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Trying to get my friend into SC2

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Kova
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Ireland25 Posts
October 01 2011 13:34 GMT
#1

Hi guys,

My friend Evan has decided he wants to give up Wow. He asked me to suggest a few games.
Of course i suggested Sc2. I said that it was awesome ad kinda like AOE (Which he played) but he wasn't convinced..


So i was wondering, any other ways i could convince him to join the awesome side? Thanks for the help

-Kova


*Boom* That gotta hurt!
Jedclark
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom903 Posts
October 01 2011 13:45 GMT
#2
Just tell him to get it, and play some 2v2s, make it fun at first. Then tell him about the seriousness of SC2 today.
"They make it so scrubnubs can PM me. They make it so I can't ignore scrubnubs!" - "I'm gonna show you how great I am." MKP fan since GSL Open Season 2 #hipsternerd
Spray
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States402 Posts
October 01 2011 13:57 GMT
#3
Yeah thats exactly what i did with my friend...he still sucks though, he doesnt have the drive to get better. so he doesnt play that much. he is kinda turned off about the big learning curve
HuK Fighting~~!
thOr6136
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Slovenia1775 Posts
October 01 2011 14:10 GMT
#4
On October 01 2011 22:57 Spray wrote:
Yeah thats exactly what i did with my friend...he still sucks though, he doesnt have the drive to get better. so he doesnt play that much. he is kinda turned off about the big learning curve


so he is lazy and unmotivated for starcraft 2?

I suggest to you to watch with him some big trounaments, so he can see all the drama, passion, competition and high level games, maybe that will motivate him to get better at sc2.
apm66
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada943 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-01 14:16:57
October 01 2011 14:13 GMT
#5
He doesn't need to buy it. He can just play the Starter Edition( https://us.battle.net/account/sc2/starter-edition/ ) until he's convinced, otherwise he would just waste $60 for nothing, but if you really want to convince him, then have him watch the best tournaments with you! If there's no big tournaments live, then have him watch the best VODs with you! Or IPL 3 -- which is coming very soon! But the best thing to do is to take him to a barcraft!

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nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
October 01 2011 15:02 GMT
#6
ESPORTS! also, he needs to realize playing starcraft2 for entertainment is something only a select few can do, most of us do it just to be badass and cause we like torturing ourselves.
dbosworld
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States317 Posts
October 01 2011 15:03 GMT
#7
Good luck! If he isn't into it, then he probably just isn't into it.
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Tomcattomato
Profile Joined July 2011
Netherlands95 Posts
October 01 2011 15:12 GMT
#8
Show him some baneling mines and nukes, everyone loves mines and nukes.
Also, Day9 daily #100; if that doesn't excite him, he has no soul.
ChronoCat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
266 Posts
October 01 2011 15:23 GMT
#9
On October 02 2011 00:03 dbosworld wrote:
Good luck! If he isn't into it, then he probably just isn't into it.


Yea, this. Try to convince him, but don't force him into it.

I tried getting a bunch of my friends into SC2 despite them not being too enthusiastic about it, and all of them quit within a few weeks/months.
reneg
Profile Joined September 2010
United States859 Posts
October 01 2011 15:39 GMT
#10
On October 01 2011 23:10 thOr6136 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 01 2011 22:57 Spray wrote:
Yeah thats exactly what i did with my friend...he still sucks though, he doesnt have the drive to get better. so he doesnt play that much. he is kinda turned off about the big learning curve


so he is lazy and unmotivated for starcraft 2?

I suggest to you to watch with him some big trounaments, so he can see all the drama, passion, competition and high level games, maybe that will motivate him to get better at sc2.


That, or, maybe he just isn't into RTSes. I mean, not everybody loves every sport, i don't care much for nascar, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a TON of drama and excitement and stuff that people who like it can enjoy.

