Why Startups Should Only Hire Good StarCraft Players

Re:Why Startups Should Only Hire Good StarCraft Players by cageface on Friday September 03, 2010 @11:01PM (#1661872)

A really good pianist can literally bring me to tears with the skill and feeling of his art. No RTS player, no matter how brilliant, will ever do this. I admire Olympic athletes but an artist that can make me look at the world in an entirely new way or make me feel something I've never felt before is on a different level, IMO.

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Re:Why Startups Should Only Hire Good StarCraft Players by Dove on Friday September 03, 2010 @11:35PM (#1661925)

Some of my most treasured memories, even years later, are epic games with friends at the peak of our skills. You may not see the art in it, but that doesn't mean there is none.

Some people juggle geese.

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Re:Why Startups Should Only Hire Good StarCraft Players by cageface on Friday September 03, 2010 @11:54PM (#1661968)

I've had many of those myself, but the original question was why most people have more respect for pianists than gamers and the answer is that most people find the Moonlight sonata moves them in a way the goose juggler doesn't.

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Re:Why Startups Should Only Hire Good StarCraft Players by blasdel on Saturday September 04, 2010 @03:17AM (#1662233)

Prepare to cry over a Starcraft2 endgame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOY2ve7zHb4

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Re:Why Startups Should Only Hire Good StarCraft Players by pclark on Saturday September 04, 2010 @06:25AM (#1662449)

that is the greatest thing i have ever seen - literally laughing out loud.

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Re:Why Startups Should Only Hire Good StarCraft Players by pclark on Saturday September 04, 2010 @06:17AM (#1662441)

Video games can do this - Starcraft is a poor example of a video game with emotion, but they do exist. (Metal Gear Solid, for example)

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