The match was played on the map SnowBound, which is currently a Brood War ladder map. It really is an interesting map. When I think about it, it reminds me of Polaris Prime. The main starting positions are essentially islands, but all the expansion spots on the map can be reached by the middle. People like me that really enjoy maps like Polaris Prime, should feel right at home with this one.

Phreeb went random and drew Terran, while SpaceDominator went with Protoss for this map. Phreeb got the top position on this map, and SD was middle left. They both started out with the same kind of builds, but Phreeb branched off to get early gas. SD went for 2 gates and then gas. Both players did some teching, SpaceDominator warped in a cybernetics core, some cannons for defense, and then two Stargates. Phreeb put up an Engineering bay and followed up by some Turrets for base defense. He then went for a Starport with a Control Tower add-on and a Factory with the Machine Shop add-on.

Both players scouted the map about the same time. SD scouted with a newly produced Corsair, and Phreeb went looking for trouble with a Wraith. I think SpaceDominator was using the move command because his Corsair passed Phreeb's Wraith without stopping to attack it. Phreeb found SD's base before SD could find his, but it was quickly destroyed by the handful of Corsairs already collected at SpaceDominator's base.

With the reconnaissance Phreeb gathered from SD's base, he quickly gathered 4 marines and a tank with the siege upgrade into a shuttle and headed out to attack. Phreeb landed his troops on the lower part of SD's base, trying to destroy his Assimilator. His attack force was grounded pretty quickly by the way of zealots, but not without doing considerable damage to his assimilator. Meanwhile, Phreeb decided to expand. He lifted off the Command Center he was building and floated it safely to a nearby expansion spot.

Not satisfied with his first attack, or trying to keep SpaceDominator from finding his expansion, Phreeb planned to unleash a second attack. While Phreeb was busy loading up some Marines/Goliaths, SD was busy warping in buildings at his main base. He warped in numerous cannons for base defense, and a Robotics Facility and Support Bay. Shortly after they were finished, Phreeb's attack came. This time from the top of SpaceDominator's base, unlike his last attack from the back. Phreeb's forces were destroyed by a Reaver, which had just finished producing at the time of the attack. The attack almost proved disastrous to the Robotics bay, which was almost destroyed during the raid. Phreeb's Drop Ship was then chased out of SpaceDominator's base from a Corsair.

Over the next 10-15 minutes, massive air battles took place all over the map. Phreeb was attacking SD, and SpaceDominator answered back with Corsairs and Scouts. Phreeb planned another attack on SD's base, and loaded up a shuttle with 2 tanks. He loaded up another with a few marines. Phreeb then took the shuttles to the top of SpaceDominator's base with the protection of 4-5 Wraiths and 1 Valkyrie. Phreeb would draw the Corsairs to the Wraiths, and then cloak them. This tactic worked very well and destroyed many of SD's Corsairs. Another Reaver popped out and saved SD from losing a few structures. While this attack took place, Phreeb used a Wraith or two in scouting the map for any possible expansions. He did a good job at this and did it frequently during the game.

SpaceDominator planned a counter attack on Phreeb. He loaded a Reaver into a shuttle and made his way directly up the map toward his enemy's base. The Reaver caught Phreeb on surprise and destroyed an SCV, and caused him to destroy an additional Command Center he was working on. The threat was soon eliminated by way of Wraiths. I guess Phreeb's building Command Center sparked some expanding desires in SpaceDominator, because soon after his counter attack he expanded. A Reaver provided defense until cannons could be constructed.

Phreeb came back with a devastating bomb, literally! A well-placed nuke took out SpaceDominator's Assimilator in his main base.(It really was, Picture Perfect!) The DropShip that had delivered the ghost to its destination then found SD's expansion, which was already setting up its perimeter defense. Soon after the nuking SD's main, Phreeb expanded 2 more times. At Phreeb's first expansion he was building another nuke and had a Physics lab already constructed for Battle Cruisers.

An additional nuke was dropped on SD, but this time it was on his expansion. Right in the middle of his Probe line. I guess SD was looking in his main base for the dreaded red dot and didn't find it.(I'm still trying to find it) That brought the nuke count up 2 for 2.

SpaceDominator started pumping air units out of his main base, and out of the expansion that was just nuked. Phreeb was training air units as well, Wraiths, Valkyries, and a few Battle Cruisers and Science Vessels for another and final assault on SD's base. A dark Archon was used against the Battle Cruisers. I thought SD was going to mind control it, but instead just used feedback.(It's what I was thinking.. but I couldn't) More and more Corsairs came to alleviate the threat of Battle Cruisers and Valkyries, but they were no match for EMP. Another nuke was launched, this time aimed at SpaceDominator's main base. An observer quickly found it, and the ghost was killed by nearby probes. What a way to go. Some tanks and marines were brought in to help the Battle Cruisers finish off SD's main base.

Phreeb followed his attack with a 4th nuke on SpaceDominator's expansion. The red dot was quickly found this time, and the few probes there ran for their lives. The probes weren't fast enough and they all perished in the radioactive blast. The blast also claimed the lives of an Assimilator and Nexus. All that remained in SD's expansion were a Pylon, Gateway, and a Stargate.

SpaceDominator gave up and each player kindly exchanged GG's. Phreeb's death counter is currently on 3 :). That game, he nuked SD 3 out of 4 times. Probably the most I have ever seen someone nuke, or get nuked in a single game.(Boy, that sounded bad for me)

-Alrighty, SpaceDominator must say something now. Yes there were things that I learned in this game:

#1: Phreeb is a GREAT player at this game
#2: Find that stupid Red Dot
#3: ATTACK!
#4: Corsairs don't win a game(Duh.. I knew that, but it seemed to work for a while).
#5: Expand a little more..
Oh well.. Better luck next Time..

Victor - Phreeb