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Okay so i hear alot people talking about how they got all their friends playing the game, and i really really would love if some of my friends would pick up the game.
My problem is, that my friends are not really that much of the "gamer-type", and they havent seemed too interested when i've been trying to "sell" the game to them.
I got one of my friends to install the game, and play a bit og single player through my account, but he quickly lost interest
I think the problem could be, that i don't know how to make the game sound interesting. I love the game, but i find it hard to express what it is i love about this game to my friends. I find it hard to describe this community, cus they can not really relate to and eSports community at all, seeing as they have never really played competetive games. (maybe some FIFA, but only against each other etc).
So my question is to you, TL, how do i/u "sell" the game to friends and others?
/thanksthanksthanks
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Why don't you show them some Day[9], especially Daily #100, if that doesn't get them I'm not sure what will :/
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If they don't like to be competetive, then they don't like it. You can't "force" them to like the game.
If someone tries to explain to me "Dude DotA is so awesom", yea, that might be, but I will never like it. I wouldn't like if he tried to force me into this.
However, if you know that they like it but they are just not convinced that sc2 is actually what they are looking for, jus explain it a bit more and show them how you play.
And sometimes you won't get them into the game but get them into watching it. Suggest them some good casters!
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On August 05 2011 20:18 kollin wrote:
Why don't you show them some Day[9], especially Daily #100, if that doesn't get them I'm not sure what will :/
Thats good but I wouldn't recommend it for someone with 0 knowledge its far too long to watch and people will bore, thats better for someone that just got into SC.
I recommend giving them a link to a VOD of a very exciting, high action game a live event preferably so from MLG or something so they can see the crowds and interviews after or something?
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I started getting my friends in through Custom games then a lot of them decided to venture into the single player / asked me for team games.
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let them get the starter edition blizz just released.
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On August 05 2011 20:42 Marcus420 wrote:
let them get the starter edition blizz just released.
this. but other than that, its hard to get someone into something if you yourself can't express the excitement. i myself am a very easily excited person, and this excitement i show over something i love is widely recognized as genuine. and i love starcraft 2, so people who know me know that i don't hype anything that wouldn't be worth their time. many of my friends still did only pick up the game now, 1 year after realese, but i don't blame them, i'm just happy that i can play with them now.
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As much as I enjoy sc2, I enjoy not having my friends really interested in it. Since it allows for some nice breaks of just hanging out. I really can't tell you how to get them interested, as I think a lot of the fanbase now came from players of sc1 or other Blizzard games.
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You can't.
You can try to tell them about all the cool stuff in SC2, but many people just aren't made for it. They want games to relax where they don't have to think too much about it, which is why so many people like console games but don't play games on PC.
However, if they liked the campaign but just aren't made for the multiplayer part, there are still lots of custom maps that are more fun and not too complex to learn (SOTIS, Star Battle, Marine Arena, Nexus Wars, ...) that can slowly get them into trying multiplayer.
Start with the easy, fun stuff, not the complex, hard to learn stuff.
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I can't even get my SC2 pals play custom 1v1 with me. T_T
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If they're not the gamer type, they're most likely not going to be interested.
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You invite Chill at your place, and let him talk about the game.
Seriously, I didn't even succeed to sell the game to myself, and I did try hard. But here is a piece of advice I used for another game who shall remain nameless :
I think you have to start by making them curious. Show them a few games, explaining the basic workflow like "you start with workers, workers gather resources, you use resources to build a base and army, then you use this army to secure expansions and attack your enemy".
If your start right off the bat with build orders or even telling them about mechanics that seem fundamental for you like warpgates or larva injection, it's not gonna work.
If they are curious, they'll naturally ask "oh why did this soldier appeared there ?" and you'll be able to explain warpgates much more easily.
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You put a gun to the persons face who you are trying to sell the game to and force him/she to play Left2die. Then while they are playing say
"Better complete next level or you are !Puts on sunglasses! Left 2 Die"
+ Show Spoiler +
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I got my wife to at least watch Day9 with me be showing her some of the funny episodes and youtube clips like Trumpets and whatnot. This sold her that he was an entertaining guy, therefore she can watch the daily with me, still not into the game, but is slowly learning some stuff. She knows who Boxer is now at least. =)
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You need to show them the way of the Khala and especially special tactics.
Their small minds will be blown :D lol
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It's extremely difficult to convince people who are uninterested in gaming in general into StarCraft. When I actually listen to myself try to explain to people what happens in StarCraft, I nearly bore myself...
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You can only sell the game to the person who has the 'sc gene', which means he will like it as soon as he realizes what it's about, and the only reason this person isn't already playing, is because he doesn't know about it. Kinda like yourself before you got to know what StarCraft is.
Unfortunately, I'd say like less than 10% of the people like these kinds of things, so no amount of 'selling' will yield success in the rest 90% of the population.
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Sadly SC2 is something you buy and not sell.
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Show them some epic Husky/HD casted games on youtube, just search for "epic" (or "super epic" if you want TLO  ) in their channels.
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EPT
