Any Games Ponies Really Playing
0002: Starcraft 2
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"Are you ready, Your Highness?" I asked Twilight Sparkle, the new Princess, through Voice chat on Starcraft 2.
Since the day she's ascended into a Princess, she's already continued playing Computer Games. She's invited by Luna to one of her XBox 360 games, mainly the Castle Crasher game. She actually favors Real time strategy games, seeing as the Element of Magic with wings is so awesome.
"Yes GB." Answered Twilight "I just got back from a nice tea with Luna."
On my monitor is a Game of Starcraft II. She along with the Elements are not just players, but Elites. I am below elite, but not too suckage. Rainbow & Fluttershy of Cloudsdale plays Zergs, Twilight and Rarity plays Protoss, while Pinkie and Applejack plays Terrans. I too am a Unicorn in fillydelphia, where most players in Fillydelphia favor Protoss, and the players in Manehattan play Terran, but I happen to favor Zerg.
"Still playing as Zerg." I said, "And, congratulations on becoming an alicorn."
"It was Destiny after all." She replied, "But besides that. It was amazing to see Celestia and Luna Competing in the ELG (Equestrian League Gaming). Both of them were in the finals, and Luna just handed her down with a Stalker-Robo rush."
"What about you and your friends?" I asked,
"Didn't make it. I lost to that Jerk Chrysalis and her Cannon Rush." She said in a dissapointed tone, "Thanks to Shining and his Siege Drops however, I just laughed at her Humiliated face."
"Siege Tanks Drops. Nice. Right, does Xel'Naga Caverns sound good?" I asked,
"Definitely" After some setting up, we set our chosen race. "In fact, I'm ready to try out the new Build Order I've been studying."
"Mine too." I replied before hitting start. Countdown to three, two, one, and the loading screen is here. After that, we're in, in a nice one on one map called Xel'Naga Caverns.
So now we begin building our base, first by sending our workers to the mineral fields. I started by hatching drones out since I'm a zerg. After reaching ten, I ordered another larva to be morphed, while sending my existing Overlord to my opponent's base for some scouting.
After the overlord is hatched from the Zerg Cocoon, I started morphing in more Drones then selecting one to mutate into a Spawning Pool near my Hatchery. I moved one drone from the field and ordered it to scout for Probes. After scouting, no Protoss Probe, so I ordered it to scout further at my empty expo before scouting her base.
Scrolling back to my base, I have another Drone to mutate into an Extractor on one Geyser, while having my Hatchery birth a Zerg Queen. I am planning a nice Roach Lisk combo for Twilight's army of Stalker Robo. I have another drone to become a Roach Warren, while morphing in more Drones, and also an additional Overlord if I'm over the Supply Limit. I watched my Minimap on the bottom left screen as my Overlord I sent is few inches near her base.
The Extractor is done, so I morphed another one on another Vespene Geyser. With the Roach Warren ready, the Queen begins using the Spawn additional Larvae while other Larvae started morphing into Roaches. I saw as my Overlord reached the base on my Minimap. I click on it and see what buildings she have. Looks like she has Two Gateways, a Cybernetics Core, and something being morphed in. It is already done, so it reveals me a Robotics Facility. I can see her Photon Cannons near her ramp as well. The Gateway pops out a Stalker, and it started firing at my Overlord. I ordered it to flee from her base, while the Stalker walks up closer to my Overlord and started shooting lasers.
My Overlord may not survive, so I minimap-click to my base, having more Larvae to become Overlords. I can see Roaches are morphed, but I may need more if I am going to take on Twilight's Stalker-Robo Army. I move my Drone to my Empty expo to standby until I watch my Mineral Counter reach 300, then ordering my drone to morph into a Hatchery. I decided that I will need lings for my Roach early, so I morph those, along with additional Roaches in case an Early attack is done.
I have my Hatchery at the Main base ordered to evolve into a Lair. I move two seperate roaches to the Xel'Naga Towers for vision. I scroll back to see how many I have so far. 8 Roaches and 14 Lings. Might not be enough, so I continue to build my forces until Her Highness'es Protoss force comes. My Other Hatchery is ready, so I have rest of the six larvae morph into Drones and waypoint them at the expo Mineral Field. The Zerg Lair is up and ready, so I have another Drone to become a Hydralisk Den, while increasing the number of drones and Overlords. I can see Twilight's forces coming through my vision, not noticing my Roach at the Tower until now. I can see that she has Six Stalkers and two Immortals just now.
I scroll back and have the other Larvae become Hydralisks while watching her forces blasting my one Roach into Fleshy Rubble. My three Hydralisks is ready, and Twilight's forces are coming, not stopping for anything until my Expo base is gone. Our forces collided into a fight until she decides to retreat.
So far, she lost only two Stalkers. I begin reinforcing my army with Roaches, Zerglings, and Hydralisks, while sending one roach to the Xel'Naga Tower, only to find out it's already occupied by her Protoss Force. After reinforcing our army with more numbers, with me ignoring Zerg Upgrades because I am confident without those, the Protoss Force comes. I have more Roaches and Hydralisks and she has more Stalkers with just Four Immortals, and suddenly, I hear a sound of Light Saber Slash. Damn Dark Templars. I have my existing Overlord to become Overseer, but it may be too late as her forces destroyed mine. She is faster than I thought.
My base is doomed unfortunately. So I messaged out a 'GG' to Twilight before surrendering. I'm booted to the results screen, and begin watching her Replay. I watch from the part where I scouted her base to see that she spawned additional Gateways and Robotic Facilities. She is so fast, and I couldn't keep up with her speed.
Later while watching, a Private Message. I click on it to see it was Twilight messaging me.
"Your strategy is the same. You will not win like this." She said, I begin my typing.
"It has been years and I am trying to do this without too many Hatcheries." I said,
"That's why... Your Multi-Tasking skills are weak. You always rely on economy." She lectured,
"Well that's what I'm going to do. I never shown Aggressive, nor will I want to. I am autistic after all..." I said, before being enveloped by a white light and being warped in front of the new Princess, Twilight Sparkle. I am now inside her princess bedroom. Turning my sight back to Princess Twilight, her look is a menacing.
"In that case," She begin, walking closer to me with an evil grin. "somepony has to whip you up into an Aggressive Elite, and I know just the princess. WELCOME TO TRAINING FROM TARTARUS!"
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