Planetary Fortress Rush

[GRUNT]

At least one player has lived the dream .

No matter what you may say about the skill level of the players involved, a Planetary Fortress rush happened in a real game, and that is epic win <3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS4uoqlVL_c

[Lumine]

lol amazing...

[Visions of Khas]

The slow unfurling of the turret must have been nightmarish for the poor Protoss player. Unabashed optimism and cockiness were slowly subsumed by gnawing suspicion, then finally disbelief and terror.

I wish there were a cam on the Protoss player's desktop. =D

[imdrunkontea]

rofl. props to that guy for pulling it off. a couple more zealots focusing on the cc and he would have been screwed.

[Zabimaru]

Haha, I loved that. Somthing I would do.

[KadajSouba]

The slow unfurling of the turret must have been nightmarish for the poor Protoss player. Unabashed optimism and cockiness were slowly subsumed by gnawing suspicion, then finally disbelief and terror.

-Vision of Khaspeare

[Dale]

That guy has massive balls to try that strategy. Props to him.
However, the video cut off before the replay was over.

Terran minerals were < 100 when the replay cut off.
The planetary fortress was down to about 60% of max HP.

Only two SCVs were mining to a CC with suboptimal placement.
Keep in mind, a planetary fortress cannot lift off. So he could
not reposition the CC at that point.

If that weren't bad enough, if you look at the mini-map, you'll
see that the 'toss player had an expansion. Meaning that he
can easily rebuild while the Terran player has gradually mine
before he can build a proper CC and really do some damage.

I wouldn't count the Terran out, because, if you'll notice, he
lifted his barracks to scout the Protoss' natural expansion.
So technically, it's still anyone's game.

But if I had to bet money on it, I'd bet on the Protoss.

[almostfamous]

that takes some srs sack

[XSOLDIER]

It was only a matter of time, but it's crazy to see someone actually pull it off finally.


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[LoTuS]

I'm not amused, With the CC flight speed, distance between bases, and Toss player going tech, T got lucky. More zeals would have raped this build.