Bold vs. $RUFUS$.

Battle Report by: Bold
Map: Lost Temple
Players: Bold-404 (Terran) vs. $RUFUS$ (Terran)
Date: 3/19/00

Another classical 1vs1 by yours truly, Bold-404.   This time it was me vs. $RUFUS$.. I chose Random and spawned Protoss at 12:00 and found $RUFUS$ in the last place I checked -- 9:00, and this is what I saw:

I went for my normal Protoss vs. Terran build with a few zealots followed by a steady production of mass ranged goons. 

When I got my Robo Facility up and going I started pumping observers to get some recon and establish map control.. I was able to venture into $RUFUS$'s base unchalanged.  He was making mainly infantry, tanks and had a science facility going up.. when I tried to get a look at his choke defense my observer was shot down my some turrets.

I took this opportunity to do what I've been doing an awful lot lately when my opponent stays quiet -- power expanding.  I took 2:00's main..

...followed immediately by my natural.

Further scouting showed that $RUFUS$ was turtling up by turreting his perimeter.. which was a very bad idea. 

He was letting me expand at will and he wasn't expanding himself, so I just out powered him.  I took a 3rd expansion, 2:00's natural.

Finally $RUFUS$ tried to expand at his natural, but by now I had so many troops, 3 expansions, and complete map control.  I dropped a goon and a reaver to make sure he didn't get too comfortable.. but I knew I had won regardlessly.

I kept pumping goons and zealots out of a total of 5 gateways, 3 in my main and 2 at my expansion.. I made a few reavers, DT, and a group of corsairs with dweb... and as my supply allowed I started building carriers because I had so much money.   It was definitely time to attack.

$RUFUS$'s defense fell very quickly with dweb and my upgraded troops barging in.  The only real counter he had was lockdown, but when I have 4 control groups of units, 5 getting locked down isn't going to hurt me, especially when I have your entire front line dwebbed.

GG's were exchanged and he asked me how many expansions I had.. I told him I had 3 and that was why he lost.. the only troops he ever sent out of his base were 3 wraiths to attack my zealot that was sitting at 6:00, but they were toasted by my corsairs instantly.

I love expanding like mad and not even being contested once.  And if my opponent isn't trying to match my expansions he's dead.  And even if he does try to match my exp's chances are one of my observers will catch it and I'll send a control group to stop it.  I always used to try to win by attacking, but now I realize it's even more effective to expand like mad and overpower your opponent, as long as you can protect your expansions.

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