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ajb293
Profile Joined August 2010
United States80 Posts
April 04 2011 07:55 GMT
#201
Pretty much I feel like I can choose to be great at SC2 and ALONE (E-friends yay....) or just quit SC2 and go out like every other adult. None of my friends play the game anymore and the two that did never made it out of bronze.
www.justin.tv/ajb293 (Broseidon SC2 Stream)
KevinIX
Profile Joined October 2009
United States2472 Posts
April 04 2011 08:00 GMT
#202
My friends do play SC2, but they're not really hugely into it. They'll play 3 or 4 games on a weekend, but that's it. I grind out hundreds of ladder games, and they always give me crap for it. Whenever they log on and see me, they message me "Get the fuck off and sleep." Sigh. I wish SC2 had an invisible option.
Liquid FIGHTING!!!
Yergidy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2107 Posts
April 04 2011 08:02 GMT
#203
Have them play with you and teach them and when they get into it say "Hey wana watch this amazing dude?" It's good if you hype it up with prize money and stuff like that lol. Or sometimes the opposite works. My friend though SC2 was the worst game ever he even played in the beta and hated it, he was a fps guy, but we went to MLG and all we watched was SC2, 2 days after he bought the game and is still playing and watches the GSL and other tourneys with me a lot.
One bright day in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight; Back to back they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other.
wolfe
Profile Joined March 2010
United States761 Posts
April 04 2011 08:09 GMT
#204
Lol, I got my roommates hooked.

It's simple. Get together with your friends and don't be afraid to demonstrate your genuine passion and excitement. It's contagious.

I would always watch dailies and the GSL, and eventually they would watch with me. Shortly after they would get just as excited.
Swift as the wind, felt before noticed.
sc14s
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5052 Posts
April 04 2011 08:44 GMT
#205
I stopped playing BW years ago before it even got big in korea, the only thing i did on it anyways was play awesome custom games (in middle school getting stomped by koreans all day sucked where i could play random maps *Art of defence or sunken D rwar*) but i had a RL friend who reintroduced me to BW for spectating which was kinda cool (a year or two ago) and ever since sc2 came out me and him have been big on watching games and playing together here and there. My only awesome accomplishment is ive gotten my GF to start playing thru the game as well as even *gasp* spectate some GSL with me. other than that my little bro only likes FPS competitive gaming and all my other gamer friends either play WoW (I used to play it too alot i will admit) or whatever other FotM game is around. so it can get ronrey but hey not everyone has to or will like what you like.. keep looking i dont mind having 1 rl friend + GF that like the game, thats enough for me.
RoyalCheese
Profile Joined May 2010
Czech Republic745 Posts
April 04 2011 08:46 GMT
#206
I have only like 2 or 3 friends who play sc2 with me, and only 1 of them is irl friend. It's very sad but i can't really blame my other irl friends to rather play LoL which is free to play then investing 70$ to a game which they may not even enjoy.
Kennigit: "Chill was once able to retire really young, but decided to donate his entire salary TO SUPPORT ESPORTS"
goneim
Profile Joined May 2010
China201 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-05 13:46:19
April 04 2011 11:51 GMT
#207
On March 17 2011 00:29 ggofthejungle wrote:
You can't make your friends play sc2 if they don't like it. So you FIND sc2 friends.

How?

You obviously want them to be in the same town as you, so you can meet with them, have LAN parties, etc . This is what I did for my city - Chicago. Put them together.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=178194

Show nested quote +
On March 16 2011 22:26 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Well look, you just made a thread that's gotten a ton of replies of people in the same boat. BW Lan required people in the same room but BNet suffices for people all over. Why don't you guys make a chat and get together online?

Why don't you guys use the TL COMMUNITY SECTION to make REGIONAL threads for your town/urban area? I met tons of people this way. Make it organized, have people PM you their email because having their SC2 ID does no good when they're not online.

YOU!! Yes, right now, you, the guy who thinks there are no SC2 friends in your town, go to the search function, search for your town/area. Don't just search for "Sweden" - Sweden is big. Don't just search for "Ohio" - Ohio is big.

If there is no thread in the TL community section about your city, MAKE ONE, but don't do what these guys did.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=161450
or
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=168119
or
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=124304
or
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=199857
or
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=161205
(one where no one really took initiative)

What's the point of asking "I'm just curious to see how many StarCraft 2 players actually live in the <insert location> area.."

OF COURSE THERE ARE PLAYERS INTERESTED. Have a way to contact them, not TL PMs. "I'll check here from time to time" doesn't work. EMAIL is the best.

Good luck.


Just created a post for all nerds in Germany. Anyone who looks forward to meeting some local people pls check this out:
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CrayonKing
Profile Joined August 2010
Cambodia124 Posts
April 04 2011 11:56 GMT
#208
I think what would help is a better chat channel system...

I miss the wc3 style where they arent these little boxes ... allows for a greater sense of community.
Kar98
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia924 Posts
April 04 2011 12:59 GMT
#209
I've only got one friend who's very into SC2 but it's still great because I go over to his house drink beer and watch the GSL :D. He was the one that first got me into SC:BW back when Tasteless and SDM casted it but unfortunately I had a 256k connection with 400mb download limit so I could barely even watch 1 game due to lag and download limit issues.

It wasn't until SC2 came out did I start to play SC and become involved in the community. I kept talking it up to one of my mates at work and gave him the guest passes that you get with the game and he eventually succemmed . He rarely does 1v1's though and he's in bronze, but sometimes after work me and him we do some 2v2s for some good fun.

