EPTIt's just not for everyone I guess.
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CellTech
Canada396 Posts
It's just not for everyone I guess. | ||
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A.J.
United States209 Posts
I guess you could say SC2 was in style among the casual/ ConsoleFPS crowd when it first came out. | ||
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Doomblaze
United States1292 Posts
I have 5 friends who convinced me to buy and another 20 or so who got it it because they were saying how awesome it was, we all started playing 1v1, in 2 weeks 10 of them quit, 10 of them only play custom games, 1 just started playing 1v1 again, and the other 4 play teams or cusoms occasionally. Most of them play LoL. SC2 is a very time consuming, stressful game, and its way too difficult for most people. my friends who play 1v1 occasionally are all in plat, one just got promoted to diamond when i got promoted to masters, and the different between the bottom of diamond and masters is absurd, he cant beat me no matter what he does. Hooray for hardcore games, weeding out the weak! | ||
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Banchan
United States179 Posts
A large issue for new players is the pure amount of effort that must be put into the game before even getting one's first legitimate win. There is no real tutorial on how to play multiplayer and despite the availability of resources such as liquipedia, many people are quite lost about what to do in 1v1. That leads into another rather large problem: people like winning. A lot of my friends simply beat the campaign then quit after 5-6 ladder games. The campaign is designed to be winnable by the average gamer, something that attracts a large group of people. Conversely, people hate losing; just think about how many times have you been BMed on ladder. In my opinion, it is not a player who desires to get better at starcraft that actually stays and grinds it out until the higher leagues, but rather someone who is willing to gracefully accept losses and move on - something that is sorely lacked in the stereotypical modern gamer screaming over his mic or blaming his partners for dragging him down. I consider myself lucky since I have several realID friends around my skill level in 1v1 and quite a few that are active in ladder games despite being in lower leagues. | ||
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Ben...
Canada3485 Posts
Everyone else has either quit altogether or just plays customs (Star Battle and other crap like that.). Once in a blue moon they will log in and get me to play team games with them but that's about it. I am glad that people are being weeded out. This means only the devoted are staying, making the level of play improve (hopefully). More players who play for the late game and fewer one basers. | ||
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CellTech
Canada396 Posts
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a9arnn
United States1537 Posts
Also, I've found it a lot easier to get my friends into SC2, compared to BW. Before, I had to show them Cholera's Reach commentaries and even then, I'd only be able to get them play Fastest Maps (D  , and 1 friend to play 1v1s with me. Now, there's so much English commentary out there, I have gotten so many of my friends into SC2. Granted they're still not that great, but it's a start, and they'll be good one day maybe  . | ||
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Banchan
United States179 Posts
On July 29 2011 14:33 CellTech wrote: My buddy said his entire store (tiger direct, it's a large chain computer and electronic store) bought the game. Like 12 people+. One guy therewas better than everyone, so 11 of them just stopped playing. What's happening to people these days?! I have awesome rivalries with 2 of my friends in everything from tennis, to cod, to Starcraft, to billiards, to weightlifting. When I win in one these games, or perform better at something, it MOTIVATES them to get better. And vice versa. So many people just give up that it's disgusting. Rivalry usually implies that both parties have a decent chance at victory The chances of someone getting 2-3 lucky kills in CoD are pretty high compared to the chances of a bronze taking a game off a master. When people see something as hopeless, most will just give up | ||
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imPERSONater
United States1324 Posts
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Garnet
Vietnam9035 Posts
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FLiPNoTiK
United States62 Posts
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Werk
United States294 Posts
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
Why I stopped finding it fun is a good question that I'm not even sure of the answer too. Was it the game? the environment (Bnet) I don't know. | ||
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RogerShah
Netherlands131 Posts
On July 29 2011 16:03 Greg_J wrote: There are other reasons why people might leave. I myself just found I didn't enjoy the game anymore. I was playing it because I wanted to get better and not because it was fun and then suddenly realized I'm not enjoying myself anymore. I realized I was committing probably 2 hours a day to something I didn't enjoy and came to the conclusion it wasn't worth it any more. Why I stopped finding it fun is a good question that I'm not even sure of the answer too. Was it the game? the environment (Bnet) I don't know. That could have been my post. I only play ffa once in a while. Keep watching streams though. | ||
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eloist
United States1017 Posts
If 11 out of your 12 friends stopped playing rather quickly, then this is actually growing. Does show that the game is going much stronger in the US and EU than in Korea though. Battle net 2.0 is a lonely place though. That part somehow worked better in WC3. | ||
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CellTech
Canada396 Posts
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HubertFelix
France631 Posts
I guess a lot of people just leave the game because of the crappy bnet 2.0. I hope they update bnet with the releases of heart of swarm/diablo3. | ||
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
On July 28 2011 10:10 Highways wrote: Most my friends don't play SC2 anymore, they still watch progaming and streams though. I hope blizzard fixes up bnet so it's more fun. + Show Spoiler + Seriously Bnet should be promoting a community in it: [...] - Unranked automatching [...] Unranked automatching would lead to a nearly dead ladder. Most people would prepare in unranked matches and only ladder when they feel they are ready. Ladder gets harder, leading to an even greater use for unranked automatches. I think we need a shift in the community mindset. "Hey you are Bronze top 25 in your division? That's great, man! Can we watch a replay together where you won?" Shared replay watching is essential imo. SC2 lives through the community experience. | ||
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Snowbear
Korea (South)1925 Posts
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dream-_-
United States1857 Posts
Keep in mind however, I dont give a crap about any if this, I just want to play my game and be completely anti social while I am doing it. However I think this is the opposite of what most people are looking for. | ||
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