[Legionnaire]

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]

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]

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

[TheGentleman]

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

[inFeZa]

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]

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]

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]

Well played sir!

[TCPLemminks]

Legionnaire good coach

[Asrathiel]

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]

Baller, worlds greatest 2v2 team incoming.

[TABjornbrandr]

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]

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]

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

[ToRGreenArchon]

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

[Trinion]

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]

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]

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]

i don't even have a girlfriend ;;

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PiG:

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

[x5_dot]

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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[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.

[Asrathiel]

Originally Posted by fur

It's true, women like the shiny protosses.

Hehehehe they're so pretty

[Pox]

My right hand is pretty good at sc2.

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Maynarde:

lol

[ToRDolo]

My left is pretty handy too.

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	ETL.ViTaL:	where'd u get that from? The second hand shop?
	TCPLemminks:	Pft I use both

[Legionnaire]

Day 4 of the great experiment.

It appears the answer to my question has arrived quicker than i could have ever imagined. My fears have been proven unfounded, yet frighteningly omniscient.

Last night, she dreamt about StarCraft for the first time. Surely this is a sign, that she is 'the one'.

I continue to fear that in my haste to obtain an optimal outcome, that perhaps i am pushing too hard, surely it is too early for these dreams to have commenced. I must slow down my attempts at mind control, else risk losing all ability to manipulate her...

My greatest fear is that perhaps she will realize that she is the subject of experimentation.

I have been called away on other matters, so i am yet to question the subject to find out which path she will take due to these dreams. Will it scare her away? or has the addiction already sunk into the deep recesses of her soul forcing her to play more, to crave the purification of the brainless Zerg. To desire the destruction of the anarchist Terrans... I can only hope.

I will find out tonight.

The experiment continues...

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	TAEdgE:	i love you
	ninja brett:	please never leave again

[NOM]

Building probes instead of pylons is a womans thing. I do it all the time too

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	Legionnaire:	Other way around. I tell her to build probes, and another 3 pylons appear.
	mGGNemesis:	She worries about being supply blocked :D

[AuXCoolpuff]

That's why your a legend legionnaire :P

[inFeZa]

The transformation is happening!

Just wait until she finds out about the story line, Aiur Chef and Starjeweled :P

[Maynarde]

Originally Posted by Legionnaire

Last night, she dreamt about StarCraft for the first time. Surely this is a sign, that she is 'the one'.

I remember when my gf had her first dream about being a probe trying to block a ramp against a 6 pool in the first person. It sounds like a horrible nightmare but I was still so happy T_T

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	syfChadMann:	Mainly cause you were the phag 6 pooling her.. cheesey fkn beta m8
	NOM:	bahahaha
	Omny:	Its a ballsy mission to be assigned with, thats for sure. Id never even considered the 1st person horror..

[syfChadMann]

Pete, this is amazing mate. Mate sure the evils of UMS don't take her from the ultimate dominance of 1v1 that she is destined to attain.
good luck,

Entaro, For Auir.

Maynarde, I play both Protoss and Zerg.. thinking about learning Terran so I can random..

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	Maynarde:	"Entaro" from the dude who switched to zerg fulltime, bloody phag m8
	inFeZa:	^

[NDG.Stitch]

This reminds me of teaching my Dad how to play SC2 a few months ago. It's very touching since he brought me into the world of RTS first when he introduced Red Alert 2 to me!

[inFeZa]

Originally Posted by EveStitch

This reminds me of teaching my Dad how to play SC2 a few months ago. It's very touching since he brought me into the world of RTS first when he introduced Red Alert 2 to me!

My dad just plays word games like Wordament for Windows Phone.... It is a fun game tho n_n

[Meatex]

I tried with my Korean GF
She actually picked up things like mining and making units quickly but stuff like controls groups and abilities she couldn't handle.
Tried doing bronze league 2v2's on Korean server but she would get too frustrated from losing so she quit

[ninja brett]

My dad use to play so much Sc1 and BW like 10+ hours a week, never online but just in customs in the 7v1 match up haha

[SleekDaElite]

Nice! It begins then! That's how i started out and now my GF sits down to watch GSL with me and we cheer on our favorite players together. Its Great! Hope she sticks with it for you!

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ETL.ViTaL:

^Bro u spelt grammar wrong in you Ninja grammar edit