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Why are you playing Starcraft II

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Kova
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Ireland25 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-27 03:23:21
July 27 2011 03:11 GMT
#1
Poll: Why are you playing Starcraft?

I was playing from Starcraft 1 Cause I'm awesome. (26)
 
58%

A friend introduced me :) (8)
 
18%

I am because it looked awesome!!!! (5)
 
11%

I don't play, I'm just too damn cool. (5)
 
11%

I don't play because of my computer/internet :( (1)
 
2%

I want to, but never really got around to it.. (0)
 
0%

45 total votes

Your vote: Why are you playing Starcraft?

(Vote): I am because it looked awesome!!!!
(Vote): A friend introduced me :)
(Vote): I was playing from Starcraft 1 Cause I'm awesome.
(Vote): I want to, but never really got around to it..
(Vote): I don't play because of my computer/internet :(
(Vote): I don't play, I'm just too damn cool.



Hi all,

Me and a couple of my friends were discussing how we got into gaming and so on...
I was wondering why did you start playing Starcraft II?

Did a friend advise you to play?

Did you continue from Starcraft 1?

Were you in the mood to try a new game?

I'll start, I started because I wanted something different. For about 2 years I have been playing Wow.
Wow is a drug... An awesome drug. But after a while i just got bored.
By the time I got bored of Wow, Starcraft 2 was out.
I never really played any RTS games except Aoe 2.
I gave it a go and I just loved it.

So what about you guys and girls?

Why do you play Starcraft II


*Boom* That gotta hurt!
psp219
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States315 Posts
July 27 2011 03:12 GMT
#2
When people at my school played it. I thought this game was pretty popular and I had never really played any RTS games before. Thought might be good for me to improve my multitasking skills.
BnK
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States538 Posts
July 27 2011 03:13 GMT
#3
because of teamliquid
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
July 27 2011 03:13 GMT
#4
I don't.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
July 27 2011 03:13 GMT
#5
Played BW. Played some more BW. SC2 came out. End of story.
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
Cyclone999
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada331 Posts
July 27 2011 03:13 GMT
#6
My cousin played it.

So I copied him :D
16 year old Masters Terran :D
Kova
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Ireland25 Posts
July 27 2011 03:14 GMT
#7
SilverSkyLark, Why? Bad pc? Personal decision?
*Boom* That gotta hurt!
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
July 27 2011 03:16 GMT
#8
Personal Decision like a lot of people did. Oh yeah, add a poll to your post.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
July 27 2011 03:18 GMT
#9
On July 27 2011 12:13 SilverSkyLark wrote:
I don't.

I also do not play Starcraft 2 as it is just too complex a game. Back in BW I could dominate all the way up to the D- level just by being able to execute a solid 9/9/9 proxy gate against zerg, a 9/10 in-base proxy gate against P, and a 10/12 proxy-gate against Terran.

In SC2, there are so many solid counters to this type of play that don't require my opponent to outmicro or outthink me. When I am a better man, I will go back to Starcraft 2 and give it another shot. But alas, I have yet to become a better man.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
DyEnasTy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States3714 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-27 03:19:26
July 27 2011 03:19 GMT
#10
Played BW forever, discovered TL.net, played more BW, heard about SC2 coming out kinda soon, played SC2 after beta, kinda switched back to BW. Now I just watch SC2 and play BW.
Much better to die an awesome Terran than to live as a magic wielding fairy or a mindless sac of biological goop. -Manifesto7
Vestrel
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada271 Posts
July 27 2011 03:30 GMT
#11
I got an invite to the SC2 beta and tried it out, but I didn't think I would be playing it much. My friend who I sat beside in Physics also got an invite and he encouraged me to play it with him and our mutual friend because they played SC1 together.

Then they taught me to play SC2 and I got hooked, really bad... which is when I discovered TL.net. Now a handful of my friends play as well, some of them introduced to the game by me, but most of them played SC1 previously.
Alisera
Profile Joined June 2011
United States71 Posts
July 27 2011 03:38 GMT
#12
Played WoW and got an invite to the SC2 beta and checked it out. It turned out to be a lot more fun than WoW... XD
DrThorMD
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada359 Posts
July 27 2011 03:38 GMT
#13
Two of my best friends got it. One of them is an old BW player. He made us both get it. I love this game now. Have been playing for about a year.
Damn your Chronoboosts!
chomsky
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada97 Posts
July 27 2011 03:58 GMT
#14
I played BW on and off, got really into it in the last 1-2 years before SC2 beta. got an invite and played my placements, but my laptop can only play the game on low between 40-70fps and would overheat terribly after a while, haven't played the game since. if i could justify buying a new computer with actual dedicated graphics i would probably start playing it, but college+poverty is a bitch
"Not to take this post too seriously, but..." -Chef
SarR
Profile Joined June 2011
476 Posts
July 27 2011 04:01 GMT
#15
On July 27 2011 12:18 Gummy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2011 12:13 SilverSkyLark wrote:
I don't.

I also do not play Starcraft 2 as it is just too complex a game. Back in BW I could dominate all the way up to the D- level just by being able to execute a solid 9/9/9 proxy gate against zerg, a 9/10 in-base proxy gate against P, and a 10/12 proxy-gate against Terran.

In SC2, there are so many solid counters to this type of play that don't require my opponent to outmicro or outthink me. When I am a better man, I will go back to Starcraft 2 and give it another shot. But alas, I have yet to become a better man.


I thought people said SC2 was easier that BW. I was thinking of getting it so I can win more since im sick of get assraped on ICCUP in BW, I just wanna win more lol. Now you got me thinking
Lanaia
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada1142 Posts
July 27 2011 04:04 GMT
#16
I only started playing so I'd have something to do while my school was on strike. Now that it's over, I have literally nowhere to play without getting made fun of almost constantly.

Also Protoss is kinda sexy and sleek looking, you know?
<3 If you chase a mirage, the desert will swallow you.
Kova
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Ireland25 Posts
July 27 2011 04:09 GMT
#17
I kind of know how you feel, Alot of my class are ignorant. I'd say *Starcraft is an awesome game if you'd give it a chance* The response would be *Gay, Starcraft? Get a life loser* Alot of people just don't understand

Don't knock it until you try it? I wish more people knew that phrase..
*Boom* That gotta hurt!
DocNemesis
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Philippines446 Posts
July 27 2011 04:49 GMT
#18
I simply play Starcraft because it's basically a new kind of challenge for me. Took me a lot of effort on my part to even save up the money I needed just to buy the damn game.

Here to kick ass....with Violence. And I got a blog site: http://nemesistrestkon.wordpress.com
Lysenko
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Iceland2128 Posts
July 27 2011 07:05 GMT
#19
Blizzcon 2008 led to a beta invite. Once the beta started, I found out that Day[9] went to my college and started following the dailies. A year and a half later, here I am.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism
AnxiousHippo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia1451 Posts
July 27 2011 07:08 GMT
#20
On July 27 2011 13:09 Kova wrote:
I kind of know how you feel, Alot of my class are ignorant. I'd say *Starcraft is an awesome game if you'd give it a chance* The response would be *Gay, Starcraft? Get a life loser* Alot of people just don't understand

Don't knock it until you try it? I wish more people knew that phrase..

That is exactly what happens to me. They then say that AoE and TotalWar are automatically infinitely better. I have no doubt that they're good games, but just because they suck at Starcraft they think it's because of the game, not because they didn't give it a go.

I joined Starcraft since BroodWar, found it in a shop for $15 in '06 and figured why not. I joined the starcraft commuuuunitey when starcraft 2 beta began.
An apple a day keeps the Protoss away | TLHF
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