[Legionnaire]

Day 3 of the great experiment.

The test subject has needed little encouragement to try again. She came to me late last night wanting... nay... needing to learn how to control the might of the Protoss race.

This time i matched her versus a tougher opponent in different sector. It was a pretty valley, known as 'Ohana'. I remained as hands off as i dared, and was only forced to step in once, to stop the first rush by the formidable 'easy' ranked computer. Beyond that she showed great tenacity in destroying her Terran opposition.

Can the others be right? Is she truly the child of destiny that we have waited so long for?

I try not to dwell on the thought, i fear that even a whisper of the truth may cause it too vanish like smoke in the wind.

The subject has managed to grasp a number of basic concepts quite well, things that have taken other controllers years to master. And yet, she stubbornly continues to 'construct additional pylons' whenever she is prompted to build probes. Perhaps this is an innate reaction or a defense mechanism trying to protect her from the barrage of my psychological experimentation.

Alas, we have no time, i must forge ahead. We have come to far to fail at the final hurdle. But still, i stay awake at night pondering... have i done enough? Is there more that i could do? Do we still have enough time to change the course of history before the heart of the swarm envelopes us all?

As such, I have been forced against my will to begin phase 2 of the operation. Commonly referred to the 'honey' or 'award' approach.

I have promised that if she does well, i will allow her to play a special 'campaign' mode, in which she can learn the inner workings of the Terran empire. The allure of this reward has proved irresistible for the subject, and she appeared to try harder to win my approval.

She is keen to try this secret game type, perhaps i will allow this, or perhaps i will leave it enticingly just out of reach of her grasp for a while longer yet. I am still to decide what the best course of action should be.

Perhaps the choice will not be mine to make, if she is truly the one, perhaps she will make the choice for me.

Time will soon reveal that answer.

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	Maynarde:	11/10 <3
	Stallion:	nice post more please :D
	Asrathiel:	Bwahahahaha!
	ToRPandarine:	wht maynarde said 11/10
	ETL.ViTaL:	Why are you not an author?

[inFeZa]

Girls love aiur chef

[nGenLight]

I taught my girlfriend the 4gate in 1 session, she is now in diamond from never having touched the game

























JUST KIDDING.
I showed her this thread, and was delighted to hear "teach me Starcraft" as her response!

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NOM:

aww shieeet

[LordByrnsy]

LOL light u almost had me with that... I was like DIAMOND!?! REALLY? i was sad... =( but now i know u troll i happy again ^_^

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syfChadMann:

4gate is how rayray got GM..

[BAD.BiGbiRd]

Leg, just when i thought you couldn't be more amazing then BAM. I dont have a GF (Insert joke about nerds and GF's here) but my mum (Insert another joke) was looking up SC2 stuff when she found out i was in WCS and somehow found out about Starjewelled....luckily her PC is about 50 years old and wouldn't run SC2 because she almost bought it just for that rofl

On topic keep up the good work Peter i expect to see her at WCS next year haha :P

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	SLCN.Kez:	Boyfriend then...? :D
	ETL.Branno:	omg scares me just thinking about my mum playing sc2
	Asrathiel:	lol my mum plays Diablo, but not sc2
	NOM:	BiGbiRd's mum has got it goin' on!

[dippa]

Originally Posted by Legionnaire

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

YOU FOOL NOW SHE'LL WANT TO PLAY TEAM GAMES

what have you done pete!!!!

[inFeZa]

Who wouldn't want to play them games with legionnaire!

[Flamga]

I should be joining this as well, she will play but wont buy her own copy. Something about it being too expensive lol

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	mGGNemesis:	Simple. Just get her a copy for her birthday :P
	mGGDrGooSe:	get HOTS, hand me down WoL. HOTS appears on birthday wish list

[ToRPandarine]

Originally Posted by dot89

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

the logistical headache ><

wish i had a gf oh well...this was a cool read..always nice when your significant other decides to pick up your interest ^_^

[ninja brett]

yeah 2 v 2 comp would see mafia and zeph and glade and livi destroy every other couple

[inFeZa]

SWAG 2v2 Tournament ...

gogogoogo

[Maynarde]

I used to 2v2 with Kali all the time She has been getting busy though with work and dancing (and Skyrim expansion)

[NOM]

2v2 Tournie should include some guy on guy action too. but have like a limit to only 8 groups imo or else it'll go for too long.

To make it more fair on lower leveled players we should have something simmular to the trials of xel'naga, where the obs gives more units /gold ect to the lower league players.
CUSTOM MAPS GAIZE

If you didn't watch it on the weekend

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syfCabracan:

I approve of this message

[ToRPandarine]

Originally Posted by NOM

2v2 Tournie should include some guy on guy action too. but have like a limit to only 8 groups imo or else it'll go for too long.

To make it more fair on lower leveled players we should have something simmular to the trials of xel'naga, where the obs gives more units /gold ect to the lower league players.
CUSTOM MAPS GAIZE

+ [vids] +

If you didn't watch it on the weekend

get someone to load up the maps onto SEA and I will personally organize this tourney...Panda's Honour

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NOM:

not sure if it's public or not but i know that there is a simmular mod that TA used to play on

[inFeZa]

Originally Posted by NOM

2v2 Tournie should include some guy on guy action too. but have like a limit to only 8 groups imo or else it'll go for too long.

To make it more fair on lower leveled players we should have something simmular to the trials of xel'naga, where the obs gives more units /gold ect to the lower league players.
CUSTOM MAPS GAIZE

If you didn't watch it on the weekend

I really really love this!
I would love to see this in Plunder Down Under #2? Yes Yes Yes. kgo

[Omny]

My own experience is so similar to Leg's that im quite sure its happened to so many people whether teaching friends or girlfriends. I think the only key point about teaching your GF is the "dont explode or she'll never play again" thing. My missus is pretty interested in SC2 from a spectators standpoint and i know she would like playing too, but its a fairly long learning curve for her. I got her doing a basic one base blink build against computer, she got up to normal i think so far. To be honest, i think the best thing we could all do for getting our respective girls into SC2 is to introduce them to -eachother-. Dum dum dumm.

Is it just me, or do the ladies have a thing for Aiur?

Edit: I think the initial problem for some Ladies when they havent played many fast paced mouse games in the past is that they need time to get their very basic mechanics down, so they feel fluent when operating the game. I made my partner play the campaign first, regardless of how much "practicing terran wont help!" :P - Get that crystal going and its all good though, 5some protoss missions perfect for getting any mans better half down with controlling units

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NOM:

It's either Protoss or Zerg :P

[fur]

It's true, women like the shiny protosses.

My gf knows I play "terrans" and that's about it. She has some pretty sold Mario Bros. skills (SNES emulator ftw) but has never played a PC game as far as I'm aware. But that's ok!

[VoxMSI.Rogue]

I have been talking to a few Barcrafty NZ ladies who all have SC2 playing partners about doing a fun night each week where we do some team games and they have some fun while learning to play, have a skype call with a few laughs etc!

If anyone else has a gf who would want to join in and have some fun there is no judgement at all!

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	ninja brett:	the quest begins....
	Omny:	Best idea. Ive got one for you for sure. Will PM.
	mGGDrGooSe:	weekly female drunk craft streamed?? Get all the goss on camera

[FaDeBadger]

Can't say my gf is interested in playing SC2 but I have infected her with the WoW bug

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Omny:

Get her cured before it hollows out the inside of her head and makes a nest!

[ToRPatto]

*golf clap* well done. Never going to happen for me and if it did, she would watch and pick up the mistakes that I would do.