My gf played the campaign, and she actually plays plays other video games (Skyrim, Civ 5). But she just doesn't seem that into SC2, probably because it is too intense (Skyrim you can just pause and save whenever, Civ is turn based). I occasionally ask her to try multiplayer and she says 'yeah I will sometime maybe' but doesn't end up happening.

We (me, her and her bro) play civ a lot, but she (and her bro for that matter) just don't seem into starcraft. You can try do what you can to get her into it (I would actually recommend campaign, since it has a story line + is much less intense than multiplayer), but you may have to accept that Starcraft 2 just isn't for everyone.

fauxreal

United States67 Posts

January 08 2012 03:05 GMT

#63

On January 08 2012 09:29 Bibbit wrote:
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khaldor.

u got the right idea here.

Antares777

United States1971 Posts

January 08 2012 03:29 GMT

#64

Good luck.

I can't even get my friends into this game.

TheAntZ

Israel6248 Posts

January 08 2012 03:53 GMT

#65

On January 08 2012 12:05 fauxreal wrote:

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khaldor.

u got the right idea here.

dat chiseled chest

Heathen

Philippines351 Posts

January 08 2012 04:00 GMT

#66

You should promise her sex if she learns to play SC2

FairForever

Canada2392 Posts

January 08 2012 04:01 GMT

#67

On January 08 2012 09:32 Splynn wrote:
My wife doesn't like Starcraft. Doesn't like strategy games. Doesn't enjoy watching e-sports, and frankly thinks the entire thing is silly.

But she realizes it's important to me, and so she's more willing to watch a really cool clip. When I call to her "JAEDONG JUST WON HIS GAME." I consistently get responded to with "WOOOOO!".

My point is that the trick to getting someone interested in something that they simply have no interest in, is by making it clear that it's very important to you and a part of your life. Maybe they don't get it, and really don't like it. But they should at least be supportive.

She won't play. But every now and then she'll watch a Day9 daily with me (she thinks Sean is funny; so do I). On a rare occasion I can get her to watch an important match. She doesn't understand what she's watching, and I end up spending most of the time explaining stuff, but she's at least willing to put up with it because it's obviously important to me, and we like spending time together. I also go with her to craft fairs hahah.

Worked for me

Something like this.

And it's a give and take too... when I realized that my significant other is more important to me than SC2, it meant giving up the game somewhat.

So yes, hopefully she recognizes how important it is to you, but you should also recognize that she has interests too that you should care about, and sometimes that's more important than Starcraft.

ROOTheognis

United States4482 Posts

January 08 2012 04:05 GMT

#68

On January 08 2012 13:00 Heathen wrote:
You should promise her sex if she learns to play SC2

Rofl. Any gf would be like "LOL w/e'z I don't need it anyways". It's more like the opposite :-P

Semtext

Germany287 Posts

January 08 2012 04:13 GMT

#69

Well, my ex-gf is now constantly bugging me to play 2v2s with her and if we play vs each other i really have to bring my a-game (i'm only gold though, i make a ton of silly mistakes). she started out in bronze in autumn 2010, and is now gold too and even beats me sometimes. although we did break up, we still play together sometimes, but then again she's sort of crashed into the whole "girls playing sc2 scene" and is bonding with anyone who invites her to a skype chat with that topic, and she was an internet/computer girl before...did only just have to push her a bit, didnt need to convince her of how the game is good.

but i can say what made her actually buy the game was when i was constantly watching day9 back in the days, like from #100 - #200 i didnt miss a single live show, and when she slept at my place, she had to watch it with me, and i think that got her really interested. so yeah, show 'em day 9, and be passionate about that something that you love(her, and sc2). because nothing's cooler than that.

Zorkmid

4410 Posts

January 08 2012 04:18 GMT

#70

She's either going to be into it or not. If she doesn't play video games in the slightest....it's not going to happen

tropical

Germany61 Posts

January 08 2012 04:25 GMT

#71

What I experienced is, that if you just stick telling your good friends about your passion for this game, over a long period of time, so that they can see your really into it they get interested in learning more about. They'll eventually ask you to show them something, and here is the point you can't influence anymore, weather they like it of not after constant exposure to your passion for the game is up to them.

Kammalleri

Canada613 Posts

January 08 2012 04:29 GMT

#72

You tell her the Medivac is in love with the Void ray, but its wrong for Terrans to love protoss, but the Medivac is a really strong lady who is ready to take the risk to love a protoss and will love him always and forever

CallmeMuppet

Ireland176 Posts

January 08 2012 04:30 GMT

#73

Just fucking respect her for what she likes and support her in that thinking. Don't force her to like something you like just to get that feeling of "having the same attitude"

If she's interested in sc2 she will tell you, she'll hardly oversee that you are interested in that game obviously.

Shift91

Sweden40 Posts

January 08 2012 04:38 GMT

#74

On January 08 2012 13:30 CallmeMuppet wrote:
Just fucking respect her for what she likes and support her in that thinking. Don't force her to like something you like just to get that feeling of "having the same attitude"

If she's interested in sc2 she will tell you, she'll hardly oversee that you are interested in that game obviously.

who said anything about not respecting anybody or forcing anything onto anybody? also, the cursing isn't appreciated...

stokes17

United States1411 Posts

January 08 2012 04:38 GMT

#75

On January 08 2012 13:05 YoiChiBow wrote:

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Rofl. Any gf would be like "LOL w/e'z I don't need it anyways". It's more like the opposite :-P

not when you're me in bed ^^

Shift91

Sweden40 Posts

January 08 2012 04:41 GMT

#76

On January 08 2012 13:38 stokes17 wrote:

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not when you're me in bed ^^

girls need "le love" way more than guys do in my experience

IronManSC

United States2119 Posts

January 08 2012 04:58 GMT

#77

My girlfriend dated a couple guys in the past who play call of duty, world of warcraft, and dungeons & dragons, and she has seen so much of it that she wants nothing to do with video games to a point where where the guy would rather play games than hang out with her.

She knows I make maps and play starcraft, but she won't get involved. She's not ashamed of it though, and she said if she really wanted to parttake in my hobby, she would, but she doesn't like it. She got me a terran t-shirt though

zanmat0

188 Posts

January 08 2012 05:07 GMT

#78

How about you let her do what she wants instead of forcing her to like your hobby?

InTheFade

United States1721 Posts

January 08 2012 05:11 GMT

#79

My gf is awesome. I was playing pokemon on my emulator, so you know what she does? Asks me to download pokemon for her :D As for starcraft, she has no interest, which is fine, we each have little hobbies that we simply don't understand

TurboBird

13 Posts

January 08 2012 05:12 GMT

#80

Speaking from experience (i.e. I'm female, and my boyfriend got me into the game!) here's what stands out to me that really worked: Be the awesome boyfriend, who also loves SC2. Tell your girlfriend about the accomplishments you're most proud of from the game, how you've worked to get to where you are, etc. Show an interest in her activities, too, from the same kind of standpoint. Be patient in this, but I think if you can show her why it's important to you and why you enjoy it, she'll have an easier time appreciating it. And if you're her biggest fan (whatever her interests may be), she'll hopefully want to return the favor! Good luck, and have fun!