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Teaching kids to play SC2

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bri9and
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States246 Posts
July 07 2011 17:45 GMT
#1
I have 3 kids; 2, 4, and 6 years old.. I've attempted to teach the older two SC2 and I'm pretty impressed with how they've done.. The 4 year old is able to build buildings, rally units, and even Shift+sequence buildings.. the 6 year old is able to make armies and attack, but mostly focuses on turtling up with cannons or planetary fortresses (EVERWHERE lol)... The 6 year old is able to beat the computer on Easy and the 4 year old can beat Very Easy with my help..

just wanted to get everyone elses's thoughts on this and if you've had any luck teaching your kids to play

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I don't have time to play with myself
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
July 07 2011 17:47 GMT
#2
No replays? For shame D:

I'm sure you've seen miniwheats' videos of him learning right?
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Tschis
Profile Joined November 2010
Brazil1511 Posts
July 07 2011 17:50 GMT
#3
Progamers in the making! :D
"A coward is not someone that runs from a battle knowing he will lose. A coward is someone who challenges a weak knowing he will win."
Crunchums
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States11144 Posts
July 07 2011 17:52 GMT
#4
Incidentally my 11 year old brother needs people to play against so if anyone has kids that age who might be interested in BW please send them my way.
brood war for life, brood war forever
SigmaoctanusIV
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States3313 Posts
July 07 2011 17:55 GMT
#5
Playing video games like Starcraft will be very good for you kids. It teaching some very important lessons such as multitasking, decision making skills and good hand to eye coordination. Best of luck to you and your kids, hope to see them in the masters bracket by the time Legacy of the void comes out.
I am Godzilla You are Japan
kollin
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom8380 Posts
July 07 2011 17:57 GMT
#6
I've been trying to teach my 7 year old brother to play Protoss, and we're not making that much progress. He just isn't able to make workers at all, without me constantly reminding him. bri9and, what were your methods of teaching your 6 year old?
JingleHell
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States11308 Posts
July 07 2011 18:02 GMT
#7
My 2 year old is a little young to actually play, but he likes to watch tournaments with me. I did a blog about it a while back.
ComaDose
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada10357 Posts
July 07 2011 18:29 GMT
#8
Yeah getting the kids involved is so good :D
They will grow up to be fans!
Looking out for the future... of ESPORTS
BW pros training sc2 is like kiss making a dub step album.
caruso
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany733 Posts
July 07 2011 18:44 GMT
#9
My 10yo plays the piano insanely well and I haven't beaten him in chess since he was 8.

If I introduce him to SC2, he will rake in the GSL winnings and pay his own rent (and mine, incidentally).
JeanBob
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada295 Posts
July 07 2011 18:50 GMT
#10
Ahw so cute =)
I remember playing when I was like 6 years old, my sister was 9 and she taught me, but she learnt by herself and we didn't play online (we didn't even know it was possible) and we weren't any good at all. We would lose against any AI and would not make more than like 10 workers no matter how many time game would last.
"Teach the ones below you something you have learnt and learn from the ones above you." -Sonata Arctica
FourFace
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
701 Posts
July 07 2011 18:55 GMT
#11
Someone should make a camp, with all that scary story telling, campfire etc + starcraft course for beginners and tournaments and stuff
I don't know, lynch me!
DocNemesis
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Philippines446 Posts
July 07 2011 19:07 GMT
#12
Damn, man. That's awesome. Gamers who play Starcraft 2 at that young an age. Give it time and they might be the progamers of tomorrow.
Here to kick ass....with Violence. And I got a blog site: http://nemesistrestkon.wordpress.com
edc
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States666 Posts
July 07 2011 19:07 GMT
#13
You should update your blog with their progress versus the AI and maybe on ladder. ONE WIN on the ladder will be a great accomplishment! But until then, good luck with your teaching!
“There are two kinds of people in this world, those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig.” - Clint Eastwood
JeanBob
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada295 Posts
July 07 2011 19:13 GMT
#14
On July 08 2011 04:07 edc wrote:
You should update your blog with their progress versus the AI and maybe on ladder. ONE WIN on the ladder will be a great accomplishment! But until then, good luck with your teaching!


Agree with that, as well as posting replays maybe, I'd like to know how far it goes.
"Teach the ones below you something you have learnt and learn from the ones above you." -Sonata Arctica
Altair
Profile Joined August 2009
243 Posts
July 07 2011 19:34 GMT
#15
Is it just me or the op sounds like an experiment report? :D <The 4 year old "subject" is able to build buildings, rally units, and even...> No offense i just find it funny. lol
Yung
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States727 Posts
July 07 2011 19:43 GMT
#16
Dude i starting playing rtses when I was like 8. glgl to them.
@Altair it really does lol
3clipse
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada2555 Posts
July 07 2011 19:47 GMT
#17
On July 08 2011 03:44 caruso wrote:
My 10yo plays the piano insanely well and I haven't beaten him in chess since he was 8.

If I introduce him to SC2, he will rake in the GSL winnings and pay his own rent (and mine, incidentally).

My dad taught me to play chess when I was 7 and I think I was able to beat him pretty quickly. I was pretty damn good when I was a kid, only really lost to adults at the chess club. No so anymore.

I'm never teaching my kids to play chess because it would be too humiliating to lose to them, lol. Kids seem to aquire proficiencies very easily if taught at a young age. OP is on the right track to training the next Flash.
caruso
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany733 Posts
July 07 2011 20:07 GMT
#18
On July 08 2011 04:47 3clipse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2011 03:44 caruso wrote:
My 10yo plays the piano insanely well and I haven't beaten him in chess since he was 8.

If I introduce him to SC2, he will rake in the GSL winnings and pay his own rent (and mine, incidentally).

My dad taught me to play chess when I was 7 and I think I was able to beat him pretty quickly. I was pretty damn good when I was a kid, only really lost to adults at the chess club. No so anymore.


The saddest thing is, my husband still thinks I let the little fella win.
BabyToss!
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Czech Republic588 Posts
July 07 2011 21:22 GMT
#19
I've been trying to teach SC2 to my 7-years old son... but he likes Zerg more, so I can't help him much there, since I play Protoss. Little bugger... ;(
Nowadays a Filthy Casual | Follow your dreams |
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
July 07 2011 21:35 GMT
#20
"Cute"?

Am I the only one who thinks teaching children/infants how to play SC poor parenting? The game is rated T for a reason..it's war with gore, blood, and death. I can't even imagine letting my 8 year old sister watch a full game of SC...heck PLAY the game. You can say all you want that it's not that bad and you can reduce violence and that you are teaching kids not to be afraid of this stuff...but when you're teaching your kid how to play online war before he can barely frigging do basic tasks such as writing or reading...you should know that's pretty messed up.

On July 08 2011 03:02 JingleHell wrote:
My 2 year old is a little young to actually play...


Yeah just a bit, only 1/7th of the age rating.
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