Comments on: Why Starcraft II’s important

By: Xcepting

Xcepting — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:27:43 +0000

Hopefully, now that Starcraft is out, Warcraft 4 will also be released. Can’t wait.

Gerry, its a gamer thing. Not a substitute for real life, no, but far more enjoyable than wasting time watching SABC or playing golf and an infinitely more acceptable way to release feelings of violence than say, killing my boss.

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By: Stephen Browne

Stephen Browne — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:04:21 +0000

@Gerry: You are a waste of human breath.

Been playing this game intensely for a few months now. Absolutely brilliant. You just failed to mention that internet access is required for just about everything worthwhile

Be aware that you will start thinking about killing yourself once you hit diamond league play.

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By: Nicola

Nicola — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:47:29 +0000

@Gerry

Would you consider spending hours and hours training for the Olympics a waste of time? I.e. the olympic swimmer spends all their time in the pool when they could be swimming in the “pool of life”?

And if I choose to swim for an hour every day because I enjoy it, am I wasting my time?

Starcraft II tournaments draw massive volumes of spectators internationally. Players have coaches, and win large prizes.

Local SA tournaments attract hundreds of players and act as a chance for people to meet friends who have similar interests.

Watch this space.

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By: Herman

Herman — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:35:09 +0000

@ Gerry
Have you ever taken off your tie? have you ever had a beer after work? oh wait that would hamper your real life experience….
What about the person who completed his masters in statistical analysis based on the chances of drawing a set of cards in a Trading card game?
What about the girl who did her Masters in social linguistics based on the words gamers use when speaking in real life?
Have your real life and “win” at the end of it by ending up rotting in the same earth as the gamers you so clearly despise.

IMHO the world is turning antisocial due to people who refuse to let others enjoy themselves and just slam them for no real reason. Yes there are people who take it to far and play 50 hours non stop but there are also those who would just enjoy two hours of game play after work.

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By: Gerry

Gerry — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:16:25 +0000

Lets see now – 100s of hours of game-play. Cool.

Now, what if we stopped the PC game thing and actually played “the game of life”. If you put in 100s of hours into relationships, self-improvement, learning a skill, what would you get? As opposed to sitting on your ass for 100s of hours shooting aliens with some guy in America calling himself RatSalad?

No thanks – keep your games and waste of life-time. When you complete StarCraft win what, exactly?

When I complete my game of life, I win satisfaction. Id rather have a real experience that I participated in, instead of an artificial experience I essentially just watched – oh, and clicked a few mouse buttons and learn to defeat aliens. Imagine the myriad of useful life-skills you learn while wasting weeks, months of your time playing this.

I appreciate that relaxation and recreation is as part of our psyches as breathing, but is this really the way to go about it?

Is it any wonder the world is turning antisocial?

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By: Dlomen

Dlomen — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:53:04 +0000

woooooooooooooooooooow

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By: Sarai

Sarai — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:52:55 +0000

The gameplay is addictive, the graphics are detailed without being superfluous and it’s an all round awesome game. Well worth investing in. I can’t wait for the Zerg and Protoss campaigns.

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