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RyuChus
Canada442 Posts
 I wanted him to actually get good, but he thought it was going to be easy. It really isn't that easy. Kind of a pointless blog I know, but sort of wanted to vent about that. I don't know too many people IRL that plays Starcraft. It would have been cool to have a friend that would play Starcraft with me.   | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
On October 17 2010 01:12 RyuChus wrote: All my friends seem to think that Starcraft is easy. You don't need to work at it. They are wrong! You do need to work at it. My friend wanted to learn how to get better at starcraft. Of course then when he thought he was good enough to play against me, and I utterly destroyed him, he gave up. I wanted him to actually get good, but he thought it was going to be easy. It really isn't that easy. Kind of a pointless blog I know, but sort of wanted to vent about that. I don't know too many people IRL that plays Starcraft. It would have been cool to have a friend that would play Starcraft with me.Well if they're not good players then they're wrong? | ||
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Qzy
Denmark1121 Posts
But yeah, SC takes a lot of practice and consistency (just see idra). Tell your mates to watch some pro gamers replay. | ||
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RyuChus
Canada442 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50118 Posts
VODS generate interest to continue to play the game. | ||
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
BW has a larger learning curve because mechanics can only be gained over time, and it's more APM/multitasking dependent compared to SC2. SC2 is still quite hard for the average gamer/casual player, though. | ||
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kaleidoscope
Singapore2887 Posts
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seRapH
United States9756 Posts
if you watch a movie you always get to the ending  | ||
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RyuChus
Canada442 Posts
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
A lot of people are really bad at getting others into the game though. They say stuff like "watch these VODs, download these replays, memorise these build orders, play 1000 games." Sure that's what they have to do to get good, but newbies should be treated more like young children, you get them interested and self-motivated by teaching them in a more casual way before slamming 20 textbooks in front of them. | ||
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Hurricane
United States3939 Posts
At least that's how it is with everyone I've shown starcraft to. | ||
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omgCRAZY
Canada551 Posts
EDIT: Like the poster said above me, getting them to watch you play will help a lot. I have a lot of LAN's at my house and them seeing me play, or watch sc / sc2 all the time helped a lot. | ||
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RyuChus
Canada442 Posts
He had a lot of troubles with macro, or even A-moving. I kept trying to get him to A-move but he just wouldn't. He would right click separate units and some of his units would just stand there while the front 2 shot the zerglings or something. | ||
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awu25
United States2003 Posts
play some 2v2s and such it'll be much funner try not to turn everything into a competition between you guys | ||
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Necosarius
Sweden4042 Posts
On October 17 2010 01:31 Nytefish wrote: Well it's the same with many things, people look at it and think "I could do that", but it's actually way harder than it looks. A lot of people are really bad at getting others into the game though. They say stuff like "watch these VODs, download these replays, memorise these build orders, play 1000 games." Sure that's what they have to do to get good, but newbies should be treated more like young children, you get them interested and self-motivated by teaching them in a more casual way before slamming 20 textbooks in front of them. I'll be your kid any time. | ||
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Count9
China10928 Posts
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numLoCK
Canada1416 Posts
My friends and I all used to think we were great until I discovered TL and PGT and starting to learn how to actually play the game. | ||
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HwangjaeTerran
Finland5967 Posts
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NIIINO
Slovakia1320 Posts
Give it time man, if they dont want to play with you and you want it so what ? next week he will play with you another game, let him win than own him and than play 2v2 : ) | ||
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URfavHO
United States514 Posts
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CCa1ss1e
Canada3231 Posts
All the REAL skills I learned for SC I got from playing online and watching VODs. | ||
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craz3d
Bulgaria856 Posts
I'm willing to bet most high level players right now have had an extensive RTS history. So how do you propose to teach a guy who thinks Halo is the greatest game of all time to play SC2? The reverse is also true for myself: there is no way in hell I'll ever be at a decent level in a game that uses a controller to aim after having played SC and CS on the PC since 1999-2000. Anyways, it's no big deal that your buddies don't take the game seriously. Just play some team games with them and have some fun doing goofy shit. | ||
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TwilightStar
United States649 Posts
If anything, SC is one of THE hardest if not THE hardest game to play/get good at | ||
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aztrorisk
United States896 Posts
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NicolBolas
United States1388 Posts
On October 17 2010 01:23 seRapH wrote: i dont get how people can enjoy beating a game that's easy. =\ if you watch a movie you always get to the ending Because it's not the ending that matters; it's the journey. | ||
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Mortis
United States217 Posts
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Redmark
Canada2129 Posts
On October 17 2010 08:38 Mortis wrote: I know man, it just seems I can't get any of my friends to play SC2. I don't want to lay into them because maybe it's just not their kinda game. We all have those games/game types we don't care for. The problem is, when I see them all playing the exact same thing that's trending like COD, Halo, etc., it just makes me think they don't like starcraft because it's not instant action / gratification the way shooting someone is in an FPS. Just my two cents. I don't think it's really fair to say something like 'instant gratification' in this case. There's nothing wrong with not playing a game because you think it's too hard to get into. Besides, for most people gaming is just a way to relax. They don't really care about getting better, just about having some fun before going to work/school or whatever. | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
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Licmyobelisk
Philippines3682 Posts
To tell you honestly your friend doesn't seem competitive enough for this game, you really should have that certain "rage within attitude" to play this game properly. Since he already gave up just let him be | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
man this games too hard ur too good man yea im gonna go back to playing wow | ||
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