EPTHow do you introduce your friends to StarCraft? - Page 2
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Fus
Sweden1112 Posts
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frajen86
168 Posts
If they don't like the campaign then honestly there's almost no way they will like multiplayer. Maybe some of the random Arcade games though. Ranging from Cortex roleplaying to RPGs to ummmm Pictionary. | ||
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ruypture
United States367 Posts
But the best way to introduce it to someone who's willing to listen is to get across how passionate you are, and show them something about starcraft, IE a video of some sort because introducing someone to something they don't know a lot about by reading is really boring. You kinda have to feed it like piecemeal and not throw everything at them at once. It's really easy to get overwhelmed by the depth of starcraft. Just try to display it as a game that is as deep as you want it to be, and it has an enjoyable experience through learning and playing. | ||
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shid0x
Korea (South)5014 Posts
Then i show them the iron squid stage and other big tournaments moments. I try to introduce them to esport first and then to sc2. Speaking of this i will be doing a lecture about the esport business for my business school (and this actually counts for my master grade ) and a lot of student already asked teachers to be able to attend it ahah. | ||
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SigmaoctanusIV
United States3313 Posts
This is starcraft you should try it. | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
How do you introduce your friends to Starcraft? You don't. I tried. Most people have seen RTS and don't like them. | ||
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McRatyn
Poland901 Posts
All in all I feel like a blind chiken when it comes to introducing SC. You will hit the grain sometime, just hard to say when and who is it gonna be. I'd say you just show them the game and then the ball is in their court, almost impossible to convert someone who's not interested or straght up negative about it. | ||
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Xyik
Canada728 Posts
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Dreamer.T
United States3584 Posts
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Yakikorosu
1203 Posts
On June 13 2014 05:22 Fus wrote: Make them watch starcraft and talk about the players and the personalities, sc2 is much more fun to watch than play for many. This. Show them VOD of a game where the casters are excited and enthusiastic; it's easy to get into the spirit of it even if you don't know exactly what's going on with the game. I've had a fair bit of luck introducing people to SC2 this way even if that person would never play an RTS (or any game much more complex than Angry Birds). Just present it at a type of sport. I often use IEM Katowice 2013 MaNa vs TLO game 4. It's not too long, has a huge enthusiastic live crowd, great casters (Apollo & Khaldor) and Khaldor in particular goes totally nuts near the end of the cast. You can even see the players' faces throughout the game, which helps connect when the viewer isn't really understanding the game. There's a lot of energy--it's just a fun watch. Do NOT try to sit people down and "explain" nuances of the game to people--they'll just get bored. "It's a video game where two armies fight each other" is all the explanation people need. If they're interested in it enough they'll figure it out quickly enough. They can immediately see that stuff is killing other stuff--that's all that really matters to introduce people. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44312 Posts
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frajen86
168 Posts
On June 13 2014 06:18 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I show them Chill vs. CombatEX. Maybe better to show them Firebathero. edit: can't get the embedded video to start at the right time. go to 0:45 | ||
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Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
Now they play LoL  | ||
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canikizu
4860 Posts
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Szgk
Poland112 Posts
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dirtclodmcgee
20 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On June 13 2014 02:49 KelsierSC wrote: Clearly these people you speak of aren't your friends. Playing Starcraft is like getting repeatedly punched in the testicles. Clearly you don't have to share all the same interests as your friends. I love the fact they dumbed it down yet people still cannot wrap their heads around the fact that it takes a refined taste to like any RTS game and that's where UMS and other features come in to keep them occupied. In either case there will always be keystrokes no matter what. It's just how you go about them. | ||
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KonanTenshi
Sweden210 Posts
that's how I got addicted to SC2 back in S1 of WoL, not sure if it's worth to mention SC2 is the first RTS game I ever touched. Also, all my friends I tried to introduct either just say smash button and win, it's to advanced, it's to stale and repetitive(I know but this is what my friend told me, HE said SC2 was STALE and reptetitive compared to WoW ^^). So my tip is from experience, just let them play the game with you and just have fun with it. | ||
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Koromon
United States304 Posts
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T2.Deus
Germany4 Posts
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