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SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4016 Posts
March 24 2011 02:29 GMT
#21
I find that what keeps me playing is letting myself enjoy being outfoxed. There are times when I'm playing someone and they do something a little novel and I just have to stop what I'm doing and type,

"Jesus, fair play, totally caught me out."

It forces me to not get crazy involved, and I like to think it makes them have a better time too
Moderator@SirJolt
parn
Profile Joined December 2010
France296 Posts
March 24 2011 02:44 GMT
#22
This is the best question I have ever read on TeamLiquid, simply amazing:

"HOW DO I ENJOY SC2?".

Stuning.

May i ask how old are you?
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
staringispolite
Profile Joined January 2011
United States5 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-24 04:19:11
March 24 2011 04:18 GMT
#23
I suffer from the same problem. I love SC2, but I can't get into laddering, even though I want to. It's a strange duality to feel.

Day[9] JUST did a newbie tuesday on the subject. I HIGHLY recommend it: Day[9] Daily #269 - How to get into SC2!

A (very loose) summary of his advice above is:
* Get friend(s) who play, and talk about how awesome SC2 is. Watch pro matches over skype. Send each other replays and laugh about mistakes. Play vs. each other. Etc.
* Get a favorite pro who inspires you. Fan boy the shit out of him. Watch his replays. Talk about him w/ aforementioned friends.
* Play 1 (only one!) ladder game a day. You can do it. 10-20 mins and it's over. Give yourself two days off each week.
* One day, do something crazy
* One day, do some build and perfect it. You'll do this same build again every week and compare.
* One day, rip off a sweet build you saw a pro do.
* Give yourself a goal for every two weeks. It could just be "PLAY 10 games." It could be "Get 50 food by the 7 minute mark." Anything. As long as it's under your control (ie. NOT "get into gold")


If you want to chat about stuff a la #1 above, PM me on here, I'd be happy to have more SC2 friends dealing with the same things!
TrainFX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States469 Posts
March 24 2011 09:17 GMT
#24
On March 24 2011 11:44 parn wrote:
This is the best question I have ever read on TeamLiquid, simply amazing:

"HOW DO I ENJOY SC2?".

Stuning.

May i ask how old are you?


I'm 19, not sure what that has to do with anything though lol. I'll watch that daily.
Xenocide_Knight
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Korea (South)2625 Posts
March 24 2011 12:19 GMT
#25
On March 24 2011 08:19 kaisr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 24 2011 08:14 Fallen33 wrote:
switch races, take a month off. idk, i dont have fun either but i play because of the money involved


that is literally the worst reason to play sc2 lol


That's probably why 99% of the pros play..
Find me one progamer who says sc2 is more enjoyable than bw. They only play because it's so much easier to make a living off of sc2 in comparison.

On March 24 2011 13:18 staringispolite wrote:
I suffer from the same problem. I love SC2, but I can't get into laddering, even though I want to. It's a strange duality to feel.

Day[9] JUST did a newbie tuesday on the subject. I HIGHLY recommend it: Day[9] Daily #269 - How to get into SC2!

A (very loose) summary of his advice above is:
* Get friend(s) who play, and talk about how awesome SC2 is. Watch pro matches over skype. Send each other replays and laugh about mistakes. Play vs. each other. Etc.
* Get a favorite pro who inspires you. Fan boy the shit out of him. Watch his replays. Talk about him w/ aforementioned friends.
* Play 1 (only one!) ladder game a day. You can do it. 10-20 mins and it's over. Give yourself two days off each week.
* One day, do something crazy
* One day, do some build and perfect it. You'll do this same build again every week and compare.
* One day, rip off a sweet build you saw a pro do.
* Give yourself a goal for every two weeks. It could just be "PLAY 10 games." It could be "Get 50 food by the 7 minute mark." Anything. As long as it's under your control (ie. NOT "get into gold")


If you want to chat about stuff a la #1 above, PM me on here, I'd be happy to have more SC2 friends dealing with the same things!


What...
I'm all for excitement over games and loving sc2 but this seem ridiculous. Why would you try so hard to attempt to enjoy something you don't enjoy. Just go play something else
Shine[Kal] #1 fan
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