Starcraft multiplayer requires some very specific set of skills in order to be successful. I don't have them. Here are my thoughts on it anyway.
Ahead of the curve.
Some have identified this very quality. I highly recommend looking into the presentation that Jane McGonigal made on the positive merits of video games. She does an excellent job of discussing how the efforts of gamers could be used to make a huge difference in the world. If you think about it, it makes sense. My most successful video game experience has to be WoW raiding. I spend quite a bit of time working on strategy, reviewing metrics on how I did, and thinking of small ways to improve my overall performance. If I could find some sort of way to be that motivated about my day job, the sky would be the limit. Now move that into the issues that really matter in this world and we would be much further ahead as a society than we are today. Jane’s point is that games are showing us all the wonderful things we are capable of. Now we just need to focus them.
The release of Heart of the Swarm got me thinking about SC multiplayer again. The competitive side of me really wants to give this another go. Perhaps I am a bit wiser today. Perhaps this time it will just click and I will know what I need to do. More likely though, I will just be spinning in circles. I don’t seem to have the ability to react fast enough to be successful. More importantly, I am not finding the process of trying to learn this particularly fun.
I suppose that is what it all comes down to at the end. If I am not motivated to work on getting better at this skill because it does not give me any satisfaction, I am probably not going to be good at it. The strategy game approach I seem to like is connected with a slow and relaxed approach where the game can last for an hour. It’s not what works in the long term though. I feel nothing but respect and awe for all of you successful at this game. I think you are displaying a dedication and drive that very few people have towards anything in their entire lives. Just remember that all of those skills are transferable and you have a chance to use them to make a big difference in the world.
