Emprworm's Spice Bowl Bombing Bungaloo

Mop up time!  He is defenseless now and no match for my units.  Its all about cleaning up the trash at this point.

I really believe this:  there is simply no better tactic for this map then to use IX.   Other than the Ordos Smack Down, this is the most consistent strategy that gets more reliable, continuous wins then any other that I know of.  There is just simply no real defense for this.  Even if scouts are placed around the base, send a couple saws, buzz em down while your IX move in.   During all my time of playing this game, no one- including the great scout user Thoxen (who was the most extensive scout user I have ever seen) has been able to keep my IX out of their base.  The base entrances on this map are just too huge.   The exception is the far left corner base (the one I use in this example).  It has only one entrance, thus, is easily immune to IX.  However, in any 4 player game, there WILL be someone who has 2 giant entrances, thus letting in IX with ease.  And once you get that first lvl 3 refinery, your enemy will be crippled.  Then the ix keep coming, relentlessly.  Meanwhile your forces just simply build casually.  There is little your enemy can really do to stop it- except try to double down on your partner.  In this case, take your forces and go help him, never stopping the IX bombs.  You will force one enemy into poverty, his unit production will come to a crawl, if not stop altogether.   And then eventually, he will die off, thus giving you and your partner a superior position.

Variations:

In a QM game, I go for Refinery first, then Fac, then IX.

In a 15K game, I go for Fac, IX, Ref.  I get IX even before a refinery.  By the time I have an IX bomb on the map, my enemy will have his first refinery made.  I simply blow it up on him.

10/10