ever teach someone how to play?

ever have to teach someone how to play a videogame?

my example is teaching gameing in general but w/e

my bestfriend's girlfriend didnt play video games, at all, but she wanted to learn. im good friends with his girlfriend, so i was like "ill help ya learn", and ive been tryin to teach her since (a month ago), and shes gettin better, but she still is really bad :P

but regardless, i find it kinda fun to teach her, so i have no problem with it.

ever have to walk noobies thru any given game and if so, how did you feel about it? (usually when i do it online to people i dont know, i get annoyed)

every time i play online,i teach people how to play with my crazy skills:P

I taught my wife how to play on my PS2 and now she has her own PSP and Wii that she plays with on a regular bases. I also taught a buddy of mine that at the time thought adults shouldn't waste there time playing games. He learned to play NCAA, that was back in 03 and he's still gaming strong.

my little brother, alot of what he knows, was taught by me

Sure, I gave my friend a lesson in Street Fighter and taught him how to use Blanka.

I recently sat next to my mom as she went through the tutorial and first few levels of Scribblenauts. She could keep up pretty well, but there were a few parts when she got hung up and confused. Of course, it was easy for me to see what she was missing, and I tried to point it out to her without that geez-mom-it's-so-obvious tone in my voice, but it was surprisingly hard.

Why is that? I know that she doesn't play games and that obviously I'm going to understand them in a way she doesn't, but I still felt impatient with her. The knowledge gap is kind of weird. I mean, my mom's a smart lady, so I expect her to pick things up quickly. I guess the problem is that video games are such a niche skill. When learning about other new things, she can usually relate them somehow to other things she's learned and other life experiences. But video games have such specific internal logic that there are fewer touchpoints in her knowledge base that she can draw from, and therefore it's more confusing.

I have trouble keeping that in mind when I introduce games to non-gamers (though I'm a freakin' pro at explaining Rock Band by now). You gotta be patient, and for me, I have to remember to be way more patient than I think I need to be. Otherwise I get a little snippy, the noobs get frustrated, and no one is happy.

Best moment our Scribblenauts session: She was trying to gather some items for a gardener, and ended up conjuring an axe. She had it equipped, then tapped Maxwell by accident, which caused him do drop it... right on to the gardener's head.

"Why did I just fail the level?"

"Because you axe-murdered the gardener, mom."

I recently sat next to my mom as she went through the tutorial and first few levels of Scribblenauts. She could keep up pretty well, but there were a few parts when she got hung up and confused. Of course, it was easy for me to see what she was missing, and I tried to point it out to her without that geez-mom-it's-so-obvious tone in my voice, but it was surprisingly hard.

Why is that? I know that she doesn't play games and that obviously I'm going to understand them in a way she doesn't, but I still felt impatient with her. The knowledge gap is kind of weird. I mean, my mom's a smart lady, so I expect her to pick things up quickly. I guess the problem is that video games are such a niche skill. When learning about other new things, she can usually relate them somehow to other things she's learned and other life experiences. But video games have such specific internal logic that there are fewer touchpoints in her knowledge base that she can draw from, and therefore it's more confusing.

I have trouble keeping that in mind when I introduce games to non-gamers (though I'm a freakin' pro at explaining Rock Band by now). You gotta be patient, and for me, I have to remember to be way more patient than I think I need to be. Otherwise I get a little snippy, the noobs get frustrated, and no one is happy.

Best moment our Scribblenauts session: She was trying to gather some items for a gardener, and ended up conjuring an axe. She had it equipped, then tapped Maxwell by accident, which caused him do drop it... right on to the gardener's head.

"Why did I just fail the level?"

"Because you axe-murdered the gardener, mom."

Chris_Watters

i cant teach people how to play games.. i get pissed off too quickly.. theres alot you cant teach people, its more natural to some

I'm constantly teaching my brother in law how to play shooters and action adventure games.

He likes these types of games but isn't too good at them.

I also started teaching my nephew at 2 to play Mario Kart. "Ooooo! Murry!" (Mario) "*Gasps* Weegee!!" (Luigi) It would have to be some of the most fun gaming I've had teaching him.

A few times over the years. Usually I just teach it in the same way every time - "Don't rush it, don't panic, just focus on the task at hand and do your best. Win, lose, it doesn't matter as long as you have fun"

I have taught my dad and one of my friends.

I have attemepted to teach my Grandad bowling on Wii Sports. Unfortunately, he always releases the button way too early resulting in one game of two players lasting for approximately two hours. I attempted to teach my Dad but he doesn't want to learn and just mashes the buttons ...

ever have to teach someone how to play a videogame?

my example is teaching gameing in general but w/e

my bestfriend's girlfriend didnt play video games, at all, but she wanted to learn. im good friends with his girlfriend, so i was like "ill help ya learn", and ive been tryin to teach her since (a month ago), and shes gettin better, but she still is really bad :P

but regardless, i find it kinda fun to teach her, so i have no problem with it.

ever have to walk noobies thru any given game and if so, how did you feel about it? (usually when i do it online to people i dont know, i get annoyed)

i-rock-socks

I enjoy teaching people about how to play games. I have had numerous cases I even let little kids or elder ladies play my Nintendo DS while they are bored on the airplane. The little kids catch on much faster than the elderly ladies. When I try to show elderly ladies how easy it is to use the stylus not one of them really liked using it. They have me move it to where they want to go. lol. The kids on the other hand love taking hold of the Nintendo DS and asking questions.

I think that video games are still a new thing to people who don't grasp the way things work outside the keyboard. So, if some people never played a controller or joystick at one time, they probably dont feel nearly as comfortable playing with them on the latest generation of consoles.

Out of everyone I have trained to play games (even tons of my female friends who didnt like games and they do now), I think my mom was the most fun to train because she loves scenery in games. So much, opponents try to shoot her down and she tries to escape them to find the best views in a shooter game such as the top of a building, in a helicopter, or on a mountain/hillside. After numerous deaths in these kinds of games and figuring out how to find the views, she'll tell me. "look look! Check out pretty that is..." hah.

I taught my younger sister, my younger brother, and my nephew how to play.

The 3 of em are pretty hardcore when it comes to gaming now. :lol:

I tried,but sometimes people don´t understand how to do it after explain them more than 3 times.

I'm teaching my friends the finer points of Tekken right now, and it always seems like someone is using me as their own personal Demon's Souls strategy guide.:Prragnaar

[QUOTE="rragnaar"]I'm teaching my friends the finer points of Tekken right now, and it always seems like someone is using me as their own personal Demon's Souls strategy guide.:PAllicrombie

I taught my sister about 2 months ago how to play Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty: World at War.