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t_co
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States702 Posts
May 12 2009 21:50 GMT
#1
So recently I was playing some iccup and she decided that she wanted to play too. At first she wanted to play on iccup too but I recommended against it. So she played a few games on my old bnet account and went 0-14 and got discouraged and wanted to play me.

So then I played her. First game was ZvT on Python, me Z at 6, her T at 12. I didn't want to beat up on her too bad so I went for 3 hatch no pool into double expo at corner and other main after pool, then made 36 speedlings and went for dual evo triple gas hive rush, and took another main/nat and both islands after hive and took my hatch count up to 25 at 12 minutes. She said that I was "qi fu ren" (or being mean to her).

So then next game was on othello and I was P, and she was T, and I went trip nexus before gate into 9 base carrier into 9 base mass gate + arb. She said that again and now refuses to play with me.

Do you think I was too mean to her?
"Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, so long as there is money to buy it." --Henry Kravis
s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
May 12 2009 21:52 GMT
#2
it was mean not to show her how to play the game.
I am not good with quotes
Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
May 12 2009 21:52 GMT
#3
There's a thread where you can post a picture of your girlfriend in the General forums.
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5546 Posts
May 12 2009 21:52 GMT
#4
haha i could see that from her point of view, you should have just had fun with her, sent a few marines in when you knew she could take care of them etc
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il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
May 12 2009 21:52 GMT
#5
No, not really but maybe you should teach her.
cava
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States1035 Posts
May 12 2009 21:54 GMT
#6
On May 13 2009 06:52 Ack1027 wrote:
There's a thread where you can post a picture of your girlfriend in the General forums.


hahaha that made me laugh
cava!
Tehinf
Profile Joined September 2008
United States192 Posts
May 12 2009 21:54 GMT
#7
yes, u sabotaged yourself to make her feel good and she took that as an insult
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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary26004 Posts
May 12 2009 21:54 GMT
#8
You sound like a terrible teacher. You're basically going "ahahahaha look how good I am"
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ramen247
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1256 Posts
May 12 2009 21:55 GMT
#9
show her progaming to give her an idea of wtf terran shud do aginst zerg. dont show her recent games. show her old boxer games with highlights that will keep her hooked.
i hate this ugly firebat. i want a marine.
Railxp
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Hong Kong1313 Posts
May 12 2009 21:55 GMT
#10
lol schooling her =/= teaching her starcraft XD

maybe start with micro battles? :0
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s.a.y
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Croatia3840 Posts
May 12 2009 21:58 GMT
#11
On May 13 2009 06:52 Ack1027 wrote:
There's a thread where you can post a picture of your girlfriend in the General forums.


rofl
I am not good with quotes
Zoler
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Sweden6339 Posts
May 12 2009 21:58 GMT
#12
On May 13 2009 06:54 Chill wrote:
You sound like a terrible teacher. You're basically going "ahahahaha look how good I am"


It's difficult imo, you don't wanna beat them really, but they still wanna play you. But I agree.
Lim Yo Hwan forever!
LeperKahn
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Romania1852 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-12 22:09:35
May 12 2009 21:58 GMT
#13
I had the EXACT same reaction from my sister a few years ago when I tired to teach her. She'd say, "I'm not going to be your practice. You're just being mean." This was after she insisted I teach her... I just gave up. In hindsight I was being a jerk. Playing a 1v1 versus someone who just picked up the game is ridiculous.

I really don't know how to induce a different reaction by doing this. This isn't just a hard game it is totally unforgiving. A better player is obviously better than a worse one and you can't do anything about that. It's hard for a new player to start up, even harder if you're being destroyed by someone you have an attachment to while they don't even need to try.

So in my opinion DO NOT PLAY VERSUS HER!

You could 2v2 versus comps. If she doesn't know all the units yet you might even want to try playing together switching off and explaining what you do as you do it. (Team melee even)
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floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
May 12 2009 21:59 GMT
#14
cool story bro
Aylear
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Norway3988 Posts
May 12 2009 22:02 GMT
#15
roflthread.

Yeah, you're pretty much a jackass. You could have played a 2v1 with her against computers to get her started and interested in the game. Aid her, I dunno, to victory or something? But no, you chose to humiliate your girlfriend.

Once again: roflthread.
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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
May 12 2009 22:06 GMT
#16
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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary26004 Posts
May 12 2009 22:08 GMT
#17
It's not that hard to teach people without steamrolling them, come on. Teach her the fundamentals and explain why she should do certain things. Don't even tell her which units are good at the start, just explain where they come from and how they operate. Play 2v1 comp to start.

Of course this is all assuming you actually have an interest in getting her into starcraft.
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DanceCommander
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1808 Posts
May 12 2009 22:08 GMT
#18
You have to teach how to play before you play her lol
anderoo
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada1876 Posts
May 12 2009 22:10 GMT
#19
yeah you were being pretty mean imo
she was just curious about the game and you roflstomped her
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
May 12 2009 22:10 GMT
#20
Did you call her a skilless fucking newbie during the games as well?
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