06 231351: DareDevil@SysX (all): congrats
07/20/06 231354: DareDevil@SysX (all): you have the stack[/quote]

Post by **Pook** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:32 pm

The whole time I was reading this post I was waiting to read where DD whined about the stack after he lost. Good move holding it until the end to keep the reader interested.

/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

Duckwarrior · Post by **Duckwarrior** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:57 pm

What a gem, first non squad game report I've seen here that's worth reading in a long time.

ImmortalZ · Post by **ImmortalZ** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:24 pm

Good game /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Wish I was there. /ninja.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ninja:" border="0" alt="ninja.gif" />

Terralthra · Post by **Terralthra** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:18 pm

Pook wrote:QUOTE (Pook @ Jul 21 2006, 11:32 PM) The whole time I was reading this post I was waiting to read where DD whined about the stack after he lost. Good move holding it until the end to keep the reader interested.

/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

Well, it was actually just before the end of the game....what amused me was the actual stack on the game. There's more chatlogs on the subject, but it's not really worth posting. Suffice it to say, teamwork and listening to the comm wins games.

Dengaroth · Post by **Dengaroth** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:30 pm

Nice read... sounds like an interesting enough game /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

Terralthra wrote:QUOTE (Terralthra @ Jul 21 2006, 12:23 PM) Then DD drops and comes back to NoaT? /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="blink.gif" />

Yeah, simple -

Terralthra wrote:QUOTE (Terralthra @ Jul 21 2006, 12:23 PM) 07/20/06 221109: DareDevil@SysX (all): Affirmative!

and later

Terralthra wrote:QUOTE (Terralthra @ Jul 21 2006, 12:23 PM) 07/20/06 232158: DareDevil (all): Affirmative!

He dropped the tag before returning from a CTD, which lead to the system considering him to be a different player (same trick that squaddies can use to get around bootage without needing a second callsign).

tmc · Post by **tmc** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:16 pm

I've often dropped to NOAT without changing my callsign.

The game just goes crazy, and doesnt recognize me (I cjoin again, in base with a 10kb and zeroed stats - old stats never appear in endgame screen). ASGS would still recognize that I was there before though.

Adaven · Post by **Adaven** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:19 am

Terral is my new hero.

BootHappy · Post by **BootHappy** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:23 am

When did DD become ASL?

Drizzo · Post by **Drizzo** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:16 pm

ZOMGWTFNECROPOST

(all the cool kids were doing it)