What did you learn from starcraft?

[PowerkickasS]

one of nikzad's post started this idea

what has been the most educational (in reality-wise o_o) piece of information you've learned because of starcraft?
mine's from diplomacy 7.7. i know every european country and exactly where they are yay :D too bad it's too late for me to apply it to geography though i never had a geography class in high school anyways.

[ImaGiNe.]

I learned that aliens are dangerous, also I learned never to trust someone who is infested.

Honor Guide Me.

[TerranGod]

i learned...um...that my hands could go really fast? and click faster?
uh....hm...

[FlyingTiger]

I learn that shipping convicts and unwanted people out to the unknown can create whole new worlds and technology.

[Nikzad]

I learn that shipping convicts and unwanted people out to the unknown can create whole new worlds and technology.


so basically, you learned about Australia?


one thing I heard once that I found hilarious:
a friend of a friend was trying to move to Australia and become a citizen. One of the very important pieces of paperwork the Australian government needed to grant citizenship was a criminal record, so they could be sure not to admit any more criminals! (no offense to any Aussies)

[FlyingTiger]

LOL I forgot about that.

haha so ironic eh?

[TerranGod]

i also learned that one day, protoss will come and kill the zergs

[Nikzad]

here is my original post that talks about what SC helped me learn

http://www.starcraft2forum.org/forums/index.php?topic=764.msg28921#msg28921


PS - hey how did the MCATs go Tiger?

[FlyingTiger]

yea the MCATs went well... I felt better than the last time I took it. The test is of course still very hard, but hopefully I did better than last time so I can feel more comfortable applying to med school. I'm free for the summer now! I get my results in a month.

[Nikzad]

hooray for education! stay in school all you young kids!

[Fenix]

I learned that in the Future, everyone will be Texan, Russian, or General American.

[mc2]

I learnt to not over-spend my resources in SC2, which leads to my real life where I no longer over spend my income......

[PowerkickasS]

i learnt that girls play games XDDDDDDDDDD j/k that's dota o_O

[Major Willy]

If I come across a big patch of empty land and it's eerily quiet, there are Lurkers underneath.

[Dreadnought]

Ive learned that the moment we get the technology to make marines power armor we'll all die by lurkers...
( I swear Lurkers turned marines into microwave popcorn - somebody i forgot)

[Shadowdragon]

I learned how to multiply by 12 up to 30. I also learnerd that photoncannons tend to die quick at the hands of eight battle cruisers...

[drewcbarnard]

I learned a whole bunch of useles voice sounds that are constantly stuck in my head after I play the game...My life for Aiur!...Battle Cruiser operational!...Power Overwhelming!...I can't build there...You require more Vespene Gas!..ect...AHHHH...Get them out of my head!!!!!!

[Major Willy]

Sometimes I just gotta construct additional pylons.

[Alasdair]

i learned that no matter how many times i fly around a marine they never miss once, stupid wraiths....

[burkid]

i learned how to spell "overwhelming", "variance", and "operation" from the cheats lol (i was only like 6 or 7 when i started playing lol)

[UchihaItachi0129]

i learned to go with my gut feeling.

[josh]

i learned that humans can adapt to different planets. heck they can even breathe in different planets.

[PowerkickasS]

i learnt JIT (not)

[Lemmy]

I learned a lot of english.

[capthavic]

Let's see I learned:

Always carry extra ammo. (BW opening cinimatic)
Psi blades short out at the worst moment. (Fenix)
Never trust anyone, ever. (Mengsk, Infested Kerrigan, Duran)

[Major Willy]

If all else fails, nuke it.

[DDDx]

I learnd to never ever ever say its your frist time playing, it starts to get unplesent after that.

[zeratul11]

that the best rts game is created by blizzard.

[Nikzad]

DDDx

That is truly hilarious. I'm gonna say that the next time I play on bnet.

:powerup:

[MarineCorp]

I have learned new words and learned that space existed ;D

[JBL]

I've learned mostly from map making..

which introduced me to music making with trackers.. because, (imo) it's pretty much the same thing.. except making music needs much more creation talents.

[Lemmy]

I have learned new words and learned that space existed ;D


I really learnt new english words, seriously. Now im downloading a german version to learn those new words in a new language. I played it in french and learned words like uisine (Factory) and char (tank). So now is time for the deustch.