If you can find 1 friend that will even listen to your talks about SC2 keep pestering them to watch VODS or the GSL and after a couple of week they too might get the game so you can play it together
J4h
Profile Joined February 2011
United States4 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-04 14:06:58
April 04 2011 14:03 GMT
#210
Think this is my first post lol (probably wil be a wall of text), anyways, I know exactly how you feel man. I consume ridiculous amounts of sc everyday and never play because the 2 friends that I got to get the game, whom seemed to be into it just never want to play or they have no interest in improving or watching anything. Its getting old trying to get them into it, I even went as far as spending an entire day teaching them about builds and everything, but they never get on- for example last time one of my friends logged on was 5 weeks ago lol. The rest of my best RL friends are into xbox fps's and it gets really old having to hop on there and be terribly bored for an hour, and i feel so bad cause I just never want to get on there. I wish I had friends to share my extreme sc passion.

I watch so much starcraft and I never really play because I don't have the motivation to hop on, used to ladder on a friends account and a few trial accounts because I have like an innate fear of losing or looking bad because anything I get into I give it my all and usually come out on top. Even though Ive come to peace that your going to lose alot in starcraft I have no motivation to get on because none of my buddy's are interested. Also still in a race crisis, im constantly changing my mind about what race I want to play and I have the knowledge of a high masters zerg and toss but of course that means nothing without the practice. Ive gotten to diamond when diamond was the highest league.

tldr; id love to have friends bnet or rl that share my passion, and make me want to get on. every day i tell myself im going to get on my account and just ladder, but every time i get to that point im thinking about switching races so i watch streams all day and practice in custom games vs bots till im comfortable then the day i go to ladder im like hmm i should switch back...or how about terran...its just a vicious cycle and its killing me lol

Holy run on sentences and wall of text lol. I'm just looking for people to play with that love the game, pm me if your interested in playing. I'm willing to play with anyone so hit me up.

dAft.484
joeruland43@msn.com
add me on msn/realid/whatever
...
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
April 04 2011 14:52 GMT
#211
Guys, I really can't help my self but to show off: I play SC2 with my wife. Who's not envious, come on? )

We were actually drawn to BW by our friends - back then they played every evening and they had so much fun together and they enjoyed it so much that we actually stopped playing HoMM and got BW, did the campaings and practiced hard so we could be at least remotely even with them and play together. And it indeed was a lot of fun, we would connect on skype and play in different combinations, do cheesy things and all that stuff.

But we never really played BW any good - it is a heck of a difficult game, isn't it?. But we got SC2 shortly after launch and I got really into it, now I am ranked higher in 1v1 than these friends and thanks to the MM system we no longer play against each other all the time, but mostly team quick matches and its hillarious some times.

For me this "social" aspect of SC is really important. I do ladder 1v1 once in a while, but still my wife likes to watch me, I play quite rarely just alone and we discuss the games with friends and stuff.
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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Firesemi
Profile Joined February 2010
Australia87 Posts
April 06 2011 12:43 GMT
#212
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=143606849015366&v=wall

Adelaide - South Australia facebook page.
Hile
Demonzii
Profile Joined May 2010
Netherlands180 Posts
April 06 2011 12:44 GMT
#213
Join TG.
Maynarde
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia1286 Posts
April 06 2011 12:46 GMT
#214
On April 06 2011 21:43 Firesemi wrote:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=143606849015366&v=wall

Adelaide - South Australia facebook page.


South Aussies REPRESENT!
CommentatorAustralian SC2 Caster | Twitter: @MaynardeSC2 | Twitch: twitch.tv/maynarde
goneim
Profile Joined May 2010
China201 Posts
April 06 2011 13:34 GMT
#215
On April 06 2011 21:44 Demonzii wrote:
Join TG.


And wats exactly "TG"?
Day[9] Fan Club Member #516
Twistacles
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada1327 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-06 13:43:55
April 06 2011 13:35 GMT
#216
You can't force it upon people. All you can do is show your passion for it, and let them have access to your GOM accounts. Don't be afraid to link cool games/sc2 related stuff. Always be open to questions and help them improve if you can.

I've got two friends IRL who are really into it. Everybody else either stopped playing or can't broach the gold league, and has no interest in teamliquid/vods.
"If you don't give a shit which gum you buy, get stride" - Tyler
jmols
Profile Joined October 2010
New Zealand41 Posts
April 06 2011 13:41 GMT
#217
All my friends are gamers BUT they all play xbox and FPS's. :/
It's driven me to messaging most people i play in the ladder asking if they want a practice partner just so i can develop some friends or at least people to chat to about SC2.
see you space cowboy...
DImported
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia149 Posts
April 06 2011 13:44 GMT
#218
I have a small group of people I know that I sometimes play some games of starcraft with. A few of them also watch the GSL, but none of them are as competitive as I am. Only one of them wanted to get better, but gave up a while ago and just plays for fun. I actually wish some of them would try to become top players so I have practise partners.
Ingebrigtsen
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Norway343 Posts
April 06 2011 14:01 GMT
#219
You can join the Bronze Practice chat channel, it's a grea mini community, we often do KOTHs while talking on teamspeak:D
"These animals should be rewarded for not being people... I hate people"
Speedhyglk
Profile Joined April 2011
France1 Post
April 06 2011 14:21 GMT
#220
Hi everyone,
I kinda have the same problem. I had lot of friends who bought the game and were active at the early days of the release and we were quite good at it (diamond). I stopped 2 months later because it was too stressfull to play ladder.

The season 2 makes me want to play again, and I don't know how but I manage to stay in diamond. The problem is that I don't want to play ladder and loose a lot of games, and my friends don't play anymore, or 1 game a week. It isn't fun at all.

I want to progress and be in the top 25 master, so if there are people who wants to train with me, i'm up. I'm on eu server, from france, but I speak quite well english.
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