I mean, don't try to shove it down their throats, or you'll become "that friend" who's obsessed about a single video game, and they'll just stop hanging around you
moose...indian
Soleron
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1324 Posts
October 01 2011 15:48 GMT
#11
On October 01 2011 23:13 apm66 wrote:
He doesn't need to buy it. He can just play the Starter Edition( https://us.battle.net/account/sc2/starter-edition/ ) until he's convinced, otherwise he would just waste $60 for nothing, but if you really want to convince him, then have him watch the best tournaments with you! If there's no big tournaments live, then have him watch the best VODs with you! Or IPL 3 -- which is coming very soon! But the best thing to do is to take him to a barcraft!



I agree with this. Let him try the campaign on your account, then play some 1v1s and 2v2s with Starter Edition.
UisTehSux
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States693 Posts
October 01 2011 15:56 GMT
#12
On October 02 2011 00:02 nttea wrote:
ESPORTS! also, he needs to realize playing starcraft2 for entertainment is something only a select few can do, most of us do it just to be badass and cause we like torturing ourselves.


I think we all have a problem. We need to get help. LOL
I underestimated that boy. No... it was not the boy I underestimated, it was the Triforce of Courage.
Dalguno
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2446 Posts
October 01 2011 16:09 GMT
#13
Show him some casts on YouTube. I didn't start playing until I saw Husky.
"I'm gonna keep making drones cause I'm a baller, and ballers make drones." -Snute
MattBarry
Profile Joined March 2011
United States4006 Posts
October 01 2011 16:52 GMT
#14
I got my friends to start playing by handing them all copies of my BW and we played a bunch together. Then they can decide if they like the mechanics and buy SC2. I recommend BW cause the PC requirements are minimal, installation is easy, don't need a Bnet account, etc.
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nanaoei
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
3358 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-01 18:37:25
October 01 2011 18:31 GMT
#15
why don't you get him here and have him tell us his opinion on the game, haha.

we can always correct him, give him simple ideas/tips, and maybe even encourage him.

one of the good attitudes to go about competitive games is to be enthusiastic, and sometimes that comes from the drive of having someone you constantly need to compete against---someone you know.

that's all hypothetical though.... but yeah, i'd ask him his take on the game, not that it's a girl blog or a discussion of personal issues, but it's a huge game to be able to learn// and continue to learn from over years and years of practice.
if he wants to be semi-casual he can, but that's in form of few melee games and more custom. otherwise, even team-matches might be frustrating to the newer players.

to stress my point, getting a friend into a game that he's not really convinced about can be a sensitive thing. it doesn't hurt though to show him the popularity, and hurrah of the fans who post hundreds of topics here each day. that will show him that the game has atleast the magnitude of popularity that WoW has despite it being over game sessions/individual games of 1v1, over having an entirely persistent/open world.

if you don't know about the SC scene though, i don't really know what to think. again, it's if you're interested in the first place or not.if he really does want to stop WoW, sc is definitely a game that can hold as much interest in comparison.
*@boesthius' FF7 nostalgia stream bomb* "we should work on a 'Final Progamer' fangame»whitera can be a protagonist---lastlie: "we save world and then defense it"
mierin
Profile Joined August 2010
United States4943 Posts
October 01 2011 20:25 GMT
#16
Show him epic games. I'd suggest the Nestea vs. July Ultra vs. Ultra slugfest...I can't remember when that was, but that was fantastic.
JD, Stork, Calm, Hyuk Fighting!
marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
October 01 2011 20:32 GMT
#17
Hm, I was once that friend. I was reluctant at first but but after a while decided i'd give in and try it. Since then I've become a ton more SC2 interested than him, and he's switched to LoL.

Now he's trying to get me into LoL -_-' Noooope

But anyway, it depends what kind of guy your friend is. If he's competitive and can stand the toughness of SC2 (you get into the game, you lose 5 games, get labelled as a complete newbie and then have to work your way up the intimidating ladder system) then he'll love it.

If he gets stressed easily and gives up easily it might not go over so well. It's up to you.
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