[DaygoWop]

I learned to never trust a really hot girl with psionic powers ;)

[ArchLimit]

I learned that most girls on Bnet are d00ds... :(

[millions]

I learned that most girls on Bnet are d00ds... :(

HAHAHAH yeah i think 99 percent of girls dont even know whats the difference between a RPG and MMORPG i mean common.... (LOL j/k) .... today my gf and i went to the mall and i told her that im thinking about getting sc battle chest a week ago cuz i lost my sc orginal cd and my brood war is scratched up and i walk to the ps2 section and she was looking for SC....................

[JBL]

I learned that most girls on Bnet are d00ds... :(


so true.. and theres a long story about me on this one,... a bit too long.. anyway

HAHAHAH yeah i think 99 percent of girls dont even know whats the difference between a RPG and MMORPG i mean common.... (LOL j/k) .... today my gf and i went to the mall and i told her that im thinking about getting sc battle chest a week ago cuz i lost my sc orginal cd and my brood war is scratched up and i walk to the ps2 section and she was looking for SC....................


yeah and she could do the same to you with some wierd stuff the guys like us don't really know about.

[millions]

yeah its always like that haha.....oh well

[Broken_Heart]

I learned a lot of English words, like money, gas, tanks, air, ground, etc...

Now im downloading a german version to learn those new words in a new language.

Where do you download it from? I didn't find the torrent in isohunt and torrentspy. I also want to learn German.

[Nikzad]

@ millions - dude at least you have a gf that would help you look for it! it's small things like that that or break a girl in my opinion

her anatomy is another plus hahaha

[Protosscommander]

well when i first playe the starcraft it is so difficult for me to understand this game but then it become easy and ill enjoy it alot awoohhhhhh

[Major Willy]

That's not your dog.

That's a Zergling.

[slugonice]

i learned that SC was soo kewl

and that sc2 is only gonne get better

BLIZZARD dont disappoint us

[MyWifeforauir]

i learnt that staying in a bunker can gurantee that you will not die until the bunker is destroyed. And also you don't die when the bunker explodes... and also yes you'll even live through a nuke!

[millions]

@nikzad yeah that does put things into perspective..... but we have been together for 2 years you forget stuff like that lol

i also learned from sc how many people lose countless hours to video games......go to wc3 web profile stats hours of gameplay......... too bad im one of those people who plays alot of video games... oh well

[StarCraft144000]

What I learned is wow look at all those cool maps I have a idea for one but cant do it.

[-LT-]

I learned that I absolutely need to buy SC2 as soon as it comes out. :)

[Light]

i learned that....35 hours of non-stop playing is tantamount to drinking yourself unconscious.

[BirdofPrey]

I learned never to trust the queen ***** of the universe

[-LT-]

LOL that too

[kenshin72]

i learn what it means to be an rts player which means play real time pros and not always single player all the time

[Hunter]

I learnt that coreans can win very very fast:D

[BirdofPrey]

I learnt that bringing a knife to a gunfight does actually work (if you have a personal shield)

[venado]

I learn that we can be killed by a cloaked dark templar anytime

[pro]

i have 350 apm IRL thats insane...

[PKZeppelin]

Using F10 key instead of Esc for menu :)

[Daseti]

on battle.net i learn't koreans intend on taking over the world since they invaded our servers all the time.

[kuvasz]

I learned a lot of new words for military ranks, equipment and a few words in connection with biology (like carapace ;D) as English is only my second language and hadn't seen those words before.

[Ursawarrior]

i learned that never hit on a hot and sexy officer named kerrigan who has cloaking abilities, deadly accuracy, and has telekinetic abilities, which by the way, makes it unsafe to think naughty thoughts about her................ id LOL but i was traumatized

[CarriersMustReturn]

Giant insects=Acolypse

[Wlck742]

I learned you should never approach a tall humanoid being with no mouth and mysterious blue objects protruding out of their arms

[Alasdair]

i leanred that large flying masses of flesh with little dangly bits ,probably used for landing or picking stuff up, are zerg, and therefore, generally unpleasent

[Gasmaskguy]

I learned that all aliens speak English.

(Maybe not zerglings, but Cerebrates did! :o :P)

[Wlck742]

I learned I should never mass scouts.

[EonMaster]

I learned mas carriers is good only in meneral maps, otherwise, prepare to be owned.

Also, teamwork actually works :)

[StarCraft144000]

I learned how to mess with the tiggers and how to lag the map

[EonMaster]

lol, I also learned that if you have terrible teammates, no matter how good you are, you will lose.