[Next_rim]

Been reading about all the cool sc2 community lan events, and got jealous. We have a decent gaming culture here in Almaty (where I currently reside), but it all revolves around Dota, CS, COD and maybe some other pop ez mode games. I know only one more person from this place who plays sc2, but he is bronze and very bad. Community is very scarce, and finds itself untied with the Russian community online only.

Some 10 years ago, my friends and I would spend 24/7 in internet cafes playing all kinds of games, wc3, NFS, Rune, CS, Sudden Strike and more, just to name a few. Also, we are all fans of RPG's, and in general are computer game nerds.

Now, I'm penetrating ladder, while they all talk about guild raids on broken bosses. They are all playing WoW on a pirate server (cuz them noobs are unemployed and broke). I used to play WoW on US server when I was in college, but quit some 2 years ago. Back then we all had a common game to discuss, which fueled hanging out and conversation.

I tried to lure them into sc2, but they all said they will never be good, cuz sc2 is hard and requires skill (true, but hell, why refuse to play it right here then without even trying?).

They are all good gamers, but are chronically bad at RTS (except for one, who taught me wc3 basics, until I took off on my own in Fp, then Bru, then Empire). Since I've played so much already, and am getting better with each day, skill gap is growing uncontrollably, and they refuse to 1v1 me. We never play, cuz they are all 100% convinced I'd win. They awe at pro sc2 players pulling off miraculous wins. They have respect for wc3 pros and their stupidly perfected micro. But they never want to play the game themselves.

How do I make them play sc2?