EPTStarcraft 2: A Complete Waste of Time or Good For - Page 5
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Lingy
England201 Posts
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Faze.
Canada285 Posts
I don't know about the whole super-addiction thing. To me SC2 is less addictive and time consuming than WoW. As it takes way less time to actually see something done in SC2, one game usually takes less than 30 minutes, and you basically don't "keep" playing, you "restart" playing every time. Each game is a start over so it's easier to stop playing compared to being in a WoW raid or questing, and when you're done with a quest there's another right next to you and you're like "well I might as well get that done while I'm here". Imagine if you could "queue up" games in SC2, (I know it's impossible but imagine if) just before your game finishes, a message pops saying a new opponent is already waiting for your next game. That would make it more addicting, and actually annoying. Right now the only thing that keeps me on SC2 longer than I wanted to is if I lose, I really hate logging off after a loss, I always feel like I need to win my last game of the day or else I can't get it out of my system. | ||
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No_eL
Chile1438 Posts
i waited 2 years for sc2, i won a contest (cake fest) and i played the beta from the beginning. I was in the local launching of sc2, i won the writing contest (blizzard) and i get a collector edition... AND NOW I REALLY HATE SC2 boring to watch, horrible to play, and i dont respect the actual players nor the massive new community. I think that SC2 its the best commercial movement by blizzard and game industries, but lacks of many things that made SC:BW THE BEST RTS EVER i know that im screwed, that for many years in the future sc2 and his expansions will prevail, but ill never forget sc:bw and THE BIG FAIL FROM BLIZZARD MAKING THIS NEW GAME | ||
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Demonzii
Netherlands180 Posts
Gaming can destroy But remember, gaming does allow greatness aswell. | ||
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gillon
Sweden1578 Posts
If you enjoy doing something, it's not a waste of time. That's it. That really is all there is to it. | ||
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Bleak
Turkey3059 Posts
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FreeUrMind
639 Posts
Statements such as: "Getting into the Diamond league is the goal of my life" are ridiculous! | ||
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thehitman
1105 Posts
So like any other entertainment its not a waste of time because you have fun with it and apart from playing SC2 10 hours a day I'd say its beneficial. I mean even hanging out with friends and GF 10 hours a day is not good, so a well balanced playing time and other activities are good. | ||
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norlock
Netherlands918 Posts
1 Outsmarting your opponent 2 Play faster, harder, and better to win 3 Luck is a small factor in the game 4 You can win by playing better, and you can use different styles to accomplish (just like football clubs have different styles of playing), So don't let yourself demoralise by the society who don't really see it as a sport. It triggers the brain and it is one of the most intensive games ever created. I mean people are tired after a few heavy games already. Would you consider playing rugby football ore any other sport as a waste of time then you are right and sc is just a waste of time aswell. Then the part of socialising, i have enough friends i see them a lot and i even create new friends on lan's. It actually makes me do more stuff than before. Because i am so in love with the game, i set up lan party's with friends went to the lan in Amsterdam and try to discuss strategy's with irl friends. Just like you would discuss any other sport with friends. And if you see your friends outside it, then there is no problem with it what so ever. Btw nice post! | ||
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AXygnus
Portugal1008 Posts
On December 23 2010 11:02 Ridiculisk wrote: Thats a good point! Lets start teaching SC2 in school haha! People are already ahead of you. I read some 2 or 3 months ago about an economics university teacher (I think it was in Florida?) wanting to put in SC2 as a an actual class, due to its similiarities to real life economics. Let me see if I can find the source. EDIT: Damnit, someone already beat it to me. EDIT-2: http://www.industrygamers.com/news/starcraft-ii-now-offered-as-course-study-at-university-of-florida/ This is also another example. | ||
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Treemonkeys
United States2082 Posts
As far as the "real" benefits that starcraft 2 doesn't offer, that other things such as starting a business do offer, what is real? None of that stuff will go past your grave any more than your time playing starcraft 2 will. Obviously you want to be successful enough to take care of yourself, and maintain a desired standard of living, which is all a matter of personal preference - what standard of living do you want to be happy? Past that point, what is the successful business (for example) going to do? Get you more money, that you will spend on what? Well of course there are lots of things you could spend it on, but ultimately they will be things that either make you more safe and secure in life, or they will be "useless" things that you simply enjoy. I'm not arguing for or against anything, because how you assign value is up to. Maybe the actual act of running the business would be the best part, and all the perks of getting paid are just gravy? It really is different for everyone. What is a waste of time or what is a good use of time is all up to you, and what you want out of life. There are no rules, and we're all going to die. | ||
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Veritassong
Canada393 Posts
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Fizbin
Canada202 Posts
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RaptureLights
50 Posts
While yes video games are a waste of time to everyone as adults (which alot of us here are) I would have to say that I have learned alot of thing from them. Starcraft aside. If you don't know how to type for example. Spend a few hours in a dark room with your keyboard and try typing. You will eventually find the right keys and then learn the keyboard, same can be said for a game. You learn things from them just not 'productive things' like a trade skill, or math or writing reading ect. You do learn from them, desicion making, critical thinking, multi-tasking, timming. Those are definantly life skills you need as well. Think of the proverbial 'all-in' for stock trading. It would be risky to go after certain stocks; but someone who might have a higher risk factor analysis thinking (think about the 2rax rine/scv push, or, 1gate/robo, even 6pool) The risk-reward factor for them is like the stock market. If you do enough damage early, you should come out ahead or simply win. Same is true for stocks ect. Gaming teaches you in a diffrent way. Given it did destroy my GPA, but oh well; my mistake (Yes I do own a buisness now which is doing really well thank the heavenly god...the overmind.) Would I have taken that risk with out having played games? I can't say yes or no. I however can say I would have been more apprehensive about it if I didn't have something to put akin to the thought of losing early and winning late. | ||
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nodash
Denmark43 Posts
I really think you should see this talk, if you havent already. Ted talks: Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world /nodash | ||
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Fizbin
Canada202 Posts
On December 24 2010 01:07 nodash wrote: An awesome post. Thank you very much, it really piqued my interest. I really think you should see this talk, if you havent already. Ted talks: Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world /nodash always wondered why i was such a lady's man... loser suit larry! haha all your bitchs are belong too me | ||
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Assirra
Belgium4169 Posts
Ppl seriously overthink stuff so much nowdays. | ||
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aka_star
United Kingdom1546 Posts
 you just couldn't stay away and now I get to trolled lolgood read none the less and I agree the game becomes less of a game when there is competition involved and people have to work at it rather than mindlessly experience it ;-) | ||
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Holcan
Canada2593 Posts
On December 25 2010 06:30 Fizbin wrote: always wondered why i was such a lady's man... loser suit larry! haha all your bitchs are belong too me I hope you're aware that its leisure suit larry and are making a cute play on words. | ||
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kineSiS-
Korea (South)1068 Posts
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