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So I was watching MLG Dallas today on my laptop when my 7 year old sister came up and started watching some of the games with me. At first I was pretty surprised, because normally the only other person in my family who cares about Starcraft is my brother who's three years younger than me. I half expected her to just lose interest and walk away, but she stuck around. It was during the Jinro vs. Socke games, so I explained to her some of the basics. After a little explaining, she understood that one guy was the humans and the other was the aliens and that they were fighting with the armies they bought from their money.
Then came the string of PvZ games, which she really liked. She said she liked the bugs a lot better than the aliens. She would ask me at the end of each game who won (she understandably didn't get the gg system), so whenever Ret or IdrA won she was happy. Shame on Nazgul for making a 7 year old girl unhappy with his excellent stalker micro.
After that, we watched the first Machine vs. Select game. Her impression from the game: "Banelings are amazing!"
It was really great to spend some time rather unexpectedly with my little sister. She seemed to enjoy the games. Of course, she's always been a little gamer. She can beat people much older than her at Smash Bros. and plays Super Mario Galaxy for hours. It also reminded me of my Starcraft experiences when I was around her age, playing LAN games with my dad and brother. I would do the awesome tech straight to air strategy. Of course, my dad being the brilliant strategist that he is, would just build turrets, but he would never attack because we'd get upset if he beat us. Thinking about this made me realize that I would have enjoyed watching these games when I was her age, and that part of the reason why there aren't a lot of girls in gaming is that they're just not expected to like it.
I hope my little sister doesn't give up gaming in the future because it's not "girly." She could be a much better gamer than me if she sticks with it. Who knows, maybe she'll even be the next Tossgirl. Even right now she's telling my mom about the little bug aliens that are like bombs that do somersaults. So cute ^_^
Update: My sister's very happy that TLO won't get "the loser racket." Although she thought he should have made more banelings.
 
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That's...soooooo.....cute!
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possibility of kerrigan right here.
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That's absolutely adorable! I hope she stays interested in starcraft.
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On November 07 2010 08:09 Licmyobelisk wrote:
possibility of kerrigan right here.
Nah, something even scarier
Female Jaedong.
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Future bonjwa in the making.
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Very cute, my sister wouldn't give Starcraft the time of day...
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You gotta start teaching her the game!
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Haha that's awesome. You have to get her the baneling plush:
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Erm, saying she might be the next tossgirl isn't exactly the greatest compliment ever.
Hopefully she can achieve what tossgirl never really could - success.
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On November 07 2010 09:06 Blind wrote:Haha that's awesome. You have to get her the baneling plush:
Yes actually, that would be an amazing christmas present now, not far away either! :>
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On November 07 2010 08:10 Entropic wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2010 08:09 Licmyobelisk wrote:
possibility of kerrigan right here. Nah, something even scarier Female Jaedong.
You mean like this? 
+ Show Spoiler +
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That doesn't look a bit like jaedong it just has an angry expression 
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On November 07 2010 09:33 nadafanboy42 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2010 08:10 Entropic wrote:On November 07 2010 08:09 Licmyobelisk wrote:
possibility of kerrigan right here. Nah, something even scarier Female Jaedong. You mean like this? + Show Spoiler +
More like this: + Show Spoiler +
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On November 07 2010 09:06 Blind wrote:Haha that's awesome. You have to get her the baneling plush:
Do it!
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This...this is so adorable ;_; please raise your sister well. Sounds like you have an awesomely supportive family there!
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