EPTHow can I show them that this is more than just a game, show them that this is a sport! I'm tired of them talking crap about StarCraft seriously.
What would you do?
How Can I?
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EsX_Raptor
United States2801 Posts
How can I show them that this is more than just a game, show them that this is a sport! I'm tired of them talking crap about StarCraft seriously. What would you do? | ||
micronesia
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Try
United States1293 Posts
Unless they are gamers, they will never understand. Close, tightknit families will never accept that games can be sports. | ||
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
But really I don't think you'll ever be able to convince your family that StarCraft isn't JUST a game. They don't/won't want to believe it. You'll just have to either deal with it or hide it from them. | ||
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GhostKorean
United States2330 Posts
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ilovezil
United States4143 Posts
Whatever, as long as you can keep it a hobby and not let it take over your life, it should be fine. | ||
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micronesia
United States24612 Posts
On January 16 2009 11:18 GhostKorean wrote: It is just a game. I see absolutely no reason to agree with you, and you provide absolutely no justification. If you elaborate then you can at least potentially sidestep some flaming. | ||
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dongfeng
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micronesia
United States24612 Posts
On January 16 2009 11:27 dongfeng wrote: lol whenever my dad sees me play (i play very rarely now) he says "stop playing you can't beat the koreans" ^This is awesome hahahahaha | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
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EsX_Raptor
United States2801 Posts
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micronesia
United States24612 Posts
On January 16 2009 11:36 EsX_Raptor wrote: I do it only during vacations... when I'm @ school I don't even touch it. Okay. If this is true then you are fine as far as I'm concerned. Don't feel bad because of your family, but again, you probably won't be able to convince them of much about this. | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9102 Posts
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GhostKorean
United States2330 Posts
On January 16 2009 11:20 micronesia wrote: I see absolutely no reason to agree with you, and you provide absolutely no justification. If you elaborate then you can at least potentially sidestep some flaming. Anything you play for fun is a game. Football is a game. Basketball is a game. Starcraft is a game. It doesn't matter how serious a match can get, it's still you playing a game. I'm not saying anything bad about Starcraft, I enjoy playing Starcraft as well. I'm just saying that even if you play Starcraft for a living, you're playing a game for a living. | ||
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micronesia
United States24612 Posts
On January 16 2009 12:13 GhostKorean wrote: Anything you play for fun is a game. Football is a game. Basketball is a game. Starcraft is a game. It doesn't matter how serious a match can get, it's still you playing a game. I'm not saying anything bad about Starcraft, I enjoy playing Starcraft as well. I'm just saying that even if you play Starcraft for a living, you're playing a game for a living. Starcraft, the program, is a game. You buy a 'game' from the store, yes. I also agree that football is a 'game' etc... But that doesn't mean the only way it impacts your life is as a game. I know lots of people through starcraft, I've enjoyed watching videos of people play, observe games, replays etc... Basically, there is a ton more to 'participating' in starcraft than simply playing a game. People criticizing someone simply for 'playing a game' are acting stupid, so my original point about the comments of the OP's family members stands as far as I'm concerned. | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
On January 16 2009 11:09 EsX_Raptor wrote: How can I open the eyes of all my friends, family, brother, sister that this is not just a simple and stupid game? Everytime they see me playing they go like "stop playing that little game you twat" How can I show them that this is more than just a game, show them that this is a sport! I'm tired of them talking crap about StarCraft seriously. What would you do? Why not tell them just to fuck off and leave you alone because you can play whatever you want. If they talk crap about your game just talk crap back. It's not like they'll ever stand, but your best bet of course is to insult their intelligence for not seeing the beauty that is bw. | ||
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avilo
United States4100 Posts
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On January 16 2009 12:27 avilo wrote: Next time your friends, family, brother or sister are watching football, hockey, basketball on TV, tell them "stop watching that game you little twat." That will just make them madder at you, although it might bring the point home, that a game is open to whoever calls it a game. I personally try to explain to people that it's a hobby- just as vaild as following football, baseball, hockey, or basketball. | ||
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CommanderFluffy
Taiwan1059 Posts
On January 16 2009 11:27 dongfeng wrote: lol whenever my dad sees me play (i play very rarely now) he says "stop playing you can't beat the koreans" LOL i get this a lot too. @OP: It's your hobby, if other people criticize you for it, tell them to fuck off. | ||
CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11570 Posts
fuck my life | ||
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CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11570 Posts
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
On January 16 2009 14:34 CommanderFluffy wrote: LOL i get this a lot too. @OP: It's your hobby, if other people criticize you for it, tell them to fuck off. LOL that is so funny it almost made my day. It would have if at school my friend didn't throw and orange 30 feet across the room and peg a ginger in the face. But yeah, you won't get them to understand how amazing SC is unless they are gamers which by the sounds of it they aren't. But yeah, if it's your hobby and people don't like it tell them to fuck off. | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
On January 16 2009 11:27 dongfeng wrote: lol whenever my dad sees me play (i play very rarely now) he says "stop playing you can't beat the koreans" lololol cool dad :D | ||
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Play
Australia608 Posts
If my family poked fun at me for playing sc i just ignored it, tis how i got by edit: ooo firebat | ||
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Nytefish
United Kingdom4282 Posts
Also I once won 40 quid in a tournament (this was before I was old enough to get a job) so I guess that convinced them a bit too. :D Also, my brother only plays UMS. I tell my parents that's like getting a chess board, pieces and timer, then playing doll houses. | ||
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