I had seen the Monkeylord in the background movie on the menu screen and the only thing that I wanted in the whole world was to build one. I also had Warcraft 3′itis (“build another land factory? But why would anyone need 2 of the same building ?”)
I was bored to tears at the end because i really had no idea what to do, lol. I know I have improved since then. So if there is a rematch I promise it will be much more interesting. hint hint

I would have to concur with you regarding the ‘average’ ranked game. Watching this replay gave me the deluded idea I would be able to go right out into playing ranked games and maybe win something right off the bat. Instead, in my few first games I have been matched against people with more than 100 games behind them and was soundly beaten into the ground.
This is going to take more effort than I thought. :)

I really appreciate articles and replays like this.
As was stated before, it makes it easier to spot potential pitfalls and go “Oh… i would’ve doen ~this~ here. That would probably have panned out ~this~ way”.
With the pro games it’s often harder to do that.
I like spotting msitakes, as it makes me aware of potential pitfalls for matches that i play.
Now if only i could get a web connection at home, so that i could play online instead of LAN-only

Once I saw the strategic missile launcher being built, I had to just cringe and fast forward to the end. That was really sad.

This can’t be the “average” ranked game, as almost everyone I’ve been forced to fight in ranked games is much better than this, and I have a terrible rank and am a terrible player, yet still manage to beat some of my opponents.