If you've never read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and you don't want the end spoiled, read no further!
I've really been wanting to dive into Starcraft 2 lately. I've never gotten too into an RTS before and the multiplayer seems like a completely unique experience, so i checked out some matches on youtube... Dear God. I've seen my friends play the game and I knew it was competitive and that it's a phenomenon in Korea, but seeing the top players in action with their 2-300 actions per minute was insane!
I've decided that the Starcraft franchise is a training program for our inevitable war with the aliens. The game is teaching us how to manage resources, allocate our army and research new technologies. Blizzard has whipped people into a frenzy and Korea has created a competitive infrastructure where only the best survive and even they must constantly adapt and create new strategies. It all reminds me of Ender's Game, where Ender finds out that the simulations he was using for training were actually real; he was killing aliens all along!
I don't think we're actively waging war with the aliens yet, but by the time they decide they're bored with Earth's existence, the Starcraft-playing population will be ready to meet them with brilliant strategies and an astronomical number of actions per minute! In essence, Blizzard seeks to save the world. They made World of Warcraft to distract us from the true purpose of Starcraft 2. I'm on to you Blizzard...
I've decided that the Starcraft franchise is a training program for our inevitable war with the aliens. The game is teaching us how to manage resources, allocate our army and research new technologies. Blizzard has whipped people into a frenzy and Korea has created a competitive infrastructure where only the best survive and even they must constantly adapt and create new strategies. It all reminds me of Ender's Game, where Ender finds out that the simulations he was using for training were actually real; he was killing aliens all along!
I don't think we're actively waging war with the aliens yet, but by the time they decide they're bored with Earth's existence, the Starcraft-playing population will be ready to meet them with brilliant strategies and an astronomical number of actions per minute! In essence, Blizzard seeks to save the world. They made World of Warcraft to distract us from the true purpose of Starcraft 2. I'm on to you Blizzard...
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