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JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria408 Posts
June 09 2022 10:58 GMT
#1
Last night I was with my daughter at a friend's house, she was playing with the other kid and us old people, we were just talking. And my friend asks me "Hey, so are you still playing bw?" "No, not at all, I'm just watching streams." Suddenly my kid pops at the scene and says "Is that the game with the zerglings?"
"Sure."
"I wanna play that, can you show me, dad?"

I consider this situation to be the pinnacle of my parenthood. My only regret is that she didn't choose the righteous way of the 1a2a3a alien race and instead picked the filthy insectoids but that's how it goes, I suppose.
And so, for tonight we're going to try to play some zerg vs computers, none of that stupid single player campaign, no way. I'm going to teach her hotkeys and keyboard usage, the most basic of micro as well, even though I suck big time at execution now I still know what needs to be done. Except for mutas but we're not going to get there. I really hope she likes the mechanics of the game and gets hooked.
All in all, I'm glad we're going to be bonding in this activity. She's reaching 13 years now, puberty and all that crap is kicking in and I don't seem to have a lot of time with her so I'm excited that I'll get the chance to spend more time with that girl.

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The subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.
Incomplete..ReV
Profile Joined August 2017
Norway633 Posts
June 09 2022 15:25 GMT
#2
That's such a lovely thing to read! It's a dream of mine that my sons grow up to want to play BW one day, even if I'll still love them and all that if they don't. Crossing fingers!

gl hf to you and your daughter =)
It's ok. I still love you <3
Starlightsun
Profile Blog Joined June 2016
United States1405 Posts
June 09 2022 17:38 GMT
#3
That is awesome... don't give up hope on 1a2a3a, she may want to explore the other races.
JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria408 Posts
June 10 2022 07:29 GMT
#4
A little update.
We played a couple of games where she was getting familiar with the left click selection and right click pointing, messing them up quite a bit. But she quickly got the hang of keyboard hotkeys. "So I select hatchery and I do s-d and makes workers, s-o are balloons."
It was so cute at one time because I told her only to do workers, ovies and a hatchery here and there. Then a bunch of zealots walk in an kill us and she raised hell. "Why did those come, I've done nothing to them!" All in all it was a success because she wants to play tonight as well.
Watching her learn I realized how hard this game is. Things I don't think about require rather precise movement, even selection and sending to work, it's not as easy as it seems to veteran players. Compared to CSGO where she was ready to shoot (she was guarding the chickens from the bots, nothing else was done...) after a three minute explanation on how to strafe and point the crosshair, BW is hell.
The subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.
AmericanUmlaut
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany2577 Posts
June 10 2022 08:48 GMT
#5
This is awesome. My kids (12, 10, and 5) all play Starcraft 2, and it's a great way to spend time together. There's a ton to learn and it's super hard, but that also means you get to spend a lot of time together talking about it and practicing things.

My biggest challenge has been that the kids always want to play 1v1 against me, and it took a long time to figure out a way to make that enjoyable for both players. We finally hit on a solution that's working well for us - each kid has a worker handicap. When I play against my 5-yo, I am allowed to have 6 workers on the map, so I have to kill 6 first thing before I mine and can't build more. Against my 10-yo, I am allowed 16 workers. That has worked out to be a really fun solution, because it's genuinely hard for me to beat them with that constraint, but otherwise I can play as hard as I am able to and they don't get mad if I manage to win occasionally.
The frumious Bandersnatch
Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6771 Posts
June 10 2022 09:20 GMT
#6
Aw this is heartwarming.
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FuDDx *
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States5008 Posts
June 11 2022 14:44 GMT
#7
So cool to hear about !!

My oldest and youngest have tried BW and seen SC2 and they have no interest.. Daughter is 23 and son is almost 16 .. he plays some games. Rocket league, Terriria, minecraft are some of his favorites.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balloon-Man-FuDD/237447769616965?ref=hl
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19234 Posts
June 12 2022 14:22 GMT
#8
My son is 5, he won’t get any money for college unless he can beat me in a bo5 and proclaims love for Bisu.
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lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4163 Posts
June 14 2022 05:27 GMT
#9
Awesome! I’m curious how do young kids (younger than 10) year about StarCraft?
"You guys are just edgelords. Embrace your inner weeb desu" -Zergneedsfood
AmericanUmlaut
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany2577 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-06-14 07:32:25
June 14 2022 07:32 GMT
#10
On June 14 2022 14:27 lestye wrote:
Awesome! I’m curious how do young kids (younger than 10) year about StarCraft?

For my kids it's because it's the family sport. I play SC2 and watch pro BW and SC2 tournaments, and that's the only pro sport that's ever on a screen in our house, so my kids know it the way other kids might know soccer or baseball. All three of them have been interested in it since they were tiny, and as soon as they were old enough to understand the interface (around four years) they've all played it with me.
The frumious Bandersnatch
SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1707 Posts
June 14 2022 22:38 GMT
#11
lol my daughter is just about to turn 4 and I’m still waiting for her to utter those words..
Also wouldn’t mind her picking the filthy insectoids coz I’m terran and the missis is protoss
iloveby.SlayerS_BunkiE[Shield]
Viaanisary
Profile Joined June 2022
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June 17 2022 05:46 GMT
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NotJumperer
Profile Blog Joined July 2005
United States1371 Posts
June 18 2022 11:54 GMT
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plasmidghost
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgium16168 Posts
June 21 2022 22:16 GMT
#14
That's beautiful! My dad showed me Brood War in 1999 when I was three and some of my fondest memories of my childhood with him were playing together, and I hope the same happens with y'all!
Yugoslavia will always live on in my heart
xsnac
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Barbados1365 Posts
June 30 2022 05:56 GMT
#15
On June 12 2022 23:22 BisuDagger wrote:
My son is 5, he won’t get any money for college unless he can beat me in a bo5 and proclaims love for Bisu.


if he has to beat you in bw he will end up with no education.
1/4 \pi \epsilon_0
Cele
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Germany4016 Posts
July 07 2022 17:27 GMT
#16
On June 12 2022 23:22 BisuDagger wrote:
My son is 5, he won’t get any money for college unless he can beat me in a bo5 and proclaims love for Bisu.


duhu, he can't go to college with 12 already.
Broodwar for life!
XenOsky
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Chile2269 Posts
July 16 2022 23:07 GMT
#17
On June 12 2022 23:22 BisuDagger wrote:
My son is 5, he won’t get any money for college unless he can beat me in a bo5 and proclaims love for Bisu.


Such good parent
StarCraft & Audax Italiano.
Mutaller
Profile Blog Joined July 2013
United States1051 Posts
July 22 2022 20:23 GMT
#18
I started BW when I was 13 too! That was 2009, and it was right before sc2 came out. I started with fastest maps, and ums games. I eventually went to iCCup joined clan Maximus Brood, Bakuryu taught me some builds and I have never looked back. Hope the same happens to her
"To practice isn't for you to get better now in the present. Practice will never betray you and will always come back for you in the future." -Jaedong
jackie008
Profile Joined August 2022
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August 04 2022 12:13 GMT
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