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Legionnaire · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 8:22 PM

I haven't been playing much lately. But...

I managed to get my girlfriend to play her first game of starcraft yesterday.

It was one of the most frustrating, and yet happiest days of my life :P

It took her well over 5 minutes to fully understand the most basic things like selecting probes (left click + drag) and sending them to the mineral line (right click). FIVE MINUTES....

She kept selecting them all then left clicking (deselecting) on the mineral line... i was trying so hard not to explode as then she would give up and never play again.

Patience Peter... patience. I kept supporting her as she did good things, and tried to gloss over mistakes.

She would keep building pylons everytime that i told her to build probes.

Surprisingly once we were past that, she got the shift clicking - of building multiple buildings really easily. Along with shift deselecting units. She also picked up hotkeying buildings fairly fast too.

Considering she had no idea what any of the buildings did she did rather well.

She managed to win 2 out of 3 games versus 'very easy' computers. (15k minerals banked) but 2 base allins (at 30 min marks)!

She wanted to play more today.

Potentially the best 2 hours i've ever spent.

The brainwashing has begun

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	Stallion:	GG WP
	nirvAnA:	omg nice!!!!!!
	Antel0pe:	lucky you :)
	NOM:	jelllllllyyyy D:
	FsDronesInJail:	I see you researched mindcontrol on the dark archon :P

Stallion · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 8:23 PM

thats awesome and i think most of us have been in that place of frustration with trying to teach someone new keep at it dude

FSNiseH · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 8:23 PM

You have a loooooong road ahead of you, Good luck! ;p

**TheGentleman** · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 8:25 PM

You show them V.Easy PC's!! gl mate

**inFeZa** · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 8:26 PM

This is awesome!

Good luck man!! Hope she enjoys the game and joins the SWAG (Starcraft Wives and Girlfriends) Crew!
It may be a hit reality show later on.... : D

FvRphoneheha · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 8:28 PM

Holy crap, I think alot of us know how much patience this takes, and I know I've definitely not had this patience in the past. Well done mate and gluck with the brainwashing

Also she sounds like an incredibly quick learner for an RTS noobie O.o

AxSGRiM · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 8:42 PM

omfg.... this has to be the most awesome thing I've ever read... does this also mean you have more time to play Leg

?

Paroxysm · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 8:45 PM

Well played sir!

TCPLemminks · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 8:50 PM

Legionnaire good coach

Asrathiel · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 9:35 PM

lol! Sounds rather like me teaching my 6 year old to play

He was going fairly well against Easy computer last time he played...

Hope she keeps it up!

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mGGNemesis:

haha my 5 year old boy thinks terrans are cool >.<

ThatGuyDoMo · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 10:29 PM

Baller, worlds greatest 2v2 team incoming.

TABjornbrandr · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 10:31 PM

Does this mean you might have some support with any more LAN showings you make? It sounds like a slippery-slope into playing sc2 competitively!

Reere · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 10:32 PM

ggwp! I tired to teach my wife, but she ended up loving Aiur Chef & Starjeweled more T.T~

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NOM:

AIUR CHEF IS THE BOMB <3

VB_WhiplashJC · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 10:39 PM

lol, sounds exactly like the problems miniWheat was having. Good luck!

ToRGreenArchon · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 10:46 PM

Better watch out, she might become better than you :P

Trinion · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 10:50 PM

Haha, I was also really frustrated when I was teaching my girlfriend how to play

I was really proud of her when she finished the tutorial

Then she never touched the game again

NOM · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 10:57 PM

This is what I imagine in my dreams....
Unfortunately that hasn't come true yet.

deth doesn't have the patience and only picks out the flaws in my gameplay.
Even played in tournaments which he either forgot about or cbf'd watching the stream.
Now I feel like playing less games everyday.
I AM SO JELLY RIGHT NOW!

**nirvAnA** · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 10:58 PM

I am still stuck at the "Come watch me play" stage.

But after 1 year of trying, at least I made it past the "What race do i play?" stage.

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Cyanide:

i'd watch you play any day baby

Antel0pe · Sun, 2nd-Sep-2012, 10:59 PM

i don't even have a girlfriend ;;

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PiG:

SC will be mad you said that... :P

**x5_dot** · Mon, 3rd-Sep-2012, 12:57 AM

Awww that's so awesome!

Keep it up Leg! When you're as new to it as she is (I remember this part well) it really does take a looooong time for things to sink in and start to make sense. Just continue being patient and you'll see how far she can go!

2v2 tournament for gamers and their gf's (with appropriate handicaps) <---- someone make that happen! :P

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mGGDrGooSe:

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