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So, there I was watching a video of this StarCraft 2 game on YouTube.

Next minute I was in town buying a copy.

I really must learn to control this urge of mine to own shiny new games, all they do is grow the size of my pile of shame.

But there I was anyway, installing this infamous RTS onto my laptop, I mean I might as well try it out now, right?

StarCraft 2 is unusual in the world of videogames and many of its top players can earn a living by playing it, much in the same way top sports players can. StarCraft 2 has an incredibly competitive and deep online system and it’s one of those games you can garner a lot of respect through if you’re good at it. That doesn’t mean you have to be good at it, players are ranked in different ladders and leagues and throughout the course of the “season” you slowly work your way through the ranks and your skill level is determined by your position.

Of course, I’m a long way from even taking it online yet; I barely managed the tutorials which shows you where the mouse buttons are. But nonetheless it’s an intriguing game and one I look forward to taking online.

If I was confident enough, and spoke clearly and articulately enough I would join the ranks of the many on YouTube making commentaries on videos of such things. However I’m not, so I won’t. Instead I’ll keep my thoughts, adventures and opinions safely back here, hidden away on my blog where noone will read them and not out in the open waters of a site like YouTube.

I’ve not really played enough to  to give an honest opinion but it does seem that, like a lot of good games, is surprisingly easy to learn.

I can only imagine it’s also surprisingly hard to master.
Tom



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