I don't know about you, but I love encouraging kids to celebrate Starcraft 2 especially eSports.
I am a teacher of one-and-a-half to two year olds and I celebrate Starcraft 2 particularly by cheering "GG, Good Game" almost every day. The 11 kids I teach love cheering and will randomly yell "GG" throughout the day.
View a cute video of me and a couple of my students!
My husband and I also bought his 2 cousins in middle school Starcraft 2 because they showed interest during our video game annual get together. We now play with them almost daily in 3v3. We have them hooked on the Day[9] Daily as well.
As for me and my husband, we watch GSL, GSTL, and MLG as our daily dinner entertainment.
My question to you: What you are doing to encourage future Starcraft 2 gamers and spectators?
It's cool how you get them to say GG and it might be cool if you made them do ceremonies when they win at something or do something awesome. But let's get things straight, I'll help kids love the better game brood war
On April 28 2012 23:25 sc4k wrote: It's cool how you get them to say GG and it might be cool if you made them do ceremonies when they win at something or do something awesome. But let's get things straight, I'll help kids love the better game brood war
On April 28 2012 23:25 sc4k wrote: It's cool how you get them to say GG and it might be cool if you made them do ceremonies when they win at something or do something awesome. But let's get things straight, I'll help kids love the better game brood war
On April 28 2012 23:25 sc4k wrote: It's cool how you get them to say GG and it might be cool if you made them do ceremonies when they win at something or do something awesome. But let's get things straight, I'll help kids love the better game brood war
lol, the question in the end sounds like an accusation but, I actually do nothing to help kids love Starcraft 2, since i'm 22 single and I am the youngest by faaaar in all my family (I got around 20 cousins, the closest to me in age is 27, some of them could be my parents ahah). I'm just never in contact with kids or even teenagers, but that would be a great idea, I mean, myself as a teenager, would have loved, if someone introduced me to Starcraft 2 instead of Counter-Strike etc. I find the community to be mature, nice, you can learn a lot from playing Starcraft 2, I think it is way better for kids than Call of Duty and games like that. Plus it must be awesome having kids randomly yelling GG
On April 28 2012 23:25 sc4k wrote: It's cool how you get them to say GG and it might be cool if you made them do ceremonies when they win at something or do something awesome. But let's get things straight, I'll help kids love the better game brood war
Agreed, first game my kids are going to play is BW, and I'm also going to make them love the Lion King :D
im just gonna lock my kids in there room for 15 hours with water and SC 2 and whoever gets Grand masters first gets to go pro the other.....college lol
On April 28 2012 23:25 sc4k wrote: It's cool how you get them to say GG and it might be cool if you made them do ceremonies when they win at something or do something awesome. But let's get things straight, I'll help kids love the better game brood war
You do know sc2 is a newer starcraft right?
You do know BW is the better game, right?
You know that's subjective right?
Wow I can see this topic getting completely ruined already by BW vs SC2 flamewars... Please don't
On April 29 2012 00:11 mahO wrote: lol, the question in the end sounds like an accusation but, I actually do nothing to help kids love Starcraft 2, since i'm 22 single and I am the youngest by faaaar in all my family (I got around 20 cousins, the closest to me in age is 27, some of them could be my parents ahah). I'm just never in contact with kids or even teenagers, but that would be a great idea, I mean, myself as a teenager, would have loved, if someone introduced me to Starcraft 2 instead of Counter-Strike etc. I find the community to be mature, nice, you can learn a lot from playing Starcraft 2, I think it is way better for kids than Call of Duty and games like that. Plus it must be awesome having kids randomly yelling GG
I 'm just interested in neat ideas. Gotta spread the love.
The only thing I'm in favour of is finding out what my kids or other children like and supporting that, not pushing my personal agenda or interests on them.
If there's something I want to share with them that I think they might like, I might show them once or twice, and then see whether they like it or not. But your idea of yelling SC2 lingo every day as a way to influence your children to do or like something you enjoy seems unethical to me. Although I guess in the end its not a big deal as the kids probably don't understand why their mom yells out two letters all the time, apart from the fact that its apparently entertaining and weirdly fun.
So in principle your idea is something I take issue with, but in practise its ok .
Gonna wait until my kids are the right age, then get them to play every now and then starcraft 2 and Project M. My kids will be mechanically and strategically superior to all!!!
You shouldn't teach them to love SC2, you should teach them to love chess, cards, billiards, and other timeless games that they can enjoy long after sc2 is forgotten
I used to work for the city running after school programs for elementary school childeren back around 2002-2005. After the first year I set up a bunch of ancient computers from parts that were being thrown out and basically ran a class for ~3rd graders teaching them how to play starcraft broodwar. Very rewarding experience, many of those kids are adults now and I certainly hope many of them still play starcraft.
I've posted it before on TL, but here is one of my more prized peices of art work one of my students gifted to me. It was drawn shortly after an hour long lecture/rant I gave the childeren about impropper use of static defense, and how to break players that were employing this tactic (since at their skill level building 500+ photon cannons seemed to be the most effective strategy.)
I don't think I'm doing anything outward in the promotion of SC2 to kids, but I really think what you are doing for the kids you teach are awesome! Starcraft is a game of strategy, and could have a chance to further promote their educational development.
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