I have loved Star Craft since it was first released, and I sucked at it. But I could blame only myself, so I played & played & played & played & played...there were some long breaks in there, but I have always come back.
When SCii was announced I was So Happy, I bought a Beta key on ebay (so not approved of by Bliz., but some things just gotta be done) & started playing it in Nov. 2009.
I have never been better than Platinum and am currently Silver, and yet I still love the competition.
I am a 52 yr. old disabled Vet. with chronic pain & Major Depressive Disorder - I have on more than a couple of occasions found myself grinding game after game, after game, while wanting to get the Shotgun out of the closet and ending it all. My wife NEVER complains about me playing this game 50 hr. per week, because she sees it as my life vest; when floating in the sea of self destruction, I seem to cling to this game.
There have never been a game before starcraft that was so honest with its players. From the moment the game starts, to the victory or defeat screen, every action is within purely within your control. While for many other games, the victory or loss can be attributed to your teammates, you are truly alone once the game starts and everything that happens afterward is up to you. The game is only truly reflective of your ability against your opponents and whether I rage, or I throw my hands up in joy, I know that it was because of what I have put into the game and have truly outdone my enemy.
I love StarCraft 2 because it is hands down the best game. It's enjoyable at the casual level and viable as one of the most competitive e-sports.
Balance complaints, complaining about cheese, allins, etc.. this is just the result of how much I love StarCraft. I don't complain about these things in other games because simply put... I don't care enough.
At the end of the day StarCraft is the game that I come back to every time. Other games are fads. StarCraft has been a part of my life since 1998 and will likely continue to for quite some time.
I love SC2 because of the thrill of watching games, copying builds, and struggling to learn them on ladder.
I first started out Bronze (like.. most people with no other meaningful RTS background), and discovered the professional scene from my godlike Gold friend. The first series I ever watched was MMA vs DRG in the Blizzard Cup and well, you could say it was somewhat of a love at first sight. I couldn't believe how great games could be, and all the glorious hype and atmosphere was in professional scene.
Following that was what I look back as somewhat of the golden years of GSL finals... DRG vs Genius was fun and wonky, and then of course MVP vs Squirtle was a whole other level of madness. Through watching games and studying streams... I 'quickly' surpassed my old mentor and eventually finally made it to masters in one of the final seasons of WoL.
For me, it always felt like there was a direct correlation between execution and success.. and as my mechanics and understanding of the game grew, it felt nice seeing immediate improvement in my ladder games. I think it's wonderful as a guy who loves to pass blame that when I lose, there's nobody to blame but myself.
I love StarCraft II because it changed/ruined/saved my life.
I've been a Blizzard fan since they were called Silicon & Synapse and made games on the Super Nintendo. WarCraft II was my first RTS experience, but I wasn't completely blown away until StarCraft came out. I was just a kid and didn't have an adequate internet connection, so I just enjoyed the campaign and the expansion until finally I could play some 3v3 with friends. I always picked Protoss and was impatient to destroy everything with Carriers. I only learned about the Korean eSports culture upon seeing the movie Resurrection of the Little Match Girl. I'm pretty sure I watched some BoxeR & Nal_rA clips after that but didn't think much of it besides being impressed and amused by people screaming at Bunker Rushes and Psionic Storms.
I was more into Counter-Strike and other FPS games at the time, and didn't really play seriously until Wings of Liberty Beta. It was pretty much everything I'd hoped for, but my PC didn't run it smoothly enough to survive in Ladder. I finally found this site by accident some time after the full game was released and got hooked into (mostly Korean) competition in both games, namely GSL/GSTL/SPL. I witnessed some amazing streaks by Flash, and he became my favourite player, despite Terran being the least enjoyable race to play for me (I rooted for all the Protoss players in SC2). Team leagues are #1 for me, so KT was a natural choice as I've watched three core players (Stats and Zest obviously being the other two - too bad about Action and others...) for so long, tying the two games together.
I got a new computer in 2011 and I found myself playing, watching, thinking or talking about SC2 all the time. I would go over build orders and F5 LR threads (I eventually registered to ask about some song in GSL) at work, and doing shifts allowed me to watch most Korean streams. I was also fortunate enough to have co-workers who were into it as well, so we'd slack off and plan team game strats. We even had a few lan parties and once went undefeated for like 12 hours in 4v4.
I've played as Random for the most of my SC2 career, with a focus on P/Z in 1v1 and Z in team mode. I'm currently practicing Terran, so it's amazing how much there's still to learn. I more or less love all of the match ups, and I would rank them as such:
TvT - awesome to watch and play ZvT - the most iconic one I guess, Protoss sadly always felt like the third wheel PvT - I just like killing Terrans *shrug* PvP - so volatile and wacky PvZ - Forcefields... I miss Archon Toilet ZvZ - fun to play but too often sooo boring to watch
Sometimes it feels like there's too much content with the campaigns, various multiplayer modes, achievements, videos, streams and tournaments going on, but I just can't shut it out for long periods of time. Thanks to smart phones, I can get my fix and not miss any KT games on the move.
I love Blizzard, Team Liquid, KT Rolster and all things StarCraft. I can't wait for LotV!
Here's to at least another 5 years! I don't have Twitter, hashtags belong to IRC.
Naniwa worker rushing Nestea PartinG vs. MarineKing regame disaster Staying up until the dawn to see Stephano win NASL elfi facing IdrA in IEM finals InCa and his DT's When Cheese Fails and LagTV GomTV Player Naama winning DH BBS and BBB Naniwalk MKP defending 6pool with CC first That one Rain vs. BoxeR TvT MY LIFE FOR AUIR SCV's stuck inside Geysers Khaydarin Amulet Day 9 Dailies PuMa and 1/1/1 Mvp vs. Squirtle game 7 GhostKing and his puppy MKP lifting to gold on Metalopolis ZeNEX losing all its players to better teams and looking for the THING Gumiho being a monster in more than one GSTL finals That one Kiwikaki vs. Stephano game
On July 20 2015 04:41 OtherWorld wrote: I love SC2 because ROACH
As a fellow fan of ROACH, this is the best answer.
GLORIOUS
In all seriousness though, I think the thing that I love the most is that even in this ultra competitive game and scene, winning isn't everything to me. My favourites are favourites; win, lose, or draw. And there's too little in life that generates that kind of devotion. #GoodbyeSquirtle
Either way I stopped playing after WoL but still watch PL/GSL/other majors. Game is interesting enough to keep me watching, so something is going on right.